- It was an interesting night on TwitterX. I follow several left-leaning women. For the last three weeks, they have been relentlessly trolled by @Mark4America_. I mean, the man was beyond vile. This was at the top of his TwitterX account. Note the part he put in bold, that he would never back down.
Well, the women found some valuable information on him. How embarrassing would it be if this information got out? How valuable is this information to @Mark4America_? It was so valuable that they made him take a photo of himself wearing nothing but pink-laced panties with only the top portion of his face blocked out and post it. The photo was everywhere. He had to comply with certain terms and was begging for the information not to be shared and for the photo to be taken down. If you are interested in reading some of what went down you can do so here, but know that the photo is also displayed.
- I don’t watch much stand-up comedy, but the art and lifestyle intrigues me, so I watch a lot of documentaries and interview about it. Recently, I learned what some of the performers earn at a “decent” club in the area. A lower-level emcee will work one Thursday show, then two on Friday and two on Saturday. For all those nights, they earn about $150 total. A more established emcee will make $250. But at a place like the Addison Improv, you are looking at $500. Headliners make anywhere from $3,000 – $10,000 for the entire weekend.
- A college is removing its vending machines after a student discovered they were using facial-recognition technology
- A doctor died after eating at a Disney World restaurant and the staff confirmed food was allergen-free, lawsuit alleges
- Nvidia CEO predicts the death of coding — Jensen Huang says AI will do the work, so kids don’t need to learn
- Speaking of Nvidia, they are killing it – The company’s stock has soared 409% since last year.
- I don’t know why, but I always look forward to this list each year – See the 10 cars that made Consumer Reports’ list of the best vehicles for 2024
- “Change is automatic. Growth is intentional.”
- The LiberallyLean blog will often write about current business news and he calls it “This Business Second™.” Every time I see it, my first thought is that “second” refers to sequence and not the intended meaning of time. It always takes a moment for it to register to me before I can continue reading, it’s a mental handicap of mine.
- I like bits like this, especially when there’s a charity aspect – Candlelight vigil held ahead of former Hooters demolition in West Virginia
- Organizers said the candlelight vigil started out as a joke between friends, but it took off on social media and hundreds of people, including some former Hooters employees, turned out to pay tribute to the restaurant, famous for its hot wings and scantily-clad servers. Browning said the vigil ended up being more than a tribute to a beloved restaurant, it also raised money for a local family in need.
- Wendy’s will soon begin testing Uber-like surge pricing – The price of a Wendy’s Frosty could soon fluctuate throughout the day as the chain looks to introduce Uber-like surge pricing on its menu.
- I really don’t like the practice of this. I understand the whole price vs demand aspect, but it makes me think of hyperinflation. The first I heard of this was as a finance major in college. Germans who were eating at a restaurant had to pay for their food at the start of the meal because inflation happened at such a high pace they may not be able to afford the meal they just consumed. And, our tollway authority does this. They jack the prices up when traffic is the busiest. So, when drivers need access to a road when they need it the most, going to and from work, they are forced to pay the highest prices. The tollway authority claims this is a way to control the flow of traffic, to ease congestion so drivers can be guaranteed to drive at a proper speed. My argument, most people can’t control their work schedule, so they are forced to pay the highest price when they need something the most.
- The Albert Einstein College of Medicine is in the news because a former professor’s $1 Billion donation will now make the school tuition-free. That’s cool and all, but isn’t it odd to name a medical school after a physicist? I did a little research, and all I could find was the school has Jewish roots Einstein agreed to allow his name to be used for the medical school on his 74th birthday in 1953. So, it seems it was named after him not because of his contribution to science but as a humanitarian. I guess it’s similar to how the Derek Zoolander’s Center For Kids Who Can’t Read Good got its name.
- The school is affiliated with Yeshiva University, America’s first medical college under Jewish auspices. Einstein’s moral and compassionate views on human affairs are considered to place him in the camp of philosopher and humanist as well as scientist.
- https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1761218646360342985