#privacy on Substack

[mehmetyildizmelbourne-blog]

Section 6: How to Maintain Privacy on Substack

Summary of my Udemy Course “From Zero to Substack Hero.” Purpose of this Series for New Readers This is a new series upon request from my readers. I recently developed a course titled “From Zero to Substack Hero” and published it on Udemy and shared it on Content Marketing Strategy Insights owned by Dr Mehmet Yildiz who kindly allowed me to use his Substack Mastery book to design the…

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“I think most members of Congress tend to think of repealing 230 as a punishment for tech,” said Kovacevich. “But the reality is that without 230, platforms would either look like Disneyland, which would be a sanitized environment where every user post had to be pre-screened, or it’d be a wasteland, where essentially they never looked for anything and every platform looked like 4chan, because they didn’t want to have liability for even looking at potentially defamatory content.” “I don’t think either one of those outcomes is very good,” he said.

[theflowergothic]

Suh-prise! I made an article on Substack talking about two notorious players of Kelly Piquet's PR game!

I know there are a lot more (and thank you all for naming names), but I didn't want my first Substack article to be too long.

This one's just the opener. A warm-up. A polite little tap on the glass before we shatter it. Enjoy! Share! Et cetera!

(Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna make my Substack page look more like "me" and less like a brand new account 😅)

[brf-rumortrackinganon]

"Jessica Reed Kraus (aka HouseInHabit on IG) has been interviewing ... SEVERAL ex-employees. They are definitely the worst people to work for on the West Coast. According to the story, MM telling everyone that she’s going to be a billionaire. That’s all she wants. And that MM truly believes that she is adored."

Found this thread on Reddit. I will keep an eye out and see if there is anything interesting that is revealed. We kind of already know that she is a delusional narc!

Houseinhabit is a sellout. She supports whatever gets her the most attention.

For example: last spring, she went on this whole rant about how Kate's illness was a severe medical condition that she attributed to the COVID vaccines. Then she wrote a whole substack claiming to have an inside contact that said Kate had bowel surgery, had been fitted for a stoma bag, and the palace called it 'abdominal surgery' because Kate was embarrassed. Which she later edited/updated to a) deflect from her participation in Kategate and went private for a bit because she couldn't handle the heat. And then when Kate announced she was undergoing chemotherapy, Houseinhabit then went made a huge soapbox about how Kate deserved privacy to heal in peace and the media/social media.

Reddit's Houseinhabit snark fest, if anyone is so inclined.

You don't need Houseinhabit, anon. She's not going to tell you anything you don't already know.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

In other news today, a Georgia judge delivered a rousing defense of reproductive rights and overturned the state's six-week rule: “Whether one couches it as liberty or privacy (or even equal protection), this dispute is fundamentally about the extent of a woman’s right to control what happens to and within her body.”

"Women are not some piece of collectively owned community property ... forcing (her) to carry an unwanted, not-yet-viable fetus to term violates her constitutional rights ..."

full ruling at: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25178630-mcburney-sistersong-final-order

Summary by Marcy Wheeler on her substack:

Here is how Judge McBurney frames the issue:

Whether one couches it as liberty or privacy (or even equal protection), this dispute is fundamentally about the extent of a woman’s right to control what happens to and within her body. The baseline rule is clear: a legally competent person has absolute authority over her body and should brook no governmental interference in what she does -- and does not do -- in terms of health, hygiene, and the like.

(There is the vaccine exception, wherein the government can condition some receipt of benefit (such as public education or Medicaid/Medicare coverage) on the administration of vaccines or other preventative medicine -- or outright mandate the treatment through a valid exercise of state police power.)

And the issue to be decided here: how to balance the rights of a not-yet-viable fetus against the rights of the only person in this great wide world who can -- by choice or by legislative imposition -- maintain that pregnancy until it is viable?

Judge McBurney writes:

While the State’s interest in protecting “unborn” life is compelling, until that life can be sustained by the State -- and not solely by the woman compelled by the Act to do the State’s work -- the balance of rights favors the woman.

Women are not some piece of collectively owned community property the disposition of which is decided by majority vote. Forcing a woman to carry an unwanted, not-yet-viable fetus to term violates her constitutional rights to liberty and privacy, even taking into consideration whatever bundle of rights the not-yet-viable fetus may have.

And then he invokes the Handmaid’s Tale:

For these women, the liberty of privacy means that they alone should choose whether they serve as human incubators for the five months leading up to viability. It is not for a legislator, a judge, or a Commander from The Handmaid’s Tale to tell these women what to do with their bodies during this period when the fetus cannot survive outside the womb any more so than society could -- or should -- force them to serve as a human tissue bank or to give up a kidney for the benefit of another. Considering the compelling record evidence about the physical, mental, and emotional impact of unwanted pregnancies on the women who are forced by law to carry them to term (as well as on their other living children), the Court finds that, until the pregnancy is viable, a woman’s right to make decisions about her body and her health remains private and protected.

When someone other than the pregnant woman is able to sustain the fetus, then -- and only then -- should those other voices have a say in the discussion about the decisions the pregnant woman makes concerning her body and what is growing within it.

He then addresses the mental health issues at hand:

A law that saves a mother from a potentially fatal pregnancy when the risk is purely physical but which fates her to death or serious injury or disability if the risk is “mental or emotional” is patently unconstitutional and violative of the equal protection rights of pregnant women suffering from acute mental health issues.

He concludes:

A review of our higher courts’ interpretations of “liberty” demonstrates that liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices.

Accordingly, Section 4 of the LIFE Act is hereby DECLARED unconstitutional. The State and all its agents, to include any County, Municipal, or other local authority, are once again ENJOINED from seeking to enforce in any manner the LIFE Act’s PECAP termination ban in Georgia. Because Section 4 is stricken and thus its amendments to O.C.G.A. § 16-12-141 are gone, Section 11 necessarily fails as well, as a woman does not require a legislatively bestowed exception to pursue a pre-viability PECAP termination. Finally, O.C.G.A. 16-12-141(f) is DECLARED unconstitutional. It, too, shall not be enforced by the State or any of its agents.

How this ruling plays with the Georgia Supreme Court is another matter. Professor Anthony Michael Kreis says it fails to “center legal history and the evolution of the common law in the analysis much at all, which is going to be a real missed opportunity-- and a limitation of its reach-- on appeal.”

(Thanks Rebecca Solnit)

[crows-are-gathering]

Carole Cadwalladr - Broligarchs, AI, and a Techno-Authoritarian Surveillance State | The Daily Show

“I think what is happening in America is they are building a techno-authoritarian surveillance state.” Carole Cadwalladr, the award-winning journalist behind the Substack newsletter “How to Survive the Broligarchy,” talks to Jon Stewart about how the U.S. government ignored the huge wake-up call that was the Cambridge Analytica-Facebook data breach scandal – a story Cadwalladr broke and which resulted in no legislative protections for citizens’ private data. She warns about the unregulated dangers that data-mining and AI pose to individual privacy and freedom, and what people and institutions can do to push back on big tech’s authoritarian agenda

[solfulletters]

Entry to your 20s, advice to the 20-year-old women

Four pieces of advice for the twenty-year-old women from a twenty-something year old woman.

1. Move Your Body

I cannot stress this enough, if you can, please move your body! Move your joints and build your muscles. The doctors, scientists and our parents were unfortunately right, the older one becomes, the weaker they get. If you want to still be able to run around in your fifties, sixties, etc. You need to start the habit now. Get a routine, start working out, try a sport, attempt a dance class, and get active in general.

I’ve recently gotten a gym membership and have begun pilates once or twice a week. Although at first, my muscles were burning, my body soon got used to it and I found my stamina and flexibility improving.

However, you don't need to spend money on a gym membership or Pilates to get fit. You can take a run around your local park, start a sports team with your friends, or try a YouTube workout from the comfort of your home. There are so many different ways to stay fit without emptying your pockets.

2. Eat Your Vegetables

I understand that some people are genuinely picky eaters and their parents never took the initiative to introduce different textures and flavours healthily. Thus this has followed into adulthood and are now unable to eat anything outside the same four meals.

I also understand I cannot say too much as someone who can eat almost anything but as a reformed vegetable hater I do have a little bit to offer. To live a long, healthy life vegetables are a necessity. So if you find yourself unable to eat certain vegetables, I would suggest cooking the vegetables differently, or incorporating ingredients you enjoy in your meals, think outside the box!

There are many articles about breaking picky eating, as adults we should try to expand our tastebuds, there's so much food to enjoy in this life. Nobody likes to be the person ordering chicken fingers at a Michelin restaurant.

3. Feed Your Brain

[edited: the previous paragraph has been published on my personal substack as a full piece; I've rewritten and changed this section for publication and privacy purposes].

I urge young women to nurture their brains; you are so blessed to be in a society and world where education is so accessible for women. If you live in the West, take advantage and don't feed into the propaganda of "I'm just a girl". Women are being minimised, and I don't want young ladies falling down the rabbit hole of this recent no-purpose lifestyle that's advertised.

Looks are essential, and don't get me wrong, I know attraction still plays a huge part in society, but it isn't the only important thing. It's not cute to be ignorant, lack life skills and use social media concepts like "I'm just a girl" as excuses. Stupidity isn't hot, so while it's okay to indulge in media consumption, find yourself hobbies outside of that and put in the effort to grow intellectually and further yourself.

4. High Self-esteem Will Protect You

Most of my girlfriends are in the dating field, and from the stories they tell me its clear these men are crazy. Good discernment is needed and for you to trust your discernment you need a healthy level of self-worth.

I’m not just talking about romantic interest, in general, high self-esteem will take you far in life. From romantic partners to career paths, when you know your value and do not settle, that translates to every crevice of your life. People treat you with more respect, you're likely to find yourself in fewer abusive scenarios and get better opportunities in your place of work.

Nothing good comes from beating yourself down and letting others treat you horribly. Overall your twenties can be fun but also filled with anxiety so take it step-by-step, don't beat yourself up and remember comparison is the thief.

[theambitiouswoman]

Hey sweet girl! I just wanted to say at the top that I LOVE your blog! It's so helpful and inspiring 💞

I was just wondering if you had any tips on how to start a blog? I'd love to try but have no idea where to begin or what to do and would greatly appreciate any help from you. ILYSM 🎀

Hey lovely!

Thank you SO much for the sweet words, I’m excited for you to start your blog!

Starting a blog can feel like a lot, but what makes a blog successful is actually staying true to your words. People can tell when you FEEL what you are saying.

Pick a niche you love & can talk about for days. Within that niche, talk about things you wanted to learn/ needed to hear, because other people might be looking for the same thing. Without a niche, it's very hard to attract the right audience because people wont feel like they can connect.

When I started this blog, It was when I had started a business and I wanted to document my journey and feelings. I am actually insanely vulnerable here with you guys than I am with most my friends IRL hahahha But I am so grateful for putting myself out there because I thinks thats what really helped me connect and find people who "get me" on this platform.

As your blog grows and people interact, you will see what subjects they are most interested in and can format your contact towards that. But most important is to first put A LOT of content out there. Even now, I post 5-10 times a day even though my blog has grown so much by the grace of God.

Pick a blog name thats cohesive with your niche and catchy.

Pick a platform you want to use to post in... Substack, Blogger, Wordpress, Blogspot, tumblr

Pick a theme you like that feels cohesive.

If you aren't using tumblr, you will need to buy a DOMAIN name and a HOSTING plan. I use Godaddy for everything.

You will also need to create key pages: About page, Contact page, Blog page, Privacy Policy

Then once everything is set up, you can start writing :)

If you need writing ideas, search for posts on instagram, x, tiktok, answer the public etc in the niche you are interested in, see whats popular and then write your own thoughts and opinions since you know its a popular subject.

SEO helps people find your blog through Google. To optimize your content, make sure your posts include relevant keywords, meta descriptions and other SEO basics. When you are writing quality content, the SEO will naturally follow tbh.

You can promote your blog on social media platforms, I don't do this.. but it definitely helps drive traffic!

Stay consistent with your posts. Don't put a lot of pressure on yourself, maybe bulk create and schedule them... but being consistent is very important.

In Short.. pick a name for your blog and start writing. If you don't start, you won't know how to optimize & make it better.

You’ve got everything it takes to make your blog a beautiful space for inspiration and connection. Don't overthink it. Take it one step at a time and enjoy the creative process.

I am so excited for you! 💞

[mehmetyildizmelbourne-blog]

Substack Mastery Book: Chapter 6

This chapter is about How to Configure and Maintain Privacy of Substack Publications with Compelling Reasons

How to Configure and Maintain Privacy of Substack Publications with Compelling Reasons Dear beta readers, Thank you for your invaluable feedback, which is helping refine this book and enhance it as a valuable resource for fellow writers. I’ve covered five critical aspects that have already helped many readers jumpstart their Substack journey. Just yesterday, the discussion on editorial…

[yasmijn]

Why i tumblelog

Dari semua tipe online communication (atau socmed secara lebih sempit), aku paling suka format blog. Format teks yang panjang, dimana orang-orang bisa bercerita secara satu arah, dan di sisi lain orang-orang (baik asing dan juga yang kenal secara langsung di dunia nyata) bisa mengenal orang dengan lebih baik.

Aku suka baca cerita orang, itu aja sih. Aku gak terlalu suka IG yang penuh dengan vanity, TikTok yang penuh keriuhan dan bikin attention span makin pendek. Twitter adalah my go-to platform karena ya itu, media komunikasi utamanya adalah kata-kata. Nggak banyak mendistraksi dengan video dan foto seperti IG/TikTok. You can consume content at your own pace.

Dulu aku pernah bikin blogspot deh kekna tapi udah terlupakan, WordPress juga males aku update karena emang ceritanya isinya lebih serius, Substack juga udah kutelantarkan karena kok aku sulit berkomitmen nulis fiksi ya... ya yang paling awet kugunakan adalah Tumblr ini. Entah kenapa rasanya agak lebih tersembunyi aja karena kayanya website ini kurang SEO-friendly, terus isolated aja sama user lain jadi rasanya emang kaya lagi nulis di mading gitu. You know that your writings are out there, and people might be silently reading your writings as they pass, some might even be eagerly waiting for that one new post, but you are not fixated on the vanity metrics.

Kayanya cuma Tumblr doang deh yang bikin jumlah followers tuh private buat si owner... yang keliatan di website orang ya cuma siapa aja yang udah like dan komen. Dan menurutku setting ini bikin orang yang nulis di Tumblr ini lebih... tulus? Nulis ya karena pengen nulis, bukan karena pengen menjaring lebih banyak followers. Gabisa lomba banyak-banyakan followers juga karena ga keliatan sama publik.

Aku nulis Tumblr juga lebih buat diri sendiri sih, seneng aja kalo lagi gabut terus baca-baca entri lama... seru juga ya hidup q. Biarpun tentu nggak ke-capture semua karena ada hal-hal yang cuma bisa jadi konsumsi pribadi. Selain itu, jujur setelah sekolah di Eropa yang sangat menjunjung tinggi privacy, aku juga jadi mikir berulang kali untuk menulis tanpa mensensor aktor-aktor di dalam ceritaku. Emang kita lah yang harus secara proaktif dan hati-hati melindungi personal information kita, termasuk kisah-kisah keseharian.

Jujur 1-2 tahun ke belakang ini aku merasa jarang nulis Tumblr sih :( semoga setelah ini ke depannya aku bisa lebih rajin nulis lagi.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Chloe Simon at MMFA:

On May 13, an Atlanta TV news station reported that a Georgia woman who had been declared brain-dead was being kept on life support because she is pregnant, and her family said the hospital attributed the action to a restrictive state abortion law. Medical experts have noted that the case shows how restrictive abortion laws are failing both patients and health care providers. However, anti-abortion groups have attempted to reframe the story around the rights of the fetus and to downplay the role of Georgia’s restrictive abortion laws, an approach they’ve also used with other stories about pregnant patients who have died after struggling to obtain needed care in states with abortion bans.  Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old nurse and mother from Georgia, was declared brain-dead in February after suffering a medical emergency while about nine weeks pregnant. Even though that means she is legally dead, doctors at Emory University Hospital have kept her on life support in an effort to sustain the fetus to at least 32 weeks, telling her family that they are “legally required to keep Smith breathing until the fetus reaches viability,” as the Louisiana Illuminator described.  This decision seemingly has been driven by Georgia's strict abortion laws, which ban terminating a pregnancy once “fetal cardiac activity can be detected, or roughly six weeks into pregnancy.”  The office of Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has said the abortion law does not require “medical professionals to keep a woman on life support after brain death.” Some have instead claimed the governing factor in Smith’s case is Georgia’s Advance Directive for Health Care Act which restricts “doctors from withdrawing life support from a pregnant patient unless the fetus is nonviable and the patient had a written directive explicitly requesting such action." But hospital staff apparently based their action on the abortion law, citing it in explaining their decision to Smith’s mother, she said. The hospital has declined to publicly comment on the specific case, citing privacy rules. 

[...]

Anti-abortion groups are “looking away or shirking blame” when confronted with such stories

Anti-abortion groups have repeatedly undermined reports of patients who reportedly became victims of their states’ restrictive abortion laws.  After ProPublica published stories of women in Georgia and Texas who died following delayed treatment in states with strict abortion laws, anti-abortion groups attacked the reports as a “complete lie” and claimed the women did not die due to abortion bans, instead pinning their deaths on “medical malpractice” and “neglect.” In fact, two women in Texas died after failing to get proper treatment post-miscarriage under the state’s abortion ban, and a woman in Georgia died after doctors waited 20 hours to perform a dilation and curettage. This may have been due to Georgia’s recent ban on the procedure, as CBS News reported that doctors in states with restrictive abortion laws have voiced concerns over “losing their medical license or being prosecuted if they break the law.”  Substack author Jessica Valenti explained the anti-abortion groups’ strategy toward these kinds of stories as “either looking away or shirking blame.” 

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Some anti-abortion groups have tried to steer blame for Smith from the abortion law to Georgia’s life-support law. 

Live Action claimed that “despite public outcry, removing a pregnant woman from life support actually DOES NOT constitute an ‘abortion’ as defined by the Georgia LIFE Act,” and argued that the onus is on the Georgia life support law which “prevents removing a pregnant woman from life support.”  Secular Pro-Life also said that it is not “not clear Georgia's abortion law is actually the issue here. It's more likely that Georgia's law regarding withdrawing life support for pregnant patients is the issue.”  Other anti-abortion groups have taken the position of arguing for the rights of the unborn fetus.  Students for Life of America complained that “activists and media voices are pressuring her family to pull the plug—ending two lives,” and Secular Pro Life said that “pro-choicers have been too quick to assume babies can’t survive in cases like this—and that Adriana Smith’s family wouldn’t want to try.” 

Anti-abortion extremist groups such as Live Action and Students For Life of America grossly downplay the role of Georgia’s infamous anti-abortion ban (HB481) that Adriana Smith was declared “braindead” in the hospital.

[darkmaga-returns]

Breaking: Senate confirms Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence | 12 Feb 2024 | The Senate confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as the nation's next Director of National Intelligence on Wednesday. The final vote was 52-48. The vote was mostly along party lines, though a lone Republican broke ranks to oppose her. The former Hawaii Democratic House member left the party after her 2020 presidential run and ultimately joined the Republicans on the 2024 campaign. She has emerged as a stalwart privacy advocate and supporter of reining in the intelligence community. Her nomination was contentious, largely due to her foreign policy views on Russia and Syria, which clashed with Washington consensus.

No NATO membership, no return to pre-2014 borders, and no more relying on U.S. for military funding - Trump delivers hammer blow to Ukraine as America comes first | 12 Feb 2025 | America will no longer front the lion's share of aid to Ukraine, the Trump administration said today in a devastating blow to Kiev that will pile pressure on Europe to fill the void. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that Washington will "no longer tolerate an imbalanced relationship" with its allies, adding, "Europe must provide the overwhelming share of future lethal and non-lethal aid to Ukraine." In a boon for Vladimir Putin, he added that the United States would not deploy troops to Ukraine to uphold any peace deal with Russia -- one of the key security guarantees requested by Ukrainian President [dictator] Volodymyr Zelensky.

[brettvatcher]

NEUROTECHNOLOGY: CALL IT MIND CONTROL

BRETT MICHAEL VATCHER

The United States is currently testing advanced military-grade weapons and quantum computer systems on the unexpected global population. Targeted Individuals are tortured and tormented every day of their lives through DARPA’s Next-Generation Nonsurgical Neurotechnology (N3) Program utilizing CIA agents – acting as Artificial Intelligence [AI]. In the future, the system will be marketed as deviceless “Spatial Technology.” 

IT’S SPATIAL: IT’S ALL IN MY HEAD.

Neurotechnology is a brain-computer interface [BCI] connecting to the central nervous system. Call it Mind Control. 

If one can control the mind, they can control the body.

MIND CONTROL:  Mind reading, mind and body control, 24/7 tracking, brainwashing, dream manipulation, spatial holograms as well as physical assaults and verbal harassment produced by CIA agents. This is accomplished by combining data sets from 5G towers and directed energy weapon satellites [DEW]. The system connects to the central nervous system – including the brain – and operates without a device. Invisible physical assaults are constant. Even if well documented are challenging to prove. The system can cause sensations anywhere on the body.

DOMAIN: Every human has a domain attached to their mind. This is where the agents broadcast their transmissions and control the victim. ​All living things have a domain. Plants, insects, animals and humans. Domains have infinite capabilities. The entire global population is replicated within human domains – in vertical cubicle formation. These replicants, as the agents call them, are tortured constantly. The replicants watch everything you do from your perception. This is the New World Order plan. The subdomain advent calendar is located behind the perception. Everything a person sees, hears and thinks is recorded utilizing a BCI. All memories from 2019-present can be viewed like a film. Domains are recorded, as well.

“EVERYTHING YOU DO, SAY AND THINK CAN – AND WILL – BE USED AGAINST YOU FOR ETERNITY. THIS IS THE NEW WORLD ORDER. PLEASE HOLD WHILE WE COLLECT YOUR THOUGHTS.” –New World Order

BRAINWASHING: Brainwashing the victim leads to behavioral modifications and mood control. The agents create “programs” that can be turned on or off at any time. Subliminal messages come in the form of faint visions flashing in the front of one’s mind. Victim’s vision becomes increasingly grainier over time – and depending on active sequencers.

The agents create intricate dream sequences to affect the victim’s subconscious. Dream sequences combine people, places and things that are familiar with the victim. They can be extremely lucid.

VOICE-TO-SKULL: DARPA started a program called LifeLog in 2003. They refer to it as the V2K era. It’s when they began recording transcripts of all of our thoughts. Mind-reading. This technology is also known as Microwave Hearing, Synthetic Telepathy, Voice-of-God weapon and is utilized for traceless mental torture. Agents constantly disrupt, censor and redirect the victim’s freedom of thought. Victim’s get wrongly labeled as mentally-ill [schizophrenia] when reporting on this. V2K is also used for deception and impersonation of voices.

News reports in the media describedLifeLog as the “diary to end all diaries — a multimedia, digital record of everywhere you go and everything you see, hear, read, say and touch”. –USA TODAY

NO PRIVACY: The system completely disregards fundamental human rights such as: privacy, mental and physical health, safety, data security, family security, financial security, etc. Freedom of thought – or cognitive liberty – is a God-given right. The technology was deployed without implementation of new laws and there is little to no oversight, as the CIA has full control of the system.

Welcome to Infinity. You’re Welcome.

WRITTEN BY: BRETT VATCHER

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[mariacallous]

Black Friday is not just about cheap TVs, cut price gaming consoles, and saving money on laptops; it’s also about getting a bargain on Faraday cages to stop 5G from melting your brain, grabbing a great deal on biblically inspired diet pills, and securing that hot-pink T-shirt with a picture of president-elect Donald Trump on the front.

This year, far-right extremists, MAGAworld, and conspiracists are all jumping on the Black Friday bandwagon to try and persuade their followers to buy untested health supplements, unfunny novelty mugs, and guns—lots and lots of guns.

Rather than advertising on mainstream online marketplaces offered by sites including Google or Facebook, these groups are targeting their audience where they live, on fringe and alternative online platforms with little or no moderation. Spaces like Gab, a white-supremacist-friendly social network run by a christian nationalist. Or Telegram, where election deniers and neo-Nazi groups happily sit side-by-side despite new privacy changes being introduced this year. And of course,Trump’s own Truth Social, where his most devoted followers can be found.

Gab and Truth Social did not immediately respond to a request to comment. Telegram spokesperson Remi Vaughn said that ads placed through the Telegram Ads platform are vetted before they are shown.

For those feeling a little drained after Thanksgiving, alternative health company Exodus Strong is offering discounts on a dietary supplement which has “7 Biblically-inspired ingredients and a molecular hydrogen generating blend that optimize your Mind and Body to function the way God intended.” The tablets, which are currently being advertised up to 60 percent off on Truth Social, include, among other biblical ingredients, frankincense and myrrh. Those who purchase one of these supplements will even get a free gift: a prayer plan.

Undermining the boasts about the product slightly, however, is the disclaimer on the company’s own website that reads: “These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.”

Launched just in time for Black Friday, the new online store from right-wing YouTube-alternative Rumble features a who’s who of conspiracy theorists and conservative agitators on its front page, including Trump confidante Laura Loomer and underpants-wearing baptiser Russell Brand.

The store itself is a cornucopia of unimagined gems, everything from Faraday cages for your phone to stop 5G melting your brain, to nuclear fallout preparedness kits for the bargain price of $349. Rumble did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Many far-right and conspiracy newsletters and subscription services are offering huge discounts to lock in their audiences for the next 12 months. Gab for example is offering 50 percent discounts on yearly subscriptions to its AI service, whose racist chatbots have been trained to deny the Holocaust.

An antisemitic Irish blogger who is a close ally of white supremacist Nick Fuentes is offering 40 percent off his Substack subscriptions directly to his existing readers, showing that the effort to cash in on Black Friday hype is not limited to extremists in the US.

By far the most popular Black Friday ads on these platforms are from gun manufacturers, who are offering huge discounts on everything from high-powered rifles to a pink “no drill cheek rest” for your scoped long gun. (The “MAGA Patriot,” a Trump-themed AR-15 that was created in the wake of the president-elect surviving an assassination attempt by the same gun, is not discounted for Black Friday.)

Some of these promotions are simply flogging pro-MAGA paraphernalia. On Truth Social, Fox News host Sean Hannity is promoting the Black Friday deals available in his own merch store. From coffee cups with the phrase “leftist tears” to a “Daddy’s Home” T-shirt featuring a picture of Trump in front of the White House wearing a hot-pink jacket, Hannity has something for all tastes—as long as those tastes align with a pro-Trump, MAGA, Christian nationalist view of America.

For those Trump supporters who may be missing the glory days of 2020 when they could come together online to rage against the voting machines for stealing the election, conspiracy group Audit the Vote PA has got you covered with a T-shirt emblazoned with the words “election denier,” advertised on Gab.

And the biggest election denier of them all, pillow salesman Mike Lindell, is, of course, having a massive Black Friday sale. The man who has sponsored huge swathes of the far-right media ecosystem with promotional codes for the last four years is now offering a two-pack of “We the People” pillow covers for just $25.

On these alternative platforms, discussions about Black Friday are not only about getting 50 percent off “Make Christmas Great Again” T-shirts. Those promotions are interspersed with incredibly antisemitic and racist posts about the day, including several featuring children in black face.

Some users of Gab and Truth Social are also pushing back against Black Friday, calling out the “deranged libtards who turn into dangerous NCPs” during the event (misspelling NPC, which is used to describe someone who is predictable or robotic.) Others insist they are “boycotting Black Friday” because it’s a cash grab by the globalist elite.

And of course, conspiracies are never far away.

One user on Trump’s Truth Social, who calls themselves “Trust the Plan” (spelled like trusttheplqn), believes they have uncovered a secret message in one store’s Black Friday promotional material based on “intel” provided by another Truth Social account called Entheos. The conspiracy theory centers on the store promoting a “storewide blackout” for Black Friday, which “Trust the Plan” believes is code for something sinister taking place, though they fail to say exactly what this is.

“Black friday is on the 29th, but their sale starts on 27th (date that Entheos gave). And why would there be a ‘blackout storewide’ for black friday? You want complete opposite of a blackout...so people can actually shop.”

For others however, the situation appears much more dire. One Gab poster shared an article from a conspiracy site discussing a “global escalation” on Friday. The piece suggests that recent comments by Russian president Vladimir Putin related to launching a nuclear strike signal a looming apocalypse. “Stay Armed, Stay Safe, Patriots,” the poster wrote on Gab.

[novamilano1]

The beauty of sunsets, of eternity, of  holy feelings, of love and of revolutions ! Let's talk summer eve’s magic, bonfires and YR's S3 trailer (Young royals analysis)

So we are all ventilating, shaking, dying a little bit inside just to be resuscitated the next moment, because of all this yearning for YR season 3. Let’s rejoice and suffer together with a little bit of YR conversations post S3 trailer.

So as all of us, I can’t get over the beauty of these lake scenes. And I also can’t get over Lisa Ambjörn’s gift of Karin Boye’s poem, "Eternity" – which I discovered – on her insta feed. Karin Boye’s poem links the summer sun with love, memories, the feeling of appeasement, eternity  and it’s “sacred secret”. The contemplation of this sunset is linked with holy love. It’s the neverending cycle, the promise of an eternal return, apart from the water metaphor that TVM linked with Wilmon’s love. Go check the blog, as amazing as always, the article on the water metaphor is free.

In some of the trailers' shots, in the lake scenes, the characters do not face us but face the grandiose paysage and bask in it's beautiful eternity. We see their back. It can remind us of some romanticist paintings (TVM's courtesy, go check on their Substack blog all about painting's analysis in YR. It's amazing, as usual. It's a paid post so I will not give more details as it doesn't belong to me. But it's really worth any cent invested in it) .

And in the last layer, we can perhaps link the summer lake scene with the bonfire scene. Bonfires, be it the Valborg eve’s bonfire or be it the midsummer’s eve bonfire occur on a late may or a late june's eve. Both are talking place on an evening when we are given the promise of the end of dark times, the welcoming of an enlightened time. On the shot in the trailer, we also see Wilmon is not facing us, we see their back (and their profile) like in the lake scenes. And in both scenes, they are having a convo about their relation, the future of their love. In both scenes, we have the water and the flamboyant fire, or its colors in the sunset. The fact that they are not facing us also gives them the very much needed "semi-privacy" from our prying eyes.

So is it time for a revolution, for new beginnings ? What's your take on this ?

Go check my post on "It takes a fool to remain sane" to link this to another bonfire symbol, that of carnival when we burn all the old, obsolete symbols.

[bipanicdisco]

Hey, you. If you’re reading this, first of all- thank you. Second of all, I hope you’ll call me Raz, Razzy, Razzlin, Razzle Dazzle, or Razzamatazz and all that Jazz. Yes, it’s a pseudonym. It’ll have to do, I’m afraid. At least for now.

I had originally planned to begin this blog on Substack, but I quickly realized a few things.

1) Lack of privacy: My friends and family members were finding my account despite turning off various friend-finding features. Seeing as I’m not “out” to everyone in my life and I’m not ready to be, this is a problem.

2) I realized my “community” is here. On tumblr. I don’t plan to charge for my writings- it’s not why I write, and it put a lot of pressure on me to make things perfect….

3) But when it comes down to it, what I’m seeking from this blog is to create connections with other like-minded people. People who will read what I have to say and say, “Wow. I have a lot in common with this person. I’d like to get to know them better / be friends / be more.”

Dating sites in 2025 are dreadfully lacking. As a writer, I find them depressing. 500 characters is not enough space for me to tell you who I am as a person. The things that excite me, the things that bring me to my knees. It encourages small talk, when I hate small talk. I would much rather know and understand your philosophy, the way you tick, the reasons you do things the way you do— and in return, feel understood myself.

I’m tired of getting firehosed by people who never actually read my profile, starting conversations with “Hey.” Hey nothing. You fool no one when you open like that. It comes across as a person who is just messaging en masse, and I’m over here seeking real connections.

I’m not saying that Tumblr is a suitable replacement, but I’ve made connections in the unlikeliest of places. Discord servers. Through friends of friends on msn messenger (Yes, I’m aging myself now- I’m 36 at the writing of this post.) And what I guess I *am* saying is this: I don’t want my next relationship to be anything less than amazing, and I know that in order for that to work for me, I need to be friends with the person for a long time before trying to date.

I’m casting a wide net, in search of friends only, and perhaps if I’m lucky, some day I’ll meet someone who doesn’t get filtered out and shows potential beyond friendship. Maybe something happens. Maybe it doesn’t.

In the meantime, I’ll be writing and posting things that are close to my heart. My experiences. And maybe, hopefully, I’ll make some connections with people who can relate. Some best friends. Some interesting people.

So, what makes me worth talking to?

I am a deep thinker. Writing is my hobby. Whether writing blog posts on Tumblr, writing smut, or erotic roleplay with D&D characters. My writing ranges from journal entries to high fantasy to erotic fiction. I’d love to make friends with more writers.

I’m a sensitive, hypervigilant, sweet person who likes to take care of her friends, and is also ungovernable, a flirt, and naughty when feeling my most comfortable around others. It takes a while for me to open up in this way, but it’s a part of my personality my closest friends must be okay with embracing.

I’m a gamer. Video games and D&D, and board games to a lesser degree. I love games that let us tell a story and create something together.

I’m an artist and graphic designer. I’ve illustrated books, designed and photographed products, designed catalogs, emails, social graphics, print work and more. I love watercolor painting and ink, have painted some oil pieces, and often draw digital works of art. I recently began leatherworking and love it.

I love travel. I’d love having a friend to travel with. I am not, but easily could be, a digital nomad. I work from a laptop and don’t need to be in a fixed location. I stayed nearly two months in total over two trips to Brazil. I’d love to travel Europe. I want to see the world. I’d love to have someone to do that with, and to be able to stay long enough in a single location to be able to explore slowly and not rush.

As an extension, I know some Portuguese. I was conversational at the end of last summer, but some things happened that caused me to put aside my tutoring.

I’m a democrat who is highly anxious and has a hard time talking about politics. I’ve had 3 panic attacks since the inauguration, and I need people in my life who believe similarly without insisting on talking about it constantly. It’s very bad for my mental health. I’m probably not as liberal as you want me to be. I don’t like applying stereotypes to any group of people, including problematic ones.

I’m a cis woman who is bi, who has a dating preference towards other bi people, cis or not. It’s just a hard world out there, and it’s really nice to feel understood.

I’m a kinkster, into BDSM. I’m a subby switch and am interested in other switches, preferably dommy switches. I like the *idea* of leather culture but honestly don’t know how to get into it.

I love passionate people. Tell me about what you love.

I want to know about your favorite D&D character. Heck, I would love to roleplay-platonically or erotically-with them if they’re a good match with one of my characters and fit within my range of interests.

I think I’m going to leave it at this for now. I have many a post I’ll be able to write later about myself, life, and everything in it. But I hope, for now, this has been a decent intro.

Love,

Razzy