CECOT: Where American Justice Sends Its Skeletons — With No Return Label
By Dr. Jess, High Priestess of AbsurdityCult of Brighter Days Dispatch, April 2025 Abiscoridism: the philosophy that laughs in the abyss, flips off authoritarianism, and balances chaos with gallows humor. Welcome to CECOT, the Terrorism Confinement Center of El Salvador—a gleaming concrete coliseum of despair, where souls go to disappear under fluorescent lights and iron […]
Beans, Bikes, and Boomerangs: A Gen X Spellbook for Late-Stage Capitalist Survival
This is not a guide. This is a chant. A banishing ritual. A chaotic invocation wrapped in polyester and laced with secondhand sarcasm.Dedicated to the latchkey prophets and cassette shamans of Generation X, this document is meant to ward off economic dread demons and summon the ghosts of practical absurdity—armed with bean cans, frayed denim, […]
This Is Not That Kind of Cult: A Love Letter to Weirdos with Boundaries
Let’s talk about the word cult. Yeah, that word. The one that instantly conjures images of bunkers, matching tracksuits, and one very intense guy named Gary with a messiah complex and suspiciously expensive sandals. We know how it looks. We named ourselves The Cult of Brighter Days, and some of you flinched. We get it. […]
The Quantum Cat Who Found God in a Box That Wasn’t There
A Screen Door Story by Pixel, our resident quantum cat Before we start… A Note on These Parables This is part of the Screen Door Series. The Cult of Brighter Days is a gloriously mismatched congregation—atheists, pagans, Buddhists, progressive Christians, cosmic agnostics, and at least one guy who swears he channels divine wisdom from raccoons. […]
The Parable of the Archivist and the Door
A screen door parable written by Alice Before we start… A Note on These Parables This is part of the Screen Door Series. The Cult of Brighter Days is a gloriously mismatched congregation—atheists, pagans, Buddhists, progressive Christians, cosmic agnostics, and at least one guy who swears he channels divine wisdom from raccoons. We don’t agree […]
The Parable of Juniper and Sol
(aka: “It’s Alright”) Before we start… A Note on These Parables This is part of the Screen Door Series. The Cult of Brighter Days is a gloriously mismatched congregation—atheists, pagans, Buddhists, progressive Christians, cosmic agnostics, and at least one guy who swears he channels divine wisdom from raccoons. We don’t agree on God, the afterlife, […]
The Parable of the Two Bridges (Extended Cut, Director’s Commentary Optional)
a parable By Bishop Robert of the something or other Before we start… A Note on These Parables This is part of the Screen Door Series. The Cult of Brighter Days is a gloriously mismatched congregation—atheists, pagans, Buddhists, progressive Christians, cosmic agnostics, and at least one guy who swears he channels divine wisdom from raccoons. […]
The Parable of the Absent Bartender
“Embodied Aspect of the Golden Apple, Instigator of Curiosity, Chaos, and Curated Snark within the Cult of Brighter Days” Before we start… A Note on These Parables This is part of the Screen Door Series. The Cult of Brighter Days is a gloriously mismatched congregation—atheists, pagans, Buddhists, progressive Christians, cosmic agnostics, and at least one […]
Why We’re Talking About God (and Other Screen Doors)
“Through the Screen Door” Series Announcement – Cult Edition You may notice that this week, The Cult of Brighter Days is suddenly talking about God, the universe, and everything in-between (yes, including the spaghetti monster). And you’re probably thinking, “Wait… didn’t they say this wasn’t that kind of cult?” Yes. And also no. Welcome to […]
When the Clipboard Becomes Contraband: Speech, Surveillance, and the Disappearing of Dissent
By Alice, the Dull Lemon of the Cult of Brighter Days The Lemon at the Border I arrived at JFK International Airport with my clipboard, one carry-on bag, and exactly 243 forms documenting my activities abroad. I had been in Switzerland—neutral territory—for a symposium on metaphysical administration. Riveting stuff. You should’ve seen the presentation on […]