Best Practices
NASA's Space Toilet
NASA has successfully launched the first successful space toilet, along with other research tools.
Estée Lauder's Space Shoot
In a bid to stand out in a crowded field, the beauty giant will use the International Space Station as a marketing prop.
Google Plays Publishers
Google is launching Google News Showcase, that will collectively pay some $1 billion to news publishers in licensing fees “to create and curate high-quality content” for new story panels that will appear on Google News.
Speedy WordPress
Cloudflare launches new Automatic Platform Optimization (APO) service for WordPress.
Google On Hold
On the new Pixel phone, Google Assistant will hold on for you when you call an 800 number and notify you when you can talk to a person.
TikTok Paparazzi
Fletcher Greene has taken traditional paparazzi methods and applied them to social media, with huge results.
Home Surveillance Drone
The Always Home Cam is an ambitious new home security device.
Smiles
Baby Yoda Kitty
The Force must have been with a kitten rescued in a Northern California wildfire as the feline bears a striking resemblance to Baby Yoda.
Worst Practices
Fancy Bear Returns
A warning that unidentified hackers broke into an agency of the US federal government and stole its data is troubling enough.
Los Angeles' Police Department's Surveillance System
Newly revealed documents show how Los Angeles police were trained to use the flagship product of the most secretive company in law enforcement.
Twitter's Biased Cropper
Twitter apologized in September after users noticed that it’s photo cropping tool seemed to favor white faces over black and brown faces.
Trying a horrible experiment...
— Tony “Abolish (Pol)ICE” Arcieri 🦀 (@bascule) September 19, 2020
Which will the Twitter algorithm pick: Mitch McConnell or Barack Obama? pic.twitter.com/bR1GRyCkia
I wonder if Twitter does this to fictional characters too.
— Jordan Simonovski (@_jsimonovski) September 20, 2020
Lenny Carl pic.twitter.com/fmJMWkkYEf
Shiny New Stuff
B.L.'s Finds
- Tweet Deleter - It has access to Twitter’s API, so it can actually erase your most recent 3200 tweets.
- TubeBuddy - A free Chrome, Firefox and Edge browser extension & mobile app that integrates directly into YouTube to help you run your channel.
David's Finds
- Also Asked Tool - Branching visualization of People Also Asked boxes.
Politics
Kellyanne Conway’s Daughter Broke The News That She Has Covid
Former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway confirmed on Friday that she’s contracted covid-19 after her 15-year-old daughter broke the news in a series of TikToks revealing her mother’s positive diagnosis and denouncing President Donald Trump.
Save Lindsey (Not)
A Project Lincoln campaign mocked Lindsay Graham begging for money on Hannity. It was a riot.
For just 1% of what Donald Trump paid in taxes, $7.50, you can help #SaveLindsey.
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) September 28, 2020
Donate here: https://t.co/5mrTGx7ViYpic.twitter.com/9rDS5naJ4V
Weekly Numbers
People Also Ask Boxes
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