It's Spotify Wrapped season (formerly known as "the holidays"). Here's @The Conversation U.S.'s story on why lists like this get so much attention. Tell us in the comments if you use the feature and like your list; our friend Debbie was very affronted that the app thought she was 75 years old.
The Conversation
The marketing genius of Spotify Wrapped
Spotify has hit a marketing sweet spot: Users feel compelled to share their annual listening habits and, in doing so, advertise the streaming servi...
 #Spotify #SpotifyWrapped #Music #Entertainment #Technology #Tech #Apps
The final penny in America was pressed last month. David L. Ulin writes for Alta about why the coin is special to him. "When I was a young child, mildly dyslexic and unable to determine left from right, my mother would put a penny in my left shoe so I could feel it beneath my arch and orient myself," he writes. "Later, she passed along her belief in the heads-up penny as a good-luck charm, a quiet superstition shared by millions of Americans. To this day, when I see such a penny on the street, I pick it up; it feels like a secret message from the universe to me."
Alta Online
The Penny Is Dead. Its Magic Isn’t.
As the coin fades out, David L. Ulin reflects on its invaluable magic.
 #History #USHistory #Nostalgia #Penny #Coins
Pity this poor raccoon, which, [@AssociatedPress](
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Raccoon goes on drunken rampage in Virginia liquor store and passes out on bathroom floor
A raccoon broke into a closed Virginia liquor store and drank alcohol from the bottom shelves over the weekend.
 #Animals #Lifestyle #Raccoon #Alcohol
Incarcerated people in North Carolina earn between 40 cents and $1.25 per day, yet in some cases, they're paying more for items like snacks and drinks than those on the outside. Phillip Vance Smith II, who is currently incarcerated in N.C., writes for @npub1hpgg...yrre about why this is happening.
Bolts
North Carolina Prison Officials Raise Prices for Those Who Can Least Afford It - Bolts
It’s 4:30 pm on a Monday as Colell Steele stands in front of the closed canteen window at Neuse Correctional, a medium-custody prison in North Ca...
 #Prison #Incarceration #Justice #SocialJustice #NorthCarolina
Fans of "Mad Men" got an inadvertent peek behind the scenes when the 4K version of the show arrived on HBO. A crew member was visible in a scene where John Slattery's character vomits after eating oysters. According to [@THR](
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The ’Mad Men’ 4K Stream on HBO Max Had All Sorts of Problems
The 4K stream of ‘Mad Men’ on HBO Max was a disaster of bad edits and incorrect episode titles, including a Roger Sterling vomit edit mistake.
 #Television #TV #MadMen #HBO #Lionsgate #Entertainment
Pop star Sabrina Carpenter responded to the Trump White House using one of her songs in a pro-mass-deportation video. She described the video as "evil and disgusting" and wrote: "Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda." The White House made an official response, saying: "Anyone who would defend these sick monsters is stupid, or is it slow?" But, reports Zeteo, it's actually part of a White House strategy, to use popular music from anti-Trump artists, provoking a response that can then be used to amplify culture wars. Here's more.
BREAKING: Trump White House Slams Sabrina Carpenter After Using Her Song in ‘Evil’ Video
The Trump administration has apparently identified its latest enemy of the state.
 #Culture #PopCulture #SabrinaCarpenter #TrumpAdministration #Music #Entertainment #Immigration
We hope your couches are comfortable: the "Stranger Things" finale will be a bum-numbing two hours and five minutes long. The conclusion of the five-season series will arrive on Netflix at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET on Dec. 31 as well as in 500 theaters in the U.S. and Canada. Here's [@THR](
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Stranger Things Finale Runtime, Theater Locations Revealed by Netflix
Stranger Things The Finale runtime, movie theater locations revealed when the series finale releases on Netflix and the big screen Dec. 31 at 5 p.m.
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Want to see some Nazis getting their comeuppance? Here's [@IndieWire](
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 )'s list of the 11 best anti-fascist movies of all time, from "The Great Dictator" in 1940, to 2023's "The Zone of Interest."
The 11 Best Anti-Fascist Movies of All Time
The 11 best anti-fascist movies of all-time: The Great Dictator, Brazil, The Spirit of the Beehive, Porco Rosso, and more.
 #Movies #Cinema #Film #AntiFascist #Entertainment
70 years ago today, Rosa Parks refused to surrender her seat on a Montgomery bus. But her contribution as an organizer and activist is much more extensive than that. [@19thnews](
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The 19th
Rosa Parks’ story didn’t end in Montgomery. These students are proof of that.
The Rosa Parks Scholarship Foundation aims to tell the story of Parks' life beyond the bus while helping Michigan students devoted to service ...
 #RosaParks #History #USHistory #BlackHistory #BlackMastodon
U.S. property portal Zillow started publishing climate risk data on home listings last year, but last month, it quietly removed that data. Here's more from Inman.com.
Inman
Zillow reverses course and removes climate data from listing
After announcing last year that listings would show climate data from First Street, the portal now features a link to First Street
 #USPropertyMarket #Zillow #Homes #ClimateRisk #ClimateCrisis #RealEstate