Has Twitter Meta its match?

Meta is debuting Threads, its riff on Twitter, to rival the legacy social media platform. We’ll get into where the app might sit in today’s social media landscape and question why Meta would want a piece of Twitter’s notoriously unprofitable pie. And, how the U.S. workforce is changing as boomers retire. Plus, feral cats with 9-to-5s.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

• • “Meta Unveils ‘Threads’ App to Take on Twitter” from The New York Times

• • “Meta readies Threads, a new Twitter challenger” from Marketplace

• • “How the graying of America is reshaping the workforce and economy” from The Washington Post

• • “These feral cats have jobs” from Marketplace

• • “Mars helicopter calls home after long communications blackout” Spaceflight Now

• • “Why new gravitational ripples are blowing the minds of scientists worldwide” BBC Science Focus

We’re shaking things up on “Make Me Smart”! If you’ve got an idea for an episode, segment or game, let us know. You can reach us at 508-U-B-SMART or email us at makemesmart@marketplace.org.