🧐 Twitter is exploring the use of Facebook-style emoji reactions
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Twitter is exploring the use of Facebook-style emoji reactions. If you’re old enough to remember the outrage that followed Twitter’s decision to replace stars with hearts (aka likes instead of favorites), then you know that Twitter’s user base has strong feelings about how it wants to engage with tweets. (Sarah Perez via TechCrunch)
Men Looking for Work Drive Migrant Surge at the U.S. Border. The surge in illegal immigration across the southern U.S. border is shaping up to be the biggest in 20 years. Unlike migrant surges in 2019 and 2014, which were predominantly made up of Central American families and unaccompanied children, so far this one is being driven by individual adults. (Juan Montes via Wall Street Journal)
Dollar Shave Club has laid off all its staff at men's lifestyle site, MEL, and is looking for a rescue buyer. Dollar Shave Club laid off MEL Magazine's editorial team on Wednesday. The site became a media industry darling despite being owned by a razor brand. (Steven Perlberg via Business Insider)
Satellite imagery shows mega container ship blocking Egypt's Suez Canal. Satellite imagery gives another perspective on the developing situation in Egypt’s Suez Canal, where a mega cargo container ship was turned sideways and became stuck, blocking the busy passageway. (Michael Sheetz via CNBC)
The mess at Medium. LastLast week, a partnerships manager at Medium working with the White House found that there was a strange problem with the platform: President Joe Biden was being served porn. (Casey Newton via The Verge)
Deal Reached to Fast-Track Legalizing Marijuana in New York. New York is ready to legalize recreational marijuana. The state would impose special pot taxes and prepare to license dispensaries under an agreement reached by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders. (Keshia Clukey via Bloomberg)
12 people are behind most of the anti-vaxxer disinformation you see on social media. If you catch your old college roommate sharing COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on Facebook, the odds are that these falsehoods are coming from one of twelve people. That’s right. Just twelve individuals. (Matt Binder via Mashable)
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