How Shark Week Reeled in Aquaman Star Jason Momoa to Amp Up Warner Bros. Discovery

 Posted on August 31, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  941 words  |  Patria Henriques

Discovery’s Shark Week has been a TV institution for 35 years, a summertime staple that has never changed its core purpose: Celebrating the great white and its brethren. But a lot has changed around Shark Week in the decades since, including an explosion of popularity (as “30 Rock” once put it, we all now strive to “live every week like it’s Shark Week”), more competition, a few controversies and one giant corporate acquisition. [Read More]

How Solar Sales Bros Threaten the Green Energy Transition

 Posted on August 31, 2024  |  17 minutes  |  3620 words  |  Tandra Barner

Ryan was scrolling on Instagram when he ran across a verified account he figured must be run by a celebrity; the young man in it showed off a new Lamborghini, a Florida penthouse, and videos of himself benching 225 pounds. He had gotten rich, he told followers, by selling solar panels. Curious, Ryan messaged the man, who claimed he could teach others his success; within 48 hours, Ryan was invited to Florida, to stay for free in one of the man’s apartments while he learned the art of solar sales. [Read More]

How to add LastPass to your Safari browser's toolbar to better manage your login information

 Posted on August 31, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  269 words  |  Kelle Repass

Using lots of passwords is a necessary evil when it comes to your online security hygiene. Fortunately, free programs such as LastPass provide crucial assistance: The password manager creates encrypted passwords for any login credentials you choose to add. You'll only have to recall your LastPass master password. Best of all, Safari users can add LastPass to their Mac toolbar when browsing, with the LastPass toolbar extension for Safari. [Read More]

It's Time For White People to Have Tough Conversations

 Posted on August 31, 2024  |  10 minutes  |  1955 words  |  Tandra Barner

I recently had dinner with a white friend. He mentioned having completed the Me and White Supremacy workbook—Layla F. Saad’s extraordinary set of exercises for people who hold white privilege and want to interrogate its role in their lives. “How was it?” I asked, sipping my wine. “Exhausting,” he proclaimed. And it is exhausting, the slow, painstaking, write-it-down process of examining how racial hierarchy shows up in one’s conscious and unconscious beliefs, in one’s desires, fears, friendships, and communities. [Read More]

JAMB: How to check 2023 UTME results

 Posted on August 31, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  279 words  |  Patria Henriques

According to JAMB, the 2023 UTME results that were released did not include those of candidates who were rescheduled to take their examination. The results of those absent and those under investigation, as well as those of visually impaired candidates, have also not been released yet. The exam body said the results of the candidates stated above were undergoing processing. ADVERTISEMENT JAMB spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. [Read More]

Kizz Daniel kick-starts 2023 with new single, 'RTID (Rich Till I Die)'

 Posted on August 31, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  65 words  |  Kelle Repass

Song Title: RTID (Rich Till I Die) Genre: Afrobeats, Afro-pop Date of Release: January 6th, 2022 ADVERTISEMENT Producers: Reward Beatz, Blaise Beat Length: 2 minutes 53 seconds Features: NONE ADVERTISEMENT Label: Flyboy Inc/Empire Details/Takeaway: Kizz Daniel opens the new year with a single that packs the melodic template of his 2022 hits 'Buga' and 'Cough' while deploying log drums and choir technique for diversity. [Read More]

Lizzo's Boys Is Extremely Versatile Meme Material

 Posted on August 31, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  324 words  |  Billy Koelling

You heard Lizzo: “I like boys,” she sings confidently on the Cuz I Love You singer-rapper‘s 2018 hit “Boys.” The catchy track is ripe for sing-a-longs — and for making memes, thanks to its vivid detail. So that’s exactly what the internet has done. Taking off on video sharing platform TikTok, Lizzo fans and creators are getting in on the “Boys” meme game. It’s proving surprisingly versatile. “I like big boys, itty bitty boys, Mississippi boys, inner city boys,” the song goes. [Read More]

Mexico's Emo-Bashing Problem - TIME

 Posted on August 31, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  797 words  |  Martina Birk

The trio of long-haired teenagers grasped the plaza wall to shield their bodies as hundreds of youths kicked and punched them while filming the beating on cell phone cameras. "Kill the emos," shouted the assailants, who had organized over the Internet to launch the attack in Mexico's central city of Queretaro. After police eventually steamed in and made arrests, the bloody victims lay sobbing on the concrete waiting for ambulances while the mob ran through the nearby streets laughing and cheering. [Read More]

Nelson Mandela: A Hero's Welcome

 Posted on August 31, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  22 words  |  Patria Henriques

Mandela arrives in the U.S. seeking support against apartheid and finds that Americans want something too: a chance to hail him

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New in Town, But Same Old Stories

 Posted on August 31, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  811 words  |  Billy Koelling

New in Town is about a tough corporate cookie who's been dispatched from Miami to a snowbound Minnesota town in order to downsize the workforce at a factory. Despite what you might think, it is not a reality show but rather a wish-fulfillment fantasy for our economic times: good old-fashioned American ingenuity will certainly save the day. As a bonus, someone's frosty heart is bound to be thawed in the process by a strapping Minnesowt'en. [Read More]