“There’s a dark chapter in the company’s history, which the company clearly does not want people to talk about. And this could bring that back.” Adidas, founded by members of the Nazi Party, originally outfitted members of the Hitler Youth. washingtonpost.com/business/2022/…

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Kanye impulsively ended his deal with Gap. His deal with Adidas—which is responsible for his billionaire status—is under review. Now, Balenciaga cut ties after his antisemitic spree. This has to be one of the wildest self-sabotages in business history. trib.al/WPFTq6m

This dude Kanye is a clown. adidas what do you think about this? He seems to imply you’re okay with antisemitism.

Meanwhile on Russia's state-funded RT, director of broadcasting Anton Krasovsky suggests drowning or burning Ukrainian children, makes hideous comments about the rapes by Russian soldiers in Ukraine, says Ukraine should not exist and Ukrainians who resist Russia should be shot.

Today on the 405 in Los Angeles. We are waiting adidas.

Russia Today’s anchor in full Radio Mille Collines genocide mode: Ukrainian children saying Ukraine is occupied by Russia? Need to throw them into a fast river and drown them alive. Or, even better, put them into wooden houses, nail the doors and burn them alive.

One of Elon's schemes to make Twitter more transparent is ill-considered. Shocker. wired.trib.al/C82ujRw

OPINION | If you want to buy a gun, usually you must demonstrate at least some reliability and aptitude. Given the power of social media to incite violence, the same must be demanded of site owners. Elon Musk and Kanye West hardly meet these criteria. trib.al/bnIqQud

Minutes after Elon Musk became Twitter’s official owner, the platform was filled with vile hate speech. trib.al/sTZv5wG

Rapper Kanye West's Twitter profile, which was suspended for posting anti-Semitic remarks, appeared to be back up on the platform, a day after billionaire Elon Musk bought the company reut.rs/3zq2LlD

The ADL Center on Extremism has identified a coordinated effort to spread #antisemitic content on @Twitter, explicitly drawing inspiration from Elon Musk's takeover of the company. In the past 24 hours, over 1200 tweets and retweets have spread antisemitic memes.

Elon Musk: “Twitter obviously cannot become a free-for-all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences!” Within hours of Elon’s statement, his fans filled Twitter with racist, antisemitic, Islamophobic, homophobic, and transphobic hate speech.

The death toll of a Halloween crowd surge in Seoul has risen to at least 146 people, and 150 more were injured, a fire department official said. nyti.ms/3FtN40T

Breaking News: The death toll in a bridge collapse in India rose to 132, and the majority of the dead were children, women and older people, officials said. nyti.ms/3U6Qpa8