The superintendent of Wachusett Regional School District confirmed a teacher was placed on administrative leave after allegedly "making inappropriate comments" on her personal social media page. "Please know that Wachusett Regional School District condemns violence in all forms. Political violence, especially, has no place in our country, and it directly contradicts our nation's founding principles," Superintendent James Reilly said in a statement, which did not name the teacher.
Traditional news organizations were cautious in their midafternoon coverage of Charlie Kirk's assassination Wednesday not to depict the moment he was shot, instead showing video of him tossing a hat to his audience moments before, and panicked onlookers scattering wildly in the moments after. In practical terms, though, it mattered little. Gory video of the shooting was available almost instantly online, from several angles, in slow-motion and real-time speed. Millions of people watched.
It's time for the Trump administration to shut down, defund, & prosecute every single Leftist organization. If Charlie Kirk dies from his injuries, his life cannot be in vain, Loomer wrote on X on Wednesday while Kirk's condition was still unclear. We must shut these lunatic leftists down. Once and for all. The Left is a national security threat. Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) September 10, 2025 Some users were quick to respond to the post by sharing a screenshot
At some point over the past year, Kyla Scanlon seemed to be everywhere - at least on my feeds. I first heard her on Bloomberg's Odd Lots in the summer of 2024, tied to the release of her book In This Economy?: How Money & Markets Really Work, which is a kind of economics primer for the TikTok generation. Recently, she surfaced on The Ezra Klein Show, expanding on a Substack post about the political juice of both Zohran Mamdani and Donald Trump,
Only folks who work in social media know the challenges of creating and curating a social media content calendar with all the right insights. This is why bringing in artificial intelligence (AI) as your creative partner works really well. AI brings in creative ideas to simplify the content creation process, helps generate templates, and even suggests strategy optimizations to create a consistent posting schedule.
On Monday, Andrew Cabot, a Massachusetts liquor entrepreneur and a member of one of Boston's most prominent families, issued a statement to People, saying that he and his wife, Kristin, were already privately and amicably separated before she was caught canoodling with her married boss, former Astronomer CEO Andy Byron, at a Coldplay concert in July. Frontman Chris Martin himself brought attention to the lovers looking extremely affectionate with each other on the jumbotron at Gillette Stadium outside Boston,
For example, terms such as " rejection sensitivity dysphoria" achieve instant diagnostic status-and an acronym (RSD)-due to their popular, intuitive appeal. It's highly misleading and can do more harm than good when people embrace such concepts naively and out of context, what has been dubbed "social-media-associated abnormal illness behavior (SMAAIB in How Does Social Media Contribute to Teen Mental Illness?).
Vacations are no longer purchases travelers sit down at their computer to complete; instead, they are transitioning to being planned and booked in the palm of their hands. Since becoming a pillar of everyday life, social media has been inspiring users on where to go next. A 2023 study by American Express showed that 75% of travelers across generations state social media as their main inspiration source for trips.
Picture this: You wake up tomorrow and your phone is gone. Not broken, not lost - completely unnecessary. Your smart glasses show contextual information floating over the real world. Your smartwatch handles all interactions with a simple tap or voice command. Cameras everywhere recognise what you're looking at and instantly provide relevant data. This isn't science fiction - it's the inevitable next step.
We've all had rough days when nothing goes right, and we think, "Why does this always happen to me?" That thought feels awful, but oddly comforting. Self-pity is an emotional state we love to hate. We know that it stalls growth and recognize that it doesn't make us more likable, and yet many of us find ourselves stuck in its grip. Here are six reasons that help explain why it develops and why it's so hard to overcome.
Screenshot President Donald Trump is not just serving as commander in chief. He's also running a content studio. This week, he bragged about extrajudicially killing alleged cartel members on a boat in the Caribbean a boast that landed less like a policy declaration than a deleted scene from Narcos. Then he doubled down with an AI-generated photo of himself as Robert Duvall's Colonel Kilgore in Apocalypse Now. Aviators, chiseled jaw, the whole bit. It was either shamelessly embarrassing and hilariously over the top,
For almost a decade, a couple in north London have marked the first day of the new school year with tongue-in-cheek doorstep photos celebrating their two son's return to the classroom. Comedian Tom Price and his wife, author Beth Morrey, began the tradition with a snap holding a bottle of wine and some beer. It has since grown into elaborate set-ups from hot tubs to golf clubs which are now eagerly awaited by their friends and family.
I say mothers as I noticed my husband was not subjected to the same algorithms that I was. I, too, found it completely overwhelming when I was pregnant and have come off all social media, as the suggested reels I was barraged with did nothing but create anxiety for me as a new parent. I decided it was toxic messaging that I didn't need to be privy to.
In the pandemic in 2020, at home with nothing to do, Jenkins began filming himself in his west London kitchen conjuring up dishes like ' Gochujang Croque Madame', 'Kimchi Fried Rice' and 'Pickled Aubergine & Pork Belly', luxuriating in the slow, meditative rhythms and ASMR soundscape of the cooking process.
By now, everyone has heard about the Astronomer CEO and head of HR whose alleged extramarital affair became not only public, but a viral social media event. When the couple were caught on a kiss cam at a Coldplay concert, an awkward moment collapsed into a PR crisis for the company. A lot has been written about the expectations of leaders, the always-on cameras in our pockets, and the ability of non-employees to determine the fate of organizations.
But it is surprising that two of the women (who happen to be best friends) gave their babies very similar names. Mikayla Matthews welcomed her fourth child, Lottie June, on July 17, and Mayci Neeley introduced her third child, Charli May, via Instagram on July 26. Notice any similarities? If not, we'll help connect the dots: Lottie and Charli are both nicknames for Charlotte, and their middle names are both spring months.
President Donald Trump managed to troll former President Barack Obama and every single former Democratic staffer who touts their time at the White House on LinkedIn by switching the White House's page photo with a picture of his own face. Users first began to notice the change on Tuesday after Obama's Linkedin profile, where he regularly posts book recommendations and updates, featured a picture of Trump.
Boycotting - the act of conscientiously refusing to patronize a brand or buy a product for moral reasons - has been a common way for consumers to exercise collective influence for well over a century. In the modern day, boycotts are usually targeted at large brands and tend to be organized informally through social media campaigns that are shared widely between individuals with similar moral or political views.
Comedian Stephen Colbert's studio audience booed and jeered as the Late Show host reported Tuesday night that Donald Trump is very much alive after the president's days-long absence resulted in a swirl of online conspiracy theories that he had died. The gap fueled feverish and viral speculation across social media as users pushed clues that spun the notion of a White House cover-up about Trump's health.
