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Elon Musk on Friday announced he was backing out of his $44 billion Twitter acquisition bid, blaming the social media platform’s alleged lack of transparency regarding bots on the site. As both sides prepare for a lengthy court battle, some Twitter influencers are floating an alternate theory for the change of heart: The bots were never the problem, merely a vehicle through which to covertly sell Tesla options that were about to expire. “Entire thing was a clever ruse to SELL + LIQUIDATE $8.5… Source link

There are some weird quirks baked into MLB’s lengthy rulebook, and the Washington Nationals ran into a particularly unsavory morsel on Wednesday. In the fifth inning, the Nationals were in trouble. The Pittsburgh Pirates had runners on second and third with one out and the score tied 3-3. Ke’Bryan Hayes, one of three Pirates in the lineup with a batting average above .250, was facing Steve Cishek. Then the Nationals got lucky. Hayes hit a low line drive that was caught by Nationals first… Source link

Earlier this week, David Harville, one of seven former eBay employees involved in a 2020 campaign to harass the creators of a newsletter critical of the e-commerce company, pleaded guilty to five federal felony charges, ending one of the most bizarre episodes in recent tech history. In June 2020, the US Department of Justice , including Harville, with conspiracy to commit cyberstalking and conspiracy to tamper with witnesses. Of the group, Harville was the final employee to admit involvement… Source link

Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCLH) resumed operations for the first time in 18 months Sunday, with a 100% vaccination mandate for all guests and staff. CEO Frank Del Rio told Yahoo Finance he is hoping other companies follow suit, and says it’s a failure of leadership in the country to not have a similar vaccine mandate nationwide. “Our leadership has failed us,” Del Rio said. “Can you imagine if 700,000 people died of anything other than covid, the outrage that there would be, what government would… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said the Federal Reserve’s massive bond-buying program is resulting in a “bizarre” situation in which the government’s funding structure is overly focused on the short-term. Under its quantitative easing program, the Fed purchases longer-term Treasuries and the money it creates to buy them ends up in the accounts that banks hold with the central bank, in the form of overnight reserves. These reserves earn a rate of interest… Source link

A tandem parasailer hovering just above the water surface of the Red Sea sustained injuries when a shark leaped out of the water and bit his foot in a bizarre attack in the Gulf of Aqaba. The incident occurred last Friday off the Jordanian port city of Aqaba, as reported by the Daily Mail and The U.S. Sun. The 37-year-old Jordan man, who wasn’t identified, was taken to Prince Hashem Military Hospital where he underwent an operation on his right foot. He lost part of the back of his foot and… Source link

Eugene Chung has a decade of coaching experience, a Super Bowl ring and years of experience as an NFL offensive lineman, but he still reportedly found himself dumbfounded by an interview with an NFL team this offseason. The former Philadelphia Eagles assistant offensive line coach told the Boston Globe’s Nicole Yang that a job interview with the unnamed team took a bizarre turn when the interviewer allegedly interrupted Chung’s pitch with a point of contention about his race. From the Globe:

On the first day of the 2021 MLB season, the baseball gods decided fans needed an update on the game’s obscure rules. How else can you describe what happened in the third inning of the Colorado Rockies-Los Angeles Dodgers game? Here’s what it looked like initially: With Justin Turner on first base, Cody Bellinger drove a ball deep to the opposite field. Rockies left fielder Raimel Tapia leaped to try and make the catch at the wall, but missed. The ball barely sailed over the fence for a… Source link

People have been left baffled by what appears to be a ship floating in the air, as it hangs above the water.  British man David Morris snapped a photo of the ship in waters off the coast of Cornwall in England’s southwest, capturing the rare optical illusion. Mr Morris’s son told Cornwall Live the sighting left the pair “amazed and very baffled”. David Morris snapped this photo of what appears to be a ship floating on thin air. Source: David Morris/ APEX On social media, people were left… Source link