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Public domain Mickey Mouse is the first meme of 2024

TechCrunch

The new year marks the nerdiest holiday you maybe didn’t know about: Public Domain Day. After years of legal battles, “Steamboat Willie,” a 1928 Walt Disney short featuring Mickey Mouse, is now public domain. But this year’s celebration is extra special.

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Now you can determine your level of Fauci with this handy meme

The Verge

So when a public health expert needed a way to measure how her students were coping with all of the stresses of 2020, she created a chart to gauge their “level of Fauci.”. “We She’d noticed that her community of public health and medical professionals was feeling pretty depressed.

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Rivian’s mega IPO is a good test of the meme stock craze

The Verge

Rivian’s hotly anticipated public debut is finally here , but the electric vehicle company is not generating the same kind of feverish online posting as its rival Tesla or other EV startups — and that’s probably a good thing. Which is not to say being a meme stock is a safe space to occupy. Don’t get me wrong. What a crazy year.”.

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GameStop memes even harder with ‘Web3 Gaming’ and NFT job listings

The Verge

After a rollercoaster of a year on the stock market fueled by WallStreetBets retail trading, GameStop is going full meme and looking to build a “Web3” platform, according to a flurry of job listings posted to its careers site on Monday. Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: The Humane Society of the United States

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For us, Twitter is primarily a public relations/customer service tool. We still use Twitter a bit to talk about our programs, we participate and create our own memes like “ #felinefriday ”, but we focus on listening and responding to what people are already talking about. Being a social media enthusiast yourself.

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Robinhood’s public trading is off to a rocky start

The Verge

Robinhood is synonymous with the rise of meme stocks and retail investing. Robinhood is synonymous with the rise of meme stocks and retail investing. Maybe, he suggests, this is better than going to a casino or gambling on DraftKings because companies can use the money to invest in jobs and growth.

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Ice Bucket Challenge: Can Other Nonprofits Reproduce It?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It goes beyond what is known as “ newsjacking ,” to analyze public reaction and also have the agility to strike while the iron is hot. (2) 2) Playing on Memes: The campaign took advantage of social media narcissism for a good cause. It is a combination of public dare combined with something outrageous.

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