{"id":33302,"date":"2024-02-07T15:26:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T15:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/p\/wednesday-headlines-beg-the-melon#id33080"},"modified":"2024-02-07T15:26:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T15:26:00","slug":"wednesday-headlines-beg-the-melon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wednesday-headlines-beg-the-melon\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday headlines: Beg the melon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three scenarios imagine how the Supreme Court may handle Donald Trump's imminent appeal to avoid an election-subversion trial.<\/a> \/ Politico<\/span><\/p>\n

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi never lost a vote in eight years as leader. Speaker Mike Johnson just lost two in one night.<\/a> \/ Wake Up to Politics<\/span><\/p>\n

Fox Corp., Warner Bros. Discovery, and Disney are creating a single joint venture for streaming sports.<\/a> \/ Variety<\/span><\/p>\n

Around 1,000 private planes are expected in Las Vegas for the Super Bowl—double the amount of parking spots.<\/a> \/ Pro Football Network<\/span><\/p>\n

See also: “Taylor Swift joins Elon Musk in trying to silence student who tracks celebrity jets.”<\/a> \/ The Verge<\/span><\/p>\n

This week's long (long) read: Investigating the mysterious death of a London teenager who pretended to be an oligarch's offspring.<\/a> \/ The New Yorker<\/span><\/p>\n

A Hinge report claims Gen Z daters are 47% more likely than millennials to say the pandemic made them nervous talking to people.<\/a> \/ FastCompany<\/span><\/p>\n

The average age of people using TikTok in the United States is 30-plus.<\/a> \/ The Economist<\/span><\/p>\n

Hackers used deepfake technology on a video call to persuade a finance officer to pay out $25 million.<\/a> \/ CNN<\/span><\/p>\n

Meghan Boilard says cocomelon is probably not an existential threat to children and parents—or, if so, it's too late anyway.<\/a> \/ Off-Topic<\/span><\/p>\n

Nicholson Baker says space aliens are not an existential threat to the US and everyone needs to calm down.<\/a> \/ Intelligencer<\/span><\/p>\n

Related: Remembering the 1990s San Francisco beach rave that collectively hallucinated a UFO.<\/a> \/ SF Gate<\/span><\/p>\n

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Three scenarios imagine how the Supreme Court may handle Donald Trump’s imminent appeal to avoid an election-subversion trial.<\/a> \/ Politico<\/span><\/p>\n

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi never lost a vote in eight years as leader. Speaker Mike Johnson just lost two in one night.<\/a> \/ Wake Up to Politics<\/span><\/p>\n

Fox Corp., Warner Bros. Discovery, and Disney are creating a single joint venture for streaming sports.<\/a> \/ Variety<\/span><\/p>\n

Around 1,000 private planes are expected in Las Vegas for the Super Bowl\u2014double the amount of parking spots.<\/a> \/ Pro Football Network<\/span><\/p>\n

See also: “Taylor Swift joins Elon Musk in trying to silence student who tracks celebrity jets.”<\/a> \/ The Verge<\/span><\/p>\n

This week’s long (long) read: Investigating the mysterious death of a London teenager who pretended to be an oligarch’s offspring.<\/a> \/ The New Yorker<\/span><\/p>\n

A Hinge report claims Gen Z daters are 47% more likely than millennials to say the pandemic made them nervous talking to people.<\/a> \/ FastCompany<\/span><\/p>\n

The average age of people using TikTok in the United States is 30-plus.<\/a> \/ The Economist<\/span><\/p>\n

Hackers used deepfake technology on a video call to persuade a finance officer to pay out $25 million.<\/a> \/ CNN<\/span><\/p>\n

Meghan Boilard says cocomelon is probably not an existential threat to children and parents\u2014or, if so, it’s too late anyway.<\/a> \/ Off-Topic<\/span><\/p>\n

Nicholson Baker says space aliens are not an existential threat to the US and everyone needs to calm down.<\/a> \/ Intelligencer<\/span><\/p>\n

Related: Remembering the 1990s San Francisco beach rave that collectively hallucinated a UFO.<\/a> \/ SF Gate<\/span><\/p>\n

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