pivot, sudden pivot. digerati, literati, civil rights, sovereign right. technorati, set aside. A Pivot to China Saved Elon Musk. It Also Binds Him to Beijing.China pivot from Taiwan would be Tuvalu's decision, says Australia.

A Pivot to China Saved Elon Musk. It Also Binds Him to Beijing.

Tesla and China built a symbiotic relationship that made Mr. Musk ultrarich. Now, his reliance on the country may give Beijing leverage.

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Here’s how Elon Musk became “kind of pro-China.”

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Deepfake audio of Biden alarms experts in lead-up to U.S. elections
BY MARGI MURPHY
The ease of producing such doctored messages and the difficulty in tracing them to their source make them a very powerful weapon in the hands of bad actors.

China pivot from Taiwan would be Tuvalu's decision, says Australia




“It’s the sovereign right of Ukraine and the right of the president of Ukraine to make his personnel decisions.” he said on CBS’s Face the Nation. “We’ve been clear, we’re just not going to get embroiled in that particular decision. We have indicated that directly to the Ukrainians.”




R.J. Reynolds Pivots to New Cigarette Pitches as Flavor Ban Takes Effect


Now that California’s tobacco prohibitions are in place, some Camel and Newport items are billed as newly “fresh” or “crisp” non-menthol versions.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York braces for a $100 million shortfall:




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Trending: A few years ago almost no one had heard of "big data". Today it's hard to avoid and as a result, the digerati love to condemn it. The Economist explains the backlash against big data http://econ.st/1huyZyf


Trump Pivots From Obama's Birth Certificate to College Grades
Says the president needs to explain how he got into Harvard.

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Obama Releases Long Form Birth Certificate
White House says he wanted to end political 'sideshow'

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In Austin, Webheads Try to Be Cool By JENNA WORTHAM

For the Web entrepreneur, the South by Southwest Interactive conference in Austin can be pivotal in getting a nod from the technorati for a new product.

In Mideast Peace Bid, Obama Pivots in His Demands
By HELENE COOPER and MARK LANDLER
President Obama is largely setting aside his demand for a full freeze on settlements in the West Bank as a first step toward restarting Middle East peace talks.


One of those songs was “I’m on My Way,” sung during the pivotal civil-rights March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. In a videotaped interview with The New York Times in 2007 for its online feature “The Last Word,” Odetta recalled the sentiments of another song she performed that day, “Oh Freedom,” which is rooted in slavery: “Oh freedom, Oh freedom, Oh freedom over me/ And before I’d be a slave, I’d be buried in my grave/ And go home to my Lord and be free.”


But the opponents of change, those who want to keep the Bush legacy intact, are not without resources. In fact, they’ve already made their standard pivot when things turn bad — the pivot from hype to fear. And in case you haven’t noticed, they’re very, very good at the fear thing.


literati
plural noun
people with a good education who know a lot about literature:
Her novels are popular with university literati, but they have failed to attract a wider audience.
Compare glitterati.
〈ラテン語〉知識階級、文学者たち◆【複】literatus◆通例複数形で用いる。

Technorati is an Internet search engine for searching blogs, competing with Google and Yahoo. As of June 2008, Technorati indexes 112.8 million blogs and over 250 million pieces of tagged social media.^[2] The name Technorati is a portmanteau, pointing to the technological version of literati, or intellectuals.

Technorati is also synonymous with "digerati;" people who are technically competent. See digerati, numerati and blog.

digerati

Syllabification: di·ge·ra·ti

Pronunciation: /dijəˈrätē/

noun

• People with expertise or professional involvement in information technology.
  

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Origin

1990s: blend of digital and literati.

civil rights plural noun
the rights that each person has in a society, whatever their race, sex or religion:
Civil rights include freedom, equality in law and in employment, and the right to vote.



pivot
noun [C]
1 a fixed point supporting something which turns or balances

2 the central or most important person or thing in a situation:
The former guerrilla leader has become the pivot on which the country's emerging political stability turns/revolves (= it depends on him).

pivotal
adjective
central and important:
a pivotal figure/role/idea
v., -ot·ed, -ot·ing, -ots. v.tr.

1. To mount on, attach by, or provide with a pivot or pivots.
2. To cause to rotate, revolve, or turn.

v.intr.
To turn on or as if on a pivot: "The plot . . . lacks direction, pivoting on Hamlet's incertitude" (G. Wilson Knight).

[French, from Old French.]

piv・ot

pivot(pĭv'ət) pronunciation
n.
A short rod or shaft on which a related part rotates or swings.
A person or thing on which something depends or turns; the central or crucial factor.
The act of turning on or as if on a pivot.
Basketball.
A position taken by an offensive player usually facing away from the basket near the foul line to relay passes, attempt a shot, or set screens.
The stationary foot around which the ball handler is allowed to pivot without dribbling.

v., -ot·ed, -ot·ing, -ots. v.tr.
To mount on, attach by, or provide with a pivot or pivots.
To cause to rotate, revolve, or turn.
v.intr.
To turn on or as if on a pivot: "The plot . . . lacks direction, pivoting on Hamlet's incertitude" (G. Wilson Knight).做事突然大改變 如中國的清零疫情政策2022.12 sudden  pivot

[French, from Old French.]
pivotable piv'ot·a·ble adj.

pivot

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noun

1. the central point, pin, or shaft on which a mechanism turns or oscillates.

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   central shaft

   fulcrum

   axis

   axle

   swivel

   pin

   hub

   spindle

   hinge

   pintle

   kingpin

   gudgeon

   trunnion

verb

1. 1.

   turn on or as if on a pivot.

   "the sail pivots around the axis of the mast"

(especially in a business context) completely change the way in which one does something.

"the teams performed exceptionally by quickly pivoting to meet the increased demand from our customers"

[pívət]
[名]
1 《機械》ピボット, 旋回心軸
a pivot bridge
ピボット（旋回）橋.
2 （一般に）軸, 支え；中心
He is the pivot of the baseball team.
彼はその野球チームの中心選手だ.
3 軸兵：隊列が旋回するときの基準となる人.
4 《ダンス》片足旋回；《バスケット》ピボット.
━━[動](自)
1 旋回心軸で回転する.
2 ［pivot on ［upon］ A］〈A（物）を〉支点に回転する, 向きを変える；〈A（事）によって〉決まる
pivot on one's heels
かかとを軸にして回る.
━━(他)…を旋回軸上にのせる；…を回転させる.
［古フランス語pivot］