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Instagram is teaming up with the Brooklyn Museum in an effort to uplift aspiring Black designers. #BlackDesignVisonaries is a collaboration between Instagram's @design page and the Brooklyn Museum, which will award up to $130,000 in grant money. This includes three $10,000 grants that will be given to young designers and one $100,000 grant, which will be awarded to a Black-led small design business."Design has a profound impact on the shape of our daily lives. Because of that, it is vitally important that design is inclusive of all,” says Antwaun Sargent, the grant committee lead, in a statement. The grant program was developed in collaboration with the three Black-led design organizations—the Chicago Mobile Makers, the Hidden Genius Project, and the Inneract Project—and its winners will be judged by a panel of some of the design world's brightest names: This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Justina Blakeney, Founder and Creative Director of JungalowRuth E. Carter, Oscar-winning Costume DesignerToni L. Griffin, Founder of urbanAC, Professor in Practice at Harvard Graduate School of Design and Director of The Just…

News 12 StaffJun 26, 2021, 12:15amUpdated on: Jun 26, 2021, 12:15amA small dog with a big following on Instagram is using his popularity to calm children's' nerves on their first day of school.Greenwich native Rachel Scarano got Kody, a Shih Tzu-poodle mix, last summer and decided to make an Instagram account for him to keep track of all her pictures."When I moved out on my own, I needed a little companion," she says. "He's about 13 pounds."Kody's big personality helped him soar in popularity. The petite pup is up to 55,700 followers."Kody has a mind of his own," Scarano says. "He's getting a lot of love from all over the world."From Kody's expressions to his outfits, it's easy to understand his popularity."Just with Kody's infectious personality, he makes a lot of people smile," Scarano says.It aims to ease any jitters kids might have about school, something Scarano can personally relate to."The first day of school for me was always so nerve-wracking," she says. "In 'Kody's First Day of School,' he's experiencing those same emotions of being nervous."Kody works through those feelings, and by the end of the book, can't wait to go back.His owner agrees - she's is a literary specialist in the…

The Clubhouse app features often-interactive live audio discussions in a variety of different topic- or personality-focused rooms, and it’s starting to see more and more of those focused on sports. Plenty of individual sports personalities have been holding Clubhouse discussions, and some leagues have gotten in on the act as well, including the NFL around this year’s draft. Now, the NHL has partnered with Clubhouse and with analysts from NBC (Anson Carter) and Sportsnet (Kris Versteeg) to give fans some access to the upcoming Stanley Cup Final Media Day. Here’s the release on that: The National Hockey League (NHL) and Clubhouse, the social audio app, have teamed up to bring the world closer than ever to the 2021 Stanley Cup Final. This marks the first time that a major sports league and Clubhouse have collaborated on a Championship. The collaboration commences with Stanley Cup Final Media Day which will bring the global community of hockey fans, players, and insiders closer than ever before — only on Clubhouse. For the first time ever,  » Read More

Many journalists who cover technology have no idea what Marc Andreessen, one of the most powerful investors in Silicon Valley, has tweeted lately. That's because the co-founder and general partner of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz loves blocking journalists, along with critics of the tech industry and anyone else who might be seen as an antagonist. "It's become a badge of honor to get blocked by him," said Sara M. Watson, technology critic and senior analyst at data firm Insider Intelligence. As tech reporting has shifted from being dazzled by the latest gadgets and apps to concerned over its impact on people and institutions, Silicon Valley's elite have searched for a way to bypass the critical eye of journalists altogether. Now companies and investors are trying to regain control of the narrative by launching their own media publications, with rah-rah stories that they hope will compete directly with news coverage of technology. The most recent entrant into this trend is Andreessen Horowitz's Future,  » Read More

Twitter has "withheld" about 35 tweets following a legal request from the Indian government, as per information on the Lumen database. Twitter received a legal request from the Indian government on June 21 for action against 37 tweets, a document on Lumen database showed.  Given that the tweets have been withheld, the content could not be independently verified.  Upon clicking on the blocked URLs listed on the Lumen database, a message saying the tweet has been "withheld in IN in response to a legal demand" is displayed for 35 tweets. Two links displayed the message "This Tweet is unavailable". Lumen database is an independent research project studying cease and desist letters concerning online content, and requests received by Twitter for withholding content are published on its site. When contacted, a Twitter spokesperson said: "As explained in our Country Withheld Policy, it may be necessary to withhold access to certain content in response to a valid legal demand or when the content has been found to violate local law(s)."  The spokesperson noted that the withholdings are limited to the specific jurisdiction/country where the content is determined to be illegal.  The account holder is notified directly -- by sending a message to…

Loki has been around for so long that seeing him get new material feels like someone stuffed fandom in a time machine. All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. 2011 was a good year for Tom Hiddleston. The British actor, who by then had already enjoyed a 10-year career in the kind of film and TV work that keeps one employed but shy of superstardom, appeared in four movies that now look tailor-made to introduce the world to his greatest strengths. In Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris, Tom Hiddleston played a foppish and charming F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Deep Blue Sea had him as a dashing Air Force pilot in a soapy period romance, War Horse placed him in an Oscar-bait drama bound to get attention from the inclusion of then-current British internet boyfriend Benedict Cumberbatch...and he also debuted the inimitable Loki in Marvel Studios' Thor. Thor itself isn't one of Marvel's strongest movies. It took another six years for Taika Waititi to really nail Thor as a character in Thor: Ragnarok, but Loki emerged from the 2011 film as…

An Indian court on Thursday said Twitter Inc's country head should face no "coercive action" in a case where police summoned him for failing to stop the spread of a video that allegedly incited religious discord, three sources said. Last week, police in northern Uttar Pradesh state sent a written summons to Twitter India head Manish Maheshwari to appear before officials and answer allegations that include inciting "hate and enmity" between Hindu and Muslim communities. Maheshwari, who is based in Bengaluru city in southern Karnataka state, appealed to the court and sought to quash the summons, sources familiar with the matter said. On Thursday, "the judge said no coercive action can be taken against him and he can be examined via video conferencing," one of the sources told Reuters. A second source said the order in effect gives Maheshwari protection from any possible arrest by the police. Twitter declined to comment. The police case had been registered over a video of a few men, apparently Hindu, beating an elderly man believed to be a Muslim and cutting his beard. The police report named Twitter, its local unit and seven others. IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has lashed out at Twitter…

Global User-generated content (UGC) Platforms Market (Post Covid-19) Size & Forecast Analysis till 2029: Global research report on the User-generated content (UGC) Platforms market is a product of a brief review and an extensive analysis of the realistic data collected from the Global User-generated content (UGC) Platforms Market. The data was gathered based on manufacturing drifts and services & goods linked demands. Download Free Sample Report PDF @ jcmarketresearch.com/report-details/1360691/sample          Due to the rising partnership activities of key players over the projected period, North America accounted for the xxx million $ share on the User-generated content (UGC) Platforms market in 2020 Top Key players included in this Research: Snapchat, Instagram, Baidu, Wikipedia, Niwango, Twitter, DealsPlus, A Medium Corporation, Endurance International Group, YouTube, SNOW, Yelp, Facebook, Mercari, Automattic, Mirrativ, Linkedin, Tumblr, Fandom, Reddit, Zenly, AbemaTV, Twitch, Pixiv, Pinterest, DeNA, Cookpad Major Types: Present in User-generated content (UGC) Platforms Market: A flawless example of the latest developments and groundbreaking strategic changes allows our clients the opportunity to improve their decision-making skills. Ultimately this helps to work with perfect business solutions and execute innovative implementations. The Global User-generated content (UGC) Platforms Market 2020-2029 Report highlights the latest trends, growth, new opportunities and latent tricks. [We are currently offering Special Discount…

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Photo: Rich Fury / Staff (Getty Images)This week covers the whole spectrum of kid-internet-culture, from Britney Spears stuck in a conservatorship, to a movie about family stuck next to the ultimate Karen, to a TikTok lady who got stuck in her own chair. Let’s dive in—here’s what you need to know.This week in Supreme Court rulings: Teenage cheerleader vindicatedI don’t usually cover Supreme Court decisions, but this case features a disgruntled teenage cheerleader, vulgar Snapchat messages, and a school district petty enough to take a discipline matter to the Supreme Court. The trouble began way back in 2017 when Brandi Levy, then a high school student in Pennsylvania, was not moved up to varsity cheer. Angered, the teenager posted, “Fuck school fuck softball fuck cheer fuck everything” to her SnapChat, and the school responded by cutting her from the cheer team. Her parents filed suit, arguing that she wasn’t in school when she cursed on the internet, and maybe the school should stop being such fascists. The case moved from Pennsylvania district court up the legal pyramid to the Big Show—the Supremes. In a win for free speech and The Cheeristocracy, the Court ruled 8-1 that The Mahanoy School district…