Diogenes Grief, Cynic Extraordinaire
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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
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May 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
$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
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April 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Anne Applebaum mentioned this book recently. It’s in my stack now:
April 26, 2025 at 2:44 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.
April 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Happy 55th Earth Day, polluters! +1.5 C is imminent. +3 C highly probable. 55 years of ever-dire warnings unheeded. Humanity gets what it deserves.
April 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
April 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Some books from my shelves. Share the knowledge.
April 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Cracking this open. “The degree of conflict and animosity around politics really has become much worse over the last two decades. But the people haven’t changed. Our minds haven’t changed. What has changed, as I argue in the final chapter, is our political environment.” Thank you public library.
April 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Great book on how Christians went crazy. Your magical thinking won’t save you, but the grifters will keep grifting the jelly-brained morons.
April 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
April 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Knocked out this quick, informative read this morning. Remember the "Panama Papers" of 2016, the "Paradise Papers" of 2017, and the "Pandora Papers" of 2021, goldfish?

"These claims about wealth's threat to democracy have been borne out, not just in America but worldwide" (p. 29, Libby).
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April 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I'd just like to say to all the "libs" whining and complaining about Klein & Thompson's "Abundance" book, you all need to do some serious, honest introspection. Almost all of "the Left's" problems fix solely on the DNC (democrats.org/leadership-d...) and its poor decisions over the past 50 years.
March 31, 2025 at 12:44 AM
For those who can read more than 300 characters at one time, Dale Beran covered this quite well back in 2019, and Marc Maron interviewed him over this (www.wtfpod.com/podcast/epis...).
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