🛩 SpaceX paid $250,000 to a flight attendant who accused Elon Musk of sexual misconduct

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SpaceX paid $250,000 to a flight attendant who accused Elon Musk of sexual misconduct. A flight attendant for SpaceX said Elon Musk asked her to 'do more' during a massage, documents show. The billionaire founder exposed his penis to her and offered to buy her a horse, according to claims in a declaration. After she reported the… (Rich McHugh / Business Insider)

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein

A SpaceX flight attendant said Elon Musk exposed himself and propositioned her for sex, documents show. The company paid $250,000 for her silence.

businessinsider.comA SpaceX flight attendant said Elon Musk exposed himself and propositioned her for sex, documents show. The company paid $250,000 for her s…SpaceX paid a flight attendant $250,000 in severance after she accused Elon Musk of exposing himself and offering to buy her a horse in exchange for a sexual massage.

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At Wells Fargo, a Quest to Increase Diversity Leads to Fake Job Interviews. Joe Bruno, a former executive in the wealth management division of Wells Fargo, had long been troubled by the way his unit handled certain job interviews. For many open positions, employees would interview a “diverse” candidate… (Emily Flitter / The New York Times)

Emily Flitter @FlitterOnFraud

My story about Wells Fargo doing fake interviews of non-white candidates for jobs that have already been filled was published just 3 hours ago & I’ve already gotten messages like this one. Story here: nytimes.com/2022/05/19/bus… https://t.co/22gmikCzT3

CulturalStrategist @QuentinDeBerry

@FlitterOnFraud YOU ARE THE GREATEST THANKS FOR THE Wells Fargo STORY! it happens all the https://t.co/lDqmL5bKX0 experience there was terrible as employee

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YC advises founders to 'plan for the worst'. Y Combinator, a Silicon Valley kingmaker, is advising its portfolio founders to “plan for the worst” as many startups across the globe scramble to navigate the sharp reversal after a 13-year… (Manish Singh / TechCrunch)

tae kim @firstadopter

Oh man. Tons of startups are going to cut spending on everything too now: "Greetings YC Founders .. No one can predict how bad the economy will get, but things don’t look good." "best way to prepare is to cut costs" "just staying alive"

techcrunch.comYC advises founders to ‘plan for the worst’ – TechCrunchY Combinator is advising its portfolio founders to “plan for the worst” as startups across the globe scramble to navigate a sharp market reversal.

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Asia's advanced economies now have lower birth rates than Japan. The list of things for which Japan enjoys a global reputation includes delicious food, cutting-edge technology, an oversupply of karaoke bars and an undersupply of babies. In 1990 it published a record-low fertility rate for the previous… ( The Economist)

Mike Bird @Birdyword

Japan was once known for ultra-low birthrates. Though still low, it now actually has the highest fertility rate in developed E. Asia, and is tied with China, where fertility is still tumbling. Not having a 20x house-price/income may help. economist.com/asia/2022/05/1…

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GOP-Led Legislation Would Force Breakup of Google's Ad Business. A bipartisan group of senators led by Utah Republican Mike Lee introduced legislation Thursday that would take aim at conflicts of interest in the advertising technology industry and force Google to break up its dominant online-ad business. The… (Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal)

Matt Stoller @matthewstoller

This is an excellent bill by @SenMikeLee to address adtech consolidation. It would break apart part of Google's ad business, and have implications for Amazon's ad business as well. @SenAmyKlobuchar @RepKenBuck @SenBlumenthal are on board as well. wsj.com/articles/gop-l…

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