I told everyone here already

100 comments in about an hour. Lot of people literally shaking.

MUNI operators are on the lookout for ICE agents

It's time to get our DOX ON

skankhunt coming in with some quality commentary. I have an episode to rewatch

AHHHHAHAHAHAHA I never thought I'd see a comment like this but here comes "tech/white lives matter" in a thread about our poor Honduran drug dealers

Anyway I'm pretty stoked how housing is going to get cheaper/available and construction labor is going up let's fricking gooooooooo

I better see KTVU filming ICE soon. If Boston is getting some LEO love I demand it NOW!

FYI, watermelons
>are never seen in the same season as cherry blossoms (summer vs spring)
>didn't reach Japan until the Edo period, long after the Sengoku period

But Ubisoft HAD to include watermelons for the legendary forgotten black samurai HAHAHAHAHAHA remarkable https://t.co/fSUVbdWDwK

— Kangmin Lee | 이강민 (@kangminjlee) January 27, 2025

Just saying, I was 6 years old when I discovered pornography on our family's shared computer through the search history. I guarantee your kids are more tech savvy than you think they are. If they can read, they can look up search history. If he's watching porn on your kids' tablet, there's a high likelihood they've been exposed to something already.

!Nonchuds !anticommunists

… in a subreddit for listing available federal job positions.

Many are upset about this and start arguing in the comments.

There's a literal fricking hiring freeze, what do you want from us?

To follow the rules and not try to start some uprising here?

What federal hiring process? No one is getting hired right now, and also, who would even want to join the government at this point? You'd have to be desperate or stupid to hop on a sinking ship…

People are still getting hired. Jobs are still being posted on USAJobs. So go on, delete your comment or edit it to admit you didn't think before commenting.

I did think before commenting and stand by my comment that anyone thinking of joining the federal government in this moment is either stupid or desperate.

Even if you do get hired, everyone received the mass "please resign!" emails and I doubt that trend will end any time soon. And if you get hired, you're likely probationary which is an awful spot to be in. No one's job is special or safe or can't be done by a Musk crony according to this administration.

I mean, if you're already trapped in fed gov, do you. But now seems like an especially bad time to hop around because what boss is going to bat for a new employee?

Plenty of people want to join. There are still posts on this very subreddit of people looking for advice, showing their TJO and FJO. You want to call them stupid or desperate? Fine, but don't try to subvert the reason for the subreddit existing. So both your points, that no one is getting hired and no one wants to work for the administration are rendered null by the facts.

Yeah, good luck to them 👍 I truly hope it works out.

Amen. My heart goes out to you mods, I can't even imagine how busy you guys have been sifting through the extra 100K new bots and their nonsense.

If anyone wants to really visualize why this is necessary then everyone's history is accessible.

ALL (no exceptions as of 43 comments) who want non-stop rage bait politics here have never before set foot in this sub prior to the EOs.

ALL who don't like off-topic nonsense and support the mods, hammered with downmarseys, are top contributors who've been helping the sub for months/years.

We are being brigaded by trolls and bots, the only people who can possibly abide are the trolls and bots.

Do remember there are a lot of feds who have created burner accounts in order to participate without issue. Does make it much harder to tell who has been here before and who is a bot or troll.

New accounts would support that possibility, but none of them are new - all long term /r/politics users never here before.

Plus burner or not wouldn't change the fact that it is off-topic on this sub.

Did Elon post this?

Removing posts about what is going on only serves the interests of the new administration. Reddit should be a safe space for people to converse about their reality as a fed, or anyone affected by these EOs. We should be kept aware as the general public so we know how to help and join the conversation. Silencing the voices of people who are worried or unaware of the situation is how we got here and how we make it worse—not better. The teaching and nursing subreddits almost never ban ANYTHING. Why? Because everything is relevant in their public facing jobs, everything reaches them one way or another, the feds are no different. Shutting down the conversation is wrong and leads to/is fascism. Stop upholding arbitrary "rules" that support it.

Post them to /r/fednews where they belong.

It doesn't even belong there, but rprz and the other mods are terminally chronically online reddit jannies who are ignoring rule #5 of their subreddit.

Rule 5 there states no politics, but you can discuss current policies. So discussion of the Fork in The Road, the other HR(at)opm.gov emails, the RTO memos, and notices to probationary employees should all be valid.

Given that our work has been politicized to a higher degree than at any point in the past, I don't think the Mods are violating their rules.

Rule 5 there states no politics, but you can discuss current policies. So discussion of the Fork in The Road, the other HR(at)opm.gov emails, the RTO memos, and notices to probationary employees should all be valid.

If that's what were happening I'd agree with you. However the 100,000x fold YoY increase in the usage of the words "Nazi", "Fascist", and "regime" to describe our democratically elected government suggest to me that reasoned discussion of government policies is not primarily what's going on. When subredditors describe what they're doing as "doomscrolling" that word seems to have a negative connotation, in my mind. When "Solidarity from Moldova" type posts are upmarseyd to the top of the subreddit, that doesn't feel like a well-considered policy analysis by an informed stakeholder.

Enjoy a dead Reddit for a while, then.

Amazingly we existed just fine from the dawn of Reddit until a couple weeks ago when the bots invaded. We chugged along even without an off-topic chicken little post every 5 minutes.

That's funny, you're going to chug along with what job postings?

Yeah, thanks.

That's part of the problem. This can't exist in a vacuum. Everything that impacts hiring needs to discussed.

Feel free to post anything pertaining to the federal application process (e.g. questions, concerns, suggestions, tips, experiences, etc.).

The day one purpose and rule 1 of this sub.

What about the application process has changed due to the EOs? Go ahead, I'll wait.

Nothing? Correct.

Fednews (and THOUSANDS of others) exists, until an EO fundamentally changes the application process it doesn't belong here.

You're extremely pressed.

Uh, no. I think—like many of us—he's just getting tired of the 24/7 complain fest that this sub has devolved into. Go complain to your family and friends. Some of us come here for useful information—not to read people's diaries.

Not much federal hiring practice activity going on right now…

checks usajobs, sees plenty of jobs posted

Gaslamping doesn't work when people have reality right in front of them...

They're not "gaslamping"

They said "not much" is going on right now which is very true. Just because there is some still happening doesn't mean that the majority of possible positions are under a hiring freeze

Thank you. The person accusing gaslamping is literally gaslamping lol

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He did a literal fascist salute. Not fake. Heck, even neo-Nazis were excited about it. (49)

https://old.reddit.com/r/neofeudalism/comments/1i6o06l/fake_news/m8fkdib/?context=8 (-27)

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You didn't see the actual video where this guy who was celebrating the other guy that refused to rejects the KKKs endorsement, actually threw up TWO clear Nazi salutes? "Weird" that your amazing critical thinking skills just so happen to be completely missing the mark on this one. (13)

https://old.reddit.com/r/neofeudalism/comments/1i6o06l/fake_news/m8fkai9/?context=8 (-11)

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Straight up. Had a dude at work today say "I don't care, all I cared about was him saying DRILL BABY DRILL". If that's the case, please remove yourself from the gene pool. (5)

You sound just like Goebbels. (-6)

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Nobody would argue that fascism isn't racist because ultranationalism is a tenet of fascism. No one argued liberalism isn't democratic because democracy is a tenet of liberalism. Autocracy is not a tenet of communism. In fact, it is the exact opposite. There is no country on earth that claims to have achieved the goals of communism, but the western world labels these countries as communist nations because they espouse the goals of communism. This is akin to calling a construction company a finished building. Are you religious at all? I might have a good analogy for you. (2)

No, I'm a militant anti-theist. The idea that "no country EVER claimed to have achieved communism" is true only on a technicality. Sure, Stalin or Mao never made a speech saying "this is it guys, this is communism! We did it!" And what would it matter if they did? People like you would continue to deny it in other ways. You'd just claim that they were wrong, that wasn't real communism. Just because a nation hasn't reached the end goal of its ideology doesn't mean that it doesn't follow or isn't an example of that ideology. The stated goal of the Fourth Reich was the creation of a pure aryan race, the extermination of undesirables, and the conquest of the Soviet Union to create living space for German settlers. And they failed. But that doesn't mean that Nazi Germany was not a prime example of National Socialism in practice. Also, here's a fun fact: racism was not originally a tenet of fascism. Mussolini himself stated in 1932, "Race? It is a feeling, not a reality." The inventor of ... (2)

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yea and we already know that many neo-nazi's are pro Trump. Haven't seen any neo-nazi's support Harris but I have seen many support Trump.also maybe Elon is not a nazi that's fully possible, but he knows that the neo-nazi's support trump.also trump and Elon both support the killing of Palestinians.and who did Biden kill then, or do you mean that under Biden people got killed like which happens under literally every president including Trump. (1)

If you're committing genocide against women and children how different are you from a Nazi really?So the Democrats and their voters are aligned with Nazis on committing genocide in Gaza but the Democrats are better? It would be hard to decouple, but 8 billion in weapons to bomb Gaza has to account for a decent chunk of those 60k women and children.But Elon's and his supporters are still worse right?https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/biden-administration-notifies-congress-of-planned-8-billion-weapons-sale-to-israel (1)

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Because it is. (-2)

Let's go back to the time of robber barons when you were taxed 100% and lived in shit and if you spoke out you were killed (1)

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It seems there is a movement on a lot of the sports subreddits. Especially Canadian hockey subreddits to ban twitter links.

hockey https://old.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1i6h6sm/can_we_ban_twitter_links_now/

They all seem to be getting massive support and upmarseys. Some subreddits like hockey are user proposed but others like the Maple Leafs sub are being hosted by the mods.

leafs https://old.reddit.com/r/leafs/comments/1i6kj05/subreddit_discussion_should_we_ban_twitter_links/

This extends beyond hockey though. Liverpool football club has the post locked down while the mods discuss. Same situation with Manchester United

Liverpool https://old.reddit.com/r/LiverpoolFC/comments/1i6gym0/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

RedDevils https://old.reddit.com/r/reddevils/comments/1i6idm3/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

I have nothing extra to add but here's Vancouver Canucks sub too just to show that it's a lot of subreddits.

Canucks https://old.reddit.com/r/canucks/comments/1i6kc8y/can_we_also_ban_xtwitter_links_from_this_sub/

Lots of discussion of Elon of course but a lot of people also just pointing out that X links are simply trash anyway and suck to use.

Some of these posts seem to be getting brigaded according to the mods at reddevils.

https://old.reddit.com/r/reddevils/comments/1i6idm3/comment/m8ceqh2/?context=8

Edit:

Aston villa FC https://old.reddit.com/r/avfc/comments/1i6f6li/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links_and_screengrabs/

Bournemouth FC https://old.reddit.com/r/AFCBournemouth/comments/1i6h58l/proposal_to_ban_x_links/

Edit 2:

Chelsea got it's own post and the main mod who literally calls himself the "emperor/autocrat" of the subreddit immediately shut it down but is getting called out. https://old.reddit.com/r/chelseafc/comments/1i6hprq/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

New mod seems to have taken over the stickied comment now. Saying that they are discussing it internally.

Original mod refusing.

New mod saying they'll discuss it.

Edit 3 more teams:

Chicago Bears. https://old.reddit.com/r/CHIBears/comments/1i6k1iu/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Green Bay Packers mods have created an official mod post after removing some other posts. Talk about how they are receiving harassment from users over this. Please remember the person behind the screen. https://old.reddit.com/r/GreenBayPackers/comments/1i6rbb9/rgreenbaypackers_and_xcom_with_a_dash_of/

NUFC is going a slightly different way and are discussing asking their team to drop twitter. https://old.reddit.com/r/NUFC/comments/1i6k8wh/is_there_a_way_to_contact_the_team_and_ask_them/

Buffalo Bill has already deleted one post that I didn't catch but a second has already been posted. https://old.reddit.com/r/buffalobills/comments/1i6mll8/petition_to_ban_x_links/

Ravens have locked their post. No mod response yet. https://old.reddit.com/r/ravens/comments/1i6kdhe/petition_to_ban_x_links/

The Colts https://old.reddit.com/r/Colts/comments/1i6l19e/proposal_to_ban_xtwitter_links/

Minnessota Vikings mod are removing every discussion thread. Here's a brand new one but it won't be up long likely. Update the vikings mods have confirmed no. (https://old.reddit.com/r/minnesotavikings/comments/1i6rtt1/hi\_there\_we\_are\_not\_going\_to\_ban\_xtwitter\_links/) https://old.reddit.com/r/minnesotavikings/comments/1i6mwzr/possibly_something_we_can_agree_on_proposal_to/

The most important sport subreddit. Chess. https://old.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/1i6kj9w/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

NFL have now posted a mod thread for discussion after removing many posts about this. https://old.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1i6ne3o/twitter_and_rnfl/

NFFC has officially banned twitter links. Discussion over on that subreddit. https://old.reddit.com/r/nffc/comments/1i6k2oz/rnffc_is_banning_direct_links_to_xtwitter/

Detroit Lions https://old.reddit.com/r/detroitlions/comments/1i6jzq3/petition_to_ban_x_links/

Figureskating mods are "actively discussing it" https://old.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1i6n4yo/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

NASCAR https://old.reddit.com/r/NASCAR/comments/1i6qu17/twitterx_and_rnascar/

Eagles. Mods are hesitant due to big upcoming game. https://old.reddit.com/r/eagles/comments/1i6p8wk/petition_to_ban_x_links/

Baseball is hosting a poll (please don't participate in the poll if you don't frequent the subreddit.) https://old.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/1i6l2mj/meta_poll_regarding_the_use_of_twitterx_on/

Steelers mod commented in this thread. They've banned twitter links. Are allowing screenshots. This seems to be a compromise that many people are pushing for in various subs. https://old.reddit.com/r/steelers/comments/1i6n71l/effective_today_we_are_banning_twitter_links_in/

Toronto blue Jays https://old.reddit.com/r/Torontobluejays/comments/1i6jgcg/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Boston Celtics. https://old.reddit.com/r/bostonceltics/comments/1i6lk50/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Saints https://old.reddit.com/r/Saints/comments/1i6nxgy/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Seahaws have banned twitter. https://old.reddit.com/r/Seahawks/comments/1i6rrgi/twitter_xcom_link_ban_policy/

Mariners have banned twitter. https://old.reddit.com/r/Mariners/comments/1i6pxqs/twitter_links_are_no_longer_allowed/

Atlanta United https://old.reddit.com/r/AtlantaUnited/comments/1i6kqeb/banning_links_to_x/

Panthers mods refuse to ban twitter saying they will never restrict where people get their panthers news. https://old.reddit.com/r/panthers/comments/1i6n360/regarding_the_movement_to_get_twitterx_banned/

The calgary flames have banned twitter. The Edmonton Oilers will not. Their rivalry has hit new heights. https://old.reddit.com/r/CalgaryFlames/comments/1i6qayx/the_jets_and_sabres_have_already_banned_twitterx/ https://old.reddit.com/r/EdmontonOilers/comments/1i6rqty/about_the_requests_to_ban_twitterx_posts/

Dallas Cowboys mods removed their post without responding. https://old.reddit.com/r/cowboys/comments/1i6t1tl/ban_twitter_links_with_only_screenshots/

/r/realmadrid deleted their discussion after saying they would consider it. Deleted before I could grab a link.

Edit 4: leaking into some non sport subs?

ehbuddyhoser https://old.reddit.com/r/EhBuddyHoser/comments/1i6mccr/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Mod has already said no. Although one of the reasons is the mod doesn't remember there ever being a single twitter link post anyway. Rather than a ideological reason.

The Canadian sub /r/onguardforthee actually started the process of phasing out twitter two weeks ago https://old.reddit.com/r/onguardforthee/comments/1hw76xz/rule_change/

Magic the Gathering https://old.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/1i6mjqc/rmagictcg_and_the_website_formerly_known_as/

euro vision https://old.reddit.com/r/eurovision/comments/1i6mxq5/petition_to_ban_links_to_xtwitter/

xmen sub is hosting a poll too https://old.reddit.com/r/xmen/comments/1i6p7w3/vote_should_linkscontent_from_twitterx_be_banned/

military has banned twitter links. https://old.reddit.com/r/Military/comments/1i6of4m/twitterx_has_been_added_to_the_disallowed_domains/

twoxchromosomes actually had this discussion start almost two weeks ago.

https://old.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/1hy99yg/i_would_like_to_propose_banning_xxittertwitter/

Aoe2 https://old.reddit.com/r/aoe2/comments/1i6n3u0/proposal_to_ban_links_to_xcom/

Anarchy Chess following up on Chess https://old.reddit.com/r/AnarchyChess/comments/1i6kl0k/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Valorant competative https://old.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/1i6ozcd/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Macgaming https://old.reddit.com/r/macgaming/comments/1i6ljij/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

BlyeSkySocial (seems like it should have been banned there already) https://old.reddit.com/r/BlueskySocial/comments/1i6hng9/proposal_to_ban_twitterx_links/

/r/fighting has banned twitter because "frick Elon Musk" https://old.reddit.com/r/Fighters/comments/1i6r37u/comment/m8ez6pw/?context=8

Billie Eillish sub https://old.reddit.com/r/billieeilish/comments/1i6nqmr/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Megaman https://old.reddit.com/r/Megaman/comments/1i6supi/proposal_to_ban_x_from_this_platform/

uhmmm Whitepeopletwitter. Surely they will ban twitter. https://old.reddit.com/r/WhitePeopleTwitter/comments/1i6tmlj/proposal_to_ban_posts_from_twitter/

/r/cybersecurity is having the discussion now. https://old.reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/comments/1i6ttm4/should_linkscontent_from_twitterx_be_banned_on/

Forged In Fire mod made a pre-emptive post in case people asked for it to be banned. Will not ban posts due to no alternative platform but encourages users to use xcancel.com

https://old.reddit.com/r/forgedinfireshow/comments/1i6o9dw/preemptive_post_regarding_xtwitter_links/

frick cars is hosting a poll https://old.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/1i6t7om/should_we_ban_xtwitter_links_andor_screenshots/

MtF https://old.reddit.com/r/MtF/comments/1i6pqjl/x_link_ban/

autism has literally just banned mentions of Elon Musk. https://old.reddit.com/r/autism/comments/1i6lawd/elon_musk_megab-word/

One piece will not ban twitter. Says theres nearly no twitter links on the sub anyway but they will ban any nazi supporters. https://old.reddit.com/r/OnePiece/comments/1i6py83/petition_to_ban_x_twitter_links_on_this_sub/

leapardsatemyface https://old.reddit.com/r/LeopardsAteMyFace/comments/1i6o2p5/petition_mods_should_ban_all_twitterx_links/

/r/inflation has banned twitter. https://old.reddit.com/r/inflation/comments/1i6nexk/announcement_links_to_xcom_banned/

Linus Tech Tips has a post. Some commenters suggesting Linus Media Group should be pushed to leave the platform. https://old.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/1i6snul/f_it_lets_also_ban_all_x_links/

Hearthstone https://old.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/1i6tb0m/consider_banning_xtwitter_links_from_rhearthstone/

/r/poirot which apparently exists. Has banned twitter. https://old.reddit.com/r/poirot/comments/1i6sdji/twitterx_links_are_banned_going_forward/

Imaginary network (which I think is the hub of all the imaginary\_\_\_\_\_\_ subreddits) is discussing. https://old.reddit.com/r/ImaginaryNetwork/comments/1i6mxdt/i_see_a_lot_of_posts_today_petitioning_to_ban/

Crypto Currency has removed a post discussing this asking that it be moved to the crypto currency meta discussion sub. No one has reposted it there though.

DnD just had a post on this. Mod team says they are discussing it. https://old.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/1i6upny/banning_links_to_twitterx/

Super Stonks https://old.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/1i6k5d4/petition_to_ban_all_twitter_links_with_exception/

MarvelSnap https://old.reddit.com/r/MarvelSnap/comments/1i6rjcy/petition_to_ban_twitter_links/

Civil Engineering is considering a ban to ALL direct social media links. https://old.reddit.com/r/civilengineering/comments/1i6r2fl/should_direct_posts_to_social_media_posts/

PC gaming has added x to domain black list. https://old.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1i6v0j5/as_of_today_rpcgaming_has_added_xcom_to_the/

FromSoftware mods have removed the discussion. https://old.reddit.com/r/fromsoftware/comments/1i6vuji/petition_to_ban_xcom_links_on_this_sub/

/r/karate bans x. https://old.reddit.com/r/karate/comments/1i6vra7/regarding_x_musk_and_sigh_fascism/

Transformers discussion. https://old.reddit.com/r/transformers/comments/1i6vrzf/can_we_ban_all_x_links_please/

edit 5: state subreddits maybe joining in. Also Canadian provinces.

Minnesota. The OP here deleted his post. https://old.reddit.com/r/minnesota/comments/1i6p7sg/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Alternative Minnesota sub stateofMN has banned x. https://old.reddit.com/r/stateofMN/comments/1i6oon7/20250121_twitterx_links_are_banned_effective/

Delaware claims the ban is in honor of our veterans who fought nazis.

https://old.reddit.com/r/Delaware/comments/1i6sei9/proposal_lets_ban_xcom_links_on_the_delaware/

Iowa https://old.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/1i6sqex/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Connecticut (Wtf is that really how you spell Connecticut?) https://old.reddit.com/r/Connecticut/comments/1i6tmo5/proposal_to_ban_x_links/

Nova Scotia joins the discussion. https://old.reddit.com/r/NovaScotia/comments/1i6p33v/do_we_have_a_ban_on_x_links_if_not_why_not_add_one/

Hawaii just got into it https://old.reddit.com/r/Hawaii/comments/1i6tz8s/should_rhawaii_ban_any_links_from_twitterx/

Nothing on /r/texas but /r/texans has banned twitter. https://old.reddit.com/r/Texans/comments/1i6vhu9/since_many_people_have_brought_it_up_we_have/

Maryland discussion. https://old.reddit.com/r/maryland/comments/1i6up1u/petition_to_ban_x_links_on_rmaryland/

Indiana is only 20 minutes old but is getting a lot of attention. https://old.reddit.com/r/Indiana/comments/1i6vxbn/banning_x_post/

Edit 6: countries too.

/r/finland has banned twitter. https://old.reddit.com/r/Finland/comments/1i6qk8a/twittercom_links_are_now_banned_on_rfinland/

Scotland https://old.reddit.com/r/Scotland/comments/1i6kw6t/proposal_to_ban_xcom_direct_links_on_this/

Ireland https://old.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/1i6nwji/proposal_to_ban_xcom_direct_links_on_this/

Europe confirms they already filter out social media links anyway. https://old.reddit.com/r/EuropeMeta/comments/1i6oicn/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links_on_reurope/

South Africa has a post. No one has contributed though. https://old.reddit.com/r/southafrica/comments/1i6szjc/guys_we_should_talk_about_banning_twitter_links/

France is talking about banning X... I think. Thank to google translate it looks like they actually already banned twitter. https://old.reddit.com/r/france/comments/1i6nh35/bannir_les_liens_xcom/

Philippines https://old.reddit.com/r/Philippines/comments/1i6w86e/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links_on_this_subreddit/

Edit 7: cities because I made the mistake of starting to categorize things a bit.

Chicago. https://old.reddit.com/r/chicago/comments/1i6khw2/petition_to_ban_xtwitter_links_from_the_subreddit/

Norwhich https://old.reddit.com/r/NorwichCity/comments/1i6ify1/dear_mod_team_a_proposal_to_ban_x_twitter_links/

Columbus https://old.reddit.com/r/Columbus/comments/1i6oqko/can_we_also_have_a_petition_to_ban_links_to/

Suffolk will now ban users for X posts. https://old.reddit.com/r/suffolk/comments/1i6qrzb/posts_that_include_a_link_to_twitterx_will_now/

Ipswichuk will now ban users for x posts. https://old.reddit.com/r/ipswichuk/comments/1i6qrgm/posts_that_include_a_link_to_twitterx_will_now/

Austin is discussing. No input from mods yet. https://old.reddit.com/r/Austin/comments/1i6u0wz/ban_x_twitter_posts/

Los Angeles mod confused. Realized they banned twitter but not x. Corrected mistake. https://old.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/1i6utaz/can_we_also_ban_links_to_twitter/

Denver discussion https://old.reddit.com/r/Denver/comments/1i6wcbx/proposal_to_ban_xtwitter_links/

Edit 8: Moderators of /r/law offer to assist any subreddit set up their automods to remove twitter links if they wish to participate in the ban. https://old.reddit.com/r/law/comments/1i6n7ou/if_youre_a_moderator_of_a_sub_considering_an_x/

Edit 9: General discussion on askreddit on if there should be a sitewide ban. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1i6rjf2/what_are_your_thoughts_of_a_reddit_wide_ban_of_x/

Edit 10: Trueunpopularopinion post thinks leftwingers are pathetic for this movement. https://old.reddit.com/r/TrueUnpopularOpinion/comments/1i6qz9i/leftwing_redditors_trying_to_get_x_links_banned/

The conspiracy subreddit has weighed in. https://old.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/1i6m35z/shills_are_floating_around_all_the_sports_reddits/

https://old.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/1i6m2qq/sudden_movement_in_the_sports_subs_to_ban_twitter/

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And the snow keeps falling. We're forecast for 4-8 inches by the end. More photos on reddit - browse social media or local news for more.

Hey libs, what happened to global warming

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Bloomberg reports that Chinese officials are considering the possibility of TikTok being sold to Elon Musk.

Chinese officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the US operations of TikTok if the company fails to fend off a controversial ban on…

— Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) January 14, 2025

🚨#BREAKING: Chinese officials are reportedly weighing a proposal for Elon Musk to acquire TikTok’s U.S. operations in the event the app faces ahead of a potential ban, with the deadline looming on January 19. pic.twitter.com/lM2Rjt6GUu

— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) January 14, 2025

🚨 JUST IN: TikTok’s parent company is evaluating a potential option for Elon Musk to acquire TikTok’s American operation, per Bloomberg

If true, that would be EPIC!

The ban is set to go in effect later this month if legal challenges are unsuccessful and the U.S. operation is… pic.twitter.com/V5AHroWupF

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 14, 2025

BREAKING: China discusses having Elon Musk buy U.S. operations of TikTok to prevent it being banned in the U.S. - Bloomberg

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 14, 2025

JUST IN: 🇨🇳 Chinese officials consider selling TikTok US to Elon Musk, Bloomberg reports. pic.twitter.com/dNktarR6Xc

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autodrama: returning jobs to dramneurodivergents. Ping HeyMoon if there are any problems or you have a suggestion

Temporary Protected Status or TPS is a legal mechanism that protects illegals from deportation. According to the gov itself, Homeland Security may designate a foreign country for TPS due to conditions in the country that temporarily prevent the country's nationals from returning safely, or in certain circumstances, where the country is unable to handle the return of its nationals adequately. USCIS may grant TPS to eligible nationals of certain countries (or parts of countries), who are already in the United States.

This is a godsend for illegals from particular shithole countries because it is a literal trump card when it comes to illegal immigration. As long as TPS is extended, the date in which you had to make it to the US to apply for it keeps being rolled down, and with shitholes like Venezuela who remain unsafe given their actual dictator in chief, the prediction was that it would be free from Drumpfs list of targets as they are neither accepting deportees or stable/safe/not committing human rights abuses

TPS as a trump card is legitimately insane and lawcels use it to a ridiculous degree to prevent deportations. Notably, TPS can be used during deportation proceedings to:

>petition the court to close an ongoing deportation case, with or without the support of a prosecutor

>prevent enforcement of an active deportation order

>appeal a deportation order to then close the appeal once you have TPS

Lawcels will effectively sneed at having a large amount of clients be outright unable to avoid deportation now, as will actual beneficiaries. The sneed from beneficiaries is also going to be monumental, because a TPS beneficiary qualifies for:

>protection from deportation

>work permits to work legally

>social security number

>housing benefits and numerous forms of welfare like healthcare, cash, student loans, food stamps...

So wheres the drama? Soon to come about as the news comes out pretty late night about a niche topic. NYT has confirmed they have a copy of a Trump Administration Decision to shut down the latest renewals, meaning Venezuelans will lose their protections in 2 waves, one in April and another in September and face summary deportation unless they beg to be placed in the enormous queue for a deportation hearing. Keep an eye out for sneed sometime between tomorrow and saturday (deadline for DHS Sec to announce if renewed or banned). Once the official announcement is made and this actually hits headlines beyond one outlet, we may get a surge in Dramacoin (or it will all be unintelligible bastardized spanish).

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/us/politics/trump-tps-venezuelan-immigrants.html

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traverse390 asks:

Are we at risk of censorship of LGBTQ+/adult material re: U.S. 2025 federal policies?

The short answer to your question is yes. Of course, there is a risk of increased censorship of LGBQT+ and "adult material" in 2025 and beyond for those of you living in the United States.

The worrying trend of banning books in schools and public libraries across the United States will worsen before it gets better. The Comic Book Journal reported in September that:

"The American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom, which tracks book challenges and bans around the U.S., recorded that 378 different graphic novels were threatened with bans or challenges in 2023, with a total of 1,020 total censorship attempts. In the last three years, the numbers have seen a huge jump – 2023's total censorship attempts are twenty times what they were just three years ago in 2020."

In March last year, The Guardian reported on the recent American Libraries Association report covering all of 2023's known book bans. Amongst other things, the report detailed "Seventeen states [that] saw attempts to ban more than 100 books: Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin."

Why is the banning of books so prevalent across American public schools and libraries?

Sadly! The banning of books and the occasional outright burning of them has been a regular occurrence throughout American history. Despite its relatively young age as a country, the USA has been banning books pretty much from the get-go. Think about it this way. The first white Europeans arrived in the country and settled in Jamestown, Virginia in 1607 and these same "Founders" banned their first book in 1637.

The first book ever to be banned in the United States was New English Canaan by Thomas Morton, who established an early colony in Massachusetts where settlers and native people co-existed fairly harmoniously. Morton espoused a more pragmatic approach to colonization with the land's original inhabitants. This was seen as a threat by the Puritan settlers, and Morton was subsequently twice exiled back to England, where he wrote New English Canaan. He was not a white savior of any kind. He was a fur trader and businessman, and most of the book describes the "opportunities" the New World presented to entrepreneurial readers. Nonetheless, his pragmatic views on peaceful co-existence with native people were seen as a threat to the fabric of the new society the Puritans were attempting to build, and he was punished for it.

It is the fear that certain types of ideas, practices, and beliefs can "undermine" the cultural fabric of America that drives book bans. So! It comes as no surprise that graphic novels that depict "non-traditional" romantic and erotic relationships and/or characters who are non-conformist to the hetero-dominant culture will be targeted by censorious organizations and individuals.

While I wish to focus specifically on the type of material that matters to you in your question, I would like to remind everyone that it isn't just LGBTQ+ material that is being banned. Far from it…

The most recent high-profile case of statewide book banning, including comics and manga, happened last year in Tennessee when the state legislature brought in the HB843 mandate. Books in school libraries must be suitable for the age and maturity levels of the students. Some of the types of content deemed inappropriate for school-age children include any type of nudity, "descriptions or depictions of sexual excitement," excessive violence, and of course, LGBTQ-related subjects.

ANN reported on the mandate at the time that includes the first eight volumes of Assassination Classroom, Jujutsu Kaisen, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes (volumes 1 and 3), all of Attack on Titan, and Akira, which really pisses me off. Rumiko Takahashi's Inuyasha is also on the banned books list in Tennessee, which is a perennial favorite of many younger readers. It contains some sexually suggestive moments, and some of the key characters, including the protagonist, possess an element of what one could argue is gender fluidity, but it is incredibly subtle, and I am genuinely surprised it made it onto this list.

The depiction of LGBTQ characters in manga is not uncommon, and so you have every right to worry about whether more works could be banned in the future. Manga like Sailor Moon, Claudine, Hunter X Hunter, and Rose of Versailles vary in their depictions of same-s*x couples and/or openly trans characters. Some depictions are more overt, others are more subtle, coded even. Some are serious and core to the story. Other characters provide light relief. Nonetheless! They exist and they are featured in some of the most popular and important works of the past forty years, which I find surprising because Japan is also a socially conservative country. For these works and for these characters to exist, and be known and popular with readers is remarkable and a testament to the fact that the majority don't have major issues with depictions of "alternative lifestyles" in literature, contrary to what much of the media and some politicians tell us.

ScreenRant reported in November that Richmond County School District in North Carolina recently banned (pending a review) Unico: Awakening Volume 1, the new reimaging of Osama Tezuka's classic manga by Samuel Sattin and illustrator, Gurihiru following a complaint from a "concerned parent." The parent's six-year-old son purchased a copy of the manga at a local Scholastic Book Fair, and she was "shocked to discover depictions of animal cruelty (I hope they never read Tezuka's Buddha Volume 1. That poor bunny!) and gun violence".

The book ban movement in the USA over recent years has most definitely grown, and as The Guardian reports it is "particularly prevalent in Republican-led states, as religious-political activism gains strength," but the canceling, boycotting, and banning of pop culture in your country is something that unfortunately is a "both sides" issue, and it cuts to the bone of your First Amendment rights. The more organized book banners know this, and while many of us may wonder whether your federal law-makers might seek to increase the scope of these bans, it isn't necessary to achieve the ultimate goal of reducing access to what they may consider to be "dangerous" and/or "unsuitable" reading material for children and young adults. The market will ultimately decide what reading material you can have access to, and unfortunately, book banners know this.

The Unico manga is a case in point. School libraries never used to hold graphic novels or manga in them. Public libraries barely did either. Unico is a flagship manga title for Scholastic's Graphix imprint, which is dedicated to publishing creator-owned graphic novels for early, middle-grade, and young adult readers. Graphix launched in 2005 with Jeff Smith's epic series, BONE #1: Out From Boneville. This imprint came about in part because of the huge shift in boy's reading habits starting in the late 90s. This is when I, as a 15-year-old, first discovered "edgier" books like Alan Moore's V for Vendetta and The Killing Joke in my local library.

This recent ban, "pending review," of Unico is noteworthy because Scholastic is the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books and a major supplier of books to school libraries. They have a better understanding of what is and isn't acceptable when it comes to age-appropriate literature for school-age children than almost any other publisher. Censorship is a slippery slope, and what one parent may find unacceptable for their six-year-old to read is not necessarily the same as another parent who also monitors what content their kids are consuming. I wanted to use Unico as an example of censorship that isn't driven by an organization, and which doesn't seem politically or religiously motivated.

America's moral majority has been at war with comics as a corrupting influence since the early 1950s and what is now commonly referred to as the "Moral Panic," which was a reaction by the press, religious groups, and politicians against what many considered to be the gradual decline in standards of decency and morality in the media and the arts. Especially film-making and comic books. This moral panic also coincided with a rise in reporting around juvenile delinquency. Senate hearings were held, and miles of column inches were printed, resulting in the voluntary implementation of the Comics Code Authority, which was a self-policing and self-censoring program committed to by all of the major comics magazine publishers at the time. Unbelievably, "The Code" continued well into the 2000s with the final holdouts, DC and Bongo Comics, discontinuing their carrying of the unmistakable CCA badge on every comic cover they printed.

What concerns me is that with your country's rightwards political momentum when it comes to issues of identity and culture, alongside its anti-globalization economic policies, increasing downward pressure on manga and comics publishing will impact readers well beyond the USA's borders. If America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold. Less than 21% of comics, manga, and graphic novels are currently printed within the USA. If aggressive tariffs are brought in against the majority of America's major international trading partners, including China, where 24% of domestic publishers print their books, the price of the average tankoban is likely to increase considerably. This will mean lower print sales. Combine this with potentially more states banning more manga, and it isn't out of the question that some books may be discontinued and others not printed at all. And sorry, Canadians, Aussies, and Brits, but if fewer books are published in the USA, that means fewer titles for you, too.

I abhor the idea that a book can be dangerous, and I find it ridiculous to believe that a comic or a book can fundamentally change the reader's sexual or gender identity. I've read a lot of books in my lifetime, and none of them caused me to become a straight, cis-hetero male. I am just one, and that identity has, in all likelihood, influenced what types of comics, books, novels, etc. I like to read, as well as what types of movies, series, animation, etc. I like to watch the types of video games I like to play. I feel seen all day long by the culture I inhabit. Erasing what little pop culture is available that recognizes those of us who are not part of "the norm" seems unnecessarily cruel to me.

Based on the strength of some of the aforementioned LGBTQ-friendly manga brands, it could be commercially damaging for some of the biggest names in manga publishing, too. I believe that a change is coming, and it may well impact the print publishing of manga and comics in a significant way. With English-language digital manga and comic sales barely representing 20% of all graphic novel sales currently, perhaps these changes will signal a significant increase in digital manga sales.

References:

Deb Aoki report re: impact of tariffs on manga imports… "In The Comics Journal, Gina Gagliano explains how new tariffs will likely affect comics/manga publishing in 2025 (spoiler: it's not good for readers or publishers)."

"What will potential tariffs mean for comic publishers in 2025? "We'll likely have less customers." - The Comics Journal

"The state of comics and censorship during Banned Books Week" - The Comics Journal, September 2024 [Source: The Comic Book Journal "The state of comics and censorship during Banned Books Week", Gina Gagliana, September 23, 2024

"Books bans in US schools and libraries surged to record highs in 2023 - Though the list is broad, many of the 4,240 books were targeted because they related to issues of LGBTQ+ communities or race " - The Guardian, March 14, 2024

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Well, censorship of adult or controversial content is already happening.Whether it's Japan doing this to itself or due to social changes around the world.

This is absolutely drop dead terrifying.

The focus on library bans seems geared toward the all-ages LGBTQ+ side of the question, but don't forget that the same forces are pushing for blanket criminalization of pornography. There are already multiple states that companies releasing adult manga/anime won't ship to.

Mod note: don't conflate libertarianism with LGBT. This is your only warning.

Also, I mentioned that if the book ban goes beyond anime/manga, is that going to escalate to targeting Asian-American/AAPI communities. I asked because a few days ago, I read an article from KQED (a local PBS in San Francisco) about the local Japanese-American communities are going to protect undocumented immigrants and come to the defense of the larger immigrants communities due to their experience of the Japanese internment during WWII. So that is my biggest worries as a anime/manga fan, if Japanese-Americans are building a big resistance toward Trump's treatment to the immigrant communities and the wider AAPI communities, is this going to lead to Trump and MAGA attacking not only the Japanese-American communities, will the MAGA/Trumper dare go after anime/manga and the fandom as an act of retaliation, is that going to lead to more manga ban in the school and public libraries? Is that going to lead to the FCC going after companies like Crunchyroll, Netflix, and other streaming companies that stream and license anime, what about manga publishers like Viz Media, Kodansha USA, etc...

The only thing really saving us from censorship and the other crazy things that these Christo-fascists want to do are the judges and courts blocking the orders and lawsuits being made and present right now which will only increase as time goes on at this pace and will be an astronomical amount.

literally not a single judge will defend queer cartoon kiddie porn sweetie

As a straight person, I feel like the opposite has been in effect on Reddit for a few years now. Unless you're towing water for Left leaning causes, you'll get downmarseyd or your comment will be deleted by a mod. If platforms would stop censoring opposing viewpoints, that would be great. This applies to both Left (Reddit) and Right (X) dominated platforms.

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Post your favorite tracks, shit on each other and prove your tastes supreme.

Fornäs reformulates these types slightly to suit his own purposes. The first he terms "social authenticity, since it uses criteria taken from the level of collective group interaction" and the second he calls "subjective authenticity, since it focuses on the relation between an individual performer and/or listener and her own mind and body, as a state of presence." Both, he points out "stress either source or reception authenticity, with textual authenticity as a silent presumption."

"The third form," he writes, "could be defined as cultural or meta-authenticity, since it moves within (and derives legitimacy from) the level of the symbolic expressions ('texts') themselves." Unlike the first two types, meta-­authenticity deals with the authenticity of texts themselves rather than that of their producers or audiences.

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