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Sheen, this is the 7th week in a row you've shown Twitter/X alternatives in class. Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads – the internet has seen no shortage of so-called "Twitter/X killers" rolled out over the past few years. That list is about to grow again: a group of European politicians and entrepreneurs has unveiled "W," a new alternative to X explicitly marketed to users looking to leave Twitter for political reasons. Presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos to the tune of Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall, Pt.1 – The Wall played at WEF, talk about something that wasn't on anyone's bingo card – W is described by its CEO Anna Zeiter, an ex-lawyer and eBay's former Vice President of AI & Privacy, as a "better version of Twitter" that would be "governed and hosted in Europe." "Across Europe and beyond, systemic disinformation is eroding public trust and weakening democratic decision-making. Many see the problem. Far fewer are helping shape what comes next," she comments. "We believe there is an urgent need for a new social media platform built, governed, and hosted in Europe. With human verification, free speech, and data privacy at its core." One of the most

Brian Ray No. 10 Iowa (17-2, 8-0) defeated No. 15 Maryland (17-4, 5-4) on Thursday night inside the Xfinity Center, 85-78 in overtime. COLLEGE PARK, Md. - No. 10 Iowa (17-2, 8-0) defeated No. 15 Maryland (17-4, 5-4) on Thursday night inside the Xfinity Center, 85-78 in overtime.   Five different Hawkeyes registered double figures. Sophomore Ava Heiden led the Hawkeyes with 20 points, her sixth 20-point game of the season. Sophomore Chit-Chat Wright was close behind with 18 points of her own going 3-for-6 on three-pointers and 7-for-8 from the charity stripe.    Senior Taylor McCabe got the scoring started for the Hawkeyes with a shot beyond the arc off of a Maryland turnover. Iowa was able to hold the Terrapins to just 36.2 percent shooting from the floor in the first quarter. Wright drained a three-pointer at the four-minute mark to propel a 9-0 run, leaving Maryland scoreless for two minutes. Five total Hawkeyes contributed to the 16-12 lead headed into the second quarter.    Iowa’s offense continued to make plays in the second quarter. Heiden and McCabe both tallied six a piece. The Hawkeyes forced seven Maryland turnovers in the quarter and collected nine of the 17

Longhorn Nation,  I must say, we couldn't do it without you — the loud, passionate, and proud, UNRIVALED LONGHORN FAITHFUL! What a joy it was seeing so many of you at our events last weekend — from the raucous, sellout crowds for a pair of Cotton Holdings Lone Star Showdowns at Moody Center to basking in sun-soaked, early season top-25 matches at the Texas Tennis Center. Y'all always cheer your hearts out, give your best Texas Fight , and bring it from The Eyes to The Eyes wherever and wherever our teams compete. Longhorn Nation truly is the absolute best, and we're here to remind you we appreciate you more than you know! With winter seasons stampeding ahead and spring sports getting underway, we're right back at it this week with more Basketball and Tennis — plus an exciting Friday and Saturday at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center for the Second Annual Eddie Reese Texas Showdown. Be there or be square, y'all! experienced some true Moody Magic today 🤘✨#HookEm pic.twitter.com/Pe6NU5MfdD — Texas Women's Basketball (@TexasWBB) January 19, 2026 And speaking of being there, it's that time of year again — so be sure y'all mark those calendars

On Jan. 15, NCAA president Charlie Baker posted a two-minute video on X/Twitter addressing the explosive federal charges that dozens of Division I men’s basketball players were involved in a bribery-driven point-shaving and game-fixing scheme.  Later that same day, Baker used the same social media platform to share that he thinks Jim Thorpe is the greatest athlete of all time, that the death of Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington hit him hard, and that the TV show Friday Night Lights managed to be excellent from start to finish. Baker, who is 69 and has more than 93,000 followers, has become a full-fledged reply guy. His account has been active since 2009 and became verified in 2014. Baker has always been an active user—in 2015, Boston Magazine published a story called “Charlie Baker Is Awesome At Twitter.” That story had nothing to do with him being a reply guy; instead, it focused on his selfie-taking proficiency, his propensity to engage with reporters, and his correct usage of the quote tweet feature. As of Jan. 21, Baker has made almost 9,000 total posts.  Starting late last year, there was a noticeable uptick in the volume of his replies to accounts posing light

In the season opener for both teams, the Penn State Behrend men’s volleyball team defeated the Hiram Terriers 3-0 in non-conference action on Tuesday night. VS Penn State Behrend 1-0,0-0 AMCC 3 Team Stats Game Leaders Penn State Behrend Hiram K: Sivak, Cullen - 7 B: Brooks, Colin - 3 D: Welsh, Dakotah - 18 SA: 2 Players (#20, #3) - 2 Team Stats Game Statistics Penn State Behrend Hiram Hitting % 0.147 0.065 Blocks 9 6 Digs 46 47 Aces 4 5 HIRAM, Ohio – In the season opener for both teams, the Penn State Behrend men's volleyball team defeated the Hiram Terriers 3-0 in non-conference action on Tuesday night. Score: Penn State Behrend 3, Hiram 0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-22) Records: Penn State Behrend (1-0), Hiram (0-1) Key Moments: * Behrend avenged a pair of losses to Hiram last year with a 3-0 sweep to open the season * Daniel Easly led with a team-best 17 kills and Logan Unger posted double-digit kills in his first collegiate match with 12 * As a team, the Lions posted nine team blocks and earned double-digit kills in each set * Luke Mumpower dished out 18 assists and Tarendran Heyward added 10

Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. Premium Members can share articles with friends & family to bypass the paywall. Earlier this month, Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy announced his New Year’s resolution. “I plan to become a social-media teetotaler in 2026,” he wrote in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, announcing that he had deleted X and Instagram from his phone. His campaign team would still distribute messaging online, he said, but he would not spend his own time scrolling. Integral to his decision was his concern that social media was alienating him from the voters he hopes to serve in the governor’s mansion. “Modern social media is increasingly disconnected from the electorate,” the Republican wrote. “The messages you’re most likely to see are the most negative and bombastic, because they’re most likely to receive rapid ‘likes’ and ‘reposts’—and that drives revenue for social media content creators.” Though Ramaswamy’s commitment was new this year, some in Congress have previously sworn off social media, recognizing that it is an untrustworthy barometer of what their constituents think that also distracts them from their most important duties. “I don’t have any social media apps on my phone

The year 2022 was not that long ago, but Twitter (now X) has undergone significant changes since then. The "Let that sink in!" caption of Elon Musk storming into Twitter headquarters with a sink became a turning point for the social media platform, a meme, and a moment to remember. Many would debate whether it was for better or worse, but X, now has an artificial intelligence tool, Grok, integrated into it; some old and new users, many who fled to alternative platforms like Bluesky and Musk posts, just as much as back then. These days, the world's richest individual is seemingly heading into a new quest that very much resembles his acquisition of Twitter. "Should I buy Ryan Air and put someone whose actual name is Ryan in charge?" Musk wrote last week in response to a post by the Irish no-frills carrier, writing: "perhaps you need Wi-Fi @elonmusk?" Ryanair, which is recognized for its ubiquitous social media presence and posts that often look to be "making fun" of its own business model, reposted the conservative and right-wing leaning New York Post's report that was suggesting "X appears to suffer widespread outage across US, users report problems posting and

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Jan. 18, 2026, 5:16 p.m. ET Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud struggled in the first half of Sunday's divisional playoff game. He threw four interceptions to a New England Patriots defense that was swarming from the start. Two of the interceptions came courtesy of cornerback Carlton Davis. Both safety Craig Woodson and cornerback Marcus Jones grabbed the other two picks. Jones' interception turned into a pick-six and points on the board for New England. The game had a sloppy first half of offensive football with the snow falling at Gillette Stadium. Along with Stroud's four interceptions, Patriots quarterback Drake Maye fumbled the ball three times with only one being lost. It was a battle of opportunistic defenses trying to give their offense an edge. More importantly, the Patriots have been one of the more underrated defensive teams throughout the postseason. In the first half, they proved to the NFL world that they are for real this season. They came into the game with the No. 3-ranked scoring defense and No. 6-ranked total defense in the league. It's a proud unit that has consistently stepped up and made plays in games. Here's what fans were saying about Stroud's first-half meltdown: Follow

When Shane Lowry’s tee ball at the par-4 finishing hole Sunday at Dubai Creek left the clubface, Lowry led the Dubai Invitational by a shot. Lowry’s closest pursuer, Nacho Elvira, was in the group behind, facing a 7-footer for birdie. At worst, it seemed, Lowry would find himself in a playoff. Instead, Lowry lost by two. Elvira would roll in that putt at the penultimate hole to tie Lowry at 10 under. He’d then watch up ahead as Lowry fell apart, tugging a 149-yard approach from the second cut into the left greenside bunker and then shockingly, blasting out through the fairway and into, fittingly, the creek. Lowry’s double bogey would drop him into a tie for third with Julien Gurrier, David Puig and Rory McIlroy, who used five straight birdies midway through his final round to briefly tie for the lead with four other names. Daniel Hillier’s round of the day, a 6-under 65 gave him solo second, a shot behind Elvira, who for the third time in the 38-year-old Spaniard’s DP World Tour career was a winner. “I always dream of my kids walking up to me with a win,” said Elvira, a father of two. “Anything that