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A positive development: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/08/rasmussen-538-polling/

Analysis | 538 drops Rasmussen Reports from its analysis
The poll analysis site updated its rules for inclusion in January. The Republican-leaning firm no longer qualifies.

Does #Microsoft #Word no longer allows people to open .ODT files? Have, a few times, had to safe .ODT files as .DOCX via LibreOffice so that Word users could open it.
.ODT is an open source file format, so its a deliberate choice for Word to not be compatible.
Why do people pay for a shitty pro…

TikTok moves its Creativity Program out of beta, rebranding it as Creator Rewards Program, which requires videos to be longer than a minute to be monetized (Mia Sato/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/5/24090583/tiktok-c…

TikTok introduces Creator Rewards for users making longer videos
The Creator Rewards Program requires videos longer than one minute for monetization. TikTok has gradually incentivized longer YouTube-like content.

TikTok moves its Creativity Program out of beta, rebranding it as Creator Rewards Program, which requires videos to be longer than a minute to be monetized (Mia Sato/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/5/24090583/tiktok-c…

TikTok introduces Creator Rewards for users making longer videos
The Creator Rewards Program requires videos longer than one minute for monetization. TikTok has gradually incentivized longer YouTube-like content.

TikTok moves its Creativity Program out of beta, rebranding it as Creator Rewards Program, which requires videos to be longer than a minute to be monetized (Mia Sato/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/5/24090583/tiktok-c…

TikTok introduces Creator Rewards for users making longer videos
The Creator Rewards Program requires videos longer than one minute for monetization. TikTok has gradually incentivized longer YouTube-like content.

TikTok moves its Creativity Program out of beta, rebranding it as Creator Rewards Program, which requires videos to be longer than a minute to be monetized (Mia Sato/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/5/24090583/tiktok-c…

TikTok introduces Creator Rewards for users making longer videos
The Creator Rewards Program requires videos longer than one minute for monetization. TikTok has gradually incentivized longer YouTube-like content.

Koch network stops spending on Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign
Americans For Prosperity Action, the powerful conservative group supporting Nikki Haley in the Republican presidential primary, will no longer spend money on behalf of her campaign.
In an email to staff obtained by POLITICO, Americans For Prosperity CEO Emily Seidel said Sunday that the group’s political arm, AFP Action, had to “take stock” of its spending priorities after Haley’s loss in the South Carolina primary…

Koch network stops spending on Nikki Haley's presidential campaign
Americans for Prosperity Action said it had to “take stock” after Haley’s loss in South Carolina.

How the mighty have fallen.
I remember c|net as a standard-bearer of tech journalism back in the 1990s. Theirs was one of the few bookmarks I opened regularly to read about tech news.
Red Ventures has destroyed its reputation, along with all their other properties’ like ZDNet (the other fantastic tech news site). RV’s decisive pivot to AI is likely fatal; they will accelerate the descent of all their outlets into a content swill mill fit only for your blocklist.

Wikipedia No Longer Considers CNET a "Generally Reliable" Source After AI Scandal
Conversations between Wikipedia editors following CNET's AI scandal reflect the reputational hazards of AI content and dubious ownership.

CDC guideline foolishness
"CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen said the agency is changing its guidance because most of the US population has some immunity against Covid and, as a result, the country is no longer seeing large waves of infections, hospitalizations and deaths from the coronavirus. ... the nation reaches a kind of steady state with the virus."
"Steady state" of decay, maybe.
Respect to Dr Eric Topol for saying the words "Long Covid" in this article.
#CDC #covid

Sources: some US lawmakers are pushing for an import ban on goods sold on Temu, saying the company hasn't done enough to stop suppliers from using forced labor (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/u-

U.S. Lawmakers Demand Temu Shipment Ban Over Forced Labor Concerns
A number of U.S. lawmakers are pushing for a ban on imports of goods sold on Temu, the fast-growing shopping site known for selling bargain products shipped from China, saying it hasn’t done enough to prevent its suppliers from using forced labor, two people with knowledge of the conversations ...