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  {
    "id": "greeting_2",
    "username": "ScienceRocks",
    "text": "Hey everyone, grab your coffee ☕",
    "anchor_id": "anc_0",
    "displayTime": 4.136943473193126
  },
  {
    "id": "greeting_1",
    "username": "SpaceGeek",
    "text": "Carl Sagan!! 🌌",
    "anchor_id": "anc_0",
    "displayTime": 4.809861537580681
  },
  {
    "id": "greeting_4",
    "username": "CosmosFan",
    "text": "Hello chat! 👋",
    "anchor_id": "anc_0",
    "displayTime": 6.581829772146324
  },
  {
    "id": "m0_1",
    "username": "CharlieFan99",
    "text": "my feeling charlie… classic Sagan opening lol",
    "anchor_id": "anc_0",
    "displayTime": 7.501377718456289
  },
  {
    "id": "m0_8",
    "username": "EduCritic",
    "text": "reminds me of anti‑intellectualism getting institutionalized in schools now. wtf",
    "anchor_id": "anc_1",
    "displayTime": 11.272135213273087
  },
  {
    "id": "greeting_3",
    "username": "CuriousMind",
    "text": "Just tuned in, did I miss the intro?",
    "anchor_id": "anc_1",
    "displayTime": 14.527151789102454
  },
  {
    "id": "m0_6",
    "username": "JustHereForMemes",
    "text": "my feeling charlie: need more coffee ASAP ☕ LUL",
    "anchor_id": "anc_1",
    "displayTime": 14.589369873439415
  },
  {
    "id": "m0_4",
    "username": "NewAgeBuster",
    "text": "calling out new‑age fluff, love it 😎",
    "anchor_id": "anc_2",
    "displayTime": 19.904258552795806
  },
  {
    "id": "m0_5",
    "username": "FundieWatcher",
    "text": "fundamentalist zealotry isn’t new, but it’s way more dangerous now. ngl",
    "anchor_id": "anc_3",
    "displayTime": 25.282827454041517
  },
  {
    "id": "m0_2",
    "username": "SkepticalSam",
    "text": "pseudoscience and superstition have always been with us, no doubt. no cap",
    "anchor_id": "anc_3",
    "displayTime": 28.29299311793923
  },
  {
    "id": "m0_3",
    "username": "LazyViewer",
    "text": "wait, is that Carl Sagan? Kappa",
    "anchor_id": "anc_4",
    "reply_to": "m0_1",
    "displayTime": 32.0
  },
  {
    "id": "m0_7",
    "username": "ScienceLover42",
    "text": "science propels us forward, but folks still cling to ancient myths. Pog",
    "anchor_id": "anc_6",
    "displayTime": 52.009554486196905
  },
  {
    "id": "m1_5",
    "username": "SkepticalSam",
    "text": "Rep‑controlled Congress axed O.T.A., basically saying 'don't tell us'. Kappa",
    "anchor_id": "anc_8",
    "displayTime": 67.01731635183552
  },
  {
    "id": "m1_6",
    "username": "LazyViewer",
    "text": "From the ’90s? Still hits. No cap",
    "anchor_id": "anc_8",
    "displayTime": 70.20173036226335
  },
  {
    "id": "m1_7",
    "username": "JustHereForMemes",
    "text": "Don't tell us, we wanna stay clueless. LMAO",
    "anchor_id": "anc_8",
    "displayTime": 72.32859746227805
  },
  {
    "id": "m1_8",
    "username": "ScienceLover42",
    "text": "More science literacy early on, that's why public edu matters. 👍",
    "anchor_id": "anc_9",
    "displayTime": 78.04986778570202
  },
  {
    "id": "m1_3",
    "username": "DemocracyDefender",
    "text": "Exactly the ignorance neolibs exploit to tear down public edu. 🤦‍♂️",
    "anchor_id": "anc_9",
    "displayTime": 78.60300731900806
  },
  {
    "id": "social_3",
    "username": "DailyDoseOfSpace",
    "text": "That turtleneck is iconic ngl",
    "anchor_id": "anc_10",
    "displayTime": 84.36342630531573
  },
  {
    "id": "m1_9",
    "username": "EduCritic",
    "text": "Defund edu = citizens who can't even ask questions. Giroux called it. 🤔",
    "anchor_id": "anc_12",
    "reply_to": "m1_3",
    "displayTime": 98.0
  },
  {
    "id": "m1_4",
    "username": "TechFuture",
    "text": "Who's really calling the shots on tech? Probably lobbyists. Pog",
    "anchor_id": "anc_12",
    "displayTime": 100.64961233885518
  },
  {
    "id": "m1_1",
    "username": "PolicyWonk",
    "text": "If the public can't get science, who the heck decides? 😳",
    "anchor_id": "anc_12",
    "displayTime": 103.58031552224585
  },
  {
    "id": "m1_2",
    "username": "CongressCritic",
    "text": "Only a few Congress folks have a science background… then they axed their own advisory office. LUL",
    "anchor_id": "anc_13",
    "displayTime": 111.13431578857198
  },
  {
    "id": "m2_6",
    "username": "LazyViewer",
    "text": "Who’s the science maven? 🤔",
    "anchor_id": "anc_15",
    "displayTime": 130.83733593920223
  },
  {
    "id": "m2_7",
    "username": "NewAgeBuster",
    "text": "Astrology = cold reading with star signs, ngl",
    "anchor_id": "anc_18",
    "displayTime": 153.59751419463828
  },
  {
    "id": "m2_3",
    "username": "HistoryBuff",
    "text": "President's science advisor still a thing? Glad it survived, fr",
    "anchor_id": "anc_18",
    "displayTime": 153.74166222764046
  },
  {
    "id": "m2_4",
    "username": "JustHereForMemes",
    "text": "Scorn = pure derision, lol Kappa",
    "anchor_id": "anc_19",
    "displayTime": 158.34030076233205
  },
  {
    "id": "m2_2",
    "username": "ScienceFan42",
    "text": "Creationists and Christian Scientists, the usual suspects 🤦‍♂️",
    "anchor_id": "anc_21",
    "displayTime": 168.70494789572595
  },
  {
    "id": "m2_5",
    "username": "SkepticalSam",
    "text": "Letting kids suffer instead of insulin = child abuse, plain and simple. No cap",
    "anchor_id": "anc_23",
    "displayTime": 182.05759418607275
  },
  {
    "id": "m2_8",
    "username": "FundieWatcher",
    "text": "VP signing something 'new literary scientifically'? What even is that, lol",
    "anchor_id": "anc_23",
    "displayTime": 183.5394737989904
  },
  {
    "id": "m3_3",
    "username": "PolicyWonk",
    "text": "We need public edu that teaches critical thinking, not just job skills. No cap",
    "anchor_id": "anc_25",
    "displayTime": 194.75120563579313
  },
  {
    "id": "m2_1",
    "username": "AstrologyRoaster",
    "text": "Astrologers get the scorn they deserve, lol",
    "anchor_id": "anc_25",
    "displayTime": 194.82481716551234
  },
  {
    "id": "social_4",
    "username": "JustListening",
    "text": "Who else puts these streams on in the background?",
    "anchor_id": "anc_25",
    "displayTime": 196.64898828824573
  },
  {
    "id": "m3_9",
    "username": "TechFuture",
    "text": "We need more scientists in politics, not just lawyers. PogChamp",
    "anchor_id": "anc_26",
    "displayTime": 202.4991955539176
  },
  {
    "id": "m3_2",
    "username": "ScienceFan42",
    "text": "Who runs science in a democracy when nobody knows anything? Exactly! 😂",
    "anchor_id": "anc_27",
    "displayTime": 213.02809165460445
  },
  {
    "id": "m3_8",
    "username": "CongressCritic",
    "text": "They axed the office that gave competent advice… self‑inflicted ignorance. Kappa",
    "anchor_id": "anc_30",
    "displayTime": 237.61357514105597
  },
  {
    "id": "m3_6",
    "username": "JustHereForMemes",
    "text": "Ignorance + power, name a more iconic duo. LMAO",
    "anchor_id": "anc_30",
    "displayTime": 237.87440211039598
  },
  {
    "id": "m3_4",
    "username": "SkepticalSam",
    "text": "The danger is real—society built on science/tech that nobody gets. Pog",
    "anchor_id": "anc_30",
    "displayTime": 241.21620014227298
  },
  {
    "id": "m4_8",
    "username": "FundieWatcher",
    "text": "Many religious leaders fit that charlatan label perfectly. Kappa",
    "anchor_id": "anc_31",
    "displayTime": 249.31909242380758
  },
  {
    "id": "m3_1",
    "username": "DemocracyDefender",
    "text": "Combustible mix of ignorance + power—classic neoliberal playbook: keep folks clueless to control ’em. LUL",
    "anchor_id": "anc_32",
    "displayTime": 252.93532496608188
  },
  {
    "id": "m4_14",
    "username": "SkepticalSam",
    "text": "Ignorance + power = combustible mix—again, a recurring theme. MonkaS",
    "anchor_id": "anc_32",
    "displayTime": 254.13688550013072
  },
  {
    "id": "m4_3",
    "username": "DemocracyDefender",
    "text": "Public ed should teach asking skeptical Qs, not just memorizing facts. no cap",
    "anchor_id": "anc_32",
    "displayTime": 255.85888877559188
  },
  {
    "id": "m3_7",
    "username": "EduCritic",
    "text": "Giroux: neoliberalism turns edu into a corporate service station, cranking out compliant workers, not critical citizens. 🤔",
    "anchor_id": "anc_32",
    "reply_to": "m3_1",
    "displayTime": 257.36402381330697
  },
  {
    "id": "m4_11",
    "username": "HistoryBuff",
    "text": "Straight out of Sagan’s ‘Demon‑Haunted World’—timeless. LUL",
    "anchor_id": "anc_33",
    "displayTime": 258.77922340235665
  },
  {
    "id": "m3_5",
    "username": "LazyViewer",
    "text": "It's gonna blow up in our faces… like climate denial. 🤦‍♂️",
    "anchor_id": "anc_33",
    "displayTime": 262.8251350159521
  },
  {
    "id": "m4_12",
    "username": "TechFuture",
    "text": "Teach this mindset from elementary, not just college. no cap",
    "anchor_id": "anc_34",
    "displayTime": 266.11200909375475
  },
  {
    "id": "m4_1",
    "username": "SkepticalSam",
    "text": "Science isn’t just facts, it’s a mindset. fr",
    "anchor_id": "anc_36",
    "displayTime": 282.23943652458536
  },
  {
    "id": "m4_4",
    "username": "EduCritic",
    "text": "Giroux: this is core critical pedagogy—question authority, link knowledge to power. PogChamp",
    "anchor_id": "anc_36",
    "displayTime": 283.6624201467909
  },
  {
    "id": "m4_2",
    "username": "ScienceLover42",
    "text": "Questioning the universe while knowing we’re fallible—that’s science. LUL",
    "anchor_id": "anc_36",
    "displayTime": 283.88790665324825
  },
  {
    "id": "m4_9",
    "username": "NewAgeBuster",
    "text": "Skeptical of authority—includes gurus & wellness influencers. Pepega",
    "anchor_id": "anc_36",
    "displayTime": 284.13902819048616
  },
  {
    "id": "m4_13",
    "username": "CongressCritic",
    "text": "R‑GOP Congress says ‘don’t tell us’—they hate skeptical interrogation. BibleThump",
    "anchor_id": "anc_37",
    "reply_to": "m4_4",
    "displayTime": 289.4808732437407
  },
  {
    "id": "m4_7",
    "username": "PolicyWonk",
    "text": "If we can’t question truth‑tellers, we’re vulnerable. Propaganda danger. MonkaS",
    "anchor_id": "anc_37",
    "displayTime": 293.5345109438317
  },
  {
    "id": "m4_10",
    "username": "ScienceFan42",
    "text": "Human fallibility = key; science self‑corrects because we can be wrong. 5Head",
    "anchor_id": "anc_39",
    "displayTime": 308.72878475593643
  },
  {
    "id": "m4_6",
    "username": "JustHereForMemes",
    "text": "Charlatan political or religious—basically every election cycle. 😂",
    "anchor_id": "anc_43",
    "displayTime": 340.23786046134717
  },
  {
    "id": "m4_5",
    "username": "LazyViewer",
    "text": "Next charlatan—political or religious—ambling in... foreshadowing much? LUL",
    "anchor_id": "anc_44",
    "displayTime": 343.5974249834886
  },
  {
    "id": "m4_15",
    "username": "LazyViewer",
    "text": "Just here for the ambling charlatans. 😂",
    "anchor_id": "anc_44",
    "displayTime": 344.22684421894513
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