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Jackie Weaver, hero of chaotic viral council Zoom meeting, did not have the authority after all
Jackie Weaver, hero of chaotic viral council Zoom meeting, did not have the authority after all
Jackie Weaver is a name you won't forget in a hurry.
In Feb. 2021, a video of a chaotic Zoom parish council meeting burst into our lives and found viral fame online.
If you somehow managed to miss this sparkling nugget of internet gold, then you can recap the Zoom meeting at your leisure.
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A video of the video meeting between Handforth Parish Council's Planning and Environment Committee in Wilmslow, Cheshire, clocked up 5.8 million views and was basically an edge-of-your-seat drama-fest from start to finish. To summarise, Weaver attempted to deal with disruptive parish councillors by muting them and ejecting them from the meeting into the Zoom waiting room.
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"You have no authority here, Jackie Weaver," was one of the lines that proved particularly popular from the viral video. And, in a bizarre twist of fate, it turns out Weaver did not actually have the authority, according to a report(Opens in a new tab).
An investigation into the disorderly conduct has culminated in six (yes, six!) reports being published by Cheshire East Council on the councillors' behaviour in the infamous Zoom call.
A 145-page report determined that Weaver "was not acting in an official capacity at these meetings" but added as a caveat that Weaver felt her actions were necessary given the behaviour being displayed by a number of councillors. The reports also noted that it understood why Weaver acted as she did.
In a statement to the BBC, Weaver said(Opens in a new tab) she welcomed the findings of the report but was "deeply saddened that it took so long and cost so much to get there." It was reported(Opens in a new tab) recently that the investigation cost over £85,000.
Weaver added: "We were still very vague about how virtual council meetings worked and I did not actually remove them from the meeting, in my opinion, I moved them to the waiting room."
"A little later in the meeting the remaining councillors voted to remove them," she concluded.
Despite the reports stating that several current and former councillors to be in breach of the council's code of conduct, there have been no formal findings made against any individual.
Per the BBC(Opens in a new tab), some former council members have rejected the findings of the report and do not accept that they were in breach of the rules. "In terms of the findings of the reports, we wholly refute the findings and view them as being extreme fiction. The investigations were in our opinion conducted with more than an air of mendacity," they said.
An unsurprising response, perhaps, given what we witnessed in the video.
"Read the standing orders. Read them and understand them!"
Trumps COVID-19 press conference just handed us a meme format
Trumps COVID-19 press conference just handed us a meme format
Trump's press conference declaring a nationwide state of emergency did little to quell the panic surrounding the coronavirus outbreak, but at least we got a decent meme out of it.
During the conference on Friday, the president shook hands (Opens in a new tab)with a number of high-ranking officials from various corporations — doing the exact opposite of the social distancing we're all supposed to be practicing — and referred to the American people as "consumers." He also announced a partnership with Google, which pledged to build a site to help Americans identify symptoms of COVID-19, the official term for the disease caused by the virus, and direct them to the nearest testing site.
They demonstrated how the site would work on a handy flow chart.
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But if there's anything to take away from the internet, it's that holding up paper makes for prime meme material. The kind folks at Full Frontal made it even easier, posting a blank version of the meme format.
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It took off.
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Hard Drive took a darker turn.
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The image — and the crisis overall — also drew comparisons to HBO's Chernobyl, a dramatized retelling of the Soviet Union's attempted cover-up of the nuclear disaster.
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At least you can meme your way through the pandemic. Getting tested and treated, though, is still complicated(Opens in a new tab).
Tinder users are using ChatGPT to message matches
Tinder users are using ChatGPT to message matches
The launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT this month has ushered in a new era — of social feeds clogged with screenshots and discussions of the chatbot and its seemingly infinite uses. TikTokkers didn't hesitate to divulge how they're using ChatGPT: to message Tinder matches(Opens in a new tab).
Using AI in dating apps isn't new. For years, programmers have been trying to further gamify the game of finding love on your phone. These Tinder users created bots to swipe and message for them and can do so with hundreds of users at a time. It's no surprise that Tinder bans users who do this, but even the app itself utilizes AI to generate conversation starters:

Tinder uses AI to generate conversation starters, but users are taking it to another level. Credit: Screenshot: Tinder

Those using ChatGPT, however, are putting in a bit more manual effort. Once they match with someone, they ask ChatGPT for an opening message based on their interests. Then they copy and paste the output and send it to their match. And honestly? From what folks are posting on TikTok, it's working.
One "Tinder veteran" used ChatGPT(Opens in a new tab) to generate a poem for the six-foot woman he was messaging. She loved it, saying a guy hadn't written a poem for her before. The caption on the video claimed this is the "future of Tinder."
Here's another example, this time a TikTok user requesting a weight lifting-themed opener(Opens in a new tab). ChatGPT spit out, "Do you mind if I take a seat? Because watching you do those hip thrusts is making my legs feel a little weak."
Once again, the receiver of the message enjoyed it and soon dropped her Snapchat.
As with using an AI bot to completely use Tinder for you, there are potential ethical concerns at play here; the dominant from these examples is disclosure. How would a match feel if they knew your messages were AI-generated? Are you lying by omission by not telling them a bot actually "wrote" the message? What if they were using ChatGPT to message, too — then would it matter?
These are questions we can't yet answer but surely will have to grapple with as AI becomes further embedded in our lives. As one TikTok user captioned, "AI just too overpowered."
Chris Evans styles out this whole situation with a tweet to make Captain America proud
Chris Evans styles out this whole situation with a tweet to make Captain America proud
If you've been anywhere near the internet over the past couple of days, you've probably heard the news about Chris Evans' Instagram mishap.
Well, now the man himself has acknowledged it — and his response is surely one that his superhero alter-ego Captain America would firmly approve of.
On Monday night, the Marvel star took to Twitter to post the following:
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Simple, but undeniably effective. Sometimes all you need is a face-palm emoji, a shruggy emoji, and a clear call to action for your 6.1 million followers.
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As Nov. 3 — Election Day in the U.S. — draws closer, more and more celebrities like Michelle Obama(Opens in a new tab) have been encouraging people to turn out and vote. Evans recently set up his own political website aimed at informing voters on different politicians' viewpoints and stances, so it makes sense that he'd want to encourage as much participation as possible.
At the time of writing, his tweet has well over 100,000 retweets. It's also prompted responses from a number of Evans' famous pals.
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Well played, Chris.
Elon Musk endorsing Kanye, then reconsidering, is the worlds shortest love story
Elon Musk endorsing Kanye, then reconsidering, is the worlds shortest love story
It only lasted for three days.
When Kanye West announced his candidacy to become President of the United States on July 5, Elon Musk was quick to proclaim his "full support."
But when a Twitter user pointed out to West's anti-abortion and anti-vaccination comments, Musk indicated he may be rethinking things.
"We may have more differences of opinion than I anticipated," he tweeted(Opens in a new tab).
Check out the entire exchange below.

You're great, Kanye. Oh wait, you're not that great. Credit: twitter

I believe one Twitter user said it best(Opens in a new tab): LMFAO.
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In a recent interview with (Opens in a new tab)Forbes(Opens in a new tab),(Opens in a new tab) West said a bunch of very odd and not very smart things, including saying that a vaccine is "the mark of the beast," and that "they want to put chips inside of us."
Musk has made many controversial statements in his career, including making incorrect assertions about the coronavirus pandemic, but we guess West's comments were too much, even for him.
West, who recently tweeted(Opens in a new tab) a photo of him and Musk posing together, hasn't replied to Musk's comment yet.
Deadmau5 gets banned from Twitch for using homophobic slur
Deadmau5 gets banned from Twitch for using homophobic slur
We have to stop saying these words.
The DJ/streamer Deadmau5 was banned from Twitch for using a homophobic slur on Tuesday. In response to being banned for violating Twitch's rules against hate speech, the 38-year-old deleted his Twitch account, esports insider Rod Breslau reported(Opens in a new tab).
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Deadmau5, a.k.a. Joel Thomas Zimmerman, was playing PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds when his outburst happened, calling the player who killed him the F-word, among other things, resulting in his account being flagged for hate speech. Although the stream is now deleted, given the context of the situation it sounds like Twitch made the right decision to ban Deadmau5.
In a now-deleted Reddit post, Deadmau5 railed against Twitch for censoring him and criticized people who reported on his ban.
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Deadmu5 also appears to defend his use of the word as a "heat of the moment" kind of thing.
"While it was intended to insult a fuckin asshat who was being a fuckin asshat... it wasnt 'directed at an entire group of people who have a sexual orientation that differs from my own,'" he wrote. "Fuck off with that shit."
In other Reddit posts(Opens in a new tab) that are still up, Deadmau5 continued to complain about people who were offended by his use of the slur as well as news outlets for reporting on it.
it's unacceptable to use these words
Deadmau5 refers to "Twitch's double standard" in his deleted comment, which, while he doesn't specify exactly what that means, likely refers to Twitch's rules against showing skin on streams. Some more misogynistic corners of the Twitch community tend to think that Twitch doesn't punish enough women for violating this vague rule. This comparison is strange because that has nothing to do with his use of a hateful slur.
Deadmau5 can defend himself all he wants, but the fact remains that he said a word that incites feelings of hatred against a certain group of people. People like Deadmau5 try to explain that they don't mean to use slurs in hateful ways, but that is just stripping the word of its history and meaning in a desperate attempt to save face.
That slur is hate speech, no matter how you use it. It is associated with a group of people and to use it in a heated moment as a means to insult someone shows exactly what you think of that word and the people to which it refers.
You can't separate the two things. Just like when PewDiePie said the N-word on a stream in a heated moment last year, it's unacceptable to use these words in any context.
It doesn't matter if you're caught up in the moment, you're really angry, or you're just trying to make a shitty joke. Take these words out of your vocabulary.
And please, don't defend saying these words. Learn from your mistakes. Educate yourself. Take a moment to listen to the people who are hurt by what you say. Be better.

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Attention influencers: Changes are coming to LAs iconic Pink Wall
Attention influencers: Changes are coming to LAs iconic Pink Wall
Change is afoot at one of Los Angeles' most historic attractions, the 17-year-old Instagram phenomenon that is the Pink Wall.
On Tuesday, April 19, painters could be observed painting a corner of the iconic pink storefront white.

!DANGER - WORK IN PROGRESS! Credit: Rachel Kraus / Mashable

The Pink Wall serves as the bubblegum pink facade of designer Paul Smith's flagship store on Melrose Avenue. It is more widely known, however, as a backdrop for selfies. People journey to the Pink Wall from across the world(Opens in a new tab) for a chance to snap a pic at the iconic location made famous by Instagram influencers.
But the all-pink building is apparently getting a facelift. On Monday evening (April 18), TikTokker notbfiner noticed the white paint and posted a video(Opens in a new tab) about it, aptly asking "Do you think the Pink Wall is going away? This could shake up LA like we've never seen before."

So sad, influencers are having to find new backdrops already. Credit: Rachel Kraus / Mashable

Employees at Paul Smith were tight-lipped about what the new paint job would entail. When asked whether the Pink Wall was going away, one employee, who declined to give his name, told Mashable it was "not," but said he could not talk about what the changes would be.
A painter with the company Overall Murals, who was working on the project, said they were painting "stripes," and thought it might be connected to Paul Smith's new campaign. The painter was also hesitant to elaborate.
It's unclear when the Pink Wall will appear in its new, potentially striped form. This is a developing story.
Heres glorious proof that everything should be named in the style of the walkie talkie
Heres glorious proof that everything should be named in the style of the walkie talkie
Stop and think about it for a moment: "walkie talkie" is a super weird name for a thing.
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Twitter user and firefighter Antonia Nicol has gone viral for imagining what words would be like if they were created by the same person who came up with the name "walkie talkie".
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People had their own additions to the list.
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Better get cracking on updating that dictionary.

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Adapting to change makes GoCo nimble and able to succeed
Adapting to change makes GoCo nimble and able to succeed
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While the precedent was certainly there, a study released this past summer found nearly one-third(Opens in a new tab), or 32.6 percent, of businesses reported 10 percent or more of their workforce was teleworking or working remotely. Now, as the potential for teleworking continues to expand, many business owners, managers, and IT professionals simply don’t have the bandwidth to operate multi-location networks.
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The saga of the barefoot runner, a local Facebook group, and some acorns
The saga of the barefoot runner, a local Facebook group, and some acorns
Local Facebook really is something else. Here's the saga of the barefoot runner and "I Love NE Minneapolis." You might want to sit down for this.
An irate "competitive barefoot runner" took to his neighborhood Facebook group to complain about the abundance of acorns littering the sidewalks.
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"This makes my training sessions very difficult," he posted. "So this is just a friendly reminder to please keep your sidewalks clear of any acorns or other debris that might injure those whom are active members of the barefoot running community, including myself."
Then he passive aggressively dropped the possibility of filing a complaint to the city, before closing with a chipper "Peace and Love!"
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As you can imagine, people couldn't possibly take the post seriously.
Turns out the whole thing as just some really good trolling. According to BuzzFeed, Eric Curtis, the man behind the posts(opens in a new tab), was just trolling his neighbors -- and the media. He was even quoted in the Washington Post(opens in a new tab).
"If only there were something you could put on your feet to protect acorns and other debris," one Minneapolis resident commented.
Someone suggested running with a leaf blower. Another suggested running with squirrels. Many straight up refused to sweep their sidewalks so that one person could run.
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He posted a screenshot of his complaint and said that although he wanted to "resolve this in a neighborly fashion," and that the "threatening and hostile nature" of fellow group members pushed him over the edge.
"Unfortunately you have all forced my hand," he responded, like a medieval king on a power trip.
In the screenshot of the code violation report he wrote, "poorly maintained sidewalks littered with acorns, as well as cyber-bullying and threats from the community."
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As @alex_cono -- the hero who managed to grab all of these screenshots -- noted, the OP has a history of passive aggressive neighborhood posts. In a previous post, he referred to his significant other as his "soul partner" and asked if anyone else knew of "SERIOUS" unicycling communities.
Despite this all being just a troll, knowing the shenanigans and spats that go down on Nextdoor, this barefoot runner was not even that extreme.
UPDATE: Oct. 11, 2018, 12:17 a.m. EDT Updated with a report from BuzzFeed stating the whole thing was a hoax.

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