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Jay Peters

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    Sub.club now lets you write WordPress blog posts just for paid subscribers.

    Sub.club, the recently-launched tool to help the fediverse make money, now has a WordPress plugin. If you want to get an idea of how it all works in practice, check out this video tutorial from sub.club adviser Anuj Ahooja. Seems useful!

    sub.club x WordPress | Notion

    [sub.club & mammoth on Notion]

    Jay Peters
    Jay Peters
    I already play enough Balatro.

    But the official Balatro Bluesky account is teasing... something. Perhaps a feature for the big gameplay update coming next year?

    Jay Peters
    Jay Peters
    The video player in Google Drive is about to look a bit nicer.

    In addition to a refreshed design, Google is making it easier to fast forward, rewind, adjust playback speed, and turn captions on or off for videos you’re watching in Google Drive, according to a blog post. The updates will be available to all Google Workspace customers.

    A screenshot of the new video player in Google Drive.
    Image: Google
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    Jay Peters
    Netflix is getting a daily word game from TED.

    “Slide rows of scrambled letters to spell words in this thought-provoking word puzzle game from TED,” according to the App Store description for the new game, TED Tumblewords. Seems like the game is trying to be Netflix’s Wordle.

    The new game is set to launch on November 19th on Android and iOS, though you’ll need a Netflix subscription to be able to play it.

    Screenshots of TED Tumblewords.
    Images: Netflix
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    Jay Peters
    Yelp halted reviews at the McDonald’s Trump visited over the weekend.

    The Yelp page for the Pennsylvania McDonald’s has seen an increased volume of politicized reviews following Trump’s visit on Sunday, but as reported by CNBC, Yelp has temporarily paused reviews:

    Yelp said it typically pauses comments when a business receives heightened media attention that can result in people posting their personal views, without having a legitimate customer interaction with the business.