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Taylor Swift earned a swift following on TikTok after making an account and posting her first video Monday. A short clip shared by the “Shake It Off” singer shows Swift recreating her looks from some of her albums. “Lots going on at the moment: Red (my version) vinyl is up for presale on my site and oh I’m on tiktok now let the games begin,” Swift captioned the post. In this file photo, Taylor Swift attends the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 5, 2020 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) She also included the hashtag #SwiftTok in the caption. Swift’s account garnered more than 600,000 followers within its first few hours on the video-sharing TikTok app, while the pop star’s debut post earned more 2 million views and more than 550,000 likes during that stretch. The singer is in the process of re-recording her first six albums after the rights to much of her musical catalog were obtained in 2019 by Scooter Braun, whom Swift accused of “incessant, manipulative bullying” in a Tumblr post at the time. Swift, 31, released the first such album — “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” — in April, and…

Social audio app Clubhouse has joined other social platforms in taking steps to protect the privacy and safety of its users in Afghanistan. Earlier this week, the platform reset tens of thousands of its Afghan users’ bios and photos, and made their accounts more difficult to discover in search. A spokesperson for Clubhouse said the actions didn’t affect the users’ followers, and all of the changes can be reversed if a user prefers. Clubhouse has also been reminding its Afghan users that it does allow pseudonyms for human rights or safety purposes. The company consulted with free expression and violent extremism experts to help craft its approach, the spokesperson said. As the Taliban have regained control of the country, many people in Afghanistan have tried to delete photos from their social media accounts and phones that could show a connection to the West, or the former Afghan government. And despite bans on many social platforms, the Taliban has been able to push its messaging on social media, becoming as The Washington Post wrote,  » Read More

Events: Looking for something to do? Check out these events. Clothing, masks, supplies neededCastle Rock resident Bill Ammons once again is collecting coats, hats, socks and school supplies for local students who need them. In addition, he is collecting face masks for students.People who would like to donate are encouraged to call Ammons at 360-274-7811 to make arrangements to either drop off the items or have them picked up. He also will provide additional details on items needed.In addition, Fibre Federal Credit Union has joined with Ammons. People are welcome to bring items to any Fibre branch during regular business hours through Sept. 15.Order fresh berries nowThe deadline is approaching to order fresh local blueberries and strawberries from Kelso Lions Club members. The berries are cleaned and individually quick frozen in 10-pound boxes. The berries will be available for pickup between 9 a.m. and noon Aug. 28 in the Kelso-Longview Elks parking lot, 900 Ash St., Kelso.The berries must be ordered and paid for in advance before Aug.  » Read More

by: Nexstar Media Wire Posted: Aug 20, 2021 / 02:06 PM CDT / Updated: Aug 20, 2021 / 02:06 PM CDT CHESTERFIELD, Mo. – The name Terrell Moore might not ring a bell. But the 27-year-old is well-known to police throughout the St. Louis area, particularly in communities where there’s a shopping mall. “There are people who we arrest every day for shoplifting. Everyone knows who Terrell Moore is – he’s the biggest booster in St. Louis,” Chesterfield Police Officer Jason Bromwich told KTVI. Bromwich is a member of the department’s Special Enforcement Unit (SEU). Since 2017, he’s been tracking Moore’s move at both stores and online. As it turns out, Moore’s presence on social media is big, and it’s led to big money. Bromwich said Moore is a habitual shoplifter who would steal from stores throughout Missouri and then sell the items over Facebook. That’s why investigators launched an investigation and began examining Moore’s Facebook page, which was open to the public.  » Read More

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Fun fact that we will let you know. There are many strange feelings in The WhatsApp Such as: a mechanical arm, a ghoul, a puck, a pile of excrement with a face, etc. However, there is an emoji that many do not know or at least do not know what it means despite being one of the most used all over the world, we refer to the one called “Alien Monster”. The WhatsApp It is an instant messaging app that now has more than 3000 emojis in the following categories: emojis, people, animals, nature, food, drinks, activities, trips, places, things, symbols and finally flags. In the first section of the above, he referred to the icon of the space monster, which occupies the 343rd position of the most shared sites on Twitter. Emojitracker, a portal dedicated to calculating the number of emojis shared in real time through the aforementioned social network. Look: WhatsApp: What do folded teeth mean and when are they used What does that mean Appearing purple on most platforms or sometimes green, the ‘Alien Monster’ has claws, eyes, and a friendly appearance. It’s common to share it to represent classic arcade games like “Space Invaders,” hence its…

Secret Liberal WhatsApp group probed in post-mortem of WA party’s election wipe-outSecret communications between a group of WA Liberal powerbrokers known as ‘The Clan’ have been exposed during an investigation into the party’s state election wipe-out.Using WhatsApp chat groups, more than a dozen people participated to orchestrate Liberal pre-selections and other party processes.Current and former WA liberal powerbrokers Peter Collier, Nick Goiran and Mathias Cormann.Members of the group have included former federal minister Mathias Cormann, state Liberal MPs Peter Collier and Nick Goiran, and the current WA Liberal president Fay Duda.“There was a group – a WhatsApp group,” Ms Duda said on Friday.“There’s been a clan for a long time, not just with Mathias Cormann. I’d probably count a dozen times that I might have participated, but I don’t know.”Mr Cormann is the current secretary general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), based in ParisIt’s understood about 700 pages of WhatsApp messages have been leaked. They lay bare the casual attitude the group has towards controlling internal party matters.“Somebody will say that’s how I’m voting, but that’s not compulsory,” Ms Duda said.“I’d be astounded if there was 700 pages, to be honest.”Those outside the group, who are…

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SENTENCED: Bolton Crown Court A MAN who had been viewing indecent images of children was caught when he uploaded one of them via Snapchat. Bolton Crown Court heard how police received intelligence that the picture had been uploaded on January 31 last year and that led them to Scott Taylor's home in Railway Street, Leigh six months later. Mark Brookes, prosecuting, said that during a search a Samsung mobile phone was found. "He was asked whether he possessed indecent images of children," said Mr Brookes. "He said, 'Yes, but not really'. His explanation was that he received naked images of girls on Snapchat from unknown contacts." When the phone was analysed police found multiple indecent images of children and 'chats' with people who described themselves as schoolgirls. "In one outgoing message from the defendant, he describes a fantasy with a niece. The defendant does not have a niece," said Mr Brookes. Taylor, a 36-year-old father-of-one, pleaded guilty to three counts of downloading a total of 400 indecent images of children and one offence of possessing an indecent image of a child with intent to distribute it. Colin Buckle, defending, stated that, while awaiting sentence, Taylor has fully engaged with his…

“Bloomsbury” is a neighborhood in London, but it is better known today as the group name for the area’s most famous 20th-century residents: a collection of British artists, writers, and intellectuals, including Virginia Woolf, E.M. Forster, and John Maynard Keynes, whose anti-establishment views changed the course of modern culture. The members of the Bloomsbury Group promoted free verse and free love. They wrote anti-war pamphlets, showcased post-Impressionist art, and published books via the Hogarth Press, established by Leonard Woolf and his wife, Virginia. They jokingly called themselves the “Bloomsberries.”Clive Bell and the Making of Modernism, a Biography, by Mark Hussey. Bloomsbury, 578 pp., $40.The linchpin of the group was Virginia Woolf’s sister, Vanessa Stephen (1879-1961), who married the art critic Clive Bell in 1907. Vanessa, Virginia, and their two brothers lived at 46 Gordon Square, in the Bloomsbury neighborhood near the British Museum, where they hosted the group’s meetings. Their house became a magnet for cultural elites such as D.H. Lawrence, T. S. Eliot, Aldous Huxley, Pablo Picasso, and others.Bell was part of this clique of trendsetters, but he was and is one of the least appreciated. Known primarily for his seminal 1914 book Art, Bell promoted modernism to a…