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As Twitter users apply for new verification statuses, while combatting a rise in fake accounts, the chance of misinformation spreading — particularly in the event of an emergency — affects government at all levels.

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Twitter recently suffered its third service disruption in less than a month and, according to Internet watchdog NetBlocks, its sixth major outage in 2023, compared to nine tracked throughout all of 2022. The outages threaten to drive away users and advertisers.

In the weeks after billionaire Elon Musk acquired the company in late October and quickly began slashing staff, parts of the social network just stopped working.

Among the lesser discussed subjects of the 2022 elections has been a quiet campaign to elect J.B. Pritzker as Great Khan of the Midwest.

Wilco just released their first country album, but the lead single, “Falling Apart (Right Now),” makes them seem like experts in the genre.

The project consists of 100 small paintings of people who appeared in the media via Zoom during the height of the pandemic.

CM Punk assures that he no longer focuses one hundred percent on wrestling but on AJ Lee, his wife, and his dog Larry. Great journalistic work from Esquire.

Poached eggs for a crowd are well within reach thanks to this nifty technique from Genevieve Ko.