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    feat(web): Wave 4 — prose layouts + /policies on Tailwind typography

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    +title: "The arrest paradox: how getting locked up opened every door"
    +pubDate: 2025-08-01T16:00:00.000Z
    +updatedDate: 2026-04-05T14:29:23.000Z
    +draft: false
    +excerpt: "I told someone the night it happened: “This is either going to ruin me or 10x the whole brand and movement.” Three weeks later I had the answer. It was … Read more"
    +categories:
    +  - BTS
    +tags:
    +  - community
    +  - format-case-study
    +  - growth
    +  - legal
    +  - partnerships
    +  - tone-reflective
    +featured:
    +  src: https://cdn.slist.net/posts/the-arrest-paradox-how-getting-locked-up-opened-every-door/cover.png
    +  alt: "Jail cell door opening to reveal golden light and nightlife beyond, representing the arrest paradox"
    +legacy_wp_id: 15828
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    +I told someone the night it happened: “This is either going to ruin me or 10x the whole brand and movement.” Three weeks later I had the answer. It was the 10x.
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    +The OG bookers who had ignored SLIST for a year and a half started reaching out. Not slowly. Not tentatively. Reaching out like we’d been on their radar the whole time and they’d just been waiting for a reason to engage. The arrest gave them that reason. Street cred converted into institutional credibility overnight.
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