Hit pause, obsessive gaming and a pinpoint moon landing + this day in history w/Orange Man Versus the Fire Rooster and our song of the day by Jezus Martinez on your Morning Monarchy for January 30, 2024.
Notes/Links:
Viewership Records and Crying Swifties: Taylor Swift and the NFL’s Budding Business Relationship
https://frontofficesports.com/viewership-records-and-crying-swifties-taylor-swift-and-the-nfls-budding-business-relationship/
Wall Street Opposition to Trump Dropping, Investors Say
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/wall-street-opposition-to-trump-dropping-investors-say-5573173
Israel braces for interim ICJ ruling on allegation of genocide in Gaza
https://archive.is/Bsg58
ICJ Rules Against Israel in Gaza Genocide Case
https://news.antiwar.com/2024/01/26/icj-rules-against-israel-in-gaza-genocide-case/
Amazon’s Ring to Stop Letting Police Request Doorbell Video From Users
https://archive.ph/uSaIm
What’s the deal with YouTube’s new informative program, “Hit Pause” getting hate?
https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/ylewlc/whats_the_deal_with_youtubes_new_informative/
Video: YouTube: Before you believe a headline, hit pause (Audio)
https://youtu.be/SuIqaxC9vAY
NSA Confirms Purchasing Data on American Citizens’ Internet Behavior, Circumventing the Need for Warrants
https://reclaimthenet.org/nsa-confirms-purchasing-data-on-american-citizens-internet-behavior-circumventing-the-need-for-warrants
“Malicious Compliance” – Apple Is Accused of “Extortion” Tactics To Keep Developers Locked Into Its Walled Garden
https://reclaimthenet.org/apple-malicious-compliance
Searching for change at toll booths to end as Kansas Turnpike turns to cashless tolling
https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article277317693.html // https://archive.ph/62TU6
Lloyds axes mobile bank branches
https://news.sky.com/story/lloyds-axes-mobile-bank-branches-as-lender-shifts-services-online-13059427
Lloyds Banking Group to cut 1,600 jobs as it shifts to online banking
https://news.sky.com/story/lloyds-banking-group-to-cut-1600-jobs-as-it-shifts-towards-online-banking-13055876
Channel 4 to unveil deeper job cuts as ad downturn bites
https://news.sky.com/story/channel-4-to-unveil-deeper-job-cuts-as-ad-downturn-bites-13058748
If the Music Business Keeps Growing, Why the Layoffs?
https://archive.is/FfwBl
Microsoft video games division lays off 1,900 staff
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-68093970
BT customers unknowingly charged for Xbox Game Pass
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-68085437
China appears to U-turn on ‘obsessive’ gaming crackdown
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-68068440
Video: Longview Global’s Dewardric McNeal talks China’s online gaming crackdown (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAy4fIf5C24
Image: @Hybrid’s Cover Art – Controllers’ ‘Chinese U-Turn’
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/983208466481029191/1201741333027631114/20240130_MorningMonarchy.jpg
China opens the world’s deepest and largest underground laboratory 7,800 feet below a mountain to hunt for dark matter
https://archive.ph/8omTB
Alaska Airlines chief says checks on Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes found ‘many’ loose bolts
https://news.sky.com/story/alaska-airlines-chief-says-checks-on-boeing-737-max-9-planes-found-many-loose-bolts-13055041
Delta Boeing plane loses wheel while taxiing for takeoff 🛩️
https://thehill.com/regulation/transportation/4425300-delta-boeing-plane-loses-wheel/
US Marines called 911 to find missing F-35 jet last year, ABC finds
https://archive.is/venVf
Japan hails ‘pinpoint’ moon landing – but spacecraft loses power after less than three hours
https://news.sky.com/story/japan-hails-pinpoint-moon-landing-but-spacecraft-loses-power-after-less-than-three-hours-13055978
Video: Japan becomes 5th country to reach moon, but lunar lander rapidly losing power: space agency (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6x78EdC77o
January 2014 – Page 1 – Media Monarchy
https://mediamonarchy.com/2014/1/
Flashback: Video: Stupor Bowl Ad for Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Noah’ (Jan. 30 , 2014)
https://mediamonarchy.com/video-stuporbowl-ad-for-darren/
Flashback: New World Next Week: Episode180 – #SOTU? STFU!, 3D Printer Patent, Drone Rustlers Update (Jan. 30 , 2014)
https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw180/
Flashback: West Virginia official says residents are breathing cancer-causing agent after chemical spill (Jan. 30 , 2014)
https://mediamonarchy.com/west-virginia-official-says-residents/
Flashback: Police Say Columbia, Maryland Mall Shooter Was ‘Ready To Die’ (Jan. 30 , 2014)
https://mediamonarchy.com/police-say-columbia-maryland-ma/
Flashback: As China’s Economy Slows, the Pain Hits Home (Jan. 30 , 2014)
https://mediamonarchy.com/as-chinas-economy-slows-pain-hits-home/
Flashback: Stupor Bowl or Snooper Bowl: Police State Technology Ready to Play Big Game (Jan. 30 , 2014)
https://mediamonarchy.com/stuporbowl-or-snooperbowl-police-state/
#ThisDayInHistory/#MorningMonarchy: January 30, 2017 – Donald Trump and the Year of the Fire Rooster (Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170130morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: January 30, 2017 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170130pumpupthavolume/
#GoodNewsNextWeek: And The Hits Just Keep On Comin’ – TPP Fail, Whistleblower Wins, Pressing Vinyl
https://mediamonarchy.com/gnnw044-video/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/gnnw044-audio/
#MorningMonarchy: January 30, 2018
https://mediamonarchy.com/20180130morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: January 30, 2018 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20180130pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: January 30, 2019
https://mediamonarchy.com/20190130morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: January 30, 2019 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20190130pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: January 30, 2020
https://mediamonarchy.com/20200130morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: January 30, 2020 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20200130pumpupthavolume/
#NewWorldNextWeek: Firefighters Battle Police in the Streets of Paris + Quarantative Easing & Roundup Speculation
https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw398-video/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw398-audio/
#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: Jezus Martinez – “Society’s Collapse” (Audio)
https://jezusmartinez.bandcamp.com/track/societys-collapse