"Add about 1/8 cup of non-toxic glue to the sauce to give it more tackiness." - A pizza recipe generated for a user of Google’s new AI Overview, suggesting Artificial Intelligence may still have a way to go, after all.

No Fun In The MAGA Sun

Top right-wingers seem downright peeved they can’t shred democratic norms without getting an earful from their neighbors, or, y’know, law enforcement. Can’t MAGA just have fun?

• Poor Sam Alito. The conservative Supreme Court Justice is getting so much guff for flying anti-democratic “Stop the Steal” flags, he hardly knows what to say. The first time, like any strong family-values conservative, he blamed his wife. (Adding, for good measure, that she did it because a neighbor called her “the c-word,” which we presume is a detail she appreciated seeing in print.) But after a second flag tied to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection was ID’d fluttering over his beach house, he simply didn't respond to questions about it from the New York Times. Now, top Democrats are demanding he recuse himself from election cases and face an investigation. Can’t the man just come home from a hard day’s work, raise an authoritarian banner, and enjoy a peaceful weekend at the beach like a normal guy?
  
• Rudy Giuliani is likewise miffed at agents who served him with criminal indictment papers at his birthday party last Friday, right after his guests finished singing “Happy Birthday.” One officer, Rudy complained, failed to exhibit good style. “He handed me a folded-up, crumpling piece of paper,” Giuliani groused. “It wasn’t, like, done stylishly.” Never mind the man stands accused of attempting to undermine two-and-a-half centuries of American democracy! Indict him with style, or not at all!
  
• MAGA nutjob Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is likewise up in arms that he can’t have a cordial visit with former Trump advisor Peter Navarro, who’s jailed for spurning the congressional Jan. 6 committee. The nerve! What is this… prison!? Even the people who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 took selfies and celebrated as they broke into a federal building. Republicans went from calling them tourists to hostages after hundreds have been jailed for their part in the attack.
  
• They get it from the top, of course. Disgraced former President Trump may be facing 88 felonies for trashing democracy and allegedly hiding state secrets in his bathroom. But lately he can’t seem to stop complaining about how cold it is in the courtroom as he napped through his hush-money trial.
  

If you want to shred democratic norms, it’s a lot to expect your neighbors, the press, pro-democracy politicians and, y’know, the cops, to be chill about that. Pick one, guys: your anti-democracy flags, or your weekends.

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President Biden welcomed Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House Thursday, marking the first state visit by an African president to the White House since 2008. Biden said he would designate Kenya as a “major non-NATO ally,” a title held by countries like Qatar, Japan and Australia. The move, as detailed in the What A Day podcast, recognizes the two countries’ strategic relationship and signals Biden's hope of strengthening U.S. partnership with a key regional African power.
The timing isn’t entirely altruistic, of course. Russia and China are courting Kenya, and the U.S. wants to counter their influence. Kenya is also providing assistance to a crucial trouble-spot close to the U.S. border: Haiti. Biden praised Ruto for Kenya’s role in a multinational security effort to help stabilize the Caribbean country, which has experienced astonishing hardship and terror from gangs after the Haitian president was assassinated in 2021.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) shamefully snubbed Ruto, however, by opting not to invite him to address Congress. It’s a rebuke to both a foreign ally and also top U.S. lawmakers who were clamoring to extend the historic invitation. Ruto would have been the first Kenyan leader to ever address a joint meeting of Congress.
Johnson’s office claimed “scheduling restraints” made it impossible. Yeah right, Mike. This is one of the least productive sessions of Congress in history. Y’all could have found 30 minutes to make history — if you really wanted to.

What Else?

The Justice Department filed an extensive antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation Entertainment Thursday, alleging that the entertainment group is running an illegal monopoly on live events by squeezing out competition and driving up ticket prices. Live Nation denied that it is violating antitrust laws. “Live music should not be available only to those who can afford to pay the Ticketmaster tax,” Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter said. That might be one thing that Swifties and the Bey Hive can finally agree on.
The Supreme Court gave South Carolina the go-ahead to use a controversial congressional map that a lower court said “exiled” thousands of Black voters in order to carve out a district in favor of a White Republican incumbent. Legal experts say the decision will make it more difficult to challenge maps going forward and raises the burden of proving racial gerrymandering as opposed to partisan preferences. Which, of course are both bad! Does that help?
Senate Democrats opened an investigation into Trump’s recent infamous meeting with oil execs, when he reportedly asked executives for $1 billion in campaign donations as a “deal” for rolling back Biden’s climate regulations. “Such an obvious policies-for-money transaction reeks of cronyism and corruption,” the senators wrote in letters to oil executives, according to Politico. Can’t believe they would make these accusations against the Trump campaign and the oil industry when neither group has ever done anything wrong.
That’s just the latest Big Oil probe launched this week by congressional Democrats. On Wednesday, Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) demanded info from oil companies on whether they colluded with each other or the international OPEC cartel to inflate prices. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-NY) has formally asked the Department of Justice to review whether any laws were broken after decades of alleged climate deception. Go get ‘em, fellas.
The presidents of Northwestern and Rutgers Universities defended their decisions to negotiate with students to end pro-Palestinian encampments on their campuses in a House Committee hearing Thursday as House Republicans expanded their probe into universities’ handling of the protests to public universities. Both presidents said police action was not necessary and neither school agreed to sever business ties with Israel in their concessions with students. The chancellor of UCLA also testified, expressing remorse for the handling of an encampment that was attacked by counterprotesters in early May.
A political consultant who admitted to creating an AI robocall impersonating President Biden back in January was indicted in New Hampshire and fined $6 million by the FCC. The fake call told recipients not to vote in the state’s presidential primary and was the first known example of deepfakes being used in national American politics. And we are so sure it will not be the last.
Young voters say actress Zendaya has the most celebrity star power to influence their vote in the November election, according to a recent Blueprint poll, followed by Lebron James and Kevin Hart. This is the power of Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers)!!!
Surprisingly, Taylor Swift came in 21st place in terms of net impact on voters ages 18-30. Biden’s campaign reportedly has been actively vying for the pop star to endorse him a second time.

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sophia on Twitter: "went to dinner with my family and my dad asked the waitress if she knew what kind of wood the table was?? she said “no” and he was like “is there someone who would know”"

Camilla is pointing the gun at Ruth. We hear a shot, but later it is revealed that Three saved her (honestly this is what I expected to happen 😭).
We get a 15th episode, with the Byrdes realizing both Camilla and Navarro are dead and the FBI is on their assess now since they have no more cards to play. Thats when the call it quits and resurface the fake ID's (or get new ones expidited idk) and move to Australia (the season should close with the family overlooking their new town in Australia just like how Episode 1 closed with them overlooking the Ozarks).
They also get a fake ID for Ruth as well, and give her a substanual amount of Clean money to help her set up. The Ozark businesses like the Belle and the Blue Cat are left JOINTLY to Rachel and Tuck (as a final apology from Marty for excluding Tuck unintentionally).
Ruth is bittersweet about leaving the Ozarks and having to choose another name (I am well aware that she rejected the idea of getting a fake ID because "she liked her name") - but after being involved in the killing of not one but two Cartel bosses (Javi and now Camilla) she realizes that this is the only way. The Mansion being built is left to Three who says he prob wont be around much anyway since its too lonley for 1 person (to tie up the plot hole of "what if the cartel comes back to kill three or something). We get some sort of scene of Ruth driving away from the Ozarks and seeing her dead family smiling or something - some sentiment that she is finally breaking the "Langmore Curse" and starting fresh.
I like this ending more because in me opinion THE BYRDES SHOULD NOT GET TO WIN. (There could be conversation to this effect). After all of the shit they did, even though it is understandable from an audience perspective - it would fit poetically if everything came crashing down like this. Marty could rationalize with Wendy that now, they achieved their original goal - they have LOADS of Clean money, and they are OUT. The kids are with them and SAFE.
Also: Mel should have fucked off to Chicago lol. The Ozark writers tried to make it seem like he rejected the job offer in the end because his conscience was playing on him, but we also learned that he had no problem crossing ethical lines in the line of duty back when he was a cop. So I can totally see him just going to Chicago and being a cop like he always wanted, regardless of how he actually got the job.
So Jonah doesn't end up shooting Mel. Which didnt make sense anyways since Jonah literally hated the "killing" his family did and rejected all justifications for it.
Edit: also this ending makes sense because we also heard Wendy say that she would never ever quit until she KNEW it was impossible to suceed. Well, with both Cartel kingpins dead, it now is impossible.

"People say I'm a flip flopper, but then nobody can say what I flip flopped on. Literally no one." - Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), who once said Trump’s legacy was “wiped out” by the Jan. 6 insurrection, before flip-flopping and endorsing him.

Arrested Developer

Trump’s legal trouble dominates the headlines. But his supporting cast of criminal liars, fraudsters and crooks face reckonings of their own.

• Like a headline act on tour, disgraced former president Donald Trump boasts a more impressive list of alleged felonies than any of his disreputable backup dancers. But all together, they make a remarkable spectacle: There’s so much alleged crime going around in MAGA world these days, it’s easy to lose track of who’s locked up, who’s out on appeal, who’s back from jail to rejoin Trump’s campaign, and whose old lies for Trump have come back to haunt them now.
  
• Take Steve Bannon, Trump’s former White House advisor and authoritarian-podcaster, whose bid to stay out of prison was finally rejected today by a federal appeals court. The decision means Bannon could soon start serving his four-month sentence for flouting subpoenas from the congressional Jan. 6 committee, if he can’t slow that down with one more urgent appeal. It could even mean Bannon will still be in jail in September, when he’s scheduled to go on trial for far more serious charges in New York City over his alleged scam charity, “We Build the Wall.” Imagine being so wrapped up with your last set of crimes, you barely have time for the next!
  
• Michael Cohen is set to testify against Trump in the hush money trial on Monday. Cohen’s expected to recount how he and “Mr. Trump” engineered a scheme to falsify payments and business records in order to hide Trump’s dalliance with Stormy Daniels from voters and tax authorities. Cohen went to federal prison over parts of this very scheme, and the defense will attack him as a guy who told criminal lies… which, of course, is very true! Prosecutors will likely point out that Cohen’s lies were all about helping Donald Trump. The worst reason of all!
  
• More liars for Trump in the news! Like a bad penny we can’t get rid of, convicted (then pardoned) money launderer Paul Manafort is reportedly rejoining Trumpworld, with a role managing the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Then there’s Trump’s old trade advisor, Peter Navarro, who is clamoring ineffectively to be released from his own prison sentence for ignoring Jan. 6 committee subpoenas. Trump’s longtime finance chief, Allen Weisselberg, might just be allowed to leave Riker’s Island (where he is serving time for lying in another legal case on Trump’s behalf) so he can testify in Trump’s current criminal trial. Trump’s former White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, and longtime lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, were recently indicted with others in a fresh 2020 election case in Arizona. Dumb-guy corruption loves company!
  

Trump’s favorite people seem to be constantly cycling back and forth between courtrooms and the Trump campaign. It’s like a big game of musical chairs… except the music is crime!

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Under The Radar

A long-awaited U.S. government report concludes it’s “reasonable to assess” that Israel has used American weapons in ways that harm civilians “inconsistent” with international humanitarian law. But the report stops short of accusing Israel of violating the law. The assessment says Israel hasn’t shared complete information about its use of weapons in the Gaza war. It also accuses Hamas of “deliberately” using civilians as human shields. But the report, required by law for all recipients of U.S. military aid, also says it can’t reach definitive conclusions on the legality of several Israeli strikes, including the one that killed workers for the World Central Kitchen. The report was widely expected to sharply criticize Israel’s tactics in Gaza, without triggering legal tripwires that would tie the White House’s hands. And that’s exactly what it appears to do.
Meanwhile, three whistleblowers who spoke to CNN alleged inhumane treatment of Palestinian detainees at an Israeli desert detention center called Sde Teiman. The center, on a military base, has been the focus of recent protests by Israeli activists. Now the whistleblowers describe prisoners from the Gaza war as being handcuffed, sitting in putrid conditions, and punished in “revenge” for the October 7 Hamas attack.

What Else?

Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) is facing an Ethics Committee probe over whether he used campaign funds to pay for a private club. Jackson, a former White House physician-turned-MAGA ranter, last gained attention for winding up in handcuffs after launching a profanity-laced rant at police officers at an Amarillo rodeo. The GOP really is sending their best.
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) is going to war with her former staffers, who left her office in droves last winter. Mace is making the odd claim that her ex-aides tried to sabotage her by hacking into her calendar and signing documents on her behalf otherwise known as “congressional staffer duties.”
A convicted Jan. 6 rioter is up for election in next Tuesday’s GOP congressional primary in West Virginia. Derrick Evans, who’s a former state lawmaker, was sentenced to three months in prison for his role in the Capitol riot. He’s running against an incumbent Republican for a House seat. Damn, if only there were something in the Constitution that protected us from insurrectionists holding office!
Meanwhile, a former Capitol Police officer who fought rioters on Jan. 6 is also up for election Tuesday. Harry Dunn is running in the open-seat Democratic primary Maryland’s 3rd congressional district stretching south of Baltimore.
Disgraced former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani was suspended from his own daily radio show for refusing to stop talking about 2020 stolen election conspiracy theories, which WABC owner John Catsimitidis could no longer tolerate. The show was the only discernible source of income for Rudy, who filed for bankruptcy after two court judgments totalling nearly $150 million. Being extremely dumb and corrupt really is a tough combination!
Barron Trump won’t be a delegate to the Republican National Convention after all. Following news that Donald Trump’s youngest son had been selected as an at-large delegate from Florida, Melania’s Trump says Barron has “prior commitments.” Hopefully the commitment is to not getting involved in his dad’s undemocratic bullshit.

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That 1 Foo 🎨 🇲🇽 on Twitter: "Being a baby must be scary, imagine sleeping at home & you wake up at TJMAXX"

Disclaimer: this is not a perfect iceberg chart and ik that it was just for fun so dont be too serious in the comments!! (Also perrys little sips refers to his drinking on stage, he always seems to have a bottle of red wine in his hands) DONT BE AFRAID TO ASK QUESTIONS IN THE COMMENTS <33

What was it about her? Were the feelings out of genuine connection, intuition, or a seeking of validation? I don't think we ever actually hung out one on one. I never knew you that well. I have only vague recollections of memories with you.
All I can really visualize about when we first met was sitting on the floor and talking about the movie, our home life, parents etc. Oddly enough I can still remember the way emcee said I invited my friend over before you got there. I think this was also the day I first got your number. Did I ask you for it? Did you offer? Details lost to time. Does everyone's memories work like a reel? I have this snapshot of you off to the side smiling/laughing at my shenanigans of writing on someone with a sharpie. Looking back I was being an asshole, but the part that makes me happy is that I made you laugh. What else what else. Not really a good memory but that time I bear hugged you from behind. Did you not talk to me for a while after? Did I apologize to you? I wish the memory was more clear.
Did I ever walk with you home? Maybe it was just once. Do you remember that time I asked you to winter formal over Facebook message but rizz had already asked you. Did I tell you how I felt back then? I will never know. Another snapshot is pretty blurry, but I remember the interaction like it was yesterday. It was new years eve, a few years post high school, and people were looking for a party. We ended up at tealeafs house but there was nobody there. I was putting a tincture in my mouth. I think it was a fentanyl tincture that miles talked me into buying. I was putting the drops in my lip and holding it as you were glancing at me. You asked to try some. Then we went separate ways, but you told me to text you if the party we were gonna try going to happening was happening. Other than those details, the rest is a blur. The interaction doesn't mean anything, but the way it stuck in my mind is odd to me. Maybe that was 2011. I have 2 other memories that at the time should have made things obvious for me. But I've always been riddled with self doubt and a paralyzing fear of rejection. After some night of partying at mugs house. I was getting ready to sleep on the long couch. I believe the other ones were already occupied. You and Johanna came in(to the living room). She began to take the other side of the couch. I got up to let you take my spot so you wouldn't be on the floor. You gave my a sly smile, and said it's okay and stopped me. I have no idea why it wasnt clear to me like hey if this girl is letting you spoon her, she might be feeling you. I remember feeling excited to talk to you sober as I fell asleep. I woke up and you were gone. Mug made a comment along the lines of you and blah blah huh? Which I dismissed by saying what happened. This had to be between 07-09. You had been drinking.
Another one that should have been very obvious was sometime after. My self doubt has me questioning whether it actually happened or if it was a dream. However, what I remember happening after is undeniable. It was a party at mugs house. I can't remember moments before. I was in the kitchen but next to the mini living room with a TV that was off to the side. You came in and you were pretty drunk. We maybe talked and you kissed me. Then you invited me over. For whatever reason, I said I would be right back. I went to go look for my best friend but apparently he had left. When I went back to find you, you were gone. Now this is where I'm certain of my memory. I was going to sleep at my cousins house that night so I started looking for him. I walked to his house and he wasn't there. So I went back to mugs and he told me that my cousin left with you. I could have walked home but back then I didn't like dealing with my mom smelling me to see if I was high. I called both of you guys so many times. I'm taking 20 missed calls. My cousin responded through text and told me he wasn't home. I kept calling and he kept ignoring me. I ended up sleeping on the cement for what felt like hours till I woke up to him opening the door. He told me nothing happened and that you guys were just talking. I don't recall being outwardly being upset with blah blah, but she felt some distance or something. All I recall her saying to me is that she asked my cousin if I was mad at her. I was pretty pissed at my cousin. Just talking as a reason didn't make sense to completely ignore me. I don't remember any significant times I saw you between then till December 2010. I had called miles and he told me he was at brosmans house and they were gonna go to a party. He told me to come there so I could drive them. As I got there, I saw blah blah and her boyfriend. I remember asking miles why he didn't tell me she was there and that I wouldn't have come had I known.
Eventually I started talking to Bobo and I shoved all these memories of what felt like rejection deep down. Ironically I ran into blah blah working at Disneyland on one of my dates with Bobo.
I of course saw you like once a year since then but once I was dating her, the awkward feeling I once felt around you wasn't there anymore.
Fast forward to 2012 right before I started dating Bobo. It was your birthday, and I left the most cringe message on your wall about how I remembered that time I bear hugged you inappropriately. The weekend after, my cousin invited me to your birthday party. I told him "I don't think she likes me" as in I'm not welcome there. He reassured me it's okay. It's been 12 years and I still remember this. You opened the door, and looked right at me as I walked by. We made eye contact but I didn't say anything. Later when we sat down on the couch, I spoke up or laughed at something that was being said. You then said "oh bodg123, I didn't even see you there. We were just talking about you(probably because of the wall post)" I don't recall after, but I recall thinking you looked right at me, what do you mean I didn't see you. And that was that. I went on being captivated by texting Bobo.
2016 I was doing very unwell overall. My life had just been pretty rocky for a while. Ignoring my intuition and dating someone who I knew from the start wasn't a good fit sent me down a terrible detour. I missed the chemistry I had with Bobo and just wanted anyone to help fill the void in my heart. But Pam was a terrible terrible fit. We had nothing in common. We didn't like the same food, TV, movies. We didn't have a similar life philosophy. She didn't respect my silliness. We didn't even agree with each other's moral compass. But I stayed with her. I didn't want to be alone and she was easy. She finally broke up with me in May 2016. But for months I wanted to back. Why did I want so badly to drink poison? I guess it was a kind of warmth.
Come Oct 2016. I saw you at a Halloween party my cousin brought me along to. Some of you and joannas friends were hosting. I was sticking with my cousin because I am not good at socializing. I think there were like 4 people there from high school, everyone else was a stranger. But even the people there I did know never really treated me with respect aside from you/joanna. At one point your friend bney passed by and my cousin had mentioned how he's met her 3 times and she never remembers him. He then pulled out his phone to show me a picture of her top less. I asked why or where he had the nude from. He said something like it was to compare who's looked better. He got it from blah blahs boyfriend. He mentioned something like they(you, your bf, and bney) were going to have a 3 way. Not gonna lie, I was very envious of your bf. Like dam she's kinky too...
My cousin walked away(I think to get beer) so I was just leaning against the balcony guard rail enjoying my high. The stranger next to me started taking to you. You said something like you hadn't seen him in a long time. Then you pulled me into the conversation saying something like there's alot of people here I havent seen in a while. You grazed my wrist to get my attention(I was looking off to nowhere) as you said I haven't seen bodg123 in years. That action that you probably meant nothing from stumped me. It was either before or after, but another comment you made that night stuck with me. You were smiling and you apologized for the fact that you used to always make fun of me for wearing a batman belt buckle. This wasn't even something I remembered I did. Nor did I ever really take offense from you doing it. I instantly began to wonder why you remembered something so insignificant about me. And looking back, wasn't teasing me just flirting? If it was, why apologize? that paired with the way you innocently touched me made me very confused. I didn't really understand why, but as we were leaving I became really irritated with my cousin. That innocent touch just brought back up things I hadn't thought about in years. I know the years leading up I'd occasionally creep on your profile or like your photos but i wasn't ever certain you ever liked me in the past.
I had no friends I could talk to. The only family I had was my cousin. So I had no one to try to ask an opinion on what your behavior meant, if anything at all. When I would Google what it means when a girl touches you innocently, it kinda reaffirmed what I thought I was feeling was a possibility. And having dated Bobo when she had been with her boyfriend for over 5 years, I knew sometimes a boyfriend doesn't necessarily mean a woman couldn't have a crush.
When I tried to talk to my cousin about it, he didn't offer any insight. All I can remember from what he said is blah blah is crazy.
The realization that my gut instinct way way back then may have been right broke me. Having no one to talk to about it led me to realize that I had no close friends. In the months following I spiraled down till it was full on psychosis.
I'm sorry for having bothered you or said anything that made you feel uncomfortable.
I ended up quitting my job and spending nearly a year not bothering to look for a new one. When I finally started applying and trying to get an interview, I found one in LA at a jewelery start up. It was in LA by skid row. On the day of my interview I got a little lost. The building had no numbers so I started to look around to figure out if I was at the right place. I was but that's not the relevant part. There was a mail box on the corner so I thought it might have an address on it. What graffiti do I see? "blah blah" written in sharpie. Immediately I kinda laugh. I then googled how common of a name blah blah was. It is a common name, but really what are the Chances I see your name. Not even written like ghetto tagging, but just someome put their name on it. It just felt like the universe was mocking me for making a fool of myself over you.
It's been 7 years since I publically melted down. I don't speak to anyone from my past, and the only person I try to talk to(bobo) no longer wants anything to do with me. Even after my breakdown she still gave me a chance to rekindle what we had, but I couldn't let up on asking things she wasn't close enough with me to answer. So why am I even thinking about this?
I retrieved my second Facebook account a few weeks ago. I forgot i made it when the original one got locked for all the spam. I only used it for 2 days, but there were hundreds of posts I made. I immediately felt so much shame and cringe. I went through and deleted everything. I deleted the 3 people on my friend's list. There were 3 pending friend requests I also deleted. At first there were no suggestions. I did the search bar trick to see if any names were automatically suggested. It didn't show anyone but strangers. I also put a b for blah blah to see if her name showed up. It did not. The only person I looked up to creep on is Bobo. When I put the first letter of her name, nothing popped up.
After a day I began getting friend suggestions. Usually some random people from high school with a bunch of random people I never met. Even though I don't want to talk to anyone from my past, I looked through the suggestions to see faces. I made a point of not clicking on anyone's profile so I don't show up on their suggestions or in case there is a way of seeing profile views. I don't mind Bobo possibly knowing because she did once love me.
In case these observations about how the search algorithm could work just seem like crazy talk:
https://www.reddit.com/facebook/s/nP3BFY8jGF
I would click remove suggestion on each friend till the list was empty. One day I saw Joanna show up on the top of the list and so I put a j in the search bar and her name wasn't a suggestion. 2 days later I see your boyfriend or probably husband now in the middle of the list. The next day I see you at the top. I let out a oo shit and clicked remove so fast. I once again but a b for blah blah and nothing showed up. This was on my lunch break at like 5pm. At 1am I was getting ready to shower and I began to wonder, if she saw me pop up as a suggestion, would she have clicked my profile? So I tried putting a b again. This time "blah blah" was the first result with just the letter b. Then I searched reddit to see if anyone had ever experienced something similar. And there were people who have. 1 who even confirmed what he thought by using a fake profile to look at his own. Of course this is all speculation. But that's what got me reflecting on my past enough to write this.
For all I know it suggested your name because I used to creep on you with my original profile. Within 30 min it no longer showed your name after a letter. I don't understand what it could have indicated. Strange coincidence more than anything else.
All of this is just seeming like the Charlie pepe Silvia meme. All I can think looking back on all this is what a shame. I liked that I made you laugh. I liked the silly dorky vibe.
I might as well include this too. I've had 2 dreams about you. Since I smoke alot dreams are fairly rare for me. And when I do recall them, they tend to be vivid. The first one is pretty vague, I don't remember when it was but I recall feeling embarrassed and ashamed. The other however I managed to write in my note log before I forgot it. It happened on 1/6/23.
“I had the strangest dream I was inside someone's house or some place. I can no longer remember the people that were around me. They opened the door and Blah Blah was there. It felt as though I was looking at someone short, mid length hair, wearing jeans. I followed her out to a silver camry. I'm not sure why I thought camry in my dream, but looking back on it awake, it didn't look like a camry but a warped sedan. There was some kind of emblem on the side. I apologized and she said something to me that in my dream felt audible, in a serious tone, but awake I can't remember.
Dreams man. "
I read somewhere, life tends to be alot of loose ends. You don't always get the answers or conclusions you want, and not everything gets wrapped up with a neat little bow. Sometimes you are just left wondering. Who knows where I read that, or how it actually went.

Top 6 Updates of the Week:

• JP Morgan Chase launches digital media business, retail media continues to win.
• TikTok confirms they are working on a IG Competitor, TikTok Notes for photos content.
• Meta is testing an AI-powered search bar in Instagram.
• AirChat is the new trending social media platform, it’s audio only.
• Youtube threatening TikTok with new shopping & affiliate features.
• WPP & Google Cloud partner to integrate Gemini in WPP Open Marketing OS.
• Questionable: France’s PM says, Social Media is a threat to the French language.

Trending

• Snapchat expected to earn $65 million in political spend in 2024.
• LinkedIn pushes collaborative articles further with new ‘contribute expertise’ shortcut.
• Paramount Global and Skydance Media are planning a merger.
• 5 Workplace feature launches from Google Cloud Next’24.
• Chase Bank will let Advertisers target customers based on spending data.
• Publicis Groups posts 5.3% growth in Q1 2024.
• eBay launches global media account review.
• Diet Coke continues to push further on their social proof strategy in latest ad campaign.
• Consumers will finally see FCC-mandated nutrition labels for most broadband plans,
• Puma launches its first worldwide brand campaign in last 10 years: FOREVER FASTER.
• Discord finally launches chat polls.
• Lucozade goes through first major brand redesign in its 97-year long existence.

TikTok 🎶

• TikTok testing virtual influencers for video ads.
• TikTok adds new brand safety features: category exclusion and vertical sensitivity controls.
• TikTok Lite, a new app that rewards users for their screen time.
• Bytedance overtook Tencent with $40bn profit in 2023.
• TikTok publishes new guide on using ‘promote’ quick advertising option.
• Televisaunivision plans to bring TikTok-style content to TV with new ad product.
• Taylor Swift songs return to TikTok.
• You can now upload 30-minute long videos on TikTok.

Instagram & Threads 🗂️

• Meta launches new tools to protect young teens and users from online exploitation.
• Threads releases API documentation.
• Instagram generates more ad revenue than YouTube.
• Instagram working on ‘Visibility off IG’ setting allowing users to control where their content shows up on internet.
• Instagram launches ‘IG University’ account and broadcast channel.
• IG makes story upload faster with a new shortcut to add a new story after a new upload.
• Facebook testing a new sponsored and product-related content feed.
• Threads testing a ‘Live Trending’ feature to highlight ongoing discussions.
• The Meta AI writing feature coming to Stories, allowing you to rewrite story text.

Meta 😅

• Meta adds new chat features: HD Photos, Shared Albums & more on messenger.
• Meta advertisers report Automated System has been glitchy for weeks.
• Meta announces new Developer platform resources.
• Meta planing to launch small versions of Llama 3 next week.
• Meta shares new features and collaborations to build cricket experience in India.
• WhatsApp is planning to launch an updated image editing experience.
• WhatsApp’s Meta AI chat feature is now live for more users.

X (Twitter) 🕹️

• X removes the ability to hide blue checkmarks.
• X enables Passkey Access for all iOS users worldwide.
• Elon Musk announces new algorithm update is coming with bangers and less clickbait.
• Community Notes will now show notes 30 minutes faster than before.
• X will soon let you add code blocks to articles.
• You will soon be able to search for users on X spaces and send invites.
• X’s Gork AI can now understand images.
• X automatically changed ‘Twitter’ to ‘X’ in user posts causing links to break.

Youtube 🕹️

• Youtube’s new video player layout on desktop is causing huge backlash from users.
• Youtube switching to read-only comments for kids in supervised experience.

Google 🔦

• Google limits News Links in California over proposed ‘Link Tax’ law.
• Google updates Merchant Center product data specifications.
• Google updates Carousels Structured Data Documentation.
• Google improves INP for websites using consent management platforms.
• Google testing a search tab for short form videos.
• Google contract shows deal with Israel Defence Ministry.
• Google confirms major Gmail AI security update for all users.
• Google to shut down its One VPN Service.

Agency News

• Havas acquires TED Consulting to level up AI and data capabilities.
• Wellness pet Company hires Colle McVoy as Creative AOR.
• Specsavers appoints Impression Digital as new Digital marketing partner.
• Pit Viper appoints DEPT ® as Paid Media Agency of Record.
• Red Brick Road Agency wins Skipton Building Society account.
• M&C Saatchi steals McCann UK’s creative leaders; Rob Doubal and Laurence Thomson.
• London-Based Marketing Consultancy Rival acquires creative shop HeyLet’sGo.
• Kathmandu appoints Motion Sickness as Creative AOR.
• GroupM Government Unit selected as Media AOR for Gov Canada.
• Honda powersports appoints Cairns Oneil as Media Agency of Record.
• Mother Design hires Ariadna Navarro as its First President.
• Volkswagen partners with Team ITG on comms activation.
• Insomnia Cookies hires Earnies as new comms agency.
• The Cotswold company hires the7stars to handle creative and media accounts.
• BAFTA appoints We Are Social Studio as the Film and Television Awards.

Brands & Ads 🏓

My Fav; Marmite’s new ad campaign aims to hire smugglers to solve New York City’s marmite scarcity problem.

• The Lego Group is rolling out a new design identity in collaboration with Interbrand consultancy.
• Powerade’s global campaign ahead of Summer Olympics focuses on Athlete’s mental and physical health.
• Ford and VML launch new campaign in NZ celebrating success of Ford’s Ranger series.
• Oreo’s new commerce activation uses website hamburger menu designs to handout discounts to consumers.
• Heinz’s latest campaign highlights even food stylists can’t fake Heinz ketchup, nothing fake in Heinz from Reel to Real.
• Dove pledges to never use AI in advertising, comparing real beauty to AI imagination in new campaign.
• Hennessy refreshes brand with new ‘Made for More’ Campaign and activations at Dreamville festival.
• Canal+ and BETC Paris launch a new campaign to promote short film offerings.
• Heineken’s new global campaign uses ‘The First Ahh’ as a message to connect a sense of celebration with the product arrival.
• L’Oréal Paris is putting celebrity resumes on LinkedIn, celebrating setbacks.
• Kia uses storytelling abilities and influence of Rafael Nadal in the latest ad campaign.
• Pedigree promotes love at first sight, but replace humans with adorable dogs.
• Vienna’s Tourist Board launches Digestible Micro-Doses in latest campaign promoting vibes of the city.
• Burger King’s new ‘foodfillment’ campaign uses the sense of satisfaction we all have after the last bite.
• The White Claw’s effort to elevate Social Connections between Gen-Z adults falls short in the latest campaign.
• Sprite’s very unique summer campaign, launching ‘The Knocklace collection’ for knock-knock.

AI 🤨

• Google & MIT RAISE launch a new generative course for educators.
• GPT-4 Turbo is now available to paid GPT subscribers.
• Google’s new AI campaign highlights how AI helps to restore Tassie’s Giant Kelp Forests.
• Pedigree uses AI in latest ad campaign to level up Dog cuteness.
• SAP Emarsys launches AI Product finder.
• Orange AI expands their Google Cloud partnership.
• Adobe is out on the streets buying video data for AI training at the price of $3/minute.

Snapchat & Pinterest

• Snapchat partners with Snowflake to build multiple-party clean rooms.
• Megan Thee Stallion shares Pinterest is her favourite platform.
• Snapchat will return to the IAB NewFronts with new AdTech announcements.

Microsoft & LinkedIn

• LinkedIn shares a new tip with a claim: commenting once a week can triple your profile views.
• LinkedIn sharing more information about influencers who view your profile.
• Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu.
• LinkedIn is rolling out a verification badge for recruiters.

Marketing & AdTech

• Sincera’s new dashboard to track Privacy Sandbox API adoption.
• JCDecaux Australia launches broadcast-scale 3D nationwide.
• Bark Air launches an airline for dogs.
• New York Times partners with Adelaide to track Ad engagement.
• Scope3 introduces GMP+ a new product to prevent problematic ad placements.
• Robinhood launches website for its new media platform, Sherwood News.
• ASA shares their AI detection tool processed three million ads in 2023.
• Accenture acquires integrated marketing group, Unlimited.
• Hootsuite to acquire Talkwalker, AI social listening platform.
• Clipboard expands its fediverse integration to over 400 creators.
• ASA banned Nationwide Bank’s new TV Adverts for misleading public on bank closures.
• Marks & Spencer named UK’s most prominent online grocery brand.
• Specsavers launches a new Roblox Obstacle Course.
• Blackboard launches new performance CTV ad platform.
• Former Kraft Heinz CMO joins Bacardí.
• SeenThis relaunches their Emissions tracking dashboard.
• Apple TV’s market share grew in the US during Q1 2024.

All the sources and needed context can be found linked in the archive post of this recap.

Top 6 Updates of the Week:

• JP Morgan Chase launches digital media business, retail media continues to win.
• TikTok confirms they are working on a IG Competitor, TikTok Notes for photos content.
• Meta is testing an AI-powered search bar in Instagram.
• AirChat is the new trending social media platform, it’s audio only.
• Youtube threatening TikTok with new shopping & affiliate features.
• WPP & Google Cloud partner to integrate Gemini in WPP Open Marketing OS.
• Questionable: France’s PM says, Social Media is a threat to the French language.

Trending

• Snapchat expected to earn $65 million in political spend in 2024.
• LinkedIn pushes collaborative articles further with new ‘contribute expertise’ shortcut.
• Paramount Global and Skydance Media are planning a merger.
• 5 Workplace feature launches from Google Cloud Next’24.
• Chase Bank will let Advertisers target customers based on spending data.
• Publicis Groups posts 5.3% growth in Q1 2024.
• eBay launches global media account review.
• Diet Coke continues to push further on their social proof strategy in latest ad campaign.
• Consumers will finally see FCC-mandated nutrition labels for most broadband plans,
• Puma launches its first worldwide brand campaign in last 10 years: FOREVER FASTER.
• Discord finally launches chat polls.
• Lucozade goes through first major brand redesign in its 97-year long existence.

TikTok 🎶

• TikTok testing virtual influencers for video ads.
• TikTok adds new brand safety features: category exclusion and vertical sensitivity controls.
• TikTok Lite, a new app that rewards users for their screen time.
• Bytedance overtook Tencent with $40bn profit in 2023.
• TikTok publishes new guide on using ‘promote’ quick advertising option.
• Televisaunivision plans to bring TikTok-style content to TV with new ad product.
• Taylor Swift songs return to TikTok.
• You can now upload 30-minute long videos on TikTok.

Instagram & Threads 🗂️

• Meta launches new tools to protect young teens and users from online exploitation.
• Threads releases API documentation.
• Instagram generates more ad revenue than YouTube.
• Instagram working on ‘Visibility off IG’ setting allowing users to control where their content shows up on internet.
• Instagram launches ‘IG University’ account and broadcast channel.
• IG makes story upload faster with a new shortcut to add a new story after a new upload.
• Facebook testing a new sponsored and product-related content feed.
• Threads testing a ‘Live Trending’ feature to highlight ongoing discussions.
• The Meta AI writing feature coming to Stories, allowing you to rewrite story text.

Meta 😅

• Meta adds new chat features: HD Photos, Shared Albums & more on messenger.
• Meta advertisers report Automated System has been glitchy for weeks.
• Meta announces new Developer platform resources.
• Meta planing to launch small versions of Llama 3 next week.
• Meta shares new features and collaborations to build cricket experience in India.
• WhatsApp is planning to launch an updated image editing experience.
• WhatsApp’s Meta AI chat feature is now live for more users.

X (Twitter) 🕹️

• X removes the ability to hide blue checkmarks.
• X enables Passkey Access for all iOS users worldwide.
• Elon Musk announces new algorithm update is coming with bangers and less clickbait.
• Community Notes will now show notes 30 minutes faster than before.
• X will soon let you add code blocks to articles.
• You will soon be able to search for users on X spaces and send invites.
• X’s Gork AI can now understand images.
• X automatically changed ‘Twitter’ to ‘X’ in user posts causing links to break.

Youtube 🕹️

• Youtube’s new video player layout on desktop is causing huge backlash from users.
• Youtube switching to read-only comments for kids in supervised experience.

Google 🔦

• Google limits News Links in California over proposed ‘Link Tax’ law.
• Google updates Merchant Center product data specifications.
• Google updates Carousels Structured Data Documentation.
• Google improves INP for websites using consent management platforms.
• Google testing a search tab for short form videos.
• Google contract shows deal with Israel Defence Ministry.
• Google confirms major Gmail AI security update for all users.
• Google to shut down its One VPN Service.

Agency News

• Havas acquires TED Consulting to level up AI and data capabilities.
• Wellness pet Company hires Colle McVoy as Creative AOR.
• Specsavers appoints Impression Digital as new Digital marketing partner.
• Pit Viper appoints DEPT ® as Paid Media Agency of Record.
• Red Brick Road Agency wins Skipton Building Society account.
• M&C Saatchi steals McCann UK’s creative leaders; Rob Doubal and Laurence Thomson.
• London-Based Marketing Consultancy Rival acquires creative shop HeyLet’sGo.
• Kathmandu appoints Motion Sickness as Creative AOR.
• GroupM Government Unit selected as Media AOR for Gov Canada.
• Honda powersports appoints Cairns Oneil as Media Agency of Record.
• Mother Design hires Ariadna Navarro as its First President.
• Volkswagen partners with Team ITG on comms activation.
• Insomnia Cookies hires Earnies as new comms agency.
• The Cotswold company hires the7stars to handle creative and media accounts.
• BAFTA appoints We Are Social Studio as the Film and Television Awards.

Brands & Ads 🏓

My Fav; Marmite’s new ad campaign aims to hire smugglers to solve New York City’s marmite scarcity problem.

• The Lego Group is rolling out a new design identity in collaboration with Interbrand consultancy.
• Powerade’s global campaign ahead of Summer Olympics focuses on Athlete’s mental and physical health.
• Ford and VML launch new campaign in NZ celebrating success of Ford’s Ranger series.
• Oreo’s new commerce activation uses website hamburger menu designs to handout discounts to consumers.
• Heinz’s latest campaign highlights even food stylists can’t fake Heinz ketchup, nothing fake in Heinz from Reel to Real.
• Dove pledges to never use AI in advertising, comparing real beauty to AI imagination in new campaign.
• Hennessy refreshes brand with new ‘Made for More’ Campaign and activations at Dreamville festival.
• Canal+ and BETC Paris launch a new campaign to promote short film offerings.
• Heineken’s new global campaign uses ‘The First Ahh’ as a message to connect a sense of celebration with the product arrival.
• L’Oréal Paris is putting celebrity resumes on LinkedIn, celebrating setbacks.
• Kia uses storytelling abilities and influence of Rafael Nadal in the latest ad campaign.
• Pedigree promotes love at first sight, but replace humans with adorable dogs.
• Vienna’s Tourist Board launches Digestible Micro-Doses in latest campaign promoting vibes of the city.
• Burger King’s new ‘foodfillment’ campaign uses the sense of satisfaction we all have after the last bite.
• The White Claw’s effort to elevate Social Connections between Gen-Z adults falls short in the latest campaign.
• Sprite’s very unique summer campaign, launching ‘The Knocklace collection’ for knock-knock.

AI 🤨

• Google & MIT RAISE launch a new generative course for educators.
• GPT-4 Turbo is now available to paid GPT subscribers.
• Google’s new AI campaign highlights how AI helps to restore Tassie’s Giant Kelp Forests.
• Pedigree uses AI in latest ad campaign to level up Dog cuteness.
• SAP Emarsys launches AI Product finder.
• Orange AI expands their Google Cloud partnership.
• Adobe is out on the streets buying video data for AI training at the price of $3/minute.

Snapchat & Pinterest

• Snapchat partners with Snowflake to build multiple-party clean rooms.
• Megan Thee Stallion shares Pinterest is her favourite platform.
• Snapchat will return to the IAB NewFronts with new AdTech announcements.

Microsoft & LinkedIn

• LinkedIn shares a new tip with a claim: commenting once a week can triple your profile views.
• LinkedIn sharing more information about influencers who view your profile.
• Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu.
• LinkedIn is rolling out a verification badge for recruiters.

Marketing & AdTech

• Sincera’s new dashboard to track Privacy Sandbox API adoption.
• JCDecaux Australia launches broadcast-scale 3D nationwide.
• Bark Air launches an airline for dogs.
• New York Times partners with Adelaide to track Ad engagement.
• Scope3 introduces GMP+ a new product to prevent problematic ad placements.
• Robinhood launches website for its new media platform, Sherwood News.
• ASA shares their AI detection tool processed three million ads in 2023.
• Accenture acquires integrated marketing group, Unlimited.
• Hootsuite to acquire Talkwalker, AI social listening platform.
• Clipboard expands its fediverse integration to over 400 creators.
• ASA banned Nationwide Bank’s new TV Adverts for misleading public on bank closures.
• Marks & Spencer named UK’s most prominent online grocery brand.
• Specsavers launches a new Roblox Obstacle Course.
• Blackboard launches new performance CTV ad platform.
• Former Kraft Heinz CMO joins Bacardí.
• SeenThis relaunches their Emissions tracking dashboard.
• Apple TV’s market share grew in the US during Q1 2024.

All the sources and needed context can be found linked in the archive post of this recap.

Top 6 Updates of the Week:

• JP Morgan Chase launches digital media business, retail media continues to win.
• TikTok confirms they are working on a IG Competitor, TikTok Notes for photos content.
• Meta is testing an AI-powered search bar in Instagram.
• AirChat is the new trending social media platform, it’s audio only.
• Youtube threatening TikTok with new shopping & affiliate features.
• WPP & Google Cloud partner to integrate Gemini in WPP Open Marketing OS.
• Questionable: France’s PM says, Social Media is a threat to the French language.

Trending

• Snapchat expected to earn $65 million in political spend in 2024.
• LinkedIn pushes collaborative articles further with new ‘contribute expertise’ shortcut.
• Paramount Global and Skydance Media are planning a merger.
• 5 Workplace feature launches from Google Cloud Next’24.
• Chase Bank will let Advertisers target customers based on spending data.
• Publicis Groups posts 5.3% growth in Q1 2024.
• eBay launches global media account review.
• Diet Coke continues to push further on their social proof strategy in latest ad campaign.
• Consumers will finally see FCC-mandated nutrition labels for most broadband plans,
• Puma launches its first worldwide brand campaign in last 10 years: FOREVER FASTER.
• Discord finally launches chat polls.
• Lucozade goes through first major brand redesign in its 97-year long existence.

TikTok 🎶

• TikTok testing virtual influencers for video ads.
• TikTok adds new brand safety features: category exclusion and vertical sensitivity controls.
• TikTok Lite, a new app that rewards users for their screen time.
• Bytedance overtook Tencent with $40bn profit in 2023.
• TikTok publishes new guide on using ‘promote’ quick advertising option.
• Televisaunivision plans to bring TikTok-style content to TV with new ad product.
• Taylor Swift songs return to TikTok.
• You can now upload 30-minute long videos on TikTok.

Instagram & Threads 🗂️

• Meta launches new tools to protect young teens and users from online exploitation.
• Threads releases API documentation.
• Instagram generates more ad revenue than YouTube.
• Instagram working on ‘Visibility off IG’ setting allowing users to control where their content shows up on internet.
• Instagram launches ‘IG University’ account and broadcast channel.
• IG makes story upload faster with a new shortcut to add a new story after a new upload.
• Facebook testing a new sponsored and product-related content feed.
• Threads testing a ‘Live Trending’ feature to highlight ongoing discussions.
• The Meta AI writing feature coming to Stories, allowing you to rewrite story text.

Meta 😅

• Meta adds new chat features: HD Photos, Shared Albums & more on messenger.
• Meta advertisers report Automated System has been glitchy for weeks.
• Meta announces new Developer platform resources.
• Meta planing to launch small versions of Llama 3 next week.
• Meta shares new features and collaborations to build cricket experience in India.
• WhatsApp is planning to launch an updated image editing experience.
• WhatsApp’s Meta AI chat feature is now live for more users.

X (Twitter) 🕹️

• X removes the ability to hide blue checkmarks.
• X enables Passkey Access for all iOS users worldwide.
• Elon Musk announces new algorithm update is coming with bangers and less clickbait.
• Community Notes will now show notes 30 minutes faster than before.
• X will soon let you add code blocks to articles.
• You will soon be able to search for users on X spaces and send invites.
• X’s Gork AI can now understand images.
• X automatically changed ‘Twitter’ to ‘X’ in user posts causing links to break.

Youtube 🕹️

• Youtube’s new video player layout on desktop is causing huge backlash from users.
• Youtube switching to read-only comments for kids in supervised experience.

Google 🔦

• Google limits News Links in California over proposed ‘Link Tax’ law.
• Google updates Merchant Center product data specifications.
• Google updates Carousels Structured Data Documentation.
• Google improves INP for websites using consent management platforms.
• Google testing a search tab for short form videos.
• Google contract shows deal with Israel Defence Ministry.
• Google confirms major Gmail AI security update for all users.
• Google to shut down its One VPN Service.

Agency News

• Havas acquires TED Consulting to level up AI and data capabilities.
• Wellness pet Company hires Colle McVoy as Creative AOR.
• Specsavers appoints Impression Digital as new Digital marketing partner.
• Pit Viper appoints DEPT ® as Paid Media Agency of Record.
• Red Brick Road Agency wins Skipton Building Society account.
• M&C Saatchi steals McCann UK’s creative leaders; Rob Doubal and Laurence Thomson.
• London-Based Marketing Consultancy Rival acquires creative shop HeyLet’sGo.
• Kathmandu appoints Motion Sickness as Creative AOR.
• GroupM Government Unit selected as Media AOR for Gov Canada.
• Honda powersports appoints Cairns Oneil as Media Agency of Record.
• Mother Design hires Ariadna Navarro as its First President.
• Volkswagen partners with Team ITG on comms activation.
• Insomnia Cookies hires Earnies as new comms agency.
• The Cotswold company hires the7stars to handle creative and media accounts.
• BAFTA appoints We Are Social Studio as the Film and Television Awards.

Brands & Ads 🏓

My Fav; Marmite’s new ad campaign aims to hire smugglers to solve New York City’s marmite scarcity problem.

• The Lego Group is rolling out a new design identity in collaboration with Interbrand consultancy.
• Powerade’s global campaign ahead of Summer Olympics focuses on Athlete’s mental and physical health.
• Ford and VML launch new campaign in NZ celebrating success of Ford’s Ranger series.
• Oreo’s new commerce activation uses website hamburger menu designs to handout discounts to consumers.
• Heinz’s latest campaign highlights even food stylists can’t fake Heinz ketchup, nothing fake in Heinz from Reel to Real.
• Dove pledges to never use AI in advertising, comparing real beauty to AI imagination in new campaign.
• Hennessy refreshes brand with new ‘Made for More’ Campaign and activations at Dreamville festival.
• Canal+ and BETC Paris launch a new campaign to promote short film offerings.
• Heineken’s new global campaign uses ‘The First Ahh’ as a message to connect a sense of celebration with the product arrival.
• L’Oréal Paris is putting celebrity resumes on LinkedIn, celebrating setbacks.
• Kia uses storytelling abilities and influence of Rafael Nadal in the latest ad campaign.
• Pedigree promotes love at first sight, but replace humans with adorable dogs.
• Vienna’s Tourist Board launches Digestible Micro-Doses in latest campaign promoting vibes of the city.
• Burger King’s new ‘foodfillment’ campaign uses the sense of satisfaction we all have after the last bite.
• The White Claw’s effort to elevate Social Connections between Gen-Z adults falls short in the latest campaign.
• Sprite’s very unique summer campaign, launching ‘The Knocklace collection’ for knock-knock.

AI 🤨

• Google & MIT RAISE launch a new generative course for educators.
• GPT-4 Turbo is now available to paid GPT subscribers.
• Google’s new AI campaign highlights how AI helps to restore Tassie’s Giant Kelp Forests.
• Pedigree uses AI in latest ad campaign to level up Dog cuteness.
• SAP Emarsys launches AI Product finder.
• Orange AI expands their Google Cloud partnership.
• Adobe is out on the streets buying video data for AI training at the price of $3/minute.

Snapchat & Pinterest

• Snapchat partners with Snowflake to build multiple-party clean rooms.
• Megan Thee Stallion shares Pinterest is her favourite platform.
• Snapchat will return to the IAB NewFronts with new AdTech announcements.

Microsoft & LinkedIn

• LinkedIn shares a new tip with a claim: commenting once a week can triple your profile views.
• LinkedIn sharing more information about influencers who view your profile.
• Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu.
• LinkedIn is rolling out a verification badge for recruiters.

Marketing & AdTech

• Sincera’s new dashboard to track Privacy Sandbox API adoption.
• JCDecaux Australia launches broadcast-scale 3D nationwide.
• Bark Air launches an airline for dogs.
• New York Times partners with Adelaide to track Ad engagement.
• Scope3 introduces GMP+ a new product to prevent problematic ad placements.
• Robinhood launches website for its new media platform, Sherwood News.
• ASA shares their AI detection tool processed three million ads in 2023.
• Accenture acquires integrated marketing group, Unlimited.
• Hootsuite to acquire Talkwalker, AI social listening platform.
• Clipboard expands its fediverse integration to over 400 creators.
• ASA banned Nationwide Bank’s new TV Adverts for misleading public on bank closures.
• Marks & Spencer named UK’s most prominent online grocery brand.
• Specsavers launches a new Roblox Obstacle Course.
• Blackboard launches new performance CTV ad platform.
• Former Kraft Heinz CMO joins Bacardí.
• SeenThis relaunches their Emissions tracking dashboard.
• Apple TV’s market share grew in the US during Q1 2024.

All the sources and needed context can be found linked in the archive post of this recap.

Top 6 Updates of the Week:

• JP Morgan Chase launches digital media business, retail media continues to win.
• TikTok confirms they are working on a IG Competitor, TikTok Notes for photos content.
• Meta is testing an AI-powered search bar in Instagram.
• AirChat is the new trending social media platform, it’s audio only.
• Youtube threatening TikTok with new shopping & affiliate features.
• WPP & Google Cloud partner to integrate Gemini in WPP Open Marketing OS.
• Questionable: France’s PM says, Social Media is a threat to the French language.

Trending

• Snapchat expected to earn $65 million in political spend in 2024.
• LinkedIn pushes collaborative articles further with new ‘contribute expertise’ shortcut.
• Paramount Global and Skydance Media are planning a merger.
• 5 Workplace feature launches from Google Cloud Next’24.
• Chase Bank will let Advertisers target customers based on spending data.
• Publicis Groups posts 5.3% growth in Q1 2024.
• eBay launches global media account review.
• Diet Coke continues to push further on their social proof strategy in latest ad campaign.
• Consumers will finally see FCC-mandated nutrition labels for most broadband plans,
• Puma launches its first worldwide brand campaign in last 10 years: FOREVER FASTER.
• Discord finally launches chat polls.
• Lucozade goes through first major brand redesign in its 97-year long existence.

TikTok 🎶

• TikTok testing virtual influencers for video ads.
• TikTok adds new brand safety features: category exclusion and vertical sensitivity controls.
• TikTok Lite, a new app that rewards users for their screen time.
• Bytedance overtook Tencent with $40bn profit in 2023.
• TikTok publishes new guide on using ‘promote’ quick advertising option.
• Televisaunivision plans to bring TikTok-style content to TV with new ad product.
• Taylor Swift songs return to TikTok.
• You can now upload 30-minute long videos on TikTok.

Instagram & Threads 🗂️

• Meta launches new tools to protect young teens and users from online exploitation.
• Threads releases API documentation.
• Instagram generates more ad revenue than YouTube.
• Instagram working on ‘Visibility off IG’ setting allowing users to control where their content shows up on internet.
• Instagram launches ‘IG University’ account and broadcast channel.
• IG makes story upload faster with a new shortcut to add a new story after a new upload.
• Facebook testing a new sponsored and product-related content feed.
• Threads testing a ‘Live Trending’ feature to highlight ongoing discussions.
• The Meta AI writing feature coming to Stories, allowing you to rewrite story text.

Meta 😅

• Meta adds new chat features: HD Photos, Shared Albums & more on messenger.
• Meta advertisers report Automated System has been glitchy for weeks.
• Meta announces new Developer platform resources.
• Meta planing to launch small versions of Llama 3 next week.
• Meta shares new features and collaborations to build cricket experience in India.
• WhatsApp is planning to launch an updated image editing experience.
• WhatsApp’s Meta AI chat feature is now live for more users.

X (Twitter) 🕹️

• X removes the ability to hide blue checkmarks.
• X enables Passkey Access for all iOS users worldwide.
• Elon Musk announces new algorithm update is coming with bangers and less clickbait.
• Community Notes will now show notes 30 minutes faster than before.
• X will soon let you add code blocks to articles.
• You will soon be able to search for users on X spaces and send invites.
• X’s Gork AI can now understand images.
• X automatically changed ‘Twitter’ to ‘X’ in user posts causing links to break.

Youtube 🕹️

• Youtube’s new video player layout on desktop is causing huge backlash from users.
• Youtube switching to read-only comments for kids in supervised experience.

Google 🔦

• Google limits News Links in California over proposed ‘Link Tax’ law.
• Google updates Merchant Center product data specifications.
• Google updates Carousels Structured Data Documentation.
• Google improves INP for websites using consent management platforms.
• Google testing a search tab for short form videos.
• Google contract shows deal with Israel Defence Ministry.
• Google confirms major Gmail AI security update for all users.
• Google to shut down its One VPN Service.

Agency News

• Havas acquires TED Consulting to level up AI and data capabilities.
• Wellness pet Company hires Colle McVoy as Creative AOR.
• Specsavers appoints Impression Digital as new Digital marketing partner.
• Pit Viper appoints DEPT ® as Paid Media Agency of Record.
• Red Brick Road Agency wins Skipton Building Society account.
• M&C Saatchi steals McCann UK’s creative leaders; Rob Doubal and Laurence Thomson.
• London-Based Marketing Consultancy Rival acquires creative shop HeyLet’sGo.
• Kathmandu appoints Motion Sickness as Creative AOR.
• GroupM Government Unit selected as Media AOR for Gov Canada.
• Honda powersports appoints Cairns Oneil as Media Agency of Record.
• Mother Design hires Ariadna Navarro as its First President.
• Volkswagen partners with Team ITG on comms activation.
• Insomnia Cookies hires Earnies as new comms agency.
• The Cotswold company hires the7stars to handle creative and media accounts.
• BAFTA appoints We Are Social Studio as the Film and Television Awards.

Brands & Ads 🏓

My Fav; Marmite’s new ad campaign aims to hire smugglers to solve New York City’s marmite scarcity problem.

• The Lego Group is rolling out a new design identity in collaboration with Interbrand consultancy.
• Powerade’s global campaign ahead of Summer Olympics focuses on Athlete’s mental and physical health.
• Ford and VML launch new campaign in NZ celebrating success of Ford’s Ranger series.
• Oreo’s new commerce activation uses website hamburger menu designs to handout discounts to consumers.
• Heinz’s latest campaign highlights even food stylists can’t fake Heinz ketchup, nothing fake in Heinz from Reel to Real.
• Dove pledges to never use AI in advertising, comparing real beauty to AI imagination in new campaign.
• Hennessy refreshes brand with new ‘Made for More’ Campaign and activations at Dreamville festival.
• Canal+ and BETC Paris launch a new campaign to promote short film offerings.
• Heineken’s new global campaign uses ‘The First Ahh’ as a message to connect a sense of celebration with the product arrival.
• L’Oréal Paris is putting celebrity resumes on LinkedIn, celebrating setbacks.
• Kia uses storytelling abilities and influence of Rafael Nadal in the latest ad campaign.
• Pedigree promotes love at first sight, but replace humans with adorable dogs.
• Vienna’s Tourist Board launches Digestible Micro-Doses in latest campaign promoting vibes of the city.
• Burger King’s new ‘foodfillment’ campaign uses the sense of satisfaction we all have after the last bite.
• The White Claw’s effort to elevate Social Connections between Gen-Z adults falls short in the latest campaign.
• Sprite’s very unique summer campaign, launching ‘The Knocklace collection’ for knock-knock.

AI 🤨

• Google & MIT RAISE launch a new generative course for educators.
• GPT-4 Turbo is now available to paid GPT subscribers.
• Google’s new AI campaign highlights how AI helps to restore Tassie’s Giant Kelp Forests.
• Pedigree uses AI in latest ad campaign to level up Dog cuteness.
• SAP Emarsys launches AI Product finder.
• Orange AI expands their Google Cloud partnership.
• Adobe is out on the streets buying video data for AI training at the price of $3/minute.

Snapchat & Pinterest

• Snapchat partners with Snowflake to build multiple-party clean rooms.
• Megan Thee Stallion shares Pinterest is her favourite platform.
• Snapchat will return to the IAB NewFronts with new AdTech announcements.

Microsoft & LinkedIn

• LinkedIn shares a new tip with a claim: commenting once a week can triple your profile views.
• LinkedIn sharing more information about influencers who view your profile.
• Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu.
• LinkedIn is rolling out a verification badge for recruiters.

Marketing & AdTech

• Sincera’s new dashboard to track Privacy Sandbox API adoption.
• JCDecaux Australia launches broadcast-scale 3D nationwide.
• Bark Air launches an airline for dogs.
• New York Times partners with Adelaide to track Ad engagement.
• Scope3 introduces GMP+ a new product to prevent problematic ad placements.
• Robinhood launches website for its new media platform, Sherwood News.
• ASA shares their AI detection tool processed three million ads in 2023.
• Accenture acquires integrated marketing group, Unlimited.
• Hootsuite to acquire Talkwalker, AI social listening platform.
• Clipboard expands its fediverse integration to over 400 creators.
• ASA banned Nationwide Bank’s new TV Adverts for misleading public on bank closures.
• Marks & Spencer named UK’s most prominent online grocery brand.
• Specsavers launches a new Roblox Obstacle Course.
• Blackboard launches new performance CTV ad platform.
• Former Kraft Heinz CMO joins Bacardí.
• SeenThis relaunches their Emissions tracking dashboard.
• Apple TV’s market share grew in the US during Q1 2024.

Source: The Social Juice Newsletter.

Top 6 Updates of the Week:

• JP Morgan Chase launches digital media business, retail media continues to win.
• TikTok confirms they are working on a IG Competitor, TikTok Notes for photos content.
• Meta is testing an AI-powered search bar in Instagram.
• AirChat is the new trending social media platform, it’s audio only.
• Youtube threatening TikTok with new shopping & affiliate features.
• WPP & Google Cloud partner to integrate Gemini in WPP Open Marketing OS.
• Questionable: France’s PM says, Social Media is a threat to the French language.

Trending

• Snapchat expected to earn $65 million in political spend in 2024.
• LinkedIn pushes collaborative articles further with new ‘contribute expertise’ shortcut.
• Paramount Global and Skydance Media are planning a merger.
• 5 Workplace feature launches from Google Cloud Next’24.
• Chase Bank will let Advertisers target customers based on spending data.
• Publicis Groups posts 5.3% growth in Q1 2024.
• eBay launches global media account review.
• Diet Coke continues to push further on their social proof strategy in latest ad campaign.
• Consumers will finally see FCC-mandated nutrition labels for most broadband plans,
• Puma launches its first worldwide brand campaign in last 10 years: FOREVER FASTER.
• Discord finally launches chat polls.
• Lucozade goes through first major brand redesign in its 97-year long existence.

TikTok 🎶

• TikTok testing virtual influencers for video ads.
• TikTok adds new brand safety features: category exclusion and vertical sensitivity controls.
• TikTok Lite, a new app that rewards users for their screen time.
• Bytedance overtook Tencent with $40bn profit in 2023.
• TikTok publishes new guide on using ‘promote’ quick advertising option.
• Televisaunivision plans to bring TikTok-style content to TV with new ad product.
• Taylor Swift songs return to TikTok.
• You can now upload 30-minute long videos on TikTok.

Instagram & Threads 🗂️

• Meta launches new tools to protect young teens and users from online exploitation.
• Threads releases API documentation.
• Instagram generates more ad revenue than YouTube.
• Instagram working on ‘Visibility off IG’ setting allowing users to control where their content shows up on internet.
• Instagram launches ‘IG University’ account and broadcast channel.
• IG makes story upload faster with a new shortcut to add a new story after a new upload.
• Facebook testing a new sponsored and product-related content feed.
• Threads testing a ‘Live Trending’ feature to highlight ongoing discussions.
• The Meta AI writing feature coming to Stories, allowing you to rewrite story text.

Meta 😅

• Meta adds new chat features: HD Photos, Shared Albums & more on messenger.
• Meta advertisers report Automated System has been glitchy for weeks.
• Meta announces new Developer platform resources.
• Meta planing to launch small versions of Llama 3 next week.
• Meta shares new features and collaborations to build cricket experience in India.
• WhatsApp is planning to launch an updated image editing experience.
• WhatsApp’s Meta AI chat feature is now live for more users.

X (Twitter) 🕹️

• X removes the ability to hide blue checkmarks.
• X enables Passkey Access for all iOS users worldwide.
• Elon Musk announces new algorithm update is coming with bangers and less clickbait.
• Community Notes will now show notes 30 minutes faster than before.
• X will soon let you add code blocks to articles.
• You will soon be able to search for users on X spaces and send invites.
• X’s Gork AI can now understand images.
• X automatically changed ‘Twitter’ to ‘X’ in user posts causing links to break.

Youtube 🕹️

• Youtube’s new video player layout on desktop is causing huge backlash from users.
• Youtube switching to read-only comments for kids in supervised experience.

Google 🔦

• Google limits News Links in California over proposed ‘Link Tax’ law.
• Google updates Merchant Center product data specifications.
• Google updates Carousels Structured Data Documentation.
• Google improves INP for websites using consent management platforms.
• Google testing a search tab for short form videos.
• Google contract shows deal with Israel Defence Ministry.
• Google confirms major Gmail AI security update for all users.
• Google to shut down its One VPN Service.

Agency News

• Havas acquires TED Consulting to level up AI and data capabilities.
• Wellness pet Company hires Colle McVoy as Creative AOR.
• Specsavers appoints Impression Digital as new Digital marketing partner.
• Pit Viper appoints DEPT ® as Paid Media Agency of Record.
• Red Brick Road Agency wins Skipton Building Society account.
• M&C Saatchi steals McCann UK’s creative leaders; Rob Doubal and Laurence Thomson.
• London-Based Marketing Consultancy Rival acquires creative shop HeyLet’sGo.
• Kathmandu appoints Motion Sickness as Creative AOR.
• GroupM Government Unit selected as Media AOR for Gov Canada.
• Honda powersports appoints Cairns Oneil as Media Agency of Record.
• Mother Design hires Ariadna Navarro as its First President.
• Volkswagen partners with Team ITG on comms activation.
• Insomnia Cookies hires Earnies as new comms agency.
• The Cotswold company hires the7stars to handle creative and media accounts.
• BAFTA appoints We Are Social Studio as the Film and Television Awards.

Brands & Ads 🏓

My Fav; Marmite’s new ad campaign aims to hire smugglers to solve New York City’s marmite scarcity problem.

• The Lego Group is rolling out a new design identity in collaboration with Interbrand consultancy.
• Powerade’s global campaign ahead of Summer Olympics focuses on Athlete’s mental and physical health.
• Ford and VML launch new campaign in NZ celebrating success of Ford’s Ranger series.
• Oreo’s new commerce activation uses website hamburger menu designs to handout discounts to consumers.
• Heinz’s latest campaign highlights even food stylists can’t fake Heinz ketchup, nothing fake in Heinz from Reel to Real.
• Dove pledges to never use AI in advertising, comparing real beauty to AI imagination in new campaign.
• Hennessy refreshes brand with new ‘Made for More’ Campaign and activations at Dreamville festival.
• Canal+ and BETC Paris launch a new campaign to promote short film offerings.
• Heineken’s new global campaign uses ‘The First Ahh’ as a message to connect a sense of celebration with the product arrival.
• L’Oréal Paris is putting celebrity resumes on LinkedIn, celebrating setbacks.
• Kia uses storytelling abilities and influence of Rafael Nadal in the latest ad campaign.
• Pedigree promotes love at first sight, but replace humans with adorable dogs.
• Vienna’s Tourist Board launches Digestible Micro-Doses in latest campaign promoting vibes of the city.
• Burger King’s new ‘foodfillment’ campaign uses the sense of satisfaction we all have after the last bite.
• The White Claw’s effort to elevate Social Connections between Gen-Z adults falls short in the latest campaign.
• Sprite’s very unique summer campaign, launching ‘The Knocklace collection’ for knock-knock.

AI 🤨

• Google & MIT RAISE launch a new generative course for educators.
• GPT-4 Turbo is now available to paid GPT subscribers.
• Google’s new AI campaign highlights how AI helps to restore Tassie’s Giant Kelp Forests.
• Pedigree uses AI in latest ad campaign to level up Dog cuteness.
• SAP Emarsys launches AI Product finder.
• Orange AI expands their Google Cloud partnership.
• Adobe is out on the streets buying video data for AI training at the price of $3/minute.

Snapchat & Pinterest

• Snapchat partners with Snowflake to build multiple-party clean rooms.
• Megan Thee Stallion shares Pinterest is her favourite platform.
• Snapchat will return to the IAB NewFronts with new AdTech announcements.

Microsoft & LinkedIn

• LinkedIn shares a new tip with a claim: commenting once a week can triple your profile views.
• LinkedIn sharing more information about influencers who view your profile.
• Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu.
• LinkedIn is rolling out a verification badge for recruiters.

Marketing & AdTech

• Sincera’s new dashboard to track Privacy Sandbox API adoption.
• JCDecaux Australia launches broadcast-scale 3D nationwide.
• Bark Air launches an airline for dogs.
• New York Times partners with Adelaide to track Ad engagement.
• Scope3 introduces GMP+ a new product to prevent problematic ad placements.
• Robinhood launches website for its new media platform, Sherwood News.
• ASA shares their AI detection tool processed three million ads in 2023.
• Accenture acquires integrated marketing group, Unlimited.
• Hootsuite to acquire Talkwalker, AI social listening platform.
• Clipboard expands its fediverse integration to over 400 creators.
• ASA banned Nationwide Bank’s new TV Adverts for misleading public on bank closures.
• Marks & Spencer named UK’s most prominent online grocery brand.
• Specsavers launches a new Roblox Obstacle Course.
• Blackboard launches new performance CTV ad platform.
• Former Kraft Heinz CMO joins Bacardí.
• SeenThis relaunches their Emissions tracking dashboard.
• Apple TV’s market share grew in the US during Q1 2024.

Source: The Social Juice Newsletter.

Top 6 Updates of the Week:

• JP Morgan Chase launches digital media business, retail media continues to win.
• TikTok confirms they are working on a IG Competitor, TikTok Notes for photos content.
• Meta is testing an AI-powered search bar in Instagram.
• AirChat is the new trending social media platform, it’s audio only.
• Youtube threatening TikTok with new shopping & affiliate features.
• WPP & Google Cloud partner to integrate Gemini in WPP Open Marketing OS.
• Questionable: France’s PM says, Social Media is a threat to the French language.

Trending

• Snapchat expected to earn $65 million in political spend in 2024.
• LinkedIn pushes collaborative articles further with new ‘contribute expertise’ shortcut.
• Paramount Global and Skydance Media are planning a merger.
• 5 Workplace feature launches from Google Cloud Next’24.
• Chase Bank will let Advertisers target customers based on spending data.
• Publicis Groups posts 5.3% growth in Q1 2024.
• eBay launches global media account review.
• Diet Coke continues to push further on their social proof strategy in latest ad campaign.
• Consumers will finally see FCC-mandated nutrition labels for most broadband plans,
• Puma launches its first worldwide brand campaign in last 10 years: FOREVER FASTER.
• Discord finally launches chat polls.
• Lucozade goes through first major brand redesign in its 97-year long existence.

TikTok 🎶

• TikTok testing virtual influencers for video ads.
• TikTok adds new brand safety features: category exclusion and vertical sensitivity controls.
• TikTok Lite, a new app that rewards users for their screen time.
• Bytedance overtook Tencent with $40bn profit in 2023.
• TikTok publishes new guide on using ‘promote’ quick advertising option.
• Televisaunivision plans to bring TikTok-style content to TV with new ad product.
• Taylor Swift songs return to TikTok.
• You can now upload 30-minute long videos on TikTok.

Instagram & Threads 🗂️

• Meta launches new tools to protect young teens and users from online exploitation.
• Threads releases API documentation.
• Instagram generates more ad revenue than YouTube.
• Instagram working on ‘Visibility off IG’ setting allowing users to control where their content shows up on internet.
• Instagram launches ‘IG University’ account and broadcast channel.
• IG makes story upload faster with a new shortcut to add a new story after a new upload.
• Facebook testing a new sponsored and product-related content feed.
• Threads testing a ‘Live Trending’ feature to highlight ongoing discussions.
• The Meta AI writing feature coming to Stories, allowing you to rewrite story text.

Meta 😅

• Meta adds new chat features: HD Photos, Shared Albums & more on messenger.
• Meta advertisers report Automated System has been glitchy for weeks.
• Meta announces new Developer platform resources.
• Meta planing to launch small versions of Llama 3 next week.
• Meta shares new features and collaborations to build cricket experience in India.
• WhatsApp is planning to launch an updated image editing experience.
• WhatsApp’s Meta AI chat feature is now live for more users.

X (Twitter) 🕹️

• X removes the ability to hide blue checkmarks.
• X enables Passkey Access for all iOS users worldwide.
• Elon Musk announces new algorithm update is coming with bangers and less clickbait.
• Community Notes will now show notes 30 minutes faster than before.
• X will soon let you add code blocks to articles.
• You will soon be able to search for users on X spaces and send invites.
• X’s Gork AI can now understand images.
• X automatically changed ‘Twitter’ to ‘X’ in user posts causing links to break.

Youtube 🕹️

• Youtube’s new video player layout on desktop is causing huge backlash from users.
• Youtube switching to read-only comments for kids in supervised experience.

Google 🔦

• Google limits News Links in California over proposed ‘Link Tax’ law.
• Google updates Merchant Center product data specifications.
• Google updates Carousels Structured Data Documentation.
• Google improves INP for websites using consent management platforms.
• Google testing a search tab for short form videos.
• Google contract shows deal with Israel Defence Ministry.
• Google confirms major Gmail AI security update for all users.
• Google to shut down its One VPN Service.

Agency News

• Havas acquires TED Consulting to level up AI and data capabilities.
• Wellness pet Company hires Colle McVoy as Creative AOR.
• Specsavers appoints Impression Digital as new Digital marketing partner.
• Pit Viper appoints DEPT ® as Paid Media Agency of Record.
• Red Brick Road Agency wins Skipton Building Society account.
• M&C Saatchi steals McCann UK’s creative leaders; Rob Doubal and Laurence Thomson.
• London-Based Marketing Consultancy Rival acquires creative shop HeyLet’sGo.
• Kathmandu appoints Motion Sickness as Creative AOR.
• GroupM Government Unit selected as Media AOR for Gov Canada.
• Honda powersports appoints Cairns Oneil as Media Agency of Record.
• Mother Design hires Ariadna Navarro as its First President.
• Volkswagen partners with Team ITG on comms activation.
• Insomnia Cookies hires Earnies as new comms agency.
• The Cotswold company hires the7stars to handle creative and media accounts.
• BAFTA appoints We Are Social Studio as the Film and Television Awards.

Brands & Ads 🏓

My Fav; Marmite’s new ad campaign aims to hire smugglers to solve New York City’s marmite scarcity problem.

• The Lego Group is rolling out a new design identity in collaboration with Interbrand consultancy.
• Powerade’s global campaign ahead of Summer Olympics focuses on Athlete’s mental and physical health.
• Ford and VML launch new campaign in NZ celebrating success of Ford’s Ranger series.
• Oreo’s new commerce activation uses website hamburger menu designs to handout discounts to consumers.
• Heinz’s latest campaign highlights even food stylists can’t fake Heinz ketchup, nothing fake in Heinz from Reel to Real.
• Dove pledges to never use AI in advertising, comparing real beauty to AI imagination in new campaign.
• Hennessy refreshes brand with new ‘Made for More’ Campaign and activations at Dreamville festival.
• Canal+ and BETC Paris launch a new campaign to promote short film offerings.
• Heineken’s new global campaign uses ‘The First Ahh’ as a message to connect a sense of celebration with the product arrival.
• L’Oréal Paris is putting celebrity resumes on LinkedIn, celebrating setbacks.
• Kia uses storytelling abilities and influence of Rafael Nadal in the latest ad campaign.
• Pedigree promotes love at first sight, but replace humans with adorable dogs.
• Vienna’s Tourist Board launches Digestible Micro-Doses in latest campaign promoting vibes of the city.
• Burger King’s new ‘foodfillment’ campaign uses the sense of satisfaction we all have after the last bite.
• The White Claw’s effort to elevate Social Connections between Gen-Z adults falls short in the latest campaign.
• Sprite’s very unique summer campaign, launching ‘The Knocklace collection’ for knock-knock.

AI 🤨

• Google & MIT RAISE launch a new generative course for educators.
• GPT-4 Turbo is now available to paid GPT subscribers.
• Google’s new AI campaign highlights how AI helps to restore Tassie’s Giant Kelp Forests.
• Pedigree uses AI in latest ad campaign to level up Dog cuteness.
• SAP Emarsys launches AI Product finder.
• Orange AI expands their Google Cloud partnership.
• Adobe is out on the streets buying video data for AI training at the price of $3/minute.

Snapchat & Pinterest

• Snapchat partners with Snowflake to build multiple-party clean rooms.
• Megan Thee Stallion shares Pinterest is her favourite platform.
• Snapchat will return to the IAB NewFronts with new AdTech announcements.

Microsoft & LinkedIn

• LinkedIn shares a new tip with a claim: commenting once a week can triple your profile views.
• LinkedIn sharing more information about influencers who view your profile.
• Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu.
• LinkedIn is rolling out a verification badge for recruiters.

Marketing & AdTech

• Sincera’s new dashboard to track Privacy Sandbox API adoption.
• JCDecaux Australia launches broadcast-scale 3D nationwide.
• Bark Air launches an airline for dogs.
• New York Times partners with Adelaide to track Ad engagement.
• Scope3 introduces GMP+ a new product to prevent problematic ad placements.
• Robinhood launches website for its new media platform, Sherwood News.
• ASA shares their AI detection tool processed three million ads in 2023.
• Accenture acquires integrated marketing group, Unlimited.
• Hootsuite to acquire Talkwalker, AI social listening platform.
• Clipboard expands its fediverse integration to over 400 creators.
• ASA banned Nationwide Bank’s new TV Adverts for misleading public on bank closures.
• Marks & Spencer named UK’s most prominent online grocery brand.
• Specsavers launches a new Roblox Obstacle Course.
• Blackboard launches new performance CTV ad platform.
• Former Kraft Heinz CMO joins Bacardí.
• SeenThis relaunches their Emissions tracking dashboard.
• Apple TV’s market share grew in the US during Q1 2024.

Source: The Social Juice Newsletter.

Top 6 Updates of the Week:

• JP Morgan Chase launches digital media business, retail media continues to win.
• TikTok confirms they are working on a IG Competitor, TikTok Notes for photos content.
• Meta is testing an AI-powered search bar in Instagram.
• AirChat is the new trending social media platform, it’s audio only.
• Youtube threatening TikTok with new shopping & affiliate features.
• WPP & Google Cloud partner to integrate Gemini in WPP Open Marketing OS.
• Questionable: France’s PM says, Social Media is a threat to the French language.

Trending

• Snapchat expected to earn $65 million in political spend in 2024.
• LinkedIn pushes collaborative articles further with new ‘contribute expertise’ shortcut.
• Paramount Global and Skydance Media are planning a merger.
• 5 Workplace feature launches from Google Cloud Next’24.
• Chase Bank will let Advertisers target customers based on spending data.
• Publicis Groups posts 5.3% growth in Q1 2024.
• eBay launches global media account review.
• Diet Coke continues to push further on their social proof strategy in latest ad campaign.
• Consumers will finally see FCC-mandated nutrition labels for most broadband plans,
• Puma launches its first worldwide brand campaign in last 10 years: FOREVER FASTER.
• Discord finally launches chat polls.
• Lucozade goes through first major brand redesign in its 97-year long existence.

TikTok 🎶

• TikTok testing virtual influencers for video ads.
• TikTok adds new brand safety features: category exclusion and vertical sensitivity controls.
• TikTok Lite, a new app that rewards users for their screen time.
• Bytedance overtook Tencent with $40bn profit in 2023.
• TikTok publishes new guide on using ‘promote’ quick advertising option.
• Televisaunivision plans to bring TikTok-style content to TV with new ad product.
• Taylor Swift songs return to TikTok.
• You can now upload 30-minute long videos on TikTok.

Instagram & Threads 🗂️

• Meta launches new tools to protect young teens and users from online exploitation.
• Threads releases API documentation.
• Instagram generates more ad revenue than YouTube.
• Instagram working on ‘Visibility off IG’ setting allowing users to control where their content shows up on internet.
• Instagram launches ‘IG University’ account and broadcast channel.
• IG makes story upload faster with a new shortcut to add a new story after a new upload.
• Facebook testing a new sponsored and product-related content feed.
• Threads testing a ‘Live Trending’ feature to highlight ongoing discussions.
• The Meta AI writing feature coming to Stories, allowing you to rewrite story text.

Meta 😅

• Meta adds new chat features: HD Photos, Shared Albums & more on messenger.
• Meta advertisers report Automated System has been glitchy for weeks.
• Meta announces new Developer platform resources.
• Meta planing to launch small versions of Llama 3 next week.
• Meta shares new features and collaborations to build cricket experience in India.
• WhatsApp is planning to launch an updated image editing experience.
• WhatsApp’s Meta AI chat feature is now live for more users.

X (Twitter) 🕹️

• X removes the ability to hide blue checkmarks.
• X enables Passkey Access for all iOS users worldwide.
• Elon Musk announces new algorithm update is coming with bangers and less clickbait.
• Community Notes will now show notes 30 minutes faster than before.
• X will soon let you add code blocks to articles.
• You will soon be able to search for users on X spaces and send invites.
• X’s Gork AI can now understand images.
• X automatically changed ‘Twitter’ to ‘X’ in user posts causing links to break.

Youtube 🕹️

• Youtube’s new video player layout on desktop is causing huge backlash from users.
• Youtube switching to read-only comments for kids in supervised experience.

Google 🔦

• Google limits News Links in California over proposed ‘Link Tax’ law.
• Google updates Merchant Center product data specifications.
• Google updates Carousels Structured Data Documentation.
• Google improves INP for websites using consent management platforms.
• Google testing a search tab for short form videos.
• Google contract shows deal with Israel Defence Ministry.
• Google confirms major Gmail AI security update for all users.
• Google to shut down its One VPN Service.

Agency News

• Havas acquires TED Consulting to level up AI and data capabilities.
• Wellness pet Company hires Colle McVoy as Creative AOR.
• Specsavers appoints Impression Digital as new Digital marketing partner.
• Pit Viper appoints DEPT ® as Paid Media Agency of Record.
• Red Brick Road Agency wins Skipton Building Society account.
• M&C Saatchi steals McCann UK’s creative leaders; Rob Doubal and Laurence Thomson.
• London-Based Marketing Consultancy Rival acquires creative shop HeyLet’sGo.
• Kathmandu appoints Motion Sickness as Creative AOR.
• GroupM Government Unit selected as Media AOR for Gov Canada.
• Honda powersports appoints Cairns Oneil as Media Agency of Record.
• Mother Design hires Ariadna Navarro as its First President.
• Volkswagen partners with Team ITG on comms activation.
• Insomnia Cookies hires Earnies as new comms agency.
• The Cotswold company hires the7stars to handle creative and media accounts.
• BAFTA appoints We Are Social Studio as the Film and Television Awards.

Brands & Ads 🏓

My Fav; Marmite’s new ad campaign aims to hire smugglers to solve New York City’s marmite scarcity problem.

• The Lego Group is rolling out a new design identity in collaboration with Interbrand consultancy.
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I will continue to update this post as reviews come in.
Rotten Tomatoes: Certified Fresh
Critics Consensus: Frequently frightening even as it plays within the confines of a nearly 50-year-old film series, this prequel is The First Omen of a bright future for the franchise in quite some time.

	Score	Number of Reviews	Average Rating
All Critics	78%	121	6.90/10
Top Critics	80%	30	7.10/10

Metacritic: 65 (30 Reviews)
Sample Reviews:
Stevenson’s consistently unsettling and gleefully sacrilegious offering packs its share of legitimate shocks en route to one glaringly obvious “surprise.” - Peter Debruge, Variety
Ultimately, it all feels very familiar, and not just because this is the second movie in as many months to revolve around nuns and the birth of an Antichrist. - Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
The new movie’s twists can only exist if they don’t contradict the previous films, so only a few surprises are even possible and those surprises can only happen in unsurprising ways. - William Bibbiani, TheWrap
The film revels in mashing up familiar genres: the monster movie, body horror and the Gothic church thriller. But it injects a revitalizing juice into the franchise — smartly edited and well paced, with a good cinematic eye. - Brandon Yu, New York Times
The First Omen may have a noble predecessor in one of the scariest films of the 1970s, but it has little to distinguish it from the last 665 mediocre horror features I’ve seen. - Kyle Smith, Wall Street Journal
“The First Omen” takes us right to the doorstep of the 1976 film in chillingly effective fashion. It’s the Damien origin story we never knew we needed. 3/4 - Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times
Full of splurchy callbacks to various hangings, impalings and characters from the Richard Donner hit but with a visual confidence and personality of its own. 3/4 - Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
It sets itself up for more, but more so, it gives the story a reason to continue. Consider the series born again. B - Adam Graham, Detroit News
Kudos to the suits for backing a horror film this provocative and spine-chilling. 3.5/5 - Richard Whittaker, Austin Chronicle
While unable to fully deliver on the promise of its artistic potential, The First Omen remains, nonetheless, a fun, low stakes introduction for horror newbies to The Omen franchise and an enjoyable enough tribute to the original film. - Sarah-Tai Black, Globe and Mail
It’s far more artful and striking than it has any right to be, thanks in overwhelmingly large part to the TV director Arkasha Stevenson, whose bravado works incredibly well until it really doesn’t... 3/5 - Benjamin Lee, Guardian
It’s a statement debut from director Arkasha Stevenson, and a vicious, blood-slicked, coiled-up, oddly beautiful expulsion of horror, rooted in a distinctly Catholic expression of sexual turmoil. 4/5 - Clarisse Loughrey, Independent (UK)
Stevenson has configured her tale as female body-horror fit for a dissertation, without giving it much of a spine: while slick, the set pieces are few, far between, and over too fast. 2/5 - Tim Robey, Daily Telegraph (UK)
As for the graphic birth scenes, let’s just say that one of these is definitely not born every minute. This is Call the Midwife directed by Satan. 3/5 - Ed Potton, Times (UK)
It hardly needs to be said that, as it goes on – and it does go on – the film loses coherence and slips into rampaging chaos. But, coming a year or so after that catastrophic Exorcist sequel, The First Omen feels a lot better than it needed to be. 3/5 - Donald Clarke, Irish Times
If horror is all about loss of control, about feelings of helplessness conjured in the audience to reflect the helplessness of the characters, then this is a true horror film. - Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture
For veteran viewers who’ve seen it all before, it’s not exactly the Second Coming. But novice nunsploitation audiences might find this habit-forming: a stylish enough entry-level initiation. 3/4 - Catherine Bray, Empire Magazine
Forget the devil: the film ends up being seduced by its own Prince of Darkness; Hollywood’s insatiable desire for fertile intellectual property. - Tim Grierson, Screen International
Telegraphs its bombshells from the outset and dutifully shuffles toward a conclusion that tethers this saga to Donner’s "The Omen." - Nick Schager, The Daily Beast
The rare prequel (sequel, requel, what have you) that fits seamlessly inside the existing franchise and makes tracks toward a chilling new future. In short, it births something new and genuinely scary. Remember when that wasn’t so rare? B - Alison Foreman, indieWire
Forget what you think you know about horror prequels. The First Omen gets it, goes for the throat, and never lets go. B+ - Matthew Jackson, AV Club
Pulsating in the film’s veins is an eerie eroticism and a tactile awareness of the way the Church is controlling the bodies and minds of its women. 3/4 - Kyle Turner, Slant Magazine
The First Omen offers generous splashes of gore, jump scared, and dread. So if you're seeing something more spooky than scary, or more haunting than horrifying, this religious thriller will scratch that itch with a long, putrid claw. - Kristy Puchko, Mashable
An engrossing trip into the dark heart of evil and what it means to be chosen by the cruel hand of fate — and surprisingly, it lives up to the strength, power, and overarching dread of its source material. - Lex Briscuso, Inverse
Arkasha Stevenson doesn’t just helm a prequel worthy of Richard Donner’s classic but establishes herself as a bold new voice in horror. 4/5 - Meagan Navarro, Bloody Disgusting
Elevated by a remarkable lead performance from Nell Tiger Free, "The First Omen" does what is expected in terms of scares, and manages to be both creepier and more coherent than its more recent predecessors. 4/5 - Linda Marric, HeyUGuys
The whole thing is so provocative, beautifully cinematic and in touch with its head-decapitating roots. 3.5/4 - Tomris Laffly, RogerEbert.com
SYNOPSIS:
When a young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, she encounters a darkness that causes her to question her own faith and uncovers a terrifying conspiracy that hopes to bring about the birth of evil incarnate.
CAST:

• Nell Tiger Free as Margaret Daino
• Tawfeek Barhom as Father Gabriel
• Sonia Braga as Sister Silvia
• Ralph Ineson as Father Brenna
• Bill Nighy as Cardinal Lawrence

DIRECTED BY: Arkasha Stevenson
SCREENPLAY BY: Tim Smith, Arkasha Stevenson, Keith Thomas
STORY BY: Ben Jacoby
BASED ON CHARACTERS CREATED BY: David Seltzer
PRODUCED BY: David S. Goyer, Keith Levine
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Tim Smith, Whitney Brown, Gracie Wheelan
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Aaron Morton
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Eve Stewart
EDITED BY: Bob Murawski, Amy E. Duddleston
MUSIC BY: Mark Korven
COSTUME DESIGNER: Paco Delgado
CASTING BY: Kharmel Cochrane, Teresa Razzauti
RUNTIME: 120 Minutes
RELEASE DATE: April 5, 2024

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Echoes From the Underworld (DIBIDABO Remix) 06:48 120bpm 8B Lemurian, KÖNI, Qualista - Echoes From the Underworld (Original Mix) 05:44 120bpm 8B Lexx - Chambara (Original Mix) 06:00 124bpm 12B Lexx - Lady Of The Moon (Original Mix) 06:07 122bpm 8A Lil'M, jOk - Boys Talk (Original Mix) 05:18 122bpm 9B Lil'M, jOk - Boys Talk (REBRN Remix) 05:50 124bpm 9B Low Steppa, Crusy - Bullerengue (Extended Mix) 06:35 125bpm 2B Lucas Ramos - The Beginning Of The Road (Original Mix) 08:19 123bpm 11B Lucas Ramos - The World Of Thought (Original Mix) 07:28 90bpm 11B Luis Radio - Funbuka (Original Mix) 06:06 124bpm 10B Luis Vargas - Fuck (Original Mix) 05:16 77bpm 10B Luis Vargas - Marungueo (Original Mix) 05:46 124bpm 11A Luis Vargas - Plov (Original Mix) 06:24 125bpm 3B Majed Salih - Bligraya (CamelVIP Version) 01:10 113bpm 11B Majed Salih - Cairoplazm (CamelVIP Version) 00:58 105bpm 2A Majed Salih - Droqemcia (CamelVIP Version) 01:37 101bpm 7A Majed Salih - Fliceschic (CamelVIP Version) 01:53 97bpm 9A Majed Salih - Jara'alia (CamelVIP Version) 02:04 98bpm 10A Majed Salih - Suphiwhirl (CamelVIP Version) 01:39 76bpm 8B Majed Salih - Yelokolaim (CamelVIP Version) 01:55 103bpm 4A Manybeat - Ruanda Conection (Original Mix) 05:17 124bpm 7A Marce Parisi - D Tox (Original Mix) 07:04 122bpm 6A Marce Parisi - Rena (Original Mix) 06:35 122bpm 7B marchesan - Kids (DeepFade AR Remix) 08:44 121bpm 11A marchesan - Kids (Original Mix) 07:00 121bpm 11A Mars Monero - The Mapmaker's Dementia (Kalima & Zambo Remix) 08:04 121bpm 4A Massio, NuKreative - Remembrance (Extended Mix) 07:14 121bpm 6A Massio, NuKreative - Remembrance (Greg Ochman Extended Remix) 07:58 121bpm 6A Matizze - Sigi Sigildan (Original Mix) 06:00 120bpm 12B Mauro Masi - Moment Remember (Original Mix) 07:28 120bpm 4A Mauro Masi - Synthesizer Sing (Original Mix) 07:52 122bpm 11B Mauro Masi - Volcano Dancer (Original Mix) 08:07 122bpm 9A Maxi Degrassi - I'm Happy for You (Molac and Nicolas Viana Remix) 06:49 123bpm 12A Maxi Degrassi - True Bonus (Awka and Edu Schwartz Remix) 06:57 121bpm 1B Mekki, Ed Raissi - Timeless Echoes (Extended Mix) 04:51 122bpm 6B Meloko, LKF Project, Selim Sivade - Simple Child feat. Rondo Mo (Bondi Remix) 05:01 122bpm 11B Meloko, LKF Project, Selim Sivade - Simple Child feat. Rondo Mo (Illusory Remix) 05:52 120bpm 8A Meloko, LKF Project, Selim Sivade - Simple Child feat. Rondo Mo (Kasango Remix) 05:54 122bpm 8A MI.LA, Ka:lu - Sugnai (Original Mix) 06:21 122bpm 10B Michael Simon - Glory (Original Mix) 05:53 121bpm 5A Mijangos, George Vibe - Happy Drums (Original Mix) 05:23 124bpm 11B Mikp - Far East Trip (Original Mix) 06:09 122bpm 9B Missfeat - Ash in the Sea (Extended Mix) 07:22 120bpm 7A Missfeat - Celeste (Extended Mix) 07:36 120bpm 6A Missfeat - Celeste (Instrumental Mix) 07:36 120bpm 6A Missfeat - Omorfia (Extended Mix) 07:36 120bpm 10B Missfeat - Yanonami (Extended Mix) 07:32 120bpm 6A Molac, Adrian Matos - Alchemy (Original Mix) 06:53 123bpm 12A Molac, Adrian Matos - Dark & Dirty (Original Mix) 06:00 123bpm 8B Molac, Adrian Matos - Liquid Night (Original Mix) 06:04 122bpm 12A Molac, Adrian Matos - Spire (Original Mix) 06:13 124bpm 9A Monojoke - Daruma (Original Mix) 08:29 122bpm 2B Monojoke - Okame (Original Mix) 07:28 122bpm 9B MÖW - Dance & Dream (Original Mix) 06:22 121bpm 11B MÖW - Unicorns (Original Mix) 07:06 120bpm 6A Mr. Moudz - Gana (Original Mix) 06:07 121bpm 4A Mr. Moudz - La Familia (Original Mix) 06:40 121bpm 9A M-Sol DEEP, Sateyed - Midnight Rice Fields (Original Mix) 06:20 102bpm 6A Must Have - Swarm (Original Mix) 06:52 120bpm 7A Natema, Curol - Xica (Original Mix) 05:23 125bpm 11B Nico de Andrea, Jono McCleery, iMAD - Legion feat. Jono McCleery (Extended Mix) 05:04 115bpm 7A Nikoow - Given Thoughts (Original Mix) 08:10 120bpm 10B Noam Garcia, Diego Galloso, M-Sol DEEP - Sad Reality (Original Mix) 10:10 114bpm 9A Nohan - A New You (Flowers on Monday Extended Remix) 07:02 119bpm 6B Nohan - A New You (Mass Digital Extended Remix) 07:24 122bpm 6B Olive, Dallerium - How Do I Sleep Now feat. Olive (Extended) 04:13 124bpm 9A Ooshmann - Banh Mi La (Nino Amarillo Remix) 06:46 105bpm 11B Ooshmann - Banh Mi La (Original Mix) 08:11 122bpm 11B Ooshmann - Matuya (Alex Doering Remix) 07:06 120bpm 5A Ooshmann - Matuya (Andrew Shartner Remix) 06:02 105bpm 8B Ooshmann - Matuya (Catatonique Remix) 07:01 115bpm 1B Ooshmann - Matuya (Original Mix) 07:28 123bpm 5A Oscar P - Where Were U (Original Mix) 06:09 122bpm 10A Oscar P - Wheres The Dub (Original Mix) 06:09 122bpm 10B OVEOUS, QVLN - Queimar (Coflo Remix) 05:05 125bpm 11A OVEOUS, QVLN - Queimar (GUAPO (AO) Remix) 07:28 120bpm 6A OVEOUS, QVLN - Queimar (Javi Torres Remix) 03:55 126bpm 5A Pahua - Espantapájaros (Captain Planet Remix) 04:25 124bpm 4A Pansil - Cada Vez (Original Mix) 06:46 122bpm 10A PEATY - Diaspora (Original Mix) 08:39 122bpm 3A PEATY - Esodo (Original Mix) 06:50 124bpm 8A Peter Soul, Cafe De Anatolia - Conclusion (Original Mix) 09:01 94bpm 1A Peter Soul, Cafe De Anatolia - Evolution (Original Mix) 09:02 88bpm 3A Peter Soul, Cafe De Anatolia - Freedom (Original Mix) 09:09 112bpm 4A Peter Soul, Cafe De Anatolia - Liberation (Original Mix) 10:00 88bpm 2A Peter Soul, Cafe De Anatolia - The Beginning (Original Mix) 08:50 104bpm 5A Piccaya - Sedna (Elie Ô & Dolbytall Remix) 07:11 122bpm 8B Piccaya - Sedna (Original Mix) 06:16 155bpm 12B Pink Cat Empire, Chik - Chik - Gen (Original Mix) 06:14 116bpm 8B Pissi - Fa Fa Fa (Original Mix) 06:45 122bpm 11B Provenzano, Andrea Gulisano, Mathieu Ruz - Barranquilla (Instrumental Mix) 06:30 124bpm 7A Provenzano, Andrea Gulisano, Mathieu Ruz - Barranquilla (Original Mix) 06:30 124bpm 7A Putri Cinta - Euphoria (Dub Mix) 05:04 122bpm 7A QARAQOOM - Oasis (Original Mix) 05:45 120bpm 9B QARAQOOM, DeepWake - Memories (Original Mix) 05:33 110bpm 8A Rafael Aragon, mandruvá - Mandragora (AmuAmu Remix) 05:45 110bpm 7B Rafael Aragon, mandruvá - Mandragora (Breger & Timboletti Remix) 07:31 120bpm 3A Rafael Aragon, mandruvá - Mandragora (Ground Remix) 06:08 110bpm 8A Rafael Aragon, mandruvá - Mandragora (Original Mix) 05:57 110bpm 7B Rafael Aragon, mandruvá - Pássaro Cantor Autômato (Da Iguana Remix) 06:34 104bpm 7B Rafael Aragon, mandruvá - Pássaro Cantor Autômato (Miret Remix) 06:43 110bpm 7B Rafael Aragon, mandruvá - Pássaro Cantor Autômato (Original Mix) 05:26 104bpm 4A Ramy, Cafe De Anatolia - Desert Gold (Original Mix) 07:47 120bpm 6A Ramy, Cafe De Anatolia - Eternal Recurrence (Original Mix) 07:04 120bpm 6A Ramy, Cafe De Anatolia - Nomad (Original Mix) 05:08 114bpm 8B Ramy, Cafe De Anatolia - Out Like the Bedouin (Original Mix) 06:49 92bpm 10B Rapossa, Cafe De Anatolia - Savana (Original Mix) 08:08 115bpm 4B Realm Of House - Get it Good (Arawakan Drum Mix) 05:34 125bpm 6A Red Circle - Erol (Original Mix) 07:09 114bpm 5A Red Circle - Izidora (Original Mix) 06:53 116bpm 7B Riascode - Phase 2 (Ancestors) (Original Mix) 06:39 122bpm 12B Ricardo Criollo House - El Mar (Original Mix) 06:38 124bpm 7B Ricardo Reyna, Fernando Avila - La Cumbia (Original Mix) 05:30 124bpm 10B Roni Iron - Inside My Head (Extended Mix) 05:28 120bpm 7A Roni Iron - Inside My Head (T.Markakis Extended Remix) 07:17 121bpm 7A Salah Fafah, Enskyver - Amnay (Original Mix) 06:02 122bpm 5A Salah Fafah, Enskyver - River (Original Mix) 06:29 120bpm 2A Saliva Commandos - Phonk (Extended Mix) 06:22 125bpm 5A Saliva Commandos - Rapunzel (Extended Mix) 06:01 127bpm 12A Sebastien Leger - Kasiope (Original Mix) 07:46 120bpm 8A Sebastien Leger - Krackles (Original Mix) 09:51 121bpm 3B Shredder SA - Ancestral Telepathy (Original Mix) 06:29 120bpm 8B SHRI (IND) - Pirinska Kitka (Original Mix) 07:41 122bpm 10B Sides - Angi (Original Mix) 06:52 120bpm 2A Sides - Hima (Original Mix) 08:41 120bpm 8A Sides - Meru (Original Mix) 08:04 121bpm 12A Sima Ka Mthembu, Xingo & Malako - Mapula (Original Mix) 06:46 120bpm 7A Skeleton Army, Rockin Moroccin - Touch (Extended Mix) 07:22 122bpm 10B Sky White - Alien Soil (Original Mix) 06:22 123bpm 5B Sky White - Olha Você (Original Mix) 06:27 122bpm 12B Smalltown Collective - Missing (Extended Mix) 07:08 124bpm 4B Smalltown Collective - Missing (Manuel Moreno Remix) 07:23 122bpm 4B Smalltown Collective - You (Extended Mix) 07:08 122bpm 6B Soire - Breathless (Original Mix) 04:32 110bpm 2A Soire - Dahab (Original Mix) 05:36 120bpm 7A Soire - Deep Dreamz (Original Mix) 04:59 122bpm 2B Soire - This Life (Original Mix) 07:05 122bpm 6A Somelee - Adagio (At Dawn Remix) 05:17 122bpm 3A Somelee - Adagio (Original Mix) 07:38 122bpm 3A Somelee - Adagio (Taylan Remix) 06:52 124bpm 9B Soul Star, Vincent Voort, Afriindi - Hard Time Lover (Extended Edit) 07:16 122bpm 3A St.Ego - Moonwalk (Original Mix) 06:19 122bpm 11B Stefan Obermaier, Cafe De Anatolia - Vibhu (Original Mix) 08:04 121bpm 8A Sunar - Desert Rose (Extended Mix) 07:40 121bpm 1A Sunar - Desert Rose (Molac Remix) 06:55 123bpm 1A Sunup Musiq, Nozipho Mbili, Xtrovet-Dj - Masibambaneni (Original Mix) 07:12 120bpm 5A Supermode, James Carter - Tell Me Why (James Carter Extended Remix) 03:37 124bpm 10A The Guetto Squad - Afro From Petare (AFRONAUTAS Remix) 06:17 124bpm 10A The Soul Brothers - Amor (Original Mix) 07:13 124bpm 8A the YONA - Maybe I Should Change (Original Mix) 07:17 123bpm 2A Tibetania, Bahri Bekil - East & West (Original Mix) 04:31 78bpm 9A Tibetania, Chris Goa - Evolve feat. Karmanand (Original Mix) 07:35 87bpm 4A Tibetania, Chris Goa - Evolve feat. Karmanand (Sans Voix Mix) 06:19 132bpm 4A Tibetania, Kaiotto - Zubu (Original Mix) 07:51 121bpm 8B Tibetania, Nada Com Nada - The Seeker (Original Mix) 05:18 91bpm 4B Tim Green, Dulus - Silver Fade (Original Mix) 08:41 122bpm 8A Tlazohtla - Conjuro (Original Mix) 06:03 76bpm 9A Tommy Farrow, Arodes - Let's Just (Arodes Remix) 06:03 123bpm 6A Toni, Muzari - Get This Feeling (Instrumental Mix) 06:30 118bpm 4A Toni, Muzari - Get This Feeling (Original Mix) 06:30 118bpm 4A Touzani - Dhermi (Extended Mix) 06:21 120bpm 9A T-Puse, Lev Tatarov - Nobody Knows feat. Rufus (NL) (Original Mix) 05:54 158bpm 9A T-Puse, Lev Tatarov - Nobody Knows feat. Rufus (NL) (The Oddness Remix) 07:15 112bpm 9A T-Puse, Lev Tatarov - So Much Love feat. Katty Heath (Original Mix) 06:25 95bpm 9A T-Puse, Lev Tatarov - So Much Love feat. Katty Heath (Rapossa Remix) 08:58 115bpm 9B Trippin Jaguar, Mara Tieles - Turia feat. Mara Tieles (Original Mix) 05:33 100bpm 8A Tryger - Youth feat. Natalie Exland (Extended Mix) 07:02 124bpm 6A Tryger - Youth feat. Natalie Exland (Max Effe Extended Remix) 07:29 122bpm 6A Tryger - Youth feat. Natalie Exland (Savin Extended Remix) 06:13 124bpm 9B Tswex Malabola & Mouzai - The Light (Original Mix) 07:15 118bpm 10A Tswex Malabola, Mouzai - The Light (Dark Mix) 06:46 118bpm 10A Tswex Malabola, Mouzai - The Light (Deeper Mix) 07:07 118bpm 10A Tuba Twooz - Gotta Be A Freak (Original Mix) 07:31 119bpm 4A Tuba Twooz - Night Tribe (Original Mix) 06:34 115bpm 9B Tusso, Jefer Maquin - Que Sera (Original Mix) 06:01 124bpm 8B Valeron, Aaron Sevilla, Carlos Tadros - La Vida (Original Mix) 06:21 123bpm 6A Vasco C, Cafe De Anatolia - Indian Alt (Original Mix) 05:40 120bpm 8B white flamingo, Alacrán del Amor - Ryujin (Bām̐dara Remix) 07:15 100bpm 11B white flamingo, Alacrán del Amor - Ryujin (Mikhail Catan Remix) 06:10 107bpm 11B white flamingo, Alacrán del Amor - Ryujin (Original Mix) 06:00 96bpm 11B white flamingo, Alacrán del Amor - Ryujin (Ramazan Kahraman Remix) 07:01 96bpm 11B Wilgenis Vergara, Massianello, Call me Juana - Hace Calor (Original Mix) 05:29 124bpm 9B Xewst - Stengere (Soulis Sarris Rework) 06:09 122bpm 9B YAROKI - CoD 503 (Original Mix) 07:40 121bpm 1B Yaw Appiah - Gluten (Original Mix) 06:53 122bpm 8A Yaw Appiah - Into the Times (Original Mix) 07:39 121bpm 1A Yves Eaux, Rehatta - Open the Doors (AkpaLa Remix) 07:16 120bpm 5B Yves Eaux, Rehatta - Open the Doors (Original Mix) 07:27 120bpm 5B Zumzumbang, Junior Ben - Kangchenjunga (P A N Remix) 06:27 122bpm 10B 

"Doesn't the buck stop with you?" - Don Lemon asking Elon Musk to take responsibility for his own company’s failures, illustrating why Elon never wanted the interview to air

Campaign And Gain

President Biden is somehow still polling behind disgraced former president Donald Trump in most pivotal swing states. The Democratic nominee has a lot of work to do if he wants to remain at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue next year.

• President Biden has had a serious problem with young voters for some time now, a crucial demographic that helped push him over the finish line in 2020. He continues to face an uphill battle with voters 18-29, many of whom are highly critical of the president’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war. In four of the five states where “uncommitted” (a vote in Democratic primaries to protest Biden’s handling of the war) performed best, there was a clear trend consistent across those states. Areas with higher density of young voters were much more likely to vote “uncommitted” or against Biden in some way in the primary. Protest votes were also strong in communities with greater numbers of Muslim and Arab Americans, a trend that was most notable in Michigan, where majority-Arab American areas voted “uncommitted” at an eye-popping rate of around 79 percent.
  
• One area where Biden thinks he can make inroads with young voters is housing. The nationwide housing crunch is hitting young people particularly hard, and with millions of renters disproportionately cash-burdened by their payments—and many crushed by student loans on top of that—many young Americans are abandoning the dream of homeownership entirely. President Biden has made decreasing consumer costs a central tenet of his economic case for reelection, but housing may be his white whale. While prices have decreased more broadly, housing costs have continued to rise, which administration officials believe is harming public opinion on the economy. Increases in housing costs accounted for roughly two-thirds of the country’s annual inflation in February.
  
• Biden pressed Congress on Tuesday for major new housing investments, including incentive to promote construction and tax credits aiding lower-income renters and first-time homebuyers. Republican lawmakers have demonstrated that they won’t pass any legislation that could potentially help Biden win reelection (tens of millions of Americans hanging in the balance be damned, I guess?) so the odds are long that such bills will pass before November, if at all.
  

Donald Trump, of course, does not care in the slightest about the plight of the average renter or homebuyer, being that he literally inherited and presided over a commercial real estate company for decades. But as with other priorities for American voters, Biden needs to clearly differentiate himself from his opponent in the eyes of voters.

• A plurality of Latino voters in the U.S. now respond “neither” when asked which of the major political parties cares more about them, according to a new Axios-Ipsos Latino Poll. More Latinos still favor the Democratic Party, but the numbers are slowly dropping off. Some voters in this demographic show growing differences on cultural issues and crime, and they believe Republicans are better at handling the economy. Almost half of the voters surveyed have a favorable opinion of President Biden, but this gradual decline in support could spell trouble for Democrats in future elections, as Latinos are a vital voting block.
  
• To that end, President Biden sought to personally re-engage Latino voters on a campaign stop in Reno, NV on Tuesday. Biden told supporters at his Nevada campaign office that he and his opponent have “a different value set” and he criticized Trump for disparaging comments he has made about veterans. Biden said that Washoe County—which includes Reno—and the state of Nevada will be “really, really, really critical,” for the November election. His campaign stop in Reno coincided with the launch of “Latinos con Biden Harris”—a new spanish-language arm of the campaign. The president did two Spanish-language radio interviews, and emphasized his support for unions and abortion during the trip.
  

Leading climate organization the League of Conservation Voters announced a pledge of $120 million to Biden’s campaign, bringing the total expected pro-Biden spending from outside groups this year to about $1 billion. Biden is expected to raise and spend $2 billion as part of his reelection campaign. Donald Trump is struggling to raise funds, but that far from assures his defeat (Amy McGrath, anyone?). Biden will need to throw every piece of spaghetti at the wall until something sticks, because the other guy certainly isn’t playing by the rules and looks increasingly poised to win.

Look No Further Than Crooked Media

Yesterday on Strict Scrutiny, hosts Leah, Melissa, and Katie dug into arguments from two conservative states who assert that fake news on social media is protected under the first amendment. Try explaining that to a founding father! They also previewed the mifepristone case that the Court will hear next week, though nothing can ever really prepare us for hearing a bunch of old Catholics talk about women’s healthcare. Make sure to listen and follow Strict Scrutiny on Amazon Music so you never miss an episode.

Under The Radar

With no end in sight to Israel’s war in Gaza, it’s important to look ahead to what the conflict could look like in a potential second Trump presidency. Trump’s son-in-law and former senior White House adviser Jared Kushner (does anyone know if he succeeded in bringing peace to the Middle East?) In an interview at Harvard on March 8, Kushner, a former property dealer, praised the potential of “Gaza’s waterfront property,” which he said “could be very valuable…if people would focus on building up livelihoods.” He continued: “It’s a little bit of an unfortunate situation there, but from Israel’s perspective I would do my best to move the people out and then clean it up.” He then went on to say he would “just bulldoze something in the Negev”—a desert region in southern Israel—and would “try to move people in there.” What he described sure sounds an awful lot like ethnic cleansing! When asked whether he supports a two-state solution, or Palestinians having their own state, Kushner called it “a super bad idea,” that would, he said, “essentially be rewarding an act of terror,” implicating all Palestinians for the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7.

What Else?

The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that it will allow Texas (for now) to enforce a brutal immigration law expanding the powers of local police to arrest suspected migrants. The law can now go into effect while litigation continues in the lower courts, and could still be blocked at a later date.
Canadian foreign affairs minister Mélanie Joly announced on Tuesday that Canada will halt future arms shipments to Israel following a nonbinding vote in the nation’s parliament late Monday. The coalition that supported the resolution to stop arms sales cited frustration with what they see as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s failure to sufficiently protect civilians in Gaza.
The grifters du jour over at No Labels are pressing ahead with a third-party presidential bid despite having no candidate to run. More than a dozen prominent potential candidates have said no to the group, which is gorgeous. No Labels, No Candidate, No Problem!
Trump-appointed federal judge Aileen Canon issued an unusual order late on Monday in which she told lawyers to file proposed jury instructions by April 2 on topics related to defense motions to have Trump’s indictment for classified documents dismissed outright—even though she has not yet ruled on when the trial will be held.
Speaking of Trump, he sued ABC News and George Stephanopoulous on Monday for defamation over the latter’s questioning of Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) about her endorsement of the former president. Mace is a rape survivor, and she accused Stephanopoulos of trying to “shame” her by asking why she would endorse Trump given his verdicts related to E. Jean Carroll’s sexual battery and defamation lawsuits.
Moving on to a different Trump legal matter, attorneys for his co-defendants in the Fulton County election interference case are asking a Superior Court judge to let them appeal his decision to allow District Attorney Fani Willis to continue leading the prosecution.
Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) said in an interview with Pod Save America that she regrets calling the recent California Senate primary “rigged” after losing the contest to Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), who received a huge war chest of mega-donor money.
Disgraced former president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro was indicted Tuesday over accusations that he falsified his personal COVID-19 vaccine records.
Trump-backed businessman Bernie Moreno is projected to win the Ohio GOP Senate primary, beating the establishment candidate State Sen. Matt Dolan (R-OH) who was endorsed by Gov. Mike DeWine (R-OH).
Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) says he will not support Donald Trump for president. Welcome to the club, you goofy-ass Hoosier.

What In The World?

Back in January, two members of an Al Jazeera crew—Hamza Dahdouh and drone operator Mustafa Thuraya—were killed, along with their driver, and two other journalists were seriously wounded. The following day, the Israel Defense Forces said it had “identified and struck a terrorist who operated an aircraft that posed a threat to IDF troops,” and then two days after that, the IDF stated that both journalists killed actually belonged to militant groups Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. But a new report in the Washington Post calls those claims into question. The Post obtained and reviewed footage from Thuraya’s drone—a device commonly used by journalists to capture images and footage in dangerous areas, the kind anyone could purchase at Best Buy—and found that no IDF soldiers, aircrafts, or other military equipment are visible in the footage taken that day. The Post also found no indications that either man was anything other than a journalist, as both passed through Israeli checkpoints, and Dahdouh had even been approved to leave Gaza, a privilege which would not have been granted to a known militant. The Post’s exhaustive report now raises questions about whether the journalists may have been targeted for simply operating a drone. In response to multiple inquiries and detailed questions from The Post, the IDF said: “We have nothing further to add.” Ninety journalists and other media workers have been killed in Gaza since October 7, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

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Light At The End Of The Email

The Montana Supreme Court on Monday overruled the state attorney general’s January decision that a ballot initiative to explicitly protect abortion in the state constitution is “legally insufficient,” meaning the ballot proposal can proceed!
Former Trump aide Peter Navarro reported to federal prison in Miami on Tuesday, becoming the first former White House official to be imprisoned for contempt of Congress. “The very best people!”
A new poll from Florida Atlantic University found that Americans who voted for president Biden and Democrats are happier than people who voted for Trump. Turns out that not having a permanent, frothing contempt for your fellow man really does a lot for your mood.

Enjoy

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PUBG Americas Series 3 is the premier regional series for the Americas in the first half of the competitive season.
New to PUBG Esports? Check out the Esports Guide to learn all about it.

Useful Links

Official Page Esports Guide - Regional Series Liquipedia - PAS 3 Twire - Leaderboards Twire - Matches

Format

Here are all of the stages of the event.
Group Stage:

• 24 teams are split into 3 groups and face each other in a round-robin format (A vs B, B vs C, A vs C) over the course of 3 days.
• Each team plays 12 matches.
• Team placements are based on all 18 matches.
• The top 8 teams advance to the Grand Finals, while the bottom 16 teams are placed into Last Chance.

Last Chance:

• The bottom 16 teams from Group Stage play 12 matches over the course of 2 days.
• The top 8 teams advance to the Grand Finals, while the bottom 8 teams are eliminated.

Grand Finals:

• The top 8 teams from Group Stage and Last Chance play 18 matches over the course of 3 days.

PAS 3 is played on patch 28.1 with v5.0.0 of SUPER.
The event has a $50,000 prize pool.

Road to PGS & PGC

The top 3 non-Global Partner Teams on the final PAS 3 leaderboard will qualify directly to PGS 3 and 4.
By placing well in the Grand Finals of PAS 3, teams can earn PGC Points which will earn them qualification slots at the PUBG Global Championship at the end of the year.
PAS 3 is the first of three regional events in the Americas to award PGC Points this year.
Here is the PGC Point distribution for this event:

Rank	Points	Rank	Points
#1	300	#9	80
#2	210	#10	70
#3	185	#11	60
#4	160	#12	50
#5	135	#13	40
#6	110	#14	30
#7	100	#15	20
#8	90	#16	10

Teams

Here are all of the participating teams, their rosters, qualification routes, and Group Stage groups.

4NATION	55 E-Sports	Aces Crew	Also Known As
NA Qualifier	SA Qualifier	NA Qualifier	SA Qualifier
Group A	Group C	Group B	Group A
DANGYO	slabyy	dan1mon	L1P7
itsZeiko	ZxLopes	f1nna	Luizeer4
Maffooo	glock	J4M	nahnouh
TheSpectro	ps1co	Zealot	Rafex
BESTIA	Bonde do Galo	Elevate	Future
Invited	SA Qualifier	Invited	SA Qualifier
Group C	Group A	Group B	Group B
SzylzEN	HazeteN	Shinboi	FROGMAN1
Dr4FTk1NG	s3xylts	Poonage	Shapp2k
PIPAA	Paidim	Vegas	terezoca4ever
Sharpshot	AndrewTD	Balefrost	samcrofps
C: TecTH0R			HGfps
Gascans	Gatos Chicos	Legacy	Luna Galaxy
NA Qualifier	NA Qualifier	Invited	Invited
Group B	Group B	Group B	Group A
Adam	HUGHLIGAN	guizeraa	Fakezin
Pentalol	Justus	lfp1	Haven
RichyB	KEEGAN	rbN	v1n1
Vox	REFRAY	vhz	zkrakeN
Mercy Gaming	Not A Hobby	Old Guard	PanelaGood
NA Qualifier	NA Qualifier	SA Qualifier	SA Qualifier
Group A	Group C	Group C	Group C
Luciid	Arsson	Killdemo	SonycX
pwddddddddd	Baccmonster	NecroAQN	Warlockk_1
SAyFoo	Quicks	hiagguin	AbsTDaryl
SneakAttack	ZulMox	kyshenn	Srlutinhoo
		KAMYSHH
Pichau Gaming	RATZ	Shoot To Kill	Synergy Esports
Invited	NA Qualifier	NA Qualifier	SA Qualifier
Group B	Group C	Group C	Group A
Netenho	Chun	aLOW	FaKe
Ykuz	gats	luke12	mArtins4n
santa	GRANTLANTIS	Purdy	Kalniixx
bielmtcalmo	DaSpoon	sparkingg	Sukehiro
C: and1FPS		C: woo1y
Soniqs	Spacestation Gaming	SPAM	Team Falcons
Invited	Invited	SA Qualifier	Invited
Group A	Group A	Group B	Group C
hwinn	PaG3	gebeeri	Fludd
Kickstart	PiXeL1K	Rds149	M1ME
Shrimzy	Roth	pheroz	Relo
TGLTN	CowBoi	KeramTMz	Snakers
C: GUNNER	C: go_bang		C: Trevor

Schedule

PAS 3 takes place from March 15th to April 7th.
Group Stage:

• March 15th - A vs B
• March 16th - B vs C
• March 17th - A vs C

Last Chance:

• March 23rd-24th

Grand Finals:

• April 5th-7th

Group Stage and Last Chance stages begin at 4pm PDT / 7pm EDT / 11pm GMT / +1 00:00 CET.
Grand Finals stage begins at 4pm PDT / 7pm EDT / +1 12am BST / +1 01:00 CEST.

Talent

Meet the folks bringing you all the action on the English broadcast!

• Stephen "Toffees" Pierce
• Matt "Matrym" Oates
• Cameron Davis
• Dustin "godspeed" Kane
• Mike "Porosaurus" Navarro
• Darren "GibsonCasts" Gibson

Watch

Here's where you can watch the tournament:

• Twitch - Main Stream
• Twitch - Map Stream
• YouTube
• Portuguese Broadcast
• Spanish Broadcast

Subreddit Resources

Know exactly when each day of the tournament is by keeping an eye on our Upcoming Tournaments calendar! Check out the sidebar of CompetitivePUBG and PUBATTLEGROUNDS.
Discuss the current tournament day and find all necessary information in our daily discussion threads posted on CompetitivePUBG during the tournament!
Support your favorite team by setting a user flair! Click the "edit user flair" button on the CompetitivePUBG subreddit sidebar.

PUBG Americas Series 3 is the premier regional series for the Americas in the first half of the competitive season.
New to PUBG Esports? Check out the Esports Guide to learn all about it.

Useful Links

Official Page Esports Guide - Regional Series Liquipedia - PAS 3 Twire - Leaderboards Twire - Matches

Format

Here are all of the stages of the event.
Group Stage:

• 24 teams are split into 3 groups and face each other in a round-robin format (A vs B, B vs C, A vs C) over the course of 3 days.
• Each team plays 12 matches.
• Team placements are based on all 18 matches.
• The top 8 teams advance to the Grand Finals, while the bottom 16 teams are placed into Last Chance.

Last Chance:

• The bottom 16 teams from Group Stage play 12 matches over the course of 2 days.
• The top 8 teams advance to the Grand Finals, while the bottom 8 teams are eliminated.

Grand Finals:

• The top 8 teams from Group Stage and Last Chance play 18 matches over the course of 3 days.

PAS 3 is played on patch 28.1 with v5.0.0 of SUPER.
The event has a $50,000 prize pool.

Road to PGS & PGC

The top 3 non-Global Partner Teams on the final PAS 3 leaderboard will qualify directly to PGS 3 and 4.
By placing well in the Grand Finals of PAS 3, teams can earn PGC Points which will earn them qualification slots at the PUBG Global Championship at the end of the year.
PAS 3 is the first of three regional events in the Americas to award PGC Points this year.
Here is the PGC Point distribution for this event:

Rank	Points	Rank	Points
#1	300	#9	80
#2	210	#10	70
#3	185	#11	60
#4	160	#12	50
#5	135	#13	40
#6	110	#14	30
#7	100	#15	20
#8	90	#16	10

Teams

Here are all of the participating teams, their rosters, qualification routes, and Group Stage groups.

4NATION	55 E-Sports	Aces Crew	Also Known As
NA Qualifier	SA Qualifier	NA Qualifier	SA Qualifier
Group A	Group C	Group B	Group A
DANGYO	slabyy	dan1mon	L1P7
itsZeiko	ZxLopes	f1nna	Luizeer4
Maffooo	glock	J4M	nahnouh
TheSpectro	ps1co	Zealot	Rafex
BESTIA	Bonde do Galo	Elevate	Future
Invited	SA Qualifier	Invited	SA Qualifier
Group C	Group A	Group B	Group B
SzylzEN	HazeteN	Shinboi	FROGMAN1
Dr4FTk1NG	s3xylts	Poonage	Shapp2k
PIPAA	Paidim	Vegas	terezoca4ever
Sharpshot	AndrewTD	Balefrost	samcrofps
C: TecTH0R			HGfps
Gascans	Gatos Chicos	Legacy	Luna Galaxy
NA Qualifier	NA Qualifier	Invited	Invited
Group B	Group B	Group B	Group A
Adam	HUGHLIGAN	guizeraa	Fakezin
Pentalol	Justus	lfp1	Haven
RichyB	KEEGAN	rbN	v1n1
Vox	REFRAY	vhz	zkrakeN
Mercy Gaming	Not A Hobby	Old Guard	PanelaGood
NA Qualifier	NA Qualifier	SA Qualifier	SA Qualifier
Group A	Group C	Group C	Group C
Luciid	Arsson	Killdemo	SonycX
pwddddddddd	Baccmonster	NecroAQN	Warlockk_1
SAyFoo	Quicks	hiagguin	AbsTDaryl
SneakAttack	ZulMox	kyshenn	Srlutinhoo
		KAMYSHH
Pichau Gaming	RATZ	Shoot To Kill	Synergy Esports
Invited	NA Qualifier	NA Qualifier	SA Qualifier
Group B	Group C	Group C	Group A
Netenho	Chun	aLOW	FaKe
Ykuz	gats	luke12	mArtins4n
santa	GRANTLANTIS	Purdy	Kalniixx
bielmtcalmo	DaSpoon	sparkingg	Sukehiro
C: and1FPS		C: woo1y
Soniqs	Spacestation Gaming	SPAM	Team Falcons
Invited	Invited	SA Qualifier	Invited
Group A	Group A	Group B	Group C
hwinn	PaG3	gebeeri	Fludd
Kickstart	PiXeL1K	Rds149	M1ME
Shrimzy	Roth	pheroz	Relo
TGLTN	CowBoi	KeramTMz	Snakers
C: GUNNER	C: go_bang		C: Trevor

Schedule

PAS 3 takes place from March 15th to April 7th.
Group Stage:

• March 15th - A vs B
• March 16th - B vs C
• March 17th - A vs C

Last Chance:

• March 23rd-24th

Grand Finals:

• April 5th-7th

Group Stage and Last Chance stages begin at 4pm PDT / 7pm EDT / 11pm GMT / +1 00:00 CET.
Grand Finals stage begins at 4pm PDT / 7pm EDT / +1 12am BST / +1 01:00 CEST.

Talent

Meet the folks bringing you all the action on the English broadcast!

• Stephen "Toffees" Pierce
• Matt "Matrym" Oates
• Cameron Davis
• Dustin "godspeed" Kane
• Mike "Porosaurus" Navarro
• Darren "GibsonCasts" Gibson

Watch

Here's where you can watch the tournament:

• Twitch - Main Stream
• Twitch - Map Stream
• YouTube
• Portuguese Broadcast
• Spanish Broadcast

Subreddit Resources

Know exactly when each day of the tournament is by keeping an eye on our Upcoming Tournaments calendar! Check out the sidebar of CompetitivePUBG and PUBATTLEGROUNDS.
Discuss the current tournament day and find all necessary information in our daily discussion threads posted on CompetitivePUBG during the tournament!
Support your favorite team by setting a user flair! Click the "edit user flair" button on the CompetitivePUBG subreddit sidebar.