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Michael Avenatti got four years for defrauding Stormy Daniels.

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Michael Avenatti, a once-famous lawyer who defended Stormy Daniels in court, has been given four years in prison for cheating her out of money.

In February, Avenatti was found guilty of stealing $300,000 from the adult film star’s $800,000 advance on a book deal. He did this by forging the star’s signature and avoiding questions when the star asked about the missing money.

After he tried to defend himself in court, he was found guilty of wire fraud and identity theft.

According to the Associated Press, Avenatti will serve another two and a half years in prison for this conviction. He has already been in jail for two and a half years for trying to get Nike to pay him money. In a courtroom in Manhattan, he gave an emotional speech in which he admitted that he had “disappointed a lot of people and failed in a catastrophic way.”

Avenatti became famous all over the country in 2018 when he helped Daniels fight in court to get out of a nondisclosure agreement that kept her from talking about a sex encounter she said she had with Donald Trump years earlier. Shortly before the 2016 presidential election, Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, paid Daniels $130,000 to keep her quiet about her affair with Trump.

Judge Jesse M. Furman said in court on Thursday that Avenatti was “quite smart and had impressive legal skills,” but that his “healthy ambition” turned into “blind ambition” over time.

Avenatti wrote Daniels an apology letter last month and gave it to the court before he was sentenced. But Furman said that the apology was “too little, too late.”

Furman said that Avenatti’s actions were “brazen and egregious.” He also said that Avenatti “took advantage of a vulnerable victim because of her unconventional career and beliefs,” which is true.

He told Avenatti, “”I hope you put your formidable talents to better use.

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Michael Avenatti, I use to like this Guy. Well, I still do. He is the example for all of us that you own up to it when you make a mistake. When he first came on the scene though boy was he box office to watch. You never knew what he would say. Sounding confident, sure, and was an attorney. You had the feeling that he was the next big thing on the rise. Watching him challenge trump was extra entertaining. Not many have done that then or since. But, then all went downhill. In the meantime anyway. Hope he makes a bigger comeback cause the World can use more Michael Avenetti’s. Minus the pork of course.

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WINNIE THE POOH TURNED MURDERER In Horror Film

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Winnie the Pooh, one of Disney’s most adored characters, is now an object of nightmares thanks to a new horror film that turns him into a murderer.

Christopher Robin returns to The Hundred Acre Wood to find his stuffed animal BFF and Pooh’s companions vanished. Things gradually deteriorate, and chaos ensues.

From there … there are plenty of screams, blood, violence and possibly murder. Much different than the kid’s tale. BTW, “Winnie The Pooh” became public domain in 2022, which is how they were able to pull the whole thing off.

Demonic photos of the new Pooh first went viral back in May, building a ton of anticipation for the project. Looks like it’s finally getting close to a release.

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Facebook’s reforms could end the old social network era. It’s a TikTok World now?

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TikTok is a serious threat to Facebook, and the adjustments the social network is making to compete with it could spell the end of the social network as we know it.

Friends and acquaintances will no longer be the primary focus of Facebook. Like TikTok, it’ll have an addictive scroll that feeds you movies, photos, and other content that it believes you’ll enjoy. You’re less likely to see postings from your embarrassing aunt and more likely to see videos of cute pets or recipes from food influencers as a result.

When Meta made the announcement last week, it was for Facebook and Instagram: When you open Facebook, the “Home” tab will be the first thing you see. The new primary screen was referred to as a “discovery engine” by a business announcement.

Any public video that is less than 15 minutes long will now be automatically converted into a reel on Instagram, which “may be eligible to be suggested” to other Instagram users.

Basically, if you’re tired of watching TikTok videos from random strangers, Facebook has you covered. On the default home screen, you’ll find an option called “Feeds,” which will allow you to see what your friends and followers are up to more clearly.

Algorithm-based engagement or consumption is prioritized over human connections in Meta’s new approach. Both IT and entertainment corporations are vying for consumers’ attention, whether it is on social media platforms or through streaming services.

Another step toward “the end of the social networking era,” according to Axios’ Scott Rosenberg.

While it’s a dramatic shift from the initial goal of Facebook, it’s a step in the right direction for the company. It used to signify something to update your status on Facebook.

Keeping score, here’s how Facebook has progressed:

When Facebook’s “News Feed” was originally introduced in 2006, it was nothing more than a simple list of friends’ updates.

There have been several algorithm-driven changes to Facebook’s feed over time, and this isn’t the first. Algorithms were put in place in 2009 that prioritized more interesting life updates from users’ relationships in the stream.

It launched an update in 2018 that will “prioritize postings that stimulate conversations and meaningful interactions amongst people.” (Critics claim that this confines people to political echo chambers, fueling fanaticism.)

As a result, this latest version marks the most significant departure yet from Facebook as a social network and a move closer to TikTok, which surged rapidly during the pandemic – maybe too quickly for Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg not to take note.

When TikTok announced in September 2021 that it had more than 1 billion active users, it had just over 500 million members at the end of 2019. In March, Facebook claimed 2.9 billion monthly active users, but the social network has been operational for nearly two decades now.

“Aggressive new tactics to establish significance in a world where TikTok is rapidly setting the pace,” Casey Newton said in a recent edition of his Platformer newsletter.

If Facebook goes away, that doesn’t mean that we’re done with social media. The demise of social media platforms as venues to create “meaningful” interactions with people is a sad consequence of this development.

TikTok, Facebook, and other social media apps are now all about entertaining you and keeping you on the app for as long as they can. People you know won’t play a significant role in achieving that aim.

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Woman hospitalized after being stabbed by 100-pound sailfish in Florida

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A sailfish weighing about 100 pounds stabbed a woman when she was boating off the coast of Florida.

According to a report from the Martin County Sheriff’s Office the event occurred on Tuesday morning.

Two other boat passengers were attempting to pull in a fish when one of them was injured, according to the report. Katherine Perkins, 73, of Arnold, Maryland, told police that she was stabbed in the groin while standing near to the boat’s center console. After being “stabbed,” Perkins became “incoherent,” according to the report.

Two other passengers, Louis Toth and Dominic Bellezza, told authorities that after the sailfish was hooked, it charged at the boat.

Perkins allegedly claimed that she was unable to react since everything happened so quickly.

According to the report, the two men applied pressure to the injuries before transporting Perkins to HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital. CNN reported on Sunday that the woman was doing well, citing a hospital official.

In addition to the sheriff’s department, fire rescue was also on the scene and “tended to” Perkins, according to the report.

Sailfish, according to National Geographic, can achieve speeds of up to 68 miles per hour, making them the fastest fish in the water. They can reach a weight of 220 pounds and a length of 5.7 to 11 feet.

According to National Geographic, the fish is sought after as a “game fish” because its meat is not generally consumed. The fish “will battle furiously, leaping and diving repeatedly, and sometimes taking hours to land,” according to the publication, which described the fish’s behavior after being hooked.

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