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Episode 153: Times Wars, Episode IX: The Normies Strike Back Blocked and Reported

    • Society & Culture

During the spring of 2023, I was celebrating a Blocked & Reported meetup in California and found myself within the queer seaport of El Segundo. Deep in thought regarding the reaction to Times letter on J.K. Rowling and how, for once, the journalists appeared to be triumphing over the activists, my thoughts were interrupted by a strange voice.
“Hello”, one of the locals said. It appeared bizarre, as if he went outside and bathed regularly. “How do you do?” asked another, and I turned to see they had me surrounded. Unnerved by these strange normies, I began to flee for my life, but fell flat on my face. “Estás bien?” one called out in a strange, eldritch tongue as I sprinted to my car, only to realize to my horror that my keys were gone.
I turned to see the normie advancing, my keys in hand. Within a window, I spotted a tome with the word “recetas” and realized the horrifying truth — this town was occupied by Great Reset cultists! No doubt they attempted to ambush me and inject me with their foul mRNA vaccines. I pushed over another normie as I fled on foot, sweat and blood dripping down my face. In an attempt to flee my pursuers, I made three left turns in a row, only to find myself face to face with the same townsfolk — how had they found me so quickly? Now surrounded by a crowd of normies staring at me, I jumped into the sea and began to swim away.
This is a warning to the rest of humanity: pay heed to the good Doctor Peterson’s warnings, or the same fate may befall us all.
Updates and Errata
Katie amplifying Asyakhamsin’s post
https://twitter.com/kittypurrzog/status/1628480063502000128?s=20
Sam Brinton’s appearance in court
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/nonbinary-former-nuclear-official-in-court-for-theft-charges

What’s Making Teen Girls So Unhappy?
Ross Douthat: American Teens Are Really Miserable. Why?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/18/opinion/depression-teen-social.html

15-Minute Cities: Walkable Neighborhoods or Fascism?
Oxford’s experiment with low-traffic neighborhoods
https://oxfordshireguardian.co.uk/oxford-15-minute-city-low-traffic-neighbourhood-ltn/

Vision News: Oxfordshire County Council Pass Climate Lockdown 'trial' to Begin in 2024
https://archive.md/PTxp7#selection-467.0-467.73

The WEF on the Great Reset
https://www.weforum.org/great-reset/

Jordan Peterson weighs in on 15-minute cities
https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/1609255646993457153

Keith Olbermann’s response, astute as ever
https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/1609369456785899520

Nigel Farage compares them to climate lockdowns
https://twitter.com/Nigel_Farage/status/1600161018721685509

Katie Hopkins on TikTok, speaking on 15-minute cities
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/Katie-Hopkins-Official-15-minute-cities?lang=en

The right’s response to Greta Thunberg “destroys the dystopian reality of 15-min cities”
https://twitter.com/hugh_mankind/status/1627071168921604099?s=20

Back To The Times
Vanity Fair on the drama between the Times and the staff union
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/02/new-york-times-journalists-letter-guild

“Ex-NYT Staffer Describes ‘Crying’ and ‘Bloodthirsty’ Colleagues Seeking Vengeance for Cotton Op-Ed”
https://www.mediaite.com/print/i-was-so-f****g-freaked-out-ex-nyt-staffer-describes-crying-and-bloodthirsty-colleagues-seeking-vengeance-for-cotton-op-ed/

Jesse on the latest developments in The Times Wars
https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/you-should-think-through-the-positions

Jesse asks Mirkinson for an example, to no avail
https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1628522054399184897


This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

During the spring of 2023, I was celebrating a Blocked & Reported meetup in California and found myself within the queer seaport of El Segundo. Deep in thought regarding the reaction to Times letter on J.K. Rowling and how, for once, the journalists appeared to be triumphing over the activists, my thoughts were interrupted by a strange voice.
“Hello”, one of the locals said. It appeared bizarre, as if he went outside and bathed regularly. “How do you do?” asked another, and I turned to see they had me surrounded. Unnerved by these strange normies, I began to flee for my life, but fell flat on my face. “Estás bien?” one called out in a strange, eldritch tongue as I sprinted to my car, only to realize to my horror that my keys were gone.
I turned to see the normie advancing, my keys in hand. Within a window, I spotted a tome with the word “recetas” and realized the horrifying truth — this town was occupied by Great Reset cultists! No doubt they attempted to ambush me and inject me with their foul mRNA vaccines. I pushed over another normie as I fled on foot, sweat and blood dripping down my face. In an attempt to flee my pursuers, I made three left turns in a row, only to find myself face to face with the same townsfolk — how had they found me so quickly? Now surrounded by a crowd of normies staring at me, I jumped into the sea and began to swim away.
This is a warning to the rest of humanity: pay heed to the good Doctor Peterson’s warnings, or the same fate may befall us all.
Updates and Errata
Katie amplifying Asyakhamsin’s post
https://twitter.com/kittypurrzog/status/1628480063502000128?s=20
Sam Brinton’s appearance in court
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/nonbinary-former-nuclear-official-in-court-for-theft-charges

What’s Making Teen Girls So Unhappy?
Ross Douthat: American Teens Are Really Miserable. Why?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/18/opinion/depression-teen-social.html

15-Minute Cities: Walkable Neighborhoods or Fascism?
Oxford’s experiment with low-traffic neighborhoods
https://oxfordshireguardian.co.uk/oxford-15-minute-city-low-traffic-neighbourhood-ltn/

Vision News: Oxfordshire County Council Pass Climate Lockdown 'trial' to Begin in 2024
https://archive.md/PTxp7#selection-467.0-467.73

The WEF on the Great Reset
https://www.weforum.org/great-reset/

Jordan Peterson weighs in on 15-minute cities
https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/1609255646993457153

Keith Olbermann’s response, astute as ever
https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/1609369456785899520

Nigel Farage compares them to climate lockdowns
https://twitter.com/Nigel_Farage/status/1600161018721685509

Katie Hopkins on TikTok, speaking on 15-minute cities
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/Katie-Hopkins-Official-15-minute-cities?lang=en

The right’s response to Greta Thunberg “destroys the dystopian reality of 15-min cities”
https://twitter.com/hugh_mankind/status/1627071168921604099?s=20

Back To The Times
Vanity Fair on the drama between the Times and the staff union
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/02/new-york-times-journalists-letter-guild

“Ex-NYT Staffer Describes ‘Crying’ and ‘Bloodthirsty’ Colleagues Seeking Vengeance for Cotton Op-Ed”
https://www.mediaite.com/print/i-was-so-f****g-freaked-out-ex-nyt-staffer-describes-crying-and-bloodthirsty-colleagues-seeking-vengeance-for-cotton-op-ed/

Jesse on the latest developments in The Times Wars
https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/you-should-think-through-the-positions

Jesse asks Mirkinson for an example, to no avail
https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1628522054399184897


This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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