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Can ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ and other tabletop games help youth build social skills?

GeekWire

(Game to Grow Image) A new whitepaper from two Seattle organizations exhibits research into how tabletop roleplaying games, such as Wizards of the Coast’s Dungeons & Dragons , can be used to help children and teenagers develop their social skills.

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Fortnite to host We The People program focused on conversations about race in America

The Verge

The program, hosted by Van Jones of CNN, will include journalists Elaine Welteroth and Jemele Hill , and musicians Killer Mike and Lil Baby. Epic Games debuted Party Royale in April, a separate non-violent social space from the main Battle Royale island. Enter the Party Royale playlist and go to the Island’s Big Screen.

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Tom Skerritt’s new Seattle digital media startup launches PNW lifestyle streaming channel

GeekWire

” Some of the initial content includes Leslie and Dale Chihuly’s documentary, “Chihuly Outside,” and selections from the Seattle International Film Festival. “STIRR also provides local, live news programming, which pairs well with our regionally curated catalog.” Leslie Grandy. Triple Squirrels Photo).

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We have NASA’s rules for tweeting in space

Vox

Over 100 pages of documents show how the space agency handles social media and discussions about Ukraine. Thanks to a software update in 2010 and some much-improved bandwidth capacity, it’s now possible to tweet and participate in other forms of social media from the International Space Station in real time.

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HBO Max will soon begin streaming US soccer matches

The Verge

HBO Max is adding more sports coverage to its programming slate. It also makes HBO Max a service just as much for sports fans as it is for film and TV enthusiasts, where it needs to improve to take on Netflix (which continues to avoid live sports even as its prices climb ever higher ). Photo by Erin Chang/ISI Photos/Getty Images.

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The evolution of consumer sentiment analysis tools and the role of startups

Dataconomy

Consumer sentiment can build up an economy when a beloved singer tours or it can tear down a social media platform that lost sight of its base demographic, for example. With the invention of the internet and the rise of social media, consumer confidence indexes have greater access to consumer opinions with real-time feedback.

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Remini AI headshot generator is not your only option

Dataconomy

The Remini AI headshot generator has become pretty famous thanks to some of the popular social media platforms. On social networking sites like Twitter, many individuals post headshots that they created using AI. Remini, an AI-based program, can help you with this. and are interested in their method.