Artist ‘fixes’ sexual misconduct apology statements, turning them into painfully honest poems

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A pattern has emerged with every new allegation of sexual misconduct. After the bombshell comes an “apology” letter — now the accused’s ubiquitous and perfunctory mechanism for responding. 

Many have found the letters hollow, insincere, and insufficient. But one woman has altered the apology letters to give them new meaning.

Poet Isobel O’Hare is creating striking “erasure poems” out of the apologies, and posting them on her Instagram. She has created poems out of the apologies of Louis C.K., Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, and more. Read more…

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17 times ‘Stranger Things’ star Millie Bobby Brown’s Instagram game was 11/10

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There are few children in this world more awesome than Eleven from Stranger Things. This is a clear, undisputed fact.

The thing is, though, the girl-behind-the-girl — Milly Bobbie Brown — is pretty awesome too.

A quick glance at her Instagram account proves this. From dressing her dog in a blonde wig to some fairly epic singing outbursts, here’s a roundup of some of her best posts…

1. The time she busted out her Eleven skills IRL to take care of a pesky table lamp.

Hold on! I Just have to turn the light off! #strangerthings #setlife #eleven

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Imagining Instagram: Stories-first

 Time spent by people watching Instagram Stories — which is temporary sharing with private replies — could someday significantly surpass time spent in the Instagram Feed, which is the permanent stream of photos and videos with comments. Although numbers comparing sharing and time spent between Stories and Feed are not available, there’s more to be done. Read More

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Instagram could let you follow hashtags soon

 Instagram is testing a new feature with a small fraction of its user base. As spotted by Pippa Akram and The Next Web, some users can now search for a hashtag and follow this tag in particular. Ok this is new. What does this do @SimonSocialMM @BizPaul @NatalieTFG any ideas? I’ve followed 2 but can’t find what that means!! pic.twitter.com/LlCBk4Wmfv — Pippa Akram… Read More

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Instagram thinks you might want to follow hashtags just like you do people

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Wouldn’t it be nice if you could follow a hashtag on Instagram?

It would, wouldn’t it? We’re glad you think so, because the Facebook-owned app is reportedly testing a new feature that’ll let you do just that.

Twitter user Pippa Akram first spotted the unannounced Instagram feature and posted it on Twitter, according to The Next Web.

As shown in her screenshot embedded below, when you click on hashtags, there’s an option to follow it to “see top posts and recent stories.”

Ok this is new. What does this do @SimonSocialMM @BizPaul @NatalieTFG any ideas? I’ve followed 2 but can’t find what that means!! pic.twitter.com/LlCBk4Wmfv

— Pippa Akram (@Social_Pip) November 9, 2017 Read more…

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Tencent could play a role redesigning Snapchat following $2B investment

 Tencent, the Chinese internet giant valued at $470 billion, may have a hand in rebooting the Snapchat app to make it more competitive with Instagram and Facebook.
Off the back of some very poor financials announced this week, parent company Snap said it is retooling the messaging app “to make it easier to use.”
Now Tencent, which upped its stake in Snap with the purchase of 12… Read More

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Greta Van Susteren is releasing an apology app called Sorry

 Former cable news anchor Greta Van Susteren is ready to jump into the app market with an apology app, according to a Facebook post she put up today. Susteren says in the post she’ll be releasing her first app ‘Sorry,’ which she’s spent over a year on already, to let people send apologies to one another. “SNAPCHAT AND INSTAGRAM are about to get some… Read More

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Lebron James gives a cryptic explanation behind his probably petty Instagram posts

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There’s nothing the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Lebron James can’t do that isn’t scrutinized from every single angle—that’s ultimately the price of being the G.O.A.T. 

But when James posted the meme of Arthur’s infamous clenched fist this week with the caption “mood” after a long-awaited win on the court, it sparked so much speculation from folks trying to read between the lines of his social media posts that the G.O.A.T had to comment on it. 

The Arthur post came just after the Boston Celtics beat the Atlantic Hawks where former Cavs teammate Kyrie Irving, who now plays for the Celtics, played.  Read more…

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