Charlie Warzel, writing for The Atlantic:

X’s decision to show where accounts are based is, theoretically, a positive step in the direction of transparency for the platform, which has let troll and spam accounts proliferate since Musk’s purchase, in late 2022. And yet the scale of the deception — as revealed by the “About” feature — suggests that in his haste to turn X into a political weapon for the far right, Musk may have revealed that the platform he’s long called “the number 1 source of news on Earth” is really just a worthless, poisoned hall of mirrors.

Max Berger, on Bluesky:

If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?

Pretty much.

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Bloomberg:
Investors have pulled $3.5B from US-listed bitcoin ETFs so far in November, almost equaling the previous monthly record for outflows of $3.6B set in February  —  Exchange-traded funds investing in Bitcoin are heading for their worst month of outflows since launching nearly two years ago …

Jonathan Weil / Wall Street Journal:
How Meta's financing structure for its $27B Louisiana data center, which helps it keep debt off its books, hinges on some convenient accounting assumptions  —  Favorable treatment off the balance sheet hinges on some convenient assumptions  —  It seems like a marvel of financial engineering …

The New York Times:

Sean Duffy, the secretary of transportation, began a new campaign on Wednesday that he called “The Golden Age of Travel Starts With You,” complete with a 1960s-style public service announcement that spliced together scenes of the country’s first air travelers, dressed in suits and hats, with present-day clips of in-flight brawls and airport meltdowns. In the background, Frank Sinatra sings “Come Fly With Me.”.

From the Department of Transportation website:

Secretary Duffy posed a few key questions every flyer should ask themselves this holiday season to help Americans reach their destinations as quickly, efficiently and comfortably as possible:

1. Are you helping a pregnant woman or the elderly with placing their bags in the overhead bin?
2. Are you dressing with respect?
3. Are you keeping control of your children and helping them through the airport?
4. Are you saying thank you to your flight attendants?
5. Are you saying please and thank you in general?

“Quiet, piggy.”