Reuben Salsa

The Algorithm Doesn’t Give a Shit About You (And It Never Will) And just like that… Henry used to be an angry writer. Full of spite and hate. Cussing and vexing. So much energy. It was fun but never sustainable. Or was it? Maybe it’s the only honest way to write anymore. Because, let’s be real — what the fuck had positivity gotten him? A handful of polite readers and a slow, painful descent into obscurity. Every few months he’d throw a wobbly. A person would unsubscribe. The numbers flattened out.

Member-only story The Algorithm Will See You Now Reuben Salsa · Follow Published in The Bad Influence · 2 min read · -- White Noise It was hitting me from all sides. The drilling from the neighbor. The whirling, whizzing, skullfuckery of it all. My phone, my laptop, my tablet, my smart toaster all vibrated in a violent symphony of notifications. New trends. New discourse. New manufactured outrage. If I so much as glanced at my device, it screamed: “HAVE A FUCKING OPINION.

Member-only story War, Lies, and Handshakes: The Secret Script of Global Leaders Reuben Salsa · Follow Published in The Judean People’s Front · 4 min read · -- “Don’t forget your lines, Ronald.” Kayfabe is a term used in professional wrestling to describe the illusion that wrestling events are real. It’s a tacit agreement between wrestlers and fans to pretend that rivalries, stories, and characters are genuine.