Yeah, the Lincoln Project is still around, and apparently, they think we care about what they have to say. The lack of self-awareness is just stunning. No one cares about
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Twitter revealed the “tip jar” feature this week, enabling users to contribute to a small number of users. But the social media giant neglected to mention the sender’s address is revealed to the recipient.
The new feature supports several payment options like CashApp, PayPal, and Venmo. It was rolled out to a select group of users. The price of using the tip jar feature comes at the expense of the sender’s personal privacy, however. When sending funds to another user, the platform reveals the sender’s residential address.
“Huge heads up on PayPal Twitter Tip Jar. If you send a person a tip using PayPal, when the receiver opens up the receipt from the tip you sent, they get your address, ” social media watchdog Rachel Tobac reported.
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The “Tip Jar” feature, which is currently only available for some users to set up, allows someone to set up a button on their Twitter profile that will allow users to send them money through numerous platforms like Bandcamp, Cash App, Patreon, PayPal, and Venmo. Advertisement Hide
When someone clicks on one of the payment options, it sends them to that app to continue making the transaction. The general idea, according to Twitter, is for people to have an easy way to send each other money instead of “sharing your PayPal link after your tweet goes viral.”
Scoop: Biden weighs posting LA Mayor Garcetti to India
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. Photo: Marcus Yam/Pool/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
President Biden is considering naming Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to a high-profile ambassadorship, possibly India, people familiar with the matter tell Axios.
Why it matters: The potential exit of the Democratic executive for the nation s second-largest city would come as L.A. faces record homelessness and a court order to find shelter for a massive Skid Row population by the end of September. It could further destabilize California politics amid a recall attempt against Gov. Gavin Newsom, also a Democrat.
Are the Bidens a lot larger than the Carters?
Social media sure thinks so after a photo of President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden with former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter circulated online.
The Carter Center, a nonprofit started by the Carters with Emory University, tweeted the photo of the visit on Monday, and some Twitter users began to question if the photo was distorted due to everything appearing small except for the Bidens. Others chopped it up to the use of a wide-angle lens.
The use of the wide-angle lens could have helped create an illusion, according to camera company Canon.