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AI-powered social media bots can increase user engagement on posts, but they fall short of encouraging users to post more overall.

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When a politician uses emotionality in social media to engage with his or her constituents, two things happen. One: the politician sees an increase in engagement with individual constituents and then at scale. Two: the politician may actually expand his or her following.

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A new peer-reviewed study found that direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising for prescription smoking-cessation drugs meaningfully reduces cigarette use, while advertising for over the counter (OTC) nicotine products does not. 

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Baltimore Bridge Collapse Disrupts East Coast Truck Fleets

Baltimore Bridge Collapse Disrupts East Coast Truck Fleets

Trucking Info, April 5, 2024

It was a disaster in slow motion. On the night of March 26, as various surveillance cameras passively watched, the massive container ship Dali lost power for as-yet-unexplained reasons and plowed into one of the support structures of the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore, Maryland — a major artery in and out of the Port of Baltimore. The bridge never stood a chance against a container ship of that size. It collapsed like it was made of matchsticks.

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