Google+ to be discontinued

On October 8, Google announced that it would be shutting down by the end of next August due to private user information being made public and low usage.

What it means for this blog:

• The ban on cross-posting between G+ and the blog is lifted retroactively to October 9
• The same also applies to Tumblr
• I had planned on retiring my Tackling the Headlines feature after the 100th entry, but now, it will continue
• Massive overhauls of the blog and Tumblr will occur early next year and will be completed by late summer 2019