Spreading Love Through Media, the Regrantor Way

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I just watched a recommended video on gratitude that was sponsored by the Greater Good Science Center and decided to look into it. Their ‘Spreading Love Through the Media’ project reads less like a public service and more like a soft attempt to redirect attention away from the material conditions people are living under. When institutions with elite backing promote ‘connection’ and ‘empathy’ as the antidote to a world shaped by inequality and conflict, it becomes hard not to read it as a subtle form of deflection—an invitation to feel better instead of look closer.

“Yeah, I can tell it from your mouth that you / You got the devil in your eyes, so I’m / Not gonna waste all of my time on ya”

Spreading Love Through Media, the Regrantor Way

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Tuna Casserole or Scrambled Eggs

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What’s your favorite thing to cook?

My tuna casserole consists of Rotini noodles, green beans, cream of mushroom soup, and, of course, tuna. Unfortunately, I don’t have the recipe written down. It’s more of a guideline: one can of each ingredient to one box of noodles, or something similar. As for scrambled eggs, the secret to achieving moist and fluffy eggs is to use milk. That’s the most cooking you’re getting to get out of me.

Resistance, Pre‑Packaged

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Sweater Girl is back with another lesson. This time she’s teaching Gene Sharp tactics. I really need to research her background. Yes, Trump leans into authoritarian theatrics, but the people amplifying these tactics aren’t fighting for socialism, and the funding streams behind them aren’t exactly grassroots. There’s an infrastructure here—front groups, donor networks, polished manuals—dressed up as spontaneous resistance. The aesthetics say “community,” but the playbook says something else entirely.

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