Big Bite: Helpful Facts for Frustrating Conversations: Mar-a-lago Raid Edition
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I spend a lot of time on social media. Mainly Instagram and Twitter, occasionally TikTok. I have separate accounts for each platform, each with very different feeds.
Demonstrating how easy it can be to curate your world on social media. On one end, I have my accounts where I follow, engage and consume primarily news and culture. Those feeds are interesting, to say the least.
Then I have my happy place account with feeds filled with food, puppies, workouts, and homesteading. A bit of politics and culture sneaks into this feed, but the content tends to lean to the left when it does. It's clear to me that the algorithm sees that I am a woman, so periodically, posts that are pro-abortion and feminist / women's rights content sneak in—focusing on informing me that my rights are being whittled away.
It emphasized how social media can influence our perception of what is happening in the world.
I am very conscious and careful about who I follow and interact with …
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