🔮 Sneak Peak Saturday for 2024-09-14
I explore the chaotic peak of Friday news and share memes that highlight slow news days.
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By Friday, everything seems to be reaching the peak of getting news turned in before a deadline or dread-line. It sometimes seems like we reach a fever pitch in news coverage throughout the week.
Peak 🏔️ vs. Peek 👀
Then there is a trope, cliché, or bromide about slow news days and the quietly mentioned news updates sent on a Friday — to try and sneak it past wider coverage. Or, in a nutshell, peak patronizing publishing.
In that spirit, here are a few stories that you might have missed on the slow news of a Friday.
Insert Let's See Who This Really Is Meme
Techmeme: The White House plans to curb the “overuse and abuse” of the de minimis loophole used by Shein and Temu, which exempts packages worth $800 or less from tariffs (CNBC)
From CNBC. View the full context on Techmeme.
Insert Ceiling Cat Meme
Techmeme: Meta restarts training its AI systems on UK users' public Facebook and Instagram posts, having “incorporated regulatory feedback” to be “even more transparent” (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)
By Paul Sawers / TechCrunch. View the full context on Techmeme.
Insert We're All Trying To Find The Guy Who Did This Meme
Techmeme: Some former CrowdStrike employees say they raised concerns about executives rushing deadlines and quality checks, more than a year before the July 2024 outage (Rachyl Jones/Semafor)
By Rachyl Jones / Semafor. View the full context on Techmeme.
Insert That Wasn't Me, That Was Patricia Meme
Techmeme: Elon Musk calls Australia's government “fascists” after it unveiled a bill to fine online platforms up to 5% of their global revenue for enabling misinformation (Renju Jose/Reuters)
By Renju Jose / Reuters. View the full context on Techmeme.
Insert Anthony Adams Rubbing Hands Meme
Techmeme: Sources: Sam Altman told OpenAI's staff that the company plans to move away from being controlled by a nonprofit sometime in 2025 (Kali Hays/Fortune)
By Kali Hays / Fortune. View the full context on Techmeme.
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