Jesse Tyler Ferguson knew that becoming a father would mean having to reassess his personal and professional priorities. The “Modern Family” star and his husband, Justin Mikita, were ready to make major lifestyle changes when they welcomed their first child, a son named Beckett Mercer, in July. Neither could have predicted, however, […]
Chaos
Christmas chaos as companies warn of product shortages and delivery nightmares
Pandemic-weary families face chaos this Christmas with a threat of product shortages and delivery nightmares. And even hopes of enjoying a traditional dinner may be stuffed as turkey supplies are at risk. Experts warn a flood of online orders combined with shop closures, staff shortages and a logjam at the […]
Half term chaos as ‘too many’ Britons pile onto Greek and Spanish islands
lanzarote – JAVIER FUENTES/EPA-EFE Travel carnage looks to be on the cards for foreign holidays this half term, as hordes of Britons pour into the small handful of destinations that remain on the UK’s ‘green list’. Last night on the Greek island of Rhodes, frenzied crowds formed at the small […]
The Goal of Iran’s Fake ‘Proud Boys’ Emails Was Chaos
Image: Isaac Brekken/Getty Images On Tuesday, hackers sent thousands of emails urging voters in Florida, Alaska, Arizona, and other states to “Vote for Trump or else!” in messages that included the voters’ home addresses. The emails were designed to make it look like they were coming from the Proud Boys, […]
Alex Gibney’s ‘Agents of Chaos’ Tries Gamely to Make Sense of Russian Election Interference: TV Review
Connecting the seemingly infinite threads of online trolling, Russian subterfuge and the astonishing evolution of American politics has become a favorite past-time of impassioned intellectuals raging against the Trump administration. In trying to pinpoint all the significant factors that led to Trump’s 2016 presidential election victory, some have identified Russia’s […]
We ‘manage on the edge of chaos’
Netflix (NFLX) has thrived amid the novel coronavirus, which forced billions of people across the globe into their homes and helped the streaming service add almost as many subscribers in the first six months of 2020 as it did all of last year. But the company rose from DVD-by-mail startup […]
The Chaos of Free Protest Food
Nathan Howard/Getty For nearly a month, Riot Ribs served barbecue, tacos, jalapeno poppers—whatever they had on hand—from a series of tents near the site of ongoing protests in Portland, Oregon. Then, on Tuesday, the food collective announced an abrupt closure. Someone was impersonating the group and swindling money, members said. […]
Boaz Weinstein Piles Up 90% Gain in Hamptons, Bets on More Chaos
(Bloomberg) — It’s a hedge-fund summer idyll: Chickens strut, tomatoes grow ripe and the Atlantic breeze floats over this Hamptons refuge like a sweet balm. Here, in socially distanced splendor, Boaz Weinstein is printing money. As the pandemic consumes the outside world, Weinstein has repaired to his gated estate in […]