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One quote. One moment. One question. Daily reflections from pop culture & Politics emotional edge. Not news. Just truth, quiet, poetic, and original.
Elon Musk has a city now.
it’s called Starbase. 212 employees voted it into existence. He’s not the mayor, but his exec is.
this isn’t sci-fi. It’s a “company-town” with memes, rockets, and no public oversight. #StarbaseTexas #CompanyTown #DarkEnlightenment #FuturePolitics #DystopiaNow
“Welcome to the Dark Suburb”
When company towns return with launchpads, meme streets, and a mandate from 212 voters
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May 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Executive order threatening to defund NPR and PBS. Public media isn’t being cut because it’s loud or biased, but because it holds a kind of integrity that power finds inconvenient.

#PBS #NPR #MediaCuts #PublicTrust #FirstAmendment #CivicImagination #InstitutionalDecay #VoicesMatter
Cut the Feed, Cut the Thread
RE: Executive order threatening to defund NPR and PBS. Public media isn’t being cut because it’s loud or biased, but because it holds a kind of integrity that power finds inconvenient.
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May 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
When private equity buys the brands that shaped our childhood, we lose more than a label…we lose part of ourselves.

#ChefBoyardee #childhood #corporatememory #digitalnostalgia #consumptionghosts
When nostalgia becomes a financial transaction
When private equity buys the brands that shaped our childhood, we lose more than a label…we lose part of ourselves.
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May 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The Ukraine critical minerals deal isn’t just economic policy it’s a symbolic repurposing of wartime trauma into geopolitical theater. Beneath the surface, it’s not only minerals being extracted, but memory, sovereignty, and trust.
#Ukraine #RFK #RareEarthPolitics
#HistoryRepeats
Proxy allegiance, rare intentions
Ukraine critical minerals deal is viewed not just as economic policy, but as a symbolic repurposing of wartime trauma into geopolitical performance.
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May 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Scott Pelley’s fight to keep truth alive inside a crumbling media empire is more than nostalgia. It’s a warning. And maybe, a map. @60minutes.bsky.social

#60minutes #CBS #legacyfracture #softrebellion #truthanchor
The last anchor standing
[Theme: legacy drift, glitch nostalgia, soft rebellion]
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April 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Not every dream fades quietly. Wrexham’s story is proof that belief, stitched with risk and heart, can outlive the odds. Sometimes the smallest dreams are the ones worth saving.
Full reflection here:
#wrexham #RedDragons #premierleague #WxmAFC #emotionalinvestment #workingclasshope #dreamcollisions
A town stitched back by a dream
[Theme: runaway hope, stitched memory, dream defiance]
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April 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New Post: Selma Blair reminds us: survival is one thing, dreaming again is another.

#selmablair #quietresilience #secondactdreams #mentalhealthawareness #softdefiance
The Tides We Build Inside Ourselves
[Theme: memory fracture, second-breath resilience, soft awakening]
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April 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
New post
Resistance looks like showing up tired
[Theme: legacy friction / quiet defiance / cultural grind]
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April 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM