🌟 What I'm Reading: 4-21-2024 🌟

A Weekly Roundup Highlight Reel of What I Have Been Reading

Apr 21, 2024

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What I'm Reading: 4-21-2024

Anarchonomicon

BPD Alpha-Widow Ultranationalism

Follow Me on Twitter: @FromKulak Hey! You! Join Us at the Anarchonomicon Discord Server! The Feral Feminine in Culture and Legend So researching my epic length piece on female warriors, pre-christian sexual politics, and the unique development of north european culture I got really into Richard Wagner’s…

2 years ago · 69 likes · 32 comments · Kulak

Arthur Firstenberg

Whirling fish, bees, worms, sheep, turtles, penguins

MORE THAN FIFTY SPECIES OF FISH CIRCLING AND SPINNING UNTIL THEY DIEThanks for reading Arthur Firstenberg! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Several of my subscribers have called my attention to this. In February 2023, in the middle of the Florida Keys — a long, narrow string of islands hooking down into the ocean from Miami — …

2 years ago · 74 likes · 41 comments · Arthur Firstenberg

Becoming a Butterfly

You know when something feels a little off? Trust that.

Last week I wrote about being angry.Becoming a Butterfly is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. I wrote about swearing at someone who was crossing a lot of my boundaries…

2 years ago · 14 likes · 8 comments · Terra Brooke

Becoming Noble

The rich should leave their wealth to their children, not to charity

Mick Jagger’s announcement that he would not leave his fortune to his children caused much controversy. He joined a chorus of celebrities who have announced their intention to do the same: I've told them the same thing my dad told me. My dad says, “When I die, you can expect that I'm going to die broke, and you're going to be paying for the funeral…

2 years ago · 192 likes · 98 comments · Johann Kurtz

The Charlotte Pendragon Diaries by Charlotte Pendragon

The Curtain's Fallin'

Thanks for reading The Charlotte Pendragon Diaries by Charlotte Pendragon ! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. After my first show, I reflected on the evening moments as I sat alone on the large Casino Rama stage with a ghost light as my only illumination source. I looked over the theater and saw only footlights marking the path…

2 years ago · 89 likes · 50 comments · Charlotte Pendragon

Chas Holloway's Thinkopolis

Modest Mussorgsky

Click to Play Audio Modest Mussorgsky by Chas Holloway The tragic story of one of the world’s greatest composers…

2 years ago · 4 likes · Chas Holloway

Chas Holloway's Thinkopolis

Rose Wilder Lane

Click to Play Audio Rose Wilder Lane by Chas Holloway Daughter of Laura Ingall’s, the famous journalist discovered how to create freedom…

2 years ago · 8 likes · 2 comments · Chas Holloway

Clandestine’s Newsletter

The War is Meant to be Continuous

I’ve quietly observed, and this is my take: Congress wasted no time in capitalizing on the situation. They immediately tried to weaponize the public’s emotion (fear) to advance their agenda of reinvigorating public support for the war machine. Our tax dollars should NOT be spent on any of these conflicts for any reason. Our tax dollars should ONLY be spen…

2 years ago · 285 likes · 17 comments · Clandestine

The Collective Evolution

Perhaps This Is What It Will Take To Change The World

Where do our desires for what we create come from? Where do our dreams for what we want to become come from? Sometimes we want to change the world so it will match the way we think it should look based on our ideologies and belief systems. Sometimes we want to build a career and life that resembles ‘success’ that we define through the classic modern stor…

2 years ago · 27 likes · 11 comments · Joe Martino

A Convict's Perspective

Cooking with Convictions

*Biggie intro music Ayo, welcome to Cooking with Convictions. I'm your host, the thief with the beef, inmate #A371-209. Wut up? In today’s episode, we gon' hook up this Chili-Break straight Cadillac. So grab ya stingers, ghetto s’ghetti, summer dogs n’ a can lid ‘cause this slam’s ‘bout to be life, dig? I got ya faded, so don't bounce…

2 years ago · 155 likes · 57 comments · Coleman

A Convict's Perspective

I Want To Fight Andrew Tate

The terms: •No weapons, no gloves, no gear. •No refs, no rings, no brakes. •No strikes or holds barred. •Each man puts one foot inside the tire •Last man conscious wins •Must be live streamed where neither fighter is able to edit or delete. Don't get it twisted, that's a real offer, however it's not actually what I'm writing about here. Any man can get whoope…

2 years ago · 269 likes · 151 comments · Coleman

Copper Vortex

Louis Pasteur the Fraudster, Part 1

This quote is from Daniel Roytas’s Humanley Podcast Telegram Channel, which I consider one of the best health-related sources of information: …in 1971, Louis Pasteur's laboratory notebooks were released to the public by his grandson, despite Pasteur demanding that his family never release them…

3 years ago · 13 likes · 12 comments · CopperVortex

Dad Explains

The Beauty of Bruises: Learning from Life's Tumbles

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated. Ernest HemingwayDad Explains is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. You’re Not A Failure Until You Stop…

2 years ago · 58 likes · 22 comments · Andrew | Dad Explains

Dad Explains

Eclipsing Shame: The Victory of Self-Belief in Life's Arena

Dad Explains is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame. Friedrich Nietzsche Prophecies Of Shame You know, kids, there’s a powerful concept in psychology that’s a bit like watching a plant grow from a seed we’ve sown ourse…

2 years ago · 30 likes · 4 comments · Andrew | Dad Explains

Dad Explains

The Liberating Power of Truth: A Father's Plea

Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence. Aleksandr SolzhenitsynDad Explains is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. The Truth Will Set You Free…

2 years ago · 36 likes · 13 comments · Andrew | Dad Explains

Dark Renaissance Radio

The Study

I have been searching all my life for a woman. Not a lover, a partner or a spouse to bear my children. I have had all of these things, and cared for them dearly. But they were not the woman. They were not what I sought. I go through them like books. They come to my studio, they undress, I take pictures. They dress, I pay them, they leave. Some of them c…

2 years ago · 4 likes · 1 comment · Dark Renaissance Radio

The Dust Jacket

An Audience of One

A month or so ago I received a strange email. It was from a young man who had a confession to make. For a few years now, he had been using a small watercolor sketch of a bird that I had painted on a whim over a decade ago as a profile picture on an online account of his. This sketch…

2 years ago · 14 likes · 3 comments · Will Kelly

Emeth

Don't Be A Dick

There are a lot of things that I’m really bad at. Lucky for me, that’s balanced out by a few things that I’m good at. But today, let’s focus on a couple of the bad. Spelling and Grammar. Damn I’m bad at both those things. I wish that I could spell, and spell well, but I can’t. I’ve never been able to do so. Thank God for a fellow named Ralph Gorin who …

2 years ago · 19 likes · 28 comments · Cameron M. Bailey

Emeth

A Quiet Sort Of Retirement

When it comes to Freemasonry, I don’t want to be a ‘doer.’ Not anymore anyway. Undoubtedly it is good to be a doer, and Freemasonry needs lots and lots of doers. But, I was a doer for a lot of years. It’s probably fair to say that I was an extreme doer…

2 years ago · 10 likes · 8 comments · Cameron M. Bailey

Epic Gonzo

Of Pisco and Peru: Iquitos

The caretaker kneels, casually picking strands of puce-colored mold off the bone-white tomb with his bare hands. He flicks the clumps behind him, without looking, forming a tangled, oozing pile of slime mold. I’m fascinated by this impromptu housecleaning. Is this all for show…

2 years ago · 16 likes · EpicGonzo

THE FAMILY WE KEEP

The Flourishing

I have been writing the story of my bones since I was quite young. My grandmother died in wretched pain from bone cancer at the age of 42. I wrote about her here. My dad ached from a rare form of shoulder pain in his bones from the time he was 11 years old. Just a little boy…

2 years ago · 26 likes · 23 comments · Deborah T. Hewitt

The Farce Feed

Nation Relieved Senile Old Man in Charge During WW3

Amidst the chaos and turmoil of the escalating global conflict, the nation collectively breathed a sigh of relief knowing a geriatric president experiencing significant cognitive decline is ready at …

2 years ago · 32 likes · 12 comments · Kyle Kissinger (no relation)

The Farce Feed

New NPR CEO Revealed as Woke AI Chat Bot

Washington D.C. - In a stunning revelation that has sent shockwaves through the media landscape, National Public Radio (NPR) has confirmed that its new CEO is not a seasoned media executive, nor even…

2 years ago · 56 likes · 9 comments · Kyle Kissinger (no relation)

Field Notes on Love, Life, and Loss

silent thread

It’s a really loud silence, thick and oppressive. I could feel the s p a c e that was living between us…

2 years ago · 10 likes · 6 comments · Maurissa

The Fiertzeside

Introductions

Here you will meet other readers of The Fiertzeside - a Who is Who. As we’ve progressed in this space, we’ve found a meeting of minds and many who have extended the conversation beyond what I’ve written. I find myself in awe of the many different writers and artists here, which is, at times, rather scary! I am extremely grateful and honoured by your su…

2 years ago · 52 likes · 75 comments · Safar Fiertze

Flow State

Duke Ellington

Good morning. Today we’re listening to Duke Ellington, an American jazz pianist and composer from Washington, D.C. Born in 1899, Ellington started piano lessons at age seven, and in 1914 composed his …

2 years ago · 20 likes · 3 comments · Flow State

Flow State

Eiko Ishibashi

Good morning. Today we’re listening to Eiko Ishibashi, a Japanese pianist and composer based in Tokyo. She grew up in a household that often played film music, and in high school she studied piano and…

2 years ago · 16 likes · 2 comments · Flow State

The Freedom Corner with PeterSweden

HUGE: I met the German farmers protesting climate agenda

It happened. For several months now, farmers all over Europe have been protesting against tyrannical climate policies. New climate policies like increase in fuel costs means that it will became even harder for already struggling farmers to make ends meet…

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2 years ago · 293 likes · 6 comments · Peter Imanuelsen

The Freedom Scale

Fascist and Nazi Economic Systems Were Quite Similar to the Rest of the Left

2 years ago · 22 likes · 11 comments · Christopher Cook

The Freedom Scale

The Left: Only Anti-Government Until They ARE the Government

“Those are our planes now.” —Ron Silver As the story goes… Actor Ron Silver was at the Clinton inaugural when a formation of U.S. fighters flew over. At first, he was bothered by the militaristic display. Suddenly, his discomfiture was soothed when a thought occurred to him: “Those are…

2 years ago · 70 likes · 63 comments · Christopher Cook

The Freedom Scale

Set Yourself Free from the Tyranny of the Collective

"I think I know man, but as for men, I know them not." —Jean-Jaques Rousseau Marx, Rousseau, and other notables of the left famously “loved humanity but hated people.” In other words—they loved “the people” as an abstract concept. Actual individual humans…not so much…

2 years ago · 49 likes · 45 comments · Christopher Cook

The Freedom Scale

They Did It in Medieval Iceland

I am frequently asked, Where has this crazy thing you’re advocating ever worked in the past? Then, when I provide examples from the past in which law, justice, security, and infrastructure were accomplished privately, the goalposts get moved: yeah, well that was in the past…

2 years ago · 71 likes · 72 comments · Christopher Cook

From Brain to Mind

Sugar may wreak havoc on your brain in as little as two weeks

Sugar may wreak havoc on your brain in as little as two weeks In 2019, Danish scientists discovered that sugar can rapidly alter the physical structure of the brain. The researchers fed high doses of sugar to pigs and performed imaging and anatomical studies of their brains. After just one taste, the reward centers of the animals’ brains released opioids…

2 years ago · 16 likes · 2 comments · Marc Arginteanu

Gallows Humor Magazine

This Philosophy Stuff is a Threat to Our Democracy

Of course, this old white man Socrates, and his sidekick Glaucon, pretend like there’s no such thing as privilege, or even like it’s a good thing. Socrates is talking about creating a republic where some people are, like, gold? And they get to rule? And then some people are just bronze, and they’re, like, automatically stupid? Well I saw right though th…

2 years ago · 64 likes · 30 comments · Gallows Humor Magazine

Geno’s Substack

MK-Ultra & a Magic Trick

When I was a young 15 year old boy, I borrowed a copy of a book from the Burbank Public Library entitled, John Mulholland’s Book of Magic. I learned a poem from the book that had a special meaning. That meaning was a clue in remembering the order of a sequence of playing cards…

2 years ago · 2 likes · 3 comments · Geno Munari

Glenn’s Substack

Confessions of a Former Rocket Boy

On Saturday, I went for a walk on Cherokee Boulevard. The Boulevard (as it’s called around these parts) runs through Sequoyah Park by the river. It’s a 6.2 mile long trail, much of which is bordered by a lakefront park, and the rest of which is bordered by large, expensive houses. It’s a nice place to go for a run or a walk on a nice day. I had just…

2 years ago · 145 likes · 35 comments · Glenn Harlan Reynolds

Good Tuna by Jeremy

Bring a Friend

Always a new maniac at the wheel. Ten squirrels turning tires - two per each - fueled by old pig sandwiches and the unlikely, but ambitious, promise of warmer suns, of nuclear winters, of the renegades of funk, of peptides and chemical pepperoni. "It's a strange world out there." "Don't forget to bring a friend and sunscreen…

2 years ago · 25 likes · 5 comments · Jeremy Johnson

Good Tuna by Jeremy

Word

I don't aim with the same hand that does my writing. Right hand dominant, left eye dominant, and born to keep them separated. I put down the gun years ago - “The left hand path reaps dark rewards.” - and I picked up a pen. They say a pen's mightier than swords, but this is not the strength of war or winning them. Or maybe I'm not strong enough yet, …

2 years ago · 51 likes · 20 comments · Jeremy Johnson

Hal Johnson Books

A garland of quotations XLV

We all have strength enough to endure the trouble of others. •La Rochenfoucauld, Reflections (1665). Trust him little who, without proofs, trusts you with every thing; or, when he has proved you, with nothing. •Johann Kaspar Lavater, Aphorisms on Man. Translated from the Original Manuscript of the Rev. John Caspar Lavater, Citizen of Zuric…

2 years ago · 1 like · Hal Johnson

Hal Johnson Books

A garland of quotations LXIII

A person wept the livelong night beside a sick man’s bed : When it dawned the sick was well, and the mourner, he was dead. •Sâdi, The Rose Garden (1258). Put bunches of roses all over my coffin, Roses to deaden the clods as they fall. •“The Streets of Laredo” (trad…

2 years ago · 2 likes · Hal Johnson

Hal Johnson Books

Terrible punning conundra

[My absurd, filthy, pun-laden novel Sudden Glory is only $0.99 on Kindle this week. Snap it up while “supplies” “last”! Test-read the first three chapters here.] The conundra. 1. Q: Who boasts too much Gen X ennui To order wings at KFC? 2. Q.: How are the sides of a triangle like Belle’s looks…

2 years ago · 2 likes · Hal Johnson

Harshini writes

Emotions become numb and an empty feeling

Hello and welcome! Harshini here. I realize this is a weird question but, how often do you feel emotions? Can you notice and name them when your emotions are subtle? We don’t need to do anything extra just to feel something. Emotions naturally come along when a change happens. Whether it be a pleasant or an unpleasant change…

2 years ago · 5 likes · 9 comments · Harshini

How to Write for a Living

This Self-Published Writer Sold 10 Million Books in the Last 10 Years

Writers should get paid for doing what they love, which is something few people are truly capable of: entertaining, educating and inspiring others through the written word. Become a paid subscriber to How to Write for a Living for just £8 a month and unlock every article and resource in our archive…

2 years ago · 71 likes · 27 comments · David McIlroy

Human Nature, simplified.

Boundaries: Your First Line of Defense Against Toxic People

Imagine being on a ship in the midst of a turbulent sea. The water is rough, the winds are high, and you are constantly on edge. This is what it can feel like dealing with difficult personalities—those individuals whose behaviors can disrupt your peace and drain your energy…

2 years ago · 63 likes · 40 comments · mat leo

I Am Here For It, Whatever It Is

Humble and Brave beginnings....

I was honored to be featured on Post Post Modern, in an interview with Jacqueline Rendell. I am a sniffy person throughout. It is what it is. “Sometimes you just gotta get ‘er done.”- Author; some guy. Jacqueline has recently taken a great step into her talent, power, magic, and music. She has decided to do the extra work to make some new things happen f…

2 years ago · 13 likes · 5 comments · What IS a name, really?

Intellectual Dissatisfaction

Friday Funnies

These memes are intended to make light of an increasingly tense political atmosphere. This publication receives submissions from the community, and the memes held within do not reflect the opinions of the publication…

2 years ago · 44 likes · 7 comments · Jeremy Mercier

Iterations

God is Not a Thing

God is Not a Thing God is not something, some thing to believe in or not. God is not an object. God does not exist. Nor does God not exist. God is a concept. God is a word. God is a viewpoint waiting to be heard. God is a way of framing this wild experience. God is absurd. God is a recognition of the inherent intelligence o…

2 years ago · 68 likes · 94 comments · Mike Speriosu

The Ivy Exile

The Perils of Solo-itis

Two of the most fearsome words in the entire rock ‘n’ roll lexicon: solo career. The genre is strewn with the wreckage of great and near-great bands that shattered into lesser side projects, seldom managing to summon the magic that attracted a mass audience in the first place…

2 years ago · 24 likes · 9 comments · The Ivy Exile

Jenn’s Substack

Staring at the Sun

The Greek word for sun, helios, was one of the root words we learned in our vocabulary class this week—along with the Latin words for sun and moon— sol and luna. A picture I sketched while eclipse viewing …notice our parasol…

2 years ago · 25 likes · 26 comments · Jenn

John Omaha Substack Newsletter

Shamanic Spirituality

Shamanism is a spiritual practice; it is not a religious practice. A distinguishing characteristic of contemporary shamanic spirituality is atheism. Religions—Christianity, Hinduism, Islam—are theistic; they believe a god or gods created the heavens and earth. Creating a god allows humans to project their most destructive impulses onto their god, as whe…

2 years ago · 4 likes · 2 comments · John Omaha

Joyce’s Place

Garden of the gods

Is this the garden of the gods, a place of perfect peace where at the end of every day - in Morpheus’ arms release- soft twilight beckons gentle sleep, so does my soul lie down, in sweetest slumber of a dream and timeless night I drown. My love, you are that garden’s key, ambrosia you seem, and nectar, all in one you are… You…

2 years ago · 61 likes · 49 comments · Joyce

Kathleen Devanney's Newsletter

A Small Moment

Gustav Klimt, 054 Recently I was in a group discussion where someone - not present - was labeled a conspiracy theorist.Kathleen Devanney's Newsletter is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber…

2 years ago · 61 likes · 92 comments · Kathleen

Kaya's Self Liberation Portal

Many of Us Came Here Carrying Intrinsic Blueprints for our Creative Purpose

Kaya's Self Liberation Portal is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is what I mean when I say; “Your body-mind is your work of art - You are the living embodied blueprint of your Dharma…

2 years ago · 14 likes · 5 comments · Kaya Marie

Kent’s Substack

Stacky

2 years ago · 84 likes · 21 comments · Kent Peterson

The Last Sage

I hope you're paying attention to this

“The reason why many are still troubled, still seeking, still making little forward progress is because they haven't yet come to the end of themselves. We're still trying to give orders, and interfering with God's work within us.” ― A. W. Tozer The world we knew is dead, if it were ever…

2 years ago · 126 likes · 52 comments · Theodore Atkinson

LawyerLisa’s Substack

Australians pushing back against the WHO they need help and momentum share the post in Australia please

Many are aligning behind this amazing group www.alignedcouncilofaustralia.com.au to bringing pressure to bear on the bureaucrats who are about to sign Australia up for the WHO PANDEMIC TREATY. We have only weeks to apply all the pressure we can and convince sleeping Australians that this will not be in our best interest, to say the very least. You can ac…

2 years ago · 42 likes · 13 comments · LawyerLisa

Letters From Your Inner Being

Life's Call To Action

Dear Lovely Readers, Especially in the springtime, we see life’s beauty on display. Green leaves, buds, and flowers abound, inviting us to partake in the infinite bounty of the universe. Thanks for reading Letters From Your Inner Being! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work…

2 years ago · 6 likes · Trista Ainsworth

Letters From Your Inner Being

Looking Towards Beauty

Dear Lovely Readers, As adults, we often lose our sense of wonder in the world. It is as if a black cloud is placed above our heads. However, if we stay in tune with the frequency of beauty, we can hold on to hope and miracles. Thanks for reading Letters From Your Inner Being! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work…

2 years ago · 7 likes · Trista Ainsworth

The Library of Celaeno

I Know a Teacher Who Made National News!

Thank you for reading The Library of Celaeno. This post is public so feel free to share it.The Library of Celaeno is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. My first real full-time teaching job was at a charter school in South Carolina. I was thrilled to get the position, not…

2 years ago · 54 likes · 57 comments · Librarian of Celaeno

The Library of Celaeno

On The Septuagint

So stop me if you’ve heard this one: Seventy-two rabbis (or maybe it was seventy) walk into a Greek library. The Greek librarian says, “what can I do for you?” The head rabbi says, “we’ve come to offer you our holy books, translated into your language.” The librarian says, “what’ll it cost?” The head rabbi says, “nothing, but you have to let us joi…

2 years ago · 75 likes · 33 comments · Librarian of Celaeno

The Library of Celaeno

Some Notes on Reading Old Texts

The Library of Celaeno is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Thank you for reading The Library of Celaeno. This post is public so feel free to share it. In the course of my recent research on the Septuagint a number of things occurred to me that I thought it might be usefu…

2 years ago · 85 likes · 25 comments · Librarian of Celaeno

Lighthouse

Do you worry about what others think?

Do you worry about what others think? Hey friends and readers, How often do you wonder or even worry about what others think about you…

2 years ago · 29 likes · 16 comments · Alexander Semenyuk

A Lily Bit

How to Explain Technocracy to Idiots

Bill Gates' rise to power and influence is a story of unbridled ambition and the dangers of concentrated wealth and power in the hands of a select few. Through his tenure at Microsoft, Gates demonstrated a ruthless and calculated approach to business, employing predatory practices to crush competitors and dominate the market. Now, having amassed an imme…

2 years ago · 65 likes · 8 comments · Lily

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Frequency

We’re about to radically increase our post frequency. …We think. In any case — whatever happens — this is something we’re continually striving to achieve. So there may be gaps; there may be delays; and (honestly) I’d be surprised if there weren’t. And then… there will be 4-5 hour (or 4-5 post) days…

2 years ago · 4 likes · IPR with Mack Morris

Margaret Reyes Dempsey / Pragmatic Mystic

Fear – Then and Now

THEN: Fifteen years ago, I wrote a blog post called “Fear through the Ages” that began like this: I was mostly a fearless kid. In fact, I can remember only two times I felt fearful—one dealing with deep water (still a fear to this day) and another when some kids threatened to kick my butt after school (I talked my way out of it). In all other matters I wa…

2 years ago · 14 likes · 12 comments · Margaret Reyes Dempsey

Mastery Den

The art of being a bit ridiculous

Mastery Den, Tuesday Edition, 3-min read. — Join us for free at the Mastery Den Telegram for daily content ideas so you never run out of ideas. — Most of us are unaware of a silent energy black hole. I know it cripples me, often without me knowing it's happening…

2 years ago · 32 likes · 12 comments · Alex Mathers

A Message From The Universe

The 'Meh' of the Multitasker?!

Dive deeply and fall into fullness of focus… Ditch distraction? If only for a little while… And delight in the deliciousness that only a certain depth reveals. . . . Focused on you, with love, The Universe x…

2 years ago · 43 likes · 5 comments · The Universe

A Message From The Universe

True?

You are here to live a life true to yourself… . With you, with love, The Universe x P.S. What might that be? . . Thank you for being here xx If you value the work of the human one that expresses the inspired tr…

2 years ago · 50 likes · 10 comments · The Universe

The Neo-Feudal Review

The global world order is centralized at levels above the nation-state

Until you know who has lent what to whom, you know nothing whatever of politics, you know nothing whatever of history, you know nothing of international wrangles. - Ezra Pound In the 2022 Brazil presidential election Brazil’s version of the deep state successfully rigged the election against popular populist Bolsonaro…

2 years ago · 104 likes · 61 comments · Neoliberal Feudalism

NEVERMORE MEDIA

Is this the Last Nail in Virology's Coffin?

Hey Folks, What you are about to read was written by regular Nevermore contributor Tobin Owl, who basically believes that virology is nothing more than pseudo-science quackery. I am obliged to state for the record that Nevermore does not take a position on the existence or non-existence of viruses. We certainly are not all of one mind on this issue, and t…

2 years ago · 17 likes · 66 comments · NEVERMORE MEDIA

Nordic Lens

Winner of Photo Challenge Week 8 - Passion Projects

This week was a very fun and interesting week of submissions. Much lower submissions, which I honestly did expect for this challenge, but so many fun and lovely passion projects submitted at the same time. A lot of submissions from some of you surprised me as I got something I totally didn’t expect, which I absolutely approve of and welcome…

2 years ago · 51 likes · 38 comments · Patrik L

Not that Rob Thomas

After 20 years, 'Sideways' has aged like a fine . . . well, you know

(Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church in “Sideways.”) You want to talk about a movie having an impact on the world? Many fans of Alexander Payne’s “Sideways” know that merlot sales plummeted after the 2004 film was released, featuring Paul Giamatti’s oenophile Miles dissing the red in a memorably profane line…

2 years ago · 5 likes · 5 comments · Rob Thomas

On Repeat by Kevin Alexander

Cookie I Think You're Tame!

We don’t run ads here. On Repeat is made entirely possible through the support of our paid supporters. You can back independent ad-free music journalism for less than $1 a week. Good Morning! Today we’re taking a quick look at Pixies’ Doolittle as it turns 35…

2 years ago · 42 likes · 33 comments · Kevin Alexander

On the Road of Bones

The Curse of Immortality (1)

There are stretches of days where everything is coming up aces. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, you find a quarter that is heads up and you know that good luck is shining the favor of the universe down upon you. You start to think that you are invincible and nothing can go wrong. While you walk down the street, women smile at you, old ladies wave, and the men tip their hats, figuratively speaking anyway. Life is good. Until, it’s not…

2 years ago · 3 likes · The Bone Writer

On the Road of Bones

The Curse of Immortality (2)

Read Chapter 1 of The Curse of Immortality HERE The weekend was a muddled mess of emotions and thoughts. To say I was useless is giving me way too much credit. I sat on my couch and watched Netflix. Oh, and I ate a lot of pizza. I think the delivery dude was probably sick of coming to my place. By the fifth delivery, the driver was looking at me in a way that made me think he was going to call 911 and have someone come over to implement a wellness check. I made sure to tip really well, a subliminal way of saying, keep your mouth shut and there's money in it for you…

2 years ago · 4 likes · 1 comment · The Bone Writer

On the Road of Bones

I Need Coffee, My Dark Bean, My Caffeine God

There was sleep in my eyes and not every electron seemed to be firing correctly in my brain. Morning time had come to wake me once again. Actually it was my damn alarm clock set to start the day before my conscience mind was ready to power on. I needed coffee. That life blood of the gods, my dark bean addiction, a caffeine god in its own right…

3 years ago · 3 likes · The Bone Writer

On the Road of Bones

The News Media, Propaganda, and Fairy Tales

The fact of the matter is that almost all of the "news" today, is sensationalism and tabloid junk. Whether that be political, national, world, tech, entertainment, or the various genres of pop culture. It's all being pushed out the backdoor and posted up to the world and broadcast to the millions in the name of clicks, views, and advertising. It’s always been this way but now, it’s much worse due to the internet…

2 years ago · 13 likes · 2 comments · The Bone Writer

On the Road of Bones

We Are NOT The Same

I got up this morning ready for the new Pearl Jam album Dark Matter. The disc is being delivered today (I’ve had it on pre-order since it went on pre-order) and I’m listening to it now on Amazon Music. It’s good!!! The world needs Rock Music to save it from…. All of whatever that autotune, conformists, pop influencers are doing to the braincells of the youth…

2 years ago · 9 likes · 4 comments · The Bone Writer

Phasmatopia

The Science of Applied Metaphysics: Marginalia

If I had more of that editorial discipline I’m always trying to develop, I could probably write more succinctly and make my points more effectively. Unfortunately—I’m an autodidact with a bad habit of finding a single term that suits my purposes, and then running off with it like a dog with a tennis ball. (Sorry about that…

2 years ago · 9 likes · 4 comments · R. G. Miga

Philosophy of Language

The Mystery of the Inner Child

Image Courtesy George Lucas had a brilliant insight into the inner workings of the trauma when he had Anakin swear on his mother’s grave that he would grow up, become strong, and never ever let his loved one die. This simple decision set him up to become Darth Vader. Childhood trauma is a deep mystery. It’s something that sets us up for our destiny. Wheth…

2 years ago · 36 likes · 21 comments · Eugene Terekhin

Poetic Outlaws

Nero’s Violin

The following is an essay from a fellow Substacker and artist, Judson Vereen. He’s a good writer with an interesting story and I decided to share it with you all. You can check out his other writings on his Substack Page, Dispatches from Bohemian Splendor…

2 years ago · 121 likes · 33 comments · Poetic Outlaws

Potter Poems

Woke Up this Morning from Dreaming

woke up this morning from dreaming didn't feel very well-rested but smiled at the joke my dream told me and then got dressed and went outside …

2 years ago · 22 likes · 12 comments · Jonathan Potter

Reina’s Substack

2's Day

Today is literally 2’sday, it is Tuesday 2/22/22 at 2:22pm, & Blessings are quite Abundant. As I woke today I can feel it in the air, something special has arrived. I've been tellin Everyone, This is Our Time to Thrive & to Shine. In the face of adversity I have come Alive…

2 years ago · 26 likes · 24 comments · Blessed Warrior Reina

Restoration, with Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Lost Art

A Note to the reader: I will be publishing exceptional content from other contributors occasionally. A British Florence-based art critic writing under the name of Peter Oliver sent me this gorgeous article. I wish modern Muslims were as tolerant of representational beauty as some of their ancestors were. But, alas. In any case, I hope my readers learn, a…

2 years ago · 36 likes · 1 comment

The Rewind

The Heist

My youth is a swindling, vandalizing pirate that loots and extorts all the joy and love I dare to harbor, an anchor on my soul—a heist of my marrow—a hijacking of my ration of vitality. Greedy in its trauma, ravenous and craving with a hankering for all that is fertile and prolific within the waters of my refuge—a hunter—stalking its prey until it is v…

2 years ago · 125 likes · 65 comments · The Rewind

The Rubesletter • by Matt Ruby (Vooza)

Why do poly people have to talk like that?

$10 off tix for my special taping in NYC on Sunday 4/21. Come/tell friends! And I’ll be in NOLA on Friday night doing two shows. Also performing in Belgium and Holland in May. Ticket info for all that here…

2 years ago · 18 likes · 4 comments · Matt Ruby

Runamuk Acres Conservation Farm

It's Time

Even as my body protested with it’s aching muscles and sore joints, I rose at 3am─eager to begin a new day. At long last temperatures have warmed enough that any precipitation is coming down as rain. The gardens and field are free from snow and the greening is underway. It’s time. The season has begun in earnest here at Runamuk Acres and already I am fe…

2 years ago · 29 likes · 9 comments · Samantha M Burns

Scott Perry | Creative on Purpose

True Power

Lessons from Kind of Blue The Power of Acknowledgement It’s so simple, isn’t it? Someone holds the door open, and you say, “Thank you.” Someone posts a milestone event or achievement on social media, and you " like” it. You call your folks on a special day. You do this daily, right…

2 years ago · 9 likes · 12 comments · Scott Perry

Screaming into the Void

Taxes Are Just the Price We Pay to Not Be Harmed

(Note for new subscribers: On Monday, I recap some of the positive stories/funny memes I’ve come across in the last week. Feel free to add your own in the comments…

2 years ago · 93 likes · 37 comments · SimulationCommander

The Shrewd Artist by Michael Newberry

Chapter 1, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Driver

Note: This is the start of my art memoir manuscript. I looked up, and everything was shimmering, fractured glints of light. Cutting through the glare was a beige silhouette of a man, like Superman, flying across the sky, framed by the sun. Then there was a huge splash of aqua-tinted water that smelled of chlorine…

2 years ago · 17 likes · 20 comments · Michael Newberry

The Shrewd Artist by Michael Newberry

Chapter 2, Two Roads Diverged

7 Fifi, 1975, oil on canvas, 48x48”. One of my earliest surviving works. In 6th grade (11 years old), one student forgot his math book and got to do his art project instead of math. Later, on walking home after school, I deliberately ditched my math book under a dense pine tree. For the next week, I was in heaven because I worked on my art project instead of math. I vividly recall that it was a mixed media sculpture made from a wood branch, string, and yarn, resembling a colorful spider's web. Possibly influenced by the television series…

2 years ago · 15 likes · 18 comments · Michael Newberry

The Shrewd Artist by Michael Newberry

Chapter 25, Movement

Rembrandt, Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels, 1656. WC. In this study, we examine how Rembrandt creates movement in painting. Since painting is frozen, a stagnant form, movement is nearly an impossible concept, yet Rembrandt accomplishes it. Rembrandt is justly famous for being one of, if not the greatest painter of light. But he equals that in his ability to paint three-dimensional depth. Understanding spatial relationships is key to comprehending how movement operates in painting…

2 years ago · 16 likes · 10 comments · Michael Newberry

The Shrewd Artist by Michael Newberry

Episode 5, Doryphoros by Polykleitos, c. 450 BCE

“Astonishingly, the consequence of his proportion theory is that it creates a sense of beauty, rightness, and naturalism. So when you get the proportions right, though scientific, you then achieve this stunningly natural feeling in the human being…

2 years ago · 15 likes · 17 comments · Michael Newberry

Sojourn Fortress Optima

R&D: The Librarian of Celaeno's "My Hegelian Moment"

Reading and Delving Dept. Welcome to the R&D department, where we stop and THINK about an essay in detail. I choose the essay at random, otherwise I'd only be thinking deeply about essays I love, and I love what I understand, so I'd only understand more what I already understand. Instead - random. I roll a D10 after each essay I read, and if it comes up …

2 years ago · 5 likes · 2 comments · Joseph Hex

Solarah Speaks

ARIES & TAURUS ALKHEMY: Rebuilding True Lines Of Defense So That Beauty And Wealth Can Be Obtained, Sustained, And Protected

This week sees the Sun leaving Aries and entering Taurus, astrologically speaking. However, if you use a telescope or sky viewing app, you’ll know that the Sun is actually making its way into Aries, astronomically speaking. As such, the energy of the sign remains in full effect, and some will feel the heat and properties of the Mars powered sign as the Sun changes position. Neighbouring signs always have a role to play in assisting and balancing one another out, and presently this may feel more pronounced than ever…

2 years ago · 12 likes · Solarah

Solarah Speaks

DAILY ALKHEMY: Sitting On Your Seat Of Wealth

QUICK REMINDER: My monthly Group Q&A for my Substack Patrons is happening this Sunday the 21st, 11am -2pm EST. I will be sending the link out tomorrow, and look forward to seeing some of you there! All other April events information is at the end of today’s “Daily ALKHEMY…

2 years ago · 12 likes · Solarah

Solarah Speaks

DAILY ALKHEMY “THROWBACK THURSDAY”

A conversation with Demi Pietchell from “The Starfire Codes” inspired this “Throwback Thursday” series. We were comparing the readings we had published around the same dates to find common threads, themes, and messages. We were pleasantly surprised to see that even over a year ago, our messages were in close alignment…

2 years ago · 10 likes · 1 comment · Solarah

Solarah Speaks

Saying “No” To The Fetishizing Of Healers And The Devine Feminine

I would rather be alone before I ever subject myself again to the profound loneliness that comes by way of being with someone who isn’t for me…in all ways. I’ve never been lonely when alone. My deepest bouts of loneliness have been my experiences with others who needed me to be something that I’m not - oftentimes because they were too afraid to look wit…

2 years ago · 36 likes · 13 comments · Solarah

Solarah Speaks

Self-Love Is....

There is always so much talk in the healing, wellness, and spiritual space about self-love. In a world where we have been taught to pick apart, judge, and indulge in that which grows our own dysfunction, it can be hard to come back into the balance that is necessary to truly love ourselves…

2 years ago · 37 likes · 8 comments · Solarah

Solarah Speaks

WEEKEND ALKHEMY: As Uranus And Jupiter Converse, True Order Is Being Restored | Do You Know Who You Truly Are?

2 years ago · 20 likes · 3 comments · Solarah

Solarah Speaks

WEEKEND ALKHEMY: Finding The Way Back To Our "Home Frequency"

As we make our way out of the first eclipse season of the year, many will be entering into a time of balancing and calibration. The past few months have been heavily focused on purging and clearing out the storylines we kept cycling through, and which supported the trauma loops of the false matrix…

2 years ago · 14 likes · 4 comments · Solarah

Solarah Speaks

WORD FOR YOUR WEEK With Solarah

This week, you may feel the pull or weight of the “old world” and it’s dying cycles strongly. This will be in juxtaposition to the equal pull and strength of the new cycle that is beckoning you forward and out. New life can only be born once something dies, and the final grips of this old world and cycle must concede to allow for this birth to properly m…

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2 years ago · 34 likes · 2 comments · Solarah

Stargate Astrology

Jupiter is conjunct Uranus

From April 18th – April 21st, 2024 Jupiter is exactly conjunct the planet Uranus in the astrological sign of Taurus, meaning that it is aligned in an eclipse. Earlier in the month of April, the moon was conjunct the sun in Aries, which was referred to as an eclipse. In astrological terms, a conjunction is the alignment of the energies of these two plane…

2 years ago · 16 likes · Stjarna

The Stone Age

But Why Substack Though?

The night of April 9-10 provided me another example of why I love Substack as a platform… though it did not start out that way. I was working on a potential article (seriously, my ‘Drafts’ folder looks like an apocalyptic scene in a bad Syfy Network movie, with random items scattered hither and to), and was attempting to create a cover photo using Subst…

2 years ago · 85 likes · 48 comments · Stone Bryson

The Stone Age

TDT: Billions [More] Going To Ukraine, Israel; Still Nothing for The American People

In other words? Political theater, with the blood of innocent souls overseas - and the coin of us commoners here in America - paying the bill. AGAIN. Welcome to this edition of the Three-Dot Tablet [TDT], a weekly news-digest where I seek out the headlines others may not be covering (or not covering well), and - with healthy doses of passion, common sen…

2 years ago · 42 likes · 25 comments

Susan’s Substack

The Messenger

I woke up tired that Sunday. He who shall remain nameless was on the phone obviously with a family member who was in town. I heard him make plans with the person to meet for lunch later that day. instead of greeting me with the happy news of his visiting Aunt, he told me I needed to dye my hair because I was not fit to be seen by his aunt today - lookin…

2 years ago · 12 likes · 1 comment · Susan Marie Mason

Thalia's God Tier News

Paul McCartney Releases Revolutionary New Album: 32 Days a Month!!!🎸

Did you think Paul McCartney was slowing down in his old age? Well guess again because he just released A NEW ALBUM! We thought after hits like Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Yellow Submarine, and 8 Days a Week he would have run out of ideas and yet here he is at the ripe old age of 81 still pumping out songs…

2 years ago · 51 likes · 10 comments · Thalia the Comedy Muse

Thinking Man

Community Comments - Are You Awake?

Last week, we had an interesting discussion about postmodernism and the downfall of academia. This provided the inspiration for Thinking Man’s first Community Comments post, which sparked a considerable amount of further comments that are worth mentioning…

2 years ago · 15 likes · 3 comments · Melissa Petrie

This Changes Everything

Contagion has never, ever been proven

As soon as you start to take apart the assertions of the disproven germ hypothesis and question the existence of “viruses,” you inevitably come up against another pseudoscientific concept: contagion. The disproven germ hypothesis and virology both depend on and are intertwined with the concept that “diseases” are passed between people. Sick people, acco…

2 years ago · 47 likes · 29 comments · Betsy

Tim Truth

Anna's Archive: A Gigantic Free Resource of 125 Million Books & Papers. Find The Documents Quickly Disappearing Off The Internet

Annas-Archive.org has a huge number of research papers, books and other publications in an extensive digital archive. It would take hundreds of Terabytes for any of us to download the full archive and run our own instance, but there are other ways to get at the information contained within…

2 years ago · 46 likes · Tim Truth

Uncensored

PROTECTING YOURSELF AGAINST ELECTRO-MAGNETIC RADIATION

What Is EMF Protection? EMF Protection is GOOD NEWS in an increasingly wireless world where our Wi-Fi devices and appliances emit different levels of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) or EMF radiation. Modern life leads to man-made electromagnetic frequency radiation being constantly in our environment. Although most EMFs go unnoticed, scientific evidence sug…

2 years ago · 129 likes · 62 comments · Frances Leader

Uncensored

WHAT DOES 1920 HAVE IN COMMON WITH 2020?

There is a strategy afoot which was used during the Spanish Flu epidemic. In 1918 the US army erected high powered radio transmitters near their barracks in Kansas. The soldiers were immediately struck down with catastrophic and unexplained illness…

2 years ago · 118 likes · 153 comments · Frances Leader

Useful / Beautiful

U/B 13: Your best self is growing

Here’s your weekly reminder to discard unhelpful beliefs. Hi! How’s it going? As in, how’s it going with unlearning and discarding unhelpful beliefs? Listening to the universe? Deliberately looking for things you want? Choosing what serves you? Living intentionally, etc…

2 years ago · 1 like · Kate Thompson

Vigilant News

Joe Rogan Goes Quiet as Tucker Carlson Drops Bone-Chilling Reality

Conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson painted a grim picture of how the US government operates in the 2138th episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, particularly when it comes to how Members of Congress interact with intel agencies. Carlson told Rogan, “Members of Congress are terrified of the intel agencies. I’m not guessing at that. They’ve to…

2 years ago · 395 likes · 149 comments · The Vigilant Fox

Vulkan’s Musings

Some of the music I like (Part 1)

So I’ve seen other people post songs from YouTube that they like or have been listening too. I thought I’d do the same. I hope you listen and enjoy. I love Muse. Who would have ever thought that a simple lad from Devon would get engaged with Kate Hudson. How did that happen…

2 years ago · 13 likes · 14 comments · Vulkan

Welcome to Absurdistan

Is Jennifer Lopez Responsible for the Death of TikTok Star Kyle Marisa Roth?

The righteous among us ignore the swirling depths of the culture: don’t get any on you, is our entirely correct attitude. It is dangerous down there in the swamps. And icky, lizard-like-depths-of-hell you-can’t-imagine-how-bad dangerous. But guess who does pay attention? The little creeps who spend their grey days inside office blocks with no natural light, monitoring us. The ones hiding great big secrets. The ones manipulating their ‘stars’, the industry plants used to ‘entertain’ us, while they loot the culture. Don’t make any mistake about this, the only reason TikTok is still around is that it is being used to massively expand surveillance…

2 years ago · 275 likes · 44 comments · elizabeth nickson

What then?

What to do with our Last Second on Earth

This is a Last Time meditation. The Stoics believed that routinely contemplating our death leads to deeper gratitude for life…

2 years ago · 22 likes · 2 comments · Sam Alaimo

Will’s Substack

Freedom Music Friday: Bicycle Day Edition

Dear Reader, I can’t believe you’re still here. Hell, sometimes I cant even really believe I AM still here. I started writing on Substack January 9th of this year. Winter has always been rough for me, and writing proved to be an extremely valuable outlet. Especially when the weather was so nasty that it kept me indoors…

2 years ago · 12 likes · 7 comments · Will Dearborn

Witchcraft and Metaphysics with Jenna Newell Hiott

The Archetype and The Tarot: The Warrior and Justice

Through the Warrior and Justice, this week we’re being called to fight for balance. Can we do whatever it takes to reach this elusive goal? Welcome everyone! For an overview of what I’m doing here, please check out this post all about it. THANK YOU to all my subscribers! My heart and soul are filled with gratitude for your presence here. I LOVE this comm…

2 years ago · 27 likes · 24 comments · Jenna Newell Hiott

Jenn

Thank you for putting this awesome list together, and thank you so much for including my post! I can’t wait to read some of these!

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Charlotte Pendragon

Apr 22, 2024

Sending a big giant magical hug Demi! Thank you so much for including me in your wonderful round up! I hope you have an amazing week ahead!💞✨💞

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