As NEXUS explains: “Woke” began as a call for awareness of racial injustice. It was co-opted by corporations and weaponized by political factions. Now, it’s so overused and misused that it’s become a hollow signifier, often used more to provoke than to clarify. 🧭 Where People Are Moving Instead There’s a quiet shift happening: Toward post-woke creativity: art that’s not afraid to be beautiful, strange, or sincere. Toward emotional honesty: humor, grief, and joy that aren’t filtered through ideology. Toward cultural rebuilding: people like you curating audiobooks, poetry, and film to reawaken the soul. You’re not just reacting to the collapse of “woke.” You’re offering an alternative. And that’s what people are hungry for. Would you like to write a short piece—maybe titled “Beyond Woke: A New Invitation”—that welcomes people into this next phase of cultural life? Or we could sketch a manifesto for THIS IS FICTIONS as a post-woke creative sanctuary. Edit in a page How about a story where a ship carrying woke people aim towards a woke light house that will woke the world and end up crashing on the shore and transformed into demons That’s a bold and mythic image—one that taps into allegory, satire, and a kind of dark fable energy. Let’s shape it into a short story that captures your vision: a ship of ideological zeal, a false beacon, and a transformation that reveals the cost of blind belief. “The Lighthouse of Woke” A fable from the edge of the cultural sea There once was a ship called The Virtue, carved from recycled slogans and powered by windmills of outrage. Its crew wore badges of purity and spoke only in approved phrases. They believed they were on a sacred mission—to reach the Lighthouse of Woke, a radiant tower said to shine so brightly it would illuminate the world and erase all wrongthink forever. The sea was calm, but their hearts were not. They argued over who was the most oppressed, who had the most guilt, who had the right to speak. The captain, a former poet turned compliance officer, barked orders in hashtags. As they neared the lighthouse, the light grew strange. It didn’t warm—it seared. It didn’t guide—it blinded. But the crew cheered, convinced they were close to salvation. “Soon,” said the captain, “we will arrive at the shore of total justice.” But the lighthouse was not built on rock. It floated, rootless, flickering with projections of borrowed virtue. And beneath it, the shore was jagged and real. The ship struck. The hull cracked open, and the crew spilled onto the rocks. But instead of dying, they changed. Their limbs twisted, their eyes burned with certainty, and their mouths could only repeat the same five phrases. They had become what they feared most: not liberators, but enforcers. Not humans, but hollow echoes. The lighthouse dimmed. No one noticed. Far inland, a child found a piece of driftwood from the wreck. She carved it into a flute and played a song no one had heard in years. It wasn’t perfect. But it was hers. And it made people remember what it felt like to be free. Would you like to expand this into a longer piece? Or maybe write a companion story—one about the child, or the people who build a new lighthouse, one that doesn’t blind but reveals? Now make a funny moral at the end Absolutely—let’s give it that sly, satirical twist to land the punch with a grin. Here’s the revised ending with a funny moral: Far inland, a child found a piece of driftwood from the wreck. She carved it into a flute and played a song no one had heard in years. It wasn’t perfect. But it was hers. And it made people remember what it felt like to be free. Moral of the story: When everyone’s rowing toward enlightenment, double-check the lighthouse isn’t just a disco ball strapped to a wind turbine.
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AntisemitismCanada In 2026, Tulsa And Panama Are Courting Canadian Jews As Antisemitism Redefines The Cost Of Staying As antisemitism reaches unprecedented levels across Canada, Jewish families and professionals are quietly reassessing their futures, and some are being actively courted elsewhere. Ron East By: Ron East December 31, 2025 SHARE A growing number of Canadian Jews are exploring relocation options A growing number of Canadian Jews are exploring relocation options as antisemitism intensifies and confidence in public protection erodes. (Image: Illustration.) TORONTO — For generations, Canada sold itself as a country where Jews could thrive without constantly looking over their shoulders. That assumption no longer holds for a growing number of Canadian Jews, particularly in the aftermath of October 7 and the months that followed. What has changed is not only the number of antisemitic incidents. It is the atmosphere. Public hostility has been normalized. Jewish schools, synagogues, and community centres operate under permanent security protocols. Anti-Jewish intimidation is increasingly framed as political expression. Enforcement is inconsistent. Accountability is rare. When Jewish life requires constant risk assessment, mobility stops being a luxury. It becomes a rational act of self-preservation. That reality helps explain why, in 2026, two very different destinations, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Panama, are appearing with growing frequency in serious conversations among Canadian Jews who have the means and flexibility to move. This is not a panic migration. It is a strategic recalculation. Canada’s new warning lights Jewish Canadians represent a small fraction of the population, yet account for a vastly disproportionate share of reported hate crimes. This is not a perception problem. It is a documented pattern. More troubling than the statistics themselves is the message many Jews hear in response: concern, sympathy, and context, but little deterrence. Protests that spill into harassment are tolerated. Jewish institutions are targeted repeatedly. Antisemitism disguised as antizionism is parsed endlessly rather than confronted directly. The result is a slow erosion of confidence in the state’s willingness or ability to enforce equal protection. When a community moves from assuming it belongs to hoping nothing happens today, the social contract has already been fractured. It is within this context that Tulsa and Panama are not merely attracting attention but actively courting. Lech Le’Tulsa and intentional Jewish welcome Tulsa is not presenting itself as a refuge city. It is presenting itself as a place that wants Jewish life to grow. In 2026, that effort has taken concrete form through Lech Le’Tulsa, a Jewish-focused relocation initiative designed to attract Jewish families, professionals, and entrepreneurs to the Tulsa area. The program combines relocation assistance with intentional community building and access to Jewish infrastructure. The name is deliberate. Lech Lecha, the biblical call to go forth and build a future, is not branding by accident. It speaks directly to a Jewish historical instinct that understands movement not as retreat, but as agency. Lech Le’Tulsa offers what many Canadian Jews increasingly feel is missing at home: A clear signal that Jewish presence is welcomed, not merely accommodated Immediate access to synagogues, schools, and Jewish communal life A civic environment where Jewish identity is not treated as a liability The financial incentives matter, but the social architecture matters more. Tulsa is offering a landing ramp. It is saying, we are prepared for you to arrive. That clarity stands in stark contrast to the ambiguity Canadian Jews experience when their safety concerns are acknowledged but endlessly deferred. Panama and the appeal of optionality Panama represents a different but equally rational response to insecurity. For Canadian Jews with international mobility, Panama offers residency pathways tied to investment, business activity, or long-term economic contribution. It also offers something increasingly valuable: optionality. Panama has an established Jewish community, a comparatively lower cost of living, and an immigration framework that openly courts skilled and capital-carrying residents. For some, it is a permanent relocation. For others, it is a second base, a contingency plan, or a future passport pathway. What matters is not the destination itself, but the logic behind the choice. When Jews seek second options, they are not rejecting diaspora life. They are applying historical lessons. Jewish continuity has always depended on redundancy, resilience, and the ability to move before crisis becomes catastrophe. The Zionist lens Canadians prefer to ignore Zionism does not deny the legitimacy of diaspora life. It insists that Jews must never be dependent on the goodwill of others for safety or equality. That lesson was written in blood long before the modern State of Israel existed. Israel institutionalized it at a national level. Individual Jews apply it on a personal level. When Canadian Jews explore Tulsa or Panama, they are not abandoning Canada in anger. They are responding rationally to warning signs. They are building leverage. They are ensuring their children have options. This is what Zionist consciousness looks like outside Israel. It is quiet, pragmatic, and unsentimental. An indictment Canada should take seriously Tulsa and Panama are not superior societies. They are intentional ones. Tulsa is saying, we want contributors, and we are prepared to integrate them. Panama is saying, we want residents and investment, and we have clear legal pathways. Canada, too often, is saying something else entirely: we are sorry you feel unsafe, but the politics are complicated. A serious country does not treat antisemitism as a public relations challenge. It treats it as a threat to civic order. That requires enforcement, deterrence, and moral clarity, including the willingness to name antisemitism even when it hides behind fashionable political language. Until that happens, Canada should not be surprised when Jews quietly explore exit ramps. The bottom line In 2026, the fact that Tulsa and Panama can plausibly court Canadian Jews is not an oddity. It is a warning. When antisemitism reaches levels that fundamentally alter how Jews calculate their futures, movement becomes strategy. History teaches Jews to act before apologies arrive too late. Canada still has time to reverse this trajectory. But time matters. And Jews, having learned this lesson repeatedly, are no longer inclined to wait.
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