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Sources: Instagram and TikTok are working on versions of their apps customized to run on TV screens, following YouTube's success in attracting a TV audience (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/tiktok-instag…

TikTok, Instagram Plot TV Apps Following YouTube’s Success
Rejoice, couch potatoes. TikTok and Instagram, following YouTube’s lead, are working on ways to make it easier for viewers to watch videos from their apps on TV screens. The social media giants see an opportunity to grab some of the ad dollars flowing to the streaming TV market. Meta Platforms’ ...

Sources: Instagram and TikTok are working on versions of their apps customized to run on TV screens, following YouTube's success in attracting a TV audience (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/tiktok-instag…

TikTok, Instagram Plot TV Apps Following YouTube’s Success
Rejoice, couch potatoes. TikTok and Instagram, following YouTube’s lead, are working on ways to make it easier for viewers to watch videos from their apps on TV screens. The social media giants see an opportunity to grab some of the ad dollars flowing to the streaming TV market. Meta Platforms’ ...

This was part of Stephen Colbert’s Monday monologue:
After playing clips of the Trump admin spokespeople parroting the party line about not being at war with Iran, but being at war with Iran’s nuclear weapons program, he added the following bit:
“Honey, NO! I’m not having an affair with Stacey, … but I am having an affair with some of Stacey’s parts.

"A common Israeli taking point [is] 'How should America respond if rockets were launched from Tijuana at San Diego?' ... it highlights both Israeli ignorance and fears and Palestinian and Xicano/Migrant commonality. Just like how Tel Aviv and Gaza are part of Historic Palestine, San Diego and Tijuana were both Mexico but more importantly part of the homeland of the Kumeyaay People."

Norsk films stŸrste seier – og kanskje den siste – Ytring https://www.nrk.no/ytring/norsk-films-storste-seier-_-og-kanskje-den-siste-1.17432132

Norsk films største seier – og kanskje den siste
Triumfen i Cannes må være en øyeåpner for krisen her hjemme.

I have mixed feelings about this.
a - first Bond film not under the control of the Broccolis.
b - But its Amazon.
c - But its Villeneuve.

I'm conflicted.
#movies #bond #jamesbond

What is the equivalent of Dunning-Kruger but for when an electorate installs an aggressively stupid populist who destroys much of the technoscientific knowledge of that nation but the electorate is not sufficiently educated to comprehend what is being destroyed until their infrastructures and health systems start failing?

Democratic lawmakers in Congress are furious
after the Trump administration announced plans to
💥limit classified information that is typically shared with both houses of the legislature -- following a leak regarding the U.S.’s recent military strikes on Iran.
After President Donald Trump and members of his cabinet claimed his ordered attacks on three sites in Iran last weekend “obliterated” the country’s nuclear capabilities,
a leaked intelligence document disputed tha…

White House Plans to Limit Intel Sharing With Congress Over Leak Showing Iran’s Nuclear Capabilities Weren’t “Obliterated”
“This isn’t about national security — it’s about Trump’s insecurity,” Sen. Chuck Schumer said.

I just read the story about the Italian kidnapped by a New York couple and tortured to disclose the credentials for his crypto assets - and the first thing that came to mind was XKCD 538 "Security" about the five dollar wrench.
Am I a bad person?
#xkcd538 #xkcd

What is the equivalent of Dunning-Kruger but for when an electorate installs an aggressively stupid populist who destroys much of the technoscientific knowledge of that nation but the electorate is not sufficiently educated to comprehend what is being destroyed until their infrastructures and health systems start failing?