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Slowdown in song speeds per decade as musicians age. It’s not just you; even rock stars get slower with age (paywall link). Scientists studied musicians from Eddie Vedder to Dolly Parton and found after their 30s, the songs they wrote got sleepier (read: slower). My fave Dolly quote? “I’m not offended by dumb blonde jokes. I’m not dumb and I’m not blonde.”
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Love watching courtTV and other true crime shows? Why not get paid for your entertainment?
🚀 Streaming for science! A crew spent 378 days in a simulated Mars base, cut off from outside contact. How’d they pass the time? By watching a lot of TV. Turns out there’s a lot of downtime between experiments and farming your own food. They were probably binging “Friends” just to stay sane!
If you think women want to receive 🍆 pics in the middle of the day, then Amy Chan’s dating bootcamp is perfect for you.
Your website is dead: Some 58.8% of U.S. Google searches never leave Google now. Worse? Nearly 30% of clicks go to Google’s own products, like YouTube, News and Images. I told you this would happen in November 2022. Btw, the guy who owns Milk.com wants $10 million for the domain. Good luck with that.
🚬 Let’s not vape around the bush: Swype is a disposable e-cig, fitness tracker and “dumbphone.” In other words, you can vape with it, but you can’t make calls. It syncs to your smartphone via Bluetooth and shows you notifications on a touchscreen. Hard pass.
💸 Amazon is losing billions on Echo devices: They sold ‘em way below cost, hoping users would shop more via Alexa. Plot twist: They didn’t. Folks like it for free apps and alarms instead. A paid Alexa tier (paywall link) is in the works to recoup costs. I doubt folks will bite. I won’t.
🚨 $400K MIA: A Silicon Valley woman nearly lost her down payment when a scammer infiltrated the email thread between her and her real estate broker. They convinced her to wire the money to a new account. It took banks five months to get it back. If you’re buying, talk through the wire instructions upfront with your broker, and when it’s time to send, call to confirm the details.
🍗 This week in deadly social media trends: “Mukbangs,” aka when an influencer livestreams themselves eating an obscene amount of food. A 24-year-old woman just died in front of her fans after eating 22 pounds of food in a 10-hour binge. The autopsy found a deformed stomach full of undigested food. Awful.
Paging Dr. Mario: This is something. EndeavorRx is the first FDA-approved prescription video game for ADHD. It challenges kids to multitask and ignore distractions while navigating levels. Some 73% of kids who used it said their attention spans improved. Def worth sharing to (maybe) get the kids off pharmaceuticals.
⚠️ Should’ve been life: An evil, vile Nevada man was sentenced to 65 years in prison for employing sextortion with over 100 children on social media. After the kids sent him explicit pictures, he shared them around the deep web. Parents, this is your reminder to spot-check your kid’s phone and get them to sign my tech safety contract.
