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Jeff Bezos Is Sending William Shatner To Space – The original Captain James T. Kirk is finally going into the final frontier, courtesy of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. [vice]

Pandora Papers: World Leaders Deny Wrongdoing After Leaks – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Jordan’s King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein are among some 35 current and former leaders linked to the files. Both have issued statements saying they have done nothing wrong. [bbc]

Who Is Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen? Everything You Need To Know – “The thing I saw at Facebook over and over again was there were conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook,” Haugen said. [usat]

Nine Horrifying Facts From The Facebook Whistleblower’s New 60 Minutes Interview – You knew Facebook was making the world shittier, but it’s so much worse than you realized. [gizmodo]

‘I Couldn’t Believe It’ – University Of Pretoria Student Submits Master’s Thesis, Gets PhD Instead – So brilliant was Michael Barnes’ dissertation, that it was converted into a PhD and earned praise from an examiner at the University of Oxford in the UK. [news24]

Ex-Tesla Worker Speaks After Winning $137M Racism Verdict – His supervisors allegedly taunted him with racist imagery and used epithets against him. [dbeast]

Nkosana Makate’s Please Call Me Claim In ‘Mischievous’ Writ Of Execution Drama – Nkosana Makate’s decade-long battle against Vodacom has triggered a curious movement of supporters, but squabbles with former litigation funders continue to haunt him. [dailymav]

Pfizer Covid Jab ‘90% Effective Against Hospitalisation For At Least Six Months’ – Study shows protection against severe illness stays high, but scientists say boosters key to stopping spread of infection. [guardian]

Checkers Takes Aim At Woolworths With New Upmarket Stores – Unlike traditional Checkers stores, the FreshX concept stores feature more upmarket furniture and signage – including benches and tables for customers to test samples. [bustech]

How Chili Peppers Helped Nobel Prize Winners Understand How We Feel Heat – The 2021 Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine has been awarded to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch. [cnn]

Trump, Boris Johnson Once Spent A Big Part Of A Meeting Discussing How Strong Kangaroos Are, Book Says –  Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham wrote in her upcoming tell-all. [businsider]

Graeme Smith Hopes Fans Will Be Allowed Into Stadiums By The Time India Get Here – India arrive in December for a full tour consisting of three Test matches, three ODI’s and four T20Is. [iol]

Ashes Will Only Go Ahead If Enough Leading England Players Tour – The England and Wales Cricket Board has warned counterparts in Australia that the Ashes tour is not a done deal as it pushes to secure the best possible conditions for the players. [guardian]

Less Than A Week Left Of PUMA’s Massive Sale – Thanks to PUMA with its merry-making sale of up to 50% off on more than 480 items, we have a lot of gear to choose from. [here]

No Time To Die Smashes Box Office Records With £25m Haul In UK And Ireland In Just Three Days – Universal Pictures also confirmed that the latest James Bond film grossed £89m internationally. [sky]

WhatsApp “Sex Pest” Arrested In South Africa – The suspect had made sexually explicit video calls to numerous women, including real estate agents and car dealership employees who had their phone numbers publicly available. [mybb]

MeToo, The Music Video: The Disastrous Legacy Of Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams’s song caused a furore. Now its ‘main girl’ Emily Ratajkowski has made serious allegations against Thicke. [tele]

Faf De Klerk And Miné On The Difficulties Of A Long-Distance Relationship – Faf and Miné met through mutual friends in 2015, and she invited him to a wedding thereafter. Apparently Faf is not only quick on his feet when he is on the rugby field, but also on the dance floor. [citizen]

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