This week, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp suffered major worldwide outages, and Twitter previewed some possible new changes. And people took to (what else?) social media to (what else?) complain.

And: The Ringer asks the age-old question, if a TV show falls in the woods, and no one talks about it, can it be certified fresh? Or something like that.

And finally: Captain Marvel is the 21st feature film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It is the ninth movie in the MCU's Phase Three. It is, chronologically, a sequel to 2011's Captain America: The First Avenger and a prequel to 2008's Iron Man. I didn't follow much of that, but I get this part: After 11 years and all those previous movies, it's the first one with a female lead.

This week, <a href="https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/facebook-instagram-apps-outage-worldwide-1203162777/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href="https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/facebook-instagram-apps-outage-worldwide-1203162777/">Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp suffered major worldwide outages</a>, and <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/twitter-reveals-big-changes-conversations-new-camera-features-n982571" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/twitter-reveals-big-changes-conversations-new-camera-features-n982571">Twitter previewed some possible new changes</a>. And people took to (what else?) <a href="https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-outages/facebook-users-take-to-twitter-to-rail-about-outage-idUKKCN1QV0AD?il=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href="https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-outages/facebook-users-take-to-twitter-to-rail-about-outage-idUKKCN1QV0AD?il=0">social media</a> to (what else?) <a href="https://www.vox.com/2019/3/14/18264372/twitter-twttr-app-removing-likes-retweets-ratio" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.vox.com/2019/3/14/18264372/twitter-twttr-app-removing-likes-retweets-ratio">complain</a>.
And: The Ringer asks the age-old question, <a href="https://www.theringer.com/tv/2019/3/13/18262429/good-fight-cbs-all-access-season-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.theringer.com/tv/2019/3/13/18262429/good-fight-cbs-all-access-season-3">if a TV show falls in the woods, and no one talks about it, can it be certified fresh</a>? Or something like that.
And finally: Captain Marvel is the 21st feature film in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe">Marvel Cinematic Universe</a>. It is the ninth movie in the MCU's Phase Three. It is, chronologically, a sequel to 2011's Captain America: The First Avenger and a prequel to 2008's Iron Man. I didn't follow much of that, but I get this part: After 11 years and all those previous movies, it's the first one with a female lead.

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