Of all things, the simple act of thanking the bus driver became a meme this year. Beats us as to why.

Now it’s something you can do in Fortnite as your character leaves the battle bus, all because of fans who requested the feature.

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The ability to thank the bus driver, who flies players over the island at the start of the game, has been added to the game’s latest v5.30 patch, and while it hasn’t been highlighted in the release notes, it was spotted by users in the game’s subreddit.

It’s likely the result of a now-deleted Change.org petition asking developers to add the feature in the game, which has been around since July.

“Since I was just a boy I have always loved jumping out of the battle bus, but all this time I have felt something was missing. And that thing is the ability to thank the driver of the battle bus, he or she is truly a great person and they provide us a great service, I think it is time we can truly appreciate [their] service, don’t you agree?” reads the petition.

Now players can hit the B key on computers, or press down on D-pad on console, to thank the driver before jumping out of the battle bus.

On the bottom left of the screen, a message will display saying “[player] has thanked the bus driver.” 

That’s about it, really, and there’s no effect on the actual game if you do choose to thank the bus driver. We just hope you reciprocate it in real life.

Russia’s biggest gun manufacturer is looking to take on Tesla with its new electric concept car.

Kalashnikov, maker of the AK-47 assault weapon, has gone retro with its new “supercar,” the CV-1, unveiled at a Russian defense show near Moscow Thursday.

According to media outlets reporting at a press event at the expo, a Kalashnikov media rep said the car will “let us stand in the ranks of global electric car producers such as Tesla.”

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It certainly looks retro, with the design and body of an old-school IZh 21252 “Kombi” car — the Kombi came from a Soviet era car maker from the 1970s. It’s a bold design decision, a vintage throwback akin to the Fujifilm Instax camera.

Aside from making guns, Kalashnikov had previously built electric motorcycles and electric “Ovum” vehicles that were used at the World Cup in Russia this summer. The electric motorcycles had been used last year for police patrolling roads. But mostly the company builds weapons. And the occasional salt-and-pepper shaker.

So, will the company’s CV-1 “supercar” stand up to Tesla’s electric empire?

A limited number of Tesla vehicles have been sold in Russia in the past few years.

Kalashnikov didn’t give any pricing details for the potential vehicle, but the specs that the company provided didn’t exactly stack up with Tesla.

Tesla’s electric vehicles boast much more impressive stats. The CV-1 claims to have about a 200-mile range and go from 0 to 60 mph in 6 seconds. Tesla’s newest affordable sedan, the Model 3, has a 220-mile range and a long-range battery that reaches 310 miles. The Model 3 can reach 60 mph in 3.5 seconds.

If the concept car isn’t that impressive to you, check out the gun maker’s walking robot named Igoryok, also unveiled at the defense show this week. 

Today, Jeff Bezos is the world’s richest man, the master at the helm of the mighty capitalist empire that is Amazon. But back in 1994, he was just a scrappy entrepreneur building his dream team, and using ’90s era message boards and double spaces after periods to do it.

An early Amazon job posting resurfaced on Twitter Thursday, thanks to Bloomberg anchor Jon Erlichman. Originally posted by Bezos himself, the listing seeks Unix/C/C++ developers who can work three times faster “than most people think possible.”

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Amazon confirmed to CNBC the authenticity of the ad, which initially appeared on the message board Usenet. Bezos apparently filled the role, since Amazon would be up and running the following year, slinging books and killing Mom-and-Pop stores for decades to come.

The ad is certainly a trip. But it also reminds us of Amazon’s roots, how those early ideas and personalities laid the groundwork for how the company would grow — and how very, very far Amazon has come. 

For example, did you know that Jeff Bezos’ first investors were his mom and stepdad, whose original $250,000 investment means they’re now worth about $30 billion? Or that an early name of what would become Amazon was “Cadabra”? How about the fact that it’s easy to see how Bezos’ “three times faster” mentality has led to robot-human integrations, and sometimes inhumane conditions, in Amazon’s factories? What a fun walk down memory lane!

To take into account Amazon’s past, present, and cash-filled future, here is our annotated version of Amazon’s July 1994 job posting. Fun fact: Whoever got this job is probably a gazillionaire now. 

Non-vest-wearers need not apply.

Nicki Minaj, Travis Scott, and Kylie Jenner are the best Mad Libs pairing of celebrities in recent memory. During episode five of her Queen Radio show, Minaj cleared the air about Kylie after a video of the mogul reportedly avoiding her on the MTV Video Music Awards red carpet surfaced.

“I fucking love Kylie and that’s not going to change,” Minaj said. “This is not real life, this is entertainment. I love Kylie and so do my fans. Kim was on my first episode of Queen Radio — fucking love her. We’re not going to make something that it’s not. We’re not going to start any dumbass cat fights for your entertainment. This is strictly music, between musicians.”

Kylie potentially avoided Nicki Minaj at the VMAs because of tweets the Queens rapper posted a day before the awards ceremony. On Twitter, Nicki detailed why she felt she deserved the No. 1 album over Travis Scott’s Astroworld, after it secured the top spot on the Billboard 200.

“Travis sold over 50K of these,” Nicki wrote. “With no requirement of redeeming the album! With no dates for a tour, etc. I spoke to him. He knows he doesn’t have the #1 album this week.”

In a second tweet, Minaj doubled down on her assessment that Travis didn’t truly have the top album in the country.

“I put my blood sweat & tears in writing a dope album only for Travis Scott to have Kylie Jenner post a tour pass telling ppl to come see her & Stormi,” she continued. “I’m actually laughing. #Queen broke the record of being number 1 in 86 countries. Thank Jesus & thank you to my fans.”

Thankfully, it seems like the competitive spirit only pertains to the music. Listen to the entire episode on Apple Music.

Everyone who’s already in love with Noah Centineo’s Peter Kavinsky from Netflix’s To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before has a different moment where they fell in love. 

Some people say it’s when he twirled Lara Jean around in the cafeteria. Some say it was when he bashfully splashed the hot tub water when she didn’t realize she liked him, but others point to what is known as The Popcorn Save as the moment they knew Peter Kavinsky was truly a good egg.

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The Popcorn Save is pivotal because the simple action of Peter moving a bowl of popcorn from the couch before going in for a pillowfight with Lara Jean’s little sister shows in action that Peter is a thoughtful, conscientious person — he showed up for a movie night and didn’t mind spending time with his date’s little sister, he was kind enough to include said little sister in the fun instead of making her feel like a third wheel, and most importantly he didn’t want to make a mess in Lara Jean’s house in the name of said fun. 

To make this little moment even better, Netflix’s official “See What’s Next” Twitter account confirmed to a Popcorn Save enthusiast that the adorable moment between Peter and Lara Jean’s little sister, in which he moves a bowl of popcorn off the couch before going in for a pillow fight, was completely improvised by Noah Centineo. 

Noah improvising that moment means that not only is his character a spatially aware king, but that Noah is one himself! That’s one step closer to the 22-year-old actor literally being the Peter Kavinsky of everyone’s dreams. 

If you’re a member of the LGBTQ community, chances are you’ve been asked the same questions over and over. Did someone or something make you gay? What does transgender even mean? Why do there have to be so many pronouns?

It’s exhausting, especially because most people’s knowledge of the LGBTQ community is limited to what they learned on the playground and a viral clip of Ben Shapiro. No wonder the newish allyship guides have encouraged people to Google their questions about the LGBTQ community, instead of relying on the marginalized to do the work of explaining.

It’s a reasonable request. If only Google and the platforms were up to the task.

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When Bustle interviewed 19 members of the LGBTQ community last year about how allies can improve, participants came up with similar answers: “A big one was not relying on LGBTQA+ people to educate you on the issues when Google is a thing — and it’s free. Be conscientious of the emotional labor that goes into constantly explaining things to and do your own research.”

DIY research is a great idea, but the problem is, Google isn’t always the best teacher. As the 2016 election (and its aftermath) have taught us, searching out good sources is a skill, one that largely comes with education. Too often, even well-intentioned readers aren’t capable of separating good news sites from bad ones, or Russian bots from real people. 

Take a look at what happens when you Google common questions about the LGBTQ community. This is the very first Google search result from “What does the rainbow mean?” It comes from DesiringGod.org:

I Googled “Can you cure homosexuality?” and this was the seventh result I found, from the famously anti-LGBTQ organization, Focus on the Family:

The first result for the question: “Why is my kid gay?”is also from Focus on the Family.

Imagine what happens after an uninformed person Googles “transgendered” (not really a word, but used by people unfamiliar with/antagonistic to the community) and “predators.”

This if the fifth result, from anti-LGBTQ hate group Family Research Council:

YouTube is worse, if possible. Here’s the fifth result I found when I searched “difference between sex and gender.” It’s from notorious enemy of the queer and trans community, Jordan Peterson:

Then there are the fourth and fifth results after I search “What is the gender binary?” on YouTube … of course Ben Shapiro had something [wildly incorrect] to say.

The problem is pervasive, but the explanation is simple: Search engines aren’t designed to be culturally sensitive. They share and incidentally prioritize plenty of malicious content. Google the company might consider itself an ally to the trans and queer community, but Google the search engine is not. 

 “One component of the algorithm looks at the number of links to a webpage to determine how high a website appears in a search, and this puts LGBTQ advocacy organizations and community groups at a disadvantage, as sensationalized or malicious content will often have a larger audience,” Chris Brown, Digital Director at GLAAD, told Mashable. “Online spaces have always been places where LGBTQ people are able to make connections and build community …  Unfortunately, oftentimes we find this positive content flagged for removal, while malicious content is able to proliferate algorithmically with limited checks and balances.”

People are emotionally complex. So are their questions. It can be a challenge for search engines to provide them with the nuanced answers they deserve, Oliver Haimson, a President’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan’s School of Information, explains:

“The problem here is that Google’s goal is to provide information that best matches a text query, and that goal may be at odds with the complexities that arise when people have questions about the LGBTQ people in their lives. Google’s algorithms tend to promote content that is linked to and clicked on a lot, but otherwise do not always do a great job of distinguishing between helpful advice and harmful/inaccurate advice. This type of algorithmically curated search result may not be a good stand-in for advice for a distressed parent who is just learning that their child is gay or trans.”

Consider a slightly better scenario: A straight or cis person, seeking answers about the trans and queer community, comes across a site that is actually curated by *gasp* the trans and queer community. Even then, not all of these sites are explainers, and no single one is representative of a larger community. This kind of searching is a risk to the LGBTQ community most of all. Not everyone who posts about their gender identity wants the people in their personal life (or strangers seeking advice on the internet) to view it.

In an ideal world, the algorithms themselves would improve.

“One of my main concerns would be straight and/or cis people coming across content that was not meant for them, possibly even by people in their own networks,” Raisman says. “For example, if a cis ally went digging too deep, she may uncover a friend or family member’s trans or non-binary identity that that person was not yet ready to disclose to her … LGBTQ people may feel comfortable sharing more personal information within these communities and online spaces that they think are not going to be accessed by outsiders. When outsiders access these communities, it breaks that trust.”

Cultural education isn’t easy, no matter the venue. People who are curious about the LGBTQ community should be given the opportunity to learn about the community without resorting to misinformed or malicious actors on the internet. And people who are tired of answering the same three questions about their gender identity and sexual orientation shouldn’t have to answer them.

In an ideal world, the algorithms themselves would improve.

“Any possible solution to bias in machine learning will require community involvement, and a seat at the table for LGBTQ people and experts when product decisions are being made,” Brown says.

In a less-than-ideal world (i.e the one we currently live in), other solutions will have to do. Here’s what Raisman recommends:

 “A better scenario would be if there were an online community of allies that LGBTQ people could refer their friends and family members to — that way, humans could learn from each other in safe online spaces.” 

This shouldn’t be hard. Safe online spaces, good information, and people learning from each other: it’s a whole lot better than a Google search. Imagine that.