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The moves appear to be a compromise between the company and an activist investor. Changes could be afoot in the boardroom of Twitter (NYSE:TWTR). The operator of the popular instant messaging service disclosed in a regulatory filing submitted after market hours on Monday that it's putting the framework of its board of directors up to a shareholder vote, while reaffirming its current management structure. It is also relaunching its suspended share repurchase program. These updates come at the recommendation of the management structure committee, which was formed in March to evaluate the makeup of both the company's management and its board. The committee is seen as an attempt to placate Elliott Management, the activist investor that took a 4% stake in the company just before the committee's creation. Image source: Getty Images. Twitter will put the restructuring of its board to a vote during its 2021 annual general meeting of shareholders, recommending that they favor the proposal. Twitter currently has a staggered board, meaning that its directors serve for varied terms. If the proposal is ratified, all directors will have year-long terms. In a victory for Twitter's high-profile CEO Jack Dorsey, the company wrote in the filing that "the Committee expressed its confidence in management and recommended that the current structure remain in place." Previously, Elliott Management had reportedly called for his removal. As for the share repurchase program, almost no details were provided. Twitter only divulged that the restart would occur this quarter. It said more information would be provided in the company's upcoming 10-K annual report for 2020. The five-member management structure committee was made up of three independent directors, one executive apiece from Elliott Management and fellow Twitter shareholder Silver Lake Partners, and three of the company's board members.

Their reasons for coming to Dodger Stadium varied from making sure their vote would count to casting a ballot at a highly Instagrammable polling place.Of course, on the final day of anything, procrastination is a factor.Then, there was the spectacle. And for that, the venue did not disappoint on election day.A mariachi band was playing in front of a disaster relief group handing out free food when two bare-cheeked streakers in American flag jock straps ran up, trailing their own camera crew. They were there to “boost stoke,” as Chad Kroeber, the blond surfer dude, put it.“What’s up, 949?” said the other dude, J.T. Parr. Mariachi Los Pasajeros plays for voters on election day at Dodger Stadium in Elysian Park.(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) Kroeber’s real name is Tom Allen, and Parr is John Parr. The two are West Hollywood comedians who have become YouTube celebrities for their alter egos’ antics, which include handing out free face masks in Huntington Beach and advocating for house parties at L.A. City Council meetings. The dudes first had to run a security gauntlet, including a guard operating a drone from his wristwatch. They were eventually allowed to approach the polling area, where they were greeted with laughter, applause and a sea of camera phones.“This is … L.A.!” Allen exclaimed, using an expletive. “This is … L.A.!” a woman crowed.She declined to give her name, but her husband Art Mercado, 47, said they waited to vote at the stadium on the last day of voting for the novelty and the bragging rights. “We vote all the time, but it’s the novelty of saying we voted here,” said Mercado. Mercado, a facilities manager for a chain of fitness clubs, said he is voting for Joe Biden to end the divisiveness that has torn the…

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When the polls close at 7 p.m., people across Alabama and the nation will start watching for results. Not only will we be providing results on AL.com’s website, but also on al.com’s Facebook page with live hourly video updates.Reporters and columnists from our organization will join throughout the night, bringing live updates from the Doug Jones and Tommy Tuberville campaign headquarters and from across the state. Find those videos on our Facebook page here, or our Youtube page here. The videos will be added here once they have aired on social media.In Alabama, one of the top races is the U.S. Senate seat up for grabs. While Democrat Jones won the seat in a special election in December 2017, challenger and Republican Tuberville is leading in the polls.“You never put it in your mind that the end is near where it comes to fruition,” said former Auburn football coach Tuberville, who launched his campaign in April 2019. “It’s kind of like winning a conference championship game in the SEC or titles at the end of the year. You don’t think about it. You just work till you get to that point.”Also on the ballot was the presidential race, between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. There were a host of other statewide and local races on the ballot, along with six constitutional amendments.Voters throughout the state on Election Day faced long lines at polling places, some waiting hours to cast their ballot. The lines come after thousands voted ahead of time via absentee ballots. While absentee provisions are typically limited, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill allowed people who preferred to vote without going to the polls to use absentee ballots due to COVID-19.The election is the third during the coronavirus pandemic and social distancing was in…

It’s 2020, should we really be surprised a pasteurized prepared cheese product is the smartest person/food in the room?The Velveeta Cheese Twitter account took a break from explaining how to make great mac & cheese or creamy queso dips to throw down knowledge on NBA advanced stats that blows a lot of paid pundits out of the water. Seriously. This cheese deserves its own podcast at this point.It all started when Hoops Central tried to start a Twitter discussion of the most underrated player in NBA history, and Velveeta chimed in.Then somebody pointed out Abdul-Rauf’s +/- numbers, and it got rolling. IF THATS TRUE ITS PROB MORE A COMMENTARY ON THE VALUE OF +/- AS CONSTRUCTIVE METRIC THEN — Velveeta (@EatLiquidGold) November 2, 2020 THERE'S TOO MUCH PARITY RIGHT NOW- LIKE DOES COLLIN SEXTON'S UNADJUSTED ON-OFF TELL YOU SOMETHING COMPARED TO GARY TRENT'S? IT'S ALMOST LIKE COMPARING ERAS? WHAT U THINK — Velveeta (@EatLiquidGold) November 2, 2020 I will second this next one: WE DON'T FIND THE GOAT CONVO CONSTRUCTIVE ITS BASICALLY JUST PEOPLE SAYING THEIR FAVORITE COLOR- ITS PROB MJ BUT PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT KAREEM — Velveeta (@EatLiquidGold) November 2, 2020 Then came some real endorsements. Velveeta was asked about VORP (Value Over Replacement Player): VORP IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE BC THE FORMULA FOR REPLACEMENT PLAYER FEELS ARBITRARY AND ULTIMATELY UNSATISFYING- LIKE COMPARING A KNOWN AGAINST AN HYPOTHETICAL, WIN SHARES ARE HELPFUL BUT DISREGARDS A PLAYER'S CONTEXT WHICH IS TOO IMPORTANT TO DISMISS – U? — Velveeta (@EatLiquidGold) November 2, 2020 And Velveeta wasn’t done, it even got into the value of Rudy Gobert: OVERALL I THINK WE FORGET ANALYTICS IS GREAT FOR FINDING SMALL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PLAYERS BUT USING IT SOLELY FOR PLAYER EVALUATION IS AGAINST ITS INTENDED USE- PIPM RELIES TOO MUCH ON BOX SCORE AND WE HAVEN'T…

A link to Facebook’s Voting Information Center will also be provided Facebook By David Cohen 4 hours ago As the polls begin to close on Election Day, beginning with the East Coast, Facebook will adjust the notification it is displaying atop users’ News Feeds.People are currently seeing information about in-person voting or options to drop off mail-in ballots.However, the social network said that as polls begin to close, its notifications will remind people that as long as they are already in line at closing time, they are eligible to vote.A link to Facebook’s Voting Information Center will also be provided. {"taxonomy":"","sortby":"","label":"","shouldShow":""}

It’s November, which means the start of the PUBG Continental Series 3 is nearly upon us. The competition kicks off this weekend, with matches in Asia, the Pacific, North America, and Europe all getting underway November 5. We’ve got the full schedule, as well as how to watch, right here. PUBG Corp is providing English broadcasts for all the matches, and you’ll be able to tune in on both Twitch and YouTube, as well as TikTok and Facebook Gaming. The map feed for the tournament will be broadcast separately on Twitch. The company has also arranged for broadcasts in many international languages, with talent arranged for each one. You can head over to the official website for the complete details on broadcast feeds and casting talent lined up for each language. Competition days are staggered by region. Those include Asia, Asia-Pacific, North America, and Europe. Generally, matches will run Thursday-Friday in Asia and North America, and Saturday-Sunday in Asia-Pacific and Europe. You can check out the full three-week schedule below. On the Twitch global broadcast, there will be drops enabled – so even if your favourite team isn’t playing in the tournament this year, you still may want to tune in to pick up some cool loot for the battle royale game. If you want, you can always bookmark this post and watch right here: And here’s the full schedule: Asia Week 1: 11/5-6 @ 7pm KST / 5pm ICT / 2am PST / 11am CET Week 2: 11/12-13, @ 7pm KST / 5pm ICT / 2am PST / 11am CET Week 3: 11/19-20, @ 7pm KST / 5pm ICT / 2am PST / 11am CET North America Week 1: 11/5-6 @ 4pm PST / 11/6-7 @ 1am CET / 9am KST / 7am ICT Week 2: 11/12-13 @ 4pm…

Cultural references in politics have stayed on the right side of respectability and civility, doing just enough to grab attention but not genuinely engaging with people. Often coupled with last minute get out the vote efforts, these attempts at using culture come across as inauthentic or fake.  But over the past few years, a new wave of organizers are rejecting the pearl clutching of traditional political campaigns and connecting with Black and other communities of color on their own terms. “Our politics are in response to culture. Because culture tends to move way faster than politics,” Amber J. Phillips, culture organizer and strategist, said. “People consume politics and culture at the same time.” Electoral participation and civic engagement are cultural practices. Aside from attracting a new generation of civically committed people, Phillips says that culture can lead us to what a new future could look like. Instead of waiting for rushed celebrity events as a part of get out the vote activities, organizers are bringing in art, language, and music into the core of their work.  “We want to change the culture of voting,” Nse Ufot, CEO of the New Georgia Project, said in an interview with Scalawag Magazine’s As the South Votes. “We need to lean into culture in order to do so.” Ufot shared that most people were skeptical when the New Georgia Project started working with gamers. She said people had no clue what relevance gaming had to voting rights. Nse Ufot, CEO of the New Georgia Project “Around 65 percent or 75 percent of American households have someone that considers themselves a gamer in it,” Ufot remarked. “Obviously, we want to talk to 75 percent of American households about democracy, about our elections, about the minimum wage, about Medicare for all, about climate change.”  On…

November 3, 2020 | 3:56pm | Updated November 3, 2020 | 4:06pm Enlarge Image Kourtney Kardashian is peddling merchandise for Kanye West's presidential campaign, as well as an unfounded advisory about mask safety. Instagram Paging Dr. Kardashian. The eldest Kardashian daughter, Kourtney, 41, is catching flak for peddling eyebrow-raising claims about the supposed health risks of surgical masks to her 102 million Instagram followers. On Halloween, the “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star reposted an unattributed blurb that read in part, “Those Blue Masks Mandated at grocery stores & airplanes are made of PTFE, a carcinogen made of synthetic fluoride.” The medical warning about PTFE, or polytetrafluoroethylene — a man-made chemical found in nonstick cooking coatings like Teflon — included a picture of a ubiquitous three-ply, single-use blue surgical mask. The post went on: “According to Cancer.Org it increases the risk of liver, testicle, pancreas, kidney & breast tumors + ulcerative colitis, thyroid disease, preeclampsia and high cholesterol. High exposure can cause influenza-like symptoms and hemorrhaging in the lungs, leading to suffocation.” Kardashian also added her own commentary: a wide-eyed emoji and another with an exploding head. One reader, meanwhile, called her post “scaremongering.” But the American Cancer Society, listed as the source for the revelations, denounced the advisory. “There is no evidence to support the claim that the presence of PTFE in a mask causes cancer,” Dr. William Cance, chief medical and scientific officer of the ACS, told The Post. “As a surgical oncologist, I, along with thousands of colleagues in the health-care profession, have been wearing masks for years to protect patients from the spread of infections,” Cance added. In fact, an article the ACS published on chemicals found in cookware did not even explore PTFE, but instead warned of another chemical, perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, as having…

Today is Election Day in the United States, but some Instagram users are being told otherwise As reported by Protocol, Instagram is mistakenly still displaying a notification at the top of some users’ feeds that simply reads, “Tomorrow is Election Day.” Instagram was inundated with complaints from users on Twitter, and the company responded by saying the “Tomorrow is Election Day” notification was cached for “some users” on Tuesday and that restarting the app should clear it: While we turned off the “Tomorrow is Election Day” notice last night, it was cached for a small group of people if their app hadn’t been restarted. It’s resolving itself as people restart. Today, people will get “It’s the Last Day to Vote” at the top of feed. Instagram spokesperson Raki Wane declined to say exactly how many people were affected by this caching issue, but Protocol anecdotally adds that some users were still seeing the “Tomorrow is Election Day” messages as late as 1:45 pm ET today. Instagram says that all users should receive accurate information via their notification center soon. Protocol also received a screenshot from a friend asking, “Why has Instagram been telling me all day so far that tomorrow is Election Day?!?” That screenshot was taken around 1:45 p.m. ET. Shortly after, Wane told Protocol, “Everyone should be receiving the accurate information shortly, as well as a notification in their notification center with accurate details.” Ideally, this notification could have been refreshed as users refreshed their feeds and their stories carousel — thereby solving the alleged caching issue. Regardless, Instagram should have anticipated this issue form the start and worded the initial notification differently, or put better precautions in place. And in case it’s not clear: today, November 3, is Election Day. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.…