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“Operation Bluebird, Inc. picked up the name X Corp. walked away from and is rebuilding it on trust, in your browser at twitter.now,” it states prominently on its website. “We are not X, and we are not affiliated with X Corp.” Neither the X Corporation, nor Elon Musk, nor Andrew Mayo, one of X’s attorneys, immediately responded to Ars’ request for comment. Twitter.now, still in its nascent stage, only has hundreds of users for the time being. The social media network looks and feels much like the Twitter of old and many of its offshoots—it has replies and retweets. Fact-checking feature A new and notable feature is the automated fact-checking tool, a Gemini-based “veracity engine for real-time analysis” (“Vera” for short), which runs on every tweet. Vera in action. Vera in action. Coates has been testing Vera in recent days by posting obviously false messages, like “George Washington was our second president.” “Our first goal is to see if we can truly bring back a town square that’s safer and less harmful,” he said. “We say freedom of speech and not freedom of reach. We want people to say what they want, but we also want to create a platform

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The No. 25 Kentucky women’s soccer team (3-0-0, 0-0-0 SEC) is set up for a huge road test as they take on the No. 8/11 Ohio State Buckeyes (1-0-1, 0-0-0 BIG 10). The match is set to begin in Columbus at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium at 7 p.m. ET and will also be available to stream on BIG+. Most recently, the Wildcats squad saw a 5-0 road win at Dayton. Two early goals came from SEC Freshman of the Week Kyla Dawn, with the rest from juniors Juliette Rayo and Kendall Campbell, and freshman Sydney Arendarczyk. Assists on the five goals came from junior Lexi Tylenda and senior Katherine Truitt. Sophomore goalkeeper Megan Holland & junior Emilie Maihs combined for the team shutout. The young roster hopes to pull off the big win against a top 15 opponent on the road, after Kentucky cracked into the top 25 in the Top Drawer Soccer Rankings earlier this week. Ohio State is 1-0-1 on the season so far and is coming off two matches against ranked opponents. In their opener, they had a 0-0 draw against No. 25 Clemson and they gained their first win last week over No. 12 Kansas, 1-0. The

By Jeff White (jwhite@virginia.edu)VirginiaSports.com CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Much has changed in both football programs since Sept. 6, 2025, when NC State edged visiting Virginia 35-31 at Carter-Finley Stadium. Players have transferred in. Others have transferred out. Freshmen have arrived, and older players have exhausted their college eligibility. All of which makes preparing for a season opener no easy feat in an era marked by prolific roster turnover. “It is challenging,” UVA head coach Tony Elliott said Tuesday at the Hardie Center. “I just got done talking with offense, defense, special teams, just about my thoughts on personnel. And it's difficult because there's a lot of guys that you know are good players, but you don't have enough film to validate it, because they're moving from place to place, and tracking down that film is very difficult. “So it does pose some additional challenges. But I think the biggest thing with any opener is, you’ve got to focus more on what you do and ... things that you see throughout the course of camp. A beautiful thing about where we are from a team is, what we do offensively is going to prepare our defense for pretty much

TikTokers are using AI for a strange series of memes that have controversial rapper Kanye West attempting to discourage himself from getting on Twitter. The so-called "Do Not Download Twitter" meme is all about the social media platforms that celebrities should stay off of, and now it's spread from TikTok to Instagram. So, what exactly is the "Do Not Download Twitter" meme, and where did it come from? Here's what we know. What Is The 'Do Not Download Twitter' Meme? The earliest known version of the "Do Not Download Twitter" meme was posted by TikToker @stealthvent on August 6th, 2026. The video shows Kanye West with his eye bulging from his head, reading a wall of text. The text reads, "Do not download Twitter!" and goes on to explain that Kanye should not download Twitter / X simply because of who he is. This meme references Kanye West's history of posting controversial tweets that get him into trouble. The video gained over 240,000 views in just over two weeks and quickly inspired a wave of memes made in a similar style with AI. How Is 'Do Not Download Twitter' Used In Memes? The video began to inspire memes in the

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LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky forward Kyla Dawn has been named the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week after scoring a goal and notching two assists in the Wildcats’ 5-2 win over Kent State and two goals in 12 minutes in the 5-0 win at Dayton. This is the first SEC honor for Dawn, the native of Dallas. Other weekly award winners include Offensive Player of the Week Kyra Taylor from Florida and Defensive Player of the Week Jayden Emmanuel, a goalkeeper at Florida. Over the past week, Dawn has recorded eight points (three goals and two assists) in the team wins over Kent State and Dayton. She has proven to be a threat all over the field for the Wildcats with her assisting ability, accelerating speed, and offensive pressure that she has used to score and create plays for Kentucky. Dawn currently leads the squad as a freshman in overall points (10), goals (4), assists (2), shots on goal (7), and shots on goal percentage (87.5%). Dawn & the rest of the Wildcats will play two matches this week, traveling to Columbus to play Ohio State on Thursday, August 27 at 7 p.m. ET before returning home to host Wright

The University of Cincinnati women’s soccer team played to a 0-0 draw against Bowling Green on Sunday inside Gettler Stadium. CINCINNATI – The University of Cincinnati women’s soccer team played to a 0-0 draw against Bowling Green on Sunday inside Gettler Stadium. Cincinnati and Bowling Green traded opportunities throughout the match, but neither team was able to convert. The Bearcats finished with five shots, four on goal and two corner kicks, while BGSU recorded four shots, two on goal and four corner kicks. Transfers Amber Branum and Katelyn Jamie made their Bearcat debuts in the match. The Bearcats created a trio of scoring opportunities in the first half. Lexi O’Shea’s 10th-minute shot was kept out by a defender’s goal-line save. Joy Kimwemwe nearly found the back of the net in the 20th minute, hitting the top right corner of the goalpost. Molly Cochran added another chance in the 27th minute off a pass from Kimwemwe, but her shot went wide left. Bowling Green appeared to take the lead in the 49th minute, but the goal was waved off for offsides. In the 72nd minute, UC goalkeeper Amber Brandon made a one-on-one save to keep the match level. She finished with

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