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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced yesterday that the company, which owns Facebook and Instagram, would stop working with third-party fact-checkers. The company established these extensive partnerships after the 2016 presidential election in order to slow the spread of false information. Meta’s move comes as Republicans on their way into power discuss cracking down on tech companies. The 2020 election and the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated backlash to this feature among conservatives, who expressed that it was a form of censorship.
The annual winter respiratory season is upon us in full force. People love to travel for the holidays, but the bad news is that they often come home with a nasty bug.
At least three wildfires have burned over 4,000 acres of land in Southern California, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate. The flames are driven by Santa Ana winds in the region. The city of Los Angeles declared a state of emergency last night as the winds spurred the rapid spread of wildfires. Here’s what we know about the wildfires currently spreading.
President Biden has signed a new law aimed at increasing Social Security payments for nearly 3 million current and former public employees. The law, known as the Social Security Fairness Act, repeals provisions that had previously limited benefits for those receiving other pensions. Specifically, it eliminates the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset, which were designed to prevent beneficiaries from “double-dipping” into retirement benefits when they collected state or local pensions.
When items go missing, looking harder isn’t the answer; there is an art to it. The Life Kit audience knows this well. After a podcast episode on the subject, many messaged Life Kit‘s Malaka Gharib with useful techniques to hunt down lost objects. Here’s a roundup of advice she was sent:
See the full list of tips and tricks here.
Source: www.npr.org