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17 Aug 2025

Why Instagram Scrubbed My Account—And How It Can Happen To You

Late last month, Instagram scrubbed my account. Why? What were they wanting to achieve? A year of tip-toeing the line got me in trouble a couple of times—how much ass is too much? Why did visible dick print cross the line in one image and escape censorship in another? Why

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25 Mar 2025

Meet Ian The Meow, The Cat That Reminds San Francisco to “Be Nice.”

Ian The Meow is a cute cat who regularly walks around San Francisco, reminding passersby to “be nice” and is also a street artist and mental health advocate dedicated to spreading kindness through their work.

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15 Oct 2024

Does JD Vance Hate The San Francisco Police Department?

JD Vance, Vice Presidential nominee, has been criticized for a 2014 email in which he expressed his hatred for the police and empathy towards black people, but has since apologized for the statement.

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01 Dec 2021

Lush Ditched Social Media. Who’s Next?

Last Tuesday, on November 23, Lush Cosmetics announced that it would deactivate its Instagram, Facebook, Tik Tok, and Snapchat pages until social media platforms “can provide a safer environment for their users.”  “We wouldn’t ask our customers to meet us down a dark and dangerous alleyway – but some social

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09 Nov 2021

Wednesday’s National ‘Facebook Logout’ Aims To Hit Where It Hurts: In the Revenue

A racial and economic justice group is calling on people nationwide to hit Facebook where it hurts: right in the revenue. The “Facebook Logout” campaign urges people to log off Facebook and Instagram Wednesday to disrupt the social media giant machine that profits off ad revenue targeted at its users.

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12 Feb 2021

Yes, Big Tech is Too Powerful AND De-Platforming Trump Was Still the Right Move

For the past month, people of the world have woken up every day, slapped their fingers onto their smartphones to silence their morning alarms, unlocked their devices, and scrolled through their social media feeds. And what has been missing the entire time? A single word from former President Donald Trump.

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03 Apr 2020

An Interview with BlakSyn, the Human Behind @KinkyBlackEducator

BlakSyn (they/them) is a nonbinary professional in BDSM education and an innovator on these topics in both the on – and offline – realms.

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03 Feb 2020

Trendy Self-Care Mantras Are Destroying Your Life

by Laurie Riihimaki  In the last decade, there has been a big switch in the way we perceive mental health. Now, the topic of mental health is widely talked about and the stigma is being slowly wiped away. A lot of the positive and open conversation about mental health has

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