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Instagram made me money and gave me community. I’m still leaving. [Video]

Mark Zuckerberg stood up in the Senate hearing room on Capitol Hill, turned around, and began to speak. It was hard to hear him over the camera clicks. I felt the room lift behind me as bereaved parents held up photos of their dead kids, lost to suicide or exploitation following exposure to Zuckerberg’s online platforms. I realized I was standing by the time I could make out any of his words. “I’m sorry for everything you’ve been through,” he said. 

That was January 31, 2024 and less than a year later, Zuckerberg announced Meta would be abandoning fact-checkers and implementing similar policies to Elon Musk’s X. 

This deeply craven and dangerous reversal, ostensibly to reduce “censorship” from Meta platforms, will make Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp even more unsafe for LGBTQ+ users. That’s why, after 13 years on Instagram, amassing 80,000 followers, and having monetarily benefited from being an influencer, I am finally leaving Instagram.  

I initially joined Instagram because it was what all …

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Milwaukee family grieves shooting death of new mom [Video]

POLICE LIGHTS FLASHING NEAR 28TH AND CONGRESS FOR HOURS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. OFFICERS INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT TOOK THE LIFE OF 17 YEAR OLD ZANIA BOOKER. IT WAS A FAMILY PERSON, LIKE SHE STAYED IN THE HOUSE DANCING, MAKING TIKTOKS. THATS WHAT SHE LOVED TO DO. BOOKERS COUSIN, MAHOGANY BUCHANAN, SAYS THE TIKTOKER WAS A SENIOR AT BAYVIEW HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS A NEW MOM. SHE JUST HAD A BABY. SHE WAS STILL ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL AND SHE WAS GOING TO GRADUATE SO THAT SHE WAS EXCITED ABOUT THAT MAN AND SHE DIDNT GET TO MAKE IT. HER AUNT, SYREETA BUCHANAN, GETTING THE TERRIBLE PHONE CALL FROM A FAMILY MEMBER. WHEN I TALKED TO HIM, HE WAS LIKE, MOM, SHE DIED AND I JUST ME AND MY DUDE, WE JUST FELL TO THE FLOOR. REPORTER. POLICE NOT MAKING ANY ARRESTS, BUT SAY THEY KNOW WHO THEYRE LOOKING FOR. FAMILY WAITING FOR WORD ON WHAT HAPPENED. YOU ALL TOOK SOMEONE THAT. DIDNT GET TO EXPERIENCE LIFE. SHE DIDNT GET TO EXPERIENCE LIFE. SHE DIDNT EVEN GET TO, YOU KNOW, BABIES IS YOUNG. SO SHE DIDNT. HER BABY COULDNT. JUST GETTING TO KNOW HER MOM. LIKE SHE SAID, THEY TOOK A BIG PIECE OF US. 12 NEWS ERICA FINK JOINS US LIVE OUTSIDE MPD HEADQUARTERS TONIGHT. SO MUCH HEARTBREAK FOR THAT FAMILY. ERICA, DOES THE FAMILY HAVE ANY IDEA WHO COULD HAVE DONE THIS? THEY HAVE SOME SUSPICIONS ON WHO IT MAY BE, BUT THEY ARE WAITING FOR AN ARREST. AS THE POLICE HERE BEHIND ME CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE. NOW, THEIR FAMILY ALSO HAS STARTED A GOFUNDME TO HELP SUPPORT HER SEVEN MONTH OLD DAUGHTER. WELL H

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What you should know about carbonated water and weight loss [Video]

The healthiest drink we can choose to consume is water and sure. Swapping high calorie drinks, your beloved soda or alcohol for water may in turn help you lose weight but does drinking lots of water actually help you cut down the calories. Lets myth bust. There are many internet claims that consuming water helps burn calories and reduce appetite. So there we have myth one. Does it help burn calories? Consuming *** certain amount of water can have temporary effects on caloric burn for really only about an hour. The site confirms. Although scientifically water has potential to burn calories, the actual net increase in calories burned is tiny. Myth two can consuming water with meals, reduce your appetite. *** number of studies support the idea that if your stomach is at least partly full of water, then there's less room for food. Although it could be down to mind over matter and therefore you eat less water as *** liquid alone is rapidly emptied from your stomach. So it technically doesn't fill us up, perhaps mixed with fiber soups or vegetable sauces. It certainly could. That's *** story for next week.