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April 7th, 2023

Good morning, and happy Friday! In your daily dose of strange news, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said in an interview this week that humans will start falling in love with artificial intelligence. According to Schmidt, that future isn’t far off…and if you dig deep enough, it appears it’s already happened for some people around the world. What do you think of this prediction?

In Today’s Brief

Canada: Ice storm knocks out power
Clarence Thomas: Alleged undisclosed trips
Motley Crue: Guitarist files lawsuit
Honda: Over 560K CR-V recalls

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Tennessee lawmakers expelled

The Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel two of the state’s lawmakers for their roles in protests at the State Capitol last week.

Last Thursday, hundreds of demonstrators entered the Tennessee Capitol building four days after a shooting at the Nashville Covenant School claimed the lives of three 9-year-old children and three staff members. Three of the state’s lawmakers–Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones, and Justin Pearson–reportedly led protesters in chanting demands for stricter gun laws in the House chamber. While the lawmakers said taking part in the protest was within their First Amendment rights, House Speaker Cameron Sexton said their actions violated “several rules of decorum and procedure on the House floor.”

Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson were removed from the body, while the vote to expel Rep. Gloria Johnson didn’t secure the majority needed. Before yesterday, the Tennessee House had expelled two lawmakers in the last 157 years.

French protests continue

Protests across France against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform with reports of clashes breaking out between demonstrators and police in cities including Lyon, Nantes, and Paris.

French citizens have taken part in protests since January against the reform, which lifts the country’s retirement age by two years to 64. After Macron pushed through the National Assembly without a vote with the aid of Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on March 16th, protests escalated and drew in larger numbers. After talks between trade union leaders and Borne collapsed Wednesday, unions vowed to keep up their resistance and called for another day of nationwide protests on April 13th.

While strikers caused the Eiffel Tower to close, the Paris Metro reportedly ran with almost no disruptions yesterday, in contrast with previous days of action. According to the country’s Interior Ministry, a total of 570K people demonstrated against the pension reform yesterday, down from 740K one week earlier.

Sushi terrorism in Japan

Two men were arrested this week in Japan for allegedly contaminating a communal bowl of pickled ginger at a fast-food restaurant as part of a prank that has grown into what some in the country are referring to as “sushi terrorism.”

The men reportedly filmed themselves dipping the chopsticks they had been using in the ginger bowl at a Yoshinoya in Osaka, which the restaurant chain does not permit. The prank–which began as a trend that went viral on social media–involves people visiting Japan’s conveyor belt sushi restaurants, taking things off the belt, licking them, touching them, or smothering them in wasabi before returning the item to the belt for other diners to take.

Last month, police arrested three people for allegedly drinking soy sauce from the bottle and grabbing sushi by hand off a restaurant’s conveyor belt. Similar incidents have sparked debate that the nation’s conveyor belt sushi system and communal bowl restaurants may be outdated.

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Around the Globe

Indonesian police arrested a village shaman who has been accused of taking the lives of at least 12 people after several bodies were found buried in his garden (More)
An ice storm that hit Canada left two people dead and more than 1.3M without power yesterday between Ontario and Quebec, two of the country’s most-populated provinces (More)
Israel’s military struck targets in the Gaza Strip yesterday; per Israeli military officials, the strikes were in response to rocket fire carried out by Palestinian militants in connection to this week’s violence at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City (More)

On the Homefront

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas allegedly accepted paid vacations from real estate developer and political donor Harlan Crow for more than two decades without disclosing them, per a report released yesterday (More)
Department of Justice says more than 1K people have been charged in connection to events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021, and that around 533 have pleaded guilty (More)
Representative Jim Jordan subpoenaed a former senior lawyer in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office to testify before the House Judiciary Committee as part of the committee’s investigation into former President Donald Trump’s indictment (More)

Glitz & Games

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Motley Crue guitarist Mick Mars filed a lawsuit against the band on the grounds that the group attempted to oust him from their corporate entity in which he owns a 25% stake after he disclosed a chronic illness (More)
CNN host Don Lemon has been accused of misogyny and allegedly sending threatening texts to a female colleague in an expose published in Variety (More)
Will Zalatoris and Kevin Na withdrew from the Masters yesterday; Zalatoris pulled out before the start of yesterday’s round with an undisclosed injury, while Na completed the first nine holes of play before withdrawing because of an illness (More)

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Business & Markets

Major indexes in the stock market ended higher, with the Nasdaq breaking a three-day losing streak (Dow +0.01%, Nasdaq +0.76%, S&P 500 +0.36%)
Honda recalls nearly 564K CR-Vs in cold weather states on the basis that road salt can cause frames to rust and rear suspension parts to come loose and fall off (More)
Disney names Asad Ayaz as the company’s first-ever Chief Brand Officer in addition to his current role of President of Marketing for The Walt Disney Studios, according to an announcement from the company (More)

Tips & Tricks

Feel Good: Meet Dr. Aleksandra Gmurczyk, a doctor who helped take two people off the kidney donor waitlist when she donated her own kidney to Ginger, a woman she had never met, and launched a kidney-paired donation
Sneak Peek: Watch Michelle Obama in conversation with Oprah Winfrey in the official trailer for The Light We Carry, an upcoming Netflix special filmed at the former first lady’s last stop of her most recent book tour
Bump This: Swedish dance duo Icona Pop are back with their club-ready thumping new single “Faster” - listen on Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube
Chow Down: If you’re on the hunt for a delicious dish that will also make you feel a bit dangerous, try out this recipe for duck fat fries featured in the film John Wick: Chapter 2
Go Deep: Read what’s in the report that the Pentagon presented to Congress yesterday that details the Biden administration’s examination of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan in August 2021
Hot Goss: Diddy–real name Sean Combs–is reportedly still paying Sting nearly $5K every day for sampling the guitar riff from the Police’s “Every Breath You Take” in his 1997 song “I’ll Be Missing You”
Life Hack: Loading up on protein for breakfast gives you a greater chance of maintaining energy without feeling sluggish a couple of hours later - here are 13 low-calorie breakfast ideas to try out, from burritos to frittatas

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Looking Back…

On April 7th: Low-alcoholic beer becomes lawful in the U.S. some eight months before Prohibition is repealed (1933); Jack Nicklaus earns his first Masters Tournament victory at age 23 (1963); NASA launches the Mars Odyssey spacecraft (2001); actor, director, and martial artist Jackie Chan is born (1954).

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