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Source: MSNBC
NBC News' Monica Alba reports that a temporary flight restriction has been set over Lake Michigan due to Department of Defense activity. The restriction comes after U.S. fighter jets shot down two high-altitude objects over Alaska and Canada and a week after the recovery of a Chinese surveillance balloon shot down near South Carolina.
Read more: https://www.msnbc.com/weekends-with-alex-witt/watch/temporary-flight-restriction-imposed-over-lake-michigan-163207237998
Now $&it's getting weird.
UPDATE:https://twitter.com/Faytuks/status/1624852897174257666
https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1624860107442999296
UPDATE 2:https://twitter.com/WarMonitors/status/1624855915768827906
UPDATE 3:https://twitter.com/RepSlotkin/status/1624864799036252167
UPDATE 4:https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1624870817770110976
https://twitter.com/RepJackBergman/status/1624868047780515841
UPDATE 5: US military shoots down high-altitude object over Lake Huron on Sunday
The US military shot down another high-altitude object over Lake Huron on Sunday afternoon, according to a US official and a congressional source briefed on the matter.
The operation marks the third day in a row that an unidentified object was shot down over North American airspace. An unidentified object was shot down over northern Canada on Saturday. On Friday, an unidentified object was shot down in Alaska airspace by a US F-22.
And last weekend, a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon was taken down by F-22s off the coast of South Carolina.
Earlier Sunday, Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan tweeted that she had received a call from the Department of Defense saying that the US military “has an extremely close eye” on an object above Lake Huron.
“Just got a call from @DeptofDefense — our military has an extremely close eye on the object above Lake Huron,” Slotkin said in a tweet on Sunday. “We’ll know more about what this was in the coming days, but for now, be assured that all parties have been laser-focused on it from the moment it traversed our waters.”
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People Are Mad About Pink Floyd's New Logo
I usually don't comment on my V&M posts but; this has to be one of the dumbest things I've ever seen. Imagine the blissful ignorance it takes to form these thoughts opinions. No wait, I can't.
OAN Loses Key Ruling in Suit Claiming Directv Broke Deal by Dropping Network
Source: Ars Technica
One America News Network's owner lost a key ruling in a lawsuit against DirecTV over the TV provider's decision to drop OAN from its channel lineup. OAN-owner Herring Networks had sued DirecTV and its owner AT&T in March 2022, claiming breach of contract.
The lawsuit always seemed like an uphill battle for Herring Networks because DirecTV didn't take OAN off the air while they still had a carriage agreement. Instead, DirecTV waited until the carriage agreement expired and chose not to renew it.
Most of OAN's claims were thrown out in a ruling issued last week by Judge John Meyer of California Superior Court in San Diego County. DirecTV had filed an anti-SLAPP (strategic lawsuits against public participation) motion to strike the Herring Networks complaint; DirecTV's motion was granted in part and denied in part.
"As to the breach of the implied covenant claim, to the extent it is based on the non-renewal of the Affiliation Agreement, the claim fails because the agreement contains a fixed expiration date and no provision entitling Herring to a renewal," the ruling said.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/01/oan-loses-key-ruling-in-suit-claiming-directv-broke-deal-by-dropping-network/
Pro Rally Driver and Hoonigan Founder Ken Block Killed in Snowmobile Accident
Source: Road & Track
Pro rally driver and Hoonigan co-founder Ken Block was killed in a snowmobile accident on Monday, Hoonigan and local authorities confirmed.
Block, a prolific figure in the car community, was 55 years old. A co-founder of DC shoes, he moved into the world of rally and quickly made a name for himself, developing the Hoonigan brand and creating the much-loved Gymkhana video series.
"It's with our deepest regrets that we can confirm that Ken Block passed away in a snowmobile accident today," a statement from Hoonigan says. "Ken was a visionary, a pioneer, and an icon. And most importantly, a father and a husband."
The Wasatch County Sheriff's Office in Utah confirmed Block's death in a statement published on Facebook. Block was riding on a steep slope in the Mill Hollow area outside Woodland, Utah at around 2:00 p.m. when his snowmobile "upended, landing on top of him," police said. Block was riding with a group but alone at the time of the incident. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Read more: https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a42381041/ken-block-dead/
State Sup. Ct. Allows CAF Suits to Proceed Against State Cops
TikTok Cops to Running "Covert Surveillance Campaign" on Western Journalists
Source: Ars Technica
Following an internal investigation, TikTok owner ByteDance today confirmed reports from this fall that claimed some of its employees used the popular app to track multiple journalists, including two in the US. The ByteDance employees’ goal? To identify anonymous sources who were leaking information to the media on the company’s ties to the Chinese government, according to The New York Times.
Forbes reported that multiple reporters from its own publication were “part of this covert surveillance campaign.” A Buzzfeed reporter and UK-based Financial Times journalist Cristina Criddle were also surveilled, FT reported. ByteDance employees reportedly accessed reporters' TikTok accounts to obtain IP and user data, assessing whether there was any overlap with pings from known locations of ByteDance employees suspected of leaking. ByteDance confirmed that these tactics became so broad that the employees also monitored the data of some of the journalists’ associates.
According to Forbes, ByteDance fired Chris Lepitak, the chief internal auditor responsible for the company’s Internal Audit and Risk Control department. ByteDance confirmed Lepitak's team was behind the surveillance campaign. In October, Forbes reported that Lepitak was also seemingly seeking information on the “location and details of the Oracle server that is central to TikTok’s plans to limit foreign access to personal US user data.” That server is key to the Biden administration’s ongoing discussions with TikTok over national security concerns, with the US increasingly wary of China-based ByteDance employees gaining access to US-stored data.
Forbes received access to one internal email from TikTok General Counsel Erich Andersen, which confirmed that Lepitak’s team “misused their authority to obtain access to TikTok user data” in tracking journalists.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/tiktok-fires-4-employees-who-used-internal-data-to-spy-on-journalists/
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Black Man Run Over By Cop After He Called 911 For Gunshot Wound
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