Twitter Is Dead, Long Live the Portal

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Twitter Is Dead, Long Live the Portal

Wired: “The NYC-Dublin portal gives us a peek into the future of online community building in the wake of Twitter’s demise. Twitter is officially dead. Last week, twitter.com became x.com, marking the final step in a rebranding effort that the company’s owner, Elon Musk, announced last year. The change marks a shift for the now birdless app under Musk’s reign, which has welcomed Nazis and white supremacists back to the platform, dissolved its Trust and Safety council, and has become a cesspool of disinformation and conspiracy. Meanwhile, people seem to still long for authentic connection—like with the Dublin to New York portal that connects the cities through a live videostream. Today on WIRED Politics Lab, we trace Twitter’s demise and delve into what the rise of the portal could mean for the evolution of how we talk to each other and consume politics online.”

“To be alive, is power”: Emily Dickinson’s Letters

In their welcome new edition of The Letters of Emily Dickinson,[1] Cristanne Miller and Domhnall Mitchell demonstrate through their concise, non-intrusive annotations how the “thought” she recorded in her correspondence does not “walk alone,” but keeps company with a multitude of authors … 

 

 The most notable person from each geographic area?

 French post office releases scratch-and-sniff baguette stamp.

ProPublica:”…As the media has chronicled, Trump is a well-known bully. He has belittled and sought to dominate political rivals like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former allies like Bill Barr, who was his attorney general. Trump and his surrogates have appeared to relish hounding or humiliating women who have verbally crossed him, including media and Hollywood stars and a long list of accusers who have complained over the years about sexual harassment or inappropriate conduct. (He has denied all of the allegations.) 

But ProPublica found that Trump’s campaign used similar bullying tactics against its own workers. These fights have been waged out of the public eye against women with few resources to stand up against the campaign’s battery of lawyers, paid from a seemingly bottomless trove of campaign money. 

The campaign is “still litigating these ridiculous cases that should have been settled” long ago, said campaign finance authority Brett Kappel of Harmon Curran, who has been tracking Trump’s civil and criminal cases. Trump’s strategy is the same one he’s used in other lawsuits: “Drag it out and make it as painful and expensive as possible for the opponent, and maybe they’ll go away,” he said. 

The Trump campaign did not respond to a detailed list of questions. Spokesperson Steven Cheung in an emailed statement said one of the cases filed by a former campaign worker was “an absurd and fake story.” Supporters are giving him money earned with “blood, sweat and tears,” Denson said. “And it is being turned around to terrorize people.”..

roPublica For the Women Who Accused the Trump Campaign of Harassment, It’s Been More Harassment

DICE Approach Online Training Program: “Are you are caregiver of a person with dementia? Are you trying to manage behavioral symptoms such as agitation, wandering, aggression, anxiety (and so many others)? 

Welcome to your one-stop location for evidence-informed training for assessing and managing the behavioral symptoms of dementia! Years of research, hands-on experience and feedback are the foundation of this customized video training program and detailed manual to provide caregivers the education, expertise, confidence and strategies needed to better assess and manage the behavioral symptoms that so frequently accompany dementia…”

New FTC Data Shed Light on Companies Most Frequently Impersonated by Scammers

FTC: “New data from the Federal Trade Commission shows that Best Buy/Geek Squad, Amazon, and PayPal are the companies people report scammers impersonate most often. 

A newly released data spotlight shows that consumers in 2023 submitted about 52,000 reports about scammers impersonating Best Buy or its Geek Squad tech support brand, followed by about 34,000 reports about scammers impersonating Amazon. PayPal was the third-most impersonated company with about 10,000 reports from consumers. 

When it comes to the amount lost, though, consumers reported losing far more money to scammers impersonating Microsoft and Publishers Clearing House than any other companies. Consumers reported losing a total of $60 million to Microsoft impersonation scams and $49 million to Publishers Clearing House impersonation scams…”