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Category: Commentary

  • đź”— Mozilla is shutting down Pocket | The Verge // Emma Roth

    > Mozilla is shutting down Pocket, the handy bookmarking tool used to save articles and webpages for later. The [organization announced](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/future-of-pocket) that Pocket will stop working on July 8th, 2025

    So now the auditions begin to replace Pocket, an app I’ve used everyday for 10 years…ugh

  • ⚽️ Congratulations to Crystal Palace Football Club on winning the English FA Cup overnight.

  • 🏀 Did not see the Knicks making it past Boston…and then they did, pretty impressively too! đź‘Ź

  • ⚽️ Arsenal’s lack of depth is just so frustrating. Ugh.

  • The Tiktok ban in the US is a just couple of days away, it makes me chuckle when I see people promoting they’re moving to RedNote or Lemon8 knowing that they’ll likely face the same issue. RedNote is pretty much Chinese Government run, and Lemon8 is owned by the same company as TikTok. 🤯

  • ⚽️ Good win by The Arsenal over Tottenham! We’ve gotta get better at taking controll of the game, less wasteful with our opportunities, but hey, a wins a win! LFG!

  • ⛳️ Tiger Woods walking out to Eye Of The Tiger in today’s TGL match is gold! His little smirk, 100% taking the piss, love it!

  • Oh my days YouTube is so bad, I can’t skip any ads on the channel that I’m watching a video on currently. Either it’s the channel / creator setup, or it’s a gee up to subscribe to YouTube, either way, it’s gross 🤮

  • đź”— [Queensland researchers say evidence linking social media to youth mental health problems is ‘weak’](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-07/social-media-ban-mental-health-different-approach)

    > Ms Patterson has more than one million followers across TikTok and Instagram.
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    > The Syndeysider said the federal government’s ban is “absolutely pointless”.

    Whilst she’s not one of the researchers initially quoted in the article, I’m not convinced she’s not biased in her assessment of good or bad in this case.

  • ⛳️ With the [first match](https://tglgolf.com/match/2025/1) being played in the TGL this coming week, I’m interested to see how it’s received by the general sports fan, especially considering how _traditional_ a sport golf still is. We’ve not had a disruption in competitive golf, LIV was aimed at the PGA’s dominance, not golf itself.