Executive orders, Oscar noms, and is META gaslighting us???

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Is META making us follow Trump and JD???

Ok so the other day, after receiving more DMs from you all than I could keep up with, I made a post about the fact that people were being ‘made’ to follow Trump and JD. Here are just a few of the DMs/ comments I got:

Those posts ended up going… kinda viral:

nearly 10 million people saw this one????

And then I got an email from someone at Instagram saying:

We came across this shityoushouldcareabout post, and just wanted to share a statement posted by Andy Stone at Meta on Threads:

"People were not made to automatically follow any of the official Facebook or Instagram accounts for the President, Vice President or First Lady. Those accounts are managed by the White House so with a new administration, the content on those Pages changes. This is the same procedure we followed during the last presidential transition. It may take some time for follow and unfollow requests to go through as these accounts change hands."

I get it, and to be honest, I’m not a conspiracy theorist, so I believe it. The bit that I think rubbed people the wrong way was that when they tried to unfollow them, they couldn't!!!

The New York Times answered this question for us:

When I try to unfollow these accounts, the apps won’t let me. What’s up with that?

This is where it’s not you, it’s Meta.

The company said it “may take some time for follow and unfollow requests to go through” as the account transitions occur. It is possible that the company is receiving such a high volume of unfollow requests during the transition that it is running into errors processing them all.

Meta claims it will be sorted out soon, but declined to go into detail on why it was happening.”

Anyway, you can think what you want now that you’ve got all the info. But here’s my final thought on this:

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If you’re interested in some light reading, here’s every executive order Trump has signed so far ˙ᵕ˙

In a move that has surprised literally nobody, Trump wasted no time signing a wave of executive orders aimed at reversing Biden-era policies. Here’s a little luce TLDR:

• He’s reinstated the "Remain in Mexico" policy for asylum seekers, paused refugee resettlements, and is pushing to end birthright citizenship (something that’s already getting hit with legal challenges.)

• On the energy side, he’s declared a "national energy emergency," rolling back regulations for fossil fuels and halting offshore wind projects.

• He’s pulling the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Agreement… again.

• He’s dismantling federal diversity and inclusion programs, bringing back hiring freezes and stricter rules for government employees, and has targeted transgender rights, including potentially banning them from serving in the military.

• He’s pardoned January 6th rioters.

• Oh, and he’s pulled the U.S. out of the World Health Organization.

And this isn’t even the half of it - the full list of bullshit is here xx

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Oscar noms are out!!!

I don’t want you having to do a million clicks to find them (stay with me, plz!!!) so here they all are!!

Best Picture

• Anora

• The Brutalist

• A Complete Unknown

• Conclave

• Dune: Part Two

• Emilia Pérez

• I'm Still Here

• Nickel Boys

• The Substance

• Wicked

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

• Adrien Brody, The Brutalist

• Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown

• Colman Domingo, Sing Sing

• Ralph Fiennes, Conclave

• Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

• Yura Borisov, Anora

• Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain

• Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown

• Guy Pearce, The Brutalist

• Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

• Cynthia Erivo, Wicked

• Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez

• Mikey Madison, Anora

• Demi Moore, The Substance

• Fernanda Torres, I'm Still Here

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

• Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown

• Ariana Grande, Wicked

• Felicity Jones, The Brutalist

• Isabella Rossellini, Conclave

• Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

Best Animated Feature Film

• Flow

• Inside Out 2

• Memoir of a Snail

• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

• The Wild Robot

Best Animated Short Film

• Beautiful Men

• In the Shadow of the Cypress

• Magic Candies

• Wander to Wonder

• Yuck!

Achievement in Cinematography

• The Brutalist

• Dune: Part Two

• Emilia Pérez

• Maria

• Nosferatu

Achievement in Costume Design

• A Complete Unknown

• Conclave

• Gladiator II

• Nosferatu

• Wicked

Achievement in Directing

• Sean Baker, Anora

• Brady Corbet, The Brutalist

• James Mangold, A Complete Unknown

• Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez

• Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

Best Documentary Feature Film

• Black Box Diaries

• No Other Land

• Porcelain War

• Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

• Sugarcane

Best Documentary Short Film

• Death by Numbers

• I Am Ready, Warden

• Incident

• Instruments of a Beating Heart

• The Only Girl in the Orchestra

Achievement in Film Editing

• Sean Baker, Anora

• David Jancso, The Brutalist

• Nick Emerson, Conclave

• Juliette Welfling, Emilia Pérez

• Myron Kerstein, Wicked

Best International Feature Film

• I'm Still Here (Brazil)

• The Girl with the Needle (Denmark)

• Emilia Pérez (France)

• The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)

• Flow (Latvia)

Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling

• A Different Man

• Emilia Pérez

• Nosferatu

• The Substance

• Wicked

Original Score

• Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist

• Volker Bertelmann, Conclave

• Clément Ducol and Camille, Emilia Pérez

• John Powell and Stephen Schwartz, Wicked

• Kris Bowers, The Wild Robot

Original Song

• "El Mal," Emilia Pérez

• "The Journey," The Six Triple Eight

• "Like A Bird," Sing Sing

• "Mi Camino," Emilia Pérez

• "Never Too Late," Elton John: Never Too Late

Achievement in Production Design

• The Brutalist

• Conclave

• Dune: Part Two

• Nosferatu

• Wicked

Best Live Action Short Film

• A Lien

• Anuja

• I'm Not a Robot

• The Last Ranger

• The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

Achievement in Sound

• A Complete Unknown

• Dune: Part Two

• Emilia Pérez

• Wicked

• The Wild Robot

Achievement in Visual Effects

• Alien: Romulus

• Better Man

• Dune: Part Two

• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

• Wicked

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• A Complete Unknown, Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks

• Conclave, Screenplay by Peter Straughan

• Emilia Pérez, Screenplay by Jacques Audiard and collaborators

• Nickel Boys, Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes

• Sing Sing, Screenplay by Clint Bentley and collaborators

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• Anora, Written by Sean Baker

• The Brutalist, Written by Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold

• A Real Pain, Written by Jesse Eisenberg

• September 5, Written by Moritz Binder and collaborators

• The Substance, Written by Coralie Fargeat

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