Nik Beeson
@nikbeeson.bsky.social
An essay about 'Xmas': a potent cocktail of Solstice, Christ's Mass, Santa Claus & ad wizards, starring Jesus, Santa, Death, Chronos & Kairos w/cameos by John Wayne, Goya, Groucho Marx, Nick Cave, Terror Management Theory & TS Eliot. Mostly a comedy, besides the terror...
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The Migration of Xmas
A socio-theological sleigh ride into Christ’s Mass, Solstice, Santa & Consumerism
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December 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
An essay about 'Xmas': a potent cocktail of Solstice, Christ's Mass, Santa Claus & ad wizards, starring Jesus, Santa, Death, Chronos & Kairos w/cameos by John Wayne, Goya, Groucho Marx, Nick Cave, Terror Management Theory & TS Eliot. Mostly a comedy, besides the terror...
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medium.com/@nikbeeson/t...
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A new @unesco.org report points to a historic 10% decline in freedom of expression globally between 2012 and 2024. This trend is a consequence of the alarming rise in self-censorship by journalists and the attacks they face, both in real life and online.
New report: UNESCO warns of serious decline in freedom of expression
UNESCO’s flagship report on global trends in freedom of expression and journalism points to a historic 10% decline in freedom of expression globally between 2012 and 2024. This trend is a consequence
www.unesco.org
December 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
A new @unesco.org report points to a historic 10% decline in freedom of expression globally between 2012 and 2024. This trend is a consequence of the alarming rise in self-censorship by journalists and the attacks they face, both in real life and online.
“…there are.. alien entities that threaten... our civilization. ..undermining education... consume our time...polarize our politics... enter into our minds, reformatting them...
Those entities... are algorhythms...”
- Timothy Snyder on Musk’s ‘illegal aliens’
snyder.substack.com/p/enemy-alie...
Those entities... are algorhythms...”
- Timothy Snyder on Musk’s ‘illegal aliens’
snyder.substack.com/p/enemy-alie...
On Freedom by Timothy Snyder: 9780593728741 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “visionary” (The Guardian) exploration of freedom—what it is, how it’s been misunderstood, and why it’s our only chance for survival—by...
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December 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
“…there are.. alien entities that threaten... our civilization. ..undermining education... consume our time...polarize our politics... enter into our minds, reformatting them...
Those entities... are algorhythms...”
- Timothy Snyder on Musk’s ‘illegal aliens’
snyder.substack.com/p/enemy-alie...
Those entities... are algorhythms...”
- Timothy Snyder on Musk’s ‘illegal aliens’
snyder.substack.com/p/enemy-alie...
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This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways.
Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
December 12, 2025 at 6:32 AM
This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways.
Vandana Shiva on the crossroads.
www.thepulse.one/p/bill-gates...
"We stand at a precipice of #extinction. Will we allow our #humanity... to be extinguished by a #greed machine that does not know limits...? Or will we stop the machine and defend our humanity... and autonomy to protect #life...?"
www.thepulse.one/p/bill-gates...
"We stand at a precipice of #extinction. Will we allow our #humanity... to be extinguished by a #greed machine that does not know limits...? Or will we stop the machine and defend our humanity... and autonomy to protect #life...?"
Bill Gates’ Global Agenda & How We Can Resist His War On Life
There is no 'life' in the paradigm of health that Bill Gates and his ilk are promoting and imposing on the entire world.
www.thepulse.one
December 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Vandana Shiva on the crossroads.
www.thepulse.one/p/bill-gates...
"We stand at a precipice of #extinction. Will we allow our #humanity... to be extinguished by a #greed machine that does not know limits...? Or will we stop the machine and defend our humanity... and autonomy to protect #life...?"
www.thepulse.one/p/bill-gates...
"We stand at a precipice of #extinction. Will we allow our #humanity... to be extinguished by a #greed machine that does not know limits...? Or will we stop the machine and defend our humanity... and autonomy to protect #life...?"
Not sure why this isn't in the news abso-fucking-lutely everywhere:
'Colombia declares itself the first nation in the Amazon with its entire forest free from oil and mining activities.'
infoamazonia.org/en/2025/11/1...
#amazon #ecojustice #colombia #fossilfuels #abso-fucking-lutely
'Colombia declares itself the first nation in the Amazon with its entire forest free from oil and mining activities.'
infoamazonia.org/en/2025/11/1...
#amazon #ecojustice #colombia #fossilfuels #abso-fucking-lutely
Colombia declares itself the first nation in the Amazon with its entire forest free from oil and mining activities
Colombia's minister of environment and sustainable development, Irene Vélez Torres, made the announcement Thursday (Nov. 13) at a meeting of Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) ministers dur...
infoamazonia.org
December 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Not sure why this isn't in the news abso-fucking-lutely everywhere:
'Colombia declares itself the first nation in the Amazon with its entire forest free from oil and mining activities.'
infoamazonia.org/en/2025/11/1...
#amazon #ecojustice #colombia #fossilfuels #abso-fucking-lutely
'Colombia declares itself the first nation in the Amazon with its entire forest free from oil and mining activities.'
infoamazonia.org/en/2025/11/1...
#amazon #ecojustice #colombia #fossilfuels #abso-fucking-lutely
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i asked chat gpt to fact check an article for me
December 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
i asked chat gpt to fact check an article for me
A profoundly moving short film, inspired by John & Yoko, proceeds to War Child.
"shines a light on the tragic consequences of war... helping to tell the stories of hundreds-of-millions of children whose lives are being torn apart by conflict.”
youtu.be/W68-XaFepOg?...
"shines a light on the tragic consequences of war... helping to tell the stories of hundreds-of-millions of children whose lives are being torn apart by conflict.”
youtu.be/W68-XaFepOg?...
Film: WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko - The Academy Award® winning Animated Short
YouTube video by johnlennon
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
A profoundly moving short film, inspired by John & Yoko, proceeds to War Child.
"shines a light on the tragic consequences of war... helping to tell the stories of hundreds-of-millions of children whose lives are being torn apart by conflict.”
youtu.be/W68-XaFepOg?...
"shines a light on the tragic consequences of war... helping to tell the stories of hundreds-of-millions of children whose lives are being torn apart by conflict.”
youtu.be/W68-XaFepOg?...
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It also makes it harder for them to ban books.
December 22, 2024 at 11:58 PM
It also makes it harder for them to ban books.
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A few thoughts from Chicago.
November 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
A few thoughts from Chicago.
Ross Douthat’s fascinating interview with Paul Kingsnorth on technology, human nature and spirituality
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...
‘This Is the War Against Human Nature’
Podcast Episode · Interesting Times with Ross Douthat · 2025-11-14 · 50m
podcasts.apple.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Ross Douthat’s fascinating interview with Paul Kingsnorth on technology, human nature and spirituality
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...
OPEN GROUND
nikbeeson.substack.com/p/open-ground
There’s an opening
somewhere
where
everything’s
tumbling
crumbling
disintegrating
decaying
shattering
collapsing
crashing
down....
nikbeeson.substack.com/p/open-ground
There’s an opening
somewhere
where
everything’s
tumbling
crumbling
disintegrating
decaying
shattering
collapsing
crashing
down....
November 18, 2025 at 4:09 AM
OPEN GROUND
nikbeeson.substack.com/p/open-ground
There’s an opening
somewhere
where
everything’s
tumbling
crumbling
disintegrating
decaying
shattering
collapsing
crashing
down....
nikbeeson.substack.com/p/open-ground
There’s an opening
somewhere
where
everything’s
tumbling
crumbling
disintegrating
decaying
shattering
collapsing
crashing
down....
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Important initiative in my home town of Toronto.
Join me and @toenviro.bsky.social and @stand.earth in calling on Toronto's leaders to make sure our city's buildings are ready to take on climate change:
act.stand.earth/page/88238/d...
#emissions #urban #climatechange #sustainability
Join me and @toenviro.bsky.social and @stand.earth in calling on Toronto's leaders to make sure our city's buildings are ready to take on climate change:
act.stand.earth/page/88238/d...
#emissions #urban #climatechange #sustainability
Tell City Hall: We need to green Toronto’s buildings
Make your voice heard
act.stand.earth
November 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Important initiative in my home town of Toronto.
Join me and @toenviro.bsky.social and @stand.earth in calling on Toronto's leaders to make sure our city's buildings are ready to take on climate change:
act.stand.earth/page/88238/d...
#emissions #urban #climatechange #sustainability
Join me and @toenviro.bsky.social and @stand.earth in calling on Toronto's leaders to make sure our city's buildings are ready to take on climate change:
act.stand.earth/page/88238/d...
#emissions #urban #climatechange #sustainability
Open Soledad
Relaxed improv recorded while living in a small cabin in N.Ontario last winter.
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Relaxed improv recorded while living in a small cabin in N.Ontario last winter.
soundcloud.com/nikbeeson/op...
Open Soledad
Relaxed improv...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Open Soledad
Relaxed improv recorded while living in a small cabin in N.Ontario last winter.
soundcloud.com/nikbeeson/op...
Relaxed improv recorded while living in a small cabin in N.Ontario last winter.
soundcloud.com/nikbeeson/op...
My first post on Substack: 'Addiction, Tyranny, Ruin & the Wild'.
The article, with personal reflections on severe addiction, finds parallels between severe addiction and totalitarianism.
nikbeeson.substack.com/p/addiction-...
#addiction #tyranny #totalitarianism #wilderness #apocalypse
The article, with personal reflections on severe addiction, finds parallels between severe addiction and totalitarianism.
nikbeeson.substack.com/p/addiction-...
#addiction #tyranny #totalitarianism #wilderness #apocalypse
ADDICTION, TYRANNY, RUIN & THE WILD
I wake up.
nikbeeson.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
My first post on Substack: 'Addiction, Tyranny, Ruin & the Wild'.
The article, with personal reflections on severe addiction, finds parallels between severe addiction and totalitarianism.
nikbeeson.substack.com/p/addiction-...
#addiction #tyranny #totalitarianism #wilderness #apocalypse
The article, with personal reflections on severe addiction, finds parallels between severe addiction and totalitarianism.
nikbeeson.substack.com/p/addiction-...
#addiction #tyranny #totalitarianism #wilderness #apocalypse
Metro Library, Toronto
April 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Metro Library, Toronto
April 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Let's celebrate YouTube's launch of an AI music feature with a video about how to potentially destroy it. youtu.be/xMYm2d9bmEA
The Art Of Poison-Pilling Music Files
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
youtu.be
April 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Let's celebrate YouTube's launch of an AI music feature with a video about how to potentially destroy it. youtu.be/xMYm2d9bmEA
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“My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart.”
-Maya Angelou
Happy birthday, Maya Angelou.
-Maya Angelou
Happy birthday, Maya Angelou.
April 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
“My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart.”
-Maya Angelou
Happy birthday, Maya Angelou.
-Maya Angelou
Happy birthday, Maya Angelou.
The river dropped
leaving a hard carapace of ice
frozen floating over its fast flow.
Forsaken by its source
it melts,
crackling, popping, cracking,
collapsing into the river in shards,
carried away over the waterfall downstream.
leaving a hard carapace of ice
frozen floating over its fast flow.
Forsaken by its source
it melts,
crackling, popping, cracking,
collapsing into the river in shards,
carried away over the waterfall downstream.
April 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The river dropped
leaving a hard carapace of ice
frozen floating over its fast flow.
Forsaken by its source
it melts,
crackling, popping, cracking,
collapsing into the river in shards,
carried away over the waterfall downstream.
leaving a hard carapace of ice
frozen floating over its fast flow.
Forsaken by its source
it melts,
crackling, popping, cracking,
collapsing into the river in shards,
carried away over the waterfall downstream.
Ice melt. N.Ontario.
March 28, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Ice melt. N.Ontario.
Maria Ressa @mariaressa.bsky.social just blew my mind.
Insightful, frightening, and inspiring interview w/Jon Stewart
Deep dive - democracy-toppling pre-designed overtake/mass mind-control executed by avaricious social media techbros and authoritarian extremists.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsHo...
Insightful, frightening, and inspiring interview w/Jon Stewart
Deep dive - democracy-toppling pre-designed overtake/mass mind-control executed by avaricious social media techbros and authoritarian extremists.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsHo...
March 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Maria Ressa @mariaressa.bsky.social just blew my mind.
Insightful, frightening, and inspiring interview w/Jon Stewart
Deep dive - democracy-toppling pre-designed overtake/mass mind-control executed by avaricious social media techbros and authoritarian extremists.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsHo...
Insightful, frightening, and inspiring interview w/Jon Stewart
Deep dive - democracy-toppling pre-designed overtake/mass mind-control executed by avaricious social media techbros and authoritarian extremists.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsHo...