Mina Kimes

I have in the past. I'll get like a room at a bar. But we do house parties for me. A couple years ago, before I got pregnant, rager. Absolute rager.

That's not how I sound. Damn slur. No, no. If anything, I am incredibly nice and overly complimentary.

That's not how I sound. Damn slur. No, no. If anything, I am incredibly nice and overly complimentary.

No, no, no, no, no, no. What? That's a horrible impression, first of all. Secondly, if anything, I was like, Pablo, you're doing great. Everything's great.

No, no, no, no, no, no. What? That's a horrible impression, first of all. Secondly, if anything, I was like, Pablo, you're doing great. Everything's great.

Um, so it's not one story. It's obviously just more like a broader news story that's being written about a great deal. But I am curious to hear your guys' thoughts on the TikTok ban, which as of this recording, TikTok is available because the president of the United States signed an executive order basically delaying the ban, the ban, pardon me, um,

Um, so it's not one story. It's obviously just more like a broader news story that's being written about a great deal. But I am curious to hear your guys' thoughts on the TikTok ban, which as of this recording, TikTok is available because the president of the United States signed an executive order basically delaying the ban, the ban, pardon me, um,

It's unclear to me, even after reading about 20 articles, what is legal and what's not in terms of whether or not he can actually stop it, because this was something that Congress passed a law, the Supreme Court.

It's unclear to me, even after reading about 20 articles, what is legal and what's not in terms of whether or not he can actually stop it, because this was something that Congress passed a law, the Supreme Court.

By the way, like just to for folks who haven't followed, I guess I should lay out the reason why Congress did so is this belief that a foreign government shouldn't control like a major U.S. media outlet. It's less about actually propaganda and more about their ability to collect information. And you can collect a whole lot of information on people based on TikTok usage.

By the way, like just to for folks who haven't followed, I guess I should lay out the reason why Congress did so is this belief that a foreign government shouldn't control like a major U.S. media outlet. It's less about actually propaganda and more about their ability to collect information. And you can collect a whole lot of information on people based on TikTok usage.

And the crazy thing that happened too is like we live in a world in which Congress doesn't agree on anything. The Supreme Court doesn't agree on anything. It was like unanimous, right? So both sides of the aisle were like, yeah, this seems bad. The Supreme Court was like, yeah, this is probably a bad idea. So just that's the backstory for people to know.

And the crazy thing that happened too is like we live in a world in which Congress doesn't agree on anything. The Supreme Court doesn't agree on anything. It was like unanimous, right? So both sides of the aisle were like, yeah, this seems bad. The Supreme Court was like, yeah, this is probably a bad idea. So just that's the backstory for people to know.

We do have bigger problems.

We do have bigger problems.

Well, for me, that was kind of like, in some ways, my experience of this story over the last week was, first, I was a little bit put off. I'm like, put off by the fact this was like the biggest story in America on a moment when things that I felt were much more significant were happening, other executive orders, other things.

Well, for me, that was kind of like, in some ways, my experience of this story over the last week was, first, I was a little bit put off. I'm like, put off by the fact this was like the biggest story in America on a moment when things that I felt were much more significant were happening, other executive orders, other things.

But, you know, I think as I've kind of read more, or not read more, but thought more about it, I do think setting aside the legality aspect of it, I would like to hear your guys' thoughts on... I don't know whether you think it's like a bad or a good thing, I guess, if it goes away.

But, you know, I think as I've kind of read more, or not read more, but thought more about it, I do think setting aside the legality aspect of it, I would like to hear your guys' thoughts on... I don't know whether you think it's like a bad or a good thing, I guess, if it goes away.

Well, that's the other side of it. So yeah, I think most of the legal case seems to be about the kind of data collection side. But the other side is like, you know, the Chinese government is involved in these things and they have influence over their companies. And there's been a lot of studies about whether or not that's affected the actual content put out on TikTok.