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Marshall Helmberger REGIONAL— Lake Vermilion is the site of yet another false, nature-related Facebook post that purports a strange phenomenon left a radio-collared wolf dead at the bottom of the lake. The fictitious story, posted last Friday, Feb. 20 by a Uhgv622, cites a UMD wildlife biologist named Dr. Sarah Kline, who several online searches confirmed does not exist. As is common with such stories, this one had supernatural overtones along with specific details to build credibility, such as a claim that divers from the St. Louis County Rescue Squad recovered the wolf’s body from under the ice. Though false, the sensationalistic nature of the post generated lots of traffic on Facebook, with several hundred comments and shares over the first couple days that the post went live. Many of the comments suggested readers recognized the post as false, or likely so, but their engagement with the post, whether critical or not, is what the posters are seeking. The story is one of a growing number of fictitious posts, mostly generated by individuals utilizing artificial intelligence.  » Read More

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Like Comment Transcript Raise your hand if you think alternate and alternative are interchangeable. They look similar, they sound similar, but they do not mean the same thing. Let me break it down for you. The reason they appear so confusingly similar is because both words ultimately originate from the same root. Alter in Latin, which means the other. On their way to English, they shared the road for a while, and then they went their separate ways. Alter became alternates, which means every other. In 15 century Latin, altanus took the form alternate. And this was used in the sense of doing first one thing and then the other. The past participle of this word was alternators. By early 16th century, it was adopted in English as alternate with the meaning to do something by turns. It's both a noun and a verb. So for example, if you can go to school by car or by bike, and you choose to use the car one day and the bike the next, you're alternating. Now there's a twist to this. Since the original usage had to do with two choices, it followed that the first choice would come into play

The road to Tactician’s Crown narrows here. Three regions now enter the Lore & Legends Regional Finals on March 6-8 and March 13-15— a crucible of strategy and survival. With 192 tacticians competing, only a select few will advance and secure their path to Tactician’s Crown on March 27-29. Witness the legends in the making. Here’s what you need to know before Regional Finals begin! General Overview WHAT: The AMER, EMEA & APAC Lore & Legends Finals are high-stakes, six-day battles where the top 64 tacticians from each region fight for their share of $50,000 and qualifying spots for the Tactician’s Crown. WHEN: The three regions will be competing across two weekends: March 6-8 and March 13-15. WHERE: Watch AMER and EMEA live on the official Teamfight Tactics Twitch and YouTube channels! Tuning in for APAC? Catch the action on Youtube , Sooplive , or Twitch . No matter the region, you can also follow along with co-streams from your favorite community creators. WHY: The champions will earn the title of the best in  their region, taking one step closer to the global stage at Lore & Legends Tactician’s Crown. Throughout Regional Finals, eight players from AMER, five from EMEA

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A new way to earn some extra GTA Online money for free and a special livery has just been launched by Rockstar Games. This new promotion ties the current GTA Online Tokyo Drift themed Event Week with the Japanese GTA Online community. The current Event Week running from February 26th through March 4th is a Drift Week. Rockstar have added a brand new vehicle with drifting capabilities, a manga livery, drift tuning to additional vehicles, Sumo (Remix) returns and more. Additionally, Rockstar are doing their second Twitch Drop event. Several months ago they continued furthering their partnership with Twitch by offering Drops. These rewards were given out for watching GTA RP streamers. Now fans will be able to earn up to GTA$500,000 via Twitch Drops starting February 26th. According to the Twitch Drop inventory, you can earn the half a million cash and the Street Samurai Livery simply by tuning into watching Japanese creators on Twitch. They will be streaming a special Community Series. This race series will contain tracks made by top Japanese creators. Twitch Drops Breakdown Below are the rewards and how long you need to watch the Japanese creators for, You have until Wednesday 4th March at

Pupils as young as 11 are being encouraged to join in school fights in posts on TikTok and Snapchat, prompting police to urge children not to get involved. The Metropolitan police have asked social media platforms to ban accounts promoting “school wars”, while headteachers have warned parents about the posts. One of the posts advertised a “north London war” between pupils from year seven to 11, pitting four named schools on a “red side” against four on a “blue side”. Another promoted a “Hackney war” using images of weapons to bring, including knives, compasses and fireworks. Other posts have suggested a points systems based on the harm done to opponents, urging participants to “be violent”. Some posts have suggested a post system based on the harm done to opponents. Photograph: TikTok Commander Neerav Patel, from the Met, said the force was aware of the posts and was in contact with several London boroughs to offer reassurance. He said: “We continue to closely monitor online spaces and have worked with platforms to request a dozen social media accounts to be disabled where threats or violence were planned or encouraged.” In a message to pupils, he said: “I would like to remind

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Instagram will soon start warning parents if their teen is repeatedly searching for content related to self-harm and suicide in a short period of time, giving parents an early alert that they may need support. The warnings, which will roll out in the coming weeks, will be sent to those parents who supervise a teen Instagram account. Attempted searches that will prompt the alerts include phrases promoting suicide or self-harm or suggesting a teen wants to harm themselves, along with explicit terms such as “suicide” or “self-harm”. Instagram will also point parents to expert resources to help parents tackle sensitive conversations. Instagram owner Meta said it would start informing teen users and their parents about the alerts next week, with the US, UK, Australia and Canada among the first to get the feature from the week after. Other regions, including Ireland, will follow later this year. READ MORE Instagram already blocks content that promotes or glorifies suicide or self-harm and directs searches for this content to support organisations and resources. “The vast majority of teens do not try to search for suicide and self-harm content on Instagram, and when they do, our policy is to block these searches, instead directing