Video killed the word-processing star.
How the Facebook outage affected the developing world, which depends on WhatsApp for health services and to shield communications from totalitarian governments. / NBC News, People
Related: Telegram says it added 70 million new users while Facebook was down. / The Guardian
The Facebook outage forced small business owners to realize that building a customer base on Instagram comes with a lot of risk. / BuzzFeed News
The British Toy and Hobby Association claims nearly half the toys from third-party online sellers are unsafe for children. / The Guardian
Related: Research shows babies have microplastics in their bodies—potentially 15 times above the amount in adults. / Euronews
Last month, in a single day, investors spent more than $1 billion on the aggregator businesses that buy up smaller Amazon sellers. / Sifted
Op: Texas is the future of America, and the state's conservative leaders know that means their days are numbered. / The New York Times
Only four percent of the blue plaques around London commemorate people of color. / The Guardian
"'I'm not a genius, but I still got it worked out,' would be better rendered, 'I am very smart; I just never got a chance to study.'" On Squid Game and Netflix's dubious subtitles. / The Week
Based on a lot of binge watching, shows start getting good (or become obviously hopeless) around the fourth episode. / The Atlantic
See also: The perfect pop song is two minutes and 42 seconds long. / The Morning News
The "most boring video ever made" is a 1989 Microsoft Word tutorial. / Boing Boing
Watch: From 1984, Stanley Kubrick talks about his favorite software manuals. / YouTube
"[Fanfic] has tangible effects on the real world, and is therefore a meaningful form of cultural activism." / Literary Hub
Free-motion embroidered coral and other organic shapes, by Meredith Woolnough. / Colossal
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