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Social media app UpScrolled hits #1 on Apple's US app store following allegations that TikTok suppresses anti-ICE videos; its founder says it crossed 1M users (Conor Murray/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/si…

TikTok Competitor UpScrolled Hits No. 1 On App Store Following Allegations TikTok Suppresses Anti-ICE Videos
UpScrolled, a new social media platform that says it does not shadowban or censor users, ranks No. 1 on Apple’s U.S. app store as of Thursday—much higher than competitor TikTok, which is No. 27.

this is an incredibly funny sentence
"the thin films are fairly thin"
well what else would they be, robert? thick? if they were thick they'd be called thick films!!

One of my favorite mastodon features is the time-based muting. Someone's posting through (suffering, lol) a football game, and I have less than zero interest in sportsball? But I generally enjoy following them? Mute them for 1 hour (or 6 hours), and my screen is no longer littered with crap about touchzonegoalruns.
Or maybe you don't want to see my stupid replies to a dumb horror movie from 40 years ago? Mute me for an hour or two, and voila!

Tom Brady on Bill Belichick's reported Hall of Fame snub: 'I don't understand it' https://www.nfl.com/news/tom-brady-on-bill-belichick-s-reported-hall-of-fame-snub-i-don-t-understand-it

Caught a bug over the holidays so I’m mostly resting, feeling sorry for myself, and taking the time to at least carry out some mindless housekeeping tasks (updating dependencies, etc.) on some of my Node modules.
Released updates to the following packages yesterday:
Tape-based Node.js testing:
• Tap monkey (https://

tap-monkey
A tap formatter that’s also a monkey.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #90TEEN
Joyce Manor:
🎵 Falling in Love Again
#JoyceManor
https://joycemanor.bandcamp.com/track/falling-in-love-again
https://open.spotify.com/track/2M0IWOmIi079R1MaPVlOW3

Raiders’ Minority Owner Tom Brady Responds to Bill Belichick HOF Snub https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/tom-brady-bill-belichick-hof-snub/

Pro Football Hall of Fame releases statement following Bill Belichick vote report https://www.nfl.com/news/pro-football-hall-of-fame-releases-statement-following-bill-belichick-vote-report

A look at Mexico City's Nuevo Polanco neighborhood, where Huawei, TikTok, and other Chinese firms have opened offices, fueling a growing Chinese tech community (Daniela Dib/Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2025/chinese-tech-companies-mexico-city/

Chinese businesses are transforming Mexico City’s poshest neighborhood
A growing Chinese techie community in Nuevo Polanco is fueling a boom in restaurants and markets to serve them.

Seahawks GM: Darnold 'hasn't flinched' over injury... https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47771611/seahawks-darnold-flinched-playing-injury