2025.01.20: Dummest Timelion

Burnie and Ashley discuss the Great TikTok Comeback of 2025, Presidential Crypto, Bernie mittens, indoor inaugurations, and a bunch of other dumb stuff.
  
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TikTok Whiplash

• TikTok shuts down in the US – The Verge
• TikTok is now back after shutdown. Under Trump, here’s what comes next. – MarketWatch
• Update: Despite the TikTok ban’s reversal, Marvel Snap is still blocked in the US
• TikTok Ban: Full List of Other Apps That Have Gone Dark – Newsweek
• Marvel Snap Gets Caught in Crossfire of the US’ TikTok Ban (Updated)
• Chinese hackers infiltrated US Treasury Secretary’s PC — attackers had access to over 400 PCs | Tom’s Hardware

Instagram Opportunism

• Instagram announces a blatant CapCut clone – The Verge
• Instagram will show your friends what Reels you’ve liked
• Threads: Instagram owner to launch Twitter rival on Thursday – BBC News
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Next Target

• Tencent, CATL added to US Department of Defense’s list of companies working with China’s military | CNN Business
• What Does Tencent Own? | The Motley Fool

Indoor Inauguration

• Why has Donald Trump’s inauguration moved indoors? How does this change plans? – Firstpost
• 20 years ago, historic ice storm froze Southeast Texas
• Bernie Sanders mittens meme – Wikipedia

Ceasefire

• Joe Biden on Donald Trump getting credit for ceasefire deal: ‘Is that a joke?’
• Cease-fire between Israel and Hamas begins with hostages being handed over – Los Angeles Times

Trump Memecoin

• Trump launches meme coin, $Trump days before return to White House – BBC News
• It’s ‘Just Begun’—Trump Meme Coin Suddenly Crashes Back As Melania Coin Shock Hits Crypto
• What To Know About Melania Trump’s New Meme Coin

Pigeon Heists

• Belgium’s pastoral pastime of pigeon racing faces high anxiety over crime wave | AP News
• Pigeon racing – Wikipedia

MM Coin

• Presidential M&M’s – Wikipedia