#4 consciousness

[william-r-melich]

Tik Tok Bill/HR 7521 - 03/16/2024

Bill HR 7521 passed 3 days ago in the house of representatives by a vote of 352 - 65. If this bill passes in the Senate, which looks likely, Joe Biden said he will sign it, which will purportedly ban Tik Tok. It wouldn't really ban it, but what it will do is force Byte Dance, the Chinese company that owns Tik Tok, to divest by providing a description of what assets would need to be divested to execute a qualified divesture. In other words, they would have to sell it. They would also have to shut down their internet hosting service. Someone in the U.S. would buy it. I've been on the fence with this one as well with whether or not Biden will remain on the ticket. After reading a portion of the bill I saw a loophole regarding what can be done with a foreign person. Donald Trump, who back in 2020 wanted to ban Tik Tok, he's now against banning it. He said that banning Tik Tok would give the government too much power and would make Facebook more of a monopoly. I sure hope his 180-degree shift wasn't partly made because he has a big campaign donor from Tik Tok. Elon Musk is against it. He thinks it will lead to the government having too much control of wording and censorship on all media platforms. He argues that it doesn't just involve foreign adversaries. Republican Congressman Thomas Massie on X posted this: "The president will be given the power to ban WEB SITES, not just Apps.--"The person breaking the new law is deemed to be the U.S. (or offshore) INTERNET HOSTING SERVICE or App Store, not the 'foreign adversary.' " The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) controls what content is allowed on Tik Toc, and the version that is used in China is very different to what's allowed on it outside of China, like here in the U.S. In China they're teaching their children strict discipline and loyalty to the CCP without other harmful content, brainwashing them into their collectivist ideologies. Outside of China they are allowing and promoting content that encourages self-harm and suicide. The big concern in Congress is that the CCP is using the platform to collect as much personal data as they can to be later used against us for nefarious reasons.

Bytedance is the parent company running Tik Toc, and it's former CEO, Zhang Yiming, in 2018 wrote an open public letter of apology to the CCP's headquarters. He was in trouble for not directing his tech companies to push the party's communist agenda far enough, including for what they termed as Xi Jinping thought. Here's some of that letter translated in English:

"I sincerely apologize to regulators, our users and colleagues. I have been in a state of guilt and remorse since I received the notice from the regulatory authority yesterday afternoon and stayed up all night."

"Toutino will permanently shut down the app and the Wechat account of Neihan Duanzi. The product has gone astray, posting content that goes against socialist core values. It's all on me. I accept all the punishment since it failed to direct public opinion in the right way."

"I blame myself for failing to live up to the guidance and expectations of the authorities. In the past few years, the authorities have given us a lot of guidance and help, but I failed to understand properly and to correct properly in the past that resulted in the repercussions today."

"I blame myself for failing the support and trust of our users. We one-sidedly focused on growth and scale without paying timely attention to quality and responsibility of guiding users to obtain positive information. We have failed to undertake corporate social responsibility, and lack emphasis and understanding of our roles in carry forward the positive energy, and guide public opinion properly."

"I reflect that the deep-seated problems for the company are: a weak understanding of the 'four consciousness,' a lack of socialist core values, and a biased guidance of public opinion. 'In the past, we have placed too much emphasis on the role of technology, and failed to realize that socialist core values are the prerequisite to technology. We need to spread positive messages in line with the requirements of the times while respecting public order and good practice.' "

The "four consciousness," to which he referred is described in the following CCP directive as translated into English; CCP Central Committee Publishers Plan for Deepening the Reform of Party and State Agencies. March 18, 2021:

"To deepen reform of the Party and state agencies at this new historical turning point, we must comprehensively implement the Spirit of the 19th Party Congress and persist in taking Marxism -- Leninism, Ma Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the Important Thinking of the 'Three Represents,' the Scientific Development Concept, and Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the guide. We must firmly establish political consciousness, consciousness of the big picture, consciousness of the core leadership, and consciousness of falling in line with party directives. We must resolutely maintain the authority and centralized unified leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core. We must adapt to the development requirements of socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, persist in the general principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability, and adhere to the proper direction of reform. We must persist in being people-centered, and persist in comprehensively ruling the country according to law."

It seems clear to me that the CCP wants to dominate the world and control how everyone thinks. We can't let that happen. The harmful content on Tik Tok can be found on some of the other platforms, but apparently on Tik Tok it's been more harmful and addictive to kids. Amnesty International 2 reports: "Driven into the Darkness: How Tik Tok Encourages Self-harm and Suicidal Ideation and the I Feel Exposed: Caught in Tik Tok's Surveillance Web - highlight the abuses experienced by children and young people using Tik Tok Outside of China. Between 3 and 20 minutes into our manual research, more than half of the videos in the 'For You' feed were related to mental health struggles with multiple recommended videos in a single hour romanticizing, normalizing or encouraging suicide."

Here's how a portion of the Tik Tok bill reads - HR 7521:

(iii) a subsidiary of or a successor to an entity identified in clause (i) or (ii) that is controlled by a foreign adversary; or (iv) an entity owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by an entity identified in clause (i), (ii), or (iii); or (B) a covered company that -- (i) is controlled by a foreign adversary; and (ii) that is determined by the President to present a significant threat to the national security of the United States following the issuance of -- (I) a public notice proposing such determination; and (II) a public report to Congress, submitted not less than 30 days before such determination, describing the specific national security concern involved and containing a classified annes and a description of what assets would need to be divested to execute a qualified divesture. (4) FOREIGN ADVERSARY COUNTRY, -- The term "foreign adversary country" means a country specified with respect to a covered company or other entity is -- (A) a foreign person that is domiciled in, is headquartered in, has its principal place of business in, or is organized under the laws of a foreign adversary country. (B) an entity with respect to which a foreign person or combination of foreign persons described in "subparagraph (A) directly or indirectly own at least a 20 percent stake; or (C) a person subject to the direction or control of a foreign person or entity described in subparagraph (A) (B). (2) Covered Company -- (A) IN GENERAL -- The term "covered company" means an entity that operates, directly or indirectly (including through a parent company, subsidiary, or affiliate), a website, desktop application, or augmented or immersive technology application.

The loophole I see is that there are people here from China that are legal to work and live here (green card) and who have a residence in China. The President (Joe Biden) could divest any website or app operated by a company with such a person in its employ from China with a green card who happens to own at least 20% of that company. I haven't read through the entire bill, nor am I an expert on Congressional bills or policies, but there might be other loopholes to be found. Given all that I have considered on this, I think divesting Tik Tok is a good idea, but only with no loopholes or wiggle room. I don't trust the government, their too giddy about this and I suspect they may have something up their sleeves. Next to our own ability to destroy ourselves from within, I think China is our biggest threat. This is serious stuff and we're in some very dangerous situations. We've got to get this right and get the right leader in the White House, which, in my humble opinion, is Donald J. Trump.

#trump #donald trump #tik tok #tiktok #china #bytedance #congress #state #hr 7521 #foreign adversary #national security #joe biden #biden #xi jinping #marxism #socialism #communism #marxism leninism #leninism #party #ma zedong #thought #xiaoping theory #4 consciousness #ccp #ccp directive #collectivism #social media platforms #elon musk #website

[heartorbit]

revstar emu save me

#please watch revue starlight #project sekai #pjsk #prsk #emu otori #proseka #Im so mad i wrote 8 million tags stream of consciousness style and then aposted this to the weong account #im not rewriting all that. you get NOTHING. #actually i will say again i have no idea why this kind of blee up on twit please WATCH TEVUE STAKRIGHTBTNGL #i KNOW 4 thiusand of you did not watch it Watch revue starlight Do not speak of yuri unless you partske in the revue #sorry. anyways #the jist of it was ahh the assignments -> making cosplay -> might post it here if i can take a bice photo for once in my life #because im proud of it. as mortifying as it is. #my best friend is cosplaying an im the clown Two lesbians walk into the metro convention centre(is that where toronto comicon is????) #Oh right i was thinking of making little drswings of pjsk charas or at least exs and printing them out in bulk on a dheet of paper #and coloring them in w markers and giving them to people at the pjsk meetup or vendors i get merch from.. #i thought itd be fun. Also i swear to god i have a sheet of like MAGNET paper somewhere i want to make people emu magnets #Ok i fucking for real have to go to sleep i have to get up for class in 5 hours. wuit your college join my emo(daily affirmations)

[xxibroughtyoumybulletzxx]

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#postal #postal dude #postal 4 #my art #i drew this in a state of falling in and out of consciousness (i have a fever)

[ryssbelle]

The perks of being tall: sending your friends to air jail

Wait until Clay meets Legsly or the skyscraper troll XD

Bonus

#my art #trolls 3 #dreamworks trolls #trolls #trolls au #trolls band together #n2 au #not the only one au #trolls clay #trolls viva #cliva #i love them #i think of the putt putt trolls Clay is the tallest #but in pop village he'd only be moderately tall #cuz legsly exists as well as biggie and skyscraoer troll #who i dont fully understand #because he speaks in first person like he doesnt say we he says me #so it he one brain divided between 4 bodies or like a hivemind unified consciousness #or is it 4 different trolls pretending to be one troll #skyscraper troll scares me #but hes also very interesting #also what kind of troll is he cuz he has glitter skin but unlike glitter trolls his hair isnt glitter #his hair also starts at his feet like a fuzzling troll so maybe hes like what happens if a fuzzling and a glitter troll get together #ive lost the plot and someones playing alien noises outside my house #but yeah i love clay and viva so much theyre so cute aaaah #also yeah i forgor vivas makeup but its fine lets just say she hasnt put it on yet #viva is canonically v strong so i dont doubt she didnt have to try too hard to scoop clay up #caught him while he was slackin

[prettysweetprettysweet]

"Why are you smiling? Did I not get it all off?"

Cherry Magic (Thailand) | Season 1 Episode 4

#Achi consciously realizing he's super SUPER into Karan is one of many things that made this episode such a joy #ughhhhh i love this show so much #cherry magic #cherry magic thailand #season 1 #episode 4 #yo mismo #tay tawan #new thitipoom #gifset #thai bl #queer #lgbt #gmmtv #lgbt tv #queer tv #queer media #taynew #lgbtsource #dailylgbt

[fubukiiisss]

hi, this is just a personal diary of mine, kind of, just silly rambles nothing too serious. that’s about it 🧍🏻‍♀️

the reason i left loa was, it was/ is tiring, mentally. persist? in what? sats? void? 3D/4D?. what i hated the most was persisting, that word alone makes sigh 🧍🏻‍♀️. at some point i wanted peace, i came across vesora’s post i guess, and i was interested.

but the best thing to happen after finding out ND/ AV/ awareness, whatever you want to call it is, is peace? even that is an understatement, i mean i can experience whatever i want but knowing it’s all you? it’s all “ ” its a silly illusion is so freeing. at first it did make me feel like my whole life ended when i read koda’s asks and posts😭. then i dug a little deeper found bry’s (@iamthat-iam <3 ) blog, it was godsend. i actually got an understanding after reading her posts and asks, then i actually understood what infinite.ko’s, illuminated mystic, iam-you’s posts 👍.

ask yourself, right now “what’s my next thought?” what happened? let’s stop the algorithm of thoughts for a second. that brief silence, what is that?

best piece of advice is, just read, ponder, experience.

a big thank you, and a whole lot of appreciation and love for my favorite blogs that helped me so much:

@infiniteko

@iamthat-iam

@i-amyou

@vesora

@onlyhere-onlynow

@eternallyilluminated

#virtual hugs to all these bloggers <3 #rambles #no:4 #i’m sorry i hate the word persist 💀 #loa #non dualism #awareness #consciousness

[telethrutime]

Preston Garvey: hey listen my people are ultra mega fucked we’re out of food and medicine and we’re surrounded by raiders can you help us out bro please

The sole survivor, freshly thawed and despoused:

#listen having a formerly frozen brain has got to mess something up in there #the organ that holds your consciousness is NOT supposed to also hold ice crystals #fo4 #fallout 4

[itgomyway]

let's play ! the sims ; a thread on how the reality you experience is like playing the sims🕊️

if you've never played the sims before, the sims is a game where you create a character (sometimes this character can represent you) and you give them traits, aspirations, beliefs and other ego/3d centered terms. then you plop them onto a plot with some money.

the point of this game is you can literally create anybody or anything. it can be a version of yourself that you believe already exist or a version of yourself that you want to exist. it could not even be you, it could be a character from a story youre telling.

you, as the player of the game we will call you the observer. you are watching this sim interact in a simulation. you have seen the means that created the current circumstances your sim is experiencing so you understand it's not real it's just a game... right?

if your sim falls in love, are you as the observer actually in love with the sim? i mean you created the circumstances for love to appear... right? so then how come you personally as the observer are not attached the way the sim is?

because you know that shit is fake. you know that no matter what as the observer you have the power to change anything in the game. there's literal cheat codes to turn you into a billionaire. so why tf would you stress? you wouldn't. as the player/observer/consciousness you already know

it is the sim that doesn't comprehend cheat codes. the sim can't see the simulation running because it's too busy identifying as a sim. the whole nature of a sim is to do what the observer tells them to do. so if the observer thinks it's a victim the sim will be a victim

have u ever seen a sim freak out over something not serious at all? like if there's a fire it'll have a meltdown saying it can't escape (it probably can). and you as the observer are like "cmon now hurry up and freak out so i can save you" yeah that's the observer and ego interacting

the sim freaking out over fire had no change in the actual outcome. either way, the observer/player of the game is taking care of the sim. even when the sim can't understand it, the observer is in control and knows what actually is going on.

now the sim represents you whenever you identify as the ego. you get caught up in so many stories and circumstances you yourself made up but unfortunately you believe it to the point to where you fall victim to it. it's second nature to you now.

the observer represents consciousness. consciousness is everything. that is all consciousness will ever be and you are this consciousness. you created the sim you chose where to live u picked the beliefs and aspirations. knowing this, how could u let urself fall victim?

just go back and change to what you want. (there are cheat codes for this too!!) it was so easy the first time, why does it seem hard to now? because you're trying to do it as the actual sim and players of the sims know shit takes forever if you leave it up to the sim.

you created the circumstances the sim is living under and are now trying to move mountains that only consciousness can move as the ego. the ego/sim doesn't even exist. it doesn't even understand the entire situation it's trying to change. SO LEAVE IT.

play the game. that's how you should live your life. created your circumstances. observe them. enjoy watching your ego live out these circumstances (they don't have to be negative!!) and then you get you get bored. then you change the game. add new shit. remove things.

it's your rules. it's your game. don't let anyone else tell YOU how to play. if you're not gonna listen to something you directly created (your own sim or ego) why the hell would you listen to something you indirectly created (everything else) ?

© itgomyway

#nonduality #consciousness #nondualism #awareness #the sims 4

[daily-hanamura]

#persona 4 #p4 #persona 4 arena ultimax #p4au #hanamura yosuke #yosuke hanamura #satonaka chie #amagi yukiko #hello i have spoken recently about how yosuke functions as the team's morale backbone #even when hes not around chie and yukiko think of him when they're frustrated or worried #consciously or otherwise they know they can turn to yosuke to cheer them up or at least alleviate some of their anxieties #chie calls yosuke because she needs to rant - even though she complains about how unserious he is she knows he can be relied on to listen #yukiko calls yosuke because she thinks he'll know whats going on with their friend - she sees HIM as the connected person in the group #i think its part yukiko seeing yosuke as yu's substitute and also part just... a general recognition that he's the most on the ball #and even when he doesnt know the answer #yukiko still finds comfort in hearing him talk #however yosuke sees himself i think its nonetheless true that his friends love him and depend on him!!! #and i love that so much guys #yosuke team wrangler but also team emotional support and just all around good friend confirmed!!!! #he's good with his queue

[orgasming-caterpillar]

How old were you when you realised that Vishnu's Dashavataras represent the evolution of mankind

#matsya = fish #kurma = sea dwellers #varaha = the first vertebrates #narsimha = half man half animal #parshurama = man with axe/weapon #vamana = man developing higher intellect #rama = the perfect man #krishna = man developing consciousness about dharma and adharma #buddha = man ascending to enlightenment #kalki = the end of adharmi mankind #i havent slept in 4 days #hinduism #hindu memes #hindu epics #hindu mythology memes #hindu mythology #hindublr #hindusim #vaishnavism #vishnu

[myrfjola]

QUICK thing for the Major Holiday... haven't kept up since around 2019, but last I heard these two were doing 0k.

#reference: that pic of twiggy being lifted awkwardly #it's Telling that I didn't have to look up their outfits even after this long. Don't guillotine me but I still think hs is pretty cool #ended up half-consciously giving them some of mine & bestie's features bcs they're Literally Us (she's in2 archaeology & I'm a bit unstable #homestuck #sollux captor #aradia megido #arasol #4/13 #fanart #illustration #procreate #drawing #artists on tumblr #413 #apocalisp

[iamnmbr3]

the exchange with Draco at the Quidditch Cup while the Death Eaters are marauding around is so fascinating. On the one hand Draco's being rather horrible.

but on the other hand if you take out the insults and look at what he actually says he does warn them quite strongly several times that they need to get Hermione out of harm's way. he even specifically notes that the Death Eaters will head towards them and that Hermione is in particular danger since they will know her blood status (of course because Lucius is among them and will recognize her).

I don’t think Draco would admit even to himself that he's doing more than gloating but already I think a part of him is a bit conflicted and while the idea of what the Death Eaters stand for seems exciting to him (and is something he's been taught to support), the reality of seeing them actually attack someone he knows makes him uncomfortable.

he's probably grown up around very dehumanizing attitudes about Muggles but Hermione is someone he knows and deep down I think he realizes that she is most definitely a person and while taunting her is one thing, actually seeing harm come to her or to Ron and Harry (who would certainly try to help if she were attacked) doesn't appeal to him the way he's been taught it should.

#Harry Potter #Draco Malfoy meta #Draco Malfoy #hp reread #i don't even go to this ship but i see why the #dramione #shippers go wild over this scene. #harry potter book 4 #harry potter and the goblet of fire #and of course if you ship #drarry #there's lots her too since harry would also be in danger. and since hermione is his friend. #not to mention the more generalizable implications for how the seeds of draco's redemption arc are already being sown tho i don't think he' #consciously thinking anything critical of his side till late book 6 at earliest. #meta #Harry Potter meta

[kaeyapilled]

they should put a pool table in the angel's share

#brought to you by me imagining kaeya playing pool and swooning a Little. #<- sorry i am not usually like this over kaeya. but it's a concept isnt it you must agree #do they have pool in teyvat. is that the right name also. is it billiards i dont know i google translated this #but do they have it in teyvat they have so much they have killer robots and crazy electricity surely they have pool #ok this is today's stream of consciousness thanks 4 tuning in #oh imagine kaeya playing cards also. not genius invokation just regular cards. angels share does have those in game

[giodoodless]

Attuma and Okoye, the enemies to lovers excellence.

#i consciously choose to ignore the fact that they were trying to kill each other and went with the enemies to lovers plot #wakanda forever #wakanda forever spoilers #black panther wakanda forever #black panther #black panther 2 #bp 2 #bpwf #bpwf spoilers #okoye #general okoye #attuma #okoye x attuma #attuma x okoye #danai gurira #alex livinalli #marvel #mcu #marvel phase 4

[smulie]

Love is ... attending Geekcon, listening to your Sim as he explains the lore behind every character in the game, participating in events where you half guess the rules and realizing your really did win in the lottery of life.

#just don't tell Vaughn he won bc he technically was the only sim to enter #saw this theme go around tumblr and decided to give it a go #also i don't consciously have them match they just happen to spin into outfits that do #ts4 #sims 4 #the sims 4 #ts4 gameplay #sims 4 gameplay #the sims 4 gameplay #simblr #the blackwell fam

[mikesbasementbeets]

to be real for a second, i think there is a moment in the show where mike has a ~realization~ of sorts about his feelings but hasn't quite put two and two together yet.... and it's this:

this realization of "hey my feelings for will are actually maybe different than my feelings for my other friends, but i'm not sure why" happens at the end of season two. and then mike spends the entirety of season three acting sort of strange and different around will while having his relationship with him constantly juxtaposed with his relationship with el. reaching the end of that season which, despite all the supernatural shit going on, took the time to focus so heavily on those two relationships (and how fundamentally different they are), and having mike have the same realization he had at the end of season two makes no sense because it would mean he accomplished absolutely nothing in his emotional arc during the course season three

especially to claim that he still believes he has feelings for el going into season 4. especially to claim he still believes he has feelings for el by the end of season 4. it's to claim that he has not made any emotional progress in his relationships for at least two full seasons, that he's been going through all of this for it to not have made any conscious impact on him, and the changes in the way he acts from s2-3 and from s3-4 aren't a product of his character developing (growing, changing, to quote hopper's letter) but rather..... ? i don't know actually. just him feeling weird but not understanding himself at all. still. it just doesn't make sense to me. he's one of the main characters of the show, and to keep him emotionally stagnant for 4 out of 5 seasons (especially when we can see that his behavior is changing, that he has not been stagnant at all but rather deeply affected by everything) would be a disservice to his character, first of all, but also a disservice to the narrative which has been showing us his (as well as the other characters') struggle with growing up and growing into himself every season. and it simply doesn't align with what we're being shown

mike is already having realizations by the end of season two. but by the end of season three, he's starting to be really honest with himself about what they mean

#i know i joke about mike being dumb sometimes but some people think he actually is so i try to do it less now lmao #sorry if it comes off rude or dismissive i just think it's a really weird takeaway after watching s3-4 that mike just still doesn't get it #what do you think is happening in his s3 arc if he's still at the exact same place he was at the end of s2? same with s4? #do you think they're saving his ENTIRE sexuality realization coming of age arc for season 5? then what's he been doing so far??? #(i also may have updated feelings on when exactly he realized his feelings for will if i said snowball before.. i think there's more to it) #i also think 'it's impossible to tell until we hear it from mike's own mouth' is a bad take. personally. this is the show don't tell show #we're seeing it happen right in front of our salads. we shouldn't need mike to literally come out to understand that he's consciously #struggling with his sexuality and his feelings for will. he knows at this point. he's very very aware #anyway idk if i articulated this very well but i wanted to try to get my thoughts out #posting late so maybe no one will see it anyway lmao #mikesbasementbeets posts #beets posts