A Los Angeles Book Club Has Spent 28 Years Reading James Joyce’s ’Finnegans Wake’ and Still Doesn’t Understand It
James Joyce once famously declared, “The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole life to reading my works.“ After 28 years, members of a Venice, California-based book club have come pretty close.
2023-12-01 05:26
Pfizer is sued by Texas over COVID-19 vaccine claims
By Jonathan Stempel Pfizer has been sued by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who on Thursday accused the
2023-12-01 05:26
Kari Lake loses suit to see ballot envelopes in 3rd trial tied to Arizona election defeat
A judge has rejected Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s request to examine signed ballot envelopes of 1.3 million early voters
2023-12-01 05:22
Former ambassador and Republican politician sues to block Tennessee voting law
Former Ambassador to Poland and longtime Republican politician Victor Ashe is suing Tennessee election officials over a state law he claims is so vague that he could be prosecuted for voting in a Republican primary
2023-12-01 04:50
Heather Gay reveals she's been weight loss drug Ozempic since a 'long time' but didnt have 'massive results'
Heather Gay admitted that she has not seen much difference in her appearance but it has been enough for people to notice
2023-12-01 04:50
Six West Virginia jail employees indicted in connection with death of incarcerated man
Five former correctional officers in West Virginia have been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with the 2022 death of a man at a regional jail
2023-12-01 04:50
Royals mull response after names revealed in Harry and Meghan 'racism' row
Buckingham Palace is considering its next move after a British TV host named two royals who allegedly raised concerns about the skin colour of Prince Harry's son...
2023-12-01 04:45
Musk says antisemitic tweet was ‘foolish’ – but blames media for angry reaction
Elon Musk has admitted that his endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory on his social media site X, previously known as Twitter, was a “mistake” and “one of the most foolish” things he had done on the platform. The world’s richest man said he had “no problem being hated” but also blamed members of the media for much of the outrage surrounding the post, which is thought to have contributed to major investors in the platform pulling funding. Earlier this month, Mr Musk responded to a Twitter/X user who accused Jewish people of hating white people by saying it was “the actual truth.” His actions sparked global outrage, with several world leaders condemning his endorsement of the conspiracy theory. Speaking at the New York Times’ Dealbook Summit this week, Mr Musk discussed the post and said that the outrage caused was “not my intention”. “[It was] one of the most foolish — if not the most foolish — thing I’ve done on the platform,” he said. “I should in retrospect not have replied to that one person and should have written in greater length what I meant,” he said. “But those clarifications were ignored by the media and essentially I handed a loaded gun to those who hate me and arguably to those who are antisemitic. And for that I’m quite sorry, that was not my intention.” Earlier this week, Mr Musk visited Israel and toured a kibbutz attacked by Hamas, meeting with Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The pair visited the Kfar Aza kibbutz, which Hamas attacked on 7 October, killing an estimated 52 residents. Another 20 people are reported as missing. Mr Musk said witnessing the scenes of the massacre was “jarring”, during a live event on Twitter/X with Mr Netanyahu after the tour. Speaking at the Dealbook Summit, he denied that the visit had been – as some had described it – an “apology tour”. “[The trip to Israel] wasn’t in response to that at all,” Mr Musk said, adding: “I have no problem being hated.” Mr Musk later went further, addressing companies that had pulled marketing from X over concerns related to far-right content and accusing them of “blackmail”. “Don’t advertise,” he said at the New York Times’ Dealbook Summit. “If someone is going to try to blackmail me with advertising, blackmail me with money? Go f*** yourself. Go f*** yourself. Is that clear? I hope it is.” Read More Elon Musk believes OpenAI may have made ‘dangerous’ discovery OpenAI may have made a ‘dangerous’ artificial intelligence discovery, Elon Musk says Elon Musk publicly tells advertisers to ‘go f*** yourselves’ Elon Musk mocked for trying to resurrect QAnon Pizzagate conspiracy Elon Musk set to meet Netanyahu and hostage families in Israel Elon Musk weighs in on Dublin riots claiming country’s PM ‘hates the Irish people’
2023-12-01 04:45
Police searching for two people accused in FBI agent carjacking in Washington
Police are searching for two people after an FBI agent was carjacked in Washington D
2023-12-01 04:28
North Carolina trial judges block election board changes made by Republican legislature
North Carolina trial judges have blocked portions of a new law that will eliminate Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s authority to pick election board members
2023-12-01 04:26
Valerie Tindall: Indiana girl missing for nearly half a year found stuffed and buried in neighbor’s yard
The suspect Patrick Scott was a friend of the family and owned the lawn care business where Valerie Tindall was employed
2023-12-01 04:25
'Killers of the Flower Moon' named best film of 2023 by New York film critics
Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” has been named the best film of the year by the New York Film Critics Circle
2023-12-01 04:18