The Government Just "Auto-Enrolled" You In The US Military Draft? ๐ฅ Everything You Need To Know About The New Rules ๐ The era of "forgetting" to register for the Selective Service is officially coming to a screeching halt, and the implications are giving everyone a major reality check about how the government tracks us. In a world where we can barely get a delivery app to find our front door without a struggle, the federal government has apparently decided that they are going to be very, very good at finding you starting this December. It is the kind of news that hits your feed and makes you do a double-take, mostly because it feels like something out of a dystopian novel, yet it is being framed as a simple "administrative update." We are talking about the move to automatic registration for the U.S. military draft pool, and if you are a male between the ages of 18 and 25, your name is about to be moved into a database whether you like it or not. The lo...
Why Iran Just Blocked The Strait of Hormuz ๐ข️๐ฅ The ink isn't even dry on the most anticipated peace deal of the decade, and yet the Middle East is currently vibrating with the sound of fresh explosions and the high-stakes political drama of a broken promise. If you thought the news cycle was going to give us a break this week, you clearly haven't been paying attention to the absolute chaos unfolding between the U.S., Israel, and Iran. We were promised a ceasefire a moment of collective breathing room for a region that has been pushed to the absolute brink. Instead, we woke up to reports that the Strait of Hormuz has been slammed shut again, essentially putting a chokehold on 20% of the world’s oil and gas. It is giving very much "main character energy" but in the most destructive way possible. The White House is calling the move completely unacceptable, but if you look at the fine print, or the lack thereof, you can see exactly why this "fragile" deal is ...