[peteneems]

[grahamsgarrett]

MEAN GIRLS 2004 — dir. Mark Waters

[dogpuppy]

[liberalsarecool]

If only abusive men who murder got as much attention as abusive men talking about Tylenol.

[chongoblog]

ITS APRIL 13 YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS

FETCH ME NEIL

[chongoblog]

[sweatandwoe]

hate that this worked

[fiyerotigelar]

Reminder for when he “saves” it. He was the one who wanted this, and now he gets to be the hero and win favour with young constituents. Don’t give him the credit for fixing his own problem.

[luckystarchild]

I've been keeping it off my face as much as I can on video, but I'm livid about the TikTok ban.

I have about 100,000 followers on that app. I joined during the pandemic. I was lucky to find a community full of incredible people, many of whom I now consider lifelong friends. Because of the community I found on that app, I found space to experiment with my gender presentation. I was able to come out as nonbinary (to feel SAFE ENOUGH to come out as nonbinary) because of that app.

I've seen a few Tumblr posts in which people gloat they never got into TikTok. Good for you. You won't suffer emotionally, and that makes you feel superior. But if you have no concept of what that app has meant for more than 170,000,000 Americans (that's half of all Americans!), many of whom do not have access to community in physical spaces, kindly sit down.

The ban constitutes the largest mass layoff in American history. We will lose billions of dollars in our domestic economy. Over 7 million small businesses are shuttering because of the ban. You will feel the effect of that whether or not you were on the app. If you can't grasp the significance of that, again: kindly sit down.

The language of the TikTok ban has set a dangerous precedent for the American government to shutter any tech platforms they deem "dangerous" for arbitrary, undisclosed, nebulous reasons. This will affect Americans' ability to organize, spread information, and protest. They have effectively banned our right to assembly in digital spaces. This is the greatest infringement of free speech that has ever occurred in the United States. If you can't grasp the significance of that, either: kindly sit down.

This is bigger than "never falling for the TikTok craze." This is an enormous governmental overreach sanctioned by our own Supreme Court. It's bigger than teens doing silly dances you can sneer at from your smug high horse.

And if you can't grasp that: Kindly. Sit. Down.

[alefalf]

has someone done this yet

[tim-stroker]

The second amendment right was originally proposed by James Madison to allow the creation of civilian forces that can act against a tyrannical federal government, its not just us having guns. It’s specifically us having guns and using them to protect ourselves from a tyrannical government.

We’re just finally using it for its intended purpose.

[guerrillatech]

[a-krogan-skald-and-bearsark]

Much like Edison fucked over Tesla in a successful attempt to get all the money and influence from the new industry.

[thedankmemes]

[werothegreat]

The Washington Post refused to publish this cartoon by Ann Telnaes. I think it's worth sharing.

[theknightlywolfe]

[captain-acab]

Headline to go with this: "Ivy League grad accused of involvement in death of drunk driver."

[coralbluebirdtiger-deactivated2]

[coralbluebirdtiger-deactivated2]

[starwarsheritageposts]

star wars heritage post

[deadendstyle]

[aquietwhyme]

And it's sickening because so much of the development of HIV medicine has been publicly funded. We fucking paid for this research dozens of times over; without that public funding there would be almost nothing new for pharmaceutical companies to ransom I mean sell in the first place.

[cat-mermaid]

Luigi Mangione prosecutors risk 'full acquittal' after first major 'mistake': legal expert

Criminal defense attorney and former Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Mark Bederow believes that prosecutors in the Luigi Mangione case

GO APOLLO GO

SIC 'EM

EVERYONE LEND HIM YOUR STRENGTH!

[hellyeahheroes]

LIKE TO CHARGE REBLOG TO CAST! -Admin

[locuas642]

tldr; not only is "Terrorism" a harder charge to "prove" in NY compared to "murder", this charge would make it easier to present the elements that made Luigi a folk hero to the jury.

[kaleb0]

We legit need to make December 4th a folk holiday.

[eggsaladstain]

what a time to be alive