Ryan Lafferty
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The Digital Academy
How YouTube Channels and Patreon Are Becoming the New Universities for Forgotten Knowledge and Occult History
open.substack.com
The Digital Academy
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My short essay on the future of the Humanities and academic oddities during an anti-intellectual administration.
How much of Higher education will be pushed into different corner of the internet?
open.substack.com/pub/ryanplaf...
My short essay on the future of the Humanities and academic oddities during an anti-intellectual administration.
How much of Higher education will be pushed into different corner of the internet?
Academics and independent scholars are using Patreon and Substack to fund deep dives into topics like the Eleusinian Mysteries or the subtleties of Hittite diplomacy. Paul is one of them. Making sure knowledge isn't just preserved, but taught.
⛰️🏔️ Episode 20 is now live! 🏔️⛰️
In this episode, we look at the amazing story of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
Find out how the world's largest empire rose, flourished, and finally fell in ash and flame.
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRYd...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6AeH...
In this episode, we look at the amazing story of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
Find out how the world's largest empire rose, flourished, and finally fell in ash and flame.
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRYd...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6AeH...
November 15, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Academics and independent scholars are using Patreon and Substack to fund deep dives into topics like the Eleusinian Mysteries or the subtleties of Hittite diplomacy. Paul is one of them. Making sure knowledge isn't just preserved, but taught.
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⛰️🏔️ Episode 20 is now live! 🏔️⛰️
In this episode, we look at the amazing story of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
Find out how the world's largest empire rose, flourished, and finally fell in ash and flame.
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRYd...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6AeH...
In this episode, we look at the amazing story of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
Find out how the world's largest empire rose, flourished, and finally fell in ash and flame.
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRYd...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6AeH...
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
⛰️🏔️ Episode 20 is now live! 🏔️⛰️
In this episode, we look at the amazing story of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
Find out how the world's largest empire rose, flourished, and finally fell in ash and flame.
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRYd...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6AeH...
In this episode, we look at the amazing story of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
Find out how the world's largest empire rose, flourished, and finally fell in ash and flame.
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRYd...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6AeH...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Stirring Civil Unrest
September 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Stirring Civil Unrest
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The Supreme Court just greenlit Trump's dream of targeting immigrants based on race
September 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Supreme Court just greenlit Trump's dream of targeting immigrants based on race
How I feel about good Sci-FI:
“I am hopelessly in love with a memory. An echo from another time, another place.” — Michel Foucault
“I am hopelessly in love with a memory. An echo from another time, another place.” — Michel Foucault
September 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
How I feel about good Sci-FI:
“I am hopelessly in love with a memory. An echo from another time, another place.” — Michel Foucault
“I am hopelessly in love with a memory. An echo from another time, another place.” — Michel Foucault
The Digital Academy
open.substack.com/pub/ryanplaf...
My short essay on the future of the Humanities and academic oddities during an anti-intellectual administration.
How much of Higher education will be pushed into different corner of the internet?
open.substack.com/pub/ryanplaf...
My short essay on the future of the Humanities and academic oddities during an anti-intellectual administration.
How much of Higher education will be pushed into different corner of the internet?
The Digital Academy
How YouTube Channels and Patreon Are Becoming the New Universities for Forgotten Knowledge and Occult History
open.substack.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The Digital Academy
open.substack.com/pub/ryanplaf...
My short essay on the future of the Humanities and academic oddities during an anti-intellectual administration.
How much of Higher education will be pushed into different corner of the internet?
open.substack.com/pub/ryanplaf...
My short essay on the future of the Humanities and academic oddities during an anti-intellectual administration.
How much of Higher education will be pushed into different corner of the internet?
Reposted by Ryan Lafferty
The Bay Area's first turbo roundabout sent crashes soaring. Commuters and experts say it’s still a better intersection—serious injuries and deaths have disappeared, leaving many to assert that the roundabout is safer. www.mercurynews.com/2025/04/09/t... @lost-steno-pad.bsky.social @mercurynews.com
The Bay Area’s first turbo roundabout sent crashes soaring. Commuters and experts say it’s still a better intersection
The turbo roundabout saw crashes quadruple in its first year, but some commuters like the new intersection.
www.mercurynews.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The Bay Area's first turbo roundabout sent crashes soaring. Commuters and experts say it’s still a better intersection—serious injuries and deaths have disappeared, leaving many to assert that the roundabout is safer. www.mercurynews.com/2025/04/09/t... @lost-steno-pad.bsky.social @mercurynews.com
Big Oil and Wall ST are cutting and in panic mode during a Republican presidency. History's Biggest "I told you so"
April 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Big Oil and Wall ST are cutting and in panic mode during a Republican presidency. History's Biggest "I told you so"
History's biggest "I told you so"
the one silver lining to all of this is seeing this parade of dipshits get their just desserts
incredible things are happening.
April 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
History's biggest "I told you so"
"How will the average American make it through this economic crisis?"
April 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"How will the average American make it through this economic crisis?"
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#AlphabetChallenge
#LetterLforLyrics
Aurora borealis comes in view
Aurora comes in view
A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran
#LetterLforLyrics
Aurora borealis comes in view
Aurora comes in view
A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran
March 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM
#AlphabetChallenge
#LetterLforLyrics
Aurora borealis comes in view
Aurora comes in view
A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran
#LetterLforLyrics
Aurora borealis comes in view
Aurora comes in view
A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUyr...
One of the last great Americans of a forgotten time. I think I will watch Where the Buffalo Roam later.
One of the last great Americans of a forgotten time. I think I will watch Where the Buffalo Roam later.
Bill Murray Doesn’t Flinch While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot Ones
YouTube video by First We Feast
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March 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUyr...
One of the last great Americans of a forgotten time. I think I will watch Where the Buffalo Roam later.
One of the last great Americans of a forgotten time. I think I will watch Where the Buffalo Roam later.
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A striking new visualization made by climate scientist Zeke Hausfather unfurls like a flower blooming in the spring, its colors moving from blue to red. It may look beautiful but what it reveals is an alarming picture of a heating planet.
Read more: cnn.it/4i7b761
Read more: cnn.it/4i7b761
March 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A striking new visualization made by climate scientist Zeke Hausfather unfurls like a flower blooming in the spring, its colors moving from blue to red. It may look beautiful but what it reveals is an alarming picture of a heating planet.
Read more: cnn.it/4i7b761
Read more: cnn.it/4i7b761
www.mag4.net/Rimbaud/poes...
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This website is almost 20 years old. I read this roughly when I was 14-15 years old. I was inspired after discovering the Beats, and Bob Dylan to find more art that had this vibe. "Resonated" with me. Both the Rimbaud and Fredreich met that vibe ✔️.
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This website is almost 20 years old. I read this roughly when I was 14-15 years old. I was inspired after discovering the Beats, and Bob Dylan to find more art that had this vibe. "Resonated" with me. Both the Rimbaud and Fredreich met that vibe ✔️.
My Bohemian Life (Fantasy): Arthur Rimbaud - Poems
www.mag4.net
March 7, 2025 at 3:42 AM
www.mag4.net/Rimbaud/poes...
🕶
This website is almost 20 years old. I read this roughly when I was 14-15 years old. I was inspired after discovering the Beats, and Bob Dylan to find more art that had this vibe. "Resonated" with me. Both the Rimbaud and Fredreich met that vibe ✔️.
🕶
This website is almost 20 years old. I read this roughly when I was 14-15 years old. I was inspired after discovering the Beats, and Bob Dylan to find more art that had this vibe. "Resonated" with me. Both the Rimbaud and Fredreich met that vibe ✔️.
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Ahh yes, The Postman. Imagine pitching a post-apocalyptic drama about a civil servant, a Postman, fighting for the soul of America against a band of neo-Confederates led by a con-artist former insurance salesman. Sounds a lot less "out there" in 2025 than it did in 1997!
March 6, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Ahh yes, The Postman. Imagine pitching a post-apocalyptic drama about a civil servant, a Postman, fighting for the soul of America against a band of neo-Confederates led by a con-artist former insurance salesman. Sounds a lot less "out there" in 2025 than it did in 1997!
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Tesla is down $207 a share since the middle of December.
March 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Tesla is down $207 a share since the middle of December.
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USA loses another war 🤦♂️
March 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
USA loses another war 🤦♂️
He has still got it. What a legend.
March 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
He has still got it. What a legend.
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DOGE is gutting the federal agency that leads climate research and oversees the weather service, laying off 10% of staff (with the ultimate goal of eliminating 50%) and cancelling office leases, @justcalma.bsky.social scoops www.theverge.com/news/622990/...
The US faces ‘devastating’ losses for weather forecasts, federal workers say
“If these cuts continue, you will feel them personally.”
www.theverge.com
March 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
DOGE is gutting the federal agency that leads climate research and oversees the weather service, laying off 10% of staff (with the ultimate goal of eliminating 50%) and cancelling office leases, @justcalma.bsky.social scoops www.theverge.com/news/622990/...
Nice, that's always a good thing. After living there for years, I appreciate rain so much.
Wet pattern still appears likely across essentially all of CA for at least next 7-10 days (inc. SoCal). Heading toward mid-Mar, there is some inter-ensemble disagreement: ECMWF ensemble is much wetter than GFS, and brings heavy rain to SoCal in that window. Stay tuned! #CAwx
March 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Nice, that's always a good thing. After living there for years, I appreciate rain so much.
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Supreme Court legalized bribery, took bribes themselves, and declared this was all just how democracy is supposed to work
SCOOP: Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with President Donald Trump at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a group setting.
People Are Paying Millions to Dine With Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a…
buff.ly
March 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Supreme Court legalized bribery, took bribes themselves, and declared this was all just how democracy is supposed to work