Posts by Amelia Frost
Delaware Law Has Entered the Culture War
The clubby insular world of corporate law has entered the culture war. First, Elon Musk started railing against Delaware, which for more than a century has been known as the home of corporate law, after the Delaware Chancery Court chancellor, Kathaleen McCormick, rejected his lofty pay package last year. Eventually he switched where Tesla is…
Read MoreNew Anti-far-right Protest Draws 250,000 In Munich
Fresh protests against the extreme right drew massive crowds in Germany on Saturday, including 250,000 people in Munich, authorities said, as the country heads for clutch elections. The latest rallies came after an estimated 160,000 people marched in Berlin last weekend to protest recent overtures by Germany’s conservatives to the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD)…
Read MoreKennedy Center Releases Statement After Trump Says He’s Taking Over and Firing Board Members and Chairman
Amid a late-night flurry of Truth Social posts on Friday, President Donald Trump claimed he’s making the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., great again by firing board members and the chairman, leading the center to issue an early-morning statement on Saturday. “I have decided to immediately terminate multiple individuals from the Board of Trustees, including…
Read MoreS. Africa Condemns ‘Misinformation’ After Trump Freezes Aid
South Africa on Saturday condemned a “campaign of misinformation” after US President Donald Trump issued an order freezing aid to the country over a law he alleges allows land to be seized from white farmers. “We are concerned by what seems to be a campaign of misinformation and propaganda aimed at misrepresenting our great nation,”…
Read MoreBoeing Alerts Possible Layoffs for SLS Employees
AFP Boeing issued a warning on Saturday about potential layoffs in its Space Launch System (SLS) moon rocket program, stating that it expects to eliminate around 400 positions. This reduction is in response to revisions made to NASA’s Artemis program and updated cost expectations, which have led to a reevaluation of the workforce required for…
Read MoreTrump Cancels Biden’s Security Clearance And Cuts Off Access To Intelligence Briefings
President Donald Trump stated that he would take immediate action to deny former President Joe Biden access to intelligence information. In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “There is no reason for Joe Biden to keep receiving access to classified information. As a result, we are immediately revoking his security clearances and halting his…
Read MoreWorn Out by an Extrovert? You Can Go ‘Gray.’
Don’t engage an overbearing colleague — that is, be boring — and eventually the attention-seeker may give up and go away. Source link
Read MoreMicrosoft and Nvidia: The Tech Giants Taking a Quieter Approach to Trump
Friday afternoon last week, Jensen Huang, the chief executive of the chipmaker Nvidia, slipped into the White House to meet President Trump for the first time. There was no fanfare, and he left without a single public photo taken of the two. Two weeks earlier, Microsoft’s chief executive, Satya Nadella, had a lengthy lunch with…
Read MoreWhy Are People Wearing Apple Watches on Their Ankles?
“But then my other arm would always get tired from pushing the stroller,” she said. “So I was like, ‘You know what? Let me put it on my ankle.’” Ms. Gale, 33, who also wears the watch on her ankle when she uses StairMaster and elliptical machines at the gym, does a double take whenever…
Read MoreHow Going to Commercial During the Super Bowl Works
Television commercial breaks are the bane of every N.F.L. fan. They interrupt a game already riddled with stoppages, bombard viewers with come-ons and force fans and players in the stadium to stand around for about two and a half minutes, sometimes in the freezing cold. Yet commercials are the lifeblood of the N.F.L. Without them,…
Read MoreBaltics Begin Decoupling From Russian Power Grid
The Baltic states on Saturday began cutting ties with Russia’s power grid in order to integrate with Europe’s system, a years-long process that gained urgency with Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania — all former Soviet republics now in the European Union and NATO — are leaving Russia’s grid to prevent Moscow from…
Read MoreDemi Moore Wins At Critics Choice With Disgraced Rival Gascon Absent
Demi Moore won best actress at the Critics Choice Awards on Friday, confirming her status as favorite for the Oscars in a week that saw scandal envelop her “Emilia Perez” rival Karla Sofia Gascon. Nineties megastar Moore’s horror film “The Substance” also won best original screenplay at a glitzy Los Angeles gala held by North…
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