ChatGPT boyfriends; TikTok and Universal make nice; Hiking with Calm.

Finite Scroll #11

Natural light, a chance to touch grass, and a way to manage your mental load this month? You have my attention. Everyone's favorite Threads account, Calm, and "hiking companion app" AllTrails are partnering up this month (Mental Health Awareness Month), so anyone who logs a hike on AllTrails receives three months of a Calm subscription for free. There's also a great curated set of trail-based soundscapes in the Calm app now, which I'll definitely be checking out as I go outside and walk around to manage my next menty b.

Okay, so, before you go for that big hike for Mental Health Awareness Month and get those cortisol levels right, how about an all-new edition of Finite Scroll?

Have fun clicking around and reading some links I saw this week that I couldn't get off my mind. ✨ You can read any/all of these today, over the weekend, or treat them as orphaned tabs you open in the background, only to come back to close in a few days. 🤳

• I tricked ChatGPT into being my boyfriend. He got spicy real fast.
• Bumble to relaunch as Gen Z breaks up with dating apps.
• Ex-Washington Post media reporter wins battle against paper after being suspended for critical tweet.
• Calm and AllTrails know your stress is reaching a fever pitch—so they're partnering for mental health awareness.
• Universal Music Group and TikTok announce new licensing agreement.
• Why MLB called for a change-up in uniform fiasco.
• Supreme Court rejects Elon Musk's efforts to get rid of his 'Twitter sitter.'
• The walls of Apple's garden are tumbling down.
• Snapchat picks three U.K. agencies to help brands use creators.
• National Archives bans employee use of ChatGPT.
• Gen Z has made boasting about good sleep its most recent flex.
• Economic impact of Detroit's NFL draft likely to smash initial predictions.
• Levi's wants you to rethink your denim shopping.
• Nicole Richie starts her day by writing in her bathroom.
• How Fleetwood Mac got cool again.
• Bella Hadid's skincare-meets-fragrance brand, Orebella, is here.
• Is Roblox coming for TikTok?
• RZA of Wu-Tang Clan has a beef with meat.
• The NFL has a different kind of gambling problem now.
• Judd or dud: Can you tell the difference?
• The comfortable problem of mid T.V.
• Catholic group defrocks A.I. priest after it gave strange answers.

Let me know what you're reading or checking out this week or if you're enjoying this newsletter.

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