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Your Daily BriefMarch 1st, 2022 |
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In Today’s Brief
- Ukraine: Assault on Bakhmut
- Chicago: Mayor Lightfoot loses reelection bid
- The Weeknd: Makes Spotify history
- Meta: Doubling down on AI products
...and more
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Russia fines Wikipedia
A Russian court yesterday fined Wikipedia’s parent company, the Wikimedia Foundation, 2M rubles (about $27K) for failing to delete alleged “misinformation” about the Russian military from Wikipedia.
After Russia invaded Ukraine last year as part of what Russian President Vladimir Putin called a “special military operation,” Russia introduced new laws restricting what people can report about the conflict. To enforce the laws, the country has fined or blocked websites that spread information that the Kremlin deems to be contradictory to its official message. Including yesterday, Russia has fined Wikimedia a total of three times since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine (the foundation was previously fined in April and November of last year).
In a press release after the November fine, Wikimedia wrote that it “will challenge any attempts to control and restrict this access to knowledge,” and called Russian-language Wikipedia “a crucial second draft of history, written by and for Russian speakers around the world.”
Nigerian presidential elections
Bola Tinubu from Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress party has taken the lead in the country’s presidential election that took place this past Saturday.
While votes are still being counted, preliminary results from about three-quarters of the country’s states show that Tinubu is currently in the lead with 39%. The People’s Democratic Party candidate Atiku Abubakar is second with 31%, while Peter Obi of the Labour Party is in third place with 20%. To be declared president-elect, a candidate needs to have the most votes nationwide and at least a quarter of ballots cast in 25 of Nigeria’s 36 states, plus Abuja. 23 states have declared their results so far.
The tally comes as Abubakar and Obi’s parties are calling for a rerun of the election, citing attacks and voter intimidation at polling sites, technical issues with voter ID technology, and late starts by election officials that prevented voting from taking place as scheduled in some areas.
Artificial sweetener study
A new study from the Cleveland Clinic found that the artificial sweetener erythritol has been linked to a higher risk of strokes, heart attacks, and blood clots.
Researchers reportedly analyzed over 4K people in the study, which was published in Nature Medicine. The results showed that those with higher levels of erythritol in their blood were at an elevated risk of experiencing “major adverse cardiovascular events.” The findings also revealed that erythritol made platelets easier to clump together and form blood clots. Diabetics and other people with an increased risk of heart disease were also found to be twice as likely to experience a heart attack or stroke if they had high levels of erythritol in their system.
Commercial erythritol is produced by fermenting corn. Yesterday’s study comes after a January 2023 scientific review was published in PubMed which referenced studies that “indicate positive association between plasma erythritol and obesity and cardiometabolic disease.” However, the authors of the PubMed review state “it is unlikely that dietary erythritol is mediating these associations” and point to correlating dysregulated pathways in the subjects.
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Around the Globe
- Tesla enters into an agreement with Mexico to build a new production plant in the city of Monterrey, according to an announcement from Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (More)
- Connecticut native Elan Ganeles has been identified as the person shot and killed by a suspected Palestinian gunman in the occupied West Bank on Monday, according to the Israeli foreign ministry (More)
- Russian forces launch a renewed assault on Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine but have not yet seized control of the city, according to Ukrainian officials (More)
On the Homefront
- President Joe Biden plans to nominate Julie Su to become Secretary of Labor; Su currently serves as Deputy Labor Secretary and, if confirmed, will become the first cabinet-level secretary of Asian heritage in the Biden administration (More)
- Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued her first majority opinion yesterday since joining the Supreme Court in June 2022; Jackson authored the opinion in Delaware vs. Pennsylvania Et. Al, a case concerning a dispute between multiple states on escheatment of unclaimed funds (More)
- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot lost her bid for reelection, making her the city's first one-term mayor in four decades; Paul Vallas will face Brandon Johnson in the April 4th runoff (More)
Glitz & Games
- Pop-R&B singer The Weeknd becomes first artist to reach 100M monthly listeners on Spotify in the history of the streaming service (More)
- Former Baltimore Colts defensive tackle Fred Miller passed away at the age of 82, according to a social media post from Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay (More)
- Damien Lewis will return to ‘Billions’ as Bobby Axelrod in six episodes of the show’s upcoming seventh season; Lewis previously departed the Showtime series at the end of its fifth season in 2021 (More)
Business & Markets
- Major indexes in the stock market closed lower to end February with losses (Dow -0.71%, Nasdaq -0.10%, S&P 500 -0.30%)
- Google announced several changes to its Chrome web browser, including optimizing systems such as memory compression and JavaScript timers that will result in longer battery life on MacBooks (More)
- Meta is creating a product team dedicated to building tools powered by AI, according to a post from CEO Mark Zuckerberg (More)
Tips & Tricks
- Feel Good: Students at Penn State University raised $15M during their annual 46-hour “no sleeping or sitting” dance marathon…and those funds will go to aiding families with childhood cancer at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital
- Sneak Peek: Return to Neverland in the official trailer for the upcoming live-action Disney film Peter Pan & Wendy, which comes out on Disney+ on April 28th
- Bump This: In honor of Pink Floyd’s album The Dark Side of the Moon, which came out 50 years ago today, start your morning with the classic “Breathe (In the Air)” - listen on Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube
- Chow Down: Check out this video that lays out each step to cook an authentic full English breakfast, featuring eggs, bread, mushrooms, sausage, pork loin, tomatoes, and…beans, apparently?
- Go Deep: Read about how the culture of Greenland is centered around developing a deep relationship with nature…and how Greenlanders came to view nature as medicine for the soul
- Hot Goss: NYC’s Department of Transportation reportedly unveiled a road sign for the Jackie Robinson Parkway that misspelled the baseball Hall of Famer’s first name as “Jakie” (hey, it happens)
- Life Hack: As much as we wish it did, the human body doesn’t come with an on/off switch that makes it easier for us to fall asleep - for those intense days that don’t seem to end, here are six nighttime habits to help you unwind and relax in minutes
Tip-Offs
Mapping out how cats and dogs sound in different languages.
Inside New Balance’s journey from sensible sneaker to Gen Z icon.
How people with narcissistic tendencies often become outcasts.
A photo of a mysterious face in a breaking wave.
…and a montage of wipeouts from the Eddie surfing competition.
From crosses to diamonds, 10 iconic jewels throughout history.
Ranking the happiest cities in America.
…and this year’s list of the best beaches in the world.
Looking Back…
On March 1st: Yellowstone National Park is established as the world’s first national park (1872); President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps (1961); Pink Floyd releases their album The Dark Side of the Moon (1973); Spanish actor Javier Bardem is born (1969).
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Question of the Day
Do you trust the information you read on Wikipedia?
Yes - it’s fairly accurate for the most part
No - you can’t trust what you read on the Internet
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