What I saw on the web on 2025.7.11

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1. We're Never Going to Feel Normal Again
   by Jessica Wildfire
   https://www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/were-never-going-to-feel-normal-again-5b5
   i mean, Jim Dinning warned us about this decades ago
   via rss
   
   
2. They’re trying to remake you. Don’t let them
   by Anand Giridharadas
   https://the.ink/p/coffee-theyre-trying-to-remake-you
   i think he ascribes them too much intentionality, but this will be the outcome of their project if not actively resisted, yes
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3. Flurry Of Emotions!!! "Beds Are Burning" And Is This The Most Pressed Voice I've Analyzed?
   by Elizabeth Zharoff
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqVCZu-nN5U
   i'd honestly not previously thought about Peter Garrett's vocal tone that much. it is weird, isn't it?
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4. The Ones Who Love Us
   by Hank Green
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6xgKK_2na4
   hard same, Hank, hard same
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5. Frodo Laid a Geas (and other invisible magic)
   by mikkeneko et al
   https://www.tumblr.com/mikkeneko/741889564546908160/frodo-laid-a-geas-and-other-invisible-magic
   an excellent analysis. i'd figured out parts of this before, but not all of it
   via discord