Culture
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The Louvre Heist: How Crown Jewels Vanished in Minutes and Exposed France’s Hidden Security Flaws
TLDR: Seven minutes, €88 million gone: thieves dressed as construction workers used a hoist to breach the Louvre’s Galerie d’Apollon, smashed two cases, and escaped with Napoleonic crown jewels that survived wars but not outdated motion sensors and patchy CCTV. The haul—emeralds from Empress Marie-Louise, sapphires tied to Queen Hortense—can’t be fenced thanks to instant read more
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Your Niche Is Tired. TikTok’s For You Wants Your Whole Personality
TLDR: TikTok’s For You page blends surface-level diversity with deep personalization, rewarding creators who rotate formats and topics—just as audiences tire of rigid personas. The old “pick a niche” rule? It’s breaking on TikTok. Wait—didn’t every social media growth guide ever written tell you to “find a niche and stick to it”? For years, that read more

