#Best self-hosted apps 2023

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Best Self-hosted Apps in 2023

Best Self-hosted Apps in 2023 #homelab #selfhosting #BestSelfHostedApps2023 #ComprehensiveGuideToSelfHosting #TopMediaServersForPersonalUse #SecurePasswordManagersForSelfHost #EssentialToolsForSelfHostedSetup #RaspberryPiCompatibleHostingApps

You can run many great self-hosted apps in your home lab or on your media server with only a small amount of tinkering. Let’s look at the best self-hosted apps in 2023 and a list of apps you should check out. Table of contentsWhy Self-hosting?Plex: The Media Server KingJellyfin: Open Source Media FreedomEmby: A Balanced Media ContenderNextcloud: Your Personal Cloud ServiceHome Assistant:…

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The surveillance advertising to financial fraud pipeline

Monday (October 2), I'll be in Boise to host an event with VE Schwab. On October 7–8, I'm in Milan to keynote Wired Nextfest.

Being watched sucks. Of all the parenting mistakes I've made, none haunt me more than the times my daughter caught me watching her while she was learning to do something, discovered she was being observed in a vulnerable moment, and abandoned her attempt:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2014/may/09/cybersecurity-begins-with-integrity-not-surveillance

It's hard to be your authentic self while you're under surveillance. For that reason alone, the rise and rise of the surveillance industry – an unholy public-private partnership between cops, spooks, and ad-tech scum – is a plague on humanity and a scourge on the Earth:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/16/the-second-best-time-is-now/#the-point-of-a-system-is-what-it-does

But beyond the psychic damage surveillance metes out, there are immediate, concrete ways in which surveillance brings us to harm. Ad-tech follows us into abortion clinics and then sells the info to the cops back home in the forced birth states run by Handmaid's Tale LARPers:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/06/29/no-i-in-uter-us/#egged-on

And even if you have the good fortune to live in a state whose motto isn't "There's no 'I" in uter-US," ad-tech also lets anti-abortion propagandists trick you into visiting fake "clinics" who defraud you into giving birth by running out the clock on terminating your pregnancy:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/06/15/paid-medical-disinformation/#crisis-pregnancy-centers

The commercial surveillance industry fuels SWATting, where sociopaths who don't like your internet opinions or are steamed because you beat them at Call of Duty trick the cops into thinking that there's an "active shooter" at your house, provoking the kind of American policing autoimmune reaction that can get you killed:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/14/us/swatting-sentence-casey-viner/index.html

There's just a lot of ways that compiling deep, nonconsensual, population-scale surveillance dossiers can bring safety and financial harm to the unwilling subjects of our experiment in digital spying. The wave of "business email compromises" (the infosec term for impersonating your boss to you and tricking you into cleaning out the company bank accounts)? They start with spear phishing, a phishing attack that uses personal information – bought from commercial sources or ganked from leaks – to craft a virtual Big Store con:

https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/safety-resources/scams-and-safety/common-scams-and-crimes/business-email-compromise

It's not just spear-phishers. There are plenty of financial predators who run petty grifts – stock swindles, identity theft, and other petty cons. These scams depend on commercial surveillance, both to target victims (e.g. buying Facebook ads targeting people struggling with medical debt and worried about losing their homes) and to run the con itself (by getting the information needed to pull of a successful identity theft).

In "Consumer Surveillance and Financial Fraud," a new National Bureau of Academic Research paper, a trio of business-school profs – Bo Bian (UBC), Michaela Pagel (WUSTL) and Huan Tang (Wharton) quantify the commercial surveillance industry's relationship to finance crimes:

https://www.nber.org/papers/w31692

The authors take advantage of a time-series of ZIP-code-accurate fraud complaint data from the Consumer Finance Protection Board, supplemented by complaints from the FTC, along with Apple's rollout of App Tracking Transparency, a change to app-based tracking on Apple mobile devices that turned of third-party commercial surveillance unless users explicitly opted into being spied on. More than 96% of Apple users blocked spying:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/96-of-us-users-opt-out-of-app-tracking-in-ios-14-5-analytics-find/

In other words, they were able to see, neighborhood by neighborhood, what happened to financial fraud when users were able to block commercial surveillance.

What happened is, fraud plunged. Deprived of the raw material for committing fraud, criminals were substantially hampered in their ability to steal from internet users.

While this is something that security professionals have understood for years, this study puts some empirical spine into the large corpus of qualitative accounts of the surveillance-to-fraud pipeline.

As the authors note in their conclusion, this analysis is timely. Google has just rolled out a new surveillance system, the deceptively named "Privacy Sandbox," that every Chrome user is being opted in to unless they find and untick three separate preference tickboxes. You should find and untick these boxes:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/09/how-turn-googles-privacy-sandbox-ad-tracking-and-why-you-should

Google has spun, lied and bullied Privacy Sandbox into existence; whenever this program draws enough fire, they rename it (it used to be called FLoC). But as the Apple example showed, no one wants to be spied on – that's why Google makes you find and untick three boxes to opt out of this new form of surveillance.

There is no consensual basis for mass commercial surveillance. The story that "people don't mind ads so long as they're relevant" is a lie. But even if it was true, it wouldn't be enough, because beyond the harms to being our authentic selves that come from the knowledge that we're being observed, surveillance data is a crucial ingredient for all kinds of crime, harassment, and deception.

We can't rely on companies to spy on us responsibly. Apple may have blocked third-party app spying, but they effect nonconsensual, continuous surveillance of every Apple mobile device user, and lie about it:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/14/luxury-surveillance/#liar-liar

That's why we should ban commercial surveillance. We should outlaw surveillance advertising. Period:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/ban-online-behavioral-advertising

Contrary to the claims of surveillance profiteers, this wouldn't reduce the income to ad-supported news and other media – it would increase their revenues, by letting them place ads without relying on the surveillance troves assembled by the Google/Meta ad-tech duopoly, who take the majority of ad-revenue:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/save-news-we-must-ban-surveillance-advertising

We're 30 years into the commercial surveillance pandemic and Congress still hasn't passed a federal privacy law with a private right of action. But other agencies aren't waiting for Congress. The FTC and DoJ Antitrust Divsision have proposed new merger guidelines that allow regulators to consider privacy harms when companies merge:

https://www.regulations.gov/comment/FTC-2023-0043-1569

Think here of how Google devoured Fitbit and claimed massive troves of extremely personal data, much of which was collected because employers required workers to wear biometric trackers to get the best deal on health care:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/04/google-fitbit-merger-would-cement-googles-data-empire

Companies can't be trusted to collect, retain or use our personal data wisely. The right "balance" here is to simply ban that collection, without an explicit opt-in. The way this should work is that companies can't collect private data unless users hunt down and untick three "don't spy on me" boxes. After all, that's the standard that Google has set.

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/29/ban-surveillance-ads/#sucker-funnel

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Anna Kai believes in self-gaslighting. On TikTok, as @itsmaybeboth, she markets beauty products for Garnier, Nivea, and Nexxus Hair Care while dispensing relationship advice to her 1.3 million followers. “If you can gaslight yourself into believing the man that doesn’t love you actually loves you, then why can’t you gaslight yourself into believing you will find a man who actually does?”

For Blaine Anderson, finding the right partner is all about savvy marketing, which “great guys often SUCK at,” a note on her website exclaims. She has hacks for every possible scenario that can, and will, arise during the dating process: how to text like a “high-value man,” what first-date mistakes to avoid, how to make women obsessed, and the best ways to attract them without talking. In case you were curious, it starts with good posture and grooming. “If you haven’t been shopping since the Obama administration, it’s time,” she says in a video uploaded to TikTok in May.

“As a relationship therapist, I’ve literally spent my career studying the art of attraction and human psychology, so I know that these things work,” Kimberly Moffit, a Toronto-based psychotherapist, said in a TikTok video from 2022. Maybe your crush is shy and you want to know if he is “micro-flirting” with you? One tell-tale sign: dirty jokes. “An aggressive guy is just gonna hit on you,” she said, “but a shy guy is really gonna test the waters first.”

If you haven’t heard, it’s boom times for dating influencers. According to a new survey of single adults aged 18 to 62 conducted by the app Flirtini, one in four people rely on TikTok as their primary source of relationship information, and almost 50 percent of people surveyed turn to social media for dating advice.

This phenomenon has created an ecosystem of thoughtful, overzealous, trend-chasing dating influencers who think they know what’s best for you. The marketplace is now overrun with gurus offering up romantic hacks and how-tos to anyone who will listen. Everyone from credentialed therapists and life coaches to that annoying friend who just discovered bell hooks’ All About Love and wants to share everything they learned brands themselves a dating influencer these days. The effect has been seismic. On TikTok, the hashtags #datingadvice and #relationshipadvice have upwards of 16 billion views.

And it’s not all bad advice per se. Kai’s self-gaslighting tip is actually quite clever. (Kai and the other influencers mentioned in this story did not respond to messages seeking comment.) There’s just one problem: Relationship misinformation is spreading fast.

A growing number of young adults now get their news from TikTok, according to a 2023 Pew Research Center study, “so it makes sense that they’d turn to the app for relationship advice too,” says Liesel Sharabi, a professor at Arizona State University who specializes in the effect technology has on interpersonal relationships. The increased reliance on the platform as a go-to source for romantic guidance has led many users to form parasocial relationships with advice-giving influencers. Unlike face-to-face, IRL relationships, these tend to be one-way. But emotionally, they feel like the real thing.

“Someone might feel like they’re getting dating advice from a trusted friend because they’ve developed such a strong sense of familiarity and connection with that person,” Sharabi says. “The problem is that when it comes to dating, there are plenty of people who call themselves experts on TikTok without any sort of training or qualifications, which can make it difficult to separate fact from opinion.”

Not all advice is created equal. As dating influencers gain more traction across social media, the proliferation of relationship misinformation becomes harder to contain. This, Sharabi describes, is “false or misleading information about relationships that can’t be evaluated using scientific data and which may perpetuate harmful stereotypes.”

The increased spread of questionable dating advice is having real-world consequences. According to the Flirtini study, 46 percent of people faced relationship struggles after following TikTok advice, with 23 percent saying it led to a break up. It begs the question: Has our need to be plugged in all the time—let's face it, many of us are hooked on the booze of social media—outweighed our rationale as humans, leading people to look for advice from the wrong people?

“Relationship advice that is attention-grabbing may not always be the most sound or accurate to people’s actual relationship needs,” says Aparajita Bhandari, an academic at the University of Waterloo who’s conducted research on TikTok. “The way our current online attention economy works breeds content that is outrageous or tends toward misinformation because it is what goes viral and gets views. Unhealthy ideas or advice can spread so quickly on a platform like TikTok that it can be difficult to even trace back to one specific source.”

For some dating influencers, love is not actually the endgame—status and comfort are. There is a dedicated core of influencers who can teach you how to marry rich, live comfortably, and never work again. For them, it is all about “high-value” dating. Love is simply the icing on the cake to a life of worry-free, jet-setting luxury.

Shera Seven is a household name among this contingent of dating influencers, beloved for her matter-of-fact approach to modern partnership. In her eyes, love is nothing more than a business transaction. “Make sure the second date is a money date. The faster you get him to spend money, the faster he attaches to you,” Seven recommended in a recent video. “You’re seeing him as a provider, a baller—and he might not even see himself that way—but now that you are perceiving him that way, he’s going to start acting that way. Drag him into your delusion.”

Influencers with large followings like Seven, Cam Donnez, and Niko of The Daddy Academy carry an impression of social authority, and therefore credibility, says Makana Chock, a communications professor at Syracuse University. But something else is also at work. More and more, TikTok is being used as a search engine in the same way many of us use Google.

“Relationships are areas where people often feel the greatest insecurities and need advice. We are sometimes, however, reluctant to turn to personal contacts for help,” Chock adds. “We may be reluctant to reveal weaknesses, concerned about close others’ conflicting motivations, or skeptical about their relationship skills.”

But relying too heavily on TikTok’s algorithm has repercussions, especially in matters of the heart. “The algorithm isn’t necessarily incentivized to recommend the most scientifically sound advice,” Sharabi says. “It’s going to prioritize content that leads to engagement in terms of likes, followers, and views. What makes something go viral on TikTok isn’t necessarily that it’s good advice—in some cases, it might even be the opposite.”

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Wix Vs WordPress

Both Wix and WordPress offer fantastic features, regardless of whether you think a free website builder should host your blog or build an e-commerce website for selling your handcrafted items. If a feature isn't native to one platform or the other, there are programs or plugins to help you expand the functionality of your site. Your needs and goals, which you will discuss with your website application development business, will determine the best option for you.

The Difference Between WordPress and Wix in 2023

Comprehensive solutions, including WordPress and Wix*-based content management systems, are offered by seasoned website creation companies like Novalabs. Ask our specialists how to utilize the free website builder.  

What is Wix?

With Wix, you can create your own website without needing to know how to code. It's a "software-as-a-service" (SaaS) tool, meaning you pay a monthly price to utilize it rather than own the product. 

What is WordPress?

In 2003, Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little founded WordPress as a platform for blogging. Since then, it has evolved into a totally free website builder.

By the year 2022, it will be widely known. According to BuiltWith.com, the platform is currently used by about 36.5 million live websites. 

There are two distinct WordPress configurations to take into account: 

Web-based WordPress

Similar to Wix, hosted WordPress is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for creating and managing websites that can be accessed at wordpress.com. 

Although it started out as a blogging service, it is now a fully functional website builder. You pay a regular charge to use it, and in exchange, you get access to a wide range of components that help you build a website. 

WordPress Self-Hosted

You can download and install the self-hosted WordPress program from wordpress.org on your own web server. This suggests that you should get hosting so that your website has a location. Currently, WordPress is open-source, which means that the code that powers it is easily available and modifiable. 

Wix vs. WordPress: Points to consider

1. Usability

One of the simplest website builders to use to create a website is Wix. Why? You can change everything in your program without installing any additional software. Their user interface is quite simple and intuitive, especially for total beginners. They also have an Application Market where you can add features with a single click if you ever want to add more functionality. 

However, compared to WordPress, Wix requires far more work to construct a website. WordPress is also well-known for its modules and plugins. However, installing or performing them is typically not that simple. To establish a site, the software as a whole basically needs a little bit of specialized training or at the very least some development experience. 

2. Design and adaptability

There are roughly 1,000 (yes, 1,000!) free templates in Wix's layout library. They are organized into classes (websites, cafés, photographers, etc.) and are slick and modern.

Whatever the case, you can undoubtedly relax because Wix offers a perspective that is entirely transportable. Although this is totally acceptable for Google (more on this later), you might need to re-arrange a few features (using intuitive) to properly serve your site on mobile devices. 

With Wix versus WordPress, you can get the exact you need if you know CSS and HTML or, on the other hand, if you wouldn't mind investing a few hours figuring out how to update your layout's code.

3. Plugins and Apps

There are many methods to expand your industry-specific site on Wix, and you can choose from 300 free and paid applications in the application market. There are incredible apps for things like lodging reservation systems, artist picture displays, or invoice generation, for instance. The fact that some of these applications are created by Wix itself is actually extremely significant. 

WordPress is renowned for its plugins, which include those for virtual entertainment, contact management, website design improvement, and more. WordPress serves as a good example of this since there is actually a plugin for everything. Although Wix's applications are much easier to set up and maintain, your choice is subject to some restrictions. 

Conclusion

It implies that the best free website builder depends on the type of site you want to create. Hiring a WordPress website development business is perhaps the best option if you require a solid solution that will scale over time. 

However, Wix is helpful for smaller, more modest sites that take less work and have an adequate design. The choice you make in the end will rely on what you really want from your website.

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Email Marketing General Data Protection Regulation GDPR

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Bloomreach offers various personalization options based on real-time customer data and behavior. The ability to reach large numbers of potential customers with just a click makes email a relatively cheap digital marketing tool with a potentially high impact. Statista also reported that 52 percent of marketers doubled their email marketing ROI from 2022 to 2023, with another 5.7 percent of professionals indicating they improved their ROI by four times [7]. Total email marketing revenue globally is likely to reach $37.5 billion by 2032 [8]. It’s also an irreplaceable asset in situations where a company needs to share a general message related to a controversy, market/industry event, and similar. Making personalized campaigns may sound time-consuming, but marketing automation and software handle most of the heavy lifting for you.

This is particularly true if your audience has opted in to your email outreach — which simply means they’re interested in your business and your products or services. That presents an opportunity for your brand to capitalize on and develop trust with audiences which lead to stronger relationships and better customer experiences. Good email marketing wouldn’t be possible without marketing automation platforms. A marketing automation platform helps to scale lead management activities, such as coordinating and managing marketing campaigns and nurturing and scoring leads to determine engagement.

The best email marketing tool in the world won’t do your business much good if it’s too complicated to use. Look for a tool that’s user-friendly and supported by solid documentation and support. Find a tool that offers a host of self-service support options to help you find the answers you need, on demand. Email marketing is a form of digital marketing that refers to the use of email to attract, engage, and communicate with potential and existing customers.

Opt-in email advertising

With hundreds of ESPs on the market, it’s hard to know which one is right for your business. You’ll get an email marketing certification to add to your CV and LinkedIn. Simply put, a newsletter is an opportunity to share insights, thoughts, tips — whatever brings the most value to your audience.

Learn new skills with free, guided learning on Trailhead.

Email marketers can use prebuilt workflows and dashboards to customize and execute complex marketing campaigns within no time.

Nutshell also allows you to automate some of your communications, getting your messages out at the right time.

That being said, it is important to note that although personalization is great, if it doesn’t improve the relevancy of the email, then it can be skipped.

An approachable editor that includes helpful tips and best practices along the way makes Mailchimp an accessible option for both new and experienced email marketers.

To be successful as an email marketing specialist, you’ll need creative skills like design and writing, as well as knowledge of analytics and, in some cases, programming skills. Email marketing is a form of digital marketing that uses email to connect with potential customers, raise brand awareness, build customer loyalty, and promote marketing efforts. It’s also referred to as an email marketing platform, email marketing tool, email marketing service, or email marketing software.

Get started with one of Mailjet’s professionally designed email templates. Over 40,000 companies are building great apps and email programs with Mailjet. As you go, you’ll begin to see what works and what doesn’t so you can develop stronger campaigns.

Recently our users have been talking about Moonsoft, specifically whether or not we plan on partnering with them anytime soon. This can give you a strong baseline understanding of how the content within your email drove traffic back to your site, sales, or overall engagement. And the more legitimate names you add to your email list, the more profitable that channel becomes.

Track, monitor, and analyze your email deliverability performance and customer engagement in real time. See how ‘Keeping it Lite’ has helped us build a product our customers love to use. Digital marketing tools to grow your audience faster and drive revenue smarter. When all goes according to plan, the email makes it past the spam filters and arrives at its destination. When deliverability is compromised, the email lands in the spam folder or, worse, your sender IP is blocklisted by the ISP.

Email marketing can improve conversions of social media content. When used with the same audience, one study found that email improved conversions from social media posts by 70%. With all the data at the ready you can start making and testing changes to your email campaigns to improve open and click through rates.

Once you've picked your free newsletter software, here are a few ideas for how to automate your email marketing tool. Then take a look at more ways to use marketing automation to grow your business. Beyond email content, MailerLite also includes robust automation and audience segmentation features in the free plan. An intuitive builder makes quick work of mapping out automation workflows—or you can hit the ground running with one of the 15 pre-built flows. Create both persistent and one-time segments and view aggregate statistics by segment, too. cold outbound Able to make a professional looking newsletter in a short amount of time.

Your readers are most likely to respond to content that is most relevant to their interests. Start by adding their name in the subject line, then customize campaign content based on list segments to maximize engagement (more on that next). The campaign presents one of their products at a special, promotional price and includes a direct call to action to purchase – the green “Order Now” button.

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these are the ten best tv shows of this year (and three of the worst)

The 10 best TV shows of 2023 (and 3 worst)

The year's best TV featured dazzling debuts, first-rate farewell seasons, and the funniest show about an organ-harvesting ring you'll see all year.

Updated on December 8, 2023

Even though the TV industry was shut down for 192 days this year due to a pair of strikes, it was still remarkably hard to narrow this best-of-2023 list down to 10. Shout-out to a few runners-up, which would also be worthy additions to your watch list: Mrs. Davis (Peacock) is a religious experience for fans of Betty Gilpin (a.k.a. everyone); Queen Charlotte (Netflix) will have your Bridgerton-loving bosom heaving with bittersweet sobs; and Yellowjackets (Showtime) delivered a killer ending after an occasionally wobbly second season. With that bit of housekeeping over, let's get on with the show(s).

The 10 Best Shows of 2023 

10. 'Judge Steve Harvey' (ABC/Hulu) 

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Steve Harvey is not a real judge, but he plays one in this reliably funny and life-affirming (yes!) quasi-court show featuring everyday folks facing off over small-claims complaints. Judge Steve Harvey highlights interesting but low-stakes cases that hinge more on interpersonal relationships than money. Think a husband suing his wife over her obsession with pickleball (including $500 for pain and suffering due to his loneliness); a mom suing her son because he broke his promise to cut his hair; or two factions of an a capella group suing each other over costly (and sequin-covered) costumes. Harvey — a comedian, veteran TV host, relationship advice author, and self-described “full-blown Christian” — nimbly draws out the issues at the root of these conflicts in a way that emphasizes how the people we love are far more important than material things. The host ensures there are plenty of feel-good moments on the docket by frequently surprising the litigants, like a hard-working stay-at-home mom or a couple whose wedding was ruined by COVID, with lavish gifts and much-needed cash. And everyone leaves the courtroom with a valuable dose of tough love. “I think you all need to find your way back to each other,” Harvey tells a pair of siblings squabbling over a dating app profile. “Because when all these men come and go, y’all still gonna be sisters.” The verdict is in: Judge Steve Harvey is comfort TV at its finest.

9. 'The Curse' (Paramount+ with Showtime) 

Richard Foreman Jr./A24/Paramount+ with SHOWTIME

Spoiler sensitivity precludes me from saying too much about this tenaciously peculiar kinda-comedy from Nathan Fielder (The Rehearsal) and Benny Safdie (Uncut Gems); only four of 10 episodes have aired so far. But taken as a whole, The Curse — starring Fielder and Emma Stoneas married TV hosts — leaves an indelible and thoroughly disquieting impression. As hosts of HGTV’s Flipanthropy, Asher and Whitney Siegel’s stated goal is to bring upscale, eco-friendly homes to the working-class city of Española, New Mexico. The locals aren’t enthusiastic, including Nala (Hikmah Warsame, a little star in the making), who puts a curse on Asher after he renegs on his promise to give her 100 dollars. But The Curse’s real curse isn’t some childish hex; it’s Asher and Whitney and Dougie (Safdie), their wretched producer, all of whom refuse to be honest with themselves or one another about what they really want. Come for Nathan Fielder’s (prosthetic) micropenis; stay for the merciless satire of colonialist greed masquerading as modern allyship.

8. 'Harlem' (Amazon Prime Video) 

Amazon

One scene in Harlem’s second seasonencapsulates everything there is to love about Tracy Oliver’s snappy, savvy comedy about friendship, femininity, and finding yourself. Having just landed a small part in a Hallmark Christmas movie, Angie (Shoniqua Shandai) arrives in hair and makeup to prep for an upcoming party scene. The white stylist (Ursula Abbott) tentatively pats Angie’s natural curls. “I’m thinking it’s perfect!” she chirps, before breezing her way out the door. A stunned Angie sits in silence, flanked by posters featuring the white casts of (fictional) Hallmark films, including Christmas Sail and You’ll Tide Me Over. 

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(Tagline: “Sometimes, you have to settle.”) She’s on the brink of walking out when beloved sitcom diva Countess Vaughn appears to her as a vision. “What about that brown girl that is hooked on the Hallmark Channel?” she asks Angie. “You want her to see you, right?” A buoyant tale of four BFFs — anthropology professor Camille (Meagan Good), fashion designer Quinn (Grace Byers), queer tech exec Tye (Jerrie Johnson), and aspiring actress Angie — Harlem examines the realities and nuances of life as a Black woman with frank insights and savage pop culture parody. Don’t call it the new Sex and the City — seriously, don’t. (The characters literally roll their eyes when someone mentions SATC in the finale.) Just know this: If you’re looking for a delightfully smart, funny series with an authentic point of view, you don’t have to settle.

7. 'Bargain' (Paramount+) 

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A fast-paced fusion of body horror, disaster drama, black comedy, and psychological character study, Bargain packs a lot of payoff into its six sleek episodes. The Korean survival thriller opens with an unsettling vignette: Park Joo Young (Jeon Jong-Seo), a teen girl wearing a short black skirt and a private school blazer, meets an older man named Noh Hyung-soo (Jin Sun-kyu) in a remote hotel room. They proceed to have a detailed discussion about the technical status of her virginity. It’s excruciating, which makes the pandemonium that follows — a black-market organ-harvesting ring! a catastrophic earthquake! murderous gangsters on the hunt for any surviving witnesses! — all the more exhilarating. Writers Jeon Woo-sung, Choi Byeong Yun, and Kwak Jae Min don’t use the natural disaster to vault Joo Young and Hyung-soo into something as predictable as a redemption arc. Instead, they send Bargain’s assortment of venal and untrustworthy characters on a survival scramble that’s so deranged and giddily suspenseful, watching it play out is priceless.

6. 'American Born Chinese' (Disney+) 

Disney+

On the night before his big soccer game, stressed-out tenth grader Jin Wang (Ben Wang) has a dream. He’s on the apartment set of Beyond Repair, a corny ‘90s sitcom whose wacky neighbor character, Freddy Wong (Key Huy Quan), is as problematic as it gets. Just as Jin confesses that he was too scared to help his friend Wei-Chen (Jimmy Liu) find the mythical Fourth Scroll, Jin’s immigrant parents, Simon (Chin Han) and Christine (Yeo Yann Yann), appear and beckon him to the dinner table. “You have to be brave, Jin,” Christine tells her son. 

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“You are all the pieces merging into one.” Based on Gene Luen Yang’s acclaimed graphic novel, American Born Chinese itself merges a variety of fascinating pieces — ancient folk tales, wuxia-inspired martial arts action, pervasive racist stereotypes, and a portrait of one Asian-American family’s experience — into an electrifying, heartfelt saga about high school, friendship, and saving the world. Sandwiched as it was between a raft of Marvel spinoffs and Star Wars brand extensions, American Born Chinese broke through with its stellar cast (including Michelle Yeoh as Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy), endearingly relatable characters, and a beautifully simple message. As Freddy explains to Jin in his dream, “A hero doesn’t always have to have superpowers. A hero is someone who goes on a journey, shows courage, helps others.” Fingers crossed that the execs at Disney+, which has yet to renew ABCfor season 2, are listening.

5. 'The Bear' (FX/Hulu) 

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“Yo, you ever think about purpose?” Standing in the basement of The Original Beef sandwich shop, 45-year-old Richie Jerimovich (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) admits to Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) that he can’t see a path forward. “What’s my purpose?” That question — both existential and maddeningly practical — is the emotional catalyst pushing Richie and his restaurant family forward in The Bear’s propulsive and poignant sophomore season. Creator Christopher Storer and his writers balance the ticking-clock narrative of an impending restaurant opening with remarkable stand-alone episodes: Marcus (Lionel Boyce) finds inspiration and his confidence in the meditative “Honeydew”; Carmy, Natalie (Abby Elliott), and Mikey (Jon Bernthal) navigate a tumultuous family Christmas in the claustrophobic “Fishes”; Richie realizes that hospitality is his raison d’être in the sublime “Forks.” Serving up powerful moments of hypnotic quiet (Ayo Edebiri’s Sydney lovingly crafting the platonic ideal of an omelet for Natalie) and turbocharged chaos (Carmy, a victim of his own procrastination, gets trapped in the walk-in freezer on friends-and-family night), The Bearfound meaning in the madness of family.

4. 'Reservation Dogs' (FX/Hulu) 

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When we first met Bear (D'Pharoah Woon-a-Tai), Elora (Devery Jacobs), Willie Jack (Paulina Alexis), and Cheese (Lane Factor), all they wanted was an escape — from life in their sleepy reservation town of Okern, Okla.; from the constant (and often cryptic) advice of their elders; from the pain of losing their best friend Daniel (Dalton Cramer) to suicide. Two years and 28 magical episodes later, the glorious coming-of-age comedy from Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi ended with the rez dogs understanding and embracing the gift of community. The past was a constant presence in the dreamy, penetrating final season: The Deer Lady (Kaniehtiio Horn), a spirit who enacts vengeance on amoral men, returned for a chilling episode focused on the U.S. government's abduction and abuse of Indigenous children through federal "boarding schools." The trippy “House Full of Bongs” gave us a glimpse of Okern’s winningly eccentric elders — Big (Zahn McClarnon), Brownie (Gary Farmer), Irene (Casey Camp-Horinek), Bucky (Wes Studi), Fixico (Richard Ray Whitman), and Maximus (Graham Greene) — as indolent teenage shitasses. And in “Elora’s Dad,” Ethan Hawke dropped by and absolutely nailed the fidgety, earnest energy of an estranged parent trying to make up for a decades-long absence over a cup of diner coffee. It's painful to say goodbye to this little marvel of a show, so I’ll just echo the words of Willie Jack in the finale’s funeral: “I know I didn’t get to spend enough time with you. But mvto for everything that you taught me.”

3. 'Barry' (HBO/Max) 

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Staring with pleading eyes through a wall of prison plexiglass, Barry Berkman begs Sally (Sarah Goldberg), the love of his life, to forgive him. “I didn’t lie to you,” he rasps. “I just, I didn’t tell you the part I didn’t want to be true.” In the grisly final season of Barry, Bill Hader’s titular hitman sought redemption through revisionism, rewriting his homicidal personal history in real time rather than suffering the pain of true repentance. Though accountability hangs like an albatross on Barry and everyone else in his corrosive circle, they transform their regret into outward-facing rage, seeking vengeance on a world that allowed them to make such life-destroying choices. Season 4 of Barry was TV’s funniest tragedy, one that gave the exceptional cast the chance to plumb the true depths of their characters’ misery. Anthony Carrigan’s NoHo Hank, his polished façade stretched thin over a heart demolished by guilt over his soulmate’s death; Henry Winkler’s Gene Cousineau, a Hollywood wannabe done in by hubris; Stephen Root’s merciless Fuches, who emerges from his torturous prison stay with a violent distaste for dishonesty. A few additional accolades are required for Goldberg, whose Sally descends into an emotional hell of her own making, only to claw herself back to the precipice of peace.

2. 'I'm A Virgo' (Amazon Prime Video) 

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“I’m either a villain or a clown,” laments Cootie (Jharrel Jerome), the 13-foot Black teenager at the center of I’m A Virgo. “I want to inspire people.” In his brilliantly offbeat debut TV series, Sorry to Bother You auteur Boots Riley sends his singular protagonist on a hero’s journey that’s equal parts provocative, uproarious, and inspirational. Emerging from a 19-year seclusion imposed by his overprotective aunt and uncle (Carmen Ejogo and Mike Epps), Cootie balances coming-of-age milestones — like falling in love with Flora (Olivia Washington), a comely fast-food cashier — with the ugly reality of the socioeconomic oppression his Oakland community endures. He’s immediately marked as a threat by a billionaire comic-book publisher (Walton Goggins, wondrously weird) who channels his intense despair into cosplaying as a vigilante crime fighter called The Hero. I’m A Virgo’s fearlessly outrageous narrative offers a dark (and darkly funny) critique of the over-policing of poor communities, the fetishization of law enforcement by pop culture, and the grim connection between crime and capitalism. There’s a lot wrong with the world today, but this year, Boots Riley delivered a dazzlingly original anti-capitalist fable on a platform owned by one of the most powerful corporate behemoths in the world. There’s no other word for it but inspired.

1. 'Succession' (HBO/Max) 

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Five years after Logan Roy (Brian Cox) suffered a stroke and catapulted his children into a cutthroat, internecine battle for control of the family business, his son Kendall (Jeremy Strong) was struck with a profound and crushing moment of clarity: “He made me hate him, then he died.” In its miraculous final season, Succession laid bare the calamitous effects of Logan’s parenting style on Kendall, Shiv (Sarah Snook), Roman (Kieran Culkin), and Connor (Alan Ruck) by giving the siblings the one thing they thought they wanted: Freedom. Prior to Logan’s astonishingly abrupt death in episode 3, creator Jesse Armstrong brought the Roy family together for fleeting moments of connection. “Holy s--t, did dad just say a feeling?” scoffed Kendall, after a somber Logan bemoaned his children’s absence at his birthday party. Was that “I love you” Logan offered his children in the purple glow of the karaoke bar real, or was the Roy family patriarch just feeding their starved hearts a few crumbs of affection to keep them from tanking the GoJo deal? Probably. Even once their formidable father was gone for good, the Roy children clung stubbornly to his toxic playbook, turning every interaction with one another into a negotiation — for power, for loyalty, for validation that they were, in fact, serious people, no matter what daddy said. Offering sufficient praise for Succession’s unparalleled ensemble is an impossible feat, but I’ll treasure Ruck’s wistful performance as Connor, an insider perpetually on the outside — and the only Roy child who almost understood that vying for Logan’s love was a zero-sum game.

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3. 'Citadel' (Amazon Prime Video) 

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Want to read a really depressing sentence? Here’s Jen Salke, head of Amazon and MGM Studios, lauding the first season of Citadel in May: “Our goal was always to create a new franchise rooted in original IP that would grow Prime Video’s international audience.” Corpo-to-English translation: We want flashy, conventional, easily duplicated content that we can own. Amazon’s plan worked: The overpriced, paint-by-numbers spy thriller starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden as sexy agents fighting a global crime syndicate was popular overseas, and the streamer is already replicating that formula with two international spinoffs. Television is a business, and I’m not naive enough to expect execs to value creativity and originality over profits. But man, at least they used to pretend to care about quality. As the industry melds into one giant conglomerate, expect more like Citadel — less a TV show than a mass-produced unit of “entertainment.”

2. Rehashed IP 

Netflix;Paramount+;CBS

Another year, another glut of unnecessary and uninspired reboots, revivals, and (a pox on this word!) “reimaginings.” Showtime’s Fatal Attraction and the Frasier revival on Paramount+trapped likable actors in flimsy creative constructs, while Netflix’s That ‘90s Show thrust once-likable characters into a purgatory of artless, laugh-track powered nostalgia. Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies on Paramount+ all but sabotaged its intriguing, feminist-origin-story premise with a desperate excess of Easter eggs, but at least it tried harder than CBS’ True Lies, which played like a 44-minute network note. A few IP re-dos rose above mediocrity: Night Courtearned big ratings for NBC, and Netflix’s anime Scott Pilgrim sequel became an instant critical darling. You know what that modicum of success means, folks: More rehashed IP! Heading into 2024, my New Year’s resolution is to keep an open mind about the new versions of Fawlty Towers, Matlock, Who’s the Boss?, Baywatch, Ally McBeal… [sobs quietly into hands]

1. 'The Idol' (HBO/Max) 

The Idol is a fascinating example of what happens when network execs give a hotshot showrunner carte blanche — or, as Abel Tesfaye’s character pronounces it with such confidence, cart-ay blanch-ay. The drama — which was co-created by Euphoria mastermind Sam Levinson, Tesfaye (formerly known as The Weeknd), and Reza Fahim — centers on Jocelyn (Lily-Rose Depp), a famous but troubled pop star. Just as she’s on the cusp of launching a comeback after the death of her mother, Jocelyn falls under the sway of a charismatic and abusive charlatan named Tedros (Tesfaye). Behind the scenes, The Idol experienced its own power shift with the departure of original director Amy Seimetz, leading to extensive rewrites and reshoots under Levinson’s purview. What was apparently supposed to be a satire of modern fame and the exploitation of female celebrities became a laughable, affected, and morbidly fascinating exercise in soft-core porn. As an actor, Tesfaye is an excellent musician, and The Idol has nothing insightful or interesting to say other than, “Look at how many times we can get Lily-Rose Depp naked!” (It should be noted that Depp is a talented actress and clearly did her best with the schlock she was handed.) HBO wanted the next Euphoria. Instead, they learned a very unsexy lesson: When wunderkinds are left unsupervised, the results can be agony. 

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Double Take Podcast: Your Guide To Streaming TV

There are several reasons why podcasts about movies and TV proliferate. First, listeners of podcasts are also consumers of movies and TV. Second, movie reviews and TV show reviews require no degree or academic certification. In effect, anyone with a sense for artistic excellence can do such reviews. Third, these review shows engender a cadre of co-hosts bantering and bashing each other, adding a comedic touch to the reviews. 

However, just because there are a lot of these podcasts doesn't mean they're easy to do and easy to do well. 

That's why I recommend the Double Take podcast for people who want guidance on streaming TV shows. The co-hosts are articulate, insightful, and engaging, and their reviews are astute and carefully considered. In effect, this podcast can help you find and recognize eye-worthy streaming TV shows.

 Here's the marketing pitch from Double Take: "Not with anything life changing, but with your constant struggle to figure out what to watch on TV. Because there’s nothing worse than endlessly scrolling through all of your streaming service apps, right?"

"Join Jess Spoll and Jenni Cullen as they give their thoughts on new streaming shows in the form of episode-by-episode reactions, reviews of new shows, and more."

The podcast name, Double Take, is apparently a reference to the two women who provide reviews on TV shows.

Double Take began in July 2022 with several episodes about season two of Only Murders In The Building. It began to branch out with episodes like "Top 10 TV Shows And Movies For Fall" and "The Best Halloween TV Episodes."

Jess and Jenni comment: "We have always loved talking about TV together, and then we started a newsletter in early 2022, Double Take, to review and highlight new and upcoming series. We saw that there was a dearth of female voices in movie and TV criticism, and in entertainment podcasting, and wanted to bring a different perspective to the landscape. We hope that the podcast evokes hanging out with your two friends and chatting about TV."

I like the fact their show isn't a bunch of bros trying too hard to be funny with endless banter about their fantasy football teams in between brief discussions of Tulsa King. In 2023, Double Take focused on HBO's The Last Of Us, reviewing all the episodes in season one. Throughout the year, the podcast focused on hit streaming shows like Ted Lasso and Succession, and found time to review a broadcast show, Abbott Elementary.

The show even did Veronica Mars rewatch episodes during the summer, and I enjoyed it.

The co-hosts -- Jess Spoll and Jenni Cullen -- do a commendable job with reviews and keeping the show lively and informative. Both women clearly possess a strong sense of artistic acumen. To their credit, they give reviews based on the show's appeal to its target audience, even if Spoll and Cullen are not part of that target audience.

The co-hosts have developed a nice cadence on their podcasts and compliment each other well. That's an unappreciated skill. I listened to many podcasts where the co-hosts talked over one another, interrupted one another, and had the chemistry of oil and water.

Jess Spoll started her career as a software engineer and then transitioned into self-employment. She runs a wedding photography business alongside writing the newsletter, co-hosting the podcast, and creating TV and movie based content for social media. She currently has over 150k followers on TikTok, where she shares her thoughts and recommendations with her audience.

Jenni Cullen is a writer and digital producer. She has worked as a creative marketing professional for early-stage startups while contributing weekly reviews to the newsletter and co-hosting the podcast.

From their podcast, I learned that they bonded in eighth grade over Harry Potter and Gilmore Girls. 

It's smart for the co-hosts to say at the beginning of each episode that the show is about "their takes on all things TV." For first-time listeners, that phrase informs new listeners about the subject of the show. Further, the co-hosts avoid the trap of too much banter before diving into their TV reviews.

 Kudos to co-host Jess Spoll, who is the editor and producer because the sound quality is solid, the show is tightly edited, and the intro and outro music matches the tone of the show.

Jess Spoll also does TikTok videos with TV show recommendations, and her short spots are informative, upbeat, and well done. Her TikTok videos seamlessly summarize complex information to offer viewers brief reviews of upcoming TV shows. It's one of those media skills that looks like easier than it actually is. Like many indie podcasters, time to write, record and edit their podcast is always an issue. Here's what they said: "One of the greatest challenges for us in doing the podcast is actually just finding a consistent time to record. We both have busy schedules and aren't often in the same city, so figuring out those logistics — as boring as it sounds — is the toughest part."

Double Take does provide a valuable service by guiding people through the morass of streaming shows and channels by helping them find shows that are worthy of their eyeball time. The co-hosts are engaging, knowledgeable, and have sensitive and sensible artistic taste. The co-hosts avoid the mean-spirited snark that some TV and movie review podcasts think makes them edgy and funny. They're not. 

The show is informative, fun, nimble-witted, and is definitely a great tour guide through the baffling array of TV shows on the streaming channels. 

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263 - Post Midwest Mac BBQ At the Lake, A Recap Before Macstock - With Jeff Gamet, Chuck Joiner, and Brittany Smith

The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave he is joined by Jeff Gamet, Chuck Joiner, and Brittany Smith. We recorded the show at Dave’s Lake house and we were all in person seeing each other for the first time in a long time before Macstock. Apple maps is really good 11 years after their release. We enjoy hanging out lakeside in person and recap the Midwest Mac BBQ and getting ready for Macstock. 

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Revolt!

I have found this wall of text that I made back on March 13, 2023. I want to update myself on how my experience with this app was so far. This was the text that I typed up originally:

I have been thinking about trying out this app called Revolt. It has been brought to my attention via a user on my Discord server that wanted me to have a Revolt server. (And bridge it to the Discord one.) Another reason why I think it would be worth my time is because it seems that Discord has been turning into one of those services where you are not as free to enjoy it unless you are subscribed to Discord Nitro. “Pay to enjoy” was it called? What it is called is not important right now. I have looked into information about Revolt, and this is what I was able to find.

The software is completely free and open source, which would likely eliminate the chances of the platform suffering the same fate as Discord, with all of the Nitro features.

Revolt has themes that are completely free to use! Discord once experimented with this, but it looks like not much can be done with it… unless you have Nitro of course. Technically, there is already a free way to get custom CSS themes on Discord, but that requires something like BetterDiscord, which of course, is against the platform’s Terms of Service.

Just like Mastodon, you can self-host your own instance of Revolt, so it will become harder to take down if something goes wrong with either Discord getting salty over its existence or some other reason.

The file size limit on Revolt is larger that what free users have on Discord. As you may know, on Discord, the max file size that you can upload per file is 8 MiB maximum. However, this is over doubled on Revolt, allowing you to upload files up to 20 MB / MiB (I am not sure what base they are using here. It is definitely either 1,000 or 1,024.)

I think the most important plus for Revolt is their goal to be user-first. A mentality like that is CRUCIAL for platforms to do if they want to have loyal users. Being there for your users whenever possible can allow you as a platform owner to add what the users want, while you still have the choice to comply with the demands of advertisers or colleagues. A happy medium is probably the best you can get.

Apparently, it is possible to bridge Discord messages into one of your Revolt servers. However, the program cannot be used to control your Discord account, which is a shame. It probably makes sense though because I don’t believe Discord would be very happy about it. Terms of Service would likely get in the way again.

These are some good things about Revolt that I found to be enticing to me, as a long-time Discord user. However, there are some drawbacks that do make me wonder about how long I will use it.

The main reason is because of how many of mutuals use Discord. I can probably convince a few to make a Revolt account but I highly doubt that they will be nearly as active, let alone keep their account active at all. Getting a good portion to switch would be a real pain.

I have been told that screensharing is not a feature that exists on Revolt. I know a few people that screenshare what they are doing in voice chats very often, and they may be deterred by the fact that it just cannot be done on Revolt directly. My friend group does have remote desktop software that we use for when we want to do collaborative work, though.

When I get the chance, I will totally play around with it, maybe get a few people on it, and see how it is. If I find it to be good enough to replace Discord, I will see what I can do from there to manage things. Here’s to hoping for the best with Revolt.

Update time! Yes, it is a pretty good app so far, but there are two main things that is stopping me from using it at the moment. One, I joined onto the site at a very bad stage – well, for audio anyway. Partaking in voice chats on Revolt the moment I was on it was pretty much impossible. The audio sources, input or output, both were not able to be detected and/or applied. It turns out that the Revolt devs were working on an entire rewrite of the audio functions of the app. I don’t think there has been any status on it since January 24, 2023 that I could find, but I could very much be wrong.

Of course, the second thing was getting my mutuals to be interested in it. I was met with immediate declines when asking people to try it out. That did not help towards how long I ended up being interested in Revolt. Maybe one day, when Discord REALLY falls off, something may happen otherwise. And hopefully, by that time, the audio will have been properly rewritten and working.

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Skullcandy Crusher ANC 2 - Best Headphones 2023?

For the past two months we have been given the task of reviewing the brand NEW Skullcandy Crusher ANC headphones. The Crusher 2's, well they comes very well packaged and presented in a very bright and detailed box. At first glances, everything looked fantastic and it gets better once you open up the box and pull out that nice feeling headphones storage case.

Skullcandy have included a woven material wrapped inner case that will hold the foldable headphone nice and snug, with moulded cups to keep them locked while transiting. We do get a type-c charge cable and a 3.5mm aux cable for wired connection and one thing we noticed is that the Skullcandy logo is embedded on almost everything... including them mentioned, wires.

We do get a simple yet clear user guide within the box, including a very handy and well situated quick start guide, printed on the underside layer of the inner packaging but the thing that stood out most, was the Skullycandy Crusher ANC headphones....they simply look stunning.

Wow the design of the crusher 2's have been well thought of, we just loved the colour contrast of the matt black soft 40mm driver units, with accents of gloss black plastic on the inner side of the driver arms with a suede like material wrapped headband, complimented with woven padding and the best feeling earpads that we have seen in a very long time.

Yes the soft padded earpads sit direct over our ears, providing extreme comfort and nice passive noise isolation. The right driver unit does host most of the large and easy to blindly feel music function controls with the left driver unit hosting the type-c charge port, 3.5mm audio port, the fighter jet style power/pairing button with the Crusher bass dial button situated in an easy to reach position.

Audio without the crusher option be activated was really quite pleasing, the bass is nice and smooth, treble is high providing punchy impactive audio and the mid levels sit upfront with no overpowering. Most songs and genres of music sound really pristine, voices sound crisp and clear but when the crusher dial is pressed and the crusher bass is activated, the bass simply shakes your skull right apart. The dirty Bass remind you of them clubbing days, back in the day when the bass shook you to death until 6am the next morning. Okay i don't think with that crusher mode on that you could withstand listening to music for many hours on end but i think its brilliant to have that option when you want to crank up that bass when your favourite dance track comes on.

You can toggle up and down that crusher setting and perfectly set the bass to how you want it, and not only that, if you want to immerse yourself more you and switch that ANC mode on and lock your self away from your surroundings. With the downloaded Skull-IQ app you have plenty of custom options to be had, too many to list, but..you know what? if you want to see more information about the Skullcandy Crusher 2's, please head on over to our YouTube channel for our detailed review..Cheers!

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Podcasts will be an effective way to immerse your self in a subject. In case your cash targets are a precedence, private finance podcasts are a helpful technique to entry  data on cash administration, saving, investing and extra. Not all monetary podcasts are created equal, although. You wish to discover one which’s complete, effectively researched, academic and hopefully a bit of entertaining, too. One of the best private finance podcasts will be discovered on apps like Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts or digital streaming companies like Spotify and Amazon Music. If cash’s in your thoughts, there’s a podcast to assist, whether or not you’re in search of monetary literacy schooling, motivation or possibly just a few sensible recommendation. 15 Greatest Private Finance Podcasts in 2023 Subsequent time you’re clipping coupons or working in your price range, tune your ears to considered one of these private finance podcasts to pay attention and study. 1. ‘Planet Cash’ The long-running NPR section and podcast “Planet Cash” has a method of turning even essentially the most complicated or mind-numbing monetary matters into clear, enjoyable explanations about how cash guidelines our world. “Planet Cash” received’t let you know how to price range or the place to take a position, however you may tune in for  15- to 30-minute episodes twice every week to realize context on present occasions and monetary information. 2. ‘HerMoney’ “HerMoney” is a 30-minute private finance podcast that tackles the distinctive set of economic challenges dealing with trendy ladies. Hosted by journalist and entrepreneur Jean Chatzky, “HerMoney” presents up knowledgeable perception and sensible recommendations on a variety of economic matters. The present additionally delves into discussions on the psychology of cash. Subjects on this cash podcast vary from getting a elevate at work to creating a sensible meals price range. 3. ‘Unhealthy With Cash’ Via interviews with specialists and personalities, “Unhealthy With Cash” host Gabe Dunn dives into a few of our most urgent questions on cash. Count on quite a lot of persona from the host, too, who's a journalist-actor-comedian. From paying for psychological health care to for-profit prisons to pupil mortgage debt and investing, you’ll discover one thing to light up your relationship with cash on this private finance podcast. Episodes are inclined to hit the 45-minutes mark. 4. ‘So Cash With Farnoosh Torabi’ On this thrice-weekly podcast, you’ll get interviews with entrepreneurs, inspiring tales about reaching monetary independence and sensible recommendation from a journalist, writer and private finance knowledgeable. In her fashionable “So Cash” section “Ask Farnoosh,” host Farnoosh Torabi solutions questions from listeners about nitty-gritty matters like taxes, retirement accounts and investing. “So Cash” episodes run 30 to 50 minutes and deal with how your relationship with cash may help you reside a richer, happier life. 5. ‘Motley Idiot Cash’ One in every of a collection of podcasts from private finance website The Motley Idiot, “Motley Idiot Cash” covers the day’s high business news and monetary headlines. Host Chris Hill and Motley Idiot funding analysts break down the inventory marketplace for long-term traders. The each day podcast focuses on main companies, like Microsoft, together with tendencies inside totally different enterprise sectors, like retail and actual property. It additionally sprinkles in additional macro-investing matters, like how to get youngsters to start out investing and classes from nice traders. If you wish to take a extra hands-on method to your funding portfolio, “Motley Idiot Cash” is an effective place to construct your foundational monetary data. 6. ‘Your Cash Briefing’ Every bite-sized episode of “Your Cash Briefing” blends sensible suggestions and monetary information you should use. The present — considered one of a number of finance podcasts produced

by the Wall Road Journal — payments itself as “your private finance and profession guidelines.” From cash administration and monetary literacy to investing and taxes, the Wall Road Journal’s workforce of top-notch reporters break down complicated cash issues on this no-frills private finance podcast. Every episode lasts simply seven to 10 minutes, with a brand new episode out every weekday. Current podcast episodes embody how to get the very best trade-in in your smartphone, how to lower your expenses on your property insurance premiums and when it is sensible to rent a tax skilled. 7. ‘The Intelligent Lady Is aware of’ The Intelligent Lady Finance website is on a mission to assist audiences pay down debt, lower your expenses, construct wealth and attain monetary independence. “The Intelligent Lady Is aware of” podcast is its companion on your ears. Host Bola Sokunbi, founding father of the location and an authorized monetary schooling teacher, is devoted to serving to ladies take management of their funds. She owns as much as the cash errors of her previous, with the purpose of serving to different ladies overcome related challenges and obtain monetary wellness. 8. ‘Frugal Associates Podcast’ Hosts Jill Sirianni and Jen Smith (a former author at The Penny Hoarder) are the namesake Frugal Associates of this humorous and informative podcast. Via entertaining conversations and visitor interviews, Sirianni and Smith share actionable recommendation on spending much less cash. From meal planning to journey hacking, you’ll discover money-saving suggestions that will help you tighten your belt and nonetheless love life. Bonus: Each episode features a listener-submitted “Invoice of the Week,” the place the hosts and viewers get to rejoice a listener’s monetary win. 9. ‘Queer Cash’ Companions David Auten and John Schneider, the private finance bloggers behind Debt Free Guys, host “Queer Cash” to assist LGBTQ+ listeners handle cash, reside debt-free and revel in monetary independence. With knowledgeable visitors, this cash podcast goals to reply questions like what to do along with your 401(okay) once you change jobs, in addition to LGBTQ-specific matters like transgender health care prices and popping out at work. 10. ‘Everybody’s Talkin’ Cash’ Licensed monetary planner Shannah Compton Sport talks concerning the nitty-gritty of how to obtain monetary freedom and success on this podcast previously often called “Millennial Cash.” “Everybody’s Talkin’ Cash” is instructive with a tough-love method, mixing interview episodes with 20-minute monologues from Sport. Subjects on this monetary podcast vary from journey insurance to how to make a price range. 11. ‘This Is Uncomfortable’ Speaking about cash isn’t all the time straightforward. In actual fact, it may be downright… effectively, uncomfortable. Hosted by Reema Khrais, “This Is Uncomfortable” by Market takes a tough take a look at how these disagreeable cash conversations have an effect on our relationships and form our id. Weekly episodes discover the psychology of private funds with matters like discussing cash along with your partner, in addition to the professionals and cons of being beneficiant to strangers. Should you’re eager about how people talk about cash and resolve troublesome dilemmas, this podcast received’t allow you to down. 12. ‘Brown Ambition’ “Brown Ambition” is a weekly 60-minute present hosted by finance and enterprise reporter Mandi Woodruff and “The Budgetnista” Tiffany Aliche. The monetary specialists reply listener questions on profession, success, constructing wealth and managing cash in relationships. 13. ‘The Journal’ “The Journal” is one other present by the Wall Road Journal that payments itself as “a podcast about cash, enterprise and energy.” It tends to focus extra on financial information and tendencies and fewer on private finance recommendation. Nevertheless, these complete 20- to 30-minute episodes supply well-researched and reported perception into present occasions and all issues cash associated.

Current episodes delve into the collapse of Silicon Valley Financial institution and protection concerning the Supreme Court docket case on canceling pupil mortgage debt. 14. ‘Afford Something’ Host and founding father of “Afford Something” Paula Pant interviews cash specialists, entrepreneurs and celebrities. She additionally solutions listener questions on cash, enterprise and monetary independence. Weekly episodes run about 90 minutes. 15. ‘Cash for the Remainder of Us’ “Cash for the Remainder of Us” is a 30-minute weekly podcast aimed toward offering funding assist and monetary steering for on a regular basis people. Hosted by J. David Stein, a former chief funding strategist and cash supervisor, this podcast explores the private and financial implications of cash. Episodes vary from sensible recommendation on diversifying your portfolio to philosophical discussions on the that means of success. Rachel Christian is an authorized educator in private finance and a senior author for The Penny Hoarder. She focuses on retirement, investing, taxes and life insurance.  Able to cease worrying about cash? Get the Penny Hoarder Each day Privateness Coverage

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AI Smart News Review ⚠️ Full OTO Details + Bonus

Technology is developing at an astonishing rate in the quickly changing world of today, and individuals are constantly seeking ways to automate and streamline their operations. With this in mind, AI Smart News has become the ideal method for developing and marketing gorgeous news websites that can aid in the expansion and success of firms.

With just one term, ChatGPT3, an advanced artificial intelligence system, can build self-updating, viral news websites in any niche, which is how ChatGPT3’s brand-new app, AI Smart News, gets its name. For the highest possible returns, these websites can be sold on well-known online marketplaces like Flippa, eBay, and Facebook. We will discuss the features, advantages, advantages, and disadvantages, as well as my personal experience with AI Smart News, in this review.

An innovative tool called AI Smart News was created to make it simple and quick for businesses and entrepreneurs to construct beautiful news websites. It makes advantage of ChatGPT3’s capabilities to automatically update highly engaging and viral news websites by scraping the best news websites for trending news and content in real-time. Using a drag-and-drop website designer, the app makes it exceedingly simple to personalize your news websites to suit your interests.

Hence, AI Smart News may help you in many ways, whether you’re a blogger, affiliate marketer, or someone who wants to start a successful online business. The numerous features and advantages of AI Smart News, together with some commonly asked questions and my own experience using the program, will all be covered in the parts that follow.

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What is AI Smart News?

An innovative piece of software called AI Smart News uses artificial intelligence to produce and market amazing news websites in any industry. It uses ChatGPT3, which gives it the ability to scrape the best news websites for trending information in real time. In order to make money, you can also optimize and embed affiliate links. There is no need for an audience, a domain, or hosting for AI Smart News. It also doesn’t require any technical knowledge, making it the ideal choice for both novices and specialists.

AI Smart News Review - Features:

A unique solution called AI Smart News uses artificial intelligence to power beautiful news websites. With just one term, the software can build self-updating, viral news websites in any niche. Here are a few of AI Smart News’ standout characteristics:

Self-Updating Websites: AI Smart News creates self-updating websites that constantly update with the latest news from top-notch sources like CNN, BBC, and Fox News. This ensures that your website always has fresh content, which is great for SEO and user engagement.

DFY Stunning Templates: The software comes with stunning done-for-you templates that you can use to launch your very first news website. The templates are designed to be newbie-friendly and require no technical skills.

Drag & Drop Editor: AI Smart News features a drag-and-drop editor that allows you to customize your news website with ease. You can add new sections, change colors, and customize the layout to match your brand.

Instant Scraping: The software instantly scrapes top-notch news websites for trending news and content in real time. This ensures that your website always has the latest news and information, which is great for user engagement.

100% SEO Optimized: AI Smart News is 100% SEO optimized, which means that your news website will rank higher on search engines. This is great for attracting organic traffic and generating leads.

AI Smart News Review -Benefits:

AI Smart News has many benefits that make it an essential tool for anyone looking to create and sell news websites. Here are some of the benefits of AI Smart News:

Saves Time and Effort: AI Smart News saves time and effort by automating the process of creating and updating news websites. This means that you can focus on other aspects of your business while the software takes care of the website.

Increases Revenue: The software creates self-updating viral news websites that drive limitless traffic and sales. This means that you can make more money by selling these websites on Flippa, eBay, and Facebook.

No Technical Skills Needed: AI Smart News requires no technical skills, which means that anyone can use it to create and sell news websites. This is great for beginners who want to get started quickly without learning complex technical skills.

100% Mobile Responsive: AI Smart News is fully mobile responsive, which means that your news website will look great on any device. This is great for attracting mobile users and generating leads.

Lifetime Hosting: AI Smart News comes with lifetime hosting for all your news websites. This means that you don’t have to worry about paying for hosting or dealing with technical issues.

How it works:

AI Smart News functions in three simple steps. First, you must sign up for AI Smart News’ user-friendly dashboard and pay an incredibly modest one-time fee to gain access to it. The second step is to pick your topic and the one in which you want to build a news website using gorgeous done-for-you premium themes. In order to get the most money possible, AI Smart News uses the power of AI to sell these news sites on Flippa, eBay, and Facebook.

Who Should Buy AI Smart News:

Everyone who wants to develop and sell news websites without expending a lot of time and effort should use AI Smart News. Anyone can design beautiful news websites with this program because it doesn’t require any technical knowledge. It’s also excellent for newcomers who want to get going right away without having to learn complicated technical abilities.

AI Smart News Review — Pros and Cons:

Pros:

-Instantly create self-updating viral news websites in any niche.

-No tech skills required.

-Perfect solution for both beginners and experts.

-Embed affiliate links to generate profits.

-Lifetime hosting for all your news websites.

-100% SEO optimized and fully mobile responsive.

-Newbie-friendly drag-and-drop news website editor.

Cons:

-Requires an internet connection to work.

My experience with AI Smart News:

The benefits and features of AI Smart News astounded me. It was really simple for me to utilize and make beautiful news websites in any field. Customizing my news websites was a breeze thanks to the drag-and-drop news website builder. It was a terrific addition to having lifetime hosting for all of my news websites because it reduced my hosting costs.

The AI-driven content production was another aspect of AI Smart News that I really liked. I could quickly produce high-quality news stories for my website with only a few clicks. In terms of saving me hours of research and writing work, this was a game-changer for me. Also, the SEO-friendly nature of the articles produced improved my website’s position in search results.

Also, the site gave me access to a sizable library of pictures and videos that I could utilize to improve my news stories. This improved the visual attractiveness and engagement of my news websites, which helped maintain my audience’s interest in the information.

Together with all these incredible features, the customer service staff at AI Smart News was also quite helpful and attentive. They were always on hand to respond to my inquiries and give me the assistance I required to develop and run my news websites.

I’ve had a wonderful overall experience with AI Smart News. It has helped me cut costs associated with hosting while enabling me to quickly produce news websites that appear professional. My web pages are now more aesthetically appealing and engaging thanks to the AI-powered content generation tool and the enormous library of images and videos. Anybody wishing to quickly and easily develop spectacular news websites should definitely consider AI Smart News.

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With the help of ChatGPT3, AI Smart News can scrape the best news websites in real time for hot stories and information. This sets it apart from the competition since it guarantees that the news content presented on websites made with AI Smart News is constantly current and fresh. Also, users may quickly post their news articles and other content on social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, which raises their online visibility and traffic.

Additionally, AI Smart News offers users cutting-edge analytics tools so they can monitor the performance of their websites and take data-driven actions to improve their content and engagement. These attributes, combined with the user-friendly interface and lifetime hosting, position AI Smart News as one of the best options for developing effective and professional news websites.

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AI Smart News can benefit your business in numerous ways, such as:

Time-saving: With AI Smart News, you can quickly create a news website in any niche without any technical knowledge or coding skills. This saves you time, allowing you to focus on other aspects of your business.

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Increases traffic: AI Smart News scrapes top-notch news websites for trending news and content, which can help increase traffic to your news website. This can ultimately lead to more revenue for your business.

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Is AI Smart News easy to use?

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Be bolder, braver, and more confident at SM Supermalls’ Women’s Month celebration!

Ladies, take center stage as SM celebrates Women Power throughout the month of March. Lots of activities both online and on-ground are in store to empower women and girls all over the country. 

Join the Future of Women Global Summit

SM Supermalls will be joining UN Women in kicking off the IWD 2023 celebration through a women’s summit on March 8, at the SM Aura Premier Samsung Hall. Focusing on the future of women in ICT, the two-part event will gather young women, country leaders, policy makers, and advocates together to share perspectives and affirm their commitment to supporting digital equality for women and girls. 

Support your local womenpreneurs

Great finds for ladies are on sale at the SM Womenpreneur Market! This pop-up of small and medium businesses owned by women for women will give you everything you need from food and beauty to wellness and fashion! 

Wednesdays are for women!

Shopping on Wednesdays has become even more tempting because the Women’s Wednesday Sale is back! Achieve the glow-up you deserve with special discounts, deals, and promos on fashion, beauty, and fitness exclusively for women every Wednesday of March. So don’t hold back on your shopping; you deserve all these and more!

A beautiful treat of wellness all for you

Forda glow-up and pampering sesh tayo this month because lots of self-care deals are available at the Women’s Wellness Sale. Avail of great deals from wellness salons on facials, hair and body treatments, nail care, and massage from March 1 to March 31.

And more deals online!

Special deals are up for women via the SM Malls Online app. Get the best brand offerings every Wednesday from shoes and beauty and wellness to home and hobbies. Use the code WOMEN and get an extra 10% off, capped at 250. What’s great is that there’s no minimum purchase required! 

Also, a collection of brand vouchers will be sent to all women SM Malls Online shoppers valid all month. Wait for your Beauty Pass and give yourself the retail therapy you deserve with tons of discounts, GWP deals, samplers, in-store pick up bonuses, and mystery boxes!

Plus, the SM Malls Online app will be hosting self-care sessions online. Follow SM Supermalls on social media to get a dose of starter packages, Get-Ready-With-Me routines, and beauty products that your favorite beauty experts swear by.

Celebrate Women Power on IG!

Capture the beauty and power of women at the beautiful spots and installations all over SM. Be free to express your own uniqueness and creativity in the specially-designed selfie spaces in partnership with Selfie Studio. Don’t forget to tag us on IG!

We don’t know about you but exciting days await every SM woman. So be bolder, braver, and more confident! With these activities, you can confidently step forward in fashion, beauty, wellness, and express yourselves to make a positive impact.

Stay updated on all things women this IWD 2023 by visiting www.smsupermalls.com and following @smsupermalls on social media.

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these are the ten tv shows that were the best (and three that are the worst)

The 10 best TV shows of 2023 (and 3 worst)

The year's best TV featured dazzling debuts, first-rate farewell seasons, and the funniest show about an organ-harvesting ring you'll see all year.

Updated on December 8, 2023

Even though the TV industry was shut down for 192 days this year due to a pair of strikes, it was still remarkably hard to narrow this best-of-2023 list down to 10. Shout-out to a few runners-up, which would also be worthy additions to your watch list: Mrs. Davis (Peacock) is a religious experience for fans of Betty Gilpin (a.k.a. everyone); Queen Charlotte (Netflix) will have your Bridgerton-loving bosom heaving with bittersweet sobs; and Yellowjackets (Showtime) delivered a killer ending after an occasionally wobbly second season. With that bit of housekeeping over, let's get on with the show(s).

The 10 Best Shows of 2023 

10. 'Judge Steve Harvey' (ABC/Hulu) 

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Steve Harvey is not a real judge, but he plays one in this reliably funny and life-affirming (yes!) quasi-court show featuring everyday folks facing off over small-claims complaints. Judge Steve Harvey highlights interesting but low-stakes cases that hinge more on interpersonal relationships than money. Think a husband suing his wife over her obsession with pickleball (including $500 for pain and suffering due to his loneliness); a mom suing her son because he broke his promise to cut his hair; or two factions of an a capella group suing each other over costly (and sequin-covered) costumes. Harvey — a comedian, veteran TV host, relationship advice author, and self-described “full-blown Christian” — nimbly draws out the issues at the root of these conflicts in a way that emphasizes how the people we love are far more important than material things. The host ensures there are plenty of feel-good moments on the docket by frequently surprising the litigants, like a hard-working stay-at-home mom or a couple whose wedding was ruined by COVID, with lavish gifts and much-needed cash. And everyone leaves the courtroom with a valuable dose of tough love. “I think you all need to find your way back to each other,” Harvey tells a pair of siblings squabbling over a dating app profile. “Because when all these men come and go, y’all still gonna be sisters.” The verdict is in: Judge Steve Harvey is comfort TV at its finest.

9. 'The Curse' (Paramount+ with Showtime) 

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Spoiler sensitivity precludes me from saying too much about this tenaciously peculiar kinda-comedy from Nathan Fielder (The Rehearsal) and Benny Safdie (Uncut Gems); only four of 10 episodes have aired so far. But taken as a whole, The Curse — starring Fielder and Emma Stoneas married TV hosts — leaves an indelible and thoroughly disquieting impression. As hosts of HGTV’s Flipanthropy, Asher and Whitney Siegel’s stated goal is to bring upscale, eco-friendly homes to the working-class city of Española, New Mexico. The locals aren’t enthusiastic, including Nala (Hikmah Warsame, a little star in the making), who puts a curse on Asher after he renegs on his promise to give her 100 dollars. But The Curse’s real curse isn’t some childish hex; it’s Asher and Whitney and Dougie (Safdie), their wretched producer, all of whom refuse to be honest with themselves or one another about what they really want. Come for Nathan Fielder’s (prosthetic) micropenis; stay for the merciless satire of colonialist greed masquerading as modern allyship.

8. 'Harlem' (Amazon Prime Video) 

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One scene in Harlem’s second seasonencapsulates everything there is to love about Tracy Oliver’s snappy, savvy comedy about friendship, femininity, and finding yourself. Having just landed a small part in a Hallmark Christmas movie, Angie (Shoniqua Shandai) arrives in hair and makeup to prep for an upcoming party scene. The white stylist (Ursula Abbott) tentatively pats Angie’s natural curls. “I’m thinking it’s perfect!” she chirps, before breezing her way out the door. A stunned Angie sits in silence, flanked by posters featuring the white casts of (fictional) Hallmark films, including Christmas Sail and You’ll Tide Me Over. 

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(Tagline: “Sometimes, you have to settle.”) She’s on the brink of walking out when beloved sitcom diva Countess Vaughn appears to her as a vision. “What about that brown girl that is hooked on the Hallmark Channel?” she asks Angie. “You want her to see you, right?” A buoyant tale of four BFFs — anthropology professor Camille (Meagan Good), fashion designer Quinn (Grace Byers), queer tech exec Tye (Jerrie Johnson), and aspiring actress Angie — Harlem examines the realities and nuances of life as a Black woman with frank insights and savage pop culture parody. Don’t call it the new Sex and the City — seriously, don’t. (The characters literally roll their eyes when someone mentions SATC in the finale.) Just know this: If you’re looking for a delightfully smart, funny series with an authentic point of view, you don’t have to settle.

7. 'Bargain' (Paramount+) 

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A fast-paced fusion of body horror, disaster drama, black comedy, and psychological character study, Bargain packs a lot of payoff into its six sleek episodes. The Korean survival thriller opens with an unsettling vignette: Park Joo Young (Jeon Jong-Seo), a teen girl wearing a short black skirt and a private school blazer, meets an older man named Noh Hyung-soo (Jin Sun-kyu) in a remote hotel room. They proceed to have a detailed discussion about the technical status of her virginity. It’s excruciating, which makes the pandemonium that follows — a black-market organ-harvesting ring! a catastrophic earthquake! murderous gangsters on the hunt for any surviving witnesses! — all the more exhilarating. Writers Jeon Woo-sung, Choi Byeong Yun, and Kwak Jae Min don’t use the natural disaster to vault Joo Young and Hyung-soo into something as predictable as a redemption arc. Instead, they send Bargain’s assortment of venal and untrustworthy characters on a survival scramble that’s so deranged and giddily suspenseful, watching it play out is priceless.

6. 'American Born Chinese' (Disney+) 

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On the night before his big soccer game, stressed-out tenth grader Jin Wang (Ben Wang) has a dream. He’s on the apartment set of Beyond Repair, a corny ‘90s sitcom whose wacky neighbor character, Freddy Wong (Key Huy Quan), is as problematic as it gets. Just as Jin confesses that he was too scared to help his friend Wei-Chen (Jimmy Liu) find the mythical Fourth Scroll, Jin’s immigrant parents, Simon (Chin Han) and Christine (Yeo Yann Yann), appear and beckon him to the dinner table. “You have to be brave, Jin,” Christine tells her son. 

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“You are all the pieces merging into one.” Based on Gene Luen Yang’s acclaimed graphic novel, American Born Chinese itself merges a variety of fascinating pieces — ancient folk tales, wuxia-inspired martial arts action, pervasive racist stereotypes, and a portrait of one Asian-American family’s experience — into an electrifying, heartfelt saga about high school, friendship, and saving the world. Sandwiched as it was between a raft of Marvel spinoffs and Star Wars brand extensions, American Born Chinese broke through with its stellar cast (including Michelle Yeoh as Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy), endearingly relatable characters, and a beautifully simple message. As Freddy explains to Jin in his dream, “A hero doesn’t always have to have superpowers. A hero is someone who goes on a journey, shows courage, helps others.” Fingers crossed that the execs at Disney+, which has yet to renew ABCfor season 2, are listening.

5. 'The Bear' (FX/Hulu) 

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“Yo, you ever think about purpose?” Standing in the basement of The Original Beef sandwich shop, 45-year-old Richie Jerimovich (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) admits to Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) that he can’t see a path forward. “What’s my purpose?” That question — both existential and maddeningly practical — is the emotional catalyst pushing Richie and his restaurant family forward in The Bear’s propulsive and poignant sophomore season. Creator Christopher Storer and his writers balance the ticking-clock narrative of an impending restaurant opening with remarkable stand-alone episodes: Marcus (Lionel Boyce) finds inspiration and his confidence in the meditative “Honeydew”; Carmy, Natalie (Abby Elliott), and Mikey (Jon Bernthal) navigate a tumultuous family Christmas in the claustrophobic “Fishes”; Richie realizes that hospitality is his raison d’être in the sublime “Forks.” Serving up powerful moments of hypnotic quiet (Ayo Edebiri’s Sydney lovingly crafting the platonic ideal of an omelet for Natalie) and turbocharged chaos (Carmy, a victim of his own procrastination, gets trapped in the walk-in freezer on friends-and-family night), The Bearfound meaning in the madness of family.

4. 'Reservation Dogs' (FX/Hulu) 

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When we first met Bear (D'Pharoah Woon-a-Tai), Elora (Devery Jacobs), Willie Jack (Paulina Alexis), and Cheese (Lane Factor), all they wanted was an escape — from life in their sleepy reservation town of Okern, Okla.; from the constant (and often cryptic) advice of their elders; from the pain of losing their best friend Daniel (Dalton Cramer) to suicide. Two years and 28 magical episodes later, the glorious coming-of-age comedy from Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi ended with the rez dogs understanding and embracing the gift of community. The past was a constant presence in the dreamy, penetrating final season: The Deer Lady (Kaniehtiio Horn), a spirit who enacts vengeance on amoral men, returned for a chilling episode focused on the U.S. government's abduction and abuse of Indigenous children through federal "boarding schools." The trippy “House Full of Bongs” gave us a glimpse of Okern’s winningly eccentric elders — Big (Zahn McClarnon), Brownie (Gary Farmer), Irene (Casey Camp-Horinek), Bucky (Wes Studi), Fixico (Richard Ray Whitman), and Maximus (Graham Greene) — as indolent teenage shitasses. And in “Elora’s Dad,” Ethan Hawke dropped by and absolutely nailed the fidgety, earnest energy of an estranged parent trying to make up for a decades-long absence over a cup of diner coffee. It's painful to say goodbye to this little marvel of a show, so I’ll just echo the words of Willie Jack in the finale’s funeral: “I know I didn’t get to spend enough time with you. But mvto for everything that you taught me.”

3. 'Barry' (HBO/Max) 

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Staring with pleading eyes through a wall of prison plexiglass, Barry Berkman begs Sally (Sarah Goldberg), the love of his life, to forgive him. “I didn’t lie to you,” he rasps. “I just, I didn’t tell you the part I didn’t want to be true.” In the grisly final season of Barry, Bill Hader’s titular hitman sought redemption through revisionism, rewriting his homicidal personal history in real time rather than suffering the pain of true repentance. Though accountability hangs like an albatross on Barry and everyone else in his corrosive circle, they transform their regret into outward-facing rage, seeking vengeance on a world that allowed them to make such life-destroying choices. Season 4 of Barry was TV’s funniest tragedy, one that gave the exceptional cast the chance to plumb the true depths of their characters’ misery. Anthony Carrigan’s NoHo Hank, his polished façade stretched thin over a heart demolished by guilt over his soulmate’s death; Henry Winkler’s Gene Cousineau, a Hollywood wannabe done in by hubris; Stephen Root’s merciless Fuches, who emerges from his torturous prison stay with a violent distaste for dishonesty. A few additional accolades are required for Goldberg, whose Sally descends into an emotional hell of her own making, only to claw herself back to the precipice of peace.

2. 'I'm A Virgo' (Amazon Prime Video) 

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“I’m either a villain or a clown,” laments Cootie (Jharrel Jerome), the 13-foot Black teenager at the center of I’m A Virgo. “I want to inspire people.” In his brilliantly offbeat debut TV series, Sorry to Bother You auteur Boots Riley sends his singular protagonist on a hero’s journey that’s equal parts provocative, uproarious, and inspirational. Emerging from a 19-year seclusion imposed by his overprotective aunt and uncle (Carmen Ejogo and Mike Epps), Cootie balances coming-of-age milestones — like falling in love with Flora (Olivia Washington), a comely fast-food cashier — with the ugly reality of the socioeconomic oppression his Oakland community endures. He’s immediately marked as a threat by a billionaire comic-book publisher (Walton Goggins, wondrously weird) who channels his intense despair into cosplaying as a vigilante crime fighter called The Hero. I’m A Virgo’s fearlessly outrageous narrative offers a dark (and darkly funny) critique of the over-policing of poor communities, the fetishization of law enforcement by pop culture, and the grim connection between crime and capitalism. There’s a lot wrong with the world today, but this year, Boots Riley delivered a dazzlingly original anti-capitalist fable on a platform owned by one of the most powerful corporate behemoths in the world. There’s no other word for it but inspired.

1. 'Succession' (HBO/Max) 

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Five years after Logan Roy (Brian Cox) suffered a stroke and catapulted his children into a cutthroat, internecine battle for control of the family business, his son Kendall (Jeremy Strong) was struck with a profound and crushing moment of clarity: “He made me hate him, then he died.” In its miraculous final season, Succession laid bare the calamitous effects of Logan’s parenting style on Kendall, Shiv (Sarah Snook), Roman (Kieran Culkin), and Connor (Alan Ruck) by giving the siblings the one thing they thought they wanted: Freedom. Prior to Logan’s astonishingly abrupt death in episode 3, creator Jesse Armstrong brought the Roy family together for fleeting moments of connection. “Holy s--t, did dad just say a feeling?” scoffed Kendall, after a somber Logan bemoaned his children’s absence at his birthday party. Was that “I love you” Logan offered his children in the purple glow of the karaoke bar real, or was the Roy family patriarch just feeding their starved hearts a few crumbs of affection to keep them from tanking the GoJo deal? Probably. Even once their formidable father was gone for good, the Roy children clung stubbornly to his toxic playbook, turning every interaction with one another into a negotiation — for power, for loyalty, for validation that they were, in fact, serious people, no matter what daddy said. Offering sufficient praise for Succession’s unparalleled ensemble is an impossible feat, but I’ll treasure Ruck’s wistful performance as Connor, an insider perpetually on the outside — and the only Roy child who almost understood that vying for Logan’s love was a zero-sum game.

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3. 'Citadel' (Amazon Prime Video) 

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Want to read a really depressing sentence? Here’s Jen Salke, head of Amazon and MGM Studios, lauding the first season of Citadel in May: “Our goal was always to create a new franchise rooted in original IP that would grow Prime Video’s international audience.” Corpo-to-English translation: We want flashy, conventional, easily duplicated content that we can own. Amazon’s plan worked: The overpriced, paint-by-numbers spy thriller starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden as sexy agents fighting a global crime syndicate was popular overseas, and the streamer is already replicating that formula with two international spinoffs. Television is a business, and I’m not naive enough to expect execs to value creativity and originality over profits. But man, at least they used to pretend to care about quality. As the industry melds into one giant conglomerate, expect more like Citadel — less a TV show than a mass-produced unit of “entertainment.”

2. Rehashed IP 

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Another year, another glut of unnecessary and uninspired reboots, revivals, and (a pox on this word!) “reimaginings.” Showtime’s Fatal Attraction and the Frasier revival on Paramount+trapped likable actors in flimsy creative constructs, while Netflix’s That ‘90s Show thrust once-likable characters into a purgatory of artless, laugh-track powered nostalgia. Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies on Paramount+ all but sabotaged its intriguing, feminist-origin-story premise with a desperate excess of Easter eggs, but at least it tried harder than CBS’ True Lies, which played like a 44-minute network note. A few IP re-dos rose above mediocrity: Night Courtearned big ratings for NBC, and Netflix’s anime Scott Pilgrim sequel became an instant critical darling. You know what that modicum of success means, folks: More rehashed IP! Heading into 2024, my New Year’s resolution is to keep an open mind about the new versions of Fawlty Towers, Matlock, Who’s the Boss?, Baywatch, Ally McBeal… [sobs quietly into hands]

1. 'The Idol' (HBO/Max) 

The Idol is a fascinating example of what happens when network execs give a hotshot showrunner carte blanche — or, as Abel Tesfaye’s character pronounces it with such confidence, cart-ay blanch-ay. The drama — which was co-created by Euphoria mastermind Sam Levinson, Tesfaye (formerly known as The Weeknd), and Reza Fahim — centers on Jocelyn (Lily-Rose Depp), a famous but troubled pop star. Just as she’s on the cusp of launching a comeback after the death of her mother, Jocelyn falls under the sway of a charismatic and abusive charlatan named Tedros (Tesfaye). Behind the scenes, The Idol experienced its own power shift with the departure of original director Amy Seimetz, leading to extensive rewrites and reshoots under Levinson’s purview. What was apparently supposed to be a satire of modern fame and the exploitation of female celebrities became a laughable, affected, and morbidly fascinating exercise in soft-core porn. As an actor, Tesfaye is an excellent musician, and The Idol has nothing insightful or interesting to say other than, “Look at how many times we can get Lily-Rose Depp naked!” (It should be noted that Depp is a talented actress and clearly did her best with the schlock she was handed.) HBO wanted the next Euphoria. Instead, they learned a very unsexy lesson: When wunderkinds are left unsupervised, the results can be agony. 

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New Podcast: “Humans vs. Machines with Gary Marcus”

Ever since the development of the first IBM mainframe computer, there has been a steady stream of panic about machines taking over. Of course, books, TV, and film have built a cottage industry based on the threat of your "smart" toaster taking over your home and using your burnt bread against you. But the latest catalyst for that anguish is the recent distribution of AI systems to do smart searches, write articles, and record audiobooks. 

Soon, AI systems will be capable of writing articles like this one. Scratch that. My wifi thermostat already writes most of these articles. I just lightly edit.

That's why it's significant that Aventine Research Institute and Audacy’s Pineapple Street Studios announced the launch of a new eight-part audio series, Humans vs. Machines with Gary Marcus, hosted by leading AI expert, cognitive scientist, 2023 TED speaker, and best-selling author, Gary Marcus. 

The series will serve as the fourth season of “The World as You’ll Know It,” demystifying AI's past, present and future and bringing to life some of the technology’s most significant breakthroughs and failures. The documentary and narrative-style podcast debuted on Tuesday, April 25, and is available on the Audacy app and wherever podcast fans get their podcasts. 

Follow the series HERE. Through powerful stories, interviews, first-person accounts, and Marcus’s own perspective, Humans vs. Machines with Gary Marcus provides a framework for how individuals, governments, and businesses can think about AI, the questions we need to ask about it as a society, and the steps we should take to make AI a benefit that can be broadly shared. For all the progress in artificial intelligence over the last 70 years, we still don’t know how to build AI we can trust. Examining the technology behind self-driving cars, medical diagnoses, and language models like ChatGPT, he argues that the potential benefits of AI are too great to be ignored, but so are the risks. The subject may be daunting, but Marcus and the producers of Humans vs. Machines with Gary Marcus designed the series to engage even casual listeners. AI, Marcus argues, is too important to be left to technology companies alone. “We’re living through a defining moment in the history and innovation of artificial intelligence. While we keep hearing about the promises of AI and machine learning, the truth is it’s currently on the wrong path, and we need to rethink how we create and use it. Having a holistic understanding of AI and what existing and future developments mean for society is imperative,” says host Gary Marcus. “It’s an honor to partner with Audacy and Aventine to create a podcast that provides a better understanding of what we need as a society to make sure that we get to the right place with AI.” Throughout the series, Marcus is joined by engineers, scientists, philosophers, and journalists working at the forefront of AI to explain what its capabilities can mean for society. 

Guests include Dr. David Ferrucci, who served as the principal investigator for the IBM Watson/Jeopardy! project; Ken Jennings, Jeopardy! host, author, and former contestant who played against IBM’s Watson; Suchi Saria, CEO & Founder Bayesian Health, Inc. and Endowed Chair & AI Prof, Johns Hopkins; Dr. Isaac Kohane, chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School; Cade Metz, technology reporter at The New York Times; Missy Cummings, a pioneering Navy fighter pilot, systems analyst and a critic of the self-driving car industry and Yejin Choi, a MacArthur “genius” fellowship awardee, who has developed computer models that detect biases against underrepresented groups, among others.Gary Marcus is a leading voice in artificial intelligence. He is a scientist, best-selling author, and serial entrepreneur (Founder of Robust.AI and Geometric.AI, acquired by Uber). He is well-known for his challenges to contemporary AI, anticipating many of the current limitations decades in advance, and for his research in human language development and cognitive neuroscience.

An Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at NYU, he is the author of five books, including, The Algebraic Mind, Kluge, The Birth of the Mind, and the New York Times Bestseller Guitar Zero. He has often contributed to The New Yorker, Wired, and The New York Times. Gary’s most recent book, Rebooting AI, with Ernest Davis, is one of Forbes’s 7 Must Read Books in AI, and at his recent TED Talk, he called for the formation of an International Agency for AI.

The podcast is separated into two parts, with the first four episodes (part one) premiering April 25 with a weekly rollout and the last four episodes (part two) debuting later this summer. The new season marks the latest addition to the podcast series The World as You’ll Know It, which looks at how current technological and scientific developments will affect the ways in which we live and work in the future. 

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