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Happy Wednesday, Future Party. Another day, another debilitating cloud outage. This time, it was Cloudflare that went dark, bringing down ChatGPT, X, Spotify, and many others for a few hours yesterday. Ironically, even DownDetector was down. The issue was reportedly caused by a configuration file that got too big and crashed the system. We’re not totally sure what that means, but we bet it’s a lot like when your phone gets stuck trying to send that seven-minute concert video to your friend. Too big to fail definitely doesn’t apply to file sizes.

Doctors around the world are turning to “social prescribing” to treat two growing ills — mental health and loneliness.

Why It Heals: While mental-health issues and chronic loneliness have become more socially accepted as legitimate concerns over the past decade, they’ve been treated mostly with individualized therapy and medication. Both are critical to care, but they miss a necessary ingredient in today’s fractured and isolated world — the healing effect of community.

Behind The Prescriptions: Sometimes, a good book club or running club is exactly what the doctor ordered, according to Insider.

Last Dose: As social media, AI, and chronic overworking isolate people in digital bubbles, the need for socialization feels more necessary than ever. Former US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared loneliness a health epidemic, and there’s currently a 74% deficit in needed mental-health experts.

In other words, we’re in a bit of a crisis… and everyone having a few more friends may be one of the key ways to turn things around.

Next Refill: Considering Gen Z’s growing log-off movement, the hottest new cultural trend may be having a calendar filled with community-minded activities. We could all benefit from being a part of some club.

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The UK is set to pass a measure that would ban reselling tickets for a profit after lobbying from some of the country’s top acts.

The Big Picture: Ticket scalping has become a scourge of the live-music scene as the normal price of tickets has exceeded affordability levels. The perfect storm of bot-powered bulk buying and increased demand to see top artists live has led to a lot of angry fans… and a few government investigations. The UK is seemingly trying to nip this problem in the bud.

Behind The Ban: The UK has a message for ticket scalpers: “Go to the concert or lose money.”

Final Sale: The legislation comes on the heels of top UK acts like Dua Lipa, Coldplay, The Cure, and Radiohead sending an open letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer to fulfill his promise of ending scalping. And with AI set to put ticket buying and reselling into overdrive, time seemed especially of the essence.

It looks like the bands and government officials both fear the same thing: irate fans.

Next Gig: Keep your eye out for a Robin Hood of the music scene who gobbles up tickets en masse for the sole purpose of selling them to fans at a lower price. Crazier things have happened.

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30.3% of you voted Yes, from time to time in yesterday’s poll: Have you ever worked as a babysitter?

“When I was a teenager — but once I left for college, I never babysat again. Kids can be fun, and I was their favorite babysitter. But I didn’t want to deal with some of the parents ever again.”

“As a teenager, it was how I got spending money. As an adult, I ran a drop-in daycare to earn extra money. As a senior, I watch my neighbor’s cats when they’re away.”

“I worked for a billionaire family for 10+ years as a nanny.”

“I have many times during high school, college, and one of my ‘grown-up’ jobs, where I had to babysit my boss to keep him out of trouble.”

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🍿 First-round bids for Warner Bros. Discovery are due Thursday, and it’s expected that Paramount, Comcast, and Netflix will all be submitting offers.

🎞️ Warner Bros. and Cosm are teaming up again to create an immersive version of another library title — this time, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

🎢 Nate Bargatze is partnering with Storyland Studios to scout locations around Nashville for his own branded theme park.

👀 It looks like Apple CEO Tim Cook could step down from his role as early as next year. The succession watch begins!

💰 Microsoft and Nvidia are investing $15 billion in Anthropic… which has promised to spend $30 billion on Microsoft cloud capacity that runs on Nvidia chips.

🚗 Robotaxi company Zoox will now be available to public riders in San Francisco.

📱 Meta has emerged victorious in an FTC lawsuit that alleged the tech giant was a monopoly for owning Instagram and WhatsApp.

🗣️ Snapchat is introducing “Topic Chats,” a feature that lets users have public conversations.

🫣 Roblox will require all users to verify their age with its face-scanning feature if they want to use the platform’s DM feature.