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Elon Musk: I Might Create There’s a Fresh Geyser Mystery in AYellowstone Social Media Platform It’s unclear whyanother the Steamboat Does the world need social media Geyser a record year platform? Elonhad Musk says he’s giving ”serious It’s the tallest active geyser on theAs planet— thought” to the idea of creating one. part an Musk emphasis on “active. ” From 2015 of the with notion, conducted a poll on Twitto asked: 2017, it“Free didn’t erupt isatessential all. Theretowas ter that speech a another largely quiet from 1911 functioning democracy. Doperiod you believe Twit-to 1961, butadheres in 2018 it a record-setting ter rigorously tologged this principle?” An 32 eruptions, featrespondents it has crushedsaid this the year overwhelming 70%a of 47 “The eruptions, per the US answerwith is no. consequences of Geological this poll Why? Good question, and one that will beSurvey. important, ” Musk added. ”Please vote hasn’t carefully. ” been answered. It’s one on a long list of geyser mysteries, in fact. The geyThe Tesla and SpaceX is simultaneously ser-research field CEO is a thin one, and as Yeltrying lowstone to end SEC oversight of his own tweets, National Park’s hydrologist exoversight that the he says right to hasn’t free plained area stymies beneathhis Steamboat speech.been As Reuters Musk seismic is joining the mapped.notes, However, sensors chorusthere of critics say the giants of have who revealed thatcurrent the geyser’s water social media are too restrictive. But so far, none source may sit as deep as 130 feet. of the others—including Donald Trump’s Truth Social, along with Gettr, Parler, and Rumble— have been able to come close to the scope of the more mainstream platforms.

Weird NFL Name Coincidence Goes Viral Unless you’re Joe or Bob, it’s probably not every day you come across someone with the same name as you. It’s even rarer to come across someone named after the same person as you. But two teammates ongeysers the Tampa Buccaneers Most other seemBay to be fueled by have that in common—and that’s equals not even the shallower reserves; deeper warmcraziester,part. As Greg an NFL reporter so that couldAuman, be a factor in Steamboat’s at the Athletic Buccaneers guard Shaquilability tonoted, propel water to heights of more le Olajuwon Mason, in 1993, and his than 300 feet.born Michael Poland withnew the teammate Shaquil Akeem Barrett, born in 1992, USGS earlier this year said it’s possible that were both namedsnowfall after theinsame two NBAofHall increased Yellowstone late of Famers: Shaquille O’Neal and Hakeem Olahas led to more groundwater to fuel the juwon.geyser. What scientists are saying is that there’s no link between the increased activA 2016ityVice mentioned both Mason andof andarticle any potential looming eruption Barrett,Yellowstone’s then rivals, as having been named after supervolcano. “Yellowstone the NBA addinggeyser neither were that aware of haslegends, an incredible system is unthe connection the reporting. The article related tobefore magmatic activity—other than focused onmagmatic the rise of system the name Shaquille, which the basically providing “cracked the Social Security Administration’s heat,” tweeted one volcanologist. USA ToTop 1,000 baby names in Waimangu 1991, after Geyser O’Neal’sin day noted that the breakout AP Player of the Year sophomore New Zealand has managed to shootseawason at ter LSU. ” It jumped to the 426th the taller than Steamboat has,position but it’s been following year, and on to 181st in 1993, when O’Neal was named NBA Rookie of the Year.

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Uber Cuts Deal With New York Taxis Uber is short of drivers. Ride-sharing companies have cut into cabdrivers’ income. An agreement that could ease both problems has been reached, allowing passengers in New York City to choose a cab when they order a ride on Uber’s app, the Wall Street Journal reported. It’s the first such citywide partnership in the US for Uber, which has been battled by cabdrivers in multiple countries for years, though limited partnerships have been formed in other places. ”It’s bigger and bolder than anything we’ve done,” said Andrew Macdonald of Uber. Under the agreement to kick in this

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spring, New York City taxi apps run by two technology companies will be integrated with Uber’s software. The apps handle credit card payments in cabs. Passengers wanting a taxi will see a price in the app before they order, per the New York Times, as they do with Uber rides. Uber said passengers will pay about the same amount for a lift in a yellow cab as they would for a standard Uber ride. Yellow cabdrivers who answer hails on the Uber app also will see a price before they accept and will be able to turn the fare down. A slice of the cab fare will go to Uber and its partners, though they wouldn’t say how much.

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