TikTok US says it doesn't "have rules against sharing the name Epstein in direct messages" and is "investigating why some users are experiencing issues" (Bobby Allyn/NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/27/nx-s1-5689104/tiktok-epstein-direct-me…
Email: TikTok is casting actors for its own short-drama production; the company filed a US trademark application for the term "TikTok Drama" in November 2025 (Dan Whateley/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-casting-actors-…
Really, "Let it go" in Klingon?!
#frozen
Apropos a separate great thread involving nonviolent resistance/protest: nonviolent protest certainly benefits from and perhaps even requires the threat is something more, but it's not at simple as just a display of resolve making clear the threat of more action of change doesn't happen. It's also a form of psychological warfare against your opponent's complicity chains: the set of people that need to go along in small ways for the oppressor's threat of force to actually materialize, and the set of people who support them, and so on. These days lots of those complicity chains are heavily reinforced against psychological attack, for example by convincing them that those resisting are a threat, or are subhuman, or deserve oppression because they have transgressed, or otherwise damping the empathy channel through which nonviolent resistance seeks to create psychological distress, the actions to avoid which are one goal of the tactic. Censorship of news about resistance is another popular strategy in places like Iran and China. These counter-tactics are imperfect and costly, hence the continued effectiveness of nonviolent resistance as a tactic, even if alone it's not going to truly solve problems.
In the other thread I mentioned someone commented from personal experience that nonviolent resistance had died down once an immediate change was effected, even though that change didn't remove the threat they personally were facing. That's one of the weaknesses of the tactic: people on both sides usually move on too quickly.
Gavin Newsom Says He's Launching Review Of TikTok
https://deadline.com/2026/01/gavin-newsom-tiktok-donald-trump-1236697931/
Epochaler Wandel bei Textkonsolen von Linux im Werden
Bessere Sicherheit, Altlasten loswerden und neue Features: Das verspricht ein sich anbahnender Wechsel bei der Technik für Virtual Terminals (VTs) von Linux.
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Social media addiction trial: 20-year-old plaintiff KGM testifies her social media use, which began in childhood, exacerbated depression and suicidal thoughts (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/meta-instagram-faceboo…
Including reference to 'Uncle Jeff'
Erika Kirk Faces Backlash Over Alleged 'Inappropriate' Texts With A 15-Year-Old: 'Absolutely Vile'
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/alleged-texts-between-erika-kirk-224522698.html