I think censorship workers are notoriously overworked. And I think the volume seems to have been too much for them. So many of these videos were staying up for hours. Many of these comments were not being taken down. We saw something similar nearly three years ago now, where a whistleblower doctor who had first seen signs of disinfection died of the virus. His death reverberated around the country and caused a huge wave of anger.
Protests have become as bold as they are widespread—mostly against the country’s unsustainable zero-covid policies, but increasingly against the ruling regime itself. California’s wildfires have been growing more intense, and a new analysis shows just how much those blazes undo the good work of the state’s green policies. And a look at the evolution of the Great British Lad.
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