Mishi Esteves
@mishiest.bsky.social
Another platform to follow the same people I already follow on five other platforms.
More of a lurker, but FFS, can this one please not turn into a bin fire?
I live and work on Gadigal country as a Social and Digital Producer for ABC Pacific.
More of a lurker, but FFS, can this one please not turn into a bin fire?
I live and work on Gadigal country as a Social and Digital Producer for ABC Pacific.
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Scientists are warning that the world has entered a dangerous new era of chaotic floods, storms and fires made worse by human-caused climate change. The wildfires in Los Angeles are just the latest examples of this extreme weather.
The California Wildfires Are the Latest Disaster Supercharged by Climate Change
Extreme weather events — deadly heat waves, floods, fires and hurricanes — are the consequences of a warming planet, scientists say.
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Scientists are warning that the world has entered a dangerous new era of chaotic floods, storms and fires made worse by human-caused climate change. The wildfires in Los Angeles are just the latest examples of this extreme weather.
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Mark Zuckerberg’s end to Meta factchecking is a desperate play for engagement
Mark Zuckerberg’s end to Meta factchecking is a desperate play for engagement
As factchecking attempts end, Meta’s platforms will become a wasteland of fake news and misinformation
Mark Zuckerberg craves one metric more than any other: engagement, the statistic that tracks how long social media users spend scrolling, clicking,…
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Mark Zuckerberg’s end to Meta factchecking is a desperate play for engagement
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Trump can’t legally own a firearm, but he’s about to be given the nuclear launch codes.
Very normal country we have.
Very normal country we have.
January 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Trump can’t legally own a firearm, but he’s about to be given the nuclear launch codes.
Very normal country we have.
Very normal country we have.
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Underrated moment of the Zuck on Joe Rogan podcast was when Joe was asking him why he uses a rifle more than now to hunt, and Zuck says the “conversation rate” is higher
January 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Underrated moment of the Zuck on Joe Rogan podcast was when Joe was asking him why he uses a rifle more than now to hunt, and Zuck says the “conversation rate” is higher
Some media rushed to make a podcast this week commenting on the Britney Spears memoir before even reading it.
And it shows.
I look forward to all the apologies and new takes in next week's episode.
And it shows.
I look forward to all the apologies and new takes in next week's episode.
October 26, 2023 at 10:03 PM
Some media rushed to make a podcast this week commenting on the Britney Spears memoir before even reading it.
And it shows.
I look forward to all the apologies and new takes in next week's episode.
And it shows.
I look forward to all the apologies and new takes in next week's episode.
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Oregon debuted a first-of-its-kind legal market for magic mushrooms this summer. “I’m trying to reset my brain to where I can look at life in a new way,” said one of the first clients of a licensed therapeutic facility. nyti.ms/3Fq9SNP
October 23, 2023 at 8:06 PM
Oregon debuted a first-of-its-kind legal market for magic mushrooms this summer. “I’m trying to reset my brain to where I can look at life in a new way,” said one of the first clients of a licensed therapeutic facility. nyti.ms/3Fq9SNP
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‘Nothing is changing’: Reddit flatly denies report that it might wall off its content - https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/20/23925504/reddit-deny-force-log-in-see-posts-ai-companies-deals
“Nothing is changing”: Reddit flatly denies report that it might wall off its content
You can put down the pitchforks.
www.theverge.com
October 20, 2023 at 6:00 PM
‘Nothing is changing’: Reddit flatly denies report that it might wall off its content - https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/20/23925504/reddit-deny-force-log-in-see-posts-ai-companies-deals
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Microsoft owes $29 billion in back taxes, says IRS - https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/11/23913505/microsoft-owes-irs-back-taxes
Microsoft owes $29 billion in back taxes, says IRS
Microsoft believes its ‘allowances for income tax contingencies are adequate.’
www.theverge.com
October 11, 2023 at 11:26 PM
Microsoft owes $29 billion in back taxes, says IRS - https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/11/23913505/microsoft-owes-irs-back-taxes
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Microsoft’s CEO testified that the internet was really the “Google web,” and that even his company found it difficult to compete with the online search giant. He is the government’s highest-profile witness in its landmark antitrust case against Google.
Microsoft C.E.O. Testifies That Google’s Power in Search Is Ubiquitous
Satya Nadella, the chief executive of Microsoft, is the government’s biggest-name witness in its landmark antitrust case against Google.
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2023 at 8:14 PM
Microsoft’s CEO testified that the internet was really the “Google web,” and that even his company found it difficult to compete with the online search giant. He is the government’s highest-profile witness in its landmark antitrust case against Google.
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What happens when you skip the small talk during a date and go straight to hand-holding? Or gazing into each other’s eyes for three minutes? Here's how a gathering in Brooklyn encouraged people to achieve a deep, romantic connection by jumping directly to the physical.
Extreme Eye Contact and Other Ways of Dating
Forget dinner and a movie: Let’s see if we can gaze into each other’s eyes for three minutes instead.
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2023 at 9:41 PM
What happens when you skip the small talk during a date and go straight to hand-holding? Or gazing into each other’s eyes for three minutes? Here's how a gathering in Brooklyn encouraged people to achieve a deep, romantic connection by jumping directly to the physical.
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Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia, the famous unfinished church, is inching toward completion after more than 140 years, with five of its six central towers fully built as of last week. But construction of Antoni Gaudí’s basilica will last until at least 2026. nyti.ms/3F2mpGQ
October 3, 2023 at 6:58 PM
Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia, the famous unfinished church, is inching toward completion after more than 140 years, with five of its six central towers fully built as of last week. But construction of Antoni Gaudí’s basilica will last until at least 2026. nyti.ms/3F2mpGQ
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The entire story of Twitter / X under Elon Musk - https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/11/23019836/elon-musk-twitter-board-of-directors-news-updates
Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion, here’s everything that happaned next
Every update about what’s new inside Twitter — no matter what it’s called now.
www.theverge.com
October 3, 2023 at 10:56 PM
The entire story of Twitter / X under Elon Musk - https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/11/23019836/elon-musk-twitter-board-of-directors-news-updates
Nothing to see here, folks.
September 30, 2023 at 10:22 AM
Nothing to see here, folks.
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My weekend plans
September 28, 2023 at 1:54 AM
My weekend plans
It me at the end of a 26 episode broadcast season.
September 28, 2023 at 1:53 AM
It me at the end of a 26 episode broadcast season.
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You know how like steampunk is a version of the future according to the technical and imaginative limitations of the past? This is like that, but specifically for like the six months in 2012 when Facebook controlled how pop culture worked.
NEW: Today at Meta Connect, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a new AI virtual assistant, along with more than two dozen different AI chat bot "personalities" played by celebrities including Snoop Dogg and Kendall Jenner. Meta is hoping they appeal to younger users:
Meta Is Using Snoop Dogg, Paris Hilton, and Tom Brady to Get You to Like AI
Social media giant Meta unveils new AI chat bot characters played by celebrities and influencers like MrBeast and Kendall Jenner.
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September 27, 2023 at 8:26 PM
You know how like steampunk is a version of the future according to the technical and imaginative limitations of the past? This is like that, but specifically for like the six months in 2012 when Facebook controlled how pop culture worked.
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hey sorry I missed your text, I am processing a non-stop 24/7 onslaught of information with a brain designed to eat berries in a cave
September 27, 2023 at 2:56 AM
hey sorry I missed your text, I am processing a non-stop 24/7 onslaught of information with a brain designed to eat berries in a cave
It me.
September 27, 2023 at 11:24 AM
It me.
If we all agree that a cookie is round and a biscuit is rectangle.
What's a TimTam?
What's a TimTam?
September 27, 2023 at 11:21 AM
If we all agree that a cookie is round and a biscuit is rectangle.
What's a TimTam?
What's a TimTam?
It was 34.4c at lunch today. Spring in Sydney.
September 19, 2023 at 8:11 AM
It was 34.4c at lunch today. Spring in Sydney.
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Jack Dorsey funding and creating Bluesky, joining the board, then deleting his account and posting "removing a bunch of noise" to Nostr is exactly the sort of sequence of events that explains why Twitter no longer exists
September 16, 2023 at 1:04 AM
Jack Dorsey funding and creating Bluesky, joining the board, then deleting his account and posting "removing a bunch of noise" to Nostr is exactly the sort of sequence of events that explains why Twitter no longer exists
There are two types of people in this world. Those who answer a question asked on social media. And those who can see that somebody else has already answered the question on social media but still answer it.
Ok, Fred, we all know how smart you are but you weren't first. Can't you see Wilma's post.
Ok, Fred, we all know how smart you are but you weren't first. Can't you see Wilma's post.
September 15, 2023 at 5:42 AM
There are two types of people in this world. Those who answer a question asked on social media. And those who can see that somebody else has already answered the question on social media but still answer it.
Ok, Fred, we all know how smart you are but you weren't first. Can't you see Wilma's post.
Ok, Fred, we all know how smart you are but you weren't first. Can't you see Wilma's post.
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Game devs are tired. Writers are tired. Comic book creators are tired. Musicians are tired. Actors are tired. Every industry that produces media you love has been ravaged by a parasitic executive class who want to starve creators to feed some shitcunt's desire for a seventh house
September 14, 2023 at 7:01 PM
Game devs are tired. Writers are tired. Comic book creators are tired. Musicians are tired. Actors are tired. Every industry that produces media you love has been ravaged by a parasitic executive class who want to starve creators to feed some shitcunt's desire for a seventh house