The official X account for "Sesame Street" character Elmo was hacked over the weekend by someone who "posted disgusting messages, including antisemitic and racist posts," says a spokesperson for the show who says the account has now been secured. Here's [@Variety](
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Elmo Hacked on X, Posts Antisemitic Tweets and Epstein Comments
A spokesperson for "Sesame Street" confirmed Elmo's X account was "compromised by an unknown hacker who posted disgusting messages."
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If Drake was rendered culturally irrelevant after his well-publicized beef with Kendrick Lamar, playing in front of 150,000 fans in London suggests otherwise. “Whilst his feud with Kendrick Lamar has certainly provided more headlines than his recent music, these shows have proven that his mass appeal remains, as does his exceptional showmanship and enduring pop, rap and R&B back catalogue,” culture reporter Annabel Rackham writes. Read more from [@BBCNews](
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Wireless Festival 2025: Drake's still relevant - as his famous friends will tell you
The Toronto rapper's performance at Wireless Festival was his first UK appearance since 2016.
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Question of the day: Can AI make you a better beer drinker? University of Michigan professor Don Moynihan (They know a thing or two about beer in Ann Arbor, right?) and his friend Asmus traveled to the Mikkeller Beer Festival in Copenhagen and had four hours to sample as many beers as they could. Moynihan wrote this story about how he and Asmus hacked their way through beer Valhalla for @npub16uhk...lsxe:
Can AI Make You A Better Beer Drinker?
At the Mikkeller beer festival in Copenhagen
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It's Friday. Our day is almost done. What better way to kick of the weekend than with a Tiny Desk concert by Clipse? The Thornton brothers have been on hiatus for 16 years, but they're better than ever. "The first half of the year in hip-hop hasn't been the most exciting, so the timing of this reunion couldn't be better. Here's Clipse delivering its best live performance ever recorded and one of the hardest Tiny Desks of all time," writes [@npr](
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Time to delve into the realm of ChatGPT, meticulously. According to new research from a team at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, the AI tool is changing the way people speak. Here's Scientific America's story about words that are increasingly used, such as swift, inquiry, meticulous and boast. What's the problem with this? Language might get less diverse — and since the words we use shape our discourse, that could change our culture.
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ChatGPT Is Changing the Words We Use in Conversation
Words frequently used by ChatGPT, including “delve” and “meticulous,” are getting more common in spoken language, according to an analysis ...
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For the past 10 weeks, our Friday night has comprised watching "Taskmaster" on YouTube with a can of margarita and a big bag of chips. Now that season (series, Jason) 19 is finished, we're bereft. Here's Defector's story about television's silliest, sweetest, funniest show, which this time round gave us Javie Martzoukas, Fatiha El-Ghorri's Batman room, and a bit too much Mathew Baynton.
Sure, We Gained Our Independence, But We Lost The Ability To Make Anything As Good As ‘Taskmaster’ | Defector
The Fourth of July is always there to remind us that we aren’t the country we fancy ourselves being, but this year’s national try-not-to-blow-y...
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Practicing Catholics are obliged to go to Mass every Sunday, but Bishop Alberto Rojas says that's not the case in his San Bernardino diocese. He issued a decree absolving parishioners of the requirement if they are fearful of ICE action — San Bernardino and Riverside counties in Southern California have large Latino populations. “In issuing this decree, I am guided by the Church’s mission to care for the spiritual welfare of all those entrusted to my care, particularly those who face fear or hardship,” Rojas wrote. Here's more from MSNBC.
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California bishop lifts Sunday Mass obligation for churchgoers fearful of ICE raids
In dispensing parishioners from the Mass obligation, San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas cited concerns about “potential immigration enforcement ...
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Author Raynor Winn's 2018 book, "The Salt Path," was a huge hit. It was an autobiographical tale of how she and husband Moth lost their home, Moth was diagnosed with a degenerative condition, and the pair walked the 630-mile South West Coast Path in the U.K. The book sold over a million copies and spawned two sequels and a movie starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs. But over the weekend, reporting by the U.K. Observer called the story into question, casting doubt over the circumstances in which they lost their home, and Moth's illness. [@BBCNews](
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The Salt Path: Raynor Winn hits back at claims she misled readers
The author posted a lengthy statement challenging claims made in the Observer newspaper at the weekend.
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