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Georgia Music Day of Action This Wednesday, February 28

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

ATLANTA, Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Georgia's music industry is rallying behind legislation to create a statewide Georgia Music Office to retain and attract talent and opportunities related to the music industry. Led by the leadership of Georgia Music Partners (GMP), statewide organizations, performers, and music business professionals are coming together on Wednesday, Feb. 28, for Georgia Music Day of Action. This virtual advocacy day is to lobby for support to establish the state's first Georgia Music Office as part of The Georgia Statewide Music Office Act. The public is being asked to spread the word on social media as well as write and call their state legislators before Thursday to ask for support in getting this vital legislation passed and funded so Georgia can also become the #1 state for music business. To submit a letter, members of the public can go to www.recordingacademy.com/advocacy/act#/84; for social media graphics, visit here.

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Led by the leadership of Georgia Music Partners (GMP), statewide organizations, performers, and music business professionals are coming together on Wednesday, Feb. 28, for Georgia Music Day of Action, a virtual advocacy day to lobby for support to establish the state's first Georgia Music Office as part of The Georgia Statewide Music Office Act.
ATLANTA, Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Georgia's music industry is rallying behind legislation to create a statewide Georgia Music Office to retain and attract talent and opportunities related to the music industry.
Led by the leadership of Georgia Music Partners (GMP), statewide organizations, performers, and music business professionals are coming together on Wednesday, Feb. 28, for Georgia Music Day of Action.
This virtual advocacy day is to lobby for support to establish the state's first Georgia Music Office as part of The Georgia Statewide Music Office Act.

Vertical Flight Society to Hold World's Largest and Longest Running Electric VTOL Symposium Next Month

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

FAIRFAX, Va., Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Vertical Flight Society (VFS), the world's leading non-profit organization working to advance vertical flight technology, announces today that its annual conference on electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft will be the world's largest event ever on the emerging industry.

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The packed agenda has nearly 150 total speakers in 3 tracks, plus 37 exhibitors, including two eVTOL aircraft on display.
This 11th Annual Electric VTOL Symposium — being held Feb. 6–8 in Santa Clara, California, as part of the VFS Transformative Vertical Flight 2024 — is the world's largest and longest-running event focusing on the incredible promise, progress and challenges of eVTOL aircraft.
This is the world's only event focused on advancing the understanding of aeromechanics of helicopters and other vertical flight aircraft.
VFS has been the world's largest technical community of engineers, technologists and specialists developing vertical flight aircraft for more than 80 years.

#JeSuisCharlie was one of the most viral hashtags in history – here's why it wouldn't happen today

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Friday, January 5, 2024

Je suis Charlie, Movement, Research, Translation, Doctor of Philosophy, Religion, Freedom, Technology, Muslims, Terror, Social media, Mastodon, Algorithm, History, Vaccine

Much of this support was organised online, using the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie (I am Charlie).

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Much of this support was organised online, using the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie (I am Charlie).
In my PhD research, I am exploring the role of social media in commemoration, specifically when it comes to terror attacks.
The immense popularity of #JeSuisCharlie is a prime example of how the technology available to us can shape our understanding of shared experiences.
When the attack took place in early 2015, Twitter use was hitting its peak, with hashtags well established as key drivers of content.

Lasting power

It has had an enduring legacy which is unusual for social media.
After a knifeman wounded two at the former site of Charlie HQ in 2020, the hashtag reemerged in various forms.

What would #JeSuisCharlie look like today?

Twitter is now X, and Elon Musk’s takeover has driven users toward other platforms like Mastodon and Instagram’s Threads.
Younger users in particular are choosing sites such as TikTok and Instagram over X and Facebook.

Because of this, it’s often difficult to trace a single point of emergence for a particular phrase or idea.
And platforms such as TikTok make it easier to respond, adapt or remix content instead of just sharing it.
The use of algorithms to influence user behaviour on social media means shared memories are now often circulated in echo chambers.

Emma Connolly does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Africans discovered dinosaur fossils long before the term 'palaeontology' existed

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Thursday, January 4, 2024

Natural history, Fossil, Jobaria, Science, Attention, Kem Kem Group, Ancestral Puebloans, Indigenous Australians, Khoisan, Knowledge, Painting, Tuareg people, Folklore, Time, Mastodon, Medicine, Rift valley, History, Jewellery

Over the next two centuries dinosaur palaeontology would be dominated by numerous British natural scientists.

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Over the next two centuries dinosaur palaeontology would be dominated by numerous British natural scientists.
We present evidence that the first dinosaur bone may have been discovered in Africa as early as 500 years before Plot’s.
Peering through the published and unpublished archaeological, historical and palaeontological literature, we discovered that there has been interest in fossils in Africa for as long as there have been people on the continent.
More often than not, the first dinosaur fossils supposedly discovered by scientists were actually brought to their attention by local guides.

Bolahla rock shelter in Lesotho

One of the highlights of our paper is the archaeological site of Bolahla, a Later Stone Age rock shelter in Lesotho.
This part of Lesotho is particularly well known for delivering the species Massospondylus carinatus, a 4 to 6 metre, long-necked and small-headed dinosaur.
In 1990, archaeologists working at Bolahla discovered that a finger bone of Massospondylus, a fossil phalanx, had been transported to the cave.
Given the current knowledge, it could have been at any time of occupation of the shelter from the 12th to 18th centuries.

Early knowledge of extinct creatures

In Algeria, for example, people referred to some dinosaur footprints as belonging to the legendary “Roc bird”.
In North America, cave paintings depicting dinosaur footprints were painted by the Anasazi people between AD 1000 and 1200.

Claiming credit

For instance, unlike the people in Europe, the Americas and Asia, indigenous African palaeontologists seem to have seldom used fossils for traditional medicine.
Read more:
Rock stars: how a group of scientists in South Africa rescued a rare 500kg chunk of human history
By exploring indigenous palaeontology in Africa, our team is putting together pieces of a forgotten past that gives credit back to local communities.

Julien Benoit receives funding from the DSI-NRF African Origins Platform program and GENUS (DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Palaeosciences) Cameron Penn-Clarke receives funding from GENUS (DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Palaeosciences). Charles Helm does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Flipboard CEO Mike McCue Launches First Podcast About the Fediverse

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Mike McCue, co-founder and CEO of Flipboard, the creator of the world's first social magazine, introduces a new podcast and video series titled "Dot Social'' to shed light on the current transformation of social media. The podcast explores the Fediverse from all angles: societal, cultural and technical. Following Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, a noticeable shift in the social media landscape has emerged. A significant number of users have transitioned to decentralized platforms like Mastodon and Bluesky, while Meta's Threads has attracted almost 100 million monthly users.

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PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Mike McCue, co-founder and CEO of Flipboard, the creator of the world's first social magazine, introduces a new podcast and video series titled " Dot Social '' to shed light on the current transformation of social media.
The podcast explores the Fediverse from all angles: societal, cultural and technical.
A serial entrepreneur, Mike McCue has developed digital platforms that have revolutionized how we consume and share content.
More recently, as the driving force behind Flipboard, McCue created the first social magazine for people to 'flip through' stories that inspire and inform their day.

Three Swiss Brands introduce the Extraordinary Jacket

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Monday, November 6, 2023

Sustainability, Innovation, Temperature, Coffee, HeiQ Materials AG, Aluminium, Capsule, CMO, Marketing, Hotel, Cryptocurrency, Nespresso, Mastodon

Nespresso, Mammut, and HeiQ have collaborated to design the Extraordinary Jacket, a unique garment in the outdoor apparel industry.

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Nespresso, Mammut, and HeiQ have collaborated to design the Extraordinary Jacket, a unique garment in the outdoor apparel industry.
The Extraordinary Jacket is a testament to Swiss design and innovation.
What makes the Extraordinary Jacket genuinely extraordinary is its ability to retain 20% more heat than a conventional insulation jacket of similar thickness.
For Carlo Centonze, CEO of HeiQ Group, "the Extraordinary Jacket is a symbol of HeiQ's promise to deliver "Swiss Tech Inside".

Three Swiss Brands introduce the Extraordinary Jacket

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Monday, November 6, 2023

Sustainability, Innovation, Temperature, Coffee, HeiQ Materials AG, Aluminium, Capsule, CMO, Marketing, Hotel, Cryptocurrency, Nespresso, Mastodon

Nespresso, Mammut, and HeiQ have collaborated to design the Extraordinary Jacket, a unique garment in the outdoor apparel industry.

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Nespresso, Mammut, and HeiQ have collaborated to design the Extraordinary Jacket, a unique garment in the outdoor apparel industry.
The Extraordinary Jacket is a testament to Swiss design and innovation.
What makes the Extraordinary Jacket genuinely extraordinary is its ability to retain 20% more heat than a conventional insulation jacket of similar thickness.
For Carlo Centonze, CEO of HeiQ Group, "the Extraordinary Jacket is a symbol of HeiQ's promise to deliver "Swiss Tech Inside".

The Vertical Flight Society Announces the Winners of the 40th Annual Student Design Competition

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Friday, August 25, 2023

FAIRFAX, Va., Aug. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Vertical Flight Society (VFS) today announces the winners of its 40th Annual Student Design Competition. The team of University of Maryland took first place in the Graduate category and Georgia Institute of Technology/US Military Academy in the Undergraduate category. In addition, the Military Institute of Technology (Bangladesh) took Best New Undergraduate Entrant honors. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Co., was the sponsor of this year's competition, supporting a total of $12,500 in prize money.

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FAIRFAX, Va., Aug. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Vertical Flight Society (VFS) today announces the winners of its 40th Annual Student Design Competition.
Executive summaries for the top-winning entries from the 40th Student Design Competition are available at http://www.vtol.org/sdc , along with past winners.
The 40th (2022-2023) Student Design Competition was entitled, "High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing (HSVTOL) Aircraft."
The Vertical Flight Society is the world's premier vertical flight technical society.

80% of Marketers Likely to Try Threads, but Say It Contributes to More Social Media Fragmentation

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Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Marketing, Advertising, Communications, Digital Marketing, Social Media, Media, Uncertainty, Post, Thread, Capterra, Social media, Traction, Blue Sky, ROI, Safety, Video game, Mastodon

Among marketers with an X (formally Twitter) or Instagram account, 80% say they’re likely to try Threads, according to Capterra’s 2023 Social Media Landscape Survey fielded in July 2023, shortly after the app’s launch.

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Among marketers with an X (formally Twitter) or Instagram account, 80% say they’re likely to try Threads, according to Capterra’s 2023 Social Media Landscape Survey fielded in July 2023, shortly after the app’s launch.
Marketers follow their customers, but they also look to competitors when considering new social media platforms.
In fact, 40% of marketers only like to try a promising new or emerging social media platform when they see competitors use it successfully for marketing.
Read the full report on Capterra.com for more insights on social media budget allocation strategies and advice for navigating new social media platforms like Threads.

Meta's Threads is surging, but mass migration from Twitter is likely to remain an uphill battle

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Sunday, July 9, 2023

Most recently the microblogging platform backed by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, Bluesky, saw a surge of sign-ups in the days following Twitter’s rate limit, and Meta launched its microblogging platform Threads on July 5.

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Most recently the microblogging platform backed by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, Bluesky, saw a surge of sign-ups in the days following Twitter’s rate limit, and Meta launched its microblogging platform Threads on July 5.
Even very different forms of social media such as TikTok are benefiting from what many see as Twitter’s imminent demise.
The turmoil at Twitter is causing many of the company’s users to consider leaving the platform.
Research on previous social media platform migrations shows what might lie ahead for Twitter users who fly the coop.

‘You go first’

These migrations are in large part driven by network effects, meaning that the value of a new platform depends on who else is there.
For this reason, the “death” of a platform – whether from a controversy, disliked change or competition – tends to be a slow, gradual process.

It’ll never be the same

What makes Twitter Twitter isn’t the technology, it’s the particular configuration of interactions that takes place there.
And there is essentially zero chance that Twitter, as it exists now, could be reconstituted on another platform.
But as our study implies, migrations always have a cost, and even for smaller communities, some people will get lost along the way.

The ties that bind

They might be unwilling to completely cut ties all at once, but they might dip their toes into a new platform by sharing the same content on both.
Ways to import networks from another platform also help to maintain communities.
In this sense, Threads has an advantage over other Twitter alternatives because users sign up via their Instagram accounts.
But even if there is a price to pay for leaving a platform, communities can be incredibly resilient.