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  • Algorithmic Leviathans and the Flattening of Culture

    Algorithmic Leviathans and the Flattening of Culture

    In today’s media ecology, tech giants have seized control of culture’s dials and switches. Platforms like Alphabet (Google/YouTube) and Spotify now decide what is heard and seen: one study notes that YouTube’s engine “drives approximately 70% of views”, meaning algorithms – not audiences – curate our experience. Critics warn this has exacted a profound toll.…

  • Converging Exploitation: AI Deepfakes, Big Pharma, and Digital Predation

    Converging Exploitation: AI Deepfakes, Big Pharma, and Digital Predation

    Introduction: A Perfect Storm of Exploitation Emerging technologies and entrenched industries are converging to normalize new forms of abuse and control. From AI-driven “deepfake” pornography flooding social media, to the pharmaceuticalization of everyday distress, to the commodification of intimacy on dating apps infiltrated by scammers and traffickers – these phenomena may seem unrelated, but they thrive under common conditions. Inadequate…

  • Spectacle, Simulation, and Song: The Celebrity Culture Machine

    In the age of saturated media and relentless branding, the line between a pop star’s reality and the narratives manufactured around them grows ever blurrier. Modern celebrity culture is a well-oiled machine – part entertainment spectacle, part economic engine – optimized for attention, obedience, and profit. It feeds on carefully constructed personas, lucrative sponsorships (even…

  • The Billionaire Psychosis of Taylor Swift vs. the Elegant Feminism of Billie Eilish

    The Billionaire Psychosis of Taylor Swift vs. the Elegant Feminism of Billie Eilish

    (Grok/xAI/Brett W. Urben) [I’m too satisfied with my life to give a shit about editing this. If that sounds douchebaggy then… Cool… Anyway… I’ll probably have this edited by tomorrow morning in a better format but… whatever. Happy Holidays. -BWU] Let’s get one thing straight right out of the gate: feminism isn’t supposed to be…

  • Potentially Positive News for 12/10/2025

    Potentially Positive News for 12/10/2025

    Kneeling agents, banned teens, and the Epstein files Three signals from the control system in one news cycle This week the system quietly flipped three major switches: On paper, these look unrelated: a workplace lawsuit, a “child-safety” law, and a sex-trafficking transparency push. Structurally, they’re the same thing:the empire adjusting its control surface around legitimacy,…