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In its current form, the metaverse sucks to no end.

Yoel Roth, Twitter's head of Trust & Safety and one of the company's most visible executives, is leaving

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JUST IN - Judge orders Infowars host Alex Jones to pay additional $473 million on top of the nearly $1 billion jury verdict issued last month.

The newly declassified information relating to 9/11 can be accessed here.

https://www.archives.gov/files/declassification/iscap/pdf/2012-163-doc-1-release-material.pdf

WSJ article here:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-expected-to-release-9-11-commission-interview-with-bush-and-cheney-11668018211

Consumer prices rose 7.7 percent in the year through October, slower than expected. Stocks jumped at the sign that the Federal Reserve’s campaign to tame inflation was taking effect.

President Vladimir Putin will not attend a meeting of world leaders next week. The Russian delegation will be headed by Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov. Mr. Putin might take part in the conference via a video link.

📸 Sputnik, via Reuters

The Ukrainian troops are advancing in the south after the Russian's announced they were retreating from the strategic port city of Kherson. Ukraine has claimed to recapture a dozen settlements in the region so far, but they're not sure if Moscow's forces are actually withdrawing.

Ukrainian officials think that Moscow's announcement of a withdrawal from the city could be a trap to lure their forces into a brutal urban combat.

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I experimented with a new technique in this one and I'm happy with how it turned out.

President Biden approved federal emergency aid to 45 counties in eastern, central and south Florida.

#Nicole

Donald Trump is reportedly "livid" following the midterm elections losses, sources close to the President say. One target of his anger is Dr. Mehmet Oz, who lost his Senate bid in Pennsylvania. Trump is said to blame those who advised him to endorse Oz, including his wife Melania.

Via NYT

We may just have turned the corner in regards to Trump yesterday. Agreed ?

#Oregon Election

☑️ Oregon voters approved a change to the state Constitution that will disqualify lawmakers from re-election if they have 10 unexcused absences from legislative sessions, The Associated Press reported. This change comes as a response to Republicans who have in recent years walked out of the Legislature to prevent the Democratic majority from advancing key bills.

Brittney Griner, an American basketball star who has been jailed in Russia for more than eight months, is being transferred to a penal colony, her lawyers said Wednesday. Her case has become part of a geopolitical struggle between Russia and the United States, and the Biden administration has been trying to secure a deal for her release.

#Brittney_Griner
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Tropical Storm Nicole:

A tornado threat is expected to develop this evening and persist tonight over parts of eastern Florida, according to the Storm Prediction Center. Most tornadoes produced by a hurricane happen in the right front quadrant of the storm, where the most ingredients needed for tornadoes to form occur.

#Nicole

Tropical Storm Nicole:

As Tropical Storm Nicole moves west through the Atlantic on Wednesday morning, people in Florida are bracing for the system to approach the state’s east coast as a hurricane later in the day.

#Nicole

It is difficult to get an accurate sense of election results in the age of mail and early voting. However, so far there is no indication of a large Republican victory. On average, Democrats are doing better than what the pre-election polls suggested.

NYT