Matthew Smith 💙

Alton Towers closes World of David Walliams bbc.in/4sXvGIF

Elon Musk took a $40,000 username from a guy who had owned it for 16 years. He paid him absolutely nothing. Not even a dollar. Instead, he was offered a T-shirt and a tour of Twitter’s headquarters. This is the story of Gene X. Hwang the first @X username 2007 - photographer from San Francisco - co-founder of Orange Photography - registers @x on Twitter - keeps the username for 16 years over the years account grows to ~53,000 followers receives offers of up to $40,000 for the handle But he refuses to sell 2014 - hackers steal his x account - Twitter helps him recover it July 23, 2023 - Elon Musk announces Twitter will become X - Gene is in Canada playing in a pinball tournament He has no idea what’s coming July 25, 2023 - Twitter officially becomes X - the company wants x - Gene receives an email from Twitter support “Your user handle is affiliated with X Corp.” his username is taken and gets a new one @x12345678998765 what X offers him - company merchandise - exclusive tour of X headquarters - meeting with the management team $0. Gene even asks if he can have the old blue Twitter bird sign being removed from headquarters. they say no. October 2025 X launches its Handle Marketplace rare usernames can cost $2,500 to over $1 MILLION users must maintain a paid subscription lose the subscription, potentially lose the handle the same company that took x without paying its owner now charges people for access to rare usernames. 16 years building an identity. $40,000 in offers rejected. and all he got was an offer of merchandise and an office tour. BROTHER.

Cartoon Saloon eliminó por copyright el corto de un creador IA que utilizó su diseño de personaje sin autorización. El autor se enojó, asegurando que ni siquiera conocía de sus películas.

Since we’re talking about Star Wars, I’ve always loved the moral clarity in this scene. Obi Wan didn’t say, “Well, your opinion is valid.” He said, “Well, then you are lost!” There was no grey area.

If we are ressurecting Star Wars, then lets say out loud Hayden Christensen was incredible Anakin cast. The only reason he did not become a superstar out of this role (like for example Daniel Radcliffe from Harry Potter) is that boomer Star Wars fans refused to accept that Star Wars did become a complex political work and demanded it to be a fairy tale again. After a quater of a century, give this man a praise he deserves.