Some news items you might have missed:
• Bloomberg News: Meta Platforms Inc.’s new social media app Threads has garnered 70 million users in just two days after its launch.
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are marking their 77th wedding anniversary with a quiet Friday at their south Georgia home, extending their record as the longest-married first couple.
77 years of love ❤️ How amazing! Join us in wishing former President Jimmy Carter & Rosalynn Carter a very happy anniversary. The couple is celebrating 77 years of marriage today. Read more: https://t.co/99kLJFdFmc pic.twitter.com/dTGZgAVNuv
— Atlanta Journal-Constitution (@ajc) July 7, 2023
• Axios: MediaNews Group, the local newspaper company, has shut down all of its comment sections as of July 1st, due to difficulties in moderating them. Among the company’s newspapers are the Boston Herald, Denver Post, and Detroit News.
• The Daily Beast: Trump advisers say Kari Lake (who can’t accept she lost her race for governor in Arizona) has been losing her footing with the Donald because, in his eyes, she always wants attention. Lake has apparently been auditioning bigly to be Trump’s running mate in the 2024 race.
“She’s a shameless, ruthless demagogue who wants power and will do whatever she has to do to get it,” a Trump adviser told The Daily Beast.https://t.co/xbjXnuMZ37
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 6, 2023
• AP News: Earth’s average temperature set a new unofficial record high on Thursday, the third such milestone in a week that already rated as the hottest on record.
• New Music: Kylie Minogue drops the ABSOLUTE remix of her global hit “Padam Padam.” With 44 million global streams since its release in May, “Padam Padam” has taken the number one spot on the UK Big Top 40 for five weeks.