Ten Things You Need to Know 🗞️

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🗓️ 24 January 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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🗞️ Ten Things You Need to Know Right Now : 1. 🧧 Happy Third Day of the Lunar New Year 2. 😔 Tragedy in Southern California 3. 👋 Adern Announces Resignation 4. 🪧 Greta Thunberg Protests in Germany 5. 💵 "Retirement Before Arthritis" 6. 🐊 After awhile, Crocodile... Literally 7. Penguin Colony Discovered by 💩 8. 📺 Hastings Hands Over the Reigns 9. ⛪ Au Revoir, Sister Andre 10. ⛵ Saved by the Sauce 🎧 Hear more about gun sense from activist Shannon Watts 📧 Email us your fun facts, stories, and eye-rolling jokes at: [email protected] 📱 Follow the show on Instagram: @thetennews 🖱️ Visit our website for resources and a transcript of today's episode at: www.thetennews.com

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0:00.0	Pam Pa Pamela.
0:04.0	Pamela?
0:05.0	Hello?
0:06.0	Oh, sorry, Ryan. I didn't hear you come in.
0:09.0	I can't believe I'm the one saying this, but put your device down. It's time to start the show.
0:14.0	Oh, right. Just five more minutes?
0:17.0	Pamela!
0:18.0	Okay, okay. I'm Pamela Kirkland. And I'm Ryan Willard. It's Tuesday,
0:23.4	March 7th. This is the 10 news. Here are 10 things you need to know.
0:33.0	Our lead story is a big change at TikTok. TikTok has announced it is limiting daily screen time on the app for under 18-year-olds.
0:41.3	Whoa!
0:42.3	After an hour on the app, kids will see a message telling them to enter a passcode to keep scrolling through TikToks.
0:49.3	The social media platform is responding to concerns about how long teens spend on the app and on social
0:55.3	media in general. Health experts helped come up with a 60-minute limit. And while TikTok tries to
1:00.2	protect kids, some teens are taking matters into their own hands by getting rid of their smartphones
1:05.6	altogether. High schoolers in Brooklyn, New York, have formed a Luddite club. What does that mean?
1:12.0	Luddites are people who reject technology.
1:14.5	Club members traded in their smartphones for flip phones and meet weekly to read, paint, sew, have conversations, and listen to music.
1:22.7	This trend is also being called the Smart Phone Liberation Movement and could have health benefits for kids who feel
1:28.3	addicted to their phones.
1:31.5	Another place, teens love, coffee chain Starbucks was in court for union busting.
1:37.9	Unions are organizations formed by employees to help protect employees from being fired without
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