Morning Scoop: The guy who deactivated Trump's Twitter account
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THE LEAD: HERE’S THE GUY WHO DEACTIVATED TRUMP’S TWITTER ACCOUNT
TechCrunch landed an interview with Bahtiyar Duysak, who had an epic last day in his job at Twitter, where, before leaving for the last time, he pulled the plug on the president’s very famous account. Some people (see above) were overjoyed.
But, Duysak, who has moved to Germany, doesn’t see himself as a hero.
Read the very interesting profile here.
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TRUMP STRAINS US-UK RELATIONSHIP WITH TWITTER ATTACK ON BRITISH PM
What the heck is going on between President Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May? CNN has the scoop this morning:
“The so-called ‘special relationship’ between Britain and the US was under increasing strain Thursday after President Donald Trump publicly rebuked Prime Minister Theresa May over his dissemination of anti-Muslim propaganda.
In an extraordinary diplomatic clash between two allies, Trump took aim at May on Wednesday evening, tweeting: ‘@Theresa_May, don’t focus on me, focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom. We are doing just fine!’
Trump had earlier caused outrage in Britain by retweeting three videos posted by Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of the far-right UK party Britain First. The inflammatory videos showed people purported to be Muslims carrying out assaults and, in one video, smashing a statue of the Virgin Mary.
Downing Street condemned Trump, staying he was ‘wrong’ to share videos by a group that ‘seeks to divide communities through their use of hateful narratives which peddle lies and stoke tensions.’”
There is lots more on this story (if you want it) right here.
TODAY IN A TWEET
Maybe this applies to being a college student, too?
GET READY FOR A ‘NEW’ SNAPCHAT
Recode reports this morning that Snap CEO Evan Spiegel said a re-design of Snapchat “was necessary after acknowledging that the app was too hard for many people to use. The key change in the slicker, simplified makeover: Snap is now splitting personal content from friends and content from professional media creators.”
Recode walks you through the new app, which rolls out globally in a few weeks.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST: TIPS FOR MEMORIZING YOUR NOTES
Uloop is doing everything it can to get you ready for finals and Danni White helps out the effort by writing about memory and your notes, writing, “In whatever way we learn, memorization will no doubt become a significant part of our preparation for tests and other assignments.”
Um, today’s the last day of November. There are only 32 days left in 2017, yikes.
And remember, you can use Uloop to find a part time job on your campus, connect with a tutor or get a head start on housing for next year.