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Sign at Amazon's Bessemer fulfillment center.Amazon is hitting back at critics just days before votes will be counted at its Bessemer fulfillment center in a potentially historic union vote. And the online giant is using Twitter to convey its message. Through its Amazon News account, the company struck over the weekend at Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), replying to a tweet accusing the company of exploiting tax law. What followed was a back and forth over tax law and allegations of Amazon’s union busting tactics. Amazon’s response echoes earlier statements made by the company, touting its own $15 an hour minimum wage and accusing Democratic lawmakers of abandoning blue collar workers. Here is full coverage of the Alabama Amazon unionization effortVox is reporting that the tweets may be have been prompted after Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos expressed dissatisfaction in recent weeks that company officials weren’t more aggressive in pushing back against criticism.It should be pointed out that Amazon did go two straight years of paying no U.S. federal income taxes, in 2017 and 2018. That was due to carryforward losses from its unprofitable years, tax credits for investments in research and development, and the fact that it pays people in stock…

Twitter is on a roll, the social media platform is coming up with features to make its users use the platform feeling safe and comfortable. In the past few months the features that Twitter has come up with are both innovative and highly considerate. Twitter's Analyst Day Presentations are the ones where executives of different departments come together to inform the public about the direction their respective teams are headed towards to. During one of its Analyst Day Presentations, Twitter shared a new feature that was on the works called ‘Communities’, this Facebook-like group option will allow users to share their tweets within a selected pool of audience. This is a much awaited and extremely thoughtful feature as many of us out there are highly intellectual but just don’t have the confidence or don’t feel like sharing everything with everyone. Through this, the users can generate their own selected audience and can share their tweets only with the people that they are comfortable with.Many say that this new feature from the social media platform will greatly change the way of how users tweet. When tweeting something, the user can pick out the people that are allowed to view that tweet.…

Matthew VanTryon, Indianapolis Star Published 9:49 p.m. ET March 27, 2021 | Updated 10:00 p.m. ET March 27, 2021CLOSEAutoplayShow ThumbnailsShow CaptionsLast SlideNext SlideFor a while, it looked like Oral Roberts was going to become the first 15-seed in NCAA tournament history to make an Elite Eight appearance. The Golden Eagles led Arkansas by 12 in the second half. But the Razorbacks mounted a furious comeback, hit a jumper to take the lead with 3.1 seconds to go and withstood one last shot attempt from Oral Roberts that just missed.Here's how Twitter reacted to the drama.— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) March 28, 2021Honestly thought he hit it when he let it go. What a run for Oral Roberts. Fun, fun team to watch.— Kyle Neddenriep (@KyleNeddenriep) March 28, 2021Arkansas 72, Oral Roberts 70. Abmas got a good look. A real good look. Couldn't make it go. Fantastic game here at Bankers Life.— Joel A. Erickson (@JoelAErickson) March 28, 2021WHAT A GAME 😱@RazorbackMBB is back in the #Elite8 for the first time since 1995! #MarchMadnesspic.twitter.com/PPDBjN28k3— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) March 28, 2021I thought he hit it. I think Max thought he hit it. Muss DEFINITELY thought he hit it lol— Rob Dauster…

The micro-blogging platform Twitter wants to be more transparent when it comes the violation of its rules and content moderation processes by introducing a safety tool which will help the users to easily understand different ways and action in each case, plus this will also promote and maintain healthy conversations.You can now see the safety center which Twitter has introduced which can also become a one-stop-shop for safety instruments; you can access this safety tool through the Twitter menu. From which users can check the reports, blocks, and strikes they are currently having on their account. Twitter can also provide an update on any remaining report through the Report Center tab. This feature will help Twitter to force their users to follow the rules and regulations which Twitter has made so that they re-think before bullying other persons and many people try to troll other users. If any user is involved in any such behavior as many social media platforms are facing such issues, this platform will alert the users who are on warning list and can be suspended if he does not change his attitude. This will also include a link related to the guidelines of Twitter so that…

Mets' Steve Cohen treated image with Mets hat, looking to sideMets owner Steve Cohen started a dialogue with Mets fans on Friday night by asking a simple question:“What do you think Lindor will accept?’ Cohen tweeted. "I’m going to crowdsource the answer.”Francisco Lindor and the Mets have reportedly begun contract extension talks, with the superstar shortstop setting a deadline of Opening Day for all negotiations to reach a conclusions, saying he won’t discuss his contract during the regular season.The 27-year-old, acquired by the Mets this offseason in a blockbuster trade with the Cleveland Indians, is currently set to become a free agent after the 2021 season.With Cohen taking to Twitter to discuss the Lindor situation, some fans assumed that a deal with the shortstop must be imminent, though Cohen responded saying “In this case no.”SNY MLB Insider Andy Martino confirmed what Cohen said, reporting that Lindor and the Mets are not close on a deal at this time.The Mets’ Opening Day matchup with the Washington Nationals is just six days away, so it’s fair to assume that all eyes will be on the Mets and Lindor to see if a long-term contract will be agreed to before that day arrives.

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On Thursday night, Twitter erupted after news broke that 5-star athlete Malaki Starks has committed to play football at the University of Georgia. Starks, a 5-star athlete in the class of 2022, made his decision live on Fox5 Atlanta at the Jefferson Civic Center. It came down to Georgia, Alabama and Clemson – and the Dawgs came out on top. Starks hails from Jefferson, Georgia and stands at 6-foot-1 and weighs in at 200 pounds. 247Sports has Starks as the nation’s No. 13 overall player. Here are the best Twitter reactions to the news: Safe to say the #UGA faithful in Jefferson came out in full strength and appreciated keeping Malaki Starks home.Full coverage at https://t.co/CEVYkHhhNl pic.twitter.com/xSKgHyLtj0 — Jake Reuse (@ReuseRecruiting) March 25, 2021 Malaki Starks, WR, S Jefferson HS 5 Star prospect 13th Best Player in Nation 2 in Nation at his position! Commits to University of Georgia Over Clemson, Alabama & others! Will be entering Spring of 2022!@MalakiStarks is a Damn Good Dawg! Sic’em! pic.twitter.com/xVYXAydXoE — Chester Starr (@ChesterStarr) March 25, 2021 Georgia coach Kirby Smart interrupts his post-practice Zoom interview with a "Go Dawgs." An obvious reference to commitment of 5-star ATH Malaki Starks of Jefferson, which…

Alex Padilla is getting to know the ropes of his new job.The California senator got into his first Twitter spat with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz this week since arriving in the Senate in January. The war of words started Tuesday, the same day the Senate Judiciary Committee held its hearing on gun violence. At the hearing, Padilla, the Democrat who was appointed to fill Vice President Kamala Harris' seat, made the claim that it's easier to buy a gun than vote in many states. "In a majority of states, new voters are able to obtain a rifle quicker than they're able to cast their first ballot," he said. "It seems to me we have our priorities entirely backwards when it comes to this — when we make it easier to buy a gun than we do to cast a ballot." This is demonstrably, laughably false. Find me the Dem that says “it’s abusive to require a photo ID to buy a gun!”They ALL say that about voting.(Except for the CA gubernatorial recall....) https://t.co/YEVqiIbzTq— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) March 24, 2021 Cruz tweeted a clip of Padilla's remarks on Tuesday and called them "demonstrably, laughably false." "Find me the Dem that says…

Jay Leno has issued an apology for a series of racist jokes he's told for decades about Asians, but some aren't buying it.  The former late night host's apology came after a meeting with Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA) president Rob Chan, MANAA founding president Guy Aoki and vice president Lawrence Lim over zoom, after over 10 years of Aoki trying to secure a meeting with Leno to discuss his racist jokes.  Aoki said he initially appealed to Leno's new employers at Fox, where he hosts the game show You Bet Your Life, offering them an ultimatum of firing the host or MANAA would approach sponsors to boycott the project."At the time I did those jokes, I genuinely thought them to be harmless," Leno said in a joint press release with Aoki, according to multiple reports. "I was making fun of our enemy North Korea, and like most jokes, there was a ring of truth to them."  The comedian continued, "At the time, there was a prevailing attitude that some group is always complaining about something, so don’t worry about it. Whenever we received a complaint, there would be two sides to the discussion: Either ‘We need to deal…

SALT LAKE CITY — Less than 48 hours after Utah Gov. Spencer Cox vetoed a controversial bill aiming to impose new moderation regulations on social media platforms, a U.S. House joint committee will take up some of the same issues in a Thursday hearing that will include the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter. While all three companies say they are continuing to ramp up efforts to fairly and appropriately apply content moderation/take down rules, the chairman of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. D-N.J., described those efforts as merely reactions to social and political pressures and, furthermore, said they are failing to effectively staunch the flow of misinformation and extremist postings. The hearing, “Disinformation Nation: Social Media’s Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation,” will include testimony from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. The House Energy and Commerce Committee will be joined by members of two House subcommittees for questions and discussion. In a memo released earlier this week, Pallone wrote that these U.S. tech behemoths are motivated to allow the posting, sharing and distribution of controversial content because it gets the most attention from users and,…