Not so much if you’re reading The New York Times. Two very different takeaways on what was presented at Wednesday’s House Oversight subcommittee hearing on UFOs, that rehashed much of what has been reported already over the last few years, like these three classified Pentagon videos released in 2020.
We’ve been running a steadily growing list of alternatives for that formerly bird-associated social network, and now that TikTok has added a text-only option, it’s become part of our inventory of 15 social networks vying for your attention. If you’re wondering where to go next, these are some interesting choices.
Lego builds are endlessly fascinating and they get far more complicated, but I fully respect this person’s dedication to creating a small device for the sole purpose of lining up Lego-made dominoes.
Enjoyed this Bloomberg story about the possibility that we are all old and tired, sick of seeing each other’s bad posts, and hoping to touch grass:
In 2022, according to GWI’s latest report, daily time spent [online] fell by 13 minutes. It’s now six hours and 43 minutes a day, slightly lower than it was in 2017. The drop was the biggest since the company started tracking the topic and suggested, as GWI’s report put it, “that we’ve reached a kind of internet saturation point.”
I guess I’m not the only one who’s been seasoning their cast iron!
On Wednesday, TikTok asked a judge for a preliminary injunction to block Montana’s ban on the app, which will go into effect in January 2024.
As noted by Reuters, TikTok argues in the filing that the ban violates free speech laws under the First Amendment, and states it will “cause significant and irreversible harms” to its business and brand.
#BookTok is evidently a big thing, and seeing how influential its platform is, TikTok owner ByteDance has begun to court writers to publish their books under its new 8th Note Press, according to The New York Times.
Not everyone sees this as good news. Though it is offering rates “competitive with industry standards,” some worry ByteDance will push its own books at the expense of others.
[The New York Times]
Over on TikTok, creator Billy Skipper Hughes decided his iBook G3 needs to be an iPad in disguise, and I couldn’t be happier. It even has space for the Apple Pencil! And an Apple Watch charger!
It’s the greatest iPad case that ever was.
