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Former cult member turned academic researcher, writer, YouTuber and podcaster. Three most important words ever: I don't know. My most important life lesson: It's chaos; be kind.
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She nails it, sums it up and slams it shut so hard, nothing else need be said. www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCrin...

Live every week as though it's Shark Week. 🦈

Now THIS is good news!

I am honestly so shocked - and so very disappointed - in the Severance team. Season 2 has to be one of the worst seasons of television I've ever seen. It's not just a bad follow-up to a nearly miraculous first season of quality television, it's some of the worst writing & direction I've ever seen.

Our Congress has now proven itself to be on the side of fascism. Openly. Blatantly. Treasonously.

ICE is the Gestapo.

Way cooler than I'll ever be. www.reddit.com/r/justgalsbe...

Imagine the biggest problem in your life being about which bathroom a total stranger uses. Imagine pretending random people you'll never meet are somehow victimizing you with their existence. Imagine being that hard up for troubles that you have to invent them just so you can play the victim.

I'll probably be about 78 before they discover that there's actually nothing wrong with neurodivergent people, they are all just on the wrong sleep schedule. Turns out you could be living your best life at 3:00 a.m., lol. Who knew?

It's hard to deal with how aggressively stupid this White House is.

It'd be awesome if this little peek into outright fascism that the US is taking now would result in a national wake-up moment to just how insane our systems have made us and real leadership could take over and put these lunatics in prison. That's not what's going to happen but it would be awesome.

Go Canada. Showing the world that authoritarianism isn't inevitable. This was a boost I really needed today.

If you'd like to main line some straight Scientology crazy right from the source, today's clip is made just for you. Enjoy! youtu.be/_K3bcwf9PWU

"These companies [OpenAI, Google, Anthropomorphic, etc] don't care about your safety and they don't have any way to get to AGI. They are full of shit and it's time to start being honest that you don't have any proof they will do anything they say they will." www.wheresyoured.at/reality-chec...

Unsurprising there's now a "debate" about welcomes to country, it's just another aspect of the strongly regressive cultural movement across the western world, away from generosity and towards meanness. That, in turn, reflects anxiety. Fearful people are mean, simple as that.

If you don't get how Elon Musk and L. Ron Hubbard are basically the same person, you really haven't been paying attention at all.

I'm really glad that a lot of people are finally starting to get sick and tired of Elon Musk's endless streams of total bullshit.

Well this feels weird, lol.

Well there it is. I'm driving past this Scientology monstrosity now.

I really don't think I can stress enough just how low IQ the people running this country are right now. I think the biggest thing that people are in denial about is that we have handed the keys to the kingdom to a posse of lunatic idiots. They just can't accept that grim reality. But they will.

I think the most alarming trend I'm seeing in 2025 is people using ChatGPT as a therapist or "friend." There are few things happening right now that show just how desperate and out of touch with each other we are as this. Please find humans to connect with. No "AI" is actually listening to you.

Flying the "new and improved" Southwest today because they had the best price but holy cow, every one of their flights are delayed today across the country. Every single one. Clearly one of the worst airlines around now. Good job Southwest. You've fully ruined yourselves for...what?

It's always something to watch fandom descend into cultism but when it's centered around a show like Severence, you just have to shake your head and look away. There just isn't any way to stop people from doing what they do.

There is no such thing as a cult leader without "yes men" (and plenty of "yes women" too). It's just astounding how they get forgotten about. People think cult leaders are these supernatural manipulators. No, they have all kinds of help from people who are just as responsible for the evil they do.

Marxism says we have to revolt against the oligarchs. My broken watch says it's 10:38. These two coincidentally true things don't mean Marxism is a good idea. It's actually very bad ideology with lots of stupid ideas. But oligarchs do still need to be put down.

Benson sort of turns the whole "service dog" thing upside down. He expects me to service him all day. And of course I can't stop spoiling him. Look at that face.

This is so true. And neither side believes the other has any credibility, integrity or honesty so we flat out refuse to even try to listen to them. They just sound so ridiculous to our ears.

Science tries to figure out what's going on. Philosophy tries to work out how to think about it. These are clearly not the same thing. They are both vital and important to our existence. Both are very meaningful in cult recovery.

We were never meant to be this busy. Modern Western society seems to have been designed by hyper manic slave masters who expect all of us to be just like them. It's not normal to be this anxious all the time.

I think life is the universe engaging with itself. And if that's true, I think maybe it's trying to get this compassion thing right. It's clearly got a long way to go.

I'm counting the days to the Butlerian Jihad. I don't think it's going to be too much longer.

Almost halfway through severance season 2 and I am so disappointed. I didn't think they would go in the direction of Lost with endless mystery boxes that go nowhere. Very sad to watch so much potential flushed down the toilet. This show could have been so much better.

If you had said 20 years ago this would be the state of our union, no one would have believed you. Which is why I know very few of us are even remotely prepared for what is to come. People just can't believe it. That's why it happens.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed. - Mahatma Gandhi -

Sociopath, narcissist, human predators - one thing they all have in common is they never ever learn from their mistakes. Normal people do and they can't understand when someone doesn't try to do better They never learn. They just get better at covering up their predations.

It's a thing. If you know, you know. If you don't, you judge. But no amount of external judgement will ever be worse than what we tell ourselves.