Taylor Swift breaks more records; Snap leans into election coverage; The TikTok "ban."

Finite Scroll #10

OK, so who's ready to pool money to make TikTok community-owned in the U.S.? I feel like maybe we shouldn't let other corporations take it over because, inevitably, they'll straight-up ruin it(?) Anyway, that's just me thinking out loud.

In the meantime, how about a new edition of Finite Scroll? We're now at the tenth edition of this fun little project of mine, and I truly love doing it each week. I hope you and your pals like it, too.

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. 🤳

• Sorry, Wall Street. Fangirls run the economy.
• Some Gen Zers would rather take a chance on a new app than use "embarrassing" Instagram if TikTok gets banned.
• Kathleen Hanna's music says a lot. There's more in the book.
• Discord CEO Jason Citron makes the case for a smaller, more private Internet.
• Impossible Foods opens a ranch to demystify its plant-based meats.
• Billie Eilish would like to reintroduce herself.
• All-purpose blueprint on how to build a vibe.
• Nurses protest 'deeply troubling' use of A.I. in hospitals.
• The FTC sues to block Tapestry's $8.5B bid to acquire Capri.
• Welcome to the TikTok meltdown.
• Snap leans into election coverage in bid for political ads.
• Publishers turn to other platforms to address platform referral traffic issues.
• Padma Lakshmi walks into a bar.
• Taylor Swift smashes several Spotify records in single day.
• Startups want to cool Earth by reflecting sunlight. There are few rules and big risks.
• New "diss tracks" from Drake, Kendrick Lamar confirmed as A.I.-generated by sources.
• Is social media killing the music icon?
• Everyone already forgot about the Apple Vision Pro.
• Forget Coachella, Billie Eilish to headline "Fortnite" main stage.
• Instagram advertises nonconsensual A.I. nude apps.
• A.I. is fueling a data center boom. Can the power grid keep up?
• Lessons from Beyoncé on navigating exclusion.
• Ghost is federating over ActivityPub to become part of the world's largest publishing network.
• Why you can't get a restaurant reservation.

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