RP - Canadian news is starting to vanish from Instagram. Google is next.

Repost from Jul 7/23

Photo-1495020689067-958852a7765e Canadian news is starting to vanish from Instagram. Google is next.

Is this a concern?

(Note - I’ve added the Chat and Notes features to my SubStack but there’s no obligation to add the app - feel free to just read my newsletters as is. And share and comment.)

This recent news topic was not that relevant to me, as I didn't even realize that I could get CBC news on Instagram. I thought it was just for photos.

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RP - Are miracles only for good things?

Repost from Mar 1/23

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Are miracles only for good things?

Where have all the demons gone?

What is a miracle?

According to Miriam- Webster, it’s “an extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs”.

The Oxford Dictionary says. “A surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered being the work of a divine agency. Recorded from Middle English, the word comes via Old French from Latin miraculum ‘object of wonder’, from mirari ‘to wonder’, from mirus ‘wonderful’”.

And according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (and they should know) it’s “a sign or wonder such as a healing, or control of nature, which can only be attributed to divine power.”

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July 6 collection

Seriously?

Canadian judge rules thumbs-up emoji can represent contract agreement

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/06/canada-judge-thumbs-up-emoji-sign-contract

I don't like either of these execs but this is still amusing.

Twitter threatens to sue Meta over rival Threads app
In a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, a lawyer for the Elon Musk-owned app said Meta had unlawfully misappropriated trade secrets

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/06/twitter-meta-lawsuit-threads-app-musk-zuckerberg

Comment - Eden Mabee

This is the best part of the whole article:
"It’s unclear what evidence Twitter has that former employees who now work at Meta continue to have access to Twitter intellectual property or trade secrets. Twitter responded to a request for comment with an automated email of a poop emoji."

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