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DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Social media scams happen everyday, users selling items and taking money from victims without fulfilling the purchase. This happened again in Geneva County. Geneva County Sheriff Tony Helms said in this case the product was a mobile home that was being sold that did not belong to the seller in any way. The victim was scammed through Facebook market place and Sheriff Helms shares how you can prevent this from happening to yourself.“Again, it comes back to seeing something on Facebook, seeing something on social media and not checking it out, not going forth,” Sherriff Helms said.A victim of a Geneva County scam was blindsided through Facebook market place. A mobile home she saw for sale to be moved that was not owned by the seller.“She contacted the lady who had put it on Facebook, made arrangements with her, went and looked at the mobile home, made arrangements to get the money and paid the lady for it,” Sherriff Helms said.Sheriff Helms said defendant Elizabeth McCormick did not own the mobile home and did not have any rights to it but sold it.  » Read More

The online video platforms YouTube and Vimeo have censored a video of  “The Bill Walton Show” about the danger of COVID-19 shutdowns for violating standards enforced by each company.  YouTube removed the 47-minute video of the program in which Walton interviews Jay Richards, one of three authors of the book “The Price of Panic: How the Tyranny of Experts Turned a Pandemic into a Catastrophe.”  YouTube banned the video Oct. 18, saying it “violated their community standards and their COVID-19 medical misinformation policy,” Walton, host of “The Bill Walton Show” and a trustee of The Heritage Foundation, told The Daily Signal in a phone interview Friday.  Walton, a successful business leader, investor, and entrepreneur, has produced 96 episodes of the show. From its inception in 2017, he said, YouTube never before had removed his content. The episode in question, “‘Paying the Price of Panic’ with Dr.  Jay Richards,” argues that “the harm caused by the lockdown vastly exceeds the benefits of protecting people from COVID-19,” Walton said. “That is not to say that we should not be careful,” Walton said, “ … but I am saying you can carefully protect the vulnerable while at the same time opening up the country.”  Richards, an assistant research professor in the School of Business and Economics at The Catholic University of America, wrote “The Price of Panic” with William Briggs, a mathematician and scientist who was a professor of statistics at Cornell University Medical School, and Douglas Axe, a professor of molecular biology at Biola University.  The true danger of state and local governments’ response to COVID-19 “ultimately is the loss of political and religious freedom,” Richards said on Walton’s show.  “When governments use emergencies historically in order to extend their power over more and more of society, it’s very rare in which they…

Facebook gets into cloud gaming while continuing its public dispute with Apple, Ant Group prepares for a massive IPO and Pinterest embraces iOS widgets. This is your Daily Crunch for October 26, 2020. The big story: Facebook launches cloud gaming service Facebook is launching a cloud gaming service of its very own, although the focus is different from Google’s Stadia or Microsoft’s xCloud. Rather than trying to recreate the console experience on other devices, the social network’s gaming service is limited to mobile games, particularly on reducing the friction between seeing an ad for a game and playing the game. The service is launching on the web and on Android, but it’s not available on iOS. Facebook blamed Apple’s App Store terms and conditions for the absence. Facebook’s Jason Rubin told TechCrunch that Apple’s rules for cloud gaming service present “a sequence of hurdles that altogether make a bad consumer experience.” The tech giants Twitter will show all U.S. users warnings about voting misinfo and delayed election results — Starting today,  » Read More

From the YouTube description on Tim Heidecker’s first solo comedy special: “Filmed in Los Angeles in pre-COVID times and produced by Abso Lutely, it features Tim’s unique, no-holds-barred takes on modern inconveniences, PC culture, politics and marriage. You can call it a send-up, a parody, a character, a performance piece, or whatever you’d like, but at the end of the day, it’s jokes! Please clap.” AN EVENING WITH TIM HEIDECKER: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT? The Gist: Whether or not you know Tim Heidecker will go a long way toward determining whether or not you get what Heidecker is trying to pull off here. More of you will see him soon, as he’s one of the writers and creators of the new Showtime comedy, Moonbase 8, in which he’ll co-star alongside Fred Armisen and John C. Reilly. Heidecker already has proven himself a worthy foil on the big-screen in Us, as well as previous supporting roles on HBO’s Eastbound and Down and IFC’s Comedy Bang! Bang! But the bulk of his onscreen catalogue has come courtesy of Adult Swim, and Heidecker’s working relationships with Eric Wareheim, Gregg Turkington (aka Neil Hamburger) and Doug Lussenhop (aka DJ Douggpound). His list of credits includes Tom Goes to the Mayor; Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!; Funny or Die Presents…; On Cinema; Decker; Tim and Eric’s Bedtime Stories; Mister America; and earlier this year, Beef House. Many of these projects employed over-the-top and/or surreal visual and sound effects, bad acting, and inexplicable editing to convey the satire. None of which gets used during An Evening with Tim Heidecker. Rather, Heidecker adopts an alter-ego of himself, with a leather jacket, slicked-back and sprayed-put hair, and a bad attitude and an act he has refined for more than a decade that makes fun of comedians...

Did President Donald Trump place Amish supporters at a rally in Pennsylvania? One Twitter user appears to think so. They claimed that the president hired supporters for his rally on Monday in Lancaster County, a dominantly Amish (and apolitical) community."Trump's campaign should do their homework before hiring their 'supporters,'" one user wrote. They shared an image of the president at the rally with a man in a traditional Amish straw hat and beard, who also appeared to wear earbuds, behind him in clear view."The Amish fellow in the left of this picture is shown wearing earbuds and jacket with a zipper;the Amish shun both. And, wait for it........Amish don't VOTE!" they added.@realDonaldTrump Trump’s campaign should do their homework before hiring their “Supporters”. The Amish fellow in the left of this picture is shown wearing earbuds and jacket with a zipper;the Amish shun both. And, wait for it........Amish don’t VOTE! pic.twitter.com/X9c3XOXtOS— Newton Brock (@NewtonBrock3) October 26, 2020 In a video shared online, Trump mentions having the Pennsylvania Dutch in his crowd and giving a thumbs up. Several Amish men respond by giving him a thumbs up behind him.Listen to this Trump riff on the Amish: "We have Pennsylvania Dutch...They're great people...Pennsylvania Dutch are voting en masse...Hard workers, incredible craftsmen. You've done work for me over the years, I'll tell ya. They can throw up a barn in about two days" #TrumpRally pic.twitter.com/LGEUeg14fh— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) October 26, 2020 "Don't tell anybody, but the Pennsylvania Dutch are voting en masse. They're voting. I heard that the other day," Trump said a rally he held at the Lancaster Airport in Lititz, via Philadelphia Inquirer."They said, 'We work hard. We can't have a man who sleeps all day in the basement," the president added, taking aim at his election rival Vice President Joe Biden....

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× Cookies help us deliver our Services. By using our Services, you agree to our use of cookies. Learn More. Any fans of Minecraft who thought that the main character Steve looked oddly familiar were not alone. It seems a rumor, started by Twitter user Yuusha, suggested that the main default Minecraft character was actually based on Grand Theft Auto: Vice City's protagonist, Tommy Vercetti — or at least inspired by him. While the original tweet which started the wildfire theory has since been deleted, it gained some serious traction. Yuusha even backed up his claim by linking to a blog post written by Minecraft creator Markus Persson, better known as Notch. The post on Tumblr — written way back in 2009 — consists of Notch seemingly describing his progress working on a game (presumably Minecraft) while mentioning a "scrapped" Grand Theft Auto "type" project. Notch said he used the designs he had created from the nixxed GTA project as a foundation for his work, since it seemed to fit the design he was going for. This was considered undeniable proof by Yuusha, and for other fans of the theory. Yuusha continued his thoughts in a thread and pointed out: "Steve and Tommy look identical and given that Notch is supposedly a big GTA fan then it might not just be coincidence." Saying that the two characters appear "identical" may be a little bit of a stretch, but the similarities are certainly there. Both Tommy and Steve have brown hair, similar skin tone, and are wearing shirts that are the same bright teal color. But besides their physical appearance, they have little to nothing in common. Tommy was a mafia gangster with violent tendencies, who decided to try out the illegal drug trade during his adventures in Grand Theft Auto:…

"If we can do it from space, then I believe folks can do it from the ground too," NASA astronaut Kate Rubins said This astronaut cast her long-distance ballot! NASA astronaut Kate Rubins on Thursday posed in a pro-voting photo that was taken in space and shared via Twitter. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow Following You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. Rubins, 42, smiled from the International Space Station as she officially voted via their "ISS Voting Booth" ahead of the Nov. 3 election. According to CNN, Rubins is the only American currently in space, and she also voted while not on planet Earth back in 2016. "If we can do it from space, then I believe folks can do it from the ground too," Rubins added. "There's been legislation passed a number of years ago to allow astronauts to vote in space," Rubins explained. "I think a lot of astronauts do this, they feel that it is very important. It's critical to participate in our democracy." "We consider it an honor to be able to vote from space," she continued, explaining that astronauts fill out a form before they vote via absentee ballot. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. According to a post from NASA's official Tumblr account, astronaut David Wolf was the first American to vote from space in 1997, the same year the Texas law was passed. NASA officials said in the Tumblr post that the "voting process starts a year before launch, when astronauts are able to select which elections (local/state/federal) that they want to participate in while in space."

If you're using the Instagram app for your business, you might be wondering if it's worth it to make a business account, or if a personal account will cut it. And while a personal account may work very well for some businesses, Instagram created business accounts with several key features that make it easier to run and grow your business. Read this guide to see the differences between personal and business Instagram accounts, and the pros and cons of each.What is an Instagram business account?An Instagram business account tells Instagram that you are using the platform for a marketing or business purpose, and provides features that make it easier to market your business and analyze your activity on Instagram.What is the difference between a personal and a business Instagram account?The main difference between a personal Instagram account and a business Instagram account is that a business account provides a number of additional features you don't get with a personal account. Here are some of those extra features: The ability to add swipe-up links to Stories (if the account has at least 10,000 followers) The ability to boost posts Shoppable posts Instagram Insights Promoted posts Contact links Post scheduling Auto posting When you're deciding whether to start a business account, think about your business and what you want to accomplish through Instagram. Are you using it just to share content about your business and connect with followers? Or do you want to use it as a full marketing tool and have access to analytics, insights and other robust features?Look at your social media marketing strategy, and think about which account type will better help you accomplish your goals."The difference between a personal and a business Instagram account is that the business account gives you the ability of tracking your analytics and...

ATLANTA, Oct. 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On November 1, 2020 the coolest place on the internet for the Podcasting Professional launches on Pod-Booking.com Founded by Daniela Garcia, a Cuban-American entrepreneur who believes, "With over 1 million Podcasters world-wide it's about time we all came together," PodBooking is determined to be the industry-focused social network the podcasting community desperately needs. Connecting Hosts with not only potential guests for their show but also potential sponsors, editors, networks, softwares, media buyers, and as the world of Podcasting grows, so will the list of relevant collaborators. Podcasting has been the fastest growing medium in media for the last four years, and as the fan base grows, so does the global community serving them. This growth is faced with a continuous problem, which is the lack of organization within the community as a whole. It's just as difficult for brands and agencies to find podcasts that are connecting with their desired audience as it is for the hosts to find the brands who see value in their audience. For now. PodBooking aims to be the resource that streamlines the inevitable growth of Podcasting through curated discussions, live events/webinars, and of course a sleek streamlined platform that is not filled with political discourse, family pictures, or frienemies from high school. Beta Testing began October 5th 2020 at 12:01 ESTOfficial launch is November 1st, 2020 For More info or Inquiries email SOURCE PodBooking Related Links https://www.pod-booking.com Read More