Ode to Not Watching the World Cup: This is an event of such astoundingly obvious wrongness that doing the right thing is easy. https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/11/dont-watch-world-cup-morally-wrong-qatar/672192/
60 years ago, Billboard #4 for the week of Nov. 19, 1962: BOBBY'S GIRL--MARCIE BLAINE https://youtu.be/BDNtDuW-uB4
50 years ago, Billboard #5 for the week of Nov. 19, 1972: The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone https://youtu.be/nXiQtD5gcHU
@Keep_on_Kraken CounterSocial wouldn't let me post the photo no matter how hard I tried. Thanks.
Donald Trump says he sees “a lot of problems at Twitter” and will stick to his own social-media platform, offering an initial response to Elon Musk’s poll on whether to reinstate the former president’s account https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-19/trump-cites-twitter-problems-says-he-ll-stick-to-own-platform
Gunman kills 5 at gay club, is subdued by patrons https://apnews.com/article/shootings-colorado-springs-e098d88261db6bcfc0774434abbb7a8f
Jake Tapper Destroys Biden For Determining 'Thug' Mohammed Bin Salman Has Immunity: You're Letting Him 'Get Away With Murder' https://mediaite.com/a/tjzby
Scratch him off my Christmas card list:
Michael Bloomberg apologises for Boris Johnson speech criticising China https://www.reuters.com/world/michael-bloomberg-apologises-boris-johnson-speech-criticising-china-2022-11-20/
That anger you felt on Twitter? It was intentionally fomented by an algorithm to keep you clicking, emotionally manipulating you to sell more ads. It didn't stay there either. It seeped into your life, poisoning you and your interactions in ways you didn't realize.
There's none of that here. Give it a few days, and you'll see. #CoSoRocks
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