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Elon Musk: I Might Create There’s a Fresh Geyser Mystery in

A Social Media Platform Yellowstone

Does the world need another social media platform? Elon Musk says he’s giving ”serious It’s unclear why the Steamboat Geyser had a record year thought” to the idea of creating one. As part It’s the tallest active geyser on the planet— of the notion, Musk conducted a poll on Twitwith an emphasis on “active.” From 2015 ter that asked: “Free speech is essential to a to 2017, it didn’t erupt at all. ere was functioning democracy. Do you believe Twitanother largely quiet period from 1911 to ter rigorously adheres to this principle?” An 1961, but in 2018 it logged a record-setting overwhelming 70% of respondents said the 32 eruptions, a feat it has crushed this year answer is no. “ e consequences of this poll with 47 eruptions, per the US Geological will be important,” Musk added. ”Please vote Survey. Why? Good question, and one that carefully.”hasn’t been answered. It’s one on a long list of geyser mysteries, in fact. e gey e Tesla and SpaceX CEO is simultaneously ser-research eld is a thin one, and as Yeltrying to end SEC oversight of his own tweets, lowstone National Park’s hydrologist exoversight that he says stymies his right to free plained the area beneath Steamboat hasn’t speech. As Reuters notes, Musk is joining the been mapped. However, seismic sensors chorus of critics who say the current giants of there have revealed that 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. Most other geysers seem to be fueled by shallower reserves; deeper equals warmer, so that could be a factor in Steamboat’s ability to propel water to heights of more than 300 feet. Michael Poland with the USGS earlier this year said it’s possible that increased snowfall in Yellowstone of late has led to more groundwater to fuel the geyser. What scientists are saying is that there’s no link between the increased activity and any potential looming eruption of Yellowstone’s supervolcano. “Yellowstone has an incredible geyser system that is unrelated to magmatic activity—other than the magmatic system basically providing heat,” tweeted one volcanologist. USA Today noted that the Waimangu Geyser in New Zealand has managed to shoot water taller than Steamboat has, but it’s been

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 a er the same person as you. But two teammates on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have that in common—and that’s not even the craziest part. As Greg Auman, an NFL reporter at the Athletic noted, Buccaneers guard Shaquille Olajuwon Mason, born in 1993, and his new teammate Shaquil Akeem Barrett, born in 1992, were both named a er the same two NBA Hall of Famers: Shaquille O’Neal and Hakeem Olajuwon. A 2016 Vice article mentioned both Mason and Barrett, then rivals, as having been named a er the NBA legends, adding neither were aware of the connection before the reporting. e article focused on the rise of the name Shaquille, which “cracked the Social Security Administration’s Top 1,000 baby names in 1991, a er O’Neal’s breakout AP Player of the Year sophomore season at LSU.” It jumped to the 426th position the 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 rst 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 spring, New York City taxi apps run by two technology companies will be integrated with Uber’s so ware. e 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 li 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.