Joseph Strickland is a prominent American far-right critic of Pope Francis and the Vatican. His attack on Pope Francis includes accusing him of "undermining the faith" as well as questioning his legitimacy as Pope. On November 11th 2023, Pope Francis made the controversial and rare decision to forcefully remove Strickland from his post as the Bishop of Tyler.

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence refers to a pro-LGBTQ+ organisations that incorporates religious imagery within their advocacy. This includes wearing Catholic Nun attires, hosting mock communions, "canonising" pro-LGBTQ+ figures as saints and angels, etc. There are many other examples of incorporating religious imagery in the advocacy of sexual minorities.

TikTok is currently owned by the Chinese company ByteDance. Becoming a publicly traded company would mean that the company's assests and profits are organized by stockholders.

Ghost jobs postings refer to listings by employers that either aren't real or have already been filled but never lead to an actual hire. Recently, there has been a sharp upward spike in the number of ghost job postings, with some sources mentioning that in 2023, only 4 out of 10 job postings in popular job seeking platforms had led to actual hiring, a sharp drop from 9 out of 10 postings in 2020.