A Police Car Hit a Kid on Halloween 2019. The NYPD Is Quashing a Move to Punish the Officer.

Civilian investigators found that officers engaged in serious misconduct, including hitting one boy with a car, pointing a gun at another and wrongly arresting three teens. Then the NYPD intervened.
Read more: https://www.propublica.org/article/a-police-car-hit-a-kid-on-halloween-2019-the-nypd-is-quashing-a-move-to-punish-the-officer?source=Snapzu

20% of Brits Are Eating Less Meat To Actively Fight Climate Change, Survey Finds

A survey commissioned by Ecosia has revealed that the U.K. is looking to eat less meat to help in the fight against climate change.
Read more: https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/brits-eating-less-meat-climate-change/?source=Snapzu

JPMorgan says its long-term bitcoin price target of $150,000 is unlikely as surging volatility challenges institutional adoption

The bank's new long-term theoretical price target is $38,000, which is based on the relative volatility and market size between gold and bitcoin.
Read more: https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/bitcoin-price-outlook-150000-target-unlikely-volatility-institutional-adoption-jpmorgan-2022-1?source=Snapzu

Chuck Klosterman Brings Back the Nineties

In a nostalgic tour through the decade, Klosterman defends Gen X as today’s “least annoying” generation.
Read more: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/02/07/chuck-klosterman-brings-back-the-nineties?source=Snapzu

'Maus' ban makes Art Spiegelman's Holocaust graphic novel an Amazon bestseller

Sales of Art Spiegelman's 'Maus,' the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel on the Holocaust, have risen after a Tennessee school board banned it this month.
Read more: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2022-01-31/maus-bestseller-list-tennessee-ban-art-spiegelman?source=Snapzu

Turkey’s Erdogan fires statistics chief after inflation data shows 19-year high

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sacked the head of the state statistics agency, according to a decree published Saturday, after releasing data showing last year's inflation rate hit a 19-y…
Read more: https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20220129-turkey-s-erdogan-fires-statistics-chief-after-inflation-data-shows-19-year-high?source=Snapzu

The IRS is reportedly looking for ID.me alternatives amid privacy concerns

The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are reportedly looking for alternatives to the controversial facial recognition software ID.me, according to a report by Bloomberg. As Bloomberg notes, the agencies didn’t cite a reason for the possible change, and also didn’t mention any privacy concerns about the service.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/29/22907853/irs-idme-facial-recognition-alternatives-privacy-concerns?source=Snapzu