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Cocoa prices spiked to an all-time high right before Valentine's Day https://lnkd.in/gjHdBas4

King cake is a Mardi Gras tradition in New Orleans. Locals voted for the best one https://lnkd.in/gpq77wB9

'Thank You Please Come Again' is an ode to the food of Southern gas stations https://lnkd.in/gVk2sDy4

Pod Corner: 'Dough Dynasty' https://lnkd.in/gdRR_MVP

Artisse AI raises $6.7M for its ‘more realistic’ AI photography app https://lnkd.in/gBVQN4u6

SpaceX’s defense-focused Starshield satellite internet business lands first contract: SpaceX won its first contract for Starshield, the defense-focused version of its Starlink satellite internet service, from the U.S. Space Force. The one-year contract has a maximum value of $70 million, a U.S. Air Force representative told Bloomberg. The contract “provides for Starshield end-to-end service via the Starlink constellation, user terminals, ancillary equipment, network management […] http://dev.dlvr.it/2dX2rp

On TikTok, videos promoting steroids are exploding — and at times targeting teens: In a new report, a social media watchdog group details how steroid content is exploding in some TikTok communities, promoting potentially dangerous and often illegal substances while propagating unattainable body image ideals to boys and young men. Researchers with the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) found that videos tagged with hashtags promoting the use […] http://dev.dlvr.it/2dX2rh

Judge upholds $18 minimum pay for NYC delivery workers: In a blow to Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub, a New York judge on Thursday ruled to allow the implementation of the minimum pay rate of $18 per hour for New York City’s food delivery workers. The delivery apps sued the city in July, when the city’s 65,000 delivery workers would have begun seeing hourly payments, […] http://dev.dlvr.it/2dX2rd

It’s not clear X CEO Linda Yaccarino knew about Elon Musk’s plan to charge for X: In a live chat earlier this month, Elon Musk said X would charge users “a small monthly payment” to use its service — a necessity, he explained, in order to combat the “vast armies of bots” on the platform. But in an interview this week at the Code Conference, X CEO Linda Yaccarino seemed to […] http://dev.dlvr.it/2dX2rc

Federal agency sues Tesla for racial discrimination of Black workers: The EEOC filed suit against Tesla, accusing the automaker of violating federal law by tolerating widespread and ongoing racial harassment of its Black employees. http://dev.dlvr.it/2dX2rZ