A warning of the wild power of internet fame
My Viral Video and Me featured Rebecca Black, one of the internet’s original superstars, and was a fascinating piece of early online history
Rebecca Black became a global star after posting a music video online
Ah, the early days of wild, sudden internet fame. What will future historians make of the phenomenon of the first ever viral videos? The early 2000s were the beginning of the time when a short clip, made by an amateur and uploaded online, could travel round the world in seconds, rendering its creator world-famous almost instantly.
VATICAN: On Sunday, Jan. 10, the internet was abuzz with false reports of an overnight blackout at the Vatican, accompanied by a series of claims concerning Pope Francis, the Italian police, and the FBI. The claims were widely shared by conspiracy theorists, generating bewilderment and concern among Catholics around the world.
What happened?
On Jan. 10, a website called the Conservative Beaver published a report headlined “VATICAN BLACKOUT: Pope arrested on 80 count indictment for Child Trafficking, Fraud.” The article was widely shared on Twitter and triggered a spike in Google searches for the term “Vatican blackout.”
What do we know about the Conservative Beaver website?
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Clonaslee community conserves the past for the future of Laois
Clonaslee Community celebrates successful conservation of the medieval Kilmanman Church
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The community of Clonaslee has celebrated the end of another successful season of conservation at the medieval Kilmanman Church just outside the village.
The conservation project which started in 2019, is funded by the Creative Ireland Programme in Laois and Laois County Council, with the help of local community fundraising. This year’s work saw the conservation of the west gable with its fragile bell-cote and the east gable with its beautiful carved medieval window. Some work was also carried out to stabilise the 9th century Dunne Mausoleum adjacent to the older church. More below picture.