Oh, 1000%. It's definitely the less shitty outcome, but still definitely bafflingly shitty.

I will never understand the centrist urge to be as absolutely milquetoast as fucking possible

This should surprise literally nobody

Not to suggest either of them (or anyone for that matter) deserved it, but I suppose that's...better? Like, hopefully AOC still has a lot of her career ahead of her, so fewer distractions is...good?

To give him a modicum of credit, a LOT of Americans are actually that dumb, as evidenced by trump winning the popular vote

It's partially that, but it's also 1. Trump, being a fascist, thinks he can do whatever he wants, and a lot of his EOs are unenforceable (like the gender one), and 2. Establishment Democrats are more afraid of rocking the boat than they are of being ineffective.

FWIW, you were one of the creators I was trying to follow on other platforms in the lead up to the ban, but I couldn't remember your name b/c I hadn't seen your content in a while, and the only reason I found your bluesky was because you showed up on my fyp after the ban

That rare moment when you get to teach Hank Green something

The unfortunate reality is that the only way to do that without (even more) bloodshed is for angry leftists to take over the Democratic party from the inside. Splitting the vote just hands the GOP election.

It's because the other apps had pre-existing functionality and user data to base suggestions on, whereas tiktok only had the algorithm, so they made it absolutely next-level at predicting your interests