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Vurt, a mobile-first vertical streaming platform designed for indie filmmakers to upload their micro series or feature films, launches with 100 episodes (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/17/vurt-mobile-first-v…

Meet Vurt, the mobile-first streaming platform for indie filmmakers embracing vertical video | TechCrunch
Micro-drama apps make billions in consumer spending, so VURT launched its streaming app to allow indie filmmakers to capitalize on the vertical video trend.

Man, old universities are weird places. Went to attend a talk (featuring linguists and computer scientists debating language models) in a room I hadn't been in before, and it turns out they have a full-ass Flemish tapestry just hanging from the wall.

Zum heutigen #FotoVorschlag 'Weite' möchte ich folgendes beitragen:
https://photo.dresden.network/p/der_raddler/824711838059139166

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Appfigures: app releases across the App Store and Google Play grew 60% YoY in Q1, with App Store releases alone up 80%, possibly driven by AI coding tools (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/18/the-app-store-is-booming-again-and-ai-may-…

The App Store is booming again, and AI may be why | TechCrunch
New data from Appfigures shows a swell of new app launches in 2026, suggesting AI tools could be fueling a mobile software boom.

Estefany Rodríguez Flórez, a reporter for Nashville Noticias, is released on $10K bond from ICE custody following her arrest on March 4 during a traffic stop (Jonathan Mattise/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/reporter-ice-ar…

ICE releases Tennessee Spanish-language reporter on bond
A reporter for a Spanish-language news outlet in Tennessee who contends she was wrongly held in a detention center for more than two weeks has been released. Her attorneys say she was released Thursday after paying a bond recently allowed by a judge. Estefany Rodríguez Flórez was in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody after her arrest on March 4 during a traffic stop. She's a reporter for Nashville Noticias who has done stories critical of ICE. She was held in jail in Etowah Coun…

Allow me to doubt the federal government's claim that "the planned reductions" at the Canadian Museum of History are really "intended to improve efficiency and provide greater long-term flexibility in fulfilling its mandate."
Response from Marc Miller, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages to Colin Coates, President of the Canadian Historical Association.

CHA Letter to Minister Marc Miller | Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada
In light of recent news about federal cutbacks implicating history-focused organizations, CHA president Colin Coates has sent a letter to the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, the Hon. Marc Miller. The letter can be read here. Update: On March 18, 2026, Colin Coates received the following reply from Minister…

The entire machinery of online discourse around building and creating has been so thoroughly captured by entrepreneurial "logic"
that we've lost the language to describe what it feels like to simply make a thing that helps someone,
give it away, and move on with your life.
I've been feeling this for a while now, and I suspect a lot of folks who have the itch to build feel it too, even if they haven't articulated it.

The Noble Path
It is a truth universally acknowledged that an indie hacker in possession of a widget must be in want of a business model... Every tool is a startup now. Every script is a SaaS product. Every neat little hack you cobbled together on a Sunday afternoon to solve your own

Hell yes
https://ground.news/article/progressive-candidate-launches-last-minute-challenge-to-karen-bass-for-la-mayor_2545d5

Progressive candidate launches last-minute challenge to Karen Bass for LA mayor
Progressive Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman (D) on Saturday made a last-minute bid to challenge Mayor Karen Bass (D) in the June primary election. Raman made the announcement hours before the 12 p.m. filing deadline for candidates be on the ballot. She praised Bass in an interview with the Los Angeles Times, calling the mayor “an icon” but said the city needs someone who will tackle its problems.

Facebook launches Creator Fast Track, offering big Instagram, TikTok and YouTube creators guaranteed monthly pay and boosted reach to post on Facebook (Zach Vallese/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/18/meta-creator-pay-instagram-tiktok-youtube-faceboo…

Meta will pay Instagram, TikTok and YouTube creators with big followings to post on Facebook
Meta is offering monthly guaranteed pay and boosted reach for creators to start posting on Facebook's Reels.

Former Lionsgate executive Nathan Kahane launches True North, with backing from Entertainment 360, to produce and finance films from emerging filmmakers (Mike Fleming Jr/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/01/nathan-kahane-launches-true-nor…

Nathan Kahane Launches True North; Production & Financier Backed By Entertainment 360
Nathan Kahane Launches True North; Production & Financier Backed By Entertainment 360