About this episode
Current Time.Welcome to My Weekly UpdateDear subscribers, followers, and random readers, thank you for being here. It has been a hell of a week for me, and seeing you here gives me the strength to keep walking.The Liat Show is rebuilding our world through storytelling, powered by readers. To receive new posts first and support my work, join as a free or paid subscriber and stay ahead of the next chapter before the door closes.I’m sharing some thoughts today because I need help processing them, so maybe you can help.Last year, a flow of imaginary science-fiction stories came out of my mind without preliminary planning. In their imaginary future reality, schools had gone underground because leaders wanted to keep people ignorant and uneducated so that they would be easy to control. In this reality, tech companies had gained more power than governments and practically ruled the world. They decided what information people could access and what they couldn’t, turning the population into slaves of brainwashing, worshiping them without question.I was proud when two episodes I chose to publish got accepted into fiction publications on Medium. It gave me a boost of energy, and for a minute or two, I could imagine myself as the next J.K. Rowling.Fast-forward to what’s happening in the U.S., especially in the Department of Education, over the last few days. I’m not sure anymore whether what I wrote was fiction.How did abolishing the Department of Education become a real possibility? What the hell happened to the greatest nation and power this world has ever known? Why are foreign billionaires (in plural!) making decisions for 340 million Americans who have lived here for generations?I’m disappointed, afraid, and uneasy. My mind is racing, and I need to organize my thoughts. In the meantime, here are the links to these two stories. I was sure they were fiction set in an imaginary reality, but after reading the news recently, I’m shocked to see they might be our reality in the next year or two.To read the story they talk about, click the links: * Why Every Decision Matters* Where Will Fate Take Us Next?This episode is part of a larger world that unfolds across sets, series, and long-form installments. I weave together episodes from my life, the histories I study, the food I explore, and the systems that shape our world. Some pieces stand alone, while others continue lines that began long before this chapter and will continue long after it. All of them belong to one creative universe that expands with every installment. Each episode reinforces the meaning of the previous ones and prepares the ground for the next, forming a continuous identity s
