there’s been plenty of pushback against youtube’s plan to age-check users by using an AI to analyze everyone’s watching habits, but amidst that, i spotted this playlist circulating among some teens:
(picture is a reconstruction to protect the kids identity)
interesting! they’re trying to trick the AI by watching videos that have a primarily adult viewer demographic? well im a curious fella so naturally i have to take a look-see, and
My husband, my daughter, my mother-in-law, and my uncle and I lived in a house before it was bombed.
We were happy until the war broke out.
The war on Gaza began on October 7, 2023.
Here, hell began for us in Gaza. We lost our home and became homeless. My husband had nothing, and I had nothing.
My husband, his family, and I were displaced to the southern Gaza Strip for 15 months. I didn’t go with her. Those were months of longing for my mother and brothers who were in northern Gaza.
My brothers Ahmed and Abdullah remained in the northern Gaza Strip. We were displaced several times because I live in Rafah, a border area close to the army.
During our displacement, we left the house and ran down the road to escape the shells and planes. Then came the thunderbolt. The shock was that death was faster than my brothers could escape… Here, here, we lost our loved ones. I lost my brothers, the apple of my eye, Ahmed. Ahmed left no children. And my mother is in pain because they departed to God without saying goodbye, without a kiss on their foreheads, a farewell kiss. After a while, we returned home. The house was severely damaged by demolition and the falling of stones from their places, which sheltered and protected us. Now, nothing protects us except some worn-out candles that do not protect us from the heat of summer or the cold of winter. Our suffering is great, but with your help, we may reach a better and more dignified life. I appeal to you to help me support myself, my mother, my loved ones, and my family. What you provide makes a difference in our lives as individuals. We live in a world that has forgotten the meaning of humanity and giving. May God bless you all. Please help me help my family. Anything you provide, even if it is small, will mean a lot to me. Please donate to me.
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.
So today reports came out that the Trump Administration claimed that the original federal aid freeze they instituted was rescinded.
Then Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told the media only the OMB memo for the federal aid freeze was rescinded but not the Executive Order and that it was still in place leading to more confusion
The OMB memo was explaining what the Executive Order was for…how is the memo rescinded and the Executive Order still in place? Either way it was blocked by a judge temporarily until Sunday.
The Trump administration was in court this afternoon to argue in defense of the federal aid freeze.
Then a Judge used the Press Secretary Leavitt’s comments to then issue a restraining order against the federal government for Trump’s funding freeze after her confusing statements to the media.
Again, It is ILLEGAL for the Trump administration to withhold funds already approved by Congress. Only Congress can do that.
if you or someone you know might need it in the next few years, purchase plan b. the shelf life of plan b is 4 years, and we might not be able to access it as easily as we can now in the days ahead.
if you are larger/plus size: go online and purchase ella instead of plan b. plan b is less effective if you aren’t under 160 pounds.
if you can, purchase books that project 2025 is looking to ban.
mass deportations are starting. if you see ice vehicles or agents, yell ice raid and la migra as loud as you can.
if someone asks who you voted for, keep your mouth shut. they’re fishing for traitors.
if anyone, anyone at all asks about your neighbors or their legal status in the us, you know nothing. don’t be the reason that their family is separated.
if anyone asks about your religion or lack thereof, keep it vague. this administration will look for any excuse to persecute you.
your friends are trans or queer? for the next four years they’re not. don’t expose anyone’s status as a trans or queer person to anyone else, even if you think you can trust them.
did someone you know get an abortion? no, they didn’t. they were never pregnant.
in short, don’t be a snitch, and keep to yourself these next four years. we’ll make it through this even if it seems hopeless at times.
this is all i can think of at the moment, but i’ll be adding on to this as the day continues.
we can survive this. we’ve survived before, and we’ll survive again.
Meet Blaze, my newest blog, which happens to be a Tumblr.
Here, I will be posting my thoughts on stuff, as well as random cool things I find on the internet. Enjoy! (Be warned, I also watch a LOT of shows and fangirl a LOT on here.) P.S. I am also a...
