* X-rated Musk: There are uncivil rants and crude Trumpian language, but Elon Musk dug a new, rhetorical low with his “F*** yourself” response to advertisers who have stopped spending money on X over concerns that Musk himself was amplifying antisemitism and racism on his social media site, the one formerly known as Twitter.
* AI fake news: The next great misinformation spreader.
* Word of the Year, according to Oxford University Press: Rizz. It’s a Gen Z term that refers to a person’s ability to attract—or even seduce—another person. Reportedly it’s derived from “charisma”–not risible.
* SNL is now is now in its 49th season. No, it hasn’t gotten better, unless segments—more goofy than satirical–that last too long are not an issue. Is that writers’ strike really over?
* Republican Liz Cheney has been making the high-profile, media rounds to promote a book and appeal to GOP sanity. Too bad her father can’t be as outspoken about saving democracy.
* At least 64 journalists have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war,
* The average American checks his or her smartphone 58 times per day.
* Spain, Norway and Belgium have banned smartphones in schools.