TWiG 595: Welcome to the Fetaverse - POTUS transition on Twitter, Brave adds IPFS, Bernie mitten memes

President pardons ex-Google engineer Anthony Levandowski
The reset of presidential Twitter accounts
A notable drop in misinformation attributed to Twitter's Trump ban
Google cuts off another AI expert in the company
Google Research report shows its accomplishments in AI
Google tests blocking news from search in Australia
youtube-dl reinstated thanks to the EFF
U.S. judge in Facebook antitrust lawsuits sets March, April deadlines for responses
Turkey slaps ad ban on Twitter under new social media law
Cory Doctorow on the Deplatforming of the (former) President
TikTok users make Bridgerton, the Musical
Discuss 22-year-old Amanda Gorman's inaugural poem "The Hill We Climb"
Biden Has a Peloton Bike. That Raises Issues at the White House
Biden SEC pick is no stranger to crypto
Trump administration adds China's Comac, Xiaomi to Chinese military blacklist
In hidden message on White House website, Biden calls for coders
Brave becomes first browser to add native support for the IPFS protocol
Developer Makes Interactive Map of Parler Videos From Capitol Hill Riots
MIT review has a guide to ethical online investigation
Bernie mitten memes!
Chrome 88 rolling out with a number of changes
Gmail now lets you resize Google Chat, Rooms in the web sidebar
Google cuts off acceess for Chromium browsers to sync, other services
The Google Play Store adds icons to show chart position changes
Google rolling out Winter Seasonal Savings to Nest Thermostats
Google previewing new Nest Hub alarms with more customization, tones, and 'Sunrise'
Google Maps making streets, nature much more detailed
Google Store stops selling the two-year-old Pixel USB-C earbuds
Stadia's new State Share features lands with the release of Hitman 3
The Complete List of Trump's Twitter Insults (2015-2021)
Malwarebytes says it was hacked by group that breached SolarWinds, via Azure and Office 365 exploits
Trump seeks to curb foreign cyber meddling on last day in office
Pocket Casts is up for sale nearly three years after acquisition by public radio consortium

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Ant: Thank you to the Heroes image
Stacey: $10 GE grow light
Jeff: Digital reading exploded during the pandemic
Jeff: Netflix has reached 200 million customers

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