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This is so well-done!

I know the headline sounds funny, but remember that could kill a diabetic.

Kids as young as 15 were stripping on TikTok’s live feature fueled by adults who were paying for it.

That’s what TikTok learned when it launched an internal investigation after a report on Forbes. Officials at TikTok discovered that there was “a high” number of underage streamers receiving a “gift” or “coin” in exchange for stripping — real money converted into a digital currency often in the form of a plush toy or a flower.

This is one of several disturbing accounts that came to light in a trove of secret documents reviewed last week by NPR and Kentucky Public Radio. Even more troubling was that TikTok executives were acutely aware of the potential harm the app can cause teens, but appeared unconcerned.

For the second time in four days an earthquake was confirmed in South Carolina, and the most recent tremors were among the strongest recorded in the Palmetto State in 2024.

A 2.4 magnitude earthquake was confirmed early Sunday morning in the Greenwood County area, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. This is the second consecutive earthquake recorded in South Carolina to hit in that area.

The previous earthquake was last Thursday in nearly the same location of the Palmetto State, and was recorded at a 2.2 magnitude, according to USGS.

Sunday’s earthquake was confirmed at 4:48 a.m. in the area near Coronaca, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources said. It happened about 2.5 miles beneath the surface, the USGS said.

The most recent seismic activity, the third most powerful in 2024, coincided with the start of S.C. Earthquake Preparedness Week, according to the state’s Emergency Management Division.

This was the 18th confirmed earthquake this year in South Carolina, after 28 quakes were recorded in 2023, according to the state Department of Natural Resources.

These back-to-back earthquakes in Greenwood County happened weeks after two earthquakes were recorded in the area near South Carolina state line with North Carolina.

TIL:

The strongest earthquake ever recorded in South Carolina — and on the East Coast of the United States — was a devastating 7.3 in Charleston in 1886. That quake killed 60 people and was felt over 2.5 million square miles, from Cuba to New York and Bermuda to the Mississippi River, according to the state EMD.

As Trump called the Nov. 5 election a “chance to send a message,” he stopped his remarks and turned to the crowd.
“Back home to mommy, she goes back home to mommy,” Trump said, resuming his speech and appearing to address a heckler. “‘Was that you darling?’ And she gets the hell knocked out of her. Her mother’s a big fan of ours, you know that right? Her father, her mother. You always have that.”

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Trujillo described how his lack of legal status made him feel uncertain about what he could accomplish, but how he “had to make the best of my life.” He said he graduated from high school, got married and had two children, now 12 and 5.

He opened a restaurant that he said is struggling due to the high cost of labor and goods, and said he was hopeful Trump would usher in better economic times.

“I’m happy with the opportunity that Trump has again to run and hopefully get us back on track,” Trujillo said. “I think there’s room to make America greater.”

But it's okay, he's a citizen now. It happened... let me check... before Trump was president.

"I've got mine, fuck you" once again.