Jack Dorsey got the message. Probably.

All day Friday, many women refused to tweet in protest of Twitter’s decision to suspend actress Rose McGowan’s account as she spoke out against Harvey Weinstein and sexual harassment and assault in Hollywood. 

Late Friday night, Dorsey — Twitter’s co-founder and CEO — responded to the #WomenBoycottTwitter movement. Protesters compared the company’s enforcement of a 12-hour suspension after McGowan tweeted a private phone number to Twitter’s ongoing failure to police racist, anti-Semitic, and sexist harassment. 

In an eight-tweet thread, Dorsey promised some “critical” changes to Twitter’s anti-harassment tools and policies, to be announced next week. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Twitter's Jack Dorsey promises changes to anti-harassment policies after #WomenBoycottTwitter

Image: Courtesy of Katsu Naito & TBW Books

In 1983, 18-year-old Katsu Naito arrived in New York City from his small hometown of Maebashi, Japan.

With little English, he worked as a chef in a Japanese restaurant to earn his green card, and in his spare time unwound by studying Diane Arbus photo books in a SoHo bookstore.

By 1988, he had settled in Harlem, a neighborhood still clawing its way out of the economic devastation of the 1970s.

He took up the habit of wandering the neighborhood with his camera in hand, a practice that understandably aroused suspicion from his neighbors.

But he didn’t take any photos. He walked the rounds, day after day, without clicking the shutter once. In time, he began to recognize familiar faces, and his neighbors became assured he wasn’t a cop or tourist. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | A Japanese immigrant's beautiful portraits of 1990s Harlem

AirPods have ruined the headphone-sharing game, and I for one refuse to stay silent while decades of adorable eye-gazing, face-bumping, and shoulder-resting memories fade away.

I recently tried Apple’s wireless ear buds for the first time, and while they may offer a certain sense of freedom and convenience, they’ve completely killed the intimacy that existed between two people sharing a single pair of wired headphones. 

Sharing wired headphones with someone isn’t just a kind gesture — it’s a personal experience that connects two people through sound, but also in a literal sense. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Apple AirPods killed the best thing about sharing headphones

When multiple wildfires began raging early Monday morning in towns an hour north of San Francisco, residents fled their homes with little more than the clothes they were wearing and whatever valuables they could grab. 

The fast-moving flames incinerated entire neighborhoods in the city of Santa Rosa with little to no warning. 

By the end of the week, at least 35 people had died in four counties, more than 20,000 people had been mandatorily evacuated, and hundreds were still missing. The blazes, which rank as one of the worst wildfire disasters in California’s history, are not yet close to full containment.  Read more…

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Source: Mashable | How to help survivors of the devastating Northern California wildfires

Luana Cobb and her son Dan were asleep when a wildfire blew into Coddingtown Mobile Estates in Santa Rosa, California, early Monday morning. 

Luana, 83, awoke to the sound of cars honking and people shouting. She went outside and heard neighbors screaming to get out. Soon, she says, a fireball struck a nearby palm tree. It rained fiery debris onto her shed, which spun embers onto the frame of her house. 

The mobile home was gone within minutes. Luana and Dan, 60, watched from the street in shock as it collapsed onto itself, flames melting and twisting the metal and steel in its path. The fire ripped through more than a dozen mobile homes and tore across the street, setting an ammunition shop ablaze. Luana and Dan were suddenly survivors and evacuees, carrying only what they each had time to grab: medication, checkbook, and wallet for Dan, and an insurance policy and purse for Luana.   Read more…

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Source: Mashable | 'We're just existing': What it was like to survive the deadly Northern California wildfires

The most delightful of all Halloween crafts, jack-o’-lantern carving, has a less delightful side effect: an abundance of pumpkin guts. 

Luckily, there are quite a few things you can do with said guts—so many, in fact, that you won’t have to say the word “guts” for long. 

Here are a few of our favorites.

1. Make pumpkin juice and pretend you’re in Harry Potter.

Pumpkin juice, that stalwart of the Hogwarts Great Hall, is actually easy to make—you don’t even need a juicerPer The Kitchn, simply pour boiling water over your guts, mash the result, then strain. For something that’s actually drinkable (no offense, pumpkin juice), add the juice of an apple, a bit of lemon juice, and ice. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | What to do with the pumpkin guts after you carve your jack-o-lantern

Bitcoin is on an amazing bull run. The cryptocurrency easily surpassed $5,000 per coin and is currently trading at about $5,500—and many are wondering why. 

The cryptocurrency’s main issues haven’t been resolved. Despite the recent upgrade, it’s still too slow to be a dependable payment platform, and the people running the show remain sharply divided over how Bitcoin should move forward. 

Furthermore, recent news that China is shutting down ICOs and crypto exchanges (and threats from many other jurisdictions to do something similar) put a lot of downward pressure on Bitcoin’s price.

And yet, the price of Bitcoin nearly doubled since it briefly went below $3,000 on Sept. 14. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Bitcoin broke through ,000—but there are major risks ahead

The EcoQube Air is a desktop greenhouse that will brighten your space — and maybe even your mood, too. 

This lovable Indiegogo hit is more than just a planter though: perfect for those without a green thumb, it is ridiculously easy to keep alive. Use the app to schedule everything from the amount of light your plant needs to the weather functionality. 

Surrounding yourself with plants has numerous positive benefits, from filtering the air and relieving stress, to helping with concentration and productivity. The EcoQube features a Smart LED light that not only helps your plant friend grow but could also keep you happy through the dark and stormy months when daylight is at a minimum. Program EcoQube to gradually wake you up every morning with an artificial sunrise—take that, February. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Brighten your space with this programmable desktop greenhouse

There’s a reason that companies are willing to pay big to marketing pros — even the best business won’t go far if no one knows how to reach potential customers. And it’s not just big companies that need marketing. Whether you run a one-person business or just want to get more eyeballs on your blog, mastering techniques like building a subscriber list, running retargeting campaigns, and using data to your advantage are essential.

If that sounds overwhelming, don’t worry — getting those skills doesn’t mean going back to school and paying a ton of money for training. Case in point: the 7 courses in this User Engagement & Marketing Bundle. Take these online classes and you’ll learn all about web scraping for leads, setting up influencer programs, creating homepages that convert, creating successful marketing campaigns big and small, copywriting, and retargeting on Adwords, YouTube, Facebook, AdRoll, PerfectAudience, Google Analytics, and Google Tag Manager. Not only will you learn how to use a ton of the tools that pro marketers use every day, but you’ll get a good dose of sales psychology too, so you understand the method behind the madness. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | How to master marketing and user engagement for less than