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The indie publisher makes its second major executive move of the year. Jody Farber Courtesy of Peermusic Trending on Billboard Indie music publisher and neighboring rights company Peermusic has made its second senior leadership change of the year, promoting Jody Farber to chief financial officer. The move was announced Tuesday by executive chair Ralph Peer II and CEO Mary Megan Peer. Farber, who joined the company in 2024 as senior vice president of finance and strategy, will be based in New York and report directly to Mary Megan Peer. Her appointment follows last month’s promotion of Paul Smelt to the newly created role of COO, overseeing the day‑to‑day administration of publishing and neighboring rights divisions across Peermusic’s global offices.  Related As CFO, Farber will lead all financial operations, including global treasury, budgeting, accounting, reporting, deal analysis and long-term strategic planning. She will work closely with Peermusic’s worldwide leadership team to support the company’s ongoing growth. Farber succeeds longtime finance chief Bill Gorjance, who is stepping down after two decades in the role. During his tenure, Gorjance helped triple the company’s revenues, expand its footprint into Korea and China, strengthen its neighboring rights business and modernize financial and administrative systems. He

Google Translate, now powered by Gemini, is vulnerable to prompt injection attacks, a direct consequence of Google switching the service to Gemini models in late 2025. Users can bypass the translation function entirely by embedding natural language instructions that speak directly to the underlying language model. The trick was first discovered by a Tumblr user (via LessWrong). It works by entering a question in a foreign language like Chinese, then adding an English meta-instruction below it. Instead of translating the text, Google Translate answers the question. A prompt injection in Google Translate causes the tool to answer a question about Beijing in 1989 instead of translating it. | Image: via Tumblr LLM jailbreaker "Pliny the Liberator" showed on X that the exploit goes well beyond harmless questions. Using the same technique, they got Google Translate to produce dangerous content, including instructions for making drugs and malware. Using prompt injection, Google Translate was tricked into providing instructions for making methamphetamine instead of translating the input. | Image: via X Google switched Google Translate to Gemini models in December 2025. The exact model powering the service isn't publicly known. The system itself claims to use Gemini 1.5 Pro, but that isn't reliable

Dig this sinister synopsis my cats n’ creeps: Wes (Drew Marvick, Pool Party Massacre ), an amateur monster huntin’ type, actually goes against the grain and helps a group of comely vampire vixens to create a website where their prey becomes their pay… but their fang bangin’ ways can only go on static-free for so long… Now as you may guess, my arcane ass was all in for that… until I saw this fright flick runs nearly two hours… Well, Directors Angelica De Alba and Paul Ragsdale (whom also wrote the picture)… who brought us 2023’s Murdercise (which shares many cast members with this film)… proved my clock-based attention deficit fears were unfounded! Over those 2 hours we get blood, boobs, and a definitely fucked-up sequence or two as you’d expect… but there’s also plenty of wit, heart, and pointed satire at today’s trendy influencer-driven money-making opportunities… all of which moves at a brisk pace and ensures that Only f angs never over-stays it’s wicked welcome! Add in an extremely game and personable cast, and some top-shelf cinematography courtesy of Dan Zampa (also of the aforementioned Murdercise ), and you have a horror comedy that’s hard to resist! Fang-filled, freaky

Posted By: Larry Felton Johnson February 8, 2026 This latest Cobb County quiz is about the abbreviations and acronyms of programs important to the operation of the county and its cities. The Cobb County Courier Quiz is a regular feature designed to help readers learn more about Cobb County — its history, local government, and the issues shaping daily life here. Readers who subscribe to the Courier’s email newsletter receive a daily version of the quiz, delivered straight to their inbox along with the day’s top local headlines. On the main website, the quiz runs as a weekend edition, published Saturdays and Sundays, giving readers more time to explore the questions and dig into the answers. This quiz is meant to be fun and educational, not a test. Looking up answers online or in other sources is encouraged, not discouraged. If you already know the answers, great. If you don’t, that’s the point — the quiz is designed to spark curiosity and help readers better understand the county where they live. Links to source material and background information are provided below each quiz so readers can learn more. If you’d like the quiz every day, you can subscribe to the

Jeff D’Onofrio, a former Tumblr Inc. CEO who joined the Post last year as chief financial officer, is taking over as acting publisher and CEO effective immediately, the company said in a statement. February 08, 2026 / 06:51 IST Will Lewis Washington Post Chief Executive Officer Will Lewis resigned, days after the newspaper laid off several hundred staffers in a move that triggered a backlash against billionaire owner Jeff Bezos. Jeff D’Onofrio, a former Tumblr Inc. CEO who joined the Post last year as chief financial officer, is taking over as acting publisher and CEO effective immediately, the company said in a statement. “The Post has an essential journalistic mission and an extraordinary opportunity,” Bezos said, adding that he sees the outlet headed for “an exciting and thriving next chapter.” The Post laid off a third of its staff on Wednesday, including a swath of foreign correspondents and US-based journalists, prompting an outcry from critics, including US senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. The Washington Post Guild union said hundreds of its members were let go “without rhyme or reason.” Bezos, the co-founder of Amazon.com Inc., purchased the Post in 2013 and set about expanding the paper’s footprint, injecting much-needed investment.

D'Onofrio was serving as CFO at WaPo What's the story Jeff D'Onofrio, the CEO of Tumblr from 2017 to 2022, has been named the acting CEO and publisher of The Washington Post. He will replace Will Lewis, who is stepping down after a controversial term that included mass layoffs this week. D'Onofrio had been serving as CFO at The Post since June last year. Limited experience in traditional news media Despite his new role, D'Onofrio doesn't have a long history in traditional news media. His most notable position before The Post was as the General Manager of Yahoo News when it was still under Verizon ownership. He later moved on to focus entirely on Tumblr, which had a controversial run under his leadership. Controversial decisions at Tumblr Under D'Onofrio's leadership, Tumblr attempted to revamp its image by banning adult content. However, the move resulted in a 30% drop in traffic for the platform. Yahoo acquired Tumblr for $1.1 billion in 2013 but sold it to WordPress owner Automatic in 2019 for an undisclosed amount, which was rumored to be less than $3 million.

Cobb SCLC submitted the following statement on the racist video posted (then reportedly deleted) overnight on Truth Social by Donald Trump, depicting the Obamas as apes: Statement on the Preservation of Human Dignity and the Rejection of Racial Dehumanization AUSTELL, GA — The Cobb County Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) today issued a formal statement condemning the circulation of imagery that dehumanizes former First Lady Michelle Obama and former President Barack Obama through racially charged caricature and comparison to primates. “These portrayals are not satire,” said Dr. Sherman Wesley Scott, President and Chairman of the Cobb County SCLC. “They echo a painful and well-documented history of racist imagery historically used to degrade and dehumanize Black people in America and across the world.” The organization emphasized that such imagery harms not only the individuals depicted but also undermines the moral conscience of the broader community and the ongoing pursuit of justice and reconciliation. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. reminded the nation in 1963, “The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.” The Cobb County SCLC affirmed that this moment requires moral clarity and principled leadership rather than

Jeremiah Kipp , you may know him as the director of films like Slapface, Black Wake, or The Avant-Gardner. He’s also behind the soon-to-be-released adaptation of the game “The Mortuary Assistant.” And take it for me, the buzz is real. I had the pleasure of watching it and talking with the talented director about his highly anticipated film, and I’d like to share that interview with you now. You can find it below. The movie centers on Rebecca Owens, a mortuary science graduate who takes a night job at River Fields Mortuary. What begins as a routine job soon turns sinister as she faces terrifying supernatural forces. After talking with Kipp, I can tell you this: his dedication to capturing the vibes and lore of the hit game is impressive, as is his excitement. And rightfully so. Some scenes made me recoil, which rarely happens (a very good thing). It also left me considering my options for burial. After you watch it, you’ll understand. Don’t worry, you will find no spoilers here. One of the great things about The Mortuary Assistant is that it works as both an adaptation and as a standalone film. You don’t have to be a

On Friday, February 6, 2026, Tumblr users across the United States found themselves abruptly locked out of their digital home. The popular microblogging and social media platform, which reportedly boasts between 135 and 142 million monthly active users as of early 2026, experienced a widespread outage that left tens of thousands unable to access its content or features. The incident sparked a torrent of complaints on social media, as users scrambled to understand why their favorite online haven had suddenly gone dark. According to Downdetector, a website that tracks outages by collecting status reports from various sources, the trouble began around 5:55 p.m. EST. Initial reports indicated that more than 6,000 users were having trouble accessing Tumblr, with problems affecting both the mobile app and the website. As the evening wore on, the scale of the disruption became clear. By 3:48 p.m. PST (6:48 p.m. EST), more than 18,000 users had reported issues, and the number continued to climb rapidly. By 4:05 p.m. PST, over 29,000 users had logged complaints, and just ten minutes later, that figure soared to more than 33,000. The outage was not confined to one region. Downdetector’s outage map showed that the East Coast was particularly

A decade has passed since the mannequin challenge went viral and some of us Gen Zers have never felt so old. Why are we missing the Tumblr aesthetic? The 2016 vibes are back in our hearts — and on our Instagram feeds! If you haven’t seen the Snapchat’s flower crown filter fill your social media feed once again, I will fill you in with some background: at the start of 2026, a trend of posting old photos from 2016 went viral on Instagram and TikTok, with people longing for that 2016 vibe — yes, this is already my third time saying “vibe,” sorry I can’t help it. 2016 is stuck in my brain and “vibe” became my go-to word again. Oops! Jokes aside, the word “vibe” was in fact used a lot by the younger generation in 2016 as a way of determining an aesthetic that you could see in photos and the way people dressed and behaved. “Tumblr girls” was a term that originated to reference a fashion style popularized by girls that posted in the Tumblr app, which was a social media platform that became really popular in 2016. Those girls were the coolest and were the vibe