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The part of the book that really stuck with me is how fragile the concept of whiteness is. Before the refugee crisis, Texans are white and are treated as part of the in-group. After the refugee crisis, Texans are brown and are treated as part of the out-group.

The point definitely has some merit, but I don't think the average (non-Latino*) white Texan is noticeably visually distinct from the average white American. They're all pretty mayo skinned and don't have any other distinct features. While racial categorization is made up, arbitrary, and subject to change, it still is based on primarily visual features. Like look at Greg Abbot (not for too long though 🤮), there's no visual indication that he's Texan.

But the point definitely stands if you were talking about people from Mediterranean European countries for example. People from Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, etc are currently considered white but weren't always.

*While most Latinos are considered white in many demographics surveys (with a separate question for Latino/Hispanic identity), they're quite clearly still considered non-white by a lot of people.

For Twitter, it's everything after the question mark. On YouTube (Example link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bQ_KIgaCIA&si=RknLobL6ebcN_Dw-&t=7168) it's most things other than v= (the video id) and t= (the timestamp), although if you are intentionally linking to a video within a playlist, you should keep list= and index=.

Basically, try to find the part that actually identifies the content being linked to and get rid of the rest, unless it's something helpful like a video timestamp. It's usually the first group of random letters and/or numbers.

http://twitter.com/ultrasexhaver69/status/1750432645572346310?t=AtpzrsSlr-_Z5DhOJbpmEA&s=19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bQ_KIgaCIA&si=RknLobL6ebcN_Dw-&t=7168

Although if you're using Firefox (you should be), it has a built in feature to copy links without site tracking.

Also install Clear URLs, it will automatically clear the tracking off of any regular link and redirect you to the link without tracking if you do click on one. It also has a tool to manually give it a URL to clear.

And lastly, avoid sites' built in share button where possible. Usually the timestamp on social media posts will be a clear link to said post. Try the timestamp on a Twitter post to see. Or just copy the URL directly from your address bar, making sure it doesn't have any tracking in it.

Be careful posting your own pictures, especially admitting that they're yours. Someone dedicated enough could probably use it to figure out your address, including apartment number.

If you remove the part where you say it's your picture, I'll delete this comment.

Why be president of the US when you could be president of Texas?

Yes.

:shocked-zionist:

/c/birbs when?

Joining an imperialist military is immoral regardless of what they end up having you do. Pay and opportunities don’t matter.

Ukraine was about to get them back, they were being transferred as part of a prisoner exchange.

Bal kan ize, bal kan ize, bal kan ize.

Not their own plane, a Russian plane with Ukrainian POWs. They killed 65 of their own men just to destroy a single Russian plane and kill 9 Russians.