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Meta faces damages almost equivalent to its roughly $1.5 trillion market value.

Thirty-three states have banded together to sue Meta, alleging that the company was exploiting its young users on Instagram and Facebook for profit, including by collecting data from children without parental consent. Four of those states—California, New Jersey, Colorado and Kentucky—also claim that the company misled consumers about the addictive design features on the platforms, thereby causing mental health problems in children who got hooked from an early age. The damages requested by those four states add up to a whopping $1.4 trillion, Meta said in a recent court filing, a figure that would allegedly go even higher with the other penalties the attorneys general seek to add. The number is high by many standards but especially when compared to the company’s market capitalization, which is just above $1.5 trillion.

GOOD. Fucking nuke them from orbit, then piss on the survivors.

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tumblr waiting for news on mitch mcconnell (image source)

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Slug Steppers 🐾

they are leaving little goopy footprints all over the walkway in your garden.

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LIKES TO CHARGE REBLOGS TO CAST

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you people aren't CASTING

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NO

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I CAST "AI BANKRUPTCY!!"

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HRT wouldn't fix me but it would make me way sexier, which is close enough I guess

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WRONG BLOG

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This is a Destiny 2 post I think.

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You know what? Good point

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Destiny 2 heritage post

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I don't have ms paint but just pretend it is bc no one knows paintbrush for mac but i can assure you it was just as hellish if not worse since theres technically no brushes other than a pixel round brush and the worst looking freaking spray paint

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I genuinely thought this was a screenshot until I zoomed in.

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saw this on twitter and wanted to save it here

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Image transcript:

Thriving: "I got this"

Calm and steady with minor mood fluctuations

Able to take things in stride

Consistent performance

Able to take feedback and to adjust to changes or plans

Able to focus

Able to communicate effectively

Normal sleep patterns and appetite

Surviving: "Something isn't right"

Nervousness, sadness, increased mood fluctuations

Inconsistent performance

More easily overwhelmed or irritated

Increased need for control and difficulty adjusting to changes

Trouble sleeping or eating

Activities and relationships you used to enjoy seem less interesting or even stressful

Muscle tension, low energy, headaches

Struggling: "I can't keep this up"

Persistent fear, panic, anxiety, anger, pervasive sadness, hopelessness

Exhaustion

Poor performance and difficulty making decisions or concentrating

Avoiding interaction with coworkers, family and friends

Fatigue, aches and pains

Restless, disturbed sleep

Self-medicating with substances, food, or other numbing activities

In Crisis: "I can't survive this"

Disabling distress and loss of function

Panic attacks

Nightmares or flashbacks

Unable to fall or stay asleep

Intrusive thoughts

Thoughts of self-harm or suicide

Easily enraged or aggressive

Careless mistakes and inability to focus

Feeling numb, lost, or out of control

Withdrawal from relationships

Dependence on substances, food, or other numbing activities to cope

End transcript.

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In case anyone finds it helpful because mobility aids are horrifically expensive and inaccessible…

And for those people who have access to mobility devices but might benefit from a second chair they can abuse without risking expensive damage…

Erik Kondo has made a website, Open Source Innovations, that details plans for DIY wheelchairs. These wheelchairs can be made from common materials like wood, plastic, and pvc. They are lightweight and can be custom fit to the user allowing from the same degree of movement you would get from a custom chair. And they are durable and easily repairable. (he has been stress testing his latest design by dropping it down stairs, dropping it out of a car, launching it across a driveway, and throwing it off a deck). Its 12lbs and I think he said its was in the $200 ish range for parts.

He also is working on cheap, open source, accessible designs for beach chairs, off road chairs, motorized attachments (think smart drive), and so on. Plus he skateboards in his wheelchair. Cool dude, helpful info, pass it on.

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It's incredibly sad people have to resort to this, but it's a damn good resource. Use it. Spread awareness. Maybe one day people with physical disabilities won't need DIYs like this. But until then, reblog and share.

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This is Accessibility!

That's so amazing! It is unfortunate that so many people will need this, but very very cool that it exists

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That other link seems to be broken.

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Thank you so much for putting the working one!

I will add it to my original reblog as well.

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Heartwarming story: Little girl doesn’t have to do anything to fund her dad’s surgery because his expenses are covered by his country’s universal healthcare.

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Human determination: Man bikes 18 miles to work every morning because he wants to and not because he can’t afford a car and would be fired if he’s late.

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Spirit of Brotherhood: Neighbors host housewarming party for elderly resident who doesn’t need help in paying rent because his pension is more than enough.

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SO INSPIRING: Local middle school students bake dozens of cupcakes because their home economics class is doing a baking unit. Their school is fully funded with everything they need.

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This feels like calibrating my normal detector

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getting scambot messages from random accounts that clearly used to be normal active blogs is sad enough. you know that there used to be a real person on that blog until they were tricked into handing their password to the digital fae.

but it's an entirely new level of tragic when somebody you've actually spoken to gets turned into a bot account. it's like peeking at a zombie apocalypse through the window and realizing one of the shambling corpses was your friend.

and then the zombie catches sight of you, lurches up to your window, and shouts through the glass that they accidentally reported your account to tumblr and you'll be deactivated unless you click this link.

RIP to the blog that used to DM me to tell me they liked my new chapters. Their last known words spoken before being turned, 17 hours ago: "Ggs!" They were praising someone's deadlift.

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the message they tried to get me with is probably the same message that got them, so for anybody who hasn't already been warned about the signs of a zombie account:

if you get something like this ↑ they're gonna follow up by instructing you to contact tumblr support on discord and give you contact info; or they're gonna link a website that looks sort of like tumblr support and say you have to email them; or any variety of "you must now contact tumblr, here is how you contact tumblr."

whatever they send you, it Does Not lead to tumblr. it leads to the master zombie that bit them and inducted them into the ranks of the undead, and will bite you the second they have your email and password. i might be confusing zombies and vampires. anyway,

it's easier to fall for these messages because the blog doesn't LOOK like a bot blog, because it ISN'T a bot blog. it's a normal person's blog that got accessed by a bot, meaning the blog's content CLEARLY looks like a real active user when you click on it. and yes—it might even be a blog you already know. sometimes bots like this go down a blog's DMs or reblogs and message people they've previously interacted with.

they got one of my treasured followers, and they can get you too. don't fall for their tricks. know the signs.

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Juan Leon sends a "chase" car to check out where abandoned vehicles are located and arranges discreet drop-offs. Since late December, he est

Juan Leon had only been running his Twin Cities tow truck business, Leo's Towing, for a few months when he noticed a pattern that kept repeating itself.

Cars were being left behind across the metro area – parked on streets, in parking lots, sometimes for days at a time. The owners were gone, and in many cases, they had been arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

"Seeing there was a need for someone to help out, help clear the streets and get the people back their vehicles. So we stepped up and started doing it," Leon said.

By late December, Leon and his small towing crew decided to do something about it, all thanks to observers calling in and reporting these vehicles.

"Families reach out to us. If the family isn't reaching out, we'll find a way to get inside the vehicle and we'll bring it back to their house and put it in a safe spot," Leon said.

They began picking up vehicles and returning them to the families of those arrested, free of charge.

"We're able to do this 24/7, so we don't have to go back to our other jobs," Leon said.

Donations began pouring in all across the country, supporting Leon's cause, but not without a cost to their personal safety.

"When they doxxed me, they put all my information out there," Leon said. "For the last three weeks, we have been getting nothing but death threats."

Leon sends a "chase" car to check out where these abandoned vehicles are located and arranges discreet drop-offs. Since late December, he estimated they have dropped off 250 cars.

The drop-offs are often emotional for the families and Leon's crew.

"All I can do is give them a hug and tell them hopefully things will get better," said Gonzalo Villegas. "Sad isn't even the word to use. It's so much stronger than that."

Despite the emotional strain, the team continues.

"We are going to figure it out day by day if we have to," Leon said.

Leo's Tow actively tries to locate family members on their Facebook page and hosts podcasts recapping their weeks returning vehicles.

Leo's Tow will be hosting a charity event on Sunday at Lito's Burritos in Minneapolis.

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🚨 IT'S FEBRUARY. 🚨

⚠️ Which means that Congress is going to be pushing EXTRA HARD to pass the 18 "kids online safety" bills and repealing Section 230!!! It's been mentioned before that they want FEBRUARY to be the month to pass these bills, so we need to start making noise RIGHT NOW.

CALL AND EMAIL YOUR REPS!!! 📣

All of the bad internet bills. One website.

Send a fax to anywhere in the U.S. or Canada for free.

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has protected free speech online for decades, but now there is a bipartisan effort in Congress

The Committee on Energy and Commerce is the oldest standing legislative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives and is vested with th

Find your members of Congress by typing in your address on Congress.gov.

If you're not from the US, please reblog this and share it around as much as you can!!!

Additional Information:

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Free speech is under attack. Trump is suing journalists for unfavorable reporting, investigating companies that have DEI programs, and tryin

Here's some petitions too.

⚠️ THE CONFERENCE STARTS ON THE 4TH OF THIS MONTH!!! ⚠️

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CALL YOUR REPS!!!

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THE CONFERENCE IS TOMORROW!!!

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🚨IT'S STARTING TODAY!!!🚨

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CALL YOUR REPS ASAP!!!

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🚨THEY'RE GOING TO PUSH THESE BILLS AND TRY TO REPEAL SECTION 230 ON THE 8TH!!!🚨

⚠️CALL YOUR REPS RIGHT NOW!!! RED ALERT!!!⚠️

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PLEASE!!!

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🚨IT'S THE 8TH!!!🚨

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CALL YOUR REPS!!!

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Since everyone is now starting to become aware of the dangers of age verification from Discord's awful decision, now would also be a good time to stop bills that would censor and ID age-gate the ENTIRE internet.