New York Times issues correction after mishap with ‘Millennials to Snake People’ Chrome extension

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Still using that “Millennials to Snake People” Chrome extension? Here’s a PSA: remember to turn it off if you’re writing a piece for the New York Times.

In what is perhaps my favorite editorial correction ever (okay, fine, nothing will top Pimpin4Paradise786), the Times clarified Wednesday that its reference to “the Time of Shedding and Cold Rocks” in a fact-check of President Trump’s claims on trade was accidental. 

Turns out, a staffer had left their “Millennials to Snake People” extension on — and because the quote (which originally said “Great Recession”) was copied and pasted from another Times piece, it was published undetected. Read more…

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This browser extension turns your angry Facebook emoji into real social action

From climate change to the worsening refugee crisis to rollbacks of LGBTQ rights, you’ve probably reacted to a lot of deeply troubling news in your Facebook news feed this year.
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Ditch Twitter’s annoying new character-count circle with this Chrome extension

The only constant is change … unless you’ve got a handy Chrome extension fighting the tides of time, that is. 
And thankfully for anybody who dislikes the recent changes to Twitter, “tiny-tweets” is just such an extension. 
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Sick of 280-character tweets already? Here’s how to go back

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Twitter’s maximum tweet length has finally been raised to 280 characters. For some users, this is super exciting. For others, it’s the worst thing ever to hit the Internet

If you’re in the latter category, you’re in luck. Our friends over at Slate have developed a new Chrome extension called “140” that will help you blissfully ignore the new Twitter for as long as you’d like. 

The extension will cut every tweet on your feed down to 140 characters, and will restrict your tweets to the old limit as well. You can download it straight from the Chrome Web StoreRead more…

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