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Elizabeth Lopatto

Elizabeth Lopatto

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    “How does LinkedIn become an AI-first product, just like we became a mobile-first product or a social-first product?”

    LinkedIn COO Daniel Shapero says we should all get comfortable with AI, and dismisses the notion that AI is overhyped.

    And if you’re considering job hopping and want some advice? “The best career decisions that I’ve ever made have been about the people I got to work with,” he says.

    Elizabeth Lopatto
    Elizabeth Lopatto
    Disney vs. the Disney adults.

    Okay. So there’s something called a “Disney Day Drinkers Club” (more than 85,000 members!) and their mascot is a trash can called “Binny.” Disney has moved the trash can.

    Too many people were lining up for photos with Binny, blocking the pub’s entrance and causing safety issues, says a Disney spokeswoman.

    Moving Binny was a big deal, says Sher, the founder, because of Disney superfans’s obsessive attention to detail, and fandom that can border on fanaticism.

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    Elizabeth Lopatto
    Is Bitcoin Wall Street’s next big thing?

    It seems like Bitcoin ETFs may be a new trend for the financiers among us:

    The companies getting involved here are, in many cases, household names (and not just for people who have their own pet theories about what happened to Satoshi Nakamoto). Industry giants BlackRock and Fidelity are among those positioned to make the first offerings, which could trade on exchanges like NASDAQ. Expectations around the new ETFs have led to a boom not just of bitcoin’s price but also boosted other digital currencies, including ones that were all but left for dead after their close association with convicted fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried.

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    Elizabeth Lopatto
    Please enjoy some nightmare fuel.

    Two planes collided on a runway in Japan. Only 11 people were injured on the larger plane— and hundreds managed to evacuate safely. How? Good engineering, and a good flight crew. On the smaller plane, five people died.

    Near-misses have been on the rise in the US. Let’s hope this crash inspires some changes to our systems.

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    Elizabeth Lopatto
    I guess I know what streaming service I’m subscribing to in 2024.

    Among the movies featured: The Cassandra Cat (1962), a Czeckoslovak film about a cat who wears sunglasses and reveals human nature. This is a code red for cat people.

    Cat Movies - The Criterion Channel

    [The Criterion Channel]

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    Elizabeth Lopatto
    In honor of the upcoming Festivus, Outdoors has published an airing of the grievances.

    Can you guess which national parks these people are reviewing?

    Too many people, not enough stores, not enough places to buy food.

    Absolutely horrible disappointment. There wasn’t a single pickleball court in sight.

    The whole place smelled like farts.

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    Elizabeth Lopatto
    An Icelandic volcano is erupting, and there’s a livestream.

    Honestly, it’s pretty incredible to watch. Residents of the nearby town, Grindavik, were ordered to leave last month. There have been thousands of earthquakes nearby in the last two months, Reuters reported. The livestream is remarkable right now — shooting plumes of orange magma against a black night sky.

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    Elizabeth Lopatto
    Oops! Did you forget to buy the dirtbag in your life a Christmas present?

    Well, great news — just get them a preorder of the Rat Wars vinyl and explain that’s why it didn’t ship on time. It’s a perfect present for anyone who remembers when Trent Reznor scored Quake, a real uncle-type gift. (The album rips, obviously.)