"These layoffs continued through at least the end of December, when around 75 percent of staffers were let go in total, leaving approximately 20 employees left working at both Parler and the parent-company’s cloud services venture."

https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/10/23549198/parler-parlement-technologies-layoffs-gettr-george-farmer-candace-owens

BooksForTopics has relaunched its website which features children’s booklists sorted by age or topic. The BooksForTopics website is popular among primary schools, providing booklists covering the National Curriculum and reading-for-pleasure recommendations. https://www.thebookseller.com/news/booksfortopics-relaunches-childrens-booklisting-website

Before you share that video you took of your friends, family or pet, spruce it up using a mobile video editing app. We tested 5 video editing apps and found the best one to help you transform videos right on your smartphone.

This is written by Sally Weiner Grotta, who is my go-to person on ANYthing related to photography tools or video.
https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/reviews/best-video-editing-apps

Early-stage VC funding at around record levels https://www.reuters.com/technology/startups-spring-ashes-big-tech-purge-2023-01-03

The Wordle spin-offs just keep coming. The latest is Housle, which tests your ability to guess property prices. https://housle.house

Career-boosting skills for developers

These practices help you stand out to your boss—both your current boss and your next one—as someone worth keeping around. https://redis.com/blog/future-proof-your-dev-career/

The 2022 Bulwer-Lytton results are out.

"I knew she was trouble the second she walked into my 24-hour deli, laundromat, and detective agency, and after dropping a load of unmentionables in one of the heavy-duty machines (a mistake that would soon turn deadly) she turned to me, asking for two things: find her missing husband and make her a salami on rye with spicy mustard, breaking into tears when I told her I couldn't help—I was fresh out of salami."

https://www.bulwer-lytton.com/2022

Hogwarts Legacy is looming, but how and why is the game so uniquely controversial?

https://www.thegamer.com/hogwarts-legacy-harry-potter-jk-rowling-controversy-boycott-battleground/

We asked the AI bot, ChatGPT, to recommend the best books on artificial intelligence. Here are its recommendations and reasons for its choices.
https://fivebooks.com/best-books/artificial-intelligence-gpt-3/

Happy birthday me!

Scientists captured bees rolling wooden balls, solely for fun, on video, providing additional evidence that bees might experience positive "feelings." https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/12/bees-like-to-roll-little-wooden-balls-as-a-form-of-play-study-finds/

Buzzword Ipsum https://www.buzzwordipsum.com/

Letterlocking is a method of securing written communication without the requirement of an envelope or packet using a combination of intricate folding techniques. https://www.messynessychic.com/2022/12/14/signed-sealed-but-not-always-delivered-the-lost-art-of-letterlocking/

Medieval manuscript illuminations can reveal much about the exteriors and interiors of a peasant’s house. https://www.medievalists.net/2023/01/medieval-homes/

Leonardo da Vinci may have been ahead of the curve in aerodynamics, anatomy and mechanics, but he also possessed an incredible foresight for another modern staple: cat obsessions. https://theconversation.com/why-leonardo-da-vinci-would-have-aced-the-internet-cat-craze-54306

"Improvements in the works for the [Mastodon] server/web app include groups (which will work a bit like Twitter Circles or Google+ circles), editing metadata for media when editing posts, role badges for profiles, and some tweaks to how lists are handled." https://www.howtogeek.com/858266/these-features-are-coming-to-mastodon-in-2023-and-beyond/

“Congratulations on the new library, because it isn’t just a library. It is a space ship that will take you to the farthest reaches of the Universe, a time machine that will take you to the far past and the far future, a teacher that knows more than any human being, a friend that will amuse you and console you—and most of all, a gateway, to a better and happier and more useful life.” https://www.openculture.com/2022/12/isaac-asimov-on-how-libraries-can-radically-change-your-life-1971.html