Obituary for TikTok US: 2017-2025

UPDATE: TikTok goes down. TikTok comes back up. All in less than 24 hours. Convenient how creating the problem lets you swoop in to save the day, isn’t it? We’re all being played. Gone Too Viral In a time when our lives were choreographed by algorithms, filled with lip-synced trends, and stitched together into a … Read more

Jimmy Carter: A Life of Quiet Greatness

Oh, President Carter. They don’t make many like you anymore. Your passing feels deeply personal, like losing a mentor who shaped my values from afar. You were the first U.S. President of my newlywed years and I’ll never forget when you won. I had fallen asleep, worried about the results, unsure if the world would … Read more

A Masterclass in Futile Resistance

There’s a misguided idea simmering on X/Twitter by a so-called resistance fighter and it’s about as brilliant as starving yourself to hurt the grocery store. The idea? Crash the economy by refusing to participate in it. Yep, this economic flat-liner says we can defeat the Republicans’ anointed messiah by hoarding money under the mattress.

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