Scott Oates
@scottoates.bsky.social
done been a has-been & wanna-be
"Who Am I?" ~ Ramana Maharshi
"I Am That" ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj
they call it "schizo-affective disorder, bipolar type"
"NC Peace Dog"(blog): https://ncpeacedog.wordpress.com/
Peace & Goodwill from Raleigh, NC
"Who Am I?" ~ Ramana Maharshi
"I Am That" ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj
they call it "schizo-affective disorder, bipolar type"
"NC Peace Dog"(blog): https://ncpeacedog.wordpress.com/
Peace & Goodwill from Raleigh, NC
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Scott Oates
@scottoates.bsky.social
· Sep 23
NC Peace Action Overview
Hi. I was asked to join the NC Peace Action Board of Directors in Fall of 2023 and was pleased to serve in that capacity until August’s end in 2025. I feel like I accomplished quite a lot wit…
ncpeacedog.wordpress.com
I recently posted in my Peace Dog blog about my time with North Carolina Peace Action. Please see: ncpeacedog.wordpress.com/2025/09/18/n... 🙏🕊️
Yesterday was my birthday. To some folks I love and who love me, thank you so much for the wonderful gifts!! ❤️🙏🕊️
January 17, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Yesterday was my birthday. To some folks I love and who love me, thank you so much for the wonderful gifts!! ❤️🙏🕊️
In high school, I was in the Intl Thespian Society & won a Best Actor Award, as voted by fellow Thespians. I didn't pursue Drama in college or thereafter for manifold reasons.
If someone around town calls me "A Good Actor," I don't consider it a compliment at all, as it insinuates insincerity! 🕊️🙏
If someone around town calls me "A Good Actor," I don't consider it a compliment at all, as it insinuates insincerity! 🕊️🙏
January 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM
In high school, I was in the Intl Thespian Society & won a Best Actor Award, as voted by fellow Thespians. I didn't pursue Drama in college or thereafter for manifold reasons.
If someone around town calls me "A Good Actor," I don't consider it a compliment at all, as it insinuates insincerity! 🕊️🙏
If someone around town calls me "A Good Actor," I don't consider it a compliment at all, as it insinuates insincerity! 🕊️🙏
What are "other people" in general to our Emperor and Dictator?
I believe he sees "us" other people in general as "expendable" and currently as props to either help or hinder him dismantle the U.S. government while raiding the Treasury. CRUEL GRIFTER
Do YOU view masses of people as "expendable?"
I believe he sees "us" other people in general as "expendable" and currently as props to either help or hinder him dismantle the U.S. government while raiding the Treasury. CRUEL GRIFTER
Do YOU view masses of people as "expendable?"
January 15, 2026 at 3:16 PM
What are "other people" in general to our Emperor and Dictator?
I believe he sees "us" other people in general as "expendable" and currently as props to either help or hinder him dismantle the U.S. government while raiding the Treasury. CRUEL GRIFTER
Do YOU view masses of people as "expendable?"
I believe he sees "us" other people in general as "expendable" and currently as props to either help or hinder him dismantle the U.S. government while raiding the Treasury. CRUEL GRIFTER
Do YOU view masses of people as "expendable?"
Some older white guy muttered "punk" as we walked past each other outside of a medical office yesterday. Guess I'm still doing something right. Peace and Goodwill. engageddefendersfordemocracy.substack.com/p/sustained-...
Sustained action is key! Please find a weekly demonstration to attend so we reach 3.5% of population acting consistently. Action Ops for the week say, "We Need You!"
Good morning again Engaged Defenders for Democracy!
engageddefendersfordemocracy.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Some older white guy muttered "punk" as we walked past each other outside of a medical office yesterday. Guess I'm still doing something right. Peace and Goodwill. engageddefendersfordemocracy.substack.com/p/sustained-...
WAR CRIMES MUCH? www.democracynow.org/2025/12/30/g...
“Whatever Israel Wants”: Trump Backs Netanyahu’s “Colonial” Wars in Gaza, Iran & Beyond
We speak to journalists Gideon Levy and Rami Khouri about President Trump’s meeting Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago, where Trump supported Israel’s threats to launch new att...
www.democracynow.org
December 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
WAR CRIMES MUCH? www.democracynow.org/2025/12/30/g...
Inflatables, rainbow crosswalks, flooding snitch lines — creative action was off the charts in 2025 wagingnonviolence.org/2025/12/crea...
Inflatables, rainbow crosswalks, flooding snitch lines — creative action was off the charts in 2025
In the face of rising authoritarianism, creativity is an enduring movement superpower that helped us break through the stranglehold of fear this year.
wagingnonviolence.org
December 30, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Inflatables, rainbow crosswalks, flooding snitch lines — creative action was off the charts in 2025 wagingnonviolence.org/2025/12/crea...
"
There's the trailer Tom
A year has come and gone
Were not moving was it right
Take the order sew it on your tie
We couldn't follow couldn't try
"
🙏🕊️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyYW...
There's the trailer Tom
A year has come and gone
Were not moving was it right
Take the order sew it on your tie
We couldn't follow couldn't try
"
🙏🕊️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyYW...
What If We Give It Away? (2011 Remaster)
YouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:34 AM
"
There's the trailer Tom
A year has come and gone
Were not moving was it right
Take the order sew it on your tie
We couldn't follow couldn't try
"
🙏🕊️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyYW...
There's the trailer Tom
A year has come and gone
Were not moving was it right
Take the order sew it on your tie
We couldn't follow couldn't try
"
🙏🕊️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyYW...
"Why do some of us so often quickly assume the worst interpretation of others based on meager information & even against MASSIVE EVIDENCE that SUPPORTS THE OPPOSITE interpretation? Why next act as though anyone who thinks otherwise must be some kind of idiot or traitor?🙏 znetwork.org/znetarticle/...
Chomsky Reassessed?
One of the late acts of Noam Chomsky’s incredible life was to become one of thirty initial co-signers of a document titled “Twenty Theses for Liberation.”
znetwork.org
December 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"Why do some of us so often quickly assume the worst interpretation of others based on meager information & even against MASSIVE EVIDENCE that SUPPORTS THE OPPOSITE interpretation? Why next act as though anyone who thinks otherwise must be some kind of idiot or traitor?🙏 znetwork.org/znetarticle/...
dissidentvoice.org/2025/12/go-t...
Kathy Kelly is board president of World BEYOND War. She co-coordinated the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal.
"Over the hills and everywhere"
Kathy Kelly is board president of World BEYOND War. She co-coordinated the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal.
"Over the hills and everywhere"
Go Tell It on the Mountain: Genocide is Wrong | Dissident Voice
Israel and its partners continue waging genocide against Palestinian people. Those who, so far, have survived the hideous attacks since October 7, 2023, now face ongoing jeopardy. Hemmed in by yet ano...
dissidentvoice.org
December 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
dissidentvoice.org/2025/12/go-t...
Kathy Kelly is board president of World BEYOND War. She co-coordinated the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal.
"Over the hills and everywhere"
Kathy Kelly is board president of World BEYOND War. She co-coordinated the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal.
"Over the hills and everywhere"
Unprecedented darkness - fascism & its associated racism & militarism are running amok–in the U.S. & around the world– A Carol for Another Christmas is a brilliant film that makes a creative, timeless plea for global dialogue, cooperation, & conflict resolution. 🙏🕊️ worldbeyondwar.org/a-carol-for-...
A Carol for Another Christmas - World BEYOND War
If you are a fan of the television series The Twilight Zone, then you must watch Rod Serling’s 1964 TV movie a Carol for Another Christmas, a modernization (with a Cold War/Nuclear Age twist) of Charl...
worldbeyondwar.org
December 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Unprecedented darkness - fascism & its associated racism & militarism are running amok–in the U.S. & around the world– A Carol for Another Christmas is a brilliant film that makes a creative, timeless plea for global dialogue, cooperation, & conflict resolution. 🙏🕊️ worldbeyondwar.org/a-carol-for-...
YEAH, and I wanna know:
What, theoretically constitutes "CULTURAL SUBVERSION?"
Any Dissent?
Telling the truth according to actual facts?
"Am I free to think freely?"
How long will Congress play along w/this POTUS & his SCOTUS as if they are legitimate? sigh
worldbeyondwar.org/the-donroe-d...
What, theoretically constitutes "CULTURAL SUBVERSION?"
Any Dissent?
Telling the truth according to actual facts?
"Am I free to think freely?"
How long will Congress play along w/this POTUS & his SCOTUS as if they are legitimate? sigh
worldbeyondwar.org/the-donroe-d...
The Donroe Doctrine Is a Sadistic Fantasy, and Nothing New - World BEYOND War
Trump's new document -- call it the Donroe Doctrine -- makes a lot of gestures in the direction of refraining from warmaking, and lots of false claims of peacemaking. But the hypocrisy is not even ben...
worldbeyondwar.org
December 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
YEAH, and I wanna know:
What, theoretically constitutes "CULTURAL SUBVERSION?"
Any Dissent?
Telling the truth according to actual facts?
"Am I free to think freely?"
How long will Congress play along w/this POTUS & his SCOTUS as if they are legitimate? sigh
worldbeyondwar.org/the-donroe-d...
What, theoretically constitutes "CULTURAL SUBVERSION?"
Any Dissent?
Telling the truth according to actual facts?
"Am I free to think freely?"
How long will Congress play along w/this POTUS & his SCOTUS as if they are legitimate? sigh
worldbeyondwar.org/the-donroe-d...
End-of-Year drawing near, I often reflect back on local music releases of the past 12 months, listing a few favorites.
Check out Crystal Spiders anytime you can, (NOW?) w/ 2025's Metanoia.
(How does she do it??!)
Thanks to Crystal Spiders🙏🤘☮️
Listen up
crystalspiders.bandcamp.com/album/metanoia
Check out Crystal Spiders anytime you can, (NOW?) w/ 2025's Metanoia.
(How does she do it??!)
Thanks to Crystal Spiders🙏🤘☮️
Listen up
crystalspiders.bandcamp.com/album/metanoia
METANOIA, by CRYSTAL SPIDERS
7 track album
crystalspiders.bandcamp.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
End-of-Year drawing near, I often reflect back on local music releases of the past 12 months, listing a few favorites.
Check out Crystal Spiders anytime you can, (NOW?) w/ 2025's Metanoia.
(How does she do it??!)
Thanks to Crystal Spiders🙏🤘☮️
Listen up
crystalspiders.bandcamp.com/album/metanoia
Check out Crystal Spiders anytime you can, (NOW?) w/ 2025's Metanoia.
(How does she do it??!)
Thanks to Crystal Spiders🙏🤘☮️
Listen up
crystalspiders.bandcamp.com/album/metanoia
So, the "WAR ON TERROR" was undertaken under false premises & pretenses, and it FAILED (as in, creating more terrorism and "terrorists"). SO, what is a "narcoterrorist?" These justifications for attacking Venezuela are totally bogus, mmkay?
NO MORE BLOOD FOR OIL
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/forei...
NO MORE BLOOD FOR OIL
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/forei...
‘The war on terror’ and continued Western failure
The anti-terror policies put in place by Bush after 9/11 have changed the world for the worse. Still, politicians cling to them
www.ips-journal.eu
December 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
So, the "WAR ON TERROR" was undertaken under false premises & pretenses, and it FAILED (as in, creating more terrorism and "terrorists"). SO, what is a "narcoterrorist?" These justifications for attacking Venezuela are totally bogus, mmkay?
NO MORE BLOOD FOR OIL
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/forei...
NO MORE BLOOD FOR OIL
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/forei...
Hi. Sharing a "classic" video created back in undergrad redux in the aughts, one of my first w/a laptop. (I took Zyprexa, which at one point ballooned me up to 230lbs. Grateful to be on a more modern antipsychotic with less side effects.)
Pls check it out?
PEACE IN PROGRESS🙏☮️
youtu.be/V8K4KOHKuBE
Pls check it out?
PEACE IN PROGRESS🙏☮️
youtu.be/V8K4KOHKuBE
"Valiant Persuasion"
YouTube video by NCPeaceDog
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Hi. Sharing a "classic" video created back in undergrad redux in the aughts, one of my first w/a laptop. (I took Zyprexa, which at one point ballooned me up to 230lbs. Grateful to be on a more modern antipsychotic with less side effects.)
Pls check it out?
PEACE IN PROGRESS🙏☮️
youtu.be/V8K4KOHKuBE
Pls check it out?
PEACE IN PROGRESS🙏☮️
youtu.be/V8K4KOHKuBE
So, who all is cool with extrajudicial killings AKA WAR CRIMES?
Write your Congressperson, SPEAK OUT☮️
THANK YOU @fcnl.bsky.social
fcnl.quorum.us/campaign/142...
Write your Congressperson, SPEAK OUT☮️
THANK YOU @fcnl.bsky.social
fcnl.quorum.us/campaign/142...
Condemn Trump’s Murder on the High Seas
The Trump administration is blowing up Venezuelan boats, deliberately killing civilians outside of war, in an illegal use of military force.
fcnl.quorum.us
December 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
So, who all is cool with extrajudicial killings AKA WAR CRIMES?
Write your Congressperson, SPEAK OUT☮️
THANK YOU @fcnl.bsky.social
fcnl.quorum.us/campaign/142...
Write your Congressperson, SPEAK OUT☮️
THANK YOU @fcnl.bsky.social
fcnl.quorum.us/campaign/142...
as freshly uploaded to Mann's World on YouTube. Thank You Karen!! I remember I didn't have a pass to this show, but showed up at the venue anyway, where organizer Grayson Currin put me on the guest list. Thank you Grayson!
Thank you all members of Birds of Avalon🙏
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdlO...
Thank you all members of Birds of Avalon🙏
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdlO...
Birds of Avalon
YouTube video by Mann's World
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
as freshly uploaded to Mann's World on YouTube. Thank You Karen!! I remember I didn't have a pass to this show, but showed up at the venue anyway, where organizer Grayson Currin put me on the guest list. Thank you Grayson!
Thank you all members of Birds of Avalon🙏
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdlO...
Thank you all members of Birds of Avalon🙏
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdlO...
With Venezuela War On The Horizon, Mainstream Media Manufacturing Consent Goes Into Overdrive.
open.substack.com/pub/the307/p...
open.substack.com/pub/the307/p...
With Venezuela War On The Horizon, Mainstream Media Manufacturing Consent Goes Into Overdrive.
Yet Again, The Mainstream Media Is Manufacturing Consent For War.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:16 AM
With Venezuela War On The Horizon, Mainstream Media Manufacturing Consent Goes Into Overdrive.
open.substack.com/pub/the307/p...
open.substack.com/pub/the307/p...
Who enlisted to "Kill Everyone?"
The GI Rights Hotline provides accurate, helpful counseling & info on military discharges, AWOL & UA, & GI Rights:
1-877-447-4487
private, nonprofit, nongovernmental org that answers thousands of calls from military personnel & their families girightshotline.org
The GI Rights Hotline provides accurate, helpful counseling & info on military discharges, AWOL & UA, & GI Rights:
1-877-447-4487
private, nonprofit, nongovernmental org that answers thousands of calls from military personnel & their families girightshotline.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Who enlisted to "Kill Everyone?"
The GI Rights Hotline provides accurate, helpful counseling & info on military discharges, AWOL & UA, & GI Rights:
1-877-447-4487
private, nonprofit, nongovernmental org that answers thousands of calls from military personnel & their families girightshotline.org
The GI Rights Hotline provides accurate, helpful counseling & info on military discharges, AWOL & UA, & GI Rights:
1-877-447-4487
private, nonprofit, nongovernmental org that answers thousands of calls from military personnel & their families girightshotline.org
I keep journals day and enjoy writing, especially pen to paper, finding it therapeutic. Hope you're able to read this (written in '06 during continuation/escalation of Iraq & Afghanistan occupations) (blog is not monetized). Let me know what you think?
🙏🕊️
ncpeacedog.wordpress.com/2021/11/18/h...
🙏🕊️
ncpeacedog.wordpress.com/2021/11/18/h...
Hysteron Proteron Beyond (the Zero) – An old poem
Most of my journals since 1997 (age 24) Hello. I hope you reading this now are doing well. Thought I’d toss in some old writings into the blog mix from a series of experimental poems called &…
ncpeacedog.wordpress.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I keep journals day and enjoy writing, especially pen to paper, finding it therapeutic. Hope you're able to read this (written in '06 during continuation/escalation of Iraq & Afghanistan occupations) (blog is not monetized). Let me know what you think?
🙏🕊️
ncpeacedog.wordpress.com/2021/11/18/h...
🙏🕊️
ncpeacedog.wordpress.com/2021/11/18/h...
As someone receiving treatment for schizo-affective, this is FASCINATING: David Swanson on Talk World Radio talking about a jarring new book called "The Devil's Castle: Nazi Eugenics, Euthanasia, and How Psychiatry's Troubled History Reverberates Today." Author Susanne Antonetta youtu.be/Pe6Cy69aoEs
Talk World Radio: The Devil's Castle
YouTube video by David Swanson
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 12:56 AM
As someone receiving treatment for schizo-affective, this is FASCINATING: David Swanson on Talk World Radio talking about a jarring new book called "The Devil's Castle: Nazi Eugenics, Euthanasia, and How Psychiatry's Troubled History Reverberates Today." Author Susanne Antonetta youtu.be/Pe6Cy69aoEs