The meaning of what Zuck said: The changes have been in process for months, Zuckerberg said, and anticipated some of them in May. But there is no discussion that your ad is coming at a useful time for Facebook. Complaints about his civil rights record have been building for years, …
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Florida reports nearly 9,000 more cases of coronavirus, a new one-day high
Members of the Texas Congressional delegation on both sides of the aisle are calling on the Trump administration to reconsider its decision to stop direct funding to various coronavirus testing sites in Lone Star State, where there has been an increase in Covid-19 cases. State lawmakers, including Republicans Sens. John …
Read More »Liz Cheney publishes a photo of the former vice president in a mask and says ‘real men wear masks’
Liz Cheney, the Republican No. 3 in the House of Representatives, released her father’s photo as lawmakers push harder for their constituents to wear face masks to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Trump has been reluctant to wear a mask, despite advice from public health experts. “Dick Cheney says …
Read More »Wisconsin sees big jump in positive tests
Wisconsin saw a jump in coronavirus cases with the release of Friday’s state health report and the highest percentage of tests that tested positive in nearly a month. The Department of Health Services reports that there were 9,127 tests and 5.7% tested positive, adding 520 new cases. Wisconsin has now …
Read More »Bad astronomy | Hubble images show a star casting moving wing-shaped shadows in space
In the Serpens constellation, about 1,400 light years from Earth, a fledgling star flaps its wings. OK, I’m being a little poetic there. It is more like a planet in formation gravitationally deformed from its circumstellar disk into a quadrupole shape, so that the shadow cast by the star on …
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