Diogenes Grief, Cynic Extraordinaire
@diogenesgrief.bsky.social
Heathen Metalhead, Bibliophile, disillusioned Iraq Vet, Third-Wave Feminist, Humanist, Environmentalist, and a once optimistic Berniecrat who's quickly slipping into misanthropy and nihilism.
After a 10-year break from social media, I tried again, only to be completely underwhelmed. It's as banal, narcissistic, and pointless as ever. Good luck to all. I'll be in the trenches, phoneless.
June 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
After a 10-year break from social media, I tried again, only to be completely underwhelmed. It's as banal, narcissistic, and pointless as ever. Good luck to all. I'll be in the trenches, phoneless.
Atwood was an oracle. Terry Gross's 1986 interview. You'll have to level-up your NPR support to access this, but with the knuckle-dragging MAGAts defunding public media, it's well worth the extra support.
open.spotify.com/episode/0iHC...
open.spotify.com/episode/0iHC...
Why Margaret Atwood Eschewed The Term 'Science Fiction' For Her Books (Fresh Air+)
Fresh Air Plus · Episode
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June 17, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Atwood was an oracle. Terry Gross's 1986 interview. You'll have to level-up your NPR support to access this, but with the knuckle-dragging MAGAts defunding public media, it's well worth the extra support.
open.spotify.com/episode/0iHC...
open.spotify.com/episode/0iHC...
Not trying to ruin anyone's weekend, so save this for later. We can only be infuriated further by the power-brokers in the DNC. Listen, check out the excerpt, then read the book.
open.spotify.com/episode/6rpJ...
open.spotify.com/episode/6rpJ...
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on President Joe Biden’s Decline, and Its Cover-Up
The New Yorker Radio Hour · Episode
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May 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Not trying to ruin anyone's weekend, so save this for later. We can only be infuriated further by the power-brokers in the DNC. Listen, check out the excerpt, then read the book.
open.spotify.com/episode/6rpJ...
open.spotify.com/episode/6rpJ...
$20 on Kickstarter for anyone who wants to start a punk band called Hunter Biden's Laptop. Dibs on drums.
May 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
$20 on Kickstarter for anyone who wants to start a punk band called Hunter Biden's Laptop. Dibs on drums.
The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History
The David Frum Show · Episode
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May 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Flush this down the Memory Hole for all those actively protesting. Keep in mind the GOP has 24-hour disinformation networks and millions of mouthbreathers hypnotized by social media a-holes. 3.5% of a population apparently topples regimes. Good luck.
open.spotify.com/episode/4gma...
open.spotify.com/episode/4gma...
Protests, Political Violence and Its Alternatives with Erica Chenoweth
Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast · Episode
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May 9, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Flush this down the Memory Hole for all those actively protesting. Keep in mind the GOP has 24-hour disinformation networks and millions of mouthbreathers hypnotized by social media a-holes. 3.5% of a population apparently topples regimes. Good luck.
open.spotify.com/episode/4gma...
open.spotify.com/episode/4gma...
Hear that, goldfish? That's the monstrous sucking vortex of this giant, worthless Memory Hole. FTW.
open.spotify.com/track/4tzak8...
open.spotify.com/track/4tzak8...
Swiping Life Away
Bio-Cancer · Revengeance · Song · 2023
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April 29, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Hear that, goldfish? That's the monstrous sucking vortex of this giant, worthless Memory Hole. FTW.
open.spotify.com/track/4tzak8...
open.spotify.com/track/4tzak8...
America's Path To 'Competitive Authoritarianism'
Fresh Air · Episode
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April 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Great convo. Not sure hopeful though. Far too many have been programmed by news networks and social media algorithms. Worth a listen though.
open.spotify.com/episode/2eJg...
open.spotify.com/episode/2eJg...
S2 Ep1029: Beto O'Rourke: Never Lose Hope
The Bulwark Podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Great convo. Not sure hopeful though. Far too many have been programmed by news networks and social media algorithms. Worth a listen though.
open.spotify.com/episode/2eJg...
open.spotify.com/episode/2eJg...
In the Temple of the Tyrant, by Behölder
8 track album
beholderblacklion.bandcamp.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Something else to support, and to retake the flag for actual representative democracy:
teamrwb.org/old-glory-ul...
teamrwb.org/old-glory-ul...
Old Glory Ultra Relay — Team Red, White & Blue
teamrwb.org
April 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Something else to support, and to retake the flag for actual representative democracy:
teamrwb.org/old-glory-ul...
teamrwb.org/old-glory-ul...
My wife and I finished “The Pitt” last night. The best TV I’ve seen in a good long while with so much forgettable crap out these days.
April 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
My wife and I finished “The Pitt” last night. The best TV I’ve seen in a good long while with so much forgettable crap out these days.
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🤑Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg & all of Trump’s other billionaire bros’ lavish displays of wealth have achieved the impossible:
They’ve now convinced 70% OF REPUBLICAN VOTERS to support higher taxes on the rich, according to new poll data. www.levernews.com/is-the-gops-...
They’ve now convinced 70% OF REPUBLICAN VOTERS to support higher taxes on the rich, according to new poll data. www.levernews.com/is-the-gops-...
Is The GOP’s Tax Revolt Collapsing?
The anti-tax movement has dominated American politics for 50 years — but it may finally be fraying.
www.levernews.com
April 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🤑Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg & all of Trump’s other billionaire bros’ lavish displays of wealth have achieved the impossible:
They’ve now convinced 70% OF REPUBLICAN VOTERS to support higher taxes on the rich, according to new poll data. www.levernews.com/is-the-gops-...
They’ve now convinced 70% OF REPUBLICAN VOTERS to support higher taxes on the rich, according to new poll data. www.levernews.com/is-the-gops-...
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“It was a combination of tactics—bodies in the streets and votes in ballot boxes—that forced Washington’s hand.” David Cortright, Vietnam veteran and antiwar activist, on the lessons for today’s movement.
A Chorus of Defiance - Boston Review
When news of the end of the Vietnam War arrived fifty years ago, immortalized in images of U.S. helicopters lifting off from the roofs of Saigon, many who
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April 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“It was a combination of tactics—bodies in the streets and votes in ballot boxes—that forced Washington’s hand.” David Cortright, Vietnam veteran and antiwar activist, on the lessons for today’s movement.
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@dontdeleteart.bsky.social is a collaboration between artist-activists + human rights orgs, advocating for the inclusion of artistic perspectives in content moderation + against art censorship online.
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April 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
@dontdeleteart.bsky.social is a collaboration between artist-activists + human rights orgs, advocating for the inclusion of artistic perspectives in content moderation + against art censorship online.
Share this post widely!
#artists #Trumpftc #resist
#censorship
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#artists #Trumpftc #resist
#censorship
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Trump let unelected billionaire Elon Musk gut the federal government. With DOGE nefariously mining and deleting data, Americans are hitting back, dumping Tesla—the car and the stock. And it seems to be making an impact. A look at boycotts from @nicolefroio.bsky.social
How Do Boycotts Work? - Dame Magazine
American voters got more than they bargained for when they elected Donald Trump for another go-round in the Oval Office. Trump deputized his sieg-heiling benefactor, Elon Musk, to become his “governin...
www.damemagazine.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Trump let unelected billionaire Elon Musk gut the federal government. With DOGE nefariously mining and deleting data, Americans are hitting back, dumping Tesla—the car and the stock. And it seems to be making an impact. A look at boycotts from @nicolefroio.bsky.social