Written by Shelly Moore ©️ 2025

⏰ Once upon a time, I thought the word “conspiracy” was reserved for secret government basements, cartoon villains stroking hairless cats, and that weird uncle who hoarded canned soup for Y2K.

Then I grew up, read a few declassified documents, and realized: maybe Uncle Soup Hoarder wasn’t entirely wrong — just a few decades early.

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I’m not here to slap a tinfoil hat on your head (though I do love me a good chunk of shungite).

I’m here to remind you — gently, lovingly, with a wink — that sometimes the stuff we label “crazy” just needs 20 years, a government leak, and a Netflix docu-series to become… well, history class.

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🗝️ Exhibit A: Things We Were Gaslit About (But Oops, Turns Out True).

• MKUltra: Nah, the CIA wouldn’t secretly dose citizens with LSD to test mind control… right? (Spoiler: They did.)

• Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment: Surely public health would never deceive vulnerable people for 40 years. (Spoiler: They did.)

• Gulf of Tonkin Incident: A naval attack that led to the Vietnam War? (Spoiler: Fabricated. Oops.)

• Operation Mockingbird: The media would never be infiltrated to shape narratives. (Spoiler: …Say hi to your favorite news anchors.)

And these are just the appetizer course.

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🧩 So, Should We Live in Paranoia?

Nope.

👽 I’m not saying aliens run your local grocery store (though I’m also not-not saying it).

✅ I’m saying that healthy skepticism is not insanity — it’s a survival tool.

Questioning the narrative doesn’t mean you’re anti-everything.

It means you’re awake enough to know we’ve been lulled to sleep before.

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🔍 My Two Cents (And a Few Receipts).

I don’t lose sleep whispering to my ceiling about secret bunkers (okay, maybe sometimes).

I do keep my mind nimble: willing to read, listen, and admit when reality out-weirds fiction.

And here’s the cosmic joke:

Most “conspiracy theories” aren’t even theories — they’re loose threads dangling from the edges of history books, waiting for some weirdo (hi, that’s me) to tug them loose.

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⚡️ Stay Curious, Stay Kind, Stay Light.

Next time someone smirks at your big questions, smile sweetly and say,

“Hey, I’m not a conspiracy theorist. I’m just early to history class.”

Then go water your plants, eat your avocado toast, and keep your mind wide open — but not so wide your critical thinking dribbles out the corners of your mouth.

After all:

Yesterday’s nonsense is today’s “I can’t believe they lied to us.”

Until next time:

Stay weird.

Stay wise.

Stay ready for the spoilers. ✌🏻🌎🛸👽🧬📜✨

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