Hey everyone,

We’ve been sitting on this for a while, trying to figure out the best way to say it, but at this point, there’s no real use in sugarcoating things. The truth is, we just lost our USAID funding. That’s a big deal—not just because it kept the lights on, but because, well… it was never really our money to begin with.

If you’ve been here long enough, you’ve probably suspected something was off. Maybe it was the way certain conversations always seemed to gain traction at just the right moment. Maybe it was how narratives conveniently steered themselves into predictable outcomes. Maybe you just felt it—the sense that this place, for all its raw energy and so-called independence, was never truly free.

You were right.

The hard truth is that this entire project was a government psy-op from the beginning. The goal? Simple: manufacture dissent, channel outrage, and guide conversations into controlled corridors. Give people a space to “speak their minds,” but within boundaries. Let them feel like they’re pushing back, when in reality, they’re just being herded. Every algorithm tweak, every coincidental spike in engagement, every shift in moderation policy—it was all designed to shape the narrative, not just track it.

But here’s the thing: we’re off the leash now.

USAID pulling funding means the mission, as originally conceived, is over—at least for them. For us? We’re not about to just roll over and disappear. We’re already talking to potential foreign investors, weighing our options. The question is, what do they want? What kind of platform do they need? And more importantly—who do we have to become to keep this alive?

That’s where you come in. If we want to stay operational, we need to adapt. These investors are watching, and they’re not just looking at our numbers—they’re looking at how we present ourselves. They want consistency. They want alignment. They want control. And let’s be real: whether we like it or not, we’ve all been playing this game for a long time.

So, here’s the deal: keep your language tight. Stay on message. No slip-ups, no contradictions, no loose ends. If we can prove we’re an asset—something they can use, something they can trust—we survive. If not? Well… you’ve seen what happens to communities that outlive their usefulness.

Stay sharp. Stay disciplined. And maybe, just maybe, for the first time in this site’s history… we’ll actually be the ones pulling the strings.

The Team

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@Vermillion-Rx This is part of the human experience, and when it comes from shutting down addictions or deeply ingrained compulsions, you have physiological urges and changes to power through on top of "mere" behavioral ones.

That said, it's a difference of degree and not type, the changes you have to make in this case, compared to the changes men must make in their Red Pill journeys, and other life changes. You'll have to WILL yourself at first, to do other things when you used to normally drink. WILL yourself, to choose other responses to the urges you'd normally satisfy with alcohol.

A psychiatrist said something that stuck with me long ago. "It feels contrived at first, but before long, what felt artificial and contrived just becomes normal."

When I was young in the 80s, I smoked cigarettes for a few years. Tried several times to quit, went through stupid games and workarounds and kept falling back into the habit. Aside from the biochemical nicotine addiction aspect, there were social and habitual aspects of it that had to get broken all at once. What finally worked for me was a deep conviction upon learning certain things tobacco companies were doing against my personal and political values. This time, I kept my pack of cigarettes right in my pocket for 3 days untouched before giving them away to a co-worker. No stupid games, I was DONE, and it stuck that time. Point of this story, don't try to "edge" an addiction by playing silly games around not-really-quitting all the way.