Alisa Sieber
@alisasieber.bsky.social
I keep asking, how the fuck did I get here? until it makes sense. Healing, trauma, relationships. I reckon, unravel, repeat. Find How the Fuck Did I Get Here? (personal reckoning) and How the Fuck Did We Get Here? (global awakening) on Substack.
The first assainations of democratic leaders should raise some #MAGA alarm bells. kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, husband shot and killed; Sen. John Hoffman and wife also shot
Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband have died after they were shot at their home in Brooklyn Park.
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June 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The first assainations of democratic leaders should raise some #MAGA alarm bells. kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
I wrote a poem watching the bombs on TV. substack.com/@alisasieber...
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My children are playing.
The lake water laps at the shore.
The breeze is cool.
And all I can think about is how preventable it all might have been.
All I can think about is how much I want to be p...
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June 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I wrote a poem watching the bombs on TV. substack.com/@alisasieber...
June 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Read my 17yo journal, the one I wrote before enlisting.
I was scared of what would happen if I followed orders that broke my conscience.
Watched the Fort Bragg speech.
He called people like me the enemy.
So I’ll ask plainly:
Am I?
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#fortbragg #militarytruth #htfdwgh
I was scared of what would happen if I followed orders that broke my conscience.
Watched the Fort Bragg speech.
He called people like me the enemy.
So I’ll ask plainly:
Am I?
open.substack.com/pub/howthefu...
#fortbragg #militarytruth #htfdwgh
How the Fuck Did We Become What We Swore to Fight?
A Marine veteran exposes how obedience, propaganda, and profit turned America’s military against its own people - June 14 is just the beginning.
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June 12, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Read my 17yo journal, the one I wrote before enlisting.
I was scared of what would happen if I followed orders that broke my conscience.
Watched the Fort Bragg speech.
He called people like me the enemy.
So I’ll ask plainly:
Am I?
open.substack.com/pub/howthefu...
#fortbragg #militarytruth #htfdwgh
I was scared of what would happen if I followed orders that broke my conscience.
Watched the Fort Bragg speech.
He called people like me the enemy.
So I’ll ask plainly:
Am I?
open.substack.com/pub/howthefu...
#fortbragg #militarytruth #htfdwgh
10 minutes. That's all he wanted, was 10 minutes. #storytelling #storyteller
What Ten Minutes Really Costs
How rejection and abandonment wounds collide in the aftermath of a saying, "No."
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April 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
10 minutes. That's all he wanted, was 10 minutes. #storytelling #storyteller
Marketed to families that looked just like mine—dual-income couples, kids in public schools, flags on porches. The perfect demographic: stable enough to qualify for loans, aspirational enough to stretch beyond our means, grateful enough not to question why everything we "owned" felt borrowed.
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The American Dream Was a Floorplan
From cul-de-sac captivity to global collapse: how privatized power rewrote the future.
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April 9, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Marketed to families that looked just like mine—dual-income couples, kids in public schools, flags on porches. The perfect demographic: stable enough to qualify for loans, aspirational enough to stretch beyond our means, grateful enough not to question why everything we "owned" felt borrowed.
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stayed up til 3am writing this bc the lentils hit different
because global power plays taste like love, grief & survival
because your farmers market is more connected to war zones than you think
read it. share it. let it wreck you a little.
#HTFDWGH #geopolitics #hornofafrica #substack
because global power plays taste like love, grief & survival
because your farmers market is more connected to war zones than you think
read it. share it. let it wreck you a little.
#HTFDWGH #geopolitics #hornofafrica #substack
How the Fuck Did We Ignore the Taste of Global Crisis?
When our farmers markets collide with war zones, and caring isn't enough to bridge the gap.
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March 31, 2025 at 9:24 PM
stayed up til 3am writing this bc the lentils hit different
because global power plays taste like love, grief & survival
because your farmers market is more connected to war zones than you think
read it. share it. let it wreck you a little.
#HTFDWGH #geopolitics #hornofafrica #substack
because global power plays taste like love, grief & survival
because your farmers market is more connected to war zones than you think
read it. share it. let it wreck you a little.
#HTFDWGH #geopolitics #hornofafrica #substack
This week on the farm: one horse incident that could've been catastrophic, a missing cat that nearly broke my daughter's heart, another horse down in her stall, and a family dinner under the stars that almost spiraled into old patterns. But something's different now.
How the Fuck Did I Get Here: Stepping Outside the Matrix
After years of survival mode, I finally saw the code and chose a different path.
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March 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This week on the farm: one horse incident that could've been catastrophic, a missing cat that nearly broke my daughter's heart, another horse down in her stall, and a family dinner under the stars that almost spiraled into old patterns. But something's different now.
Starlink. Amazon. Protestors labeled terrorists. Connection conditioned on compliance.
This isn’t the freedom we fought for.
New essay up now.
Read now and subscribe on Substack.
This isn’t the freedom we fought for.
New essay up now.
Read now and subscribe on Substack.
What We Lose When We Never Get Lost
When convenience becomes captivity, and survival becomes dependence, we have to ask—what are we still calling freedom?
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March 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Starlink. Amazon. Protestors labeled terrorists. Connection conditioned on compliance.
This isn’t the freedom we fought for.
New essay up now.
Read now and subscribe on Substack.
This isn’t the freedom we fought for.
New essay up now.
Read now and subscribe on Substack.
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March 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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When the military is purged of leaders who swear allegiance to the Constitution instead of one man, we should all be asking: What happens next? History warns us where this road leads. Will we pay attention?
Read the full article & engage in critical thought. Subscribe now. 🔗 #HTFDWGH #military
Read the full article & engage in critical thought. Subscribe now. 🔗 #HTFDWGH #military
How the Fuck Did We Let Our Military Become a Cult of Personal Loyalty?
The Consequences of Military Leadership Forsaking the Constitution for a Singular Man
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February 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
They don’t need to silence protestors if AI can erase them before they speak. Facial recognition, deepfakes, predictive policing—resistance is being mapped, tracked, and neutralized before it even begins. The battlefield has changed. Are we paying attention?
Read more—link in bio.
Read more—link in bio.
The End of Protest? How AI is Preemptively Criminalizing Resistance
How the fuck did we get here? The battlefield has changed. If we don’t find new ways to fight back, we’ll wake up too late to ask the question.
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February 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
They don’t need to silence protestors if AI can erase them before they speak. Facial recognition, deepfakes, predictive policing—resistance is being mapped, tracked, and neutralized before it even begins. The battlefield has changed. Are we paying attention?
Read more—link in bio.
Read more—link in bio.
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The greatest business battle EVER to be fought will come when President Elon starts trying to implement AI for federal processes.
The battle will be fought over which company’s AI will be used by the feds.
This is a zero sum battle that will create more chaos than this country has ever seen
The battle will be fought over which company’s AI will be used by the feds.
This is a zero sum battle that will create more chaos than this country has ever seen
February 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The greatest business battle EVER to be fought will come when President Elon starts trying to implement AI for federal processes.
The battle will be fought over which company’s AI will be used by the feds.
This is a zero sum battle that will create more chaos than this country has ever seen
The battle will be fought over which company’s AI will be used by the feds.
This is a zero sum battle that will create more chaos than this country has ever seen
Have you ever found yourself mid-fight, trapped in a version of yourself you thought you’d outgrown? My latest #HTFDIGH article is about love, conflict, and how real work begins after the apology—not in getting it right, but in choosing to try again. ✨ Read & subscribe- Link in bio #BreakingCycles
February 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Have you ever found yourself mid-fight, trapped in a version of yourself you thought you’d outgrown? My latest #HTFDIGH article is about love, conflict, and how real work begins after the apology—not in getting it right, but in choosing to try again. ✨ Read & subscribe- Link in bio #BreakingCycles
I was just driving home—until I wasn’t. Passing the Almaden Expressway, I was suddenly every version of myself that’s ever driven this road: the angry 25-year-old, the reckless teen, the child searching for escape. Healing is real, but the past always lingers. Full story on Substack. 🔗 Link in bio
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Every Version of Me Still Lives Here
I was driving through San Jose yesterday—not in passing like I’ve done for the past 20 years, but because I was driving home. My family and I recently moved back ...
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February 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I was just driving home—until I wasn’t. Passing the Almaden Expressway, I was suddenly every version of myself that’s ever driven this road: the angry 25-year-old, the reckless teen, the child searching for escape. Healing is real, but the past always lingers. Full story on Substack. 🔗 Link in bio
Raising daughters in a world where curiosity is punished feels like walking a tightrope. I want them to ask big questions and explore without fear—but what happens when belief becomes a weapon of control?
📖 Read the full piece. Let’s talk.
🔗 Link in bio. #StayCurious #HTFDIGH
📖 Read the full piece. Let’s talk.
🔗 Link in bio. #StayCurious #HTFDIGH
February 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Raising daughters in a world where curiosity is punished feels like walking a tightrope. I want them to ask big questions and explore without fear—but what happens when belief becomes a weapon of control?
📖 Read the full piece. Let’s talk.
🔗 Link in bio. #StayCurious #HTFDIGH
📖 Read the full piece. Let’s talk.
🔗 Link in bio. #StayCurious #HTFDIGH
Left the suburbs for farm life a month ago, chasing the simple joys—like my chicken finding a worm for my compost. Life here is full of unexpected magic and down-to-earth moments. Follow for farm adventures, homestead wins, and everyday chaos (like getting a cat out of a tree right now). 🐓🌱
February 10, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Left the suburbs for farm life a month ago, chasing the simple joys—like my chicken finding a worm for my compost. Life here is full of unexpected magic and down-to-earth moments. Follow for farm adventures, homestead wins, and everyday chaos (like getting a cat out of a tree right now). 🐓🌱
What does it mean to serve when the mission blurs ethical boundaries? Troops are deploying to Guantánamo Bay—not for national security, but to expand the migrant operations center. How do service members reconcile duty with conscience in a place known for unchecked power?
Read on #Substack #HTFDWGH
Read on #Substack #HTFDWGH
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Guantánamo Bay: The Mission That Tests More Than Readiness
"We are going to Guantánamo Bay to complete the mission that was given to us." — U.S. Marine Corps First Sergeant Johnny Stone
But what exa...
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February 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Have you ever noticed the roles we unknowingly give our kids? I saw those patterns—golden child, scapegoat—unfold in real-time. Years of work brought me to a powerful shift in how we moved through it. Read the full reflection on breaking old cycles on Substack. substack.com/@alisasieber...
February 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Have you ever noticed the roles we unknowingly give our kids? I saw those patterns—golden child, scapegoat—unfold in real-time. Years of work brought me to a powerful shift in how we moved through it. Read the full reflection on breaking old cycles on Substack. substack.com/@alisasieber...
I've been overwhelmed by news, but only because I finally have the capacity to hold it. That work began with understanding myself. I’m sharing my first HTFDIGH essay: The Reckoning Always Comes. Because cycles don’t break themselves. 🔗 howthefuckdidigethere.substack.com/p/the-reckon... #HTFDIGH
The Reckoning Always Comes: On Breaking Cycles and Staying
A story of unspoken wounds, inherited patterns, and the choice to stop running—because breaking the cycle isn’t about leaving, it’s about learning how to stay.
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February 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I've been overwhelmed by news, but only because I finally have the capacity to hold it. That work began with understanding myself. I’m sharing my first HTFDIGH essay: The Reckoning Always Comes. Because cycles don’t break themselves. 🔗 howthefuckdidigethere.substack.com/p/the-reckon... #HTFDIGH
🚨 Trump just floated a third term. Again.
They call it a joke, but authoritarians don’t joke—they test the waters. Every time he says it, he’s normalizing the idea, conditioning his base, and eroding democracy in real time.
Read the full breakdown here: substack.com/@alisasieber... ⬇️ #WTAF
They call it a joke, but authoritarians don’t joke—they test the waters. Every time he says it, he’s normalizing the idea, conditioning his base, and eroding democracy in real time.
Read the full breakdown here: substack.com/@alisasieber... ⬇️ #WTAF
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WTAF: Trump Just “Mused” About a Third Term—Again
Trump stood at a prayer breakfast today and told the crowd, “I want to be here with you, and I have to be here with you… despite the fact that they s...
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February 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM
🚨 Trump just floated a third term. Again.
They call it a joke, but authoritarians don’t joke—they test the waters. Every time he says it, he’s normalizing the idea, conditioning his base, and eroding democracy in real time.
Read the full breakdown here: substack.com/@alisasieber... ⬇️ #WTAF
They call it a joke, but authoritarians don’t joke—they test the waters. Every time he says it, he’s normalizing the idea, conditioning his base, and eroding democracy in real time.
Read the full breakdown here: substack.com/@alisasieber... ⬇️ #WTAF
WTAF?
A 15-year-old boy armed with a handgun and an AR-15-style rifle walked into a private facility at a Texarkana airport on Tuesday and demanded a plane. No word on how the teen gained access to the weapons.
Armed 15-Year-Old Who Demanded Plane at Arkansas Airport Is Arrested
A pilot retrieved a gun and disarmed the suspect before officers arrived at the regional airport in Texarkana, Ark.
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February 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
WTAF?
The amount of disruption this will cause... what is the human cost?
⛔️ Staff at the National Science Foundation have been instructed to flag any grant that include words that may violate executive orders. Flagged projects may be at risk of losing their funding, per @washingtonpost.com
It doesn’t look like “man" or “white” appear anywhere on the list though 🧐
It doesn’t look like “man" or “white” appear anywhere on the list though 🧐
February 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The amount of disruption this will cause... what is the human cost?