i think if you’re feeling a certain kind of way and you know why you’re feeling it & you’ve done everything you can about the problem causing the feeling for the time being you should be able to go to your guardian angel and smile beatifically and say “i’ve done my feelings homework” and they smile beatifically back at you and say “alright my child” and they tap you on the head and you feel an immense sense of peace that washes through you and escapes as light from your fingertips and then you feel normal again
a spherical vessel segmented into six compartments containing different spices and herbes (cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, rosemary). Worn around the neck or waist, pomanders were thought to be a protection against infections and unpleasant smells.
I hate when people say “I’m against abortion except for if the pregnancy threatens the life of the mother” every single pregnancy threatens the life of the pregnant person. We’ve gotten too far removed from that, taken for granted that pregnancy is safe. It is not. Pregnancy and puerperal complications have been a fairly common cause of death throughout history. Even now, maternal mortality is on the rise in the US, the maternal mortality rate varies wildly across the states and it is disproportionately higher for Black women. Being pregnant is getting more dangerous, not less dangerous.
As the Supreme Court is now hearing arguments on the TikTok ban, I feel like this is an excellent time to remind everyone that getting rid of TikTok is NOT a good thing
And the reason I bring it up specifically on here is bc I have seen far too many people claim that the ban is for the better, that they’re so glad it’s gone, that people spend way too much time on it (side note, that’s social media in general, it’s not just TikTok babes. You’re spending 15 hours on Tumblr alone, I’ll bet). Even if you don’t use TikTok and you absolutely hate its guts, trust me when I say you’ll want it to stay
Firstly, there’s been very little evidence that TikTok’s Chinese owner, Bytedance, has been data mining Americans on order of China. Majority of the evidence has not been released to the public and the stuff that has has been censored. Of course the risk that it could exists– but you cannot simply assume it’s doing this all the time, 24/7, when no current evidence has been presented
TikTok has been taking massive steps to insure that American data is protected, primarily with Project Texas. All American data is stored in the United States and controlled by Americans. Again, American data is with AMERICANS
It is also one of the very few apps that is not dominated by American companies. Does no one find it odd that the only foreign-owned application is being singled out, when companies like Meta and Google have arguably done worse damage? Is no one pointing that out?
Due to this, it allows for less mainstream news to flourish on the app. Palestinians have been able to raise their voices and call to attention what is happening in the region, and activists have pushed the crises of Congo and Sudan to the forefront. No other major social media app and news organization has done this, in fact, Meta censored pro-Palestinian content and immediately toggled on a feature for all users that limited political content
And TikTok is just the start. If it gets banned, do you really think everything else is safe? You think you’re safe here on Tumblr? On Ao3? On Instagram? NO
At some point they are going to start going after other apps. They’ll celebrate and pat themselves on the back that they “protected democracy” but really they limited free speech. They limited alternative voices. It is not an “if” but “when” they begin going after apps that do not conform to their every single standard
