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To some, the TikTok ban seems "right" and "justified" and most of that is tied to ignorance of what the app is, how it supports people, and what is really going on with the law that is threatening a ban on the app in the United States. To others, the platform has helped them realize "The American Dream" and reach the audiences who care most about their cause, goal or interest. The parent company, ByteDance , yes, is headquartered in China. Yet, so are numerous other companies who operate in the US, or at a minimum, create and import their products to the US. Social Media applications that are hosted in the US are generating even more intellectual property and political promoting political propaganda that has been influencing the opinions and direction of conversations for  years far beyond the existence of TikTok. Facebook, "X" (fka Twitter), and the like are responsible for consuming platform member data and using it to monetize and politically ...

When was the last time you pulled an "all-nighter?" My calculations put me around 15-17 years ago when I was last in college. And here, at 2:09 AM, I find myself again wandering through my thoughts, attempting to find motivation, inspiration, and simply completion of a final term paper for my Masters class. Those all-nighters actually began in high-school and were coupled with a bottle of caffeine pills-which probably resulted in my now being immune to that stimulant, cause it now has no effect on me. Plus a DNA test showed I don't metabolize it, so who knows how that all happened. With the MCU Timeline series in the background to "keep me company" (Thanks Captain America), a pack of graham crackers (what am I, 5?), a completed bottle of Muscle Milk, and feeling the weening of the 5 Hour Energy I inhaled just after 11, things are going swimmingly (But are they really?) In college, all those years ago, I was formally diagnosed with ADD/ADHD (can't remember wh...