Absaroka
Late this fall, after all of the nonsense on Reddit, Facebook, and Instagram I asked myself a very simple question.
"Is the reason I joined these sites still valid? What do I actually enjoy about social media these days?"
The answer was basically "rose colored glasses."
I joined **Reddit **after the 'deaths' of Slashdot and Digg. It became my source to get new and interesting content I probably wouldn't have found otherwise. Now it's bots arguing with bots and 75+% of the content is just recycled shit by people trying to make money. Much of the rest is from people trying to manipulate you.
Delete.
I joined Facebook to keep in touch with my friends and family - especially those I don't see often. Over time, the amount of good content from people I knew dropped to maybe 25% of my feed. Most of it now is AI-generated bullshit or more of the same recycled content you see on Reddit.
Delete.
I joined Instagram to share some of my landscape photos and view some of the great photos some close friends were sharing. Over time that became less and less. Queue the recycled and AI-bullshit content.
Delete.
So, I challenge everybody to ask themselves do they actually enjoy social media? Do these sites actually add value to your life and in any way remain true to their promise when you joined them so many moons ago. Are you actually making any connections with people? The 'social' in 'social' media? Or just watching people talk at each other, not to each other.
After answering those questions, the answer about whether to stick around is pretty clear.
It's interesting that the Project 2025 text spells out diversity, equity and inclusion, while the executive order just says DEI.
I 100 percent thing folks need to push back on the blanket use of 'DEI' because they're trying to make it mean the same as 'woke.'
I'm sure there's a number of mouthbreathers out there who'll say they're against DEI, but if you ask "you mean diversity, equity and inclusion?" they'll back pedal.
Mercedes also includes a number of items as a subscription in some countries. Some stuff is app related. Others are things like getting full use of your rear-steering wheels and unlocking extra horsepower.
So the blue states don't have a National Guard to respond?
... and we're going to get those hard drives back, right? And figure out what they did with that data, right?
You have to wonder which shipping mogul has Trumps ear on this.
"I'm already insanely rich! But I'd be even more insanely rich if it wasn't for that stupid canal charging me to use it!"
Just looked and sure enough it was installed on Jan. 22.
Nothing screams "spyware" like installing an app without notice and providing no context for what it does whatsoever.
Btw this has been installed by "More than 1 Billion" devices, so if you have an Android devices the odds are pretty flipping good you have this.
When your reasons for dismissal is being a black woman, you have a pretty good case.
Robert P. George, professor, Princeton University
Feels like something Princeton students should dig into.
And the rest comes from a hyper inflated Tesla stock price.
"Mistakenly"