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Elon Musk finds himself in heated argument on Don Lemon’s show in debate over the great replacement theory, claimed by Lemon to be a conspiracy, despite the overwhelming evidence of migrants being encourage and transported illegally across the borders of US and other Western countries, after which the conversation shifted towards Lemons suggesting Musk could increase censorship on his platform to avoid criticism from reporters like Lemon, to which Musk retorted he doesn’t have to answer to reporters, like Lemon, and that X will remove any and all illegal content, not content that simply critiques the current mainstream talking points and narrative

Culture,Media
The world is experiencing a global sand crisis, wherein illegal sand trade have peaked the interests of mafia’s who takes advantage of high demand and low regulation of sand in many countries in Asia and Africa

Crime,Miscellaneous
Pirates are a dying breed if we’re to trust recent report from Ocean and Coastal Management, nowadays mostly contained to parts of Africa and Asia, by people in hardship, not by opportunists looking for fame, adventure and riches like in the good old days

Culture,Lifestyle
DNA and genealogy company Parabon NanoLabs helps police solve cold cases with technology Snapshot DNA Phenotyping, which creates sketches of the suspect’s face based on DNA sample, could pose challenges such as privacy issues, ethical concerns and scientific validity

DNA and Heritage,Science
Cars are not only collecting a lot of personal data about the drivers and passengers, the car companies tend to share or sell your data to third parties without the user’s consent, knowledge or control, in addition to the risks of being hacked or tracked by unauthorized persons, claims the Mozilla Foundation who urges car companies to improve their privacy practices and consumers to be more aware of what they’re buying

Cars,Miscellaneous
Car rental giant Herz sells off about 20,000 of their electric vehicles, including Teslas, will instead be investing in new gas-powered vehicles due to the high maintenance cost of EVs

Cars,Miscellaneous
A team of 11 unskilled workers build 96-unit appartment complex using mallet, glue gun and color-coded instructions in less than two months, using material called Renco, made by repurposed glass, plastic, calcite dust and resin

Home
Don’t let tiny spaces stop you from creating a great laundry room, the author suggests, while giving examples how to create multi-use areas while keeping them esthetically pleasing

Home
AI partners are becomming increasingly common with more sex robots sold every year and robot brothels opening up across the world, opens up for questions like therapeutic use, whether robots and AI can give consent and what a future would like where AI robot-partners are better at everything than a human partner

Culture,Social
Democracy dies in the darkness, which could be key to Daily Mail’s success in shining a light on the dark corners of government, has continued this tradition since 1896 when it became the paper of the people by taking risks others would not

Culture,Media