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June 2022 Media Diet

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June 2022 Media Diet

Molly Beane
Jun 30, 2022
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June 2022 Media Diet

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Whew. This was a month. 🥵

It was PRIDE month 🏳️‍🌈, a rogue Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, inflation soared and we learned that the U.S. will likely sink into recession, Cassidy Hutchinson dropped bombshells in her Jan 6 testimony, my mom came to DC for a visit, and I celebrated my 37th birthday.

@heymollybChapter 37. Scene 1. #birthdayvlog
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I’m new to TikTok so for the month of June, I challenged myself to post at least one TikTok video per day. My account grew from 77 to 333 followers this month as a result. I could grow faster if I posted 4-5x per day but sustainability & consistency are key. (If you’re on TikTok, please follow me!)

Tunes

House music is back bay-bee!

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Ash Sarkar @AyoCaesar
Turns out the vibe shift was inflation and the return of house music.
6:55 PM ∙ Jun 21, 2022
541Likes19Retweets
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Puja Patel @senari
Beyoncé saw that it was the summer of late-millennial burnout, the labor movement, ‘90s revival, and queer pride and was like, “Yeah, I can make a song about that”
2:48 AM ∙ Jun 21, 2022
28,310Likes3,868Retweets

Here’s a bonus playlist

On My Radar

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Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek
Imagine spending your twilight years sitting in your "cottage" that has accrued something like 15x in value since purchasing it, putting all of your energy into preventing your grandchildren (and everyone else) from being able to have housing nearby.
nytimes.comTwilight of the NIMBYSuburban homeowners like Susan Kirsch are often blamed for worsening the nation’s housing crisis. That doesn’t mean she’s giving up her two-decade fight against 20 condos.
2:29 PM ∙ Jun 5, 2022
1,554Likes105Retweets

“In this way you must understand how laughable it is to say, ‘Tell me what to do!’ What advice could I possibly give? No, a far better request is, ‘Train my mind to adapt to any circumstance’…In this way, if circumstances take you off script…you won’t be desperate for a new prompting.” — Epictitus, Discourses

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.

Don’t go back to sleep.

You must ask for what you really want.

Don’t go back to sleep.

People are going back and forth across the doorsill

where the two worlds touch.

The door is round and open.

Don’t go back to sleep.

— RUMI

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Katie Greifeld @kgreifeld
every stock in the S&P 500 is red right now
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2:44 PM ∙ Jun 13, 2022
19,785Likes4,355Retweets

“In the middle of the journey of our life

I found myself within a dark woods

Where the straight way was lost.”

— Dante

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Erika K Wilson @Erika_K_Wilson
This is unsustainable. Does anyone care how people are living? Struggling? And most of these places resist affordable housing developments, have sizable populations of color, and do not pay a living wage.
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1:24 PM ∙ Jun 11, 2022
18,178Likes4,934Retweets
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trash jones @jzux
no offense but i literally could not care less that kim kardashian messed up marilyn monroe’s dress. i will never afford a home
11:59 AM ∙ Jun 14, 2022
583,469Likes59,064Retweets
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Sheila Mikailli @SheilaMikailli
2022: so much house music, so few homes
2:01 AM ∙ Jun 22, 2022
48,810Likes8,032Retweets
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chase @_chase_____
whoever named the nervous system did a great job
4:04 PM ∙ Jun 19, 2022
283,638Likes22,053Retweets
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hᎥᏢᏢᎥᎬ ᏟᎪhᎥᎬᏒ™🌻 @hippiecahier
I've decided I should be on the pardon list if that's still in the works.
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2:37 AM ∙ Jun 17, 2022
54,925Likes5,767Retweets
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Molly Beane @HeyMollyB
Important thread 🧵 The GOP knows their policies are unpopular but are pursuing them with full teeth anyway. Why are they acting as if they’re no longer bound by democratic contraints? Because they’re not planning for America to stay a democracy. https://t.co/EnOCNvgzeB
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Rick Petree @RickPetree
They are acting, instead, like a party freed of the natural constraints imposed, in a democratic system, by the need to reconcile conflicting points of view. They are acting like they're not in that system any more. Because they are not.
5:52 PM ∙ Jun 26, 2022
16Likes5Retweets

What I’m Watching

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Brendan Hodges @metaplexmovies
bill hader turned #Barry from a dark but funny series about a hitman-actor into one of the most viscerally tense and emotionally punishing shows on tv
5:02 AM ∙ Jun 13, 2022
1,450Likes147Retweets
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~ @haderfilm
Bill Hader after dropping the darkest episode in recent television history
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3:10 AM ∙ Jun 13, 2022
18,828Likes1,732Retweets

What I’m Reading

  • Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow by Elizabeth Lesser (re-read)

  • The Art of War by Sun Tzu

  • The Power of Your Subconscious Mind: Unlock Your Master Keys to Success by Joseph Murphy

  • The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene (re-read)

Videos I Published

I published four original YouTube videos this month.

P.S. If you’re not already subscribed to my channel, please do so!

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