After Being Banned From Twitter, Substack Launches Twitter-Like Notes
Substack recently released its new Notes feature, which works similarly to Twitter and is poised to be an alternative to Elon Musk’s social media platform. This comes after Musk banned all Substack links from Twitter after Substack announced Notes. Twitter then hid from search results any news stories mentioning Substack. Substack’s Notes will appear on […]
Pierre Poilievre Calls on Elon Musk to Label CBC as ‘Government-Funded Media’
Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on Twitter CEO Elon Musk to slap a “government-funded media” label on the CBC’s twitter account. “We must protect Canadians against disinformation and manipulation by state media,” Poilievre wrote in a tweet. “That is why I’m asking @Twitter @elonmusk to accurately label CBC as ‘government-funded media.’” In the […]
FOMC Minutes Suggest ‘Mild Recession’ Is En Route, Little Progress on Disinflation
Since the last FOMC meeting in March, much of the upheaval surrounding the US and Swiss banking crisis has subsided, giving Federal Reserve policy makers assurances that further emergency policy intervention likely isn’t warranted. Still, with labour market conditions historically tight and inflation well-above target, policy makers last month weren’t budging on their fight against […]
North Carolina Church Wipes Out $3 Million of Local Families’ Medical Debt
A church in North Carolina recently bought over $3 million worth of medical debt, saving more than 3,000 Davidson County residents from being harassed by debt collectors. Members of the Trinity Moravian Church in Winston-Salem are in their second year of taking on the Debt Jubilee Project, where they pay off past-due medical bills for […]
Swarmio Launches New Payment Solution— With Vijai Karthigesu
Returning to the Daily Dive today is Vijai Karthigesu, founder & CEO of Swarmio Media (CSE: SWRM). Vijai joins us this afternoon discuss Swarmio’s recent launch of Eco VoicePay for its esports gaming platform, a marketing campaign that will be on for Ramadan, and expected growth in 2023. READ: Swarmio Launches New Payment Solution For […]
Texas County Looks to Shut Down Library After Judge Orders to Reinstate Banned Books
A Llano County, Texas judge has called for a special meeting to discuss whether to continue or cease the operations of the county’s library system just two weeks after a federal judge ordered the library to return the books they had removed from the system. The special meeting, scheduled for Thursday, April 13, was called […]
Canadian Government Attempts To Stifle News
Newly disclosed records show a federal government department requested that Facebook and Twitter delete a newspaper article that it believed included mistakes — but both social media firms refused. According to material supplied by Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, the request to remove social media posts that linked to an undisclosed Toronto Sun article came […]
Bud Light Backlash Trickles Down to Distributors, Affects Sales in Some Markets
The backlash against Anheuser-Busch’s (NYSE: BUD) Bud Light brand for its decision to engage transgender rights advocate, actress, and TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney as one of its influencers is “spooking” some distributors in certain areas of the country, threatening a drop in sales as more anti-trans rights conservatives swear off the iconic brand. Beer Business […]
Tiff Macklem Leaves Rates Untouched, Is Confident Inflation Will Fall ‘Quickly’ In Coming Months
As was widely expected, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem opted to keep the overnight rate unchanged at 4.5%, gripped with confidence that inflation levels will keep receding quickly over the next several months. Despite acknowledging there is still excess demand in the economy and employers are continuing to more hire workers, the Bank of […]
Blackstone Raises “Largest Real Estate Fund” At $30.4 Billion After Restricting Withdrawals
Blackstone (NYSE: BX) announced Tuesday the final closing of Blackstone Real Estate Partners X, its latest global real estate fund (BREP X). The total capital commitments for BREP X are $30.4 billion, making it the largest real estate or private equity drawdown fund ever established. The real estate giant’s three opportunistic strategies (Global, Asia, and […]