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Lily Obeng
@lilyobeng.bsky.social
Student, writer, community builder, & restaurant-frequenter based in Toronto.

Slowly migrating from the bad place
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I wrote about why Mark Zuckerberg is spectacularly evil in a three-part series here - based in part on my experiences reporting in Myanmar in the early 2010s.

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Facebook Destroys Everything: Part 1
In Southeast Asia in the early 2010s, I watched as Mark Zuckerberg's creation began to destroy Myanmar. Here's why I'm never using Threads.
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January 8, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Just saw a completely sincere TikTok arguing that Shera7 was more "pro-Black" than Nikki Giovanni.

That app is rightfully cooked.
January 8, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Wham did not have to go so hard on “Last Christmas”
December 18, 2024 at 2:00 AM
Just got into Interview with a Vampire.

I am no better than my teenage self. I am, still, deeply moved by gay romance. 😭
December 11, 2024 at 8:50 PM
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grappling with the implications of The Claims Adjuster turning out to be a hot Italian tech bro gym rat who went to Penn, seems to have had a pretty gnarly back injury, retweets anti-woke nonsense, and has read not one but two books by Steve-O
December 9, 2024 at 6:55 PM
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happy "unearthing the bizarre politics of the shooter" day to all who celebrate the great American tradition
lol CEO shooter suspect is a trad architecture guy
December 9, 2024 at 6:36 PM
As a fan of The Sopranos, the internet is on an absolute roll today
December 9, 2024 at 7:22 PM
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Trump confirms that he plans to deport US citizens who have undocumented parents
December 8, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Going to attempt to get back into this social media thing.
The demise of the other app was very needed, personally. I have enjoyed touching grass the last couple of years
December 7, 2024 at 4:45 PM