Early Addition: Trump Complained About His Twitter Follower Count In Meeting With Twitter CEO

April 24, 2019, 11:55 a.m.

Because Trump is still griping about his follower count, check out today's midday links: climate change, Starbucks needle-disposal boxes, 'Avengers; Endgame' reviews, Penn Station history, and the two types of dogs.

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  • Trump complained about his follower count going down (due to a bot purge) during a White House meeting with Twitter's CEO Jack Dorsey: "A significant portion of the meeting focused on Trump’s concerns that Twitter quietly, and deliberately, has limited or removed some of his followers," the Washington Post wrote. "Trump said he had heard from fellow conservatives who had lost followers for unclear reasons as well."
  • Before getting forced out as Department of Homeland Security Secretary, the Times reports Kirstjen Nielsen tried to focus the White House on the need to defend against new Russian attacks in 2020: "Mick Mulvaney, the White House chief of staff, made it clear that Mr. Trump still equated any public discussion of malign Russian election activity with questions about the legitimacy of his victory. According to one senior administration official, Mr. Mulvaney said it 'wasn’t a great subject and should be kept below his level.'"
  • How will climate change affect cities like NYC by 2100? The Verge has a video you should check out.
  • Some Starbucks stores have begun installing needle-disposal boxes in bathrooms in recent months.
  • A woman caught on video throwing seven three-day-old puppies in a dumpster near Coachella has been arrested and charged.
  • The reviews for Avengers: Endgame are in and they're very positive.
  • In defense of shade: "It’s a civic resource, an index of inequality, and a requirement for public health. Shade should be a mandate for urban designers."
  • Since 1972, Greenland's ice sheet has lost 11 quadrillion pounds of water.
  • The Times takes a look back at how Penn Station has radically changed in design over the decades, and what it's lost on the way.
  • Eater has a story about the first person to claim to have seen Jesus in a tortilla: "My mother was the first person to discover the face of Jesus in a tortilla — whether or not it was a sign from God, it changed our lives."
  • Kevin Morby talks about his fantastic new album Oh My God, a secular rock record consumed by religious imagery, with Fader.
  • And finally, which type of dog are you?