Monthly Archives: October 2022

McDonald’s initially hesitated about introducing Happy Meals to all its restaurants, says the man who invented them

The Happy Meal concept was devised by Bob Bernstein. Shutterstock McDonald’s was reluctant to roll out Happy Meals to all restaurants in the 1970s, its inventor said. Bob Bernstein, an advertising exec, told CNN he got the idea when he saw his son eating cereal. It took a year of testing before the boxes were…

Elon Musk bizarrely responds to Hillary Clinton after she links ‘hate and deranged conspiracy theories’ from GOP to Paul Pelosi’s attack: ‘There might be more to this story than meets the eye’

Elon Musk on May 02, 2022, in New York City. Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Elon Musk tweeted a link to a site with conspiracy theories about Paul Pelosi’s assault.  In a reply to Hillary Clinton, Musk said there “might be more to this story than meets the eye.” Police have yet to release…

Trump and his company have cases in 3 NYC courthouses this week — but only 1 could really hurt him

President Donald Trump reaches into his suit during a news conference where he prematurely declared victory in the election on November 4, 2020. Evan Vucci/AP Trump lawyers will defend him and his business empire in 3 New York City courthouses this week. Testimony is beginning in the Manhattan DA’s tax-fraud case against the Trump Organization….

Joe Rogan praises Elon Musk for wanting to bring a ‘reasonable exchange of ideas’ back to Twitter

Joe Rogan praised Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. Getty Images Joe Rogan praised Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover in his latest podcast with comedian Bridget Phetasy. He said Musk wants to bring back a “reasonable exchange of ideas” and thinks “this is important.” Musk sealed the $44 billion deal on Thursday, after trying to walk away from…

Hundreds of pilots are volunteering to use their small planes to fly patients across state lines for abortions, report says

A stock photo shows a small plane in the sky. Getty Images Hundreds of pilots are volunteering to fly abortion patients across state lines, The Guardian reported. It’s part of an initiative led by Elevate Access — an Illinois-based non-profit organization. It pairs patients in states with little or no access to reproductive healthcare with…

Hitting the Books: AI could help shrink America’s gender wage gap

Women have faced gender-based discrimination in the workforce throughout history, denied employment in all but a handful of subservient roles, regularly ignored for promotions and pay raises — and rarely ever compensated at the same rates as their male peers. This long and storied socioeconomic tradition of financially screwing over half the population continues largely…

Overwatch 2 wants your views on its store and microtransactions

Blizzard is seemingly polling Overwatch 2 players to get their views on the game’s Battle Pass and in-game store. That’s according to u/FelineXJunkie, who posted on the game’s subreddit community reporting that they’d received an email from Blizzard, inviting them to feedback on their experiences with the game so far, touching “heavily” on the shooter’s…