Out d’Coup | Invasion of Ukraine Continues; TikTok and Misinformation; Freedom Caravan Needs GPS; Endurance Found; Right-wing Antics; Bucks County legislative districts; Gwen Stoltz; Central Bucks

<p>The invasion of Ukraine continues. </p> <p>In response to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, <a href='https://www.mediamatters.org/tiktok/tiktoks-10-minute-video-feature-potential-misinformation-nightmare'>TikTok extended its maximum video length to 10 minutes</a>, as a response to increased pressure on the platform for its role in spreading misinformation and disinformation. However, Media Matters for America warns that rather than providing a solution to misinformation and disinformation, the longer videos may only lead to users taking advantage of the longer format to “spreak longer, more complicated” misinformation as happened when the platform expanded the length of its videos from 1 - 3 minutes in the wake of COVID misinformation. </p> <p><a href='https://www.npr.org/2022/03/11/1085985036/china-locks-down-city-of-9-million-amid-new-spike-in-cases'>China locks down Changchun</a>, a city with a population of over 9 million, due to a new outbreak of the omicron COVID variant, sticking to a strict policy geared on preventing the rapid spread of the virus. Meanwhile, it’s masks off for everyone in the U.S. COVID, after all, is a state of mind, right? </p> <p>Trucker Freedom Convoy couldn’t decide what to do or how to get there. </p> <p>Colorado-based, right-wing activist Joe Oltmann calls for mass hangings of U.S. senators who voted to avert a government shutdown this week. According to Raw Story, Oltmann said "There's your list of 19 traitors to the American People, along with all the other traitors to the American people," said Oltmann on the Conservative Daily podcast. "I want people to go out there and get some wood. The gallows are getting wider and longer. We should be able to build gallows all the way from Washington, D.C. to California."</p> <p>They found<a href='https://www.npr.org/2022/03/09/1085432575/endurance-ship-found-ernest-shackleton?utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR3ceIyd5hec8MUZ9Yp1DnZr5Aal-6jOKrxIujLsIeK4Hq5IVTwsJFieIMo'> E