Did Meta Buy TikTok? What To Know About Claims of Sale Claims that TikTok had been sold circulated after the app went dark in response to a U.S. federal ban, then returned a short time later.

I’m not seeing anything credible about any divestiture of TikTok.

www.snopes.com/news/2025/01...

Bald eagle officially declared US national bird after 250 years The bird has been a national emblem in the US for years, but it never had an official status in the country's 248-year history.

NYT links require registration/paywall. Here’s an alternative article: www.bbc.com/news/article...

I got restricted for copying the definition of fascism from Wikipedia, in response to a copypasta image that was missing six of seven qualifiers and didn’t indicate that it was an excerpt. Appealed and won, but the algo mod is getting stupid over there.

Shame Bluesky is an X replacement, not FB.