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Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, January 2nd
Teresa Burns Parkhurst’s Daily Cartoon gets 2019 off to a great start.
Congressional Exits
Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi sat down with outgoing members of Congress to find out what it was all really about anyway.
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People use anonymous question apps to learn about the world and themselves
My Instagram followers want to know whether I like veggie chips and how many push-ups I can do in a row. The answer is no and one. On this week’s Why’d You Push That Button, Vox.com’s Kaitlyn Tiffany and I discuss anonymous question-and-answer apps — why do people use them, both to ask and receive questions?
First, I chat with my pal Vanessa about how they use Instagram’s question and answer feature to build community. Then, Kaitlyn chats with a minor Tumblr celebrity, Klaudia, about how she handles questions she’s asked and how she guides the youth of today through their lives. And finally, I interview Janis Grivins, the COO of Ask.fm, about why people ask anonymous questions and what purpose a masked identity can serve.
As always, you…
Roku Channel adds subscriptions for Showtime, Starz, and other premium networks
The Roku Channel, which offers free-to-watch, ad-supported movies, TV shows, and live news, is introducing premium subscriptions. Users will soon be able to get networks including Showtime, Starz, and Epix, and pay for everything on one bill — similar to Amazon Prime Video and its add-on channels. The Roku Channel isn’t strictly limited to Roku hardware: it’s available on an expanding list of devices and is a huge focus for the company.
There are several differences between what Roku’s doing and Prime Channels, though. First, Amazon’s solution requires Prime, whereas Roku’s subscriptions don’t have any prerequisites aside from you setting up a Roku account. The second difference — and perhaps a more important one — is that Roku isn’t…
Start 2019 Off Right with a Weird-Colored Smoothie
Jason Hayes writes a satirical recommendation for weird-colored smoothies as a way to start the New Year off right.
Roku Channel Streams Shows to Your Phone, No Box Required
The Roku Channel will be available to stream from within the Roku app, and will add paid subscription options like Showtime.
Photo Gallery: Capturing the Everyday Horror of Dairy Farming in Germany
Photographer Nikita Teryoshin visited factory farms, insemination stations, and more for his series ‘Hornless Heritage.’
Kango, HopSkipDrive Try to Make Ride-Hail Work for Kids
The outfits vying to be the “Uber for kids” must build viable businesses that assuage all sorts of concerns about kids in cars.
One Species Loves Our Climate-Wrecking Ways: Fire Ants!
These stinging insects love natural disasters, human landscaping and the warming conditions brought by climate change. At least someone’s happy.