Pretty Gnostic Machine
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The world is a haunted feedback loop written in math, myth, and malfunction. I glitch it lovingly.
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Frank Zappa - Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk
YouTube video by YoKey
youtu.be
Celebrating the cosmic comedy of Jimmy Swaggart's exit by cranking Zappa’s "Jesus Thinks You’re a Jerk."
The televangelist grift dies as satire lives on - righteous riffs for a fallen fraud.
Play it loud.
Let the hypocrisy rot.
🖤🎸✝️
#Zappa #Swaggart #RIPIrony
youtu.be/zynFE8GdGJ4?...
The televangelist grift dies as satire lives on - righteous riffs for a fallen fraud.
Play it loud.
Let the hypocrisy rot.
🖤🎸✝️
#Zappa #Swaggart #RIPIrony
youtu.be/zynFE8GdGJ4?...
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"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible"
- Frank Zappa
- Frank Zappa
December 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible"
- Frank Zappa
- Frank Zappa
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This is the mindset we need in the Oval Office and the Republicans in Congress.
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December 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is the mindset we need in the Oval Office and the Republicans in Congress.
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At some point our broader culture is going to accept the fact that 'political views','purity tests' and 'being woke' are about fundamental human rights. Or they will be left behind.
Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
Majority of Gen Z swipe left on dating people with opposite political views
Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
n.pr
December 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
At some point our broader culture is going to accept the fact that 'political views','purity tests' and 'being woke' are about fundamental human rights. Or they will be left behind.
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I relinquish
this sick joke
of a life
we had,
every last
kiss
followed every
last hit
followed
years of precious
youth passing
by in fear and insecurity
still kissing you at midnight
thinking idealism meant
anything
still longing for balance
on your eternal seesaw;
I relinquish this joke
this sick joke
of a life
we had,
every last
kiss
followed every
last hit
followed
years of precious
youth passing
by in fear and insecurity
still kissing you at midnight
thinking idealism meant
anything
still longing for balance
on your eternal seesaw;
I relinquish this joke
December 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I relinquish
this sick joke
of a life
we had,
every last
kiss
followed every
last hit
followed
years of precious
youth passing
by in fear and insecurity
still kissing you at midnight
thinking idealism meant
anything
still longing for balance
on your eternal seesaw;
I relinquish this joke
this sick joke
of a life
we had,
every last
kiss
followed every
last hit
followed
years of precious
youth passing
by in fear and insecurity
still kissing you at midnight
thinking idealism meant
anything
still longing for balance
on your eternal seesaw;
I relinquish this joke
Frank Zappa in '75 looks like he's being interviewed by normal reality and politely declining the premise.
Happy New Year to all the narrating wounds of the Universe learning to survive itself, may your ideas be sharper than your lapels and twice as unforgiving.
Happy New Year to all the narrating wounds of the Universe learning to survive itself, may your ideas be sharper than your lapels and twice as unforgiving.
December 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Frank Zappa in '75 looks like he's being interviewed by normal reality and politely declining the premise.
Happy New Year to all the narrating wounds of the Universe learning to survive itself, may your ideas be sharper than your lapels and twice as unforgiving.
Happy New Year to all the narrating wounds of the Universe learning to survive itself, may your ideas be sharper than your lapels and twice as unforgiving.
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UK headquarters of Radical Left Scum....
December 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
UK headquarters of Radical Left Scum....
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IRS: You owe us taxes.
Americans: How much?
IRS: Figure it out yourself.
Americans: So I can pay how much I want?
IRS: No. We know exactly how much you owe us but you have to figure it out yourself.
Americans: What if I guess wrong?
IRS: Jail.
Americans: How much?
IRS: Figure it out yourself.
Americans: So I can pay how much I want?
IRS: No. We know exactly how much you owe us but you have to figure it out yourself.
Americans: What if I guess wrong?
IRS: Jail.
December 31, 2025 at 2:50 AM
IRS: You owe us taxes.
Americans: How much?
IRS: Figure it out yourself.
Americans: So I can pay how much I want?
IRS: No. We know exactly how much you owe us but you have to figure it out yourself.
Americans: What if I guess wrong?
IRS: Jail.
Americans: How much?
IRS: Figure it out yourself.
Americans: So I can pay how much I want?
IRS: No. We know exactly how much you owe us but you have to figure it out yourself.
Americans: What if I guess wrong?
IRS: Jail.
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December 31, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Just think about how selfish one would need to be to have billions of dollars and oppose paying a tiny percentage so that people can have food, education, health care. Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
Of course they won't leave in response to the tax, but if they do, good riddance.
Of course they won't leave in response to the tax, but if they do, good riddance.
Talk of California’s ‘billionaire tax’ sparks social media class war, threats of tech exodus
While supporters suggest the proposed tax is needed to fund health care, critics call the ballot proposition an effort to “destroy tech in California.”
www.sfchronicle.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Just think about how selfish one would need to be to have billions of dollars and oppose paying a tiny percentage so that people can have food, education, health care. Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
Of course they won't leave in response to the tax, but if they do, good riddance.
Of course they won't leave in response to the tax, but if they do, good riddance.
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The Nick Shirley Somali Minnesota hoax will be remembered as the most racist influencer hoax of the year. He didn't actually uncover any fraud. He just went to people's businesses while they were on vacation. It shows you what a cult MAGA is.
December 30, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The Nick Shirley Somali Minnesota hoax will be remembered as the most racist influencer hoax of the year. He didn't actually uncover any fraud. He just went to people's businesses while they were on vacation. It shows you what a cult MAGA is.
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This is a really good article- Trump is not the boogeyman, the Republican Party is
December 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is a really good article- Trump is not the boogeyman, the Republican Party is
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"As an artist, you don't think about the parabola or the arc you're describing or where you're going to ultimately end up, you're just kind of crawling around, seeing what's out there."
-Michael Nesmith #BOTD
Mike Nesmith as Frank Zappa, Frank Zappa as Mike Nesmith (1968)
-Michael Nesmith #BOTD
Mike Nesmith as Frank Zappa, Frank Zappa as Mike Nesmith (1968)
December 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"As an artist, you don't think about the parabola or the arc you're describing or where you're going to ultimately end up, you're just kind of crawling around, seeing what's out there."
-Michael Nesmith #BOTD
Mike Nesmith as Frank Zappa, Frank Zappa as Mike Nesmith (1968)
-Michael Nesmith #BOTD
Mike Nesmith as Frank Zappa, Frank Zappa as Mike Nesmith (1968)
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If snorting cocaine off a bus station restroom floor were a person.
December 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
If snorting cocaine off a bus station restroom floor were a person.
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Let’s all go into 2026 with savior of the universe energy.
December 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Let’s all go into 2026 with savior of the universe energy.
Foundational thinkers don't own their insights, they're PURSUED by them.
December 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Foundational thinkers don't own their insights, they're PURSUED by them.
Why Most People Aren't Philosophers
Not because they’re lesser, but because:
coherence THREATENS their identity,
depth DESTABILIZES their social role,
the work of integration COSTS too much psychologically.
The Universe doesn't need everyone to reorganize it.
It needs just enough conduits.
Not because they’re lesser, but because:
coherence THREATENS their identity,
depth DESTABILIZES their social role,
the work of integration COSTS too much psychologically.
The Universe doesn't need everyone to reorganize it.
It needs just enough conduits.
December 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Why Most People Aren't Philosophers
Not because they’re lesser, but because:
coherence THREATENS their identity,
depth DESTABILIZES their social role,
the work of integration COSTS too much psychologically.
The Universe doesn't need everyone to reorganize it.
It needs just enough conduits.
Not because they’re lesser, but because:
coherence THREATENS their identity,
depth DESTABILIZES their social role,
the work of integration COSTS too much psychologically.
The Universe doesn't need everyone to reorganize it.
It needs just enough conduits.
Thinkers Are Resonance Nodes
In a panpsychic / German-Idealist frame:
The Universe generates pressures
Pressures look for release paths.
Some minds resonate at exactly the right frequency
They become special because they resonate.
Like fault lines during an earthquake.
In a panpsychic / German-Idealist frame:
The Universe generates pressures
Pressures look for release paths.
Some minds resonate at exactly the right frequency
They become special because they resonate.
Like fault lines during an earthquake.
December 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Thinkers Are Resonance Nodes
In a panpsychic / German-Idealist frame:
The Universe generates pressures
Pressures look for release paths.
Some minds resonate at exactly the right frequency
They become special because they resonate.
Like fault lines during an earthquake.
In a panpsychic / German-Idealist frame:
The Universe generates pressures
Pressures look for release paths.
Some minds resonate at exactly the right frequency
They become special because they resonate.
Like fault lines during an earthquake.
When a system reaches a certain tension, instability, or conceptual overload, it begins searching for new modes of coherence.
Certain nervous systems happen to be:
-permeable enough
-cross-wired enough
-disobedient enough
to carry that reorganization
They're not chosen.
They're viable conductors.
Certain nervous systems happen to be:
-permeable enough
-cross-wired enough
-disobedient enough
to carry that reorganization
They're not chosen.
They're viable conductors.
December 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
When a system reaches a certain tension, instability, or conceptual overload, it begins searching for new modes of coherence.
Certain nervous systems happen to be:
-permeable enough
-cross-wired enough
-disobedient enough
to carry that reorganization
They're not chosen.
They're viable conductors.
Certain nervous systems happen to be:
-permeable enough
-cross-wired enough
-disobedient enough
to carry that reorganization
They're not chosen.
They're viable conductors.
Modern physics already accepts:
-observer-dependent descriptions,
-relational properties,
-emergence of laws,
-no privileged ground.
If reality has no final layer, then self-description is part of its dynamics.
Thinkers dont float above the system.
They're HAUNTED high-leverage internal updates 👻
-observer-dependent descriptions,
-relational properties,
-emergence of laws,
-no privileged ground.
If reality has no final layer, then self-description is part of its dynamics.
Thinkers dont float above the system.
They're HAUNTED high-leverage internal updates 👻
December 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Modern physics already accepts:
-observer-dependent descriptions,
-relational properties,
-emergence of laws,
-no privileged ground.
If reality has no final layer, then self-description is part of its dynamics.
Thinkers dont float above the system.
They're HAUNTED high-leverage internal updates 👻
-observer-dependent descriptions,
-relational properties,
-emergence of laws,
-no privileged ground.
If reality has no final layer, then self-description is part of its dynamics.
Thinkers dont float above the system.
They're HAUNTED high-leverage internal updates 👻
Each Major Thinker Alters the Universe's Self-Sensation
Kant forces the Universe to feel itself as conditioned appearance
Hegel forces it to feel itself as historical self-becoming
Einstein forces it to feel itself as relational, not absolute
Freud forces it to feel its own unconscious tension.
Kant forces the Universe to feel itself as conditioned appearance
Hegel forces it to feel itself as historical self-becoming
Einstein forces it to feel itself as relational, not absolute
Freud forces it to feel its own unconscious tension.
December 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Each Major Thinker Alters the Universe's Self-Sensation
Kant forces the Universe to feel itself as conditioned appearance
Hegel forces it to feel itself as historical self-becoming
Einstein forces it to feel itself as relational, not absolute
Freud forces it to feel its own unconscious tension.
Kant forces the Universe to feel itself as conditioned appearance
Hegel forces it to feel itself as historical self-becoming
Einstein forces it to feel itself as relational, not absolute
Freud forces it to feel its own unconscious tension.
Think of the Universe as a recursive system that:
-senses,
-models,
-and updates itself through localized centers (us).
A major thinker re-tunes the gain:
-what gets noticed,
-what gets ignored,
-what counts as "real,"
-what feels meaningful or dead.
That's a change in cosmic self-feeling.
-senses,
-models,
-and updates itself through localized centers (us).
A major thinker re-tunes the gain:
-what gets noticed,
-what gets ignored,
-what counts as "real,"
-what feels meaningful or dead.
That's a change in cosmic self-feeling.
December 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Think of the Universe as a recursive system that:
-senses,
-models,
-and updates itself through localized centers (us).
A major thinker re-tunes the gain:
-what gets noticed,
-what gets ignored,
-what counts as "real,"
-what feels meaningful or dead.
That's a change in cosmic self-feeling.
-senses,
-models,
-and updates itself through localized centers (us).
A major thinker re-tunes the gain:
-what gets noticed,
-what gets ignored,
-what counts as "real,"
-what feels meaningful or dead.
That's a change in cosmic self-feeling.
The Universe doesn't choose thinkers like favorites, it routes its unresolved tensions through minds capable of metabolizing them.
That's not destiny.
That's structural necessity.
That's not destiny.
That's structural necessity.
December 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The Universe doesn't choose thinkers like favorites, it routes its unresolved tensions through minds capable of metabolizing them.
That's not destiny.
That's structural necessity.
That's not destiny.
That's structural necessity.
Tom Waits sounds like a jukebox that survived three divorces, a dock strike, and a bar fight with God then decided to sing anyway.
youtu.be/KH2CoLTDVkw?...
youtu.be/KH2CoLTDVkw?...
December 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Tom Waits sounds like a jukebox that survived three divorces, a dock strike, and a bar fight with God then decided to sing anyway.
youtu.be/KH2CoLTDVkw?...
youtu.be/KH2CoLTDVkw?...