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JoJo Siwa Jessalynn's mother weighs on Candace Cameron Bure's drama

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JoJo Siwa’s mother Jessalynn Siwa weighs in on the recent controversy surrounding her daughter and actress Candace Cameron Bure. Shiva, 47, posted a video in which he describes his daughter’s alleged interaction with Bure when she was 11 years old. The exchange eventually led to JoJo, 19, calling the Fuller House actress the ‘craziest celebrity’ she had ever met in the now-viral TikTok video. “I talked about this on my podcast a while back,” he posted to Instagram. ‘The story that was recently told wasn’t entirely true, so here’s the actual version. In the end this story is not about this simple photo of how you treat people. ‘It’s not about this simple photo of how you treat people’: JoJo Siwa’s mother, Jessalynn Siwa, considers her daughter’s controversy with Candace Cameron Bure; 2018 photo ‘True and sincere kindness always goes a long way. It’s easy to quote a Bible verse when everyone is looking at you, but morals are what you have when no one is looking,” he added. In

JoJo Siwa Jessalynn's mother weighs on Candace Cameron Bure's drama

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JoJo Siwa’s mother Jessalynn Siwa weighs in on the recent controversy surrounding her daughter and actress Candace Cameron Bure. Shiva, 47, posted a video in which he describes his daughter’s alleged interaction with Bure when she was 11 years old. The exchange eventually led to JoJo, 19, calling the Fuller House actress the ‘craziest celebrity’ she had ever met in the now-viral TikTok video. “I talked about this on my podcast a while back,” he posted to Instagram. ‘The story that was recently told wasn’t entirely true, so here’s the actual version. In the end this story is not about this simple photo of how you treat people. ‘It’s not about this simple photo of how you treat people’: JoJo Siwa’s mother, Jessalynn Siwa, considers her daughter’s controversy with Candace Cameron Bure; 2018 photo ‘True and sincere kindness always goes a long way. It’s easy to quote a Bible verse when everyone is looking at you, but morals are what you have when no one is looking,” he added. In

'Meta has a problem': Facebook parent company posts financial loss for the first time

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Facebook and Instagram’s parent company, Meta, has posted its first-ever revenue decline, dragged down by a drop in ad spending as the economy falters, and increased competition from rival TikTok. Key points: Global instability, slowdown in the ad market, and competition from TikTok contributed to the losses Meta has drawn high profile criticism over platforms like Instagram as users turn to video Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, driver of Meta’s advertising business, is leaving the company Meta shares fell just slightly after the results, indicating Wall Street was mostly expecting a weak earnings report. The company’s total revenue, which consists almost entirely of advertising sales, fell 1 percent to $US28.82 billion ($41.1 billion) in the June quarter, nearly half a billion from a year ago. The results follow broader declines in rival digital advertising markets such as Snap and Alphabet, Google’s parent company, which reported their slowest quarterly growth in two years.

Instagram looks different? Welcome to the murky world of 'dark patterns'

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Widespread criticism from Instagram users of the latest version of the app raises the question: Why did they change it? One answer is for the image and video sharing app to be more like its main rival, TikTok, which has grown its user base more rapidly. TikTok is purely video, so Instagram is heading there too. “We’ve been trying to make Instagram better through video,” Instagram head Adam Mosseri said in a video last week. But the TikTok competition and the pivot to video still don’t account for all the changes. Why is it so hard to mute videos now? Why is it no longer possible to quickly and smoothly scroll through your feed? The answers to these questions lie in behavioral economics, app design, and the bleak world of “dark patterns”. Instagram says users want to watch more videos, although some say otherwise. What is a dark pattern? Dark patterns are all ways websites, apps, and other user interfaces are designed to intentionally obscure, mislead, coerce, and/or trick website visi

Wild Queensland Men playing with stonefish, one of the most venomous sea creatures in the world

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‘Anyone know what this is?’ A dangerous moment a man plays with one of the most venomous fish in the world – and this is not his first risky stunt with marine animals A man finds rock fish while walking on Stradbroke Island, Queensland The Queensland Museum says rockfish are the most venomous of all fish Juliano Bayd, 21, posted his interactions with fish on his TikTok on Tuesday The video where he touches the fish’s mouth has been viewed 647,000 times He said: ‘I was moving him when I accidentally stepped on his head with a reef shoe’ By Tom Heaton For The Australian Daily Surat Published: 01:12 AM EDT, 21 July 2022 | Updated: 01:14 PM EDT, 21 July 2022 An unsuspecting young man has stumbled upon one of the world’s most venomous fish while on a walk in Queensland. Juliano Bayd, 21, who says he has a ‘strong passion’ for marine wildlife and previously described himself as a marine life expert, posted a video of the

'It's horrifying, but also like, I won': The male thirst trap emerges - ABC Everyday

In 2022, TikTok is inundated with a wave of lip-smacking, smoldering videos with completely different eyes, and this one stars straight men looking for female followers. Load This might be a shirtless grind and lip sync, a POV where she’s role-playing the morning after you get home together, or if you’re lucky, a short motivational speech about how you’re the best girl in the world. The whole thing was weird enough that Leia Jospe felt inspired to collect the best of the genre and repost it on her Instagram account, favetiktoks420. “I see the trend going on on TikTok. All these young men peacock into the camera in a way I’ve never seen before, that I’ve always been associated with femininity and being a woman,” she said. I just think they’re not only cute but [also] very representative of the changing culture of young people.” Who’s in the men’s thirst trap zoo? There are several different sub-genres of male traps that Leia and her friends have noticed, who are also eyeing this corner

Outspoken Dubai-based business consultant reveals why Australia is a 'terrible place to live'

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An outspoken American business consultant has revealed why Australia is a ‘terrible place to live’ and warned the country was ‘going downhill fast’. Rafael Cintron, CEO of immigration firm Wealthy Expat, explains why he will never live Down Under in an explosive TikTok video posted this week. ‘Australia is a terrible place to live,’ the Dubai-based consultant begins the video. ‘High taxes, (Covid) regulations as we see with the situation around the world. It’s heading downhill fast, and a lot of people are leaving the country quickly.’ Rafael Cintron, CEO of immigration firm Wealthy Expat, (pictured) explains why he’ll never stay Under Down in a short TikTok video posted Wednesday In a video uploaded in 2021, amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the consultant referred to Australia as a ‘state disaster’. “Recently they finally opened up for Australians to leave the country, they were stuck for months,” he said. ‘The future of this country looks darker than ever.’ Australian income level

Doctor's disgusting experiment proves why you NEVER use a hand dryer

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Doctor’s disgusting experiment proves why you NEVER use a bathroom hand dryer and shake it dry: ‘This is a warning to everyone’ Leading epidemiologist Eric Feigl-Ding has urged people not to use hand dryers Shared a TikTok video showing the effect of shaking hands compared to a dryer The clip shows that significantly more germs show up in a desiccated petri dish By Bridie Pearson-jones For Daily Mail Australia Published: 11:33 PM EDT, July 13, 2022 | Updated: 02:09 EDT, 14 July 2022 A doctor has revealed the disgusting reason why you shouldn’t use a hand dryer and always opt for paper towels or a handshake instead. Epidemiologist Dr Eric Feigl-Ding, who is on the committee of COVID-19 mortality experts for the World Health Organization, shared a TikTok video originally posted by US company Phone Soap showing the effect of drying hands compared to using a hand dryer. In the clip, a man tests various petri dishes to se