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now it's back, nothing suspicious going on here

I use the FairEmail client

I used to get a lot of news off Instagram, but lately I've noticed that a lot of radical stuff like protests have basically disappeared off my feed, and other people I've talked to have said that this is happening with Twitter as well. Now it's mostly just fear-mongering headlines with no reporting on defensive actions, despite there being tons of protests all over the place in the past few days. The 50501 protests were a lot bigger than I thought they'd be, and the fact that there's barely any reporting on them is extremely concerning and I think is intentional. Meanwhile I've seen an increasing amount of radical stuff pop up on RedNote, like protests and pro-Luigi stuff, while at the same time somehow maintaining a calmer and more unifying vibe (also no ads), so it definitely seems like a better platform (compared to other options that are algorithm-driven) and I've been browsing it more instead of Instagram lately. Also, I'm trying to look for ways to connect with more people IRL, which I think is one of the most important things people can do right now to fight the isolating and divisive design of capitalism.

Not always, IRL they seem to get along pretty well

I've used Ayugram and Nagram and haven't been banned

It also blocks Tor, other instances don't

reddit actually defended the piracy subreddit? lmao

Nobody is brought down in the name of equity. What is brought down are the systems that privilege certain people based on aspects of themselves that they cannot control.

I'm not sure if this is a "DEI" issue or not, but businesses are bringing people down in the name of equity. A lot of colleges are charging $200k+ for tuition now, and they have programs where if your family's income is low enough they (supposedly) will waive a lot of it, but if your family is middle class you have to pay full tuition, which is something many of them cannot afford. Meanwhile this is not a barrier for wealthy people, so it's effectively making most people equally poor and barely able to afford CoL while the rich get richer rather than actually fixing the problem. I've heard that other businesses are starting to use similar tactics as well.

I've been trying to figure out how to network with people where I live and so far it's been very difficult, partly because I'm very busy constantly and don't have a car or a lot of spending money, and also because I'm depressed and my social skills are absolute garbage. At this point almost all of my social life for the past few years has been Lemmy, Reddit, and Instagram.

Sooner or later we're gonna have to bypass the Great Firewall of America by VPNing into China

As a student there is no way I am skipping a day's worth of classes and risking my grade for a single protest that's probably not going to do shit similar to the other protests I've been to that didn't do shit

More like 2 days and money for a car or bus + gas, depending on where in the state you live