Expert in Judaic Space Laser targeting, and a QOP stalwart, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green invested in a shell company intended to take Trump's new social media network public. The value of those shares has fallen by around 60% in just a few days. — Read the rest

Twitter has launched "Super Follows" on iOS. The feature lets users charge for subscriber-only content, and mimics the subscriber model used by Patreon, Substack, and other platforms.

The feature is currently only available test group of people in the US. — Read the rest

Some Reddit 'apes,' who apparently lack 'diamond hands,' are donating tens of thousands of dollars to The Dian Fosy Gorilla Fund.

BBC:

"Apes Together Strong" is a popular saying in Reddit's WallStreetBets forum, and some users are taking that seriously.

Imagine a world scripted by Shonda Rhimes.

A world filled with scandal, sex, intrigue and gossip, it would be peopled by schemers and dreamers who manipulate, lie and cheat their way to selfish ends – while looking fabulous.

That's the world view of the tabloids, and they see quotidian events through this warped and color-saturated lens, turning cold reality into their super-heated vision of the planet as the stage for a high-budget soap opera with top production values.

Spoken Word with Electronics is an audio series delivering to you a two side recording of unusual stories paired with vintage modular electronic sounds

Hi, everyone. Welcome back to the show. This week we get down to the serious question of the day: Do you ever hear bubble wrap in your pockets? — Read the rest

Author Ben Mezrich has already sold the movie rights to MGM for his book proposal The Antisocial Network about the rogue retail investors of r/wallstreetbets and the stonk market chaos surrounding GameStop, AMC, Koss, and now silver. Interestingly, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are executive producers. — Read the rest

Saturday Night Live's 46th season resumed on Saturday, Jan 30th, after the Christmas break with Kate McKinnon playing herself interviewing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Cecily Strong), a GameStop investor (Pete Davidson), Jack Dorsey (Mikey Day), Mark Zuckerberg (Alex Moffat), O.J. Simpson (Kenan Thompson) and Tom Brady (John Krasinski) discussing current events. — Read the rest

After tearing GOP losers apart, Colbert gives an awesome explainer of the Gamestop stock shock.

Ah, yes, another case of mistaken social media handle identity.

The World Wide Robin Hood Society, based in the heart of Sherwood, Nottingham, England, has a bunch of new followers on Twitter.

CNN's Brian Fung observed, "People appear to be following @robinhood en masse without realizing that the handle belongs to the Robin Hood society in the UK, not the stock trading platform." — Read the rest

Robinhood was founded to "provide everyone with access to financial markets, not just the wealthy." But after days of small-time amateurs crushing overexposed hedge funds, it is blocking users from trading shares of GameStop, AMC and other companies involved in the action. — Read the rest

Two billionaires are bailing out Melvin Capital, a firm that has lost a ton of money shorting GameStop. Stepping into a fight with a social media whirlwind is line of duty no.

Business Insider:

Steve Cohen's Point 72, Ken Griffin's Citadel, and other partners are plowing a total of $2.75 billion into Melvin Capital, the hedge funds said on Monday.

This is it. The console wars are back – and this year might be the most blistering, savagely-fought engagement ever between bitter rivals, Sony and Microsoft. Sony's PlayStation 5 and Microsoft's Xbox Series X consoles have been slowly dribbling their way into players' hands the past several days, triggering massive store runs and sold out notices to kick off the fierce holiday shopping season.  — Read the rest

Beginning at 8AM on September 22, you'll be able to pre-order Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S online at the retailers listed here.

Check here for participating retailers and specific times in each country.

From Xbox.com:

On November 10, a new generation of console gaming begins.

Bandai Namco owns the trademark and copyright in classic arcade game Ms. Pac Man, but a retro hardware company named AtGames has acquired rights to collect royalty payments on it.

It's the end of a geeky era: After 19 glorious years of flogging movie, comic book and gaming-related swag, ThinkGeek is shuttering its website next month.

From The Verge:

ThinkGeek will officially close down its website and will migrate its operations over to its parent company GameStop's website instead.

I was looking forward to grabbing the NES Classic Edition console today, but it was not to be: the box, a miniaturized version of the classic 1980s machine replete with dozens of classic games, sold out instantaneously.

At Amazon, countless negative reviews piled up as buyers rushed to check out the surprise hit, only to be shut down by error messages. — Read the rest

My little sister just wants games to be for her exactly what they are for boys and men: easy to love. Why does that have to be so hard?

Brian Krebs writes about how hackers have expanded the ways they extract value from compromised PCs. No longer is a compromised machine merely good for forming part of a botnet or forwarding spam. New strains of malware extract all your login/passwords for ecommerce sites, and these are then put on sale at $2 a throw on sites like Freshtools. — Read the rest

The Verge rounds up release-date rumors surrounding Google's Nexus 7 Android tablet, well-received by critics. GameStop allegedly already has them in-store, but under lock and key; leaked inventory data from Office Depot suggests they'll be receiving them tomorrow at the earliest; B&H lists an August street date; and Google itself is promising delivery in 1-2 weeks, if you order right now.

BabyCastles, the videoarcade in Ridgewood, Queens, is quickly turning into a hub for intersection of the art, technology, and culture of independent gaming. It's a place where you can sample the latest in indie videogames, like the Hungarian physics Sumotori Dreams above, or experience fully curated exhibitions – all in an atmosphere more like a hacker's coffee bar than a museum or a commercial arcade. — Read the rest