Early Addition: Why Hasn't Twitter Banned Alex Jones Yet?
Aug. 8, 2018, 11:17 a.m.
Because Jack Dorsey doesn't want to kick Alex Jones off Twitter, check out today's midday links: Pumpkin Spice Latte season approaches, queer online dating community, Trump's veteran policies, capping Ubers, and international cat day.
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- The Daily Beast reports that a Texas facility for troubled youth—which the federal government has paid $33 million to house migrant children—drugged, beat, and restrained kids.
- It's August, but it's almost Pumpkin Spice Latte season.
- A queer online dating community has aligned around the unlikeliest of formats: old-school personal ads.
- Jack Dorsey offered a weak explanation as to why Twitter hasn't banned Alex Jones yet.
- Drew Magary has been on a lifelong quest to try to find pants that fit right.
- Learn how Marvel Entertainment chairman Ike Perlmutter and two other Mar-a-Lago cronies are secretly shaping the Trump administration’s veterans policies.
- Cynthia Nixon and Zephyr Teachout have given each other a dual endorsement.
- From digital helpmates like Siri to computer-generated Instagram models like Lil Miquela, feminized tech is all around us—Amanda Hess thinks it's time for us to embrace our new Fembot Overlords.
- Stephen Colbert’s Alex Jones character has also been silenced by "Silicon Valley Soy Flakes."
- What would happen if the city capped Ubers?
- Check out Madison McFerrin's music video for her great single "Insane."
- And finally, it’s international cat day, make sure you hesitantly hug a cat:
Cat notices a tpyo in the tweet pic.twitter.com/808ZfZKdmd
— Emergency Kittens (@EmrgencyKittens) August 4, 2018
