Twitter has withheld the account of Rajya Sabha member Sukhram Singh Yadav, as first reported by MediaNama. This move follows updates provided by the social media platform on its response to the government’s orders to block accounts that allegedly spread misinformation about the farmers’ protest against new farm laws. Twitter mentioned in its response that
White House deputy press secretary TJ Ducklo listens as press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, in Washington. Patrick Semansky | AP President Joe Biden’s deputy White House press secretary has been suspended for one week without pay after reportedly threatening a reporter. T.J. Ducklo,
Justin Timberlake has issued an apology to Britney Spears and Janet Jackson in a new statement posted to his Instagram account. The statement follows the singer’s recent appearance in Framing Britney Spears, a New York Times documentary on Spears’ career and conservatorship battle that outlined Timberlake’s role in damaging the public perception of Spears, following
A lab technician uses a single channel pipette dropper to test material during Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test processing at a laboratory in the Dunkeld suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. Waldo Swiegers | Bloomberg | Getty Images Preliminary reports from South Africa show people who have recovered from Covid-19
Over the last week, Justin Timberlake has been the subject of much discussion for how he built and bolstered his career off of his mistreatment of his ex-girlfriend Britney Spears after their breakup (accusing her of cheating in “Cry Me a River,” etc.) and Super Bowl 2004 co-headliner Janet Jackson, after he exposed her nipple
Warner Bros. are going big on The Batman, with the world of The Dark Knight set to expand far beyond the exploits of the superhero on the big screen. Matt Reeves’ upcoming movie is receiving a small-screen tie-in based around the Gotham City Police Department, Gotham PD, and now, HBO content chief Casey Bloys has
Kevin can’t seem to catch a break. On This Is Us Season 5 Episode 7, he rushed off the set when he learned Madison was in labor, just to lose his ID while helping rescue an injured man from a burning car. Our TV Fanatics Carissa Pavlica, Christine Orlando, Sarah Little, and Jack Ori discuss
If you enjoy reading Electric Literature, join our mailing list! We’ll send you the best of EL each week, and you’ll be the first to know about upcoming submissions periods and virtual events. The best way to get over a breakup is to throw yourself into art and experience the catharsis of observing someone else’s
Fourth generation cattle rancher Loren Poncia has made Stemple Creek Ranch carbon positive. He’s implemented rotational cattle grazing systems that allow soil and grass to recover, applied compost on pastures and planted worm farms and chicory that aerate the soil. Courtesy of Paige Green President Joe Biden has called on U.S. farmers to lead the
A man wearing a mask as a preventive measure against the spread of Covid-19 walks in London. May James | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images The U.K. economy contracted by 9.9% in 2020, its largest annual contraction since records began, as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged economic activity. In the final quarter of the
While Disney CEO Bob Chapek remains flexible about release strategies for movies between the big screen and the studio’s streaming service Disney+, he said today that Marvel’s long-awaited feature Black Widow is still set to be a pure theatrical release as mentioned back at the company’s December investor day. However, “we’ll be watching to see the reopening
HawkEye 360 CEO John Serafini: Government contracts help startups raise private funds needed to pay for the space and ground infrastructure. WASHINGTON — About 270 of the 620 remote sensing satellites in orbit are privately owned with about 200 of these belong to U.S. companies, according to the Aerospace Corp. Only about 50 are owned
Apple has partnered with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co to develop ultra-advanced display technology in Taiwan, Nikkei Asia reported on Wednesday. The iPhone maker plans to ultimately use these micro-OLED displays in its upcoming augmented reality devices, the report said, citing sources. Apple is collaborating with TSMC, the sole supplier of iPhone processors, as micro-OLED displays
President Donald Trump pulls off his face mask as he poses atop the Truman Balcony of the White House after returning from Walter Reed hospital for treatment of Covid-19, in Washington, U.S. October 5, 2020. Erin Scott | Reuters Former President Donald Trump was more seriously sick from the coronavirus in October than the public
Exclusive Britney Spears‘ bid to have her father less involved in her life didn’t pan out … as he’s to remain co-conservator after the latest court hearing about the case. As you may recall … Britney’s legal team had requested the Bessemer Trust Company become the sole conservator of her business affairs … booting Jamie
An increase in vaccinations in the coming weeks in itself might not be enough to contain the spread of a coronavirus variant that was first reported in the United Kingdom in December and has now appeared in the U.S, said Scott Gottlieb, former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. The emergence of variants could
“Black is the renaissance of culture,” says Marcus Paul, one of the five Black creatives tapped by Sam Lobban, Nordstrom SVP Designer and New Concepts. Nordstrom honors Black culture and Black History Month through their newest pop-up shop, Concept 012: Black_Space. New Concepts is a platform that demonstrates Nordstrom’s commitment to bringing upcoming designers to
Once an Avenger, always an Avenger. Jeremy Renner recently took a trip down memory lane when he posted a picture from the sets of Avengers: Endgame, in which the actor can be seen alongside Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Hemsworth. Both Renner and Hemsworth were sporting their hairdos from Endgame. The photo was captioned, “Miss