I'm a bug fan of Dave Jorgenson. He used to work for the Washington Post making short form content, but he quit so he could continue without their control and censorship.
A blockchain is nothing more than a data structure. It's essentially a linked list using the hash of the previous block. Distributed consensus is something blockchains are useful for, but it doesn't define it
Because it's an immutable ledger, not just a database. It maintains a history of every previous transaction/entry. Blockchains are used by banks and in the supply chain because it makes backtracing and identifying discrepancies trivial. For things like cryptocurrency, blockchains allow "don't trust, verify" but for something where you already have trust, they allow "trust but verify"
Not an exact alternative, but a lot of Youtube creators are on Nebula. It does require a subscription, but every creator is part owner of the service so your money goes directly to them.
The only two choices where I live are Amazon or Target. I despise Amazon, but I despise Target more because of their betrayal to the LGBTQ+ community. So, while I'm not happy about it, I choose the lesser of two evils (to me) and use Amazon.
As someone who grew up in Chicago, it has a wonderful rail system. The "US not having public rail" argument always confused me when I was young because I figured everywhere was like Chicago
Termux is already available on the Play Store, so I imagine it won't be an issue. Sideloading will still be possible, it just requires developers give Google their private information (which is fucking stupid) but you already have to do that to be on the Play Store, so I don't see why Google wouldn't verify the Termux team.
As an older Gen Z, this generation is very split. The Gen Z in their twenties are extremely progressive and left-leaning, whereas younger Gen Z are deep in the alt-right pipeline. Obviously this doesn't apply to everyone, but Gen Z really is two generations smooshed into one.