The retired professional wrestler-turned Hollywood superstar has repeatedly flirted with the idea entering politics himself, and has weighed in on political issues from time to time, but has never publicly endorsed a candidate before. Self-described “political independent and centrist” Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris, dubbing the 2020 race “arguably the most critical election our country has seen in decades.” “Look, I’ve got friends in all parties, but the one thing we can always agree on is the conversation and the dialogue, and where that conversation lands, is always the […]
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Before we get into this week’s column, an announcement, one I’m super excited about. Today, we’re simultaneously launching a new podcast under the same name as this newsletter: CoinDesk’s Money Reimagined. Like the newsletter, it’s a conversation around the technological, political and social forces reshaping our financial system. For each show, I’ll be joined by the tremendous Sheila Warren, blockchain lead at the World Economic Forum, as we sit down with insightful guests from around the world. Below you’ll find links to the first show which you can use to subscribe with your preferred podcast player. In it, we dive more […]
When US Navy SEALs conducted their operation to kill the co-founder of the Al-Qaeda terrorist group in Pakistan in 2011, they discovered enormous amounts of data stored on CDs, DVDs, and flash drives in his compound. Osama bin Laden, the man who masterminded the 9/11 attacks on the United States that killed 2,977 people, kept porn videos, animated movies, and memes on his hard drives, the new documentary “Bin Laden’s Hard Drive” revealed. The first episode of the film, made by the National Geographic, was aired on 13 September. According to the documentary, the pornography recovered from bin Laden’s drive is […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107719/10/1077191097_0:35:1200:710_1200x675_80_0_0_5b2432865652d3382cefdcd780514525.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202008271080289948-indian-star-couple-anushka-sharma-virat-kohli-announce-their-1st-baby-wishes-memes-flood-twitter/ New Delhi (Sputnik): Bollywood beauty Anushka Sharma married Virat Kohli, captain of the Indian cricket team after a long courtship in December 2017. Their dreamy, fairy tale-like wedding was a private function in Milan, Italy and pictures from the ceremony broke the internet. The couple is now ready to step into the next stage, parenthood. Both Anushka and Virat on Thursday took to Instagram to share the announcement of their first baby with an adorable snap. The picture shared by the couple shows the expecting mother in a black and white polka dot dress […]
“YAMs = Ponzinomics of AMPL + Chad launch of YFI + Meme math of Tendies,” Messari analyst Ryan Watkins tweeted about the latest decentralized financial application to set crypto atwitter. It’s the type of back of the napkin logic that looks like gibberish on its face, but has an internal cohesion that makes sense to insiders. Yams, chads and tendies. “In this market, where there are so many different projects already fighting for attention and new ones launching everyday, it is important for projects to try and get people motivated to spend their time learning about THEIR project,” Anil Lulla, COO […]
The Democratic National Convention came in for a round of online ridicule after Senator Elizabeth Warren, who once passed herself off as Native American, took part in discussions of how Covid-19 affected the “Indian country.” Warren (D-Massachusetts) spoke at the Native American Caucus virtual panel on Tuesday, the second day of the convention, to accuse President Donald Trump of having “failed Indian Country” by not sending enough coronavirus relief to the tribes. Elizabeth Warren speaking now.Talking about how Trump admin has “failed Indian Country,” leaving communities to get “ravaged by COVID-19.” Notes all the Trump admin delays in distributing emergency COVID-19 […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107806/23/1078062375_0:-1:1280:720_1200x675_80_0_0_27db0d6bcbd445df3f98a021ad591d45.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202008051080070204-high-on-ecstasy-excited-indian-politician-turns-rapper-over-ram-temple-eminem-got-nothing-on-him/ New Delhi (Sputnik): On Wednesday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the construction of a grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya in a historic moment, exciting Hindus around the world. He%20promised,%20he%20delivered%20#JaiShriRam%20pic.twitter.com/HldYhdlfbG —%20SwatKat%F0%9F%92%83%20(@swatic12)%20August%205,%202020 %20″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Amid conch shells and Sanskrit shlokas echoing across India on Wednesday, a lawmaker from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Meerut has made it to the headlines for his “rapping skills”. A snippet from BJP lawmaker Vineet Agarwal’s media interaction has gone viral on social media, as it shows him continuously chanting the words “Siya Ram” […]
Twitter’s support account has been bombarded with snarky replies after the company acknowledged that users may be experiencing issues due to a massive security breach. The platform suffered the largest hack in its history on Wednesday after numerous high-profile accounts were compromised and used to promote a bitcoin scam. Hackers reportedly also leaked screenshots showing that the site’s administrators have the ability to prevent unsavory tweets or accounts from trending. The site’s official support account announced shortly after the hack that it was working to remedy the situation. “We are aware of a security incident impacting accounts on Twitter. We are […]
TikTok has failed to protect children’s privacy and can’t even keep them safe from froth-mouthed Nazis, US NGOs and media have declared, just in time to give Washington a reason to ban the popular Chinese-made app. The US Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department are reportedly probing accusations that TikTok failed to protect children’s privacy in keeping with a 2019 agreement, according to representatives of tech policy groups whose anti-Tiktok grievances neatly coincide with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s hints earlier this week that Washington is seeking to ban the wildly popular micro-vlogging platform. Also on rt.com US ‘certainly looking’ at […]
The US president earlier shared viral footage mocking CNN compiled by a popular meme creator named Carpe Donktum. The edited video featured a black toddler running away from a white toddler and was later removed by Twitter and Facebook, following a copyright claim by one of the parents. Twitter has suspended the account of Carpe Donktum, whose memes have been shared by US President Donald Trump from time to time, for “repeated” violations of copyright complaints, the company’s spokesperson told Fox News. The user, whose identity remains unconfirmed, himself commented on the news, saying that his ban from the platform was […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): In February 2020, when the coronavirus had just started to spread outside China, India spent millions of dollars to welcome US President Donald Trump on his maiden visit to the South Asian country. At the time, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi displayed his bonhomie with POTUS in all its glory. In light of the economic and job crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, President Donald Trump has officially suspended the issuing of H-1B visas, which are popular among Indian IT professionals, along with other international work visas, until the end of the year 2020. The decision, which has […]
Twitter has again slapped a “manipulated media” tag on a tweet from US President Donald Trump – a meme video mocking CNN – prompting cheers from the #Resistance, which apparently missed what many saw as an “obvious joke.” Shared to Twitter by the president on Thursday evening, the post played off an old viral video showing two toddlers, one black and one white, as they run to embrace one another. Parodying the adorable clip, Trump’s tweet features a mock CNN chyron captioned “Terrified toddler runs from racist baby.” Twitter, however, apparently decided that netizens would have a hard time telling actual CNN news […]
Governor Andrew Cuomo has taken over a billboard in New York City’s Columbus Circle to give updates on the curfew. Its eerie aesthetic drew dystopian comparisons and fueled a lot of memes. In addition to the curfew schedule, the billboard features a variety of changing text messages, which for whatever reason seem to be designed to look like the governor’s tweets: “DO NOT BE A CRIMINAL,” “LOOTING INSULTS GEORGE FLOYD’S MEMORY,” “HELP ME RESTORE CALM.” The dystopian aesthetic has been widely panned on social media, prompting horrified reactions like “We are living in a dystopian nightmare. Please tell me this isn’t […]
India 09:28 GMT 10.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107923/14/1079231407_0:50:3404:1964_1200x675_80_0_0_ec4c3e344a5d81b3d8f4b3c68593fec8.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202005101079261115-quake-jolts-indias-capital-amid-lockdown-twitterrati-erupts-with-funny-memes/ New Delhi (Sputnik): Just minutes after Delhi witnessed a heavy dust storm and a short spell of rain, bringing local residents a brief respite from scorching heat, the quake left people scared. The city is under a COVID-19 lockdown and people are shut up inside their homes all day. A 3.5-magnitude earthquake at a depth of 2.9 km, struck the Delhi region at around 1:45 p.m. (local time) on Sunday. There was, however, no immediate report of any deaths or damage to property. The quake was observed 21 […]