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the autistic experience of having to learn how to act excited when opening a gift in front of people

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Why the FUCK did the brazilian government ban Twitter/X from Brazil and why, surprising absolutely no one, that's Elon Musk's fault:

Okay so I didn't proofread this post, so if there's anything I got wrong please tell me but I really felt the need to explain this to the usamerican website:

Yesterday Twitter got banned from Brazil. Like, "government banned it" kind of ban. If you are caught using a VPN to access Twitter, you'll have to pay a fine worth of R$50.000 reais, or U$ 8911,94 dollars. Is the ban going to last more than, like, two weeks? Proooobably not, but what matters is that it got BANNED.

Is the brazilian government censoring Twitter? Only if you consider making Grimes' ex, aka Elon Musk, suffer consequences to his own actions censoring. AKA, no, it's not a censorship, this is just law being followed.

Okay, what the fuck did Grimes' ex do to get it banned? Not following brazilian law. But, loooong story short: You know how Twitter gave a permanent ban to certain people from the alt-right thanks to them disseminating racist, sexist and antivax propaganda, amongst other extremely dangerous things and fake news? This has happened in multiple countries (remember when Trump got banned from Twitter?), including in Brazil. Normally, this happens thanks to the government of said country giving out orders for Twitter to do so. The same thing happened in Brazil previously, except that this time, Musk decided to throw a tantrum, accusing the brazilian government of censorship, ignoring the fact that the same fucking thing happens all the time all around the world.

image id: a photo of Alexandre de Moraes giving a speech. end image id.

So, brazilian government says "ban these guys". Twitter goes "OK". Elon then goes "actually no", and unbans these accounts, going against direct government orders. Now, enters another guy in this story: Alexandre de Moraes, nicknamed "Xandão" by brazilians, also known as "just" the guy in charge of the brazilian Supreme Court (who I'll refer as "STF" from now on!). He's the one who told Musk to keep up the ban. Musk accused him of censorship, despite the fact that these profiles were spreading EXTREMELY DANGEROUS MISINFORMATION. Moraes is now being the face of the brazilian "censorship", but by all means and accounts, he's doing his job. What he is doing is not illegal, and also correct. He's NO SAINT, mind you, but he's doing the right (or at least the better) thing here.

So Moraes goes "what you're doing here is illegal". Musk goes "uhm actually I'm above the law, you see. Because I own Twitter". Moraes goes "no, you're going to get punished by this, Twitter is going to court". Musk goes "no", and SOMEHOW, MAKES THE SITUATION WORSE. NONONONONO. LEMME TELL YOU WHAT THIS GUY DID.

For Twitter to go to court, it needs a legal representative, right? WELL. WHAT IF IT DOESN'T HAVE A LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE, THEN?

"This doesn't make any sense, companies need to have these people", unless you fire everyone from your company and then closes it doors. "What". That's what Elon decided to do: Fire everyone working at Twitter's brazilian office and then close its doors. There's no company in Brazil anymore! Thereby, no one needs to go to court!

So, still insisting on keeping literal nazis unbanned from Twitter, and now having NO people in Brazil working for it, there was literally nothing else for Alexandre de Moraes to do. Twitter already had to pay huge fines before Musk decided to close its doors! He kept on escalating the conflict! Moraes KEPT TELLING HIM to get his shit together and RESPECT BRAZILIAN LAW. So, two days ago, there's the last thing he could have done:

Gave Twitter - and Musk - 24 hours to appoint a legal representative, or have Twitter banned from Brazil.

Once again, this is not censorship. Whatever you hear about Moraes censoring people or abusing his power, that's a lie. This. Is. Not. Censorship. The procedure (asking the company to ban the harmful accounts, have them pay fines, make them go to court, ban the app) is what it is in brazilian law, and I know that because I studied this law! It's literally part of the only two laws that I know about!

Anyways, Musk still thought he was above law, and now brazilians can't use Twitter anymore. We aren't expecting Twitter to actually die here, and we aren't too worried about it for now. However, there's another important part of this plot.

You see, there are many news sources that are either accusing Moraes of censorship, or that WILL accuse him of doing so. These guys are wrong. If a gringo like Musk thinks they're above brazilian law, they will have to pay for the consequences. The USA has a history of fucking up with brazilian politics as recent as during our 2018 and 2022 elections, and Musk fucking around and finding out is just another added level to this. If you want to know more about how the USA fucked us over, I recommend studying the brazilian military dictatorship (lasted during 64 to 85), which was sponsored by the USA!

In the end, brazilian artists that used Twitter to get art and writing commissions are going to suffer a lot thanks to this, so if you see a brazilian artist around with open commissions, consider helping them out! One dollar is almost six reais, which is HUGE. Imagine being able to multiply your money almost six times over? And yes I'm brazilian, my writing and art commissions are also open, please consider taking a look around, okay byeee <3

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The funniest thing about this situation is that Elon Musk is so pissed off at not getting to do something illegal and get away with it by being a billionaire for once in his life that he has been -and I’m 100% serious here- making photo edits of our Supreme Court minister dressed as fucking Voldemort. Literal little kid taping a picture of someone they don’t like to a dartboard kind of behavior.

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the curse of adhd:

i will remember with absolute clarity, when the thought strikes me that i have a text to send someone, that this is the fourth time in three days i've attempted to send this specific text

i will forget, in the time it takes me to pick up my phone, that i picked it up intending to send a text

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atletas brasileiras icons like/reblog if you save

credits @aIfasquad on twitter

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"First world" countries will never understand how much an Olympic/world championship medal means to Brazilians (and other "developing nations").

There are barely any scholarships for athletes, there are barely any endorsements or sponsorships. There's no infrastructure, no incentive...

Brazilians are on podiums because we persevere despite an entire system trying to stifle us.

Brazilians are on podiums despite, despite, despite...

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THAT BRONZE IS GOLD 🇧🇷✨💚💛 So proud of our artistic gymnastics girls!!!

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Some of my favorite photos of brazilians with their medals 🥇🥈🥉

*couldn’t include everyone so picked my favorite photos

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Augusto Akio of Brazil receives the bronze medal during the podium ceremony for the men's park skateboarding final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Concorde in Paris on August 7, 2024.

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Augusto Akio of Brazil wins the bronze medal in the men's park skateboarding final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Concorde in Paris on August 7, 2024.

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Standard brazilian reaction to losing in the Olympics

In order: Tatiana Weston Webb wins a silver medal in Paris 2024, Rebeca Andrade is ranked 4th in the Balance Beam’s final also in Paris 2024, and Gabriel Medina is eliminated from the Tokyo Olympics Semifinals.

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Do non Brazilians/Filipinos know about Brazilippines…. Brazilians and Filipinos randomly decided that we were two sides of the same coin and have now become besties

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Gold medalist Rebeca Andrade of Brazil, silver medalist Simone Biles of United States and bronze medalist Jordan Chiles of United States celebrate on the podium at the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Floor Exercise Medal Ceremony on day ten of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 05, 2024 in Paris, France.

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REBECA GOLD MEDALIST