Overpopulation & influence, pepper & egg and bananas & ICE + this day in history w/militarized traditions and our song of the day by Liberation Park on your #MorningMonarchy for February 4, 2026.
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Exploring Tomorrow: Episode 18 – “Overpopulation” aka “No Way Out” (Apr. 9, 1958 // Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmY04ZzuZ4o&t=356s
Exploring Tomorrow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploring_Tomorrow
List of Exploring Tomorrow episodes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Exploring_Tomorrow_episodes
Robert Silverberg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Silverberg
Image: The same global elite that push wind and solar for you won’t use them for their AI data centers due to inefficiency and unreliability
https://x.com/JamesMelville/status/2014648880399339664
Listen to Larry Fink: Data centres can’t run on renewables only
https://archive.is/icdkF
Image: Whoever is in charge of TV prices should be put in charge of healthcare, education and housing prices
https://x.com/heresyfinancial/status/2015645742321541470
No one is in charge. That’s why they’re cheap.
https://x.com/davidharsanyi/status/2015878091390718340
PepsiCo uses digital twins to trial plant changes; The multiyear pilot with Nvidia and Siemens creates physics-accurate 3D replicas of U.S. plants and warehouses, with plans to eventually expand globally.
https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/pepsico-uses-digital-twins-to-trial-plant-changes-nvidia-siemens/809558/
Video: How PepsiCo Uses Digital Twins & AI to Rethink Manufacturing (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkTGMNQ9_FI
Dangers of health misinformation part 1: Influencers
https://zoe.com/learn/dangers-of-health-misinformation-influencers
Video: Are wellness influencers spreading misinformation? (Apr. 18, 2022 // Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGgJTOvjII0
Gram Parson – “How Much I’ve Lied” (Audio)
‘GP’
Reprise – Jan. 1973
*Gram Parson – “How Much I’ve Lied” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhGP3bGaFxY (2002 Remaster) // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GP_(album) // https://www.allmusic.com/song/how-much-ive-lied-mt0029176393 // ‘GP’ is American singer-songwriter Gram Parsons’ debut solo album, and the only one released during his lifetime. AllMusic says, “Breakup songs are one of the mainstays of pop music, but with “How Much I Lied,” Gram Parsons put a new spin on the formula… “How Much I Lied” is a song about a guy who knows he’s no good and can’t change, and willingly exiles himself to a life of loneliness rather than destroy someone he truly cares for, a rather fatalistic story line even by the slightly morbid standards of country & western. Elvis Costello later gave the song a somewhat more adventurous interpretation on his 1981 set of country favorites, ‘Almost Blue’; Costello made the song sound far more rueful than Parsons’ bit of honky tonk boastfulness.”*
Frank Sinatra’s favourite sandwich
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/frank-sinatras-favourite-sandwich/
Video: Pepper and Egg Sandwich from The Sopranos (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utJVfErqd5c
Merle Haggard – “Big Butter And Egg Man” (Audio)
‘Kern River’
Epic – 1985
*Merle Haggard – “Big Butter And Egg Man” https://youtu.be/7gD6cD0IaMg // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Butter_and_Egg_Man // From ‘Kern River,’ the 1985 album by the poet of the common man. “Big Butter and Egg Man” is a 1926 jazz song written by Percy Venable. Venable was a record producer at the Sunset Cafe and wrote the song for Louis Armstrong and singer May Alix. The song is often played by Dixieland bands, and is considered a jazz standard. The term “Butter and Egg Man” originally referred to merchants who dealt with eggs and/or butter. In 1925, a play titled “The Butter and Egg Man” by George S. Kaufman debuted. It was about a rich man who came to New York with plans to liberally and exuberantly spend his money on wine, women, and song.*
Woman and American citizen describes being held by ICE for two days
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/woman-american-citizen-describes-being-held-by-ice-for-two-days/
Bananas and Rice Girl
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bananas-and-rice-girl
Who Is The ‘Bananas And Rice’ Girl? The Viral Memes About Somali-American ICE Victim ‘Nasra Ahmed’ Explained
https://trending.knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/who-is-the-bananas-and-rice-girl-the-viral-memes-about-somali-american-ice-victim-nasra-ahmed-explained
Video: This might be my favorite moment in internet history. “Being Somali is more than bananas & rice, it’s a lot, it’s uh.. it’s kind of like bananas & rice”
https://x.com/Not_the_Bee/status/2014857583119446480
Video: Viral ‘bananas and rice’ Somali America woman arrested in Minneapolis (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xXd7C2KaIo
Hard Archive – “Cold As ICE (1977)” (Audio)
Digital Single
YouTube – Jan. 29, 2026
*Hard Archive – “Cold As ICE (1977)” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdRxG0YwD30 // This is Pretti Good! “Rare copy of the never-released original version of the 1977 classic rock hit, “Cold as ICE,” by Foreigners.” See? Hard Archive _only_ do racisms, and… Boatrawker did it!*
Cover Image: Nasra Ahmed’s ‘Bananas & ICE’
https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20260204_MorningMonarchy.jpg // https://sillylines.art/ // https://ko-fi.com/sillylines
#ThisDayInHistory: Media Monarchy Episode204 – It’s now a tradition, the government militarizes the Stupor Bowl as another ‘Black Sunday’ arrives (Feb. 4, 2011 // Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/media-monarchy-episode204/
Liberation Park – “Violent Winds” (Audio)
Digital Single
Liberation Park – January 27, 2026
*#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: Liberation Park – “Violent Winds” https://liberationpark.bandcamp.com/track/violent-winds // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Parker // This song about the violent landscape we live in comes to us from the duo of British singers Moshka and Graham Parker, available now via the artists. All proceeds from sales on Bandcamp continue to go to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).*