The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #1080

A TikTok ban could hit the U.S. in days - NPR

The great social media migration - CNN

3% chance of ban - Polymarket - X

Who would you trust with your data? - Josh Ferme - X

"TikTok refugees" reacting to the US government's ban - LP Mises Caucus - X

They ban all LGBTQ content - End Wokeness - X

Suspending the alphabet people - AFpost - X

RedNote banning gays results might make leftist zoomers turn into staunch anti-communists - Reddit Lies - X

The real reason Fuentes signed up - Kenneth Stark - X

Tiananmen square - Havoc Six - X

Things you cannot say - Dispropaganda - X

Government spying on data - Dispropaganda - X

Not all bad: true free speech - AFpost - X

Took down Talmud video in minutes - BadAzn - X

Egg - TGTM Official - X

In no relation whatsoever…Fuentes - Nick J. Fuentes - X

Jealous of Chinese cars - Reddit Lies - X

The American migration to Xiaohongshu - Omoore Tweets - X

Chinese users are learning western social media lingo - Pocemon111 - X

Americans are helping the Chinese with their English homework - Mass Mandato - X

Chinese Trump - CenobiteAQ - X

American middle school students are introducing their school life to Chinese middle school students in Mandarin - Thinking Panda - X

Learning Mandarin - Shangguan Jiewen - X

Beer pong - The Bengalorian - X

Dog eating trolling - SammyTV - X

“Chinese meme” - TGTM Official - X

“Why don’t you form a union?” - Evil Dark Empath - X

“Sorry for nuking Japan” - Mecha Orvo - X

Chinese shame thirst poster - TGTM Official - X

Worker led revolution - Imani Barbarin - X

Luigi Mangione - Alyssa Merc - X

Cosplay - Airbagged - X

Didn’t realise China is this beautiful - Johncode Mode - X

Huangshan Mountain - Wikipedia

Think China is better than the US - Hot Spot - X

Healthcare costs - Carl Zha - X

Every American after downloading RedNote - RTSG Main - X

“Bottle of water” - Rae Wolff - X

What does it mean to be “incompetent to stand trial”? - APA

Judge finds man incompetent to stand trial in fatal shooting of Cleveland police officer - Police1

Man accused of shooting at police deemed incompetent to stand trial - WYMT

Brownsville library shooter ruled incompetent to stand trial - ValleyCentral

Manor High student found incompetent to stand trial in fatal stabbing of classmate - CBS Austin

Mother charged in 2-year-old's death deemed incompetent to stand trial - Dayton247

Bionca Ellis incompetent to stand trial; she's ordered to have inpatient treatment - News5 Cleveland

Shoots someone, too dumb to stand trial, shoots someone else - Paul_Hundred - X

Not just a US problem - DVanLangenhove - X

Japan Gets Culturally Enriched - The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters - YouTube

Say Goodbye to Japan - The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters - YouTube

Japan: This is a Warning - The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters - YouTube

Indians. Indians everywhere. - Japan Times - X

Islam becomes the fastest growing religion in Japan - Muslim - X

Advertising spread of Islam to muslims - MEMRI

A New Way to Understand Illegal Migration - The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters - YouTube

Converting native Japanese - PoliticalAwake - X

Two-tier responses - PoliticalAwake - X

Muslims line up at prayer halls - X

Kurdish demonstration - ParsonalSecret - X

Hate speech against Kurds - Asaoka_Akiko - X

Kurds with guns - Ishiitakaaki - X

Japan equips trains with stab-proof umbrellas to combat knife crime - The Times

Chinese stealing things - ParsonalSecret - X

Black man was caught urinating in coin lockers in Shibuya Center - PoliticalAwake - X

Crazy African - WayotWorld - X

Japanese only sign - CallistoRoll - X

Black tiktok dancing - RadioGenoa - X

Falling over for attention - RadioGenoa - X

Disrespecting shinto shrines - AsianDawn4 - X

Japanese Communist Party has also released a rap song for the General Election - PoliticalAwake - X

The Komeito (the coalition partner of the LDP) has released a rap song for the General Election - PoliticalAwake - X

The Japanese do not approve - PoliticalAwake - X

Train flyer - PoliticalAwake - X

Complaining about not speaking English - CallistoRoll - X

Drunks on the train - PoliticalAwake - X