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friendly reminder to read martin niemöller's "first they came" and stay self aware
Some of yall needed to hear this
Credits to @/mattxiv on Instagram
This guys gets it.
it’s not the fact we don’t have the entertainment anymore on tiktok it’s the fact that we DONT have a unfiltered platform to talk about what’s happening in the world. Maybe this only goes for people in the USA but we don’t have a MAJOR PLATFORM THAT IS NOT CONNECTED TO THE US GOVERNMENT TO COMMUNICATE ON.
hear me loud and clear we don’t have freedom of speech
and i’m using all the # to get awareness.
So apparently the 'bad vibes' I’ve been feeling are actually severe psychological distress.
I'm sorry Australia. I didn't vote for him. I'm so sorry my stupid country has become fascist.
the fact that you didnt want this to happen means that its not your fault. while I may not be happy that trump won, I do not blame those who didn't vote for him. i blame the corruption that runs through so many country. i blame those who want to control others with no empathy for them. i blame people like trump for believing the "might is right" concept.
people in america that voted against trump, i do not blame you.
i blame the fucking idiots who run your country and leave you to suffer.
and so help me god if australia follows in their footsteps, I pray that the deaths in this country are smaller than we can hope.
australia watching the US election knowing full well that our government is about to go: COPY+PASTE.
and to anyone who sees this, my DMs are always open if you want to talk.
like to charge, reblog to cast <3
what do you mean elon musk did a nazi salute on live tv at the united states presidential inauguration twice and is now erasing the evidence off the internet by replacing the footage with the crowd cheering instead?
would be a shame if people reblogged this, wouldn’t it?
it’s not the fact we don’t have the entertainment anymore on tiktok it’s the fact that we DONT have a unfiltered platform to talk about what’s happening in the world. Maybe this only goes for people in the USA but we don’t have a MAJOR PLATFORM THAT IS NOT CONNECTED TO THE US GOVERNMENT TO COMMUNICATE ON.
hear me loud and clear we don’t have freedom of speech
and i’m using all the # to get awareness.
This is your sign to get off tik tok NOW.
First, it was the ban. But not only that, when they lifted the ban, it had a message.
(Source: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/us-politics/tiktok-ban-lifted-us-donald-trump-b1205689.html )
This is extremely concerning. This either means that someone who works in TikTok is a huge trumper, or that the United States Government had paid TikTok enough money to spread this message, and I think it's the latter. Why? Because, well, look at the message. Think about how short the ban was in retrospect.
Pair this extremely suspiciously short ban with the US & Canada (and possibly Mexico & etc.) censorship, and you get extremely concerning news that is basically screaming at you "TRUMP IS GREAT! WE ARE NOT A CULT! TRUMP IS GOD! HE WILLED THE APP BACK UP!! PRAISE TRUMPSUS!"
I know I got a little silly at the end, but that is the jist of it. If they are willing to censor anything about politics, what makes you think they won't do it for your own content?
Just... Think about it. And maybe log off. Forever.
oh my god...
so the first screenshot is trying to look this up on tiktok normally, "donald trump rigged election" and it says that search violates community guidelines.
the second screenshot is looking up the same exact thing, but with a (australian) vpn on. canadian vpn didn't fix it fyi.
THIS is exactly the type of censorship to be looking out for on tiktok. this actually is crazy.
Sorry not sorry, y'all have got to stop destroying people's property in the name of 'protest.'
I don't care how valid you think you are in hating another person. I don't care what your politics are. I don't even care what the heck you believe or don't believe. You could have the most valid reason ever in the world, and I still wouldn't care because this is atrocious behavior.
By y'all destroying, breaking, setting fire to, and vandalizing Teslas by putting Swastikas on them, you are committing legitimate CRIMES. You are breaking someone's property. And not even because the actual person with the car DID something to YOU, but because you don't like the PERSON who bought the BUSINESS to have the cars made (because Tesla was around before Elon ever had his hands on it).
You say you guys want people to take you seriously, that you're the party of love and acceptance, but then go around and terrorize people doing stuff like THIS. How can people listen to your side when you don't even make your side appealing to listen to?
I don't care what you think is right or not. I don't care what your politics are. Hate MAGA all you want. Hate Elon all you want. Hate Trump all you want.
But that does NOT give you the RIGHT to cause destruction onto someone else's property. It doesn't not give you the right to burn someone's belongings (especially not if those belongings cause toxic fumes to go into the air). It definitely doesn't give you the right on the grounds of politics. Because wanna know what that means? It means you're committing a hate crime. And what qualifies as a hate crime? This:
"Hate crime in criminal law involves a standard offence with an added element of bias against a victim because of their physical appearance or perceived membership of a certain social group."
If politics has you so worked up to the point where you are willing to actively ruin someone's property, do not be surprised when the political party you are a part of all of a sudden has people not wanting to listen to you.
Crap like this is EXACTLY why I don't want to be on this side of politics anymore. The reds certainly aren't the best either (absolutely not). But I can say for darn sure (as a former blue) that y'all have lost your darn minds if this is what you think is okay to do.
I don't care how justified you think are you for doing it because let's be completely honest here:
If the roles were reversed and someone’s property was vandalized with hate symbols because they were left-leaning, because they supported Biden or Kamala, you guys would be FUMING.
The hypocrisy isn't a cute look, babe.
If it wouldn't be okay for someone to do it to YOU, don't do it another person. It's that simple. And if your politics don't or can't agree with that, maybe you need a better outlook on what your politics actually are and WHY you support it. Because something is clearly wrong if you think crimes like this are justified.
Never posted before, but I was thinking a lot about the TikTok ban and I feel quite confident that I know at least part of the reason why the government is doing this.
Although it was designed to be mind-numbingly thoughtless as a platform (as are all social media platforms made for short-form media), it was quite literally the biggest way that a majority of people got political information. It made it easy to share information with a large amount of people who may not normally be able to (or want to/seek out) political information. This made it incredibly effective at sharing information, rallying people for causes, and keeping people informed about the shit going on in the USA.
It also made it easy to spread misinformation, but that’s another topic.
I find it very funny that this TikTok ban is being rushed so quickly at the start of Trump’s presidency. To destroy the source of information (which has gotten a lot more young people connected on social issues) would mean that that source of connection, information, and knowledge would basically disappear.
Trump has spoken a lot about his “first few days in presidency,” implying that he plans to do a lot very quickly. If the majority of young US citizens are losing their primary source of information just around that time, it’s going to change our response time. It’s going to change how we learn information. And, at least for the first little while until the majority of people settle into a new app, it’s going to mean that a lot of these people that once were able to stay informed with little effort are now going to have to go out of their way to find and read news sources that will report on the smaller things as well.
The USA is soul sucking. If it takes a ton of effort? People won’t do it.
And Trump has said that he will go after news sources as well, so finding anything reliable is going to be miserable for everyone.
So, that’s my theory. It’s going to disrupt the biggest source of news that young US citizens have, and it’s purposefully going to do this at the start of Trumps presidency.
I mean, it’s disappearing on the 19th, and he’s going into office on the 20th. Like… hey now.
Alright y'all yeah this sucks ass but he hasn't been declared president yet and there's still some hope
Oklahoma is attempting to pass a bill that would ban explicit romance novels. Authors, narrators, and sellers could all face fines of up to $100,000 and up to 10 years in jail for each instance.
If you live in OK, call your representative and tell them this bill should not be allowed to pass.
This is likely a test case. Republicans will try to pass it in OK and if it passes other states will likely try to pass similar laws.
In the meantime, get physical copies of books you like. Download those pdfs. Archive your AO3 stories and keep them on a physical hard drive. (Storing those files in the cloud could be problematic in the future as the company managing the cloud service can see what your files are)
Mutts shall win. That's one way.
Hello Turtle community !
I need help. 🐢
For my upcomming PhD, I need to sample several turtle species to obtain chemical data based on their environment. For that I need to contact rescue centers, sanctuary, etc
I have found rather easily contact informations for sanctuaries working with marine turtles but I struggle to find centers working with Malaclemmys Terrapin. The difficulty is that I need tropical latitudes, so the south of the USA would be great, in coastal areas to have specimens living in brackish waters. The majority on the centers I have found are in NJ or NC.
So if you have informations, it would be great 😁
My deepest condolences to yall living in America rn (except for the fuckign billionaires) (I wish I could've voted)
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Nah wordddd.!!!!!!!!!!
tbh i feel like donald trump is exactly who christopher columbus and the other white guys who colonized America would want to rule in the land they came to and that is SICK. things like that should never happen in 21st century or ever
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