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‘Antiwork’ Reddit forum temporarily shuts down due to ‘brigading’ attack that followed fiery Fox News interview

On Wednesday, popular Reddit forum r/antiwork said it was temporarily shutting down amid a coordinated online attack against the community.    “We’re closed while we deal with the cleanup from ongoing brigading, and will be back soon,” the moderators wrote in a message to the forum. As of midnight Eastern time Thursday, the forum was still offline. On Reddit, ‘brigading’ refers to downvoting comments to censor them on the website, spamming the forum with posts and messages or other abusive behaviors towards a particular subreddit community. The forum’s decision to pull the plug came hours after one of the forum’s moderators Doreen Ford, a 30-year-old dog walker, had a combative interview with Fox News host Jesse Watters. In the interview, Watters said he disagreed with the idea of anti-work, saying it quashed ambition. Recently, the forum has battled criticisms that its anti-work narrative and 1.7 million followers are fueling the U.S.’s labor shortage. “Why do you...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket trash is about to hit the moon

Seven years after its initial launch, debris from Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket is going to hit the moon. The debris heading for the moon is the four-ton upper stage of a SpaceX rocket launched in February 2015, and is expected to make impact on Mar. 4 at 7:25 ET. Bill Gray, an astronomer who runs Project Pluto, which supplies software to astronomers, first spotted the debris’ trajectory last Friday, writing in a blog post, “it is quite certain it’s going to hit, and it will hit within a few minutes of when it was predicted and probably within a few kilometers.” The trajectory of the debris was later confirmed by Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics operated by Harvard University and the Smithsonian Institution, on his Twitter account. This is not the first time space debris owned by Elon Musk is orbiting in places it maybe shouldn’t. The Chinese government filed a complaint last month with the UN after two “clo...

Dow Jones Tumbles As Bitcoin Dives And Tesla Plunges; IBM Set To Report

The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 500 points Monday, because the charge of Bitcoin dived over the weekend. Tesla inventory plunged eight% in morning exchange. And a hectic week of earnings news receives underway, with IBM because of report after the close. Among the Dow Jones leaders, Apple (AAPL) lost 1.5% Monday, while Microsoft (MSFT) became down 2% in state-of-the-art inventory marketplace. Also a number of the Dow 30, Cisco Systems (CSCO) is fighting for support on the 50-day line. Electric-automobile leader Tesla (TSLA) traded down over four% Monday. Lucid Group (LCID) fell around 2%. And Chinese EV leaders Li Auto (LI) and Xpeng Motors (XPEV) had been squarely decrease. Among Monday’s top stocks to observe, American International Group (AIG), Baker Hughes (BKR) and Global Ship Lease (GSL) are near new buy zones. Keep in thoughts the modern-day stock market fame cautions investors to remain at the sidelines. Microsoft and Tesla are IBD Leaderboard shares. Dow Jones To...

Stocks Plunge, Bitcoin’s Slide Deepens—and What Else Is Happening in the Stock Market Today

Stocks suffered main losses Monday, however recovered from their worst levels of the day in afternoon buying and selling, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down seven-hundred factors and the S&P 500 trading close to correction territory. The S&P 500 turned into down 2.6% in afternoon trading, extending its losses for a 5th directly day. The index is now down roughly 10% from its all-time excessive set on Jan. 3. If the S&P 500 closes at or below 4,316.905, it will be the first correction for the index considering that February 2020. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 789 points, or 2.3%, cutting in advance declines of greater than 1,000 factors. It’s down some nine% from its all-time high set on Jan. Four and is on track for its 7th consecutive drop and longest losing streak on the grounds that Feb. 28, 2020, while the index fell for seven directly days. It might want to shut at or beneath 33,119.685 to enter correction territory. The Nasdaq Composite slid 2.7%, s...