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Connecticut Employee Speech Protection Law Might Protect Warren-Not-Indian / Jenner-Not-Woman Meme

From Mumma v. Pathway Vet Alliance, LLC, decided Wednesday by Magistrate Judge Thomas Farrish (D. Conn.); for more on the employee free speech protection statutes such as the one in this case, see this article and this one: On the evening of June 9, 2020, Ms. Mumma posted a meme…

Reason

‘Our best tip-off was Greggs in Bolton’: the secrets behind finding the hottest new screen stars

From boxing gyms to train stations, Streetcasters are plucking people from obscurity and giving them leading roles. Here, the best tell all – including why they’re always mistaken for the police

The Guardian - UK

Online world is a misinformation superhighway

For millions, contemporary life far surpasses their ability to assimilate and absorb conflicting information. So they turn to social media, where cranks and charlatans are happy to provide them with magic and circuses.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Retired or semi-retired? Kick-start your New Year by joining the u3a

The group offers exciting activities for older people

Daily Record

The parent trap: is expensive baby tech making us paranoid?

HD monitors, wipe warmers and a tube to help pass wind … the baby-gadget market is booming. But is all this stuff useful or just adding to new parent anxiety?

The Guardian - UK

Appeals court to decide if First Amendment should have protected Laredo’s “big crazy lady” from arrest

Priscilla Villarreal was arrested over her Facebook postings. In a rare proceeding, the entire 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will weigh whether she can sue, a case that could have major ramifications for citizen journalists like her -- and professional ones.

The Texas Tribune

Fascist Trump attacks may have backfired

Trump's efforts to mobilize GOP voters online may have actually helped the Democrats in the midterms

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Dad shoots wife and 5 kids dead in horror murder-suicide after divorce filed

Michael Haight, 42, killed his wife and five children along with his mother-in-law in the town of Enoch, Utah, police have said, following a divorce being filed

Daily Mirror

The strange case of the undead writer

A romance writer’s family said she had died. Fans bought her final book. Two years later, she’s alive

Salon

Timeshare owners protest near company's annual meeting in Orlando

ORLANDO, Florida — A small group of protesters gathered Thursday in front of Westgate Lakes Resort & Spa in Orlando to spotlight what they claim are unethical sales practices by the Westgate timeshare company.

Orlando Sentinel

ASX200 closes the week higher, after strong gains by lithium and mining stocks

The ASX200 gained ground on Friday, after strong gains by lithium and mining stocks

ABC News

The Winklevoss twins are in another mess—and it has to do with crypto

“The idea in your head that you can quietly hide in your ivory tower and that this will all just magically go away, or that this is someone else’s problem, is pure fantasy,” Cameron Winklevoss wrote to former friend Barry Silbert.

Fortune

EXPLAINER: What is the metaverse and how will it work?

The term “metaverse” is the latest buzzword to capture the tech industry’s imagination

The Independent UK

Abuse survivor charity refuses £10,000 raised for woman guilty of false rape claims

Maggie Oliver Foundation says it would be ‘unethical’ to accept money raised on crowdfunder page in aid of Eleanor Williams

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Bristol Post

I compared the prices of basic items to their vegan alternatives, the result was surprising

Want to become vegan? Here what you might pay for just some of the basics.

Chronicle Live

Washington pervert who tried to prey on schoolgirl online snared by vigilantes

Craig Davison, of Washington, thought he was communicating with a 14-year-old but it was a decoy profile set up by a group of paedophile hunters

Reason

Louisiana Now Checking IDs for Watching Porn

Plus: Still no House speaker, the gender gap in college scholarships, Meta fined $414 million, and more...

Daily Mirror

Mum fumes after donating kids toys then getting complaint they don't fit in car

The mum has gone above and beyond to get rid of a huge play kitchen which is currently clogging up her real house but she has found the task much harder than she thought

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Wales Online

The woman made redundant who started a new business from her kitchen table and now plans to open a second shop

But Venetia Steele says social media has been key to her success and she now needs someone to help her take advantage of hugely successful video-sharing app - TikTok

Wales Online

Dad got call from dry cleaners after leaving £300 for kids' present in his suit

The cash was left in the pocket of a suit heading for a chemical wash

Bristol Post

Maya Jama asks Instagram followers for style inspiration ahead of first Love Island show

The new host is set to grace our screens in less than two weeks when series returns for the winter

The New Daily

Big tech calls out Tony Abbott on a point of fact

Tony Abbott has accused tech giants of trying to control how Australians think and vote in a spat over the indigenous Voice referendum.

The New Daily

Why book world is outraged after Susan Meachen faked her own death

Relatively unknown US romance novelist Susan Meachen has re-emerged online after apparently faking her own suicide two years ago

Los Angeles Times

TikTok's addictive anti-aesthetic has already conquered culture

If Franz Kafka were to reconceive "The Metamorphosis" for our era, he might decide to ditch the novella in favor of a series of surreal TikToks — Gregor Samsa as eyes and mouth green-screened onto a picture of a roach jacked from the web.

The Independent UK

How did Andrew Tate make his money? All you need to know about the influencer arrested in Romania

Tate was arrested by Romanian authorities over human trafficking and rape charges on 29 December

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