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Wendy's has clarified its dynamic pricing strategy, saying that surge pricing (where prices increase when demand is highest) will not be implemented. "Digital menu boards could allow us to change the menu offerings at different times of day and offer discounts and value offers to our customers more easily, particularly in the slower times of day,” a spokesperson told NBC in an email.

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#Food #Economics #Wendys #FoodCulture

Funny lines, flubs and a brief power outage. Entertainment Weekly brings us the best and worst moments from the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards. https://flip.it/4qO0cm
#Culture #Entertainment #SAGAwards

West Virginia and Georgia are eyeing laws that would allow criminal charges against school librarians for distributing books that contain "obscene matter." This material often includes books on gender identity and sexual orientation. @axios has created this @Flipboard Storyboard, which also includes information on proposed book bans in Oregon, Florida and Texas.

https://flipboard.com/@axiosnews/librarians-could-face-criminal-charges-over-obscene-books-in-some-states-cjmrjuh6808h1970

#Books @bookstodon #Reading #LGBTQ #HumanRights #USA #Libraries #USPolitics

For more stories like this, follow @ElectionCentral's State and Local Magazine, @state-and-local-ElectionCentral

“Oppenheimer” won best film, Emma Stone took the best actress award, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph moved the crowd with her best supporting actress acceptance speech at Sunday’s Bafta Film Awards. Here’s a two-minute highlight clip from BBC News. https://flip.it/nGHPXC
#Culture #Entertainment #Film #Bafta

Attention, U.S.-based folk who are looking for restaurant reviews and other food news that is relevant to where they live! @Eater has federated all of its local Magazines. Here's how to discover all their stories.

For Atlanta, follow @eater-atlanta-Eater

For Austin, follow @eater-austin-Eater

For Charleston, follow @eater-charleston-Eater

For Chicago, follow @eater-chicago-Eater

For Dallas, follow @eater-dallas-Eater

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For Las Vegas, follow @eater-las-vegas-Eater

For Los Angeles, follow @eater-los-angeles-Eater

For Miami, follow @eater-miami-Eater

For Nashville, follow @eater-nashville-Eater

For New Orleans, follow @eater-new-orleans-Eater

For New York, follow @eater-new-york-Eater

For San Diego, follow @eater-san-diego-Eater

For San Francisco, follow @eater-san-francisco-Eater

For Seattle, follow @eater-seattle-Eater

For the Twin Cities (Minneapolis–Saint Paul), follow @eater-twin-cities-Eater

For Washington D.C., follow @eater-dc-Eater

#Flipboard #Federation #Fediverse #OpenSocialWeb #Food #Restaurants #FoodCulture #USA

It's vacation-planning time (and also Travel Tuesday), so here are a few federated Magazines to follow, whether you're looking for gear recommendations, ideas for family travel, outdoor adventures, restaurant suggestions in the world's best cities (we want to visit NYC) or hotel tips.

@hotel-news-and-inspiration-AfarMedia
@outdoor-adventure-outside
@family-travel-FrommersMag
@eater-new-york-Eater
@travel-products-travelleisure

#Travel #TravelTuesday #Lifestyle #Flipboard #Federation #OpenSocialWeb #Fediverse

For over a decade, @Flipboard has been curating the best content around the clock. Today we're taking the next step toward making all that excellent curation available to everyone in the Fediverse. With the federation of The Culture Desk account on Flipboard, you can now follow the specific Magazines you want on Mastodon. To avoid confusion, we're renaming our flipboard.social account to "Flipboard Picks in Culture." We recommend you follow both our Mastodon account and our newly federated Flipboard Magazines for the latest in culture. Here are just four great Magazines to follow:

https://flipboard.social/@stories-of-black-america-theculturedesk@flipboard.com — Stories about the history and culture of Black people in the USA.
https://flipboard.social/@the-home-front-theculturedesk@flipboard.com — From decor trends and reno tips to organization and cleaning advice, this Magazine has you covered.
https://flipboard.social/@what-to-hear-music-theculturedesk@flipboard.com — Music news, reviews, highlights and recommendations.
https://flipboard.social/@trending-trailers-theculturedesk@flipboard.com — Take a peek at current and upcoming movies.

#Culture #Entertainment #Music #Lifestyle #Flipboard #Federation

Black Americans who are attempting to trace their roots can get help from the Smithsonian. The institute's National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) offers free genealogy sessions, both in person and online, teaching people how to interpret census records, find useful sources of information, and more. Here's more from @Smithsonianmag's Tracy Scott Forson, who got answers about her own family history from an NMAAHC session.

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#History #Culture #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon

The 66th Grammy Awards are here. Follow the winners with live updates from Variety. Plus, a link to streaming the show live online.
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#Grammy2024 #Culture #Entertainment #Music #TaylorSwift #SZA

E. Jean Carroll has had a long and illustrious writing career dating back to the 1980s — she was an Emmy-nominated SNL writer and contributing editor for magazines like Outside, Esquire and Playboy before she launched her Ask E. Jean advice column, and wrote a biography of Hunter S. Thompson in 1993. Here's a piece she wrote for Outside in 1981 about Miss Rodeo America.

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#Lifestyle #Culture #EJeanCarroll #Writing

Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing pottery with gold lacquer, the idea being that the flaws make the ceramics more beautiful and unique. It has its roots in the wabi-sabi philosophy of embracing imperfection. Here's a story from Gathered explaining how to try the technique at home.

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#Art #Craft #Lifestyle #Ceramics #WabiSabi #Culture

Every year, Grist runs a climate fiction short story contest, Imagine 2200. Writers are invited to imagine a future in which solutions to the climate crisis flourish, and our world is a better place. Here are all the finalists, including the winning story, which is about a beekeeper who develops a warning system for floods and in doing so, finds community.

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#Fiction #Writing #ClimateChange #ClimateFiction

Movie critic Adam Nayman at The Ringer takes a look at 20 of the most anticipated films of 2024, from a “Joker” prequal with Lada Gaga as Harley Quinn to a YA romantic drama starring Zendaya. https://flip.it/sL3pIy
#Culture #Film #Entertainment #Movies #TheRinger #LadyGaga #Zendaya

What were the biggest celebrity stories of 2023?

Our top 10 includes revealing memoirs, Scandoval and Gwyneth Paltrow's ski crash trial. Did we miss anything?

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#Celebrity #Entertainment #YearInReview #2023Recap

On Dec. 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act. “Nothing,” he said, “is more priceless and more worthy of preservation than the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed.¨ APN News reports:
https://apnews.com/article/endangered-species-act-50-years-government-8274b017d3ca4c61eb571d610aa86d21

#endangeredspecies #environment #Animals

The year-end rush to publish top 10 lists means many indie films will get left out or go unseen. But IndieWire has rounded up 23 great indie movies worth your attention right now.
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#Culture #Film #Movies #Entertainment #Indie #IndieWire

"The Color Purple" star Taraji P. Henson says she is so tired of being underpaid because of her race and gender that she may stop acting altogether. "I hear people go, ‘You work a lot.’ I have to. The math ain’t mathing," she told Gayle King on Sirius XM. TODAY reports that clips of the conversation are going viral, and other actors including Gabrielle Union and Robin Thede are speaking out.

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#Hollywood #TarajiPHenson #TheColorPurple #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon

What's the story behind "The Twelve Days of Christmas" — why 12 days, and why is there such a ludicrous number of birds in the song? Science journalist Rebecca Boyle took a look at its history and how it's connected to the night sky.

https://flip.it/02-Qha

#Christmas #Culture #History #Stargazing

"A Christmas Story" is 40 this year. The Hollywood Reporter talked to its star, Peter Billingsley, about 24-hour marathons of the film, why he made the sequel, and whether "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie.

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#Movies #Entertainment #AChristmasStory

The sequel to "This is Spinal Tap" will start shooting in February and will feature some big cameos, including Sirs Paul McCartney and Elton John, director Rob Reiner said on Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP). The A.V. Club has more details.

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#Movies #Entertainment #SpinalTap #SpinalTap2 #RHLSTP