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Episode Synopsis
Georgia talks with beauty reporter and critic Jessica DeFino about the capitalistic excesses of“self-care” online; Mike talks with Today in Tabs’ Rusty Foster about logging off. Also: UNBOXING.–Take the Never Post Audience Survey!–
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–Intro Links
TikTok CEO meets with Trump while asking for Supreme Court to take up ban appeal – UPI
Hawk Tuah Haliey Welch's Crypto Team Nets £2.59M Amid Botched Token Launch, Fans File SEC Complaints – IBTimes
Researchers Consider the Relationship Between Misinformation, Outrage, and the Sharing of Content on Social Media – TechPolicy
Online influencers need ‘urgent’ fact-checking training, warns Unesco – The Guardian
Teens, Social Media and Technology 2024 – Pew Research
–The Horrors Persist, But So Do The Little TreatsFind Jessica:
jessica-defino.com
The Review of Beauty newsletter
Segment Links:
Audre Lorde, A Burst of Light – WorldCat
Studies on retail therapy — here, here, here and here
–Touching TrailFind Rusty:
Rusty on Bluesky
Today in Tabs
Today on Trail
Would you pay to quit TikTok and Instagram? You’d be surprised how many would - The Conversation
Most of the TikTok users (64%) and almost half of the Instagram users (48%) were prepared to pay to be off them, so long as others were off them, resulting in average valuations across all use
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