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>Minnesota will host the 2028 NFL Draft, bringing one of the biggest spectacles in sports to the region and positioning the state at the center of the football world for three days.

>The National Football League announced that Minnesota will host the 2028 NFL Draft in partnership with Minnesota Sports and Events (MNSE) and the Minnesota Vikings.

via the Minnesota Vikings app.

• Source: Radu Oncescu

• Source: https://www.weather.gov/dlh

• Source: Matt Navarra

>The new metric excludes clicks, meaning creators and page managers may see lower numbers even if content performance hasn’t actually changed. Likes, comments, shares, and saves still count; only click-based actions are being removed from the total.

Source: Radu Oncescu

• Source: Ahmed Ghanem

Adam Mosseri clarified the removal of end-to-end encryption on Instagram in is weekly AMA.

>I want to clarify that Instagram DMs were never encrypted.

>There is a feature call secret DMs which allowed you to encrypt DMs, but that was always [used by] a very, very small amount of people. Less than 1% of overall DMs, and now those DMs cannot be encrypted either.

>But the default experience, the vast majority of DMs, have always been unencrypted on Instagram.

Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, talked about the bot and inactive account purge that happened this week in his Weekly AMA.

>....basically what happened is we regularly remove accounts that are either very, very long inactive or bots, and usually doesn't happen to so many accounts at once, but this happened very quickly this week.

>I know a lot of people are nervous about this, but it's not going to affect your reach.

>The accounts that are no longer on Instagram were innovative for a very ling time or actual bots. It's not actual real followers that you have lost, and therefore, it won't actually affect how many people you reach when you post.

Maps update every 5-minutes at the DNR website: https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/forestry/fire/firerating_restrictions.html

• The redesigned Instagram iPad app now matches the iPhone experience after criticism of its Reels-first layout.
• The Home feed now shows posts from followed accounts and suggestions.
• Reels return to a separate tab, and the confusing “Following” tab is removed.
• The redesign reflects user demand for a more familiar, less video-heavy interface.

• DMs now use standard encryption, allowing Meta to access content like texts, images, and voice notes.
• The move reverses Meta’s 2019 promise that “the future is private.”
• Critics warn it weakens privacy, while supporters say it helps tackle abuse and illegal activity.

• AI will now analyze posts, bios, comments, and activity signals to flag users who may be underage, even if they enter a fake birthday.
• AI also scans photos and videos for age clues (not facial recognition), adding another layer of detection.
• Suspected under-13s can be removed or forced to verify age via ID or tools like Yoti.
• Suspected teens will automatically be placed into restricted “Teen Accounts” on Instagram, with safer defaults on content and messaging.

The changes are rolling out in the EU and Brazil (Instagram) and US (Facebook), with broader rollout planned this year. Meta will notify parents with guidance on checking and confirming their teen’s age.

• A new AI system will analyze user’s bone structure, height, and visual cues to detect under-13s on Facebook and Instagram.
• The AI scans photos, videos, captions, and interactions to flag age inconsistencies.
• Meta insists “this is not facial recognition” and doesn’t identify individuals.
• Flagged accounts will be removed or pushed into age verification and Teen Account restrictions on Instagram

• Gas prices in Minnesota took another leap this past week, jumping nearly a quarter, surpassing the $4 mark.
• The average price of a gallon of gas in Minnesota is now $4.05, according to GasBuddy.
• The average price of a gallon of gas in Wisconsin is also above $4, jumping 45 cents to an average of $4.37 per gallon.