Read Mystery Grove's article on the Tattoo Epidemic, which should be classed as a public health crisis.

He proposes some sensible solutions to reduce the number of tattoos in society. I would add:

1. Tattooists should be legally required to have gigantic signs on their doors that read "TATTOO INK IS HIGHLY TOXIC" and include relevant information, such as:
- Tattoo ink is riddled with carcinogens, mutagens, heavy metals, etc.
- Tattoo ink migrates out of the skin into other areas of the body, such as the lymphatic system.
- Tattoo ink places a lifelong strain on the immune system, as the body continually attempts to purge it (this why tattoos fade over time).

2. Spread anti-tattoo propaganda, specifically targeted at women, since they are significantly more receptive to social shaming and more likely to get a tattoo. For example, an X account that uses AI image editing software to remove women's tattoos (see second image for results).

"The internet is ephemeral and not as much a subject of historical analysis in the way that the rest of society is."

"Instead of looking at trends of movements like feminism, BLM etc, I will try to tell this story with a timeline of singular events, similar to the book Human Smoke which tells the story of the lead up to WW2 though a chronological timeline of events that happened on various days. The scope of this project is culture war issues, mainly racial issues, feminism, conspiracy theories, LGBT issues and how they interact with online subcultures. Some events will be exclusively internet based like viral videos or memes being posted for the first time, while others will be more newsworthy events that were discussed and debated on the internet. Not every event will be important in and of itself, some will be used to illustrate a broader trend."

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(I'll update this post as he releases more articles).

Trump plans to gut woke museums, focus on "success, brightness, the future"

James Lindsay update: He spent months attempting to decipher the meaning of the term "equity" (he still doesn't understand it).

A deep dive on a new paper which seeks to "challenge" preconceived notions of Anglo-Saxon England which was apparently "diverse" because out of the hundreds of skeletons analysed from the period, two have been found with 1/4 African ancestry.

I explain who these people really were and the extent to which they were significant (they weren't)

https://youtu.be/JXW7EnJj40A?feature=shared

America has seen "an unprecedented 2.2 million decline in the total foreign-born or immigrant population (legal and illegal) between January and July of this year."

The largest six month decline within a single year in US history.

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