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Zuck Just Entered The Fediverse: Here’s What That Means
Mark Zuckerberg made his first post in the “fediverse” on Thursday. If you have no idea what the hell that means, join the club. The fediverse is a relatively new concept for social networking, and Threads became the largest member of it this week. Millions of Threads users will soon be able to opt in…
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People Want Threads to Be Old Twitter. Threads Would Prefer Not To.
When the Arab Spring unfolded just over ten years ago, Twitter played a pivotal role. The site was both a source for up-to-the-minute information and an organizing tool for protestors, and some celebrated Twitter as part of a new, digital revolution. But this week, a less hopeful moment in the Middle East proved once and…
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Threads has Instagram’s network, Facebook’s advertisers, and no Elon
Meta just launched a Twitter-killer called Threads that is, so far, very dull. In the Musk era, that may be just what people need.
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30,000-Year-Old Tusk Reveals Male Mammoths’ Horny Aggression
The animal kingdom is full of sexual competition, and extinct creatures are no exception: Researchers found evidence that male woolly mammoths experienced hormone-induced states of aggression towards their rivals, much like modern bull elephants.