Sunday, September 21
SOCIAL MEDIA
The creators with very public hobbies
@kateglavan/YouTube
Sometimes, it’s not about the destination, it’s about the content you create on how to optimize your time spent on the journey and grow your audience. The internet not only demands you post your weird little crafts or triathlon medals, it also wants you to package up your processes and post about how you did it.
But it can be a crowded market with low payouts. YouTube said it spent over $100 billion in the last four years paying creators, but a lot of that money was likely concentrated at the top. And that’s not just on YouTube: Last year, less than 6% of creators earned more than $200,000 across platforms, according to a survey from Influencer Marketing Hub. About half of the creators surveyed reported earning less than $15,000.
A Twitch hack in 2021 exposed Twitch’s top 10,000 highest-paid earners, including the massive salaries netted by a few top streamers. But it also revealed that about 25% of the “top earners’ list” didn’t even make minimum wage. For newcomers, investing years into building a following in today’s oversaturated ecosystem could equate to a payout on par with a part-time job.
This doesn’t seem to be stopping the next generation of creators
About a third of Gen Alpha kids surveyed this year want to be YouTubers, with 1 in 5 hoping to become TikTok creators.
And it’s hard to find a hobby unexplored by a six-part TikTok series. If you’re looking to fill your own free time, here are some of our current favorite hobby creators:It doesn’t matter if you play piano or not; it’s awesome to watch the Piano Doctor take all the crud out.
Have you ever shed a tear watching a Warhammer painting tutorial?
A step-by-step guide to launching an online art shop.
Some inspiration for repurposing your old denim.
There’s still time to make this mask for Halloween…
And a little something for you if you’re on that marathon grind.—MM
@kateglavan/YouTube
Sometimes, it’s not about the destination, it’s about the content you create on how to optimize your time spent on the journey and grow your audience. The internet not only demands you post your weird little crafts or triathlon medals, it also wants you to package up your processes and post about how you did it.
But it can be a crowded market with low payouts. YouTube said it spent over $100 billion in the last four years paying creators, but a lot of that money was likely concentrated at the top. And that’s not just on YouTube: Last year, less than 6% of creators earned more than $200,000 across platforms, according to a survey from Influencer Marketing Hub. About half of the creators surveyed reported earning less than $15,000.
A Twitch hack in 2021 exposed Twitch’s top 10,000 highest-paid earners, including the massive salaries netted by a few top streamers. But it also revealed that about 25% of the “top earners’ list” didn’t even make minimum wage. For newcomers, investing years into building a following in today’s oversaturated ecosystem could equate to a payout on par with a part-time job.
This doesn’t seem to be stopping the next generation of creators
About a third of Gen Alpha kids surveyed this year want to be YouTubers, with 1 in 5 hoping to become TikTok creators.
And it’s hard to find a hobby unexplored by a six-part TikTok series. If you’re looking to fill your own free time, here are some of our current favorite hobby creators:It doesn’t matter if you play piano or not; it’s awesome to watch the Piano Doctor take all the crud out.
Have you ever shed a tear watching a Warhammer painting tutorial?
A step-by-step guide to launching an online art shop.
Some inspiration for repurposing your old denim.
There’s still time to make this mask for Halloween…
And a little something for you if you’re on that marathon grind.—MM
Robert Reich
Seven things we’ve learned
Friends,
It’s getting worse.
Trump’s regime forces late-night comedians off the air. He threatens to take away broadcast licenses of networks whose TV personalities criticize him. Demands that the Attorney General prosecute his enemies. Sues The New York Times for criticizing him. Bombs boats in international waters. Occupies more cities. Accuses the left but not the right of political violence. Targets “liberal” organizations. Targets (and sometimes disappears) people who look Latino. Allows Putin and Netanyahu to do their worst. And so on.
If you are feeling frightened or disoriented, you have every reason.
Yet we have learned several lessons about how to deal with this tyrant, and we must practice them.
At A Glance
Trees shed leaves for self-preservation—and other reflections on fall.
How the McIntosh apple went from top apple to the bottom of the barrel.
Diving boards disappeared—but they're not the primary cause of diving injuries.
How emotional stories can be the basis of massive economic shifts.
Teenager Guy Gabaldon captured the most prisoners in US military history.
Engineers are developing a new airbag system—for airplanes.
Explore a gallery of the art and architecture of ancient Pompeii.
How does the National Guard actually work?
The New Zealand wellness cult seeking healing and human flight.
The best angle for skipping stones is 20 degrees—and other lessons.
Disney World ticket prices have risen by 56% in a decade.
Batteries, explosives, and more wild inventions from the distant past.
The lonely man ensnared by a corporate-controlled AI chatbot.
The fanciful, 12th-century claim that some monks found King Arthur's bones.
"Hot dog" is likely a shorthand for the food's earlier name: "dachshund sausages."
In The NEWS
GOP spending bill fails in Senate after passing House.
The Senate yesterday blocked a Republican-backed bill to fund the government through Nov. 21 and boost lawmaker security funds by $88M, hours after the measure narrowly passed the House. A counterproposal by Senate Democrats to fund the government until Oct. 31, boost security funds to $320M, extend healthcare tax credits, roll back Medicaid cuts, and restore public broadcast funding also failed. Congress must reach a consensus by Sept. 30 to avert a government shutdown.
Judge rejects Trump's $15B suit against NYT, Penguin Random House.
A federal judge dismissed an 85-page libel lawsuit President Donald Trump filed for being unnecessarily long. The complaint accused The New York Times of being a mouthpiece for the Democratic Party and Penguin Random House of publishing false, malicious information in a book by two Times reporters titled "Lucky Loser." Trump's lawyers have 28 days from Friday to refile a revised suit no longer than 40 pages. The New York Times and Penguin Random House rejected the accusations.
CDC advisory panel nixes COVID-19 vaccine recommendations.
A 12-member vaccine advisory panel appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy voted yesterday to loosen COVID-19 shot guidance, advising "individual-based decision-making." It also postponed a vote on the hepatitis B vaccine and said federal insurance should not cover a combined measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella vaccine. The panel's votes require Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approval before becoming federal guidance.
Russian jets reportedly violate Estonian airspace.
Estonia said three Russian military jets violated its airspace for 12 minutes Friday. NATO jets intercepted the aircraft, and Estonia summoned a top Russian diplomat to protest what its foreign minister called the most aggressive of four Russian incursions on Estonia's airspace this year. Poland and Latvia imposed airspace restrictions last week after Russian drones entered Polish airspace. Separately, the European Union passed its first-ever sanctions on Russian liquefied natural gas.
Ig Nobel Prize honors lighthearted scientific achievements.
Researchers who determined rainbow lizards prefer cheese pizza and that painting zebra stripes on cows repels flies were among those honored at the 35th annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony Thursday at Boston University. Established in 1991 as the Nobel Prize's satirical sister, the award recognizes achievements that make people laugh and think. Click the headline to read up on all the winning discoveries.
"Junk Bond King" opens $500M museum celebrating American capitalism.
The Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream opens today in Washington, DC. Founded by former Wall Street financier Michael Milken, the museum has attracted funding from numerous billionaires, including Walmart heiress Alice Walton and Citadel CEO Ken Griffin. Milken turned to philanthropy—focusing on economic policy and medical research—after a 1990 fraud conviction barred him from the securities industry. President Donald Trump pardoned Milken in 2020.
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
Parental Influence
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I was raised with my parents teaching me the understanding that discussions in the form of debating and/or arguing were an appropriate to learn... and, if the other person did not agree with you that was perfectly fine and acceptable in such a way that you and your opponent could be the best of friends when not engaged in one of these discussions.
It would be hard for me to believe that any parent would teach their children that if someone disagrees with your points of views that you should KILL THEM.
I am reminded of a phrase I heard a while back... MAN IS BUT HALF A GOD, HE CAN TAKE A LIFE BUT HE CANNOT CREATE A LIFE...
What interests me here is the idea of what causes a person to kill another person because you disagree with their beliefs???
With this said, the Crusades was predicated upon the fact that Muslims did not believe what the Christians believed and yet, they believed in the same God and Jesus was a prophet in the Islamic faith. Still, Christians believed they needed to kill the nonbelievers.
And, what's worse is that God did not stop them... while in the Bible God did intervene.
We have a new mentality/mindset growing in the USA which revolves around killing people or destroying people who otherwise do not share your beliefs or your lifestyle.
If this continues, we will have an epidemic on our hands that we undermine our growth and prevent many citizens from pursuing their right to achieve happiness.
Redox-driven mineral and organic associations in Jezero Crater, Mars
The Perseverance rover has explored and sampled igneous and sedimentary rocks within Jezero Crater to characterize early Martian geological processes and habitability and search for potential biosignatures. Upon entering Neretva Vallis, on Jezero Crater’s western edge, Perseverance investigated distinctive mudstone and conglomerate outcrops of the Bright Angel formation.
Here we report a detailed geological, petrographic and geochemical survey of these rocks and show that organic-carbon-bearing mudstones in the Bright Angel formation contain submillimetre-scale nodules and millimetre-scale reaction fronts enriched in ferrous iron phosphate and sulfide minerals, likely vivianite and greigite, respectively. This organic carbon appears to have participated in post-depositional redox reactions that produced the observed iron-phosphate and iron-sulfide minerals. Geological context and petrography indicate that these reactions occurred at low temperatures.
Within this context, we review the various pathways by which redox reactions that involve organic matter can produce the observed suite of iron-, sulfur- and phosphorus-bearing minerals in laboratory and natural environments on Earth. Ultimately, we conclude that analysis of the core sample collected from this unit using high-sensitivity instrumentation on Earth will enable the measurements required to determine the origin of the minerals, organics and textures it contains.
Saturday, September 20
Headlines
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Trump and Xi plan to meet after “very productive” phone call. Following months of US-China sparring over trade and technology, President Trump and China’s Xi Jinping spoke on the phone yesterday for the second time since Trump’s current term began. Trump said that they made progress on “trade, fentanyl, the need to bring the war between Russia and Ukraine to an end, and the approval of the TikTok deal.” But it appeared the US and China are still hashing out the details of a framework agreement reached earlier this week for American investors to control TikTok in the US. Meanwhile, the Chinese government said that Xi asked Trump to refrain from imposing trade restrictions. With trade negotiations expected to continue, the leaders now plan to talk face-to-face at a regional summit in South Korea next month, and Trump said that he will go to China early next year.
Senate fails to pass government shutdown-averting bill. Majority-holding House Republicans passed a bill yesterday to fund the government through much of November, but it failed to clear the Senate, where it needed 60 votes. The government’s chances of keeping the lights on are now slim, since Congress is in recess until after Oct. 1, when its current funding runs out. Democrats refused to support the GOP plan to keep federal funding at roughly the same level with an emergency $88 million to bolster security for government officials in the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination. The party put forward its own bill—which also failed—to fund the government until Oct. 31, but with $326 million in security funds, an extension of Obamacare subsidies scheduled to expire at the end of the year, and a rollback of Medicaid cuts enacted by the recent Republican-backed budget.
CDC panel votes to end universal Covid vaccine recommendation. A panel of health advisors picked by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted yesterday to drop the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidance that everyone older than 6 months get a Covid shot. If the CDC approves the new guidance, Americans will be advised to consult with a doctor before vaccination. But many health experts worry that ending the blanket recommendations could make it more difficult to access Covid vaccines for those who want them. The panel also voted to stop recommending a combined measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella vaccine for young children in favor of administering the varicella (or chickenpox) vaccine separately, and it put off a decision on whether to delay the hepatitis B vaccine for newborns.—SK
In The NEWS
Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> American track star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone wins 400-meter title at World Track and Field Championships, with fastest time in 40 years (More) | Team USA leads medal count; see complete results (More)
> Police search home of singer D4vd after decomposed remains of missing 15-year-old girl found inside his vehicle last week (More)
> WNBA playoffs round one wraps tonight; see updated bracket and schedule (More) | 14 former NC State athletes file lawsuit accusing the university's former director of sports medicine of sexual abuse (More)
Science & Technology
> China's DeepSeek AI publishes peer-reviewed study finding its AI model R1 did not rely on rival models like ChatGPT for training, cost $294K to create—tens of millions less than rivals' estimated cost (More) | Large language models 101 (1440 Topics)
> Paleoentomologists unearth prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a window into the ancient Amazon rainforest (More)
> Some dogs—dubbed "gifted word learners"—can extend word meanings to new objects based on function, not just appearance; the skill is considered a cornerstone of early language development in toddlers (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close up (S&P 500 +0.5%, Dow +0.3%, Nasdaq +1.0%); all three indexes notch record highs (More)
> Intel shares close up over 22%, posting best day in 38 years, after Nvidia announces $5B investment; comes after the US government agreed to buy a nearly 10% stake in Intel last month (More)
> American Express raises Platinum Card annual fee to $895 from $695, with over $3,500 in annual benefits; move follows JPMorgan and Citigroup, which revamped cards for affluent customers this year (More) | How credit cards work (1440 Topics)
Politics & World Affairs
> Turning Point USA names Erika Kirk, widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, as the youth organization's new CEO (More)
> President Donald Trump suggests the US is working to reestablish a presence at Afghanistan's Bagram Air Base due to the base's proximity to rival China (More)
> United Nations cites progress toward three-month ceasefire proposal for the civil war in Sudan, backed by the US and Saudi Arabia (More)
> Police search home of singer D4vd after decomposed remains of missing 15-year-old girl found inside his vehicle last week (More)
> WNBA playoffs round one wraps tonight; see updated bracket and schedule (More) | 14 former NC State athletes file lawsuit accusing the university's former director of sports medicine of sexual abuse (More)
Science & Technology
> China's DeepSeek AI publishes peer-reviewed study finding its AI model R1 did not rely on rival models like ChatGPT for training, cost $294K to create—tens of millions less than rivals' estimated cost (More) | Large language models 101 (1440 Topics)
> Paleoentomologists unearth prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a window into the ancient Amazon rainforest (More)
> Some dogs—dubbed "gifted word learners"—can extend word meanings to new objects based on function, not just appearance; the skill is considered a cornerstone of early language development in toddlers (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close up (S&P 500 +0.5%, Dow +0.3%, Nasdaq +1.0%); all three indexes notch record highs (More)
> Intel shares close up over 22%, posting best day in 38 years, after Nvidia announces $5B investment; comes after the US government agreed to buy a nearly 10% stake in Intel last month (More)
> American Express raises Platinum Card annual fee to $895 from $695, with over $3,500 in annual benefits; move follows JPMorgan and Citigroup, which revamped cards for affluent customers this year (More) | How credit cards work (1440 Topics)
Politics & World Affairs
> Turning Point USA names Erika Kirk, widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, as the youth organization's new CEO (More)
> President Donald Trump suggests the US is working to reestablish a presence at Afghanistan's Bagram Air Base due to the base's proximity to rival China (More)
> United Nations cites progress toward three-month ceasefire proposal for the civil war in Sudan, backed by the US and Saudi Arabia (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
Changing Democrats
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It would appear that not only have the Democrats moved from being moderate to liberal to radical to socialistic and have no problem stating that the people they dislike or do not agree with should be assassinated... while at the same time, vehemently state that President Trump is destroying Democracy.
I was a Kennedy DEMOCRAT back in the 1960s and while in 1981, after receiving my MBA from the Babcock Graduate School of Management at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, I realized that my mentality and beliefs shifted from being liberal to being conservative.
My conservative beliefs revolved around:
- Low Taxes
- Small Federal Government
- Greater States Rights
- Strong Military
- Balanced Budget
- Low to No National Debt
I understand, to some degree, why the Democrats believe what they do, but I don't think their beliefs are viable.
But, what really bothers me about the Democrats is the fact they want to DESTROY CONSERVATIVES, to the point that the Democrats will never lose control to them in any elections where the Democrats lose their majority control.
We need BALANCED POLITICAL PARTIES and let the people decide who they want to govern them. We don't need a system where the people can only elect one party to govern them.
However, while I am against SOCIALISM, I am also against:
- The Second Amendment
- Tax Shelters for the Wealthy
- Large Non-profits not paying taxes
- Biased Media
- Biased Colleges and Universities
My concern is also undermined by the direction our country and the world is taking with AI and humanoid robots. Because we are moving in this direction, it is obvious that robots will replace a substantial number of jobs, that will force the government to offer a guaranteed annual income.
That income guarantee will move us closer into the realm of socialism but not because of the Democrats but because of technology.
Livermore Approves Billion-Dollar Nuclear Fusion Research Facility Proposal
The facility would be located on 14 acres along West Jack London Boulevard. (City of Livermore)
LIVERMORE, CA — The Livermore City Council voted unanimously and enthusiastically to support a proposal for Pacific Fusion to build a billion-dollar fusion energy research facility on West Jack London Boulevard that is estimated to bring 250 high-paying jobs to the city.
Pacific Fusion, a new company devoted to helping achieve fusion energy, will now choose whether to build a facility in Livermore or competing cities like Alameda or Albuquerque.
“Could you think of a better city? Our city seal has the atom on it,” said Vice Mayor Evan Branning as he gestured toward the seal on the dais. “We aren't just looking to build you a box to put your technology in. Livermore is the city, the only city, that is going to support you not just through building this building, but for as long as you are here to make sure that this is the location to expand this technology.”
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