How collectible picture insets in Turkish chewing gum became a currency among children in post-soviet Kazakhstan 🇰🇿:
„A stick of gum could be carefully stretched across an entire day, but a rare insert could retain value for months or even years. “Turbo”, “Final 90”, “Tipi Tip” and many others were no longer just candy wrappers. They became the building blocks of a childhood economy centered around cars, football players, cartoon characters, romantic comic strips.“
For Reach's Daily Star, MSN syndication is one of its biggest sources of ad revenue; Daily Star has an editor dedicated to tailoring content to the aggregator (Alice Brooker/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d…
Sales of used electric cars in the Netherlands were up 48% in March compared to February. This is an increase of 98% compared to a year earlier.
https://www.bovag.nl/nieuws/verkoop-elektrische-occasions-stijgt-in-maart-met-bijna-50-procent
BZ132 Hype Cycle – https://buzzzoom.de/132/
Was bedeutet eigentlich Hype Cycle?
The Trump-Netanyahu war in the Middle East drives up interest in electric vehicles in the Netherlands.
Secondhand EV sales in March were up by 48% compared to February, and they doubled ( 99%) compared to the year before.
https://mijn.bovag.nl/actueel/nieuws/v…
Top 2026 candidates for 'Madden NFL' cover: Caleb Williams, Drake Maye, Bijan Robinson among possibilities
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/top-202
Trump's 'Two weeks' = "You idiots will believe anything I tell you & the media will trumpet it no matter how stupid."
✅ 'Two weeks' has become Donald Trump's most used phrase - and people aren't buying it anymore | indy100
https://www.indy100.co…
I couldn't care less about a bunch of rich people in Brooklyn, I just read the article for the delicious drama. However, about halfway through the article, I started to see so many #FreeSoftware parallels.
1) Volunteers spend countless unpaid hours creating/maintaining something to better their community.
2) For-profit business packages it up as part of their offering.
BZ130 Agentic AI – https://buzzzoom.de/130/
Was ist eigentlich Agentic AI?