Notices by Steve Herman (w7voa@journa.host)

The platform formerly known as #Twitter will begin charging new users $1 a year to access key features including the ability to tweet, reply, quote, repost, like, bookmark, and create list, reports Fortune.
https://fortune.com/2023/10/17/twitter-x-charging-new-users-1-dollar-year-to-tweet/

#Aspartame, used to sweeten Diet Coke, some Snapple drinks and Mars' Extra chewing gum, to be designated as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" by the WHO cancer research division. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/whos-cancer-research-agency-say-aspartame-sweetener-possible-carcinogen-sources-2023-06-29/

#GLAAD: #Twitter “the most dangerous platform for LGBTQ people.” https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/twitter-dangerous-social-media-platform-lgbtq-users-glaad-says-rcna89530

AP: Theodore Kaczynski, known as the #Unabomber, has died in federal prison in #NorthCarolina.

#Tesla ‘Autopilot’ has been involved in far more crashes than previously reported. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/10/tesla-autopilot-crashes-elon-musk/

Frustrated users on #Twitter are blocking en masse accounts with blue check marks in an effort they're calling #BlockTheBlue. https://wapo.st/41z1B3q

#Twitter isn’t a company anymore — it’s been merged into a new entity called X Corp. https://slate.com/technology/2023/04/twitter-inc-x-corp-elon-musk-x-nevada.html

#Tesla employees, for years, privately shared sometimes highly invasive videos and images recorded by customers’ car cameras, reports Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/technology/tesla-workers-shared-sensitive-images-recorded-by-customer-cars-2023-04-06/

Catastrophic #tornado in #Arkansas. https://katv.com/news/local/national-weather-service-nws-catastrophic-tornado-moves-through-little-rock-central-arkansas-scattered-storms-forecast-severe-damaging-winds-threats-large-hail-warning-watch-deadly-dead-damage-jacksonville-cabot-river-twister-violent-chime-in-radar-maps

#Russia FSB detains a Wall Street Journal reporter, US citizen Evan Gershkovich, for what it describes as espionage. https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-security-service-detains-wall-street-journal-reporter-cbfbd505

#Twitter has blocked the account of the government of #Pakistan (@GovtofPakistan) from being viewed in #India in response to a
legal demand, reports Reuters.

A "major incident" has been declared after ~200 barrels of reservoir fluid leaked into Poole Harbour in Dorset, #England. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-65081094

Severe damage in Rolling Fork, #Mississippi from a #tornado. https://vicksburgnews.com/south-side-of-rolling-fork-flattened-by-tornado/

Update: At least 23 people are dead after a #tornado in #Mississippi. https://www.wapt.com/article/search-and-rescue-ambulances-dispatched-to-help-mississippi-tornado-victims/43415196

Update: Official #Mississippi #tornado death toll at 26.

Intel co-founder Gordon Moore has died.

Antisemitic tweets have more than doubled over the months since Elon Musk took charge of #Twitter, according to researchers. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/03/antisemitism-on-twitter-has-more-than-doubled-since-elon-musk-took-over/

#ChatGPT bug temporarily exposes #AI chat histories to other users. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/chatgpt-bug-temporarily-exposes-ai-chat-histories-to-other-users/ar-AA18Tb36

#Twitter has "permanently suspended" a 165-year-old newspaper in #Iowa for unknown reasons. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2023/03/16/twitter-elon-musk-mason-city-globe-gazette-banned-not-clear-why/70016392007/

I'm seeing reports #Twitter has crashed.