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I don't know about $TRUMP but this administration is absolutely attempting to tank the dollar in favor of crypto.

Every action taken by the GOP (since Reagan) is to deplete the federal government. They want everything not explicitly in the constitution (basically everything but the DOD) to go to the states or to a corporation.

In this case, pushing commerce towards crypto means investors can make money from betting on money. Same reason why they're supporting charter schools, wanting to privatize social security, etc.

If I were a conspiracy theorist, given the rumors that Barron is pushing his dad towards Crypto, tanking the dollar and replacing it with $TRUMP would mean, one day, Barron could be in charge of the world's currency.

“The Trump White House will speak to all media outlets and personalities, not just the legacy media that are seated in this room,” Leavitt said. She cited a Gallup poll showing low trust in media in the United States, particularly among younger people.

I'm not a younger person but my diminished trust in legacy media is largely due to it being influenced by social media and influencers and not holding up to the standards or responsibilities they're trusted with.

Do people, younger people, have a higher trust among podcasters than ABC, CBS, PBS, Reuters?

They've released previews of the new UX. While it appears you may still be able to remove the VOD content, it's significantly more cumbersome to access your own content.

I'm not entirely sure what your question is but plenty of people have one name on their birth certificate while using another name, even on legal documents. My aunt was in her fifties when she found out her birth certificate said Diana instead of her legal name, Diane.

It's clear now why the metric system hasn't caught on even after the US officially adopted it. This country I live in is full of pathetic fragile losers who have to demand everything is America first.

None of the alliance members, including the US, currently spends 5% of GDP on defence, according to NATO figures. Poland is the highest spender in GDP terms at 4.12%, followed by Estonia at 3.43% and the United States at 3.38%.

I'd like to see people respond to a headline that reads, "Trump demands US increase NATO funding".

I didn't think it would be possible to keep using the Plex server and user other apps. If so, that would be nice so as to maintain the meta data I've worked so hard on.

I'm going to give this a try for watching movies on my Apple TV. It seems to fall short for everything else.

This is so frustrating.

I was saying to people who were upset about losing TikTok that no one should be so invested in an app or some technology owned by someone else that losing it upends their life. And now here I am waiting for Plex to send out an update to all but exempt me from enjoying my own media.

I am exhausted with these companies making changes to their products. I have cancelled so many subscriptions, deleted so many apps, because someone wants to fuck with the user experience that helped them gain so many users in the first place.

Luidditeville, here I come.

You're absolutely right. It can be difficult navigating this world, even with best intentions and sharpest of minds.

No one said anything about proper.

I answered the questions posed. I didn't add any other context or inject my feelings into it. If you want to have a discussion about the ramifications of this person being elected, that's another conversation. I'd be happy to engage with that and I'm sure you and I would be in agreement.

That's a bit concerning that you have this fact mistaken.

Trump: 77,168,458 49.9%
Harris: 74,749,891 48.3%

https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-ELECTION/RESULTS/zjpqnemxwvx/president/

Because we've been lead to believe brainwashed to believe that consumerism solves everything.

Advertising, influencers, and what we've declared the meaning of "success" to mean all tell us that we must own and collect and covet in order to feel whole.

We've attributed less value to those who choose to give and educate and heal over those who hoard and enslave and control.

Because we've lost sight of the value of community and instead use consumerism as a way to relate to one another. Because there are powerful forces creating narratives to divide us and despise one another.

Humans struggle to survive without socializing. When you're no longer able or have the opportunity to trust and respect your neighbor, you seek other opportunities to relate and communicate with others.

We've leaned on isolationism and the internet to create communities. These communities or tribes aren't built on hyper-localism or the common experiences gained over time and environment but on ideas, passions, and hobbies. They may fulfill a portion of our human desires but they aren't whole.

We struggle more to belong to something these days. Sometimes we join religions or cults. Sometimes we use social media and post on forums. Sometimes we collect things or we do our hair or makeup or dress a certain way. We want to belong with others.

We want to find community where we no longer have it.

What has God done for you lately?

You've asked two different questions.

1. Why don't the democratic voters actually riot

• First, riots are illegal. I think you mean protest.
• Protest what? He was just elected president. A bit more than the majority of the electorate made this choice so we all have to deal with it. It's called democracy.
• He ran a relatively transparent campaign. So far, all he's done is sign executive orders we all knew he was going to do. A majority of Americans voted for these actions.

2. Why are the journalist bending over to Musk?

• Why aren't they calling his nazi salute a nazi solute? Fear.
• I read an article saying Jon Stewart was the only one the mentioned Musk's salute. I watched the segment and, while he did mention it, he did not call it a nazi salute. He tried to, in Jon's funny way, make an excuse for what he was doing.
• I suspect there are legal reasons for not calling this a nazi salute. Likely defamation.
• There's also people / organizations (like the ADL) who, for whatever reason, need to be kept in the good grace's of these powerful people or who need to maintain their seat at one table or another.

By constantly asking “why”. Certainly, by asking why something is popular and ponder that for as long as needed until you come to a reasonable conclusion.

You may never conclude why some things are the way they are but by keeping this in mind, you’ll pick up the habit of thinking independently.

Actually, one of the things I’m always wondering is how I became an independent thinker. I have a hard time understanding how so many people are so gullible and what I can do to help them.

I can’t help by attributing my independent thinking to being somewhat isolated and poor as a child. I’m self sufficient and reject most things that are popular.

I also worked in advertising as a graphic artist for a few years. It became apparent that I am not cut out for thinking like everyone else. Advertising still annoys the heck out of me.

I stocked up on really good masks and toilet paper months ago. Starting now, I am reducing all extraneous expenditures and hoarding everything.

There's million "ifs" at this point but there's a non-zero chance of this being apocalyptic. Just seems prudent to stock up for this or any other surprise this administration may be negligent over.

A quote is not a source. The news often misquotes people or takes words out of context.

A tweet should be screenshotted with the original link along with an alternate to xcancel.com.

If the tweet itself has a link or mentions something elsewhere, a link to that source should also be provided.

Sounds like a lot but anything less is misinformation, as far as I'm concerned. So much news and memes have been spread where the subject is taken out of context. Hours or days or years will go by before people come to discover the true meaning of something and by then the impression has already been made.

There should be a bot that converts the links like there is for youtube.

Sources are important, along with screenshots. Images can be manufactured or manipulated. Posts can be edited.

You haven't addressed the issue I've raised.

I am and will continue to be concerned with businesses because I'm a human being who needs to eat and has a life outside my home.
I am telling you that most businesses only use Instagram in place of any other means of notifications.
It's currently not possible to keep up with events without having an Instagram account. I already miss out on most events because the instagram algorithm usually shows me posts that are days past the event and I'm not on there for more than an hour in a whole month.

Your solution, to abstain from life, is not feasible. Maybe it is for you but for most people it's not.

You are also missing the point of the matter where these businesses are going to continue to use a platform that is now explicitly censoring information and seemingly pushing fascist agendas. If you were a business and wanted to maintain a relationship with your customers, what option do you have? As I've said, the tools to use social media to run a business have been refined for years. There's nothing close to comparable either in the fediverse, with websites, newsletters, rss feeds, calendars, etc.