Joseph of the Mountain Goats
@wanderingcircle.bsky.social
Writer and recovering burnt out generalist
Human rights are cool - Trump is a fool
Diligence and precision are attention functions
Human rights are cool - Trump is a fool
Diligence and precision are attention functions
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The longer you delay the collective response to fascism, the longer, harder, and more costly the struggle will be.
But you don't fight fascism with more fascism. You fight it by defending all the ideals, values, people, and institutions you love and value.
Strange as it sounds to some: Love wins.
But you don't fight fascism with more fascism. You fight it by defending all the ideals, values, people, and institutions you love and value.
Strange as it sounds to some: Love wins.
April 19, 2025 at 4:28 AM
The longer you delay the collective response to fascism, the longer, harder, and more costly the struggle will be.
But you don't fight fascism with more fascism. You fight it by defending all the ideals, values, people, and institutions you love and value.
Strange as it sounds to some: Love wins.
But you don't fight fascism with more fascism. You fight it by defending all the ideals, values, people, and institutions you love and value.
Strange as it sounds to some: Love wins.
Without temperance and compassion for others, intelligence and ambition lead only to exploitation of The Other and the invention of functional implements in one's search for power in a struggle to cast the ego across the Earth through the shadow of dominion and fear.
April 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Without temperance and compassion for others, intelligence and ambition lead only to exploitation of The Other and the invention of functional implements in one's search for power in a struggle to cast the ego across the Earth through the shadow of dominion and fear.
Hey guys 👋
I know things are pretty stressful with The Horrors and all, but take a moment to remember that we live inside of this, and for all the folly of all the fools who will ever walk the Earth, it is still beautiful ❤️🔥
I know things are pretty stressful with The Horrors and all, but take a moment to remember that we live inside of this, and for all the folly of all the fools who will ever walk the Earth, it is still beautiful ❤️🔥
April 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Hey guys 👋
I know things are pretty stressful with The Horrors and all, but take a moment to remember that we live inside of this, and for all the folly of all the fools who will ever walk the Earth, it is still beautiful ❤️🔥
I know things are pretty stressful with The Horrors and all, but take a moment to remember that we live inside of this, and for all the folly of all the fools who will ever walk the Earth, it is still beautiful ❤️🔥
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“History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.”
— Karl Marx
— Karl Marx
April 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
“History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.”
— Karl Marx
— Karl Marx
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It’s weird* that the president can just decide to put a huge tax on American businesses without congress even being a little bit involved.
* very unconstitutional
* very unconstitutional
April 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
It’s weird* that the president can just decide to put a huge tax on American businesses without congress even being a little bit involved.
* very unconstitutional
* very unconstitutional
America is in the "Jon Snow just got betrayed by Thorne et Co. and we're all freaking out about whether he's going to come back to life in the next book" phase of fascist decline
April 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
America is in the "Jon Snow just got betrayed by Thorne et Co. and we're all freaking out about whether he's going to come back to life in the next book" phase of fascist decline
Man oh man do I wish that we were all safely stuck inside one of your books instead of this hyper-reality
Fairy Tale was splendid and made me cry btw 👌
Fairy Tale was splendid and made me cry btw 👌
Oh man, somebody get him out of there. He’s crazy.
April 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Man oh man do I wish that we were all safely stuck inside one of your books instead of this hyper-reality
Fairy Tale was splendid and made me cry btw 👌
Fairy Tale was splendid and made me cry btw 👌
In such times, the people will be divided, not according to the information they hold, but by the stories they believe.
We will have a chance, and maybe a last, to liberate the world of man's possessive delusion by weaving a story capable of uniting folk of different worlds.
Light up the darkness
We will have a chance, and maybe a last, to liberate the world of man's possessive delusion by weaving a story capable of uniting folk of different worlds.
Light up the darkness
April 2, 2025 at 10:31 AM
In such times, the people will be divided, not according to the information they hold, but by the stories they believe.
We will have a chance, and maybe a last, to liberate the world of man's possessive delusion by weaving a story capable of uniting folk of different worlds.
Light up the darkness
We will have a chance, and maybe a last, to liberate the world of man's possessive delusion by weaving a story capable of uniting folk of different worlds.
Light up the darkness
To still be making coherent and excellent points after speaking for so long is a marvelous achievement in its own right!
April 2, 2025 at 12:20 AM
To still be making coherent and excellent points after speaking for so long is a marvelous achievement in its own right!
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And, to be clear, it's almost certainly happening *because* the base has been screaming for action from elected Democrats.
This isn't "relax, they've got this." This is "keep yelling, it's working."
This isn't "relax, they've got this." This is "keep yelling, it's working."
Btw, that means in the last 24 hours we've had:
-Cory Booker going for a record in holding the floor
-Ruben Gallego putting a hold on VA nominees over cuts to veterans care
-Adam Schiff putting a hold on Ed Martin's nomination for DC US attorney over... a lot
That's a genuinely good start.
-Cory Booker going for a record in holding the floor
-Ruben Gallego putting a hold on VA nominees over cuts to veterans care
-Adam Schiff putting a hold on Ed Martin's nomination for DC US attorney over... a lot
That's a genuinely good start.
April 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM
And, to be clear, it's almost certainly happening *because* the base has been screaming for action from elected Democrats.
This isn't "relax, they've got this." This is "keep yelling, it's working."
This isn't "relax, they've got this." This is "keep yelling, it's working."
We need a party of political candidates who unify around the principle of utterly opposing corporate power in politics
March 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
We need a party of political candidates who unify around the principle of utterly opposing corporate power in politics
The fact that the Dems just sat there with their little signs is so frustratingly embarrassing...
They did the opposite of what they should've - instead of making him look weak, they made themselves look impotent.
They did the opposite of what they should've - instead of making him look weak, they made themselves look impotent.
March 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The fact that the Dems just sat there with their little signs is so frustratingly embarrassing...
They did the opposite of what they should've - instead of making him look weak, they made themselves look impotent.
They did the opposite of what they should've - instead of making him look weak, they made themselves look impotent.
Those who have no empathy for others will inspire none for themselves.
“The fundamental weakness of Weatern civilization is empathy.”
—Elon Musk
—Elon Musk
March 6, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Those who have no empathy for others will inspire none for themselves.
Gorgeous 😂
March 6, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Gorgeous 😂
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Dear universities, scientists, lawyers, farmers, workers, artists, doctors...
Being silent won't protect you.
Being silent won't protect you.
March 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Dear universities, scientists, lawyers, farmers, workers, artists, doctors...
Being silent won't protect you.
Being silent won't protect you.
You know shit's hitting the fan when people are renting chickens
March 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
You know shit's hitting the fan when people are renting chickens
Hilarious how the rich think they can just put a bunch of policies in place to get rich and it won't tank the economy and piss a whole bunch of people off. Guess we'll see how strong algorithms really are soon.
March 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Hilarious how the rich think they can just put a bunch of policies in place to get rich and it won't tank the economy and piss a whole bunch of people off. Guess we'll see how strong algorithms really are soon.
Stories are warnings and prophets both, given power and weight by people's belief.
March 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Stories are warnings and prophets both, given power and weight by people's belief.
Stories are how humans project some notion of order onto the world.
March 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Stories are how humans project some notion of order onto the world.
"The possible signs of a coming collapse are the same as the greatest strengths of Western civilization: democracy, capitalism, the generally peaceful linking of world economic systems, our amazing success in harnessing the powers of nature to the betterment of the human condition"
The Indiana Jones of collapsed cultures: Our Western civilization itself is a bubble
Bill Gates may think we're living in the greatest time in history. But the same elements of our society that have allowed Western civilization to succeed also spell its impending collapse. Anthropolog...
www.pbs.org
March 3, 2025 at 9:25 AM
"The possible signs of a coming collapse are the same as the greatest strengths of Western civilization: democracy, capitalism, the generally peaceful linking of world economic systems, our amazing success in harnessing the powers of nature to the betterment of the human condition"
No, you stinky, ketamine-addicted, socially traumatized, hyper-wealthy, narcissistic lunatic: empathy is not a f**king weakness, but a necessary component to solve the problems of the exploitative system you are benefitting from.
Government AI, defending DOGE and more: Takeaways from Elon Musk’s three-hour interview with Joe Rogan
The wide-ranging interview between the two prominent Trump supporters comes as Musk remakes the federal government.
www.politico.com
March 3, 2025 at 9:22 AM
No, you stinky, ketamine-addicted, socially traumatized, hyper-wealthy, narcissistic lunatic: empathy is not a f**king weakness, but a necessary component to solve the problems of the exploitative system you are benefitting from.
The actions of this administration have been exceptionally enraging...
Hope everyone is doing their best to keep their heads above the waves and out of the rain 💜
Hope everyone is doing their best to keep their heads above the waves and out of the rain 💜
March 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The actions of this administration have been exceptionally enraging...
Hope everyone is doing their best to keep their heads above the waves and out of the rain 💜
Hope everyone is doing their best to keep their heads above the waves and out of the rain 💜
Wonderful idea!
Stand with your backs to him for the first 10min. Then do a walk-out, and hold a press conference on the Capitol steps outlining his every abuse of the Constitution since inauguration, with at least one victim present for each to share their story.
February 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Wonderful idea!
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"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
February 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
Today has me really wishing that we (Americans) could call a vote of no confidence through public referendum
February 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Today has me really wishing that we (Americans) could call a vote of no confidence through public referendum