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💬 Quoted… “Jibble, Jibble, Jibble!”

The above is a quote taken from a TikTok clip posted by Doja Cat. In it, she’s holding a custom JBL portable speaker.

  • That clip – combined with her taking the speaker on the red carpet at the Grammys – gave JBL two years’ worth of social engagement in about three days, according to a new analysis from FastCompany.

🎮📉 Stat of the Day: At the end of March 2021, video game publisher Activision had 150 million monthly active users. This week, the company revealed that number has fallen to 94 million. Driving the drop? Lackluster performance from its most popular title, Call of Duty.

🤯 Did You Know?... Corrosion (aka rust) costs the world economy an estimated $2.5 trillion every year, or about 3.4% of global GDP, according to a 2016 study.

📖 Worth a Read: College Essay Prompts Get Absurd. ‘So Where Is Waldo, Really?’ → (WSJ)

📊 Poll results: Yesterday, we asked how you felt about political ads on streaming services.

  • 9% of y’all like them, 69% of y’all dislike them, 12% are ambivalent, and 10% are unsure or have a more nuanced opinion.

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