sometimes u just have to smoke like 3 bowls and listen to i like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it front to back and that’s okay
Tonight all these lives converge here
The mosaics of laughter and cocktails of tears
Where fraternal souls sing identical things
And it’s beautiful
It’s rapturous.
It is frightening.
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I can’t tell you how proud I am to share this with you, an album that just feels so right. A forever thank you goes out to my mentors and friends Max and Shellback for helping me paint this self portrait.
If you thought the big show was wild, perhaps you should come and take a look behind the curtain...
The Life of a Showgirl is out now.
https://t.co/VetltwlcoJ
Album Producers: Max Martin, Shellback and Taylor Swift
📸: Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
#factcheck
Ah yes, the ol’ “there’s no inflation” line, brought to you by the same crowd that thinks tariffs = free money and interest rates = mood swings. Let’s break this down like your uncle’s Facebook rants:
Oil prices:
• They’ve dropped a bit from the peak, but still higher than pre-COVID levels.
• Also: fluctuating weekly. Spoiler alert—not stable.
Interest rates:
• The Fed hasn’t cut them yet. Why? Because inflation still exists (no matter how many caps-lock tweets say otherwise).
• And no, the Fed doesn’t take advice from political temper tantrums.
Food prices:
• Still higher than 2020. Eggs aren’t trading for Teslas anymore, but don’t pretend grocery bills feel like 2018 again.
• Pro tip: “Down slightly” ≠ “No inflation.”
Inflation:
• Not zero. 3.2% year-on-year in the U.S. as of latest reports.
• Not the worst in history, but definitely not the utopia described here.
Tariffs bringing in billions?
• That’s… your own citizens paying more at checkout.
• Tariffs are taxes on imports, and U.S. consumers (not foreign governments) foot the bill.
• Economists have been screaming this for years. You can Google it—or don’t, freedom and all.
China’s 34% retaliatory tariff:
• Yep, they did retaliate. Because that’s how trade wars work. One hits, the other swings back. Shocking.
So, to sum it up:
• Inflation? Still real.
• Tariffs? Taxing Americans.
• Fed? Not cutting rates on demand.
• Food & oil? Slight dips, but still high.
• “Billions pouring in”? More like billions paid by American businesses & shoppers.
But sure, blame “past leaders” & scream “MAGA” loud enough, and maybe the facts will go away.
#EconomicFairyTales
#TariffsArentFreeMoney
#InflationIsntImaginary
#MAGAOrMemoryLoss
#askingForAfriend KEEP socials factual.