There are many valid reasons for wearing a mask. We don't restrict people from wearing glasses or sunglasses based on the reason why they are wearing them. We should be pushing governments to pass laws that protect everyone's right to wear a mask, no matter what the reason.
The US government's entire beef with TikTok is they believe it's spying on Americans for the sake of the Chinese government, as opposed to American social media companies who spy on Americans for the sake of local, state, and federal law enforcement and various intelligence agencies and literally anyone else who is willing to pay for that data.
Which is why they want TikTok sold to an American company willing to hand that data over to them instead of instituting actual privacy regulations.
Europeans and US-Americans getting mad at each other for not understanding that there's not just one monolith culture in each place will never not be funny to me.
Like I'll someone from the US make some negative statement about Europe, and inevitably a European will be like "that's just the Belgians, we're not just one big country like you" or whatever.
Then like turn around and make a sweeping statement about the US that really only applies to like Florida or Texas or something.
Elon Musk – Dead at 52 – Says There Is No Need for Misinformation Laws
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1993 Austin.
I did not really live in Austin until 2000, but I had been couch surfing there since 1995, and visiting since 1979.
I may not be a native Austinite, but I'm certainly an honorary Austinite. But either way, I think that means I'm allowed to grouse about how I miss Old Austin.
I mean, just the small shot of Threadgill's made my heart skip a beat. Or maybe it was all the food I ate there.
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