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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 10/09/2026

Henry has an opinion. Margaret usually has a better one. Brutus watches. ☕ Meet Henry & Margaret: Morning Coffee Chronicles — a new INI series about ordinary life, modern absurdities and the wisdom found over morning coffee. www.inoti.online/en/series/he... #INI #AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 08/09/2026

INI vzniklo pre texty, ktoré nechcú byť len ďalším obsahom v nekonečnom prúde príspevkov. Teraz sa otvára aj ďalším autorom. Eseje, próza, satira a postrehy, v ktorých cítiť ich autora. inoti.online/cs → Píšte pre INI #INI #literatúra #satira

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 06/09/2026

I built INI for writing that does not have to behave like content. Now I’m opening the door to other writers: essays, satire, stories, observation. If that sounds like your kind of room: inoti.online → Write for INI. #INI #AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #literature #satire

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 05/09/2026

Animals have been explaining humans for centuries — mostly without their consent. Any Resemblance to Humans Is Intentional: literary satire on human nature, with animals as unwitting evidence. www.inoti.online/en/series/an... #INI #AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #literature #satire

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 31/08/2026

We built systems to make life easier. Then slowly began adapting ourselves to make life easier for the systems. Hostage of Stupidity — essays and satire on modern life. Kindle + paperback: a.co/d/08bJq0rT #IllusionsNotIncluded #Satire

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 14/08/2026

Alcatraz closed decades ago. Henry thinks that may have been premature. So naturally, he and John redesign it for the modern age: apps, AI, streaming rights and Alcatraz Live. Margaret remains unconvinced. Brutus has legal problems of his own. ☕🐾 www.patreon.com/AlexBuday/po... #AlexBuday

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 22/07/2026

What if Gulliver, Pinocchio, Darwin and Gogol entered the digital age? They would find the technology new — and the human failures painfully familiar. 2.0 — System Update Failed illusionsnotincluded.substack.com/s/2-0 #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #Satire #SystemUpdateFailed

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 21/07/2026

Debt as freedom. Convenience as progress. Consumption as identity. **The Machinery of Illusions** offers satirical observations on markets, business language and the ideas we gradually stop questioning. illusionsnotincluded.substack.com/s/the-machin... #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #INI

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 12/07/2026

When absurdity learns to sound intelligent, satire becomes necessary. Illusions Not Included – Hostage of Stupidity is available now on Amazon. a.co/d/0atBB9Ix #IllusionsNotIncluded #HostageOfStupidity #AlexBuday #PoliticalSatire

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 10/06/2026

The hostage has finally reached the table… My book Hostage of Stupidity is now available to order on Amazon. A literary-satirical collection from Illusions Not Included — politics, slogans, self-deception, and modern absurdity. a.co/d/08IVOj41 #AlexBuday #satire

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 26/04/2026

Moscow, 1986. We knew nothing in the dormitory while the city prepared for May Day. The truth arrived later — on the cover of a foreign magazine. substack.com/@illusionsno... #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #INI #substack #patreon #Chernobyl

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 10/04/2026

The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925) still sells the same elegant illusion: that glamour equals meaning, and money equals redemption. West Egg is a feed now, the party is a lifestyle, and the green light is basically a notification. www.patreon.com/posts/gatsby... #IllusionsNotIncluded

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 22/03/2026

📜 On This Day — Without Illusions The Moving Image That Never Learned to Stop… March 22, 1895. The Lumière brothers set images in motion. A century later, we turned cinema into “content,” and attention into rubble. open.substack.com/pub/illusion... #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #INI

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 02/03/2026

Wars rarely begin where truth is most disputed. They tend to start where strategic maps and energy maps quietly overlap. substack.com/@illusionsno... #geopolitics #energypolitics #MiddleEast #NATO #Iran #NorthKorea #strategy #IllusionsNotIncluded #INI #AlexBuday

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 21/02/2026

A three-day window opens February 22. Illusions Not Included – Hostage of Stupidity Political essays and satire on ideology and intellectual conformity. Kindle eBook. Print edition in preparation. Free for three days. a.co/d/0eW4HJRt #KindleBook #PoliticalEssays #Satire

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 18/02/2026

📚 A raft that still unsettles the conscience… Today marks the anniversary of Huckleberry Finn’s first U.S. publication (Feb 18, 1885). Law — or a human being? Full essay on Patreon. www.patreon.com/posts/1885-b... #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #patreon #INI

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 10/02/2026

On Boris Pasternak’s anniversary: The Price of Inner Freedom. An essay for those who refuse to surrender their inner world. Available on my Patreon for all members. www.patreon.com/posts/price-... #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #DoctorZhivago #INI #patreon

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 05/02/2026

Some scandals explode. Others settle in—and work quietly. The Silence of Suspicion is about power, reputation, and the comfort of unanswered questions. Free today for all my Patreon members. www.patreon.com/posts/silenc... #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #INI #patreon

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 30/01/2026

Thinking shouldn’t be a rebellious act.Essays on illusion, loyalty, and the quiet art of disobedience. No slogans. No comfort. No noise. 👉 illusionsnotincluded.substack.com #IllusionsNotIncluded #INI #AlexBuday

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 29/01/2026

Today marks the anniversary of Vladimir Nabokov’s birth. Few novels have traveled a stranger path than Lolita — from moral scandal to cultural symbol. #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #INI #patreon www.patreon.com/posts/lolita...

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 13/01/2026

On January 16, 1547, Russia did not simply crown its first Tsar. It formalized a logic that would outlive emperors, ideologies, and regimes #IllusionsNotIncluded #INI #AlexBuday #history #politics #power #autocracy #politicalhistory #politicalculture #empire #patreon www.patreon.com/posts/missio...

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 11/01/2026

On January 10, 49 BC, crossing a line ended a republic. Not with force — with acceptance. Rubicon 2.0 is about what happens when boundaries become optional and permission replaces responsibility. www.patreon.com/posts/rubico... #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #INI #patreon

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 09/01/2026

Today marks the anniversary of Karel Čapek’s birth. A writer who seemed to understand long before his time how easily patriotism turns loud when decency fades into the background. #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #patreon #INI www.patreon.com/posts/when-d...

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 07/01/2026

he system is efficient. Understanding is optional. The Efficiency Illusion on how measurement replaced meaning — and why being busy doesn’t mean moving forward. 👉 Paywalled essay #IllusionsNotIncluded #TheEfficiencyIllusion #INI #patreon www.patreon.com/posts/effici...

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 06/01/2026

A personal reflection on The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco — memory, time, and the books that wait for us. New essay in Between the Lines – Book Picks, now available to all my Patreon members. #illusionsnotincluded #alexbuday #patreon #literature www.patreon.com/posts/book-i...

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 05/01/2026

Today marks the anniversary of Molière’s birth. He wrote about hypocrisy, vanity, fear, and self-deception. Molière 2.0 is the newest episode of the 2.0 satire series — part of Illusions Not Included. #IllusionsNotIncluded #INI #AlexBuday #satire #culture #patreon www.patreon.com/posts/molier...

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 03/01/2026

Today marks the anniversary of J. R. R. Tolkien’s birth. Few writers have warned us more clearly about power, temptation, and the price of moral fatigue. Available today for all members across my Patreon pages. #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #INI #patreon www.patreon.com/posts/mordor...

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 02/01/2026

Today marks the anniversary of Isaac Asimov’s birth. He imagined robots bound by moral laws to protect humanity. In I, Robot 2.0, those laws still exist — they’ve just been quietly updated. #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #INI #patreon www.patreon.com/posts/i-robo...

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 01/01/2026

2025 did not collapse. It simply stopped pretending. A year where stagnation became a method, confusion a strategy, and honesty a liability. Now available to all members across my Patreon pages. #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #patreon www.patreon.com/posts/2025-y...

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 31/12/2025

The New Year has arrived. Quietly. No fireworks. No reinvention. Just coffee, familiar habits, a very consistent dog, and the comforting realization that January rarely changes anything. Happy New Year! #MorningCoffeeChronicles #IllusionsNotIncluded #INI #patreon www.patreon.com/posts/quiet-...

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 30/12/2025

Power is often admired for its strength, rarely for its restraint. A few days ago marked the birthday anniversary of Woodrow Wilson — a president who believed legitimacy mattered more than force. #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #INI #patreon www.patreon.com/posts/presid...

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 30/12/2025

Today marks Rudyard Kipling’s birthday. Not a celebration, but a reminder: what keeps a world together when rules no longer explain themselves? This episode is available to all Patreon members. #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #patreon #INI www.patreon.com/posts/jungle...

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 27/12/2025

Today marks the anniversary of the birth of Jan Jesenius — a physician and philosopher who learned that speaking truth publicly has consequences. 📖 This essay is free for all Patreon members. #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #INI #patreon www.patreon.com/posts/crime-...

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 26/12/2025

☕ Christmas is over. Today’s Morning Coffee Chronicles looks back at a holiday meant for peace — and somehow turned into a sprint powered by discounts, delivery notifications, and far too many socks. #MorningCoffeeChronicles #HenryAndMargaret #AlexBuday www.patreon.com/posts/we-sur...

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 25/12/2025

Christmas slows things down — just enough to think. An ancient festival. Temporary freedom. Carefully scheduled equality. Two thousand years later, the system still works. Only better optimized. #AlexBuday #INI #patreon www.patreon.com/posts/saturn...

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 23/12/2025

A Christmas Carol 2.0 This is not a story about redemption. It’s about what happens when the present works too well to be questioned. #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #satire #literarysatire #christmassatire #patreon www.patreon.com/posts/christ...

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 21/12/2025

December 21 is the quietest day of the year. #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #INI #patreon #essay #culture #winter #solstice #irony www.patreon.com/posts/decemb...

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 20/12/2025

What happens when progress keeps updating — but nothing actually improves? Hunter 2.0 looks at one of humanity’s oldest instincts. Not in forests. Not with weapons. But in feeds, metrics, and engagement graphs. #AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #INI #satire #patreon www.patreon.com/posts/hunter...

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 19/12/2025

Posting about your own book = crime. Paying for reach = totally fine. Henry and Margaret sip coffee, Robert becomes Public Enemy No.1, and Brutus quietly judges humanity. “You can try again later.” #satire #socialmedia #algorithms #humor #patreon www.patreon.com/posts/great-...

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 18/12/2025

Today marks the anniversary of Tycho de Brahe’s birth. Prague, Emperor Rudolf II’s court, and a time when the sky was still a question. A personal, literary essay—free for all Patreon members. #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #patreon #history #literature www.patreon.com/posts/one-ci...

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 17/12/2025

Everything is green now. Responsible. Carbon-neutral. Perfectly reported. Emissions keep rising, but the charts look comforting. Sustainability became a design feature. ESG a modern magic word. #IllusionsNotIncluded #INI #AlexBuday #patreon #ESG www.patreon.com/posts/illusi...

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 16/12/2025

Today marks the publication anniversary of Freud’s The Interpretation of Dreams. In 2025, dreams no longer come from within. The Interpretation of Dreams 2.0 — a short dystopian satire, available on Patreon. www.patreon.com/posts/interp... #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #INI #patreon

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 12/12/2025

Today is the anniversary of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s birth. Few writers capture the tension between truth and illusion the way he did. #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #patreon #history #literature #essay #politics #culture www.patreon.com/posts/russia...

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 07/12/2025

⭐ Today on Patreon: Kafka’s The Trial Some books don’t just age — they sharpen. Kafka’s The Trial feels more like 2025 than 1915, and today’s post explores why Josef K.’s world looks unsettlingly familiar. #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #INI #patreon www.patreon.com/posts/trial-...

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 03/12/2025

Education was supposed to make us wiser. Instead, it gave us PDFs, badges, and a never-ending subscription to “self-improvement.” Full satire on Patreon.👇 #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #INI #education #satire #society #culture #patreon www.patreon.com/posts/illusi...

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 03/12/2025

Tehran, 1943 — a conference that helped win the war, and quietly sacrificed half a continent. My new essay is now available to all Patreon members, in every tier. #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #INI #QuoteWithoutIllusions #essay #history #politics #patreon www.patreon.com/posts/tehran...

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 30/11/2025

What happens when history glitches and every November 29 from every century crashes into the same day? Ancient armies in roundabouts. The new premium satire is now live on Patreon. #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #satire #history #patreon www.patreon.com/posts/day-pa...

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 28/11/2025

Today marks Alberto Moravia’s birthday — an author who understood moral fatigue long before we had a name for it. The full essay is available for all Patreon members today — paid and free. #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #INI #essay #society #politics #patreon www.patreon.com/posts/age-of...

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 26/11/2025

Charles de Gaulle would’ve turned 135 this week. Still more spine than most leaders in 2025. I wrote about statesmanship, Ukraine, performative power & why history doesn’t forget. #AlexBuday #INI #Essay #History #Politics www.patreon.com/posts/court-...

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.com · 26/11/2025

We celebrate growth like it’s progress. But what if the only thing actually growing… is the illusion itself? This week’s Illusion: The Myth of Prosperity #growthillusion #economy #satire #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday www.patreon.com/posts/illusi...

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