Reddit suffers a major outage after thousands of subreddits temporarily shut down - The company blamed the protest for causing issues across its website and mobile apps.(engadget.com)
Kanye West praises Hitler, says every human has value, 'especially Hitler'(jpost.com)
"We met on Reddit! These are our engagement photos."(reddit.com)
/r/SubredditDrama/ thread about /u/d3rr rage-quitting from moderating /r/RedditAlternatives/(old.reddit.com)
Conversation between magnora7 and Ed(saidit.net)
Elon Musk: "To be super clear, I’m pro free speech, but against anti-Semitism of any kind"(twitter.com)
Twitter is now an Elon Musk company: Twitter’s current CEO, CFO, and policy chief have left the building.(theverge.com)
Reddit’s Sale of User Data for AI Training Draws FTC Inquiry(wired.com)
"No." -> 21K replies and counting(twitter.com)
2 passengers were kicked off an Air Canada flight because they refused to sit in seats covered in puke(insider.com)
Peruvian police seize cocaine bricks wrapped in Nazi insignia - Police found 58kg (127 pounds) of cocaine bearing the Nazi flag and imprinted with the name of Germany’s war-time leader Hitler.(aljazeera.com)
Reddit hasn’t turned a profit in nearly 20 years, but it just filed to go public anyway: "company’s largest shareholders are now Advance Publications (30.1%), which owns Condé Nast, Chinese tech company Tencent (11%) and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (8.7%) ... and Huffman, who now owns 3.3% of the company"(edition.cnn.com)
On Feb 7, Twitch streamer Vaush accidentally and briefly opened a folder on his computer filled with pornographic images, which viewers quickly picked up on. While the exact contents of the folder are hard to make out, several of the images appear to be lolicon, while others involve drawn horses(knowyourmeme.com)NSFW
/u/iHaveToAsk submitted 52 posts in last 24 hours (35% of /s/all saidit posts, 149 in last 24 hours)(self)
The Man Who Opened a Store Selling Heroin and Cocaine Has Died From an Overdose(vice.com)
Fox News has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Tucker Carlson, alleging that the conservative network’s former star anchor breached his contract by launching a new show on Twitter(nbcnews.com)
Orcas have sunk 3 boats in Europe and appear to be teaching others to do the same. Scientists think a traumatized orca initiated the assault on boats after a "critical moment of agony" and that the behavior is spreading among the population through social learning.(livescience.com)
Boulder's main library closed due to high levels of methamphetamine(cbsnews.com)
Twitter Has Locked Kanye's Account After He Posted An Antisemitic Tweet(buzzfeednews.com)
Greta Thunberg found guilty of failing to obey police at climate protest - The 20-year-old avoided a potential prison sentence and has been fined 2,500 Swedish krona (€216), AFP reports.(euronews.com)
Israel strikes Gaza killing 13 people, including four children - The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group says three of its leaders killed as well as their wives and some children.(aljazeera.com)
Colorado funeral home owner accused of selling body parts and giving clients fake ashes is sentenced to 20 years in prison(cbsnews.com)
Things get heated in /r/justneckbeardthings about whether the insult "Small Dick Energy" is body shaming(old.reddit.com)