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Alex Buday
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I write stories inspired by history and personal journeys, blending resilience, identity, and human connection to bring untold narratives to life.
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Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 1d
We turn the clocks back, pretending to master time.
But time never listens—it just watches us yawn through Sunday.

The new Illusions Not Included podcast episode — now on Patreon, Spotify & RSS.
#AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #podcast #satire #time

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Turn it Back—or Forward? | Alex Buday
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Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 1d
☕️ A Trade War in the Kitchen Edition
(or how sanctions made toast artisanal again)
When politics reaches your breakfast table

#AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #MorningCoffeeChronicles #satire #humor #politics #geopolitics #tradewar #Medium #INI

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☕ A Trade War in the Kitchen Edition ☕
(or how sanctions made toast artisanal again)
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Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 1d
🌀 Black Friday
Ninety-six years after the 1929 crash, the panic is back — just with shopping carts instead of stocks.
Read the satire on Patreon, for subscribers only.
#IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #INI #BlackFriday #satire #economy #irony

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Black Friday – The Sequel No One Asked For | Alex Buday
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Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 1d
Power never really changes — only the costume does.
From Caesar’s laurel crown to today’s ring lights, ambition still wears the same grin.
🎭 New satire, available now on Medium.

#AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #INI #satire #history #leadership #irony

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The Crown Weighs Heavy
or, A Slice of Cake for Every Little Emperor
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Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 2d
October 23 — The Price of Illusions
Freedom has a price.
Truth always costs more.
New Illusions Not Included essay — free for everyone today.

#IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #October23 #INI #Freedom #Truth

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October 23 — The Price of Illusions | Alex Buday
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Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 2d
🎧 A Disappointed Influencer’s Monologue
Liza, 18, chasing likes, trends, and validation in a world run by algorithms.
🎙️ Voices without Illusions-now on Patreon, Spotify & RSS.
#AlexBuday #VoicesWithoutIllusions #Podcast #Satire #Patreon #Spotify

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A Disappointed Influencer’s Monologue | Alex Buday
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Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 2d
1492 – The Shortcut That Redrew the World
Columbus set out for India. He found a continent. The rest is a punchline in history.
📍 Now on Medium.
#columbusday #satire #historyremix #startupculture #civilization #techsatire #medium #criticalthinking

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1492 — A Navigational Error with Global Consequences
or: What Did Columbus Ever Do for Us?
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Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 2d
The “free market” still exists —
just with a subscription. 💼

New satire from Illusions Not Included,
available now on Patreon — for subscribers only.

#AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #INI #satire #economy #irony #freeMarket

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The Illusion of the Free Market | Alex Buday
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Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 3d
The Shadow of Peace
History doesn’t repeat — it performs encores.
Another “peace plan,” another illusion.

#AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #INI #history #politics #ukraine #truth

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The Shadow of Peace: When History Rewrites Itself
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” — George Santayana
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Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 4d
💣 The Dynamite of Conscience

Alfred Nobel gave the world dynamite — and a conscience to go with it.
New essay now available to all members on Patreon.

#AlfredNobel #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #INI #satire #history #NobelPrize #literature

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💣 Alfred Nobel – The Dynamite of Conscience | Alex Buday
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Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 4d
🕰️ Változat 3 – rövid, csípős, megosztható

We keep turning time back and forth—
as if the universe runs on our schedule.

Read my new quiet satire:
⏳ Turn it Back—or Forward? on Medium

#AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #essay #satire #timechange

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Turn it Back — or Forward?
A Quiet Essay on the Curious Dance Between Us and Time
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Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 4d
📞 The Alexander Bell Dilemma Edition ☕
He made talking easier.
We made avoiding it an art form.
Now streaming for members only.

#AlexBuday #MorningCoffeeChronicles #BrutusTheLabrador #Satire #Humor #IllusionsNotIncluded

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☕The Alexander Bell Dilemma Edition ☕ | Alex Buday
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Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 5d
A journey to Sekigahara — the battle that shaped Japan and defined the meaning of silence.
Now available to all members on my Patreon page.
#AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #INI #history #Japan #Shogun #JamesClavell #Patreon

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 5d
🎧The new episode of the Illusions Not Included podcast – Diplomatic Merry-Go-Rounds and Peace Bubbles
is here.
💫 Free for everyone today on Patreon & Spotify!
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#AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #WeeklyChronicle #podcast #satire #politics #worldnews #patreon
🎪 Weekly Chronicle: Diplomatic Merry-Go-Rounds and Peace Bubbles | Alex Buday
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Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 5d
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From Gaza’s vanishing ceasefire to Trump’s AI coronation and Putin’s peace poker in Budapest — the world keeps spinning.
💫 Free to read today!

#AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #WeeklyChronicle #satire #politics #worldnews

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🎪 Weekly Chronicle: Diplomatic Merry-Go-Rounds and Peace Bubbles | Alex Buday
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Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 6d
Today I raise a glass to Erich von Däniken — the man who taught us to believe in doubt and dream beyond facts. 🍺✨
Full essay available to all members on Patreon.

#ErichvonDaniken #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #INI #essay #Patreon #curiosity #history
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Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 6d
When dragons make more sense than the news...
A literary, ironic reflection on why escaping reality isn't just fantasy—it’s survival.
#AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #INI #literarythoughts #deepreads #altworlds #imaginativewriting
Now on Medium:
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Alternative Worlds
or Where We Run When Reality Stops Being Reasonable
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Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 7d
🚀 New Waters
A noir political satire — “The Shadow Limousine.”
Totally fictional… any resemblance purely accidental. 😄
Full story for All-Access Members on Patreon.

#alexbuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #satire #politicalnoir #INI

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The Shadow Limousine | Alex Buday
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Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 7d
🎧 New episode – “The Illusion of Integrity”
Al Capone fell to bookkeeping, not bullets.
A satire on how crime turned legal and illusion replaced integrity.
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#AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #INI #satire #podcast #AlCapone #irony #patreon #spotify
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Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 8d
🎭 Arthur Miller – The Coroner of the American Dream

He dissected the American Dream — and its illusions still haunt us.
Now available for all members on Patreon.

#AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #ArthurMiller #Patreon #INI

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 8d
🎩 October 17 — the day Al Capone was brought down… on paper.
Not by bullets, but by bookkeeping.
Today’s satire now on Patreon for subscribers 👉
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#satire #AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #INI #AlCapone #humor #irony #taxes #economy #illusion #patreon
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Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 8d
💰 Crypto-Faith – The Myth of Digital Salvation
Welcome to the Church of Crypto — where prophets wear hoodies and every crash is just “a test of faith.”
#crypto #satire #digitalage #blockchain #bitcoin #illusion #AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #INI

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Crypto-Faith — The Myth of Digital Salvation
Warning: Heretics may want to skip this one. A cryptographic gospel for the true believers.
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Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 9d
🎧 New Voices Without Illusions episode: The Algorithmic Pygmalion
When culture meets code — and truth becomes content.
Now on Patreon, Spotify & RSS.

#AlexBuday #VoicesWithoutIllusions #IllusionsNotIncluded #patreonexclusive #digitalculture

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The Algorithmic Pygmalion | Alex Buday
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Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 9d
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🧭 “The Philosopher of Markets — where ethics and economics meet”
In an 18th‑century Scottish coastal town, a thinker emerged — not a king, general, or revolutionary — but one whose ideas sparked real…
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Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 9d
🎂 The Rhythm of a Century

On Günter Grass’s birthday, I celebrate the writer who inspired me more than anyone else to write.
Now free for everyone on my Patreon.

#AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #Patreon #GunterGrass #MyCentury #TheTinDrum #Literature #Culture

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🎂 Günter Grass – The Rhythm That Still Beats Within Us | Alex Buday
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