Marcy Borders, known as the "Dust Lady," became a symbol of the personal toll of 9/11 through Stan Honda's famous photograph. Following the attacks, she faced a prolonged struggle with post-traumatic stress, which she openly discussed. Her health deteriorated due to stomach cancer, which she linked to the exposure to toxic dust from the collapse. Borders's battle with cancer, compounded by significant medical debt, highlighted the ongoing challenges faced by survivors. Her story remains a poignant reminder of the lasting impact of such tragedies.
Sesame Street is “biased to the left” according to #Project2025. I assume because it has Black and brown and gay characters, but maybe also because it teaches basic reading skills? And compassion?
Cropping out the user because they're hardly the only account doin this -- my complaint isn't this one person specifically. It's a common social media strategy for sucking up clout and giving nothin in return. The copy-paste method -- it produces nothing new while discouraging people who do.
In this case, one Pokémon art account (@HiResPokemon) buys old books, scans, cleans up the artwork, and posts them in super high resolution. Lotsa time, money, and skill. Then another Pokémon art account just right-click saves and reposts it in 2 seconds -- without thanks or credit -- for engagement and followers. HiResPokemon doesn't go to the effort anymore, he's outta the game, and I can't help feel this shit (which I've seen from countless accounts, on Instagram too) is a big reason why. I mean why spend weeks finding, scanning, and cleaning up art when you can just fast-track to 50k followers by copy-pasting someone else.
Unfortunate thing is most viewers don't even care, so why not. This business model extends well beyond Pokémon art -- I'm sure a lot of y'all've noticed like 2/3rds of the entire internet is just copy-pasted these days. So ass.