David Zappelli<p>"So instead of saying <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NonCitizen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NonCitizen</span></a> or <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/migrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migrant</span></a>, they're supposed to say <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/alien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alien</span></a>. Instead of saying <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/integration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>integration</span></a>, they're supposed to say <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/assimilation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assimilation</span></a>, things like that. And this particular worker described it as the most #1984 thing that they've ever gotten. And this is happening all across the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a>" </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Orwellian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orwellian</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Fahrenheit451" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fahrenheit451</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Dystopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dystopia</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/RayBradbury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RayBradbury</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NeoMarcarthyism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeoMarcarthyism</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ideology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ideology</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/repression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repression</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/newspeak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newspeak</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FreedomOfSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ThoughtControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThoughtControl</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/HUAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HUAC</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/GreatPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatPurge</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BookBurning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookBurning</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Wiping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wiping</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Digital</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NineteenEightyFour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NineteenEightyFour</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BrainRot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrainRot</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/WhatNext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatNext</span></a> | "Why <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> ’s <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DataPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataPurge</span></a> is a Digital Book Burning"</p><p><a href="https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd/2025/02/donald-trump-is-changing-america-down-to-the-code" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">slate.com/podcasts/what-next-t</span><span class="invisible">bd/2025/02/donald-trump-is-changing-america-down-to-the-code</span></a></p>