OMG. The City of Atlanta crushed a homeless man to death with one of its bulldozers as the city attempted to clear a homeless encampment ahead of MLK Day celebrations scheduled for Monday. They didn't check to see if anyone was in the tents. Welcome to Hellscape America.
TikTok: *Has normal algorithm*
Israel: TikTok is antisemitic!
US: Does your algorithm promote antisemitic content?!
TikTok: No, take a look, it’s just that everyone hates Israel
US: 😠
Israel: Ban it!
US: TikTok will be banned!
US citizens: *Download RedNote*
US bootlickers: Ha! I bet you can’t talk about Tiananmen Square or the Uyghurs on RedNote
RedNote: Check out these delicious Uyghur recipes!
US citizens: *realise how comprehensive US propaganda on China actually is*
Well played, America 🫡🇺🇸
Here another absolute irrefutable shocking evidence: The TikTok ban had been proposed under Trump but lacked support.
Then the horrors in Gaza started getting exposed on TikTok and the Israel lobby backed it, and it immediately passed with full bipartisan support.
We have larger concerns heading into 2025, but I can't let go of the idea that the next season of Sesame Street could be its last. So I wrote about why the kids' TV institution is still vital after more than 50 years: https://t.co/AzmlKHK34t
taking away people’s ID & debit cards & housing applications is functionally the most egregious (yes, SF literally does this) but to me it’s always felt more viscerally horrific to read when govts take away the small keepsakes that remind homeless people that they’re human beings
Sorry, I cannot get over the DA classifying a private healthcare corporation as a “unit of government”. One of the most mask off moments I have ever seen from the ruling class.