The Daily Populous

Saturday March 2nd, 2024 evening edition

image for Thousands turn out to mourn Navalny, defying Putin, at funeral in Moscow

The funeral of Alexei Navalny on Friday almost did not happen at all.

Bearing flowers, candles and placards, the crowd chanted Navalny’s name as his body was first delivered to a church in southern Moscow for a brief funeral and then to a nearby cemetery.

There were also riskier words uttered in a country where the state crushes even modest displays of dissent.

Mourners attend a funeral service for Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny at the Soothe My Sorrows church in Moscow on March 1, 2024.

Earlier in the day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov gave “a reminder” to those taking part: “Any unsanctioned gathering” would be punished.

The day was also tinged with the geopolitical tension between Moscow and the West, with a crowd of diplomats, including U.S.

Navalny “remains a shining example of what Russia could and should be,” the U.S. Embassy said in a post on X. »

‘Man I just want a dishwasher job’: Why are Olive Garden and FedEx forcing job applicants to endure a strange personality test that turns them into blue avatars?

Authored by finance.yahoo.com

The blue avatars are part of a long and confusing personality quiz in the hiring process at a handful of big companies.

The blue people are courtesy of Paradox.ai, which boasts several billion-dollar companies as clients, including McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Citizens, and more.

After answering a couple of screening questions, you’ll get a pop-up for the personality assessment, illustrated with weird blue humanoids. »

A ship earlier hit by Yemen’s Houthi rebels sinks in the Red Sea, the first vessel lost in conflict

Authored by apnews.com
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The U.S. military’s Central Command previously warned the vessel’s cargo of fertilizer, as well as fuel leaking from the ship, could cause ecological damage to the Red Sea.

The images showed the Rubymar’s stern sinking into the Red Sea but still afloat, mirroring earlier video taken of the vessel.

Since November, the rebels have repeatedly targeted ships in the Red Sea and surrounding waters over the Israel-Hamas war. »

Jury convicts first rioter to enter Capitol building during Jan. 6 attack

Authored by apnews.com

Michael Sparks, 46, of Kentucky, jumped through a shattered window moments after another rioter smashed it with a stolen riot shield.

A federal jury in Washington, D.C., convicted Sparks of all six charges that he faced, including two felonies.

But he urged the jury to acquit him of the felony charges — civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding. »