The Uncompromising Life

From poisoned twilight air to the planned obsolescence of lightbulbs to printers extorting you to parents mailing relatives their children to the propaganda of Black Friday, Star Trek and everything in between ..

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"Of course I would love to take a late evening stroll with you my beloved, but alas..! The night has fallen and thusly made the twilight air poison."

"For the love of god–PLEASE STOP mailing your children!
Kind Regards,
The US Postal Service"

"Call upon the fellows at once! We must create a cartel post haste as these incandescent bulbs are of too fine quality..!"

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NOTE: Yes, the Centennial Lightbulb (since 1901) does have a live stream on it at all times: Centennial Lightbulb 24hr Live 'BulbCam'

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SOURCES:

• `A Brief History of Children Sent Through the Mail` (12/21/2016), Danny Lewis – SmithsonianMag

• `Mail that baby: A brief history of kids sent through the U.S. Postal Service` (05/24/2017), Steve Hendrix – The Washington Post

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• `History of the Miasma Theory of Disease` (Spring 2018), Ajesh Kannadan – College of Dupage - Vol 16, Article 18

• `Fantastically Wrong: Why People Were Terrified of Nighttime Air Until the 1900s` (08/20/2014), Matt Simon – Wired

• `History & Major Facts about the Miasma Theory` (04/24/2024), WHE Staff – WorldHistoryEdu

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• `The Emerging Problems of "AI Psychosis" ` (updated: 11/27/2025), Marlynn Wei M.D., J.D. – Psychology Today

• `The Chatbot-Delusion Crisis` (12/04/2025), Matteo Wong – The Atlantic

• `What to know about 'AI psychosis' and the effect of AI chatbots on mental health` (08/31/2025), John Yang & Kaisha Young – PBS News

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• `Is AI Ruining Your Kid's Critical Thinking?` (04/24/2025), Ali Shehab [reviewed by: Margaret Foley] – Psychology Today

• `Increased AI use linked to eroding critical thinking skills` (01/13/2025), Justin Jackson – Phys.org

• `To Think or Not to Think: The Impact of AI on Critical-Thinking Skills` (03/10/2025), Christine Anne Royce, Ed.D. and Valerie Bennett, Ph.D., Ed.D. – National Science Teaching Association

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• `HP Instant Ink: How The Controversial Subscription Works and Why It Has Users Up in Arms` (11/10/2024), Mark Loproto – SlashGear

• `My Printer Is Extorting Me` (02/01/2023), Charlie Warzel – The Atlantic

• `'The ink is completely full': Woman warns against HP printers after canceling subscription. It won't let her print anything` (08/15/2024), Vladimir Supica – DailyDot

• `The nightmare is real: HP makes printing a monthly subscription` (02/29/2024), Mark Hachman – PCWorld

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• `How the World's Oldest Light Bulb Has Stayed Lit For Over 100 Years` (05/20/2025), Chris Littlechild – SlashGear

• `Everlasting Lightbulbs? They Exist. Well, Existed` (05/19/2025), Christopher McFadden – Interesting Engineering

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• `Planned Obsolescence and the Great Lightbulb Conspiracy` (02/09/2023), Marinel Mamac – A Little Bit Human

• `Planned obsolescence culture causes products to not withstand the test of time` (12/12/2024), Sunayana Khadka – SpartanShield.org

• `Designed to fail: a short history of planned obsolescence` (07/15/2024), Alex Sims – Newsroom

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• `Apple pays out claims it deliberately slowed down iPhones` (01/08/2024), Tom Gerken – BBC

• `Planned obsolescence: Apple sued for deliberately slowing down iPhones in Belgium` (04/13/2024), Maïthé Chini – The Brussels Times

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• `Nichelle Nichols Remembers Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.` (01/16/2023), ST Staff – StarTrek.com

• `Star Trek: How Martin Luther King Jr Saved Uhura` (01/15/2024), Thomas Bacon – ScreenRant

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• `Leonard Nimoy's Advice To A Biracial Girl In 1968` (02/27/2015), Gene Demby – NPR.org

• `Star Trek Actor Leonard Nimoy, 'Spock,' Responds to Teen With An Inspiring Letter About Fitting In` (updated: 12/06/2017), Staff Writer – HuffPost

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Lauren, Amy, & Holly are back from their short break and just in time for the most capitalistic time of the year..!

Join the trio as they discuss the layers of immigration in correlation to the loss of culture through lineage over time. Was it the natural human instinct to 'blend in'? Was it traditions from the 'old world' being forgotten to be passed down as family-lines grew?

Analyzing the differences between 'new-er immigrant families' (of the 20th century) compared to the families that have proudly declare themselves as 'The Sons and Daughters of Liberty' after settling in the States prior to the Revolutionary War. Which families felt an inclination to 'white-wash' themselves? Which lost their culture to the point they cling to 'hate' as a shite-replacement for what they've lost over time?

Get ready to get uncomfortable!

Check out Episode 6: 'Skulls & Strikes' that we reference in this episode!

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SOURCES:

• `The Impact of 'Neurospicy' on Neurodivergent Communities` (01/06/2025) – Autistic and Living the Dream

• 'Anti-Spice and Its Racist Origins' (05/30/2025), Greyson Ferguson – Medium

• `Where the 'Spicy Latina' Stereotype Cam From – And Why It's Still Racist Today` (12/07/2015), Katherine Garcia – Everyday Feminism

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• Melting Pot – Wikipedia

• `America's Problem of Assimilation` (05/24/2012), Bruce Thorton – Hoover Institution

• 'Melting Pot Theory' (2024), Mary G. Hurd – EBSCO

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• `Immigration and the History of 'White People Only' Laws` (07/23/2024), Alison Moodie – Boundless

• `White immigrants weren't always considered white – and acceptable` (02/17/2017), Brando Simeo Starkey – Andscape

• `Beyond 'White By Law': Explaining the Gulf in Citizenship Acquisition between Mexican and European Immigrants, 1930 ` (05/20/2016), Cybelle Fox and Irene Bloemraad – Berkeley.edu

• `How a shifting definition of 'white' helped shape U.S. immigration policy` (09/16/20217), Kamala Kelkar – PBS

• 'Assimilated or the boundary of Whiteness expanded? A boundary model of group belonging' (01/13/2023), Aryan Karimi and Rima Wilkes – Wiley Online Library (The British Journal of Sociology / Volume 74, Issue 2, pp 189-204)

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As the impending *POP* of the AI Bubble looms.. so does Thanksgiving in all of it's engorged-capitalistic-glory..!

Warm yourself with the burning ashes of individual-privacy in the form of biometric-data becoming the sacrificial-lamb for a faux-sense-of-safety with the push for government digital IDs (soft-launching via Roblox & Apple) to the Ellison Family continuing their maniacal lust for acquiring media companies (WBD) to bolster their ominous agenda – December is beginning to look a lot like 1984..

"In a time of universal deceit–telling the truth is a revolutionary act." – 1984, George Orwell

** The Uncompromising Life will be taking a short break–but we'll be back in December! **

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SOURCES:

• 'UK Digital ID – Pros and Cons of BritCard' (10/01/2025), Simon Burge – Security Journal UK

• 'What is the plan for digital IDs and will they be mandatory? ' (10/23/2025), Rachel Hagan – BBC

• Digital ID scheme: explainer (09/26/2025), Department for Science, Innovation & Technology – ⁠Gov.uk⁠

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• 'Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair Embroiled in Scandal' (09/29/2025), TLB Staff – Liberty Beacon

• `The UK is bring in digital IDs. Here's how to stop them from becoming surveillance tools` (11/17/2025), Fraser Edwards – Tech Radar

• 'What is a digital ID card, will it be mandatory and will it be safe?' (10/16/2025), Alix Culbertson – Sky News

• 'Is the tech giant who gave Blair £257m in line for huge ID card contract? Government embroiled in cronyism row after former PM lobbied for his billionaire backer ..' (09/27/2025), Mark Hookham & Daisy Graham-Brown – DailyMail

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• `Larry Ellison will deliver a 'full backstop' for mogul son David's plans to buy Warner Bros.Discovery: sources` (11/13/2025), Charles Gasparino – New York Post

• 'Larry and David Ellison Are Building a Pro-Trump Media Behemoth' (10/27/2025), Alex Shephard – New Republic

• `Larry Ellison's son eyes CNN owner Warner Bros. in $70 billion mega deal – Why now? ` (09/15/2025), Shuddhanta Patra – Financial Express

• `First Elon Musk, now Larry Ellison: The World's richest men are buying huge media companies..` (09/12/2025), Peter Kafka – Business Insider

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• `How Larry Ellison turned Oracle into the AI era's landlord ` (updated:09/18/2025), Shannon Carroll – QZ

• `Larry Ellison once predicted 'citizens will be on their best behavior' amid constant recording...` (09/28/2025), Jason Ma – Fortune

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• 'Will New TikTok Owner Be the Man Behind Digital ID Dystopia?' (09/28/2025), Catherine Salgado – PJ Media

• 'DIGITAL ID: What Is It, and Why Should Americans Be Worried?' (10/09/2025), Sarah Katherine Sisk – Amac.us

• `Apple's Digital ID sparks privacy concerns` (11/14/2025), Chiara Castro – Tech Radar

• `First the U.K., Next the U.S.? Britain's Digital ID Plan Should Scare Americans.` (09/29/2025), Elizabeth Nolan Brown – Reason

• `Privacy Erased: Roblox's New Age Verification Demands Intrusive Facial Biometrics from Children` (07/17/2025), Staff – KidsInc.cc

• 'Age verification: Child protection of privacy risk? ' (07/24/2025), Pieter Arntz – MalwareBytes

• 'Digital Identity Leaders and Privacy Experts Sound the Alarm on Invasive ID Systems ' (06/02/2025), Jay Stanley – ACLU

• 'Understand the Risks of Digital Ids' (PDF) – Immigrant Defense Project

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• 'China Social Credit System Explained... ' (02/11/2024), Drew Donnelly, PhD. – JoinHorizons

• Social Credit System – Wikipedia

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From the 8 democratic senators showing the country their best Benedict Arnold impressions to social experiments of charitableness (or lack-there-of) in mega-churches to an infamous sex-trafficker being doted upon in her swanky low-security prison whilst unsavory Epstein emails were released upon the world..

Join Lauren, Amy, & Holly as they filter through and aggressively seethe-over the latest bout of distractions that have been unleashed upon our timeline so that you don't have to mentally suffer alone–it's a team effort..!

"The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters." – Antonio Gramsci

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SOURCES:

• 'Why The New Child Rape Case Filed Against Donald Trump Should Not Be Ignored' (06/29/2016), Lisa Bloom – Huffington Post

• `Donald Trump Is Accused Of Raping A 13-Year-Old. Why Haven't The Media Covered It?` (11/02/2016), Ryan Grim – Huffington Post

• 'Lawsuit Charges Donald Trump with Raping 13-Year-Old Girl' (06/23/2016), David Mikkelson – Snopes

• 'Trump Teen Rape Allegation Resurfaces, Ronan Farrow Claims National Enquirer Tried to Protect Him in New Book' (10/16/2019), Tufayel Ahmed – Newsweek

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• 'BREAKING: Republicans Demand Abortion Restrictions in Exchange for ACA Subsidies ' (11/11/2025), Aaron Parnas – The Parnas Perspective

• 'Republicans demand tougher abortion restrictions to extend Obamacare funds ' (11/11/2025), Sahil Kapur – NBC News

• The Hyde Ammendment – ⁠Wikipedia⁠

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• 'Who are the eight Democrats who voted to reopen the government? ' (11/10/2025), Owen Scott – Independent

• `These 8 senators broke with Democrats on the government shutdown deal. Here's how they explain it` (11/10/2025), Stephen Groves – AP News

• 'The 8 Senators Who Broke With Democrats to End the Government Shutdown' (11/11/2025), Callum Sutherland – Time

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• 'The 9 most shocking revelations in the Epstein docs' (11/12/2025), Jacob Wendler – Politico

• 'House Oversight Committee Releases Jeffrey Epstein Email Correspondence, Raising Questions About White House Coverup of Epstein Files' (11/12/2025), Press Release – Democrats House Committee On Oversight and Government Reform

• 'Who Else Was Mentioned in the Latest Epstein Emails' (11/13/2025), Miranda Jeyaretnam – Time

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• `We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein's Estate` (11/13/2025), Cameron Stevenson – Courier Newsroom (article) | Direct Link to Database

• 'Oversight Committee Releases Additional Epstein Estate Documents' (11/12/2025), Press Release – Committee On Oversight and Government Reform

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• `'I am much happier here': Ghislaine Maxwell letters reveal her life and mindset in her new Texas prison` (11/08/2025), Kelly Rissman – Independent

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• `A Woman Tested Faith Centers' Willingness. To Donate Formula. What She Found Says A Lot About Charity In The U.S.` (11/14/2025), Katherine Speller – Huffington Post

• `TikToker pretending to be needy mom called megachurches for help with their responses going viral: 'Joel Ostend would never' ` (11/11/2025), Isabel Keane – Independent

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• 'Why Trump is giving Argentina a $20 billion lifeline to help its flailing economy' (10/17/2025), John Yang & Azhar Merchant – PBS News

• 'Where the US got $20B to bail out Argentina' (11/13/2025), Wailin Wong, Stephan Bisaha, Julia Ritchey, Kate Concannon – NPR News

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From ICE terrorizing children in Chucky & Momo masks in CA, to what can only be described as; the elite's violently cruel decadence reveling in their own excess that took the distasteful form of an abhorrently tone-deaf 'Great Gatsby' soiree in FL, to monumentally historical wins of the first elected democratic-socialist NYC mayor and Virginia's first woman Governor and even unexpected blue-wins on the local-level for positions in Georgia's deep south – between the saccharinely-sweet flickers of hope followed-up by repugnant grotesqueries that seem to only be missing an eldritch horror.. its been a whiplash of a week for anti-fascists & the absurd hellscape of this timeline we all currently reside upon (but at least it has more consistency than your last partner, right..? )

Join Lauren, Amy, & Holly as they hash out the most recent batch of horrors humanity has to offer – albeit the ghoulish-embrace-from-hell, the possible impending demise of SNAP benefits/the ACA, or all the federal workers being stretched far past their limit as the government shutdown drags on.

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EP NOTE: At the time of this recording the U.S. Gov shutdown was ongoing; currently negotiations for reopening the fed gov are underway but not finalized.

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SOURCES:

• 2025 Election Results (11/04/2025), tabulated by The Associated Press & AP Analysis – ⁠NPR

• 'Election Night highlights: Democrats notch wins in first major elections since Trump returned to power' (updated: 11/05/2025), Edited by: Nell Clark, Curtis Yea Bernard McGhee, Michelle L. Price, Luena Rodriguez-Feovileira, Ashley Thomas, Kiana Doyle, and Tia Goldenberg – AP News

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• 'Senate reaches deal to extend government funding in major sign shutdown is poised to end ' (11/09/2025), Manu Raju, Ted Barrett, Alison Main, Sarah Ferris – CNN Politics

• 'Lawmakers reach deal to end government shutdown: Live updates ' (11/09/2025), Zachary Schermele & Joey Garrison – USA Today

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• `Noem rejects Pritzker's request to suspend immigration operations on Halloween` (10/31/2025), Erum Salam – MSNBC

• `Noem: ICE will be out in 'full force' on Halloween in Chicago` (10/31/2025), Sarah Fortinsky – The Hill

• 'Noem rejects Pritzker request to pause ICE operations for Halloween' (10/29/2025), Tina Sfondeles – Chicago Sun Times

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• `Happy Halloween!': Homeland Security responds to question about ICE agents wearing horror masks` (11/01/2025), Mike Bedigan – Independent

• 'Spooky response from Homeland Security after ICE agents were accused of conducting raids wearing Halloween masks' (updated: 11/02/2025), Alyssa Guzman – DailyMail

• 'DHS responds after images of ICE agents wearing Halloween masks emerge' (updated: 11/03/2025), CNN/CNN Newsource – Local 12

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• 'Trump slammed for lavish Gatsby-themed Halloween party as vital food funding lapses for millions of Americans ' (11/02/2025), Rhian Lubin – Independent

• `Trump Throws Lavish Halloween 'Great Gatsby' Party on Eve of SNAP Running Dry` (11/01/2025), Hilary Hanson – Huffington Post

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• 'U.S. to Cut Air Traffic at 40 Airports Over Government Shutdown' (updated: 11/06/2025), Karoun Demirjian – New York Times

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• '12 dead after engine fell off UPS plane that crashed and exploded in Kentucky' (11/05/2025), Bruce Schreiner, Hallie Golden, & Dylan Lovan – AP News

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• `USDA says states must 'undo' efforts to disburse full November SNAP benefits` (11/09/2025), Alexandra Marquez – NBC News

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In this episode, Lauren, Amy, & Holly tackle the chaos head-on — from Taco’s extensively missed social-cues on his trip through Asia to the looming fallout of the government shutdown and the quiet cruelty of ending SNAP benefits. The trio doesn’t hold back as they discuss the openly ethical-bankruptcy of billionaires and explore the surreal cultural twist of the moment: Swift’s alleged leap onto the ‘trad-wife’ bandwagon. Is it a shrewd business pivot, a billionaire appeasement tactic, or the soft launch of a mass redpilling campaign aimed at her devoted Swifties?

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SOURCES:

• `Trump's Desperate Attempts to Meet King Jong Un Just Majorly Backfired ` (10/28/2025), Edith Olmsted – The New Republic

• 'Trump Admits BFF Kim Jong Un Blanked His Plea for an Invite' (10/30/2025), Catherine Bouris – Daily Beast

• 'Trump has departed Asia without meeting King Jong Un. North Koreans don't seem to care' (10/30/2025), Will Ripley – CNN

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• ' A Social Work Perspective on Food Scarcity and Mental Health' (10/28/2025), Phil Lane MSW, LCSW [reviewed by: Abigail Fagan] – Psychology Today

• ' SNAP benefits will restart, but will be half the normal payment and delayed' (updated: 11/03/2025), Maria Godoy & Jennifer Ludden – NPR

• 'Uncertainty over federal food aid deepens as the shutdown fight reaches a crisis point' (updated: 11/01/2025), Stephen Groves, Ali Swenson & Susan Haigh – AP News

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• 'Corporate Welfare in the Federal Budget ' (03/04/2025), Chris Edwards – ⁠Cato Institute⁠

• 'Corporate Welfare: How Big Business Gets Tax Breaks While Small Businesses Struggle' (07/24/2024), Adrian Volenik – ⁠UBI Advocates⁠

• 'Which U.S. Companies Receive the Most Government Subsidies? ' (12/19/2024), Pallavi Rao – ⁠Visual Capitalist⁠

• `Walmart's SNAP Paradox: Billions Gained, Workers Subsidized` (10/28/2025), Jim Luce – ⁠Stewardship Report⁠

• 'Neither US States Nor Companies Fully Disclose Corporate Subsidies ' (02/21/2025), Shivaram Rajgopal – ⁠Forbes⁠

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• Fairness Doctrine (Last Updated: 09/11/2025), Matt Stefon [Fact-checked by: The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica] – Britannica

• `Reagan's Veto Kills Fairness Doctrine Bill ` (06/21/1987), Penny Pagano – LA Times Archives

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• 'Taylor Swift not playing Super Bowl after NFL refuses her demands' (09/27/2025), Jami Ganz – New York Daily News

• 'Taylor Swift Explains Why She Isn't Performing At The Super Bowl' (10/07/2025), Paige Skinner – Huffington Post

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• American Exceptionalism – Adam Volle [Fact-checked by: The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica] – Britannica

• 'The Myth of American Exceptionalism' (2005), Howard Zinn at MIT 2005 – MIT Video Productions via YouTube [video length: 1hr:33mn:12s]

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• 'Is every billionaire a policy failure? ' (01/29/2025), Tim Dean – Ethics.org

• ' The Ethics of Billionaires ' (07/08/2024), Clara Whitmore – Medium

• `Gen Z's Moral Compass: Billie Eilish Takes Aim At Billionaires In Powerful Speech on Greed and Giving` (11/01/2025), Annalyn Zoglmann – International Business Times [UK]

• 'How Billionaires Are Rewriting History and Democracy ' (10/08/2025), Ahmed Bouzid

– The Fulcrum

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• 'How Dolly Parton Uses Her $650 Million Net Worth To Help Those in Need by Donating Books, Money and More' (08/14/2025), Carissa Mosness – Women's World

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🎃 Just in time for Halloween, it's our episode 13! 🎃

In this chilling episode, Lauren, Amy, & Holly unravel the latest ghastly horrors unfolding on the current timeline – from the demolition of the East Wing, to the unsettling donor list of the soon-to-be ostentatious ballroom, to the disturbingly close proximity between 'Alligator Alcatraz' and Neuralink’s experimental testing grounds at Miami University.

Shadows lengthen in the dying autumn sunlight, the spines of politicians slowly but surely twist to dust, and the veil between what was perhaps once called 'good intentions' and the misguided tyranny that remains, dissolves further with every moment that passes.

Episode Title: Something Wicked This Way Comes – Ray Bradbury

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SOURCES:

• `Tech, crypto, tobacco, other companies fund Trump's White House ballroom` (10/23/2025), Diana Nerozzi and Jacob Wendler – Politico

• ` White House releases list of donors for Trump's multi-million-dollar ballroom` (10/22/2025), Kit Maher, Jake Tapper, Alejandra Jaramillo – CNN Politics

• ` White House releases donor list for Trump Ballroom amid East Wing demolition ` (10/23/2025), Brett Samuels – The Hill

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• ` It's your house. And he's destroying it: Trump demolishes White House East Wing` (last updated: 10/23/2025), Heather Richards and Michael Doyle – Politico

• 'Photos show entirety of East Wing, including colonnade, torn down' (last updated: 10/23/2025), Kevin Liptak and Kit Maher – CNN Politics

• ` What's Been Lost In Donald Trump's Teardown Of The East Wing To Build A White House Ballroom – Analysis` (10/23/2025), Ted Johnson – Deadline

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• ' Palace of Versailles' - ⁠Britannica

• 'Hall of Mirrors' (at Versailles) - ⁠Wikipedia

• 'Combatting the Sexual Abuse of Children in France, 1825-1913 ' (From Criminal Justice History: An International Annual, Vol. 15, Pages 59-93; 1994), Louis A. Knafla, J.M. Donovan – ⁠Office of Justice Program (US DOJ) - NCJRS Virtual Library

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• ' Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site ' (last updated: 09/16/2025), Ben Wieder and Shirsho Dasgupta – Miami Herald

• ' Investigation found two-thirds of more than 1,800 detainees `dropped off the grid` from `Alligator Alcatraz`? ' (09/25/2025), Taija Perry Cook – Snopes

• ' Mystery deepens: Hundreds of immigrants disappear from infamous Florida ICE prison Alligator Alcatraz' (last updated: 09/25/2025), Piyush Shukla, Global Desk – Economic Times

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• ` Elon Musk's brain-chip trials expanding to Miami. here's how it works and what's next` (last updated: 01/28/2025), Michelle Marchante – Miami Herald

• ` University of Miami selected as 2nd US for Elon Musk's brain chip study` (last updated: 01/27/2025), Julian Quintana – NBC Miami/6 South Florida

• `Neuralink's Blindsight Chip: First Human Implant Scheduled for 2025` (04/01/2025), Aayushi Jain – Analytics Insight

• `1st patient gets Elon Musk's Neuralink brain chip at University of Miami, a clinical trial test` (06/30/2025), Nancy Dahlberg – Refresh Miami

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LOCATION/COORDINATES:

Everglades Detention Facility ('Alligator Alcatraz')

54575 Tamiami Trail E, Ochopee, Florida 34141 US

Lat/Long: 25.86316270056, -80.89872819592

via: GlobalDetentionProject.org

Miami University's Leonard Miller School of Medicine

1600 NW 10th Ave #1140, Miami, FL 33136

Lat/Long: 25.790414371432714, -80.21195052820607

via: Miami University, Miller School of Medicine

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In this episode, Lauren, Amy, & Holly spiral gloriously off the rails exploring the Tylenol and RFK Jr. controversy, the proposed correlation to Autism, the long-awaited Epstein files, the esoteric mechanics of Human Design, and even the uncanny intelligence of corvids.

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SOURCES:

• 'Tylenol: Description, Uses, Side Effects, & Facts' (last updated: 09/26/2025), Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica – Britannica

• 'Acetaminophen is Safe for Children When Taken As Directed, No Link to Autism' (last updated: 09/23/2025), American Academy of Pediatrics – AAP.org

• ' The Facts Behind Claims on Autism, Tylenol and Folate' (09/17/2025), Kate Yandell – FactCheck.org

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• 'RFK Jr told his second wife it was her fault he cheated on her 37 times in new recordings: Report ' (01/30/2025), Mike Bedigan – The Independent

• 'Who Is Mary Richardson Kennedy? Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Second Wife' (01/29/2025), Jenna deJong – Newsweek

• 'Exclusive: The Last Days of Mary Kennedy' (06/11/2012), Laurence Leamer – Newsweek

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• ' How Smart Are Crows? Smarter Than You Think ' (07/18/2024), Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D. – ThoughtCo.

• 'Crows Are Even Smarter Than We Thought' (02/10/2021), Dirk Schulze-Makuch – Smithsonian Magazine

• 'Crows hold grudges against individual humans, often attacking, for up to 17 years' (11/12/2024), Eric Rails – Earth.com

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The once-in-a-lifetime events, non-sensical violent acts (from shootings to the lynchings that followed), obtusely-obvious-fraudulent text messages, and attempted-usurpations on 'freedom of speech' continues to multiply and escalate. Still, we persist – spitefully, stubbornly, relentlessly.

Lauren, Amy, & Holly hash out the gritty variables of this current reality and discuss the mechanics of distraction embedded into the headline stories and exposing how the news cycle itself is engineered to keep the deeper agenda hidden in plan sight whilst the wealthy-elite seemingly attempt to stoke a civil war.

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UPDATE ON DEMARTRAVION 'TREY' REED:

After the recording of this podcast episode, Colin Kaepernick (former NFL Quarterback) stepped forward to fund the independent autopsy/examination that Reed's Family had been seeking. Kaepernick providing this through his; 'Know Your Rights Camp Autopsy Initiative' (launched in 2022); which "provides free secondary autopsies for families of individuals who died in police-related circumstances" (MahometDaily).

SOURCES:

• `Family of Mississippi university student found hanged on campus seek independent probe: ‘We need answers’ `(09/17/2025), Isabel Keane – The Independent

• 'Trey Reed Autopsy Results Released: Death Ruled Suicide' (09/19/2025; updated: 09/20/2025), James Bickerton & Shane Croucher – Newsweek

• 'Colin Kaepernick Funds Independent Autopsy as Mississippi Student’s Death Echoes Historical Lynching Cover-Ups' (09/20/2025), Dani Tietz – MahometDaily⁠

• 'Colin Kaepernick Funds Independent Autopsy For Trey Reed' (09/21/2025), Tiffany Hamilton – ⁠NewsOne⁠

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• 'Washington Post Columnist says she was fired over posts after Charlie Kirk's killing' (09/15/2025), Edward Helmore – The Guardian

• 'WaPo fired a columnist after Charlie Kirk's killing. These are the 2 social posts it cited ' (09/16/2025), Lucia Moses and James Faris – Business Insider

• 'The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced ' (09/15/2025), Karen Attaih – Substack

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• 'Republicans Block Senate Vote to Release Epstein Files ' (09/10/2025; updated: 09/19/2025), Megan Mineiro – New York Times

• 'Here's the Name of Every Republican Who Voted to Kill Epstein Bill ' (09/09/2025), Robert McCoy – New Republic

• 'Durbin Statement After Republicans Voted Against Releasing The Epstein Files ' (09/10/2025) – U.S. Senate Committee On The Judiciary

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• ' Fox News' Brian Kilmeade says comment about killing mentally ill homeless people `extremely callous remark` ' (09/14/2025), Brian Stetler – CNN

• ' Fox News' Brian Kilmeade apologizes for saying mentally ill homeless people should be executed ' (09/14/2025), David Bauder – AP News

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• 'Read the text messages between Charlie Kirk accused and roommate ' (09/16/2025), Brajesh Upadhyay – BBC

• 'See the text messages that prosecutors say Charlie Kirk shooting suspect exchanged with his roommate ' (09/16/2025), Matt Stiles and Gillian Roberts – CNN

• 'Texts From Suspect in Charlie Kirk Shooting Offer Insight Into a Motive ' (09/16/2025; updated: 09/22/2025), Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs – New York Times

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• 'Was Erika Kirk's 'Romanian Angels' ministry accused of child trafficking? Here's the truth on new TPUSA CEO ' (updated: 09/22/2025), Shamik Banerjee – Hindustan Times

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' Enhanced version of the Zapruder film... detailed recordings of JFK's assassination' (11/2024) – Reddit

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It's our✨ 10th episode✨ & our very own Holly's birthday! 🥳

As a treat – Lauren, Amy, & Holly dive head first into an esoteric pool of discombobulation and/or "how-it-feels-to-exist-as-an-energetic-being-that-is-trapped-in-a-corporeal-meatsuit-and-forced-to-witness-the-consequences-of-late-stage-capitalism-that-is-openly-murdering-the-only-planet-(we currently know of)-that-can-sustain-human-life".

Join us in celebrating our resident Vulcan's annual trip around the sun and all of the unprecedented, once-in-a-lifetime-events that continue to occur without our consent.

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TW: this episode discusses topics that could be perceived as unsettling and/or controversial–including; race/systematic-racism (in the general sense as well as in terms of health-science; reproductive-research; universal healthcare..tbd); Israel; speculations of shadow-governing-bodies/families; paradigms of power; manipulation of the mass populous; shared-spooky-stories-of-mysterious-banking-families.

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SOURCES:

• 'Vagina Obscura' – Rachel E. Gross (2022) - Wikipedia

• 'Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution' – Cat Bohannon (10/2023) - Wikipedia

• Female Reproductive System; 'what they show you' vs 'what is actually true' – image

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• "Researching Rothschilds" (08/30/2025), Spooky Scary Storytime – @AshleeInc (IG reel)

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• 'Structural Racism In Historical And Modern US Health Care Policy' (02/2022), Ruqaiijah Yearby, Brietta Clark, & Jose F. Figueroa – HealthAffairs.org

• 'One Reason Why America Doesn't Have Universal Healthcare' (original:09/04/2019; updated:02/02/2023), Michael T. Hertz – LA Progressive

• 'The United States Healthcare System: Systemic Racism and Discrimination Towards American Minorities' (03/12/2024), Jacob Pollock – Columbia Journals Library

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