The Ashland Daily Tidings, a shuttered paper, rose from the dead in 2023 and once again began pumping out local stories. But all is not as it seems: the stories appear to rip off other articles, and the supposed authors have nothing to do with the operation.
Oregon Public Broadcasting untangled the parasite SEO scheme that took over a local newspaper.
NBC News reports that merchants on platforms like Etsy, eBay, and Redbubble are selling t-shirts, stickers and other products inspired by the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week.
Like clockwork, we see breaking news events followed by the immediate availability of merchandise thanks to dropshippers and print on demand services. It happened after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, too.
I always love seeing what famous people’s phones look like, and almost did a spit take at this clip of a Spanish politician’s Sonny Angel attachment.
Óscar Puente, minister of transport and sustainable mobility, is apparently a fan of the viral miniature cherub dolls that have amassed an almost cult-like following.
Workers in more than 20 countries including the US, India, Germany, Japan, and Brazil are currently on strike or protesting, coinciding with Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
Amazon workers have planned similar strike actions in the past around the shopping weekend. The “Make Amazon Pay” movement is demanding better wages and working conditions, and that Amazon allows workers to join unions.
An update to the Threads app lets users switch between their various feeds on the home screen, similar to what Bluesky allows.
Over the last few weeks, Threads has rolled out a string of updates that crib from Bluesky, including adding custom feeds.
For the anniversary edition of her album, “Goodies,” Ciara removed her collaboration with R. Kelly, but the album includes a very funny mistake: the Windows pop-up sound.
Stereogum found a couple examples of fans playing their records and finding the error on the song “1, 2 Step.” I love it, personally.
