Reddit overtakes TikTok in UK thanks to search algorithms and gen Z

Reddit has undergone huge growth over the last two years, with an 88% increase in the proportion of UK internet users it reaches. Three in five Brits online now encounter the site, up from a third in 2023

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/03/reddit-overtakes-tiktok-uk-search-algorithms-gen-z

Reddit overtakes TikTok in UK thanks to search algorithms and gen Z

Platform is now Britain’s fourth most visited social media site as users seek out human-generated content

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How do you make payroll contributions to an HSA? Is it through Mypay

Made the change from BCBS basic to MHBP consumer this year. Just planning ahead as I believe you don’t have to pay FICA taxes on deductions directly from payroll. Where do these payroll contributions get made? Can you change the amount you’re deducting mid year?

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Got Approved for Federal Disability Retirement. My Law Firm Went Silent. GRB Has Been Incredible

Hey everyone, I wanted to share this for anyone going through federal disability retirement or waiting on OPM and wondering what happens after you finally get approved.Quick background. I was with the Department of Justice and went through the disability retirement process with a law firm (Harris). They handled the application phase and, to be fair, got the approval done. Once that approval hit though, it was basically radio silence. No roadmap. No next steps. No guidance on benefits, insurance elections, or how to actually get paid. It felt like “Congrats, you’re approved… good luck.”That’s where GRB came in, and honestly, the difference has been night and day. I had a call with a GRB benefits specialist, and she walked me through everything in plain English. Last day of pay, how OPM uses that to trigger interim payments, what gets sent to OPM, and how retroactive pay works back to my separation date. She explained why OPM can’t even start payments without that last pay status confirmed and took ownership of sending it over the same day. No hand-waving. No guessing.Where GRB really shined was benefits. I learned the difference between canceling FEHB and suspending it. This is huge. Because my family has CHAMPVA, I don’t need FEHB right now, but instead of permanently canceling it, I can suspend it indefinitely and keep it in my back pocket for life. No premiums. No billing. But I can re-activate it later if circumstances change. That’s not something my law firm ever explained. Same with life insurance. We went through Basic, Option A, B, and C, cost projections, age-based increases, and what actually makes sense when you’re retiring young. She gave a recommendation, explained why, and made it clear I can always adjust later through OPM’s Services Online.Bottom line: Harris got me approved, but GRB is the reason I actually understand what’s happening now and how money and benefits will flow. They’re assembling the full package, bypassing payroll delays, sending things directly to OPM, and setting expectations for interim pay versus full annuity. That peace of mind matters when you’ve already been through enough.I’m posting this here because I know how confusing and stressful this process is, especially once approval hits and you feel dropped. If you’re in the middle of federal disability retirement, deferred resignation, OPM waiting, FEHB decisions, life insurance questions, or interim pay anxiety, feel free to ask. I’m not an attorney and I’m not selling anything. I’m just someone who’s living it right now and happy to help however I can.

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On #AI generated fake #whistleblower Training myself to ignore cookie-cutter "creative" messages.
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https://www.platformer.news/fake-uber-eats-whisleblower-hoax-debunked/
Debunking the AI food delivery hoax that fooled Reddit

A “whistleblower” tried to corroborate his viral post with AI-generated evidence. This is how I caught him. PLUS: Grok's image-generation crisis, and the rapture over Claude Opus 4.5

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Inside a Failed OIG Investigation: Records Show Phoenix Veteran Affairs Police Corruption — Case No. 2024-02060-HL-0660 — Referred to Their Own Oversight (OS&LE) and Cleared ("Non-Sustained")

https://archive.org/details/va-oig-hotline-case-2024-02060-hl-0660-complaint/mode/1up

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@💚 ich werbe ins Fediverse zu kommen und sage klar das erstmal als Alternative zu FB,Insta, X etc zu nutzen und das Andere nach und nach auszufaden.
Das Fediverse: ja.

Aber komm nicht auf die Idee, Mastodon und nur Mastodon als alleinige Alternative zu 𝕏 und Facebook und Instagram zu verkaufen.

Mastodon ist eine Alternative zu 𝕏. Nicht die einzige. Eine von vielen. Pleroma, Akkoma, Misskey, Sharkey usw., sie sind auch alle Alternativen zu 𝕏 und besser als Mastodon. In mancher Hinsicht sind übrigens Misskey und seine Forks sogar dichter an 𝕏 dran als Mastodon.

Mastodon ist keine Alternative zu Instagram. Die hauptsächliche Alternative zu Instagram ist Pixelfed. Man kann sogar sein komplettes Instagram-Konto mitsamt allen Bildern direkt nach Pixelfed importieren.

Mastodon ist auch keine Alternative zu Facebook. Nein, wirklich nicht. Die populärste Alternative zu Facebook ist Friendica, das 2010 vorn vornherein als Alternative zu Facebook entwickelt wurde. Es ist also sehr viel dichter an Facebook dran als Mastodon. Wer mehr Features will und/oder mehr Sicherheit und/oder mehr Resilienz gegen Serverausfall, kann sich auch Hubzilla angucken.

Was die Themen Synthesizer und Musikproduktion angeht: einfach mal aufhören, mit Hashtags in den Äther zu rufen und zu hoffen, daß die richtigen Leute anbeißen. Statt dessen sich einfach mal da umzugucken, wo es ein Killerfeature gibt, auf das Mastodon nicht mal vorbereitet ist: Gruppen.

Beispiel: Lemmy. Die primäre Alternative zu Reddit im Fediverse.

Beispiel: Friendica.

Und falls dir das nicht bekannt sein sollte: Alles, was ich hier jetzt erwähnt habe, ist nicht nur im Fediverse, sondern das heißt, es ist auch mit Mastodon verbunden. Und miteinander.

Gruß von Hubzilla übrigens.

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BCBS Wellness card $: Use it or lose it

If you’re changing out your insurance from BCBS, take the new 2026 annual Blue Health Assessment survey to get another $50 to spend on the Wellness card before insurance changes over (after pay period ending 1/10/2026)

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January 07, 2026 - r/fednews Daily Discussion Thread

Have anything you want to talk about that doesn't quite warrant its own thread or currently being discussed in a megathread? Post it here!In an effort to effectively manage the amount of information being posted, please keep anything speculative or considered repetitive within this discussion thread.

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