Franklin predicted America's population would explode. He was wrong about the birthrates. Wrong about infant mortality. Wrong about hard work guaranteeing success. But he told a story so good we believed it for 250 years. The myth outlived the math. #BenjaminFranklin #Demography #AmericanMyth

A colossal eagle-like cryptid, the Thunderbird, soars through the clouds wearing an orange “Cryptozoology Field Guide” T-shirt from Monster & Myth. Its wings stretch wide under a glowing sky, symbolizing ancient power and myth reborn through modern design.

Wings like thunder. Eyes like stormlight.
The Thunderbird soars again — part legend, part lightning, all power.

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#Thunderbird #cryptid #monsterandmyth #cryptozoology #folklore #mythandmonster #urbanlegend #Americanmyth

THINKING OUT LOUD: That Uneasy Feeling That Americans Have Right Now

Video: youtu.be/aPeQM4Wmyjs

#AmericanDisillusionment #MAGA #PoliticalShift #AmericanMyth #DemocracyCrisis #NationalIdentity #CivicAwakening #InstitutionalTrust #CulturalShift #PostTruthEra

Over the Rainbow Systems How an American fairy tale diagnosed governance collapse a century early

The Wizard of Oz isn’t nostalgia. It’s infrastructure.
A story about systems that lose capacity, keep legitimacy, and survive through ritual.

We watch the fraud revealed every year—and nothing changes.

uortego.substack.com/p/over-the-r...

#AmericanMyth #PoliticalAllegory #PoliticalEconomy

How To Hide An Empire: A History Of The Greater United States : Daniel Immerwahr : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive We are familiar with maps that outline all fifty states. And we are also familiar with the idea that the United States is an empire, exercising power...

Reading this for class and feel compelled to share widely since most of us never had access to real information about the formation of the U.S. archive.org/details/how-... #booksky #politics #americanmyth

A stark white background is dominated by a large, roughly painted star shape formed from deep navy blue pigment. The blue area is filled with scattered white stars, echoing the pattern of the American flag, but rendered unevenly, as if scraped or splashed into place. Across the center of the star, the number “1807” appears in distressed, partially eroded white lettering, its edges rough and fragmented, as though worn by time or violence. Red and blue paint splatters streak outward from the star in chaotic arcs and vertical drips, creating the impression of gravity pulling the colors downward. Thick red paint flows across the lower right portion of the star in bold, flag-like stripes, some smeared and torn at the edges, blending with blue drips beneath. The paint trails vary in thickness, with some lines thin and threadlike while others pool heavily before running down the surface. The overall composition feels raw and confrontational, combining national symbols with disorder and rupture, suggesting a moment in history frozen not as a clean emblem, but as something fractured, stained, and unresolved. Keywords 1807, American flag, star symbol, paint splatter, historical tension, national identity, red white blue, abstract patriotism, visual rupture Attribution Clearly identified as AI-generated; use is permitted for non-commercial creative projects. MidJourney, FLUX.1-schnell model via Perchance, Artspace.ai, REVE, Echoform™.

1807: In the Shape of a Star
History doesn’t fade quietly; it bleeds into the present.
#AmericanMyth #HistoricalEcho #SymbolicArt #NationAndMemory #GenAI #SynthArt #AIart #aiartist #aiartcommunity #GenerativeArt #AIchallenge #BuilderofNightmares

🆕🆕 Stephen King's The Stand: America's Modern Fantasy Epic
#TheStand #StephenKing #StephenKingUniverse #ModernFantasy #EpicFantasy #AmericanMyth #PostApocalyptic #bookX #RandallFlagg #DarkMan #FantasyAnalysis #BookEssay #LiteraryAnalysis #books #reading
youtu.be/qM2_HXk1_rI

The Wampus Cat has entered...an Appalachian legend known for speed, silence, and glowing eyes in the woods.

Explore → monsterandmyth.com

#MonsterAndMyth #WampusCat #CryptozoologyFieldGuide #AppalachianFolklore #WeirdAmerica #CryptidFashion #AmericanMyth #AppalachianMyth

The Making, Meaning, and Myths of Mount Rushmore December 15, 2025

Mount Rushmore isn’t just carved in stone — it’s carved in myth. This morning we’re reckoning with what we’ve chosen to remember… and what we’ve ignored.
#MountRushmore #PublicHistory #AmericanMyth #HistoricalMemory #USHistory

jasonherbert.substack.com/p/the-making...

Forget the "No Kings" thing. The Constitution might have created something worse in an American president. #resistancehistory #resistance #publichistory #democracy #nokings TikTok video by Tad Stoermer

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrHc5wPa/ far better said than I could ever muster #AmericanMyth #history

A colossal eagle-like cryptid, the Thunderbird, soars through the clouds wearing an orange “Cryptozoology Field Guide” T-shirt from Monster & Myth. Its wings stretch wide under a glowing sky, symbolizing ancient power and myth reborn through modern design.

Wings like thunder. Eyes like stormlight.
The Thunderbird soars again — part legend, part lightning, all power.

🛒 monsterandmyth.etsy.com

#Thunderbird #cryptid #monsterandmyth #cryptozoology #folklore #mythandmonster #urbanlegend #Americanmyth

The rebranding of Marjorie Taylor Greene isn’t about her growth, it’s about ours, our need to see ourselves as good, harmless, redeemable. White America loves to forgive itself by proxy. It’s not empathy, it’s erasure. #AmericanMyth #RewritingHistory #MarjorieTaylorGreene #WhiteInnocence

A man stands in front of a truck parked outside an old auto repair shop at dusk. He wears a soft blue Cryptozoology Field Guide t-shirt featuring a woodcut-style image of the Beast of Bray Road — a werewolf-like creature mid-stride. The shirt’s text reads: “First sight: 1956, Last sight: 2020 — Beast of Bray Road — Elkhorn, Wisconsin USA.” The man holds a flashlight, and the mood evokes mystery and danger on a rural road. The Monster & Myth logo is shown in the bottom corner.

Seen on backroads. Documented in fear.
The Beast of Bray Road prowls again — this time on your tee.
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#BrayRoadBeast #WisconsinCryptid #CryptidCulture #MonsterAndMyth #CryptidFashion #UrbanLegendTee #WerewolfLore #AmericanMyth

The Devil in New England I wanted to hear other voices in my poems than my own. I wanted to write my own ghost stories, create my own myths, my own legends. For all of Spooky Season, I'll be releasing my Upstate Ghosts.

I wanted to hear other voices in my poems. I wanted to write my own ghost stories, create my own myths, my own legends. For all of Spooky Season, I'll be releasing my Upstate Ghosts.
Today's poem "The Devil in New England" tinyurl.com/42pw9n75

#poems #ghoststories #AmericanMyth #writing #spooktober

It’s getting worse again in the dis-united states. IDK that it will ever get better. Some people say it WAS better before, but I’m unconvinced of that, too. #USPOL #AmericanMyth #disunitedstates

White House Architecture: History and Symbolism Explore the layered architectural history of the White House and its evolving symbolism in American political culture.

It’s not just a house.

It’s power in marble, myth in masonry.

The White House was built to control the narrative — and the nation.

🎯 Read this one and rethink everything.

#Brewminate #WhiteHouse #Architecture #AmericanMyth #PowerStructures

#ResistanceHistory​ #Nationalism​ #AmericanMyth​ #PublicHistory​ #USHistory​ #HonestHistory​

youtu.be/ELpQ1TSINwo?...

A man stands in front of a truck parked outside an old auto repair shop at dusk. He wears a soft blue Cryptozoology Field Guide t-shirt featuring a woodcut-style image of the Beast of Bray Road — a werewolf-like creature mid-stride. The shirt’s text reads: “First sight: 1956, Last sight: 2020 — Beast of Bray Road — Elkhorn, Wisconsin USA.” The man holds a flashlight, and the mood evokes mystery and danger on a rural road. The Monster & Myth logo is shown in the bottom corner.

Seen on backroads. Documented in fear.
The Beast of Bray Road prowls again — this time on your tee.
🛒 monsterandmyth.com

#BrayRoadBeast #WisconsinCryptid #CryptidCulture #MonsterAndMyth #CryptidFashion #UrbanLegendTee #WerewolfLore #AmericanMyth

A man stands in front of a truck parked outside an old auto repair shop at dusk. He wears a soft blue Cryptozoology Field Guide t-shirt featuring a woodcut-style image of the Beast of Bray Road — a werewolf-like creature mid-stride. The shirt’s text reads: “First sight: 1956, Last sight: 2020 — Beast of Bray Road — Elkhorn, Wisconsin USA.” The man holds a flashlight, and the mood evokes mystery and danger on a rural road. The Monster & Myth logo is shown in the bottom corner.

Seen on backroads. Documented in fear.
The Beast of Bray Road prowls again — this time on your tee.
🛒 monsterandmyth.com

#BrayRoadBeast #WisconsinCryptid #CryptidCulture #MonsterAndMyth #CryptidFashion #UrbanLegendTee #WerewolfLore #AmericanMyth

#WrappedInFlags #SouthernStrategy #WeaponizedResentment
#NotTheBackbone #AmericanMyth #FearAsFuel #BullhornPolitics #CultOfControl
#InsurrectionTruth #UnmaskTheSystem #SecularClarity

The Club I Thought I’d Joined On Belonging, Betrayal, and the Discipline of Staying Awake

A moon landing. A British holiday camp. A story I believed enough to join.

New essay: The Club I Thought I’d Joined

For anyone who stayed—even after the myth cracked.

www.brittleviews.com/p/the-club-i...

#americanmyth #citizenship #belonging #stilllookingup

When the truth hits harder than the foreclosure notice. #FarmSubsidies #RuralReality #AmericanMyth #WelfareDisguised #SecularClarity

youtu.be/wTjMqda19wk?...
This was a brilliant show
This sums up my feelings and many others too
America has been fed a lie and only now are some opening their eyes to this
#Americanmyth #wakeup #notthelandofthefree