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TMI 06/06/2025 – Preserving Worlds of Game Culture, Pride Flag and Celebration Bans Fought Nationwide, How Anger Must Be Kept in the Fight For Us All, more

Capitalism isn’t known for preserving culture, even that culture which was born from its offerings. This inspired Derek Murphy and Mitchell Zemil to create “Preserving Worlds” with Means TV, as both digital archaeology and cultural preservation, documenting not just the technical aspects of online virtual worlds built around games but the human communities and cultures that flourished within them. We discuss the series with them – listen in!

Next, we discover that from Florida Pride celebrants defying Governor DeSantis’ anti-LGBT laws to place in Montana, Utah and Idaho finding ways to re-legalize Pride Flags for their communities, there is a nationwide backlash against the attempt top erase the LGBTQ+ community. Finally, we take heed to Jessica Wildfire’s piece at The Sentinel Intelligence, where she warns of the danger of allowing only the elites to have anger in their arsenal. All this and more on TMI for Friday, May 23, 2025 – listen in for YOUR Cure for the Common Media!