Autocracy Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World | 
If nothing else has gotten me to read that tag this is going to work. 🤐🤨🤢
TheBookHippie The epitome of tripping someone helping them up and saying I saved you. 🤮 2w
Susanita Not president yet! 🤬 2w
Amiable TikTok is a Chinese propaganda tool, and they know how to divide us. They posted their outage notice with specific praise to Trump with the intention to make Trump look like a champion of free speech when he “reinstated” the app. But that‘s because people don‘t remember to follow the breadcrumbs back to the beginning. Trump started the process to ban the app in 2020. I‘m so tired of the willful ignorance in this country. 😩 2w
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willaful @Susanita They know most people will be too badly informed to notice or care. 🤬 2w
DimeryRene @TheBookHippie that‘s exactly it. 😤 2w
TheBookHippie @Amiable EXACTLY. 2w
ChaoticMissAdventures @TheBookHippie 💯 like lighting someones house on fire then calling the fire department and wanting praise for it. 2w
ChaoticMissAdventures @willaful what is interesting is everyone I follow is talking about how it is a Trump trap. No one is buying into it. But we have built a community, and many people get much needed money from the creator fund so there is just lots of talk about being super aware. But I know I live in my own algorithm bubble. 2w
TheBookHippie @ChaoticMissAdventures yup. 2w
mcctrish I saw someone, normally on TikTok, saying Biden had the power to avert the bill but it was a 90 day stay and he didn‘t want to force the incoming governments hand for its first 90 days so he used vague language in regards to TikTok so Trump could be the hero he knows/thinks he is (edited) 2w
ChaoticMissAdventures @mcctrish yeah he said he would for 36 hours making it Trumps problem. Which has just led to backdoor deals and more Trump propaganda. 2w
Darklunarose Yeah, trump signed the law that allowed this. Problem is he will be seen as the one who restored it. 2w
ChaoticMissAdventures @Darklunarose Trump encouraged Congress to add it to the bill. But Biden signed it, it was signed last year. 2w
dabbe As one of my heroes Charlie Brown would say, “I just can't stand it.“ 🤬 2w
dabbe And how sick are we? People who have to have their blessed TikTok reminds me of the zombies in front of their screens in F451 and 1984. We are in these worlds now. And it's beyond frightening. (edited) 2w
ChaoticMissAdventures @dabbe I think it is like all technology. I personally use it for book recommendations, help with working out, and a lot of social/legal justice talk. But I am pretty careful about when and how much I use it. Same as with this app. I have honestly seen amazing things happen over there, from community building to small businesses being saved from bankruptcy. And Barnes and Noble has admitted BookTok pretty much saved them. Good and bad. 2w
Suet624 As Barbara MacQuade reminds us all, an Executive Order is not supposed to supersede a Supreme Court ruling. So Trump should not be able to reinstate TT. 2w
LibrarianRyan @ChaoticMissAdventures @debbe. I‘m cautious. I admit I love TT. I share review and thoughts on book that are hard to share in 451 characters. I share what I make and get new ideas. I also follow a lot of independent media because at work I‘m required to keep up with Mainstream. In a community where local reporting g is non existent, TT has helped fill the gaps left other places. However TT sells w/o the algorithm or to a Trump. I‘m out!!!! 2w
Cuilin Clear case of Strategic Restoration. 2w
ChaoticMissAdventures @LibrarianRyan I love it too. It is the only thing beyond Bluesky that isn't a straight right wing pipeline. I even see ABC news stories I never saw on the other places b/c they are obviously centered stories. Half my TBR is from diverse people on TT. But I am with you if it becomes meta or gov. ran I am out. 2w
ChaoticMissAdventures @Cuilin 💯 and so insanely obvious. 2w
LibrarianRyan @ChaoticMissAdventures how do you like blue sky. I admit it and skylight they are building seems interesting. TT feels weird right now. And I keep getting Meta ads🤬 2w
ChaoticMissAdventures @LibrarianRyan I got a Joe Rogan post of all things on TT. Never before. I have blocked him and all meta. So annoyed. I like Blue sky. Most of my political and lawyer friends/people I am fans of moved there so it feels like a quieter Twitter right now (for me). 2w
BarbaraBB It‘s all so obvious and disgusting. Populism sucks. 2w
Cuilin @ChaoticMissAdventures @LibrarianRyan I‘m definitely concerned about TIkTok now. I think it‘s been compromised and though this sounds conspiracy minded, I think it will be used as a surveillance tool. I‘m seriously considering taking it off my phone and I have been a user for five years. I‘m enjoying Blue sky so far. 2w
Cuilin @BarbaraBB it sure does. And it‘s on the rise in so many places it‘s scary. 2w
dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures Agree 💯. 2w
Darklunarose @ChaoticMissAdventures thanks for the correction:) 2w
Chelsea.Poole I‘m with you all. Disgusted. It‘s sad because I‘ve learned so much about vegan cooking, crocheting, and gardening on TikTok. I love the creators I follow but if it‘s getting trumpy I‘m out of there. 2w
ChaoticMissAdventures @Chelsea.Poole it is so sad. I have lists and lists of restaurants in my town we have been trying that I would not have known about w/o the app. It helped so many. 2w
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