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- The Hunger Games (2012): release record
Document · 2012
Rotten Tomatoes
Catalog record: The Hunger Games released March 23, 2012.
- The Immediate Impact of Different Types of Television on Young Children’s Executive Function
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2011
Angeline S. Lillard; Jennifer Peterson
Peer-reviewed experiment (2011): 9 minutes of a fast-paced cartoon right away hurt 4-year-olds' attention and self-control compared with a slower show or drawing. Short-term effects only;…
- The Immediate Impacts of TV Programs on Preschoolers’ Executive Functions and Attention: A Systematic Review
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2024
Sara Arian Namazi; S. Sadeghi
2024 review of 15 studies covering 1,855 children aged 2 to 7. Fantasy content more clearly hurt self-control, while results on fast pacing were mixed.
- The Matrix (1999): release record
Document · 1999
Rotten Tomatoes
Catalog record: The Matrix released March 31, 1999.
- The MLC Sues Spotify Over Bundled Subscriptions (2024)
Document · 2024
The Mechanical Licensing Collective
The Mechanical Licensing Collective, May 2024: sued Spotify, saying it cut songwriter royalties by reclassifying its subscriptions as audiobook bundles. The MLC's allegations.
- The serotonin theory of depression: a systematic umbrella review of the evidence
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2022
Joanna Moncrieff et al.
The umbrella review found no consistent support for the low-serotonin hypothesis across the research areas reviewed. It did not test antidepressant efficacy and does not establish…
- The State of the Hot 100 Top 10: 2024 Mid-Year Trend Report
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2024
Hit Songs Deconstructed
Hit Songs Deconstructed: the 55 Billboard top-10 hits in the first half of 2024 had 134 credited songwriters in total.
- The Truman Show (1998): AFI catalog record
Document · 1998
AFI Catalog
AFI catalog record: The Truman Show opened June 5, 1998.
- They Live (1988): AFI catalog record
Document · 1988
American Film Institute
AFI catalog record: They Live (1988) traces back to Ray Nelson's 1963 short story "Eight O'Clock in the Morning" through a 1985 comic.
- Ticketmaster: The Eras Tour Onsale Explained (2022)
Corporate Filing · 2022
Ticketmaster
Ticketmaster's own explanation of the November 2022 Eras Tour presale collapse: bots and fans without codes caused 3.5 billion system requests, four times its previous peak.…
- TikTok Inc. v. Garland, No. 24-656
Court Filing · 2025
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court's January 17, 2025 ruling upholding the TikTok law against TikTok's free speech challenge.
- TikTok: Frequently Asked Questions and Issues for Congress
Government Record · 2024
Congressional Research Service
Congressional Research Service explainer on the 2024 TikTok law (PAFACAA): ByteDance had to sell TikTok's U.S. operations or the app would be banned.
- TikTok: Statement in Response to Universal Music Group (2024)
Corporate Filing · 2024
TikTok
TikTok's January 2024 response, accusing Universal of putting "their own greed above the interests of their artists." TikTok's side.
- Title: Eight O’Clock in the Morning — Title Record #44474
Document · 1963
Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Bibliography record: Ray Nelson's "Eight O'Clock in the Morning," published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1963.
- Tol: Re-analysis of the Climate Consensus Study (2016)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2016
Richard S. J. Tol
Richard Tol, Environmental Research Letters: a peer-reviewed re-analysis disputing how Cook et al. sorted papers and reported the consensus figure.
- Tonkin Gulf Resolution, Public Law 88-408 (1964)
Government Record · 1964
United States Congress
The joint resolution Congress passed after the reported August 1964 attacks in the Gulf of Tonkin. It authorized the President to use military force in Southeast…
- Transcript: Stephen Kinzer on Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA’s Search for Mind Control
News Report · 2019
NPR / Terry Gross interview with Stephen Kinzer
NPR interview with Stephen Kinzer, author of a book on CIA chemist Sidney Gottlieb, on MKULTRA's LSD research and how it connects to Timothy Leary and…
- Travis Scott avoids criminal indictment in Astroworld tragedy after no-bill by grand jury
News Report · 2023
Houston Public Media
Houston Public Media, June 2023: a grand jury declined to indict Travis Scott and 5 others over the 10 Astroworld deaths. A criminal no-bill, not a…
- Trump Calls for Major Investigation into Kamala Harris Celebrity Endorsements
News Report · 2025
ABC News
ABC News, May 2025: Trump called for an investigation into Harris's celebrity endorsements. Campaign law experts said disclosed payments are legal, and Tina Knowles denied Beyoncé…
- Truth in Advertising complaint to the FTC: Ryan ToysReview’s Deceptive Native Advertising (2019)
Document · 2019
Truth in Advertising, Inc.
Truth in Advertising's 2019 complaint to the FTC about Ryan ToysReview: 92 percent of 211 videos it reviewed promoted products to children under 5, often without…
- TuneCore and GrimesAI: 50 Percent Royalty Split (2023)
Corporate Filing · 2023
TuneCore / CreateSafe / Grimes
TuneCore, June 2023: artists can release songs made with Grimes's AI voice clone, with a 50 percent royalty split to Grimes.
- Tuskegee Syphilis Study Ad Hoc Advisory Panel: Final Report (1973)
Government Record · 1973
Tuskegee Syphilis Study Ad Hoc Advisory Panel, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Federal advisory panel, April 1973: concluded the Tuskegee syphilis study was ethically unjustified from its start in 1932, and that its results were meager compared with…
- Twitter: Permanent Suspension of @realDonaldTrump (2021)
Corporate Filing · 2021
Twitter Inc.
Twitter, January 8, 2021: permanently suspended @realDonaldTrump after judging two tweets broke its Glorification of Violence policy and risked further incitement. The company's own explanation, not…
- Twitter: Setting the Record Straight on Shadow Banning (2018)
Corporate Filing · 2018
Twitter Inc.
Twitter, July 2018: denied shadow banning, defined narrowly as hiding content from everyone but the poster without their knowledge. It admitted ranking tweets and search results…