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Was the Twitter clout-chasing really worth it?
Oct 11, 2023

Was the Twitter clout-chasing really worth it?

Oct 11, 2023
Plus, asteroids and Powerball tickets.

When Elon Musk turned Twitter, now X, on it’s head, some media outlets decided to call it quits. Six months later, an internal memo at NPR says traffic has dipped only modestly. We’ll get into why Twitter may not have been the bedrock of online engagement that many had believed. And Caroline Ellison, Sam Bankman-Fried’s former adviser and girlfriend, has been testifying at his fraud trial this week. It has us thinking about how choosing a romantic partner can come with consequences. Plus, an initiative to push back against the “tampon tax.”

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