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Elon Musk Takes 9.2% Stake in Twitter After Hinting at Launch of a Rival
Twitter stock surged 20% in pre-market trading
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Twitter Pulls J.K. Rowling ‘Death Threat’ Music Video Posted by Trans Activist
Faye Fadem released a song with the lyric “J.K. hope you fit in a hearse”
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Trump Loyalists Call Rob Reiner ‘Meathead,’ Unaware He Was Given the Nickname on ‘All in the Family’ by Bigot Archie Bunker
Reiner’s character was called that by his father-in-law, “whose ignorant, out-of-touch, and bigoted views were the butt of every joke,” one Twitter user writes
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Best 2022 April Fool’s Day Pranks: Kotex, New Jersey Governor and More Get in on the Gags
Here are some of the funniest jokes so far, including a rogue DuoLingo Owl
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Watch Shawn Wayans Imitating Chris Rock and Getting Awards-Show ‘Beatdown’ at 2000 VMAs (Video)
Marlon posted a clip of brother Shawn impersonating the previous year’s MTV VMA host
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Lana Condor Pushed to Ensure ‘Moonshot’ Wasn’t Just About a Girl Following a Boy
The “To All the Boys” actress tells TheWrap about the unique challenges in her HBO Max sci-fi rom-com
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Merriam-Webster Tries to Explain Cocaine-Related Phrase ‘Key Bump’ After Madison Cawthorn Remarks Trend
North Carolina congressman Cawthorn said some interesting things in a podcast earlier this week
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Facebook Paid Right-Leaning Consulting Firm to Stoke Public Fears About Rival TikTok (Report)
Operatives pushed anti-TikTok news stories and op-eds without disclosing who they were working for, according to The Washington Post
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Trump’s Truth Social App Plummets in Traffic, Sees 93% Drop in Signups Since Launch Week (Exclusive)
The would-be Twitter killer has drawn only 1.2 million installations, according to Sensor Tower
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‘Pachinko’ Star Jin Ha Apologizes for and Deletes ‘Inappropriate’ Tumblr Account
“My ‘Korean Flowers in Bloom’ Tumblr account from 2011 should not have been made at all,” actor writes
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Elon Musk Says Twitter ‘Undermines Democracy,’ Suggests Need for ‘a New Platform’
In a series of tweets, the Tesla founder said the platform is not living up to its duties as “the de facto public town square”
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Bill Maher Thinks California May Turn Red Because ‘People Can’t F–ing Do Anything’
“I don’t know if it’s Orwellian, or Kafka-esque, or both of them, but it’s just strange,” Maher said on a podcast
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YouTuber ‘Durte Dom’ Mocks Cops After Hit-and-Run Tesla Crash: ‘LAPD Didn’t Like My Stunt’ (Video)
The David Dobrik associate posted a TikTok video that points toward his responsibility for the L.A. street car jump and resulting damage
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Babylon Bee Suspended on Twitter for Anti-Trans Rachel Levine Post
Right-wing parody site falsely labeled Biden’s assistant secretary of health “man of the year”
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UFC Star Paddy Pimblett Threatens Mark Zuckerberg Over Instagram Ban: ‘I’m Going to Punch Your Head In’ (Video)
“You’re the biggest bully in the world, lad,” he said after his victory at UFC London
