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    "text": "Today I lean heavily on the concept of reflective beliefs, which has lived rent-free in my head since @himself.bsky.social wrote his own piece on contemporary media. I situate it in various points in American history to understand the media systems of the eras www.liberalcurrents.com/why-we-need-...",
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