Rolf Obermaier
@rolfobermaier.bsky.social
Author of the books Navarchus and Open Systems, Closed Minds
Writing at the edge of democracy, tech & power.
Freedom advocate.
Cancer survivor, dad, husband.
Ohio-based. Global mind.
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Writing at the edge of democracy, tech & power.
Freedom advocate.
Cancer survivor, dad, husband.
Ohio-based. Global mind.
📚 amazon.com/author/rolfobermaier
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We don’t mean-test fire protection because catastrophe isn’t optional.
Healthcare is the same kind of risk.
Universal healthcare sets a floor, not a ceiling.
Healthcare is the same kind of risk.
Universal healthcare sets a floor, not a ceiling.
Best Racing Drivers of All Time
December 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Best Racing Drivers of All Time
Thomas Paine's America: A Deam Deferred
December 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Thomas Paine's America: A Deam Deferred
The First Amendment protects religious freedom, not taxpayer-funded indoctrination.
Public money comes with public obligations.
Public money comes with public obligations.
December 13, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The First Amendment protects religious freedom, not taxpayer-funded indoctrination.
Public money comes with public obligations.
Public money comes with public obligations.
We don’t mean-test fire protection because catastrophe isn’t optional.
Healthcare is the same kind of risk.
Universal healthcare sets a floor, not a ceiling.
Healthcare is the same kind of risk.
Universal healthcare sets a floor, not a ceiling.
December 13, 2025 at 2:05 AM
We don’t mean-test fire protection because catastrophe isn’t optional.
Healthcare is the same kind of risk.
Universal healthcare sets a floor, not a ceiling.
Healthcare is the same kind of risk.
Universal healthcare sets a floor, not a ceiling.
No one earns their birthplace. No one earns superiority from it.
December 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
No one earns their birthplace. No one earns superiority from it.
Difference between Canada and USA traffic signals
December 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Difference between Canada and USA traffic signals
I opposed Charlie Kirk’s ideas. But his murder is unforgivable and abhorrent. Normalize political violence and it will consume us all. Celebrate it here and you’re blocked. Don’t become the scourge you claim to oppose.
September 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I opposed Charlie Kirk’s ideas. But his murder is unforgivable and abhorrent. Normalize political violence and it will consume us all. Celebrate it here and you’re blocked. Don’t become the scourge you claim to oppose.
Morality grew from dirt, fear, and humans thinking: "If getting stabbed sucks for me, maybe it sucks for everyone else too."
The Mancala Incident: rolfobermaier.medium.com/the-mancala-...
The Mancala Incident: rolfobermaier.medium.com/the-mancala-...
The Mancala Incident.
The Big Question That Won’t Shut Up
rolfobermaier.medium.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Morality grew from dirt, fear, and humans thinking: "If getting stabbed sucks for me, maybe it sucks for everyone else too."
The Mancala Incident: rolfobermaier.medium.com/the-mancala-...
The Mancala Incident: rolfobermaier.medium.com/the-mancala-...
Justice has removed her blindfold.
In “Negotiated Immunity,” I examine how power—through presidential, corporate, and qualified immunity—has distorted equal justice.
How exceptions corrode accountability and democracy.
Read here →
rolfobermaier.medium.com/negotiated-i...
In “Negotiated Immunity,” I examine how power—through presidential, corporate, and qualified immunity—has distorted equal justice.
How exceptions corrode accountability and democracy.
Read here →
rolfobermaier.medium.com/negotiated-i...
Negotiated Immunity.
How Power Undermines Equal Justice
rolfobermaier.medium.com
August 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Justice has removed her blindfold.
In “Negotiated Immunity,” I examine how power—through presidential, corporate, and qualified immunity—has distorted equal justice.
How exceptions corrode accountability and democracy.
Read here →
rolfobermaier.medium.com/negotiated-i...
In “Negotiated Immunity,” I examine how power—through presidential, corporate, and qualified immunity—has distorted equal justice.
How exceptions corrode accountability and democracy.
Read here →
rolfobermaier.medium.com/negotiated-i...
What's the perfect 20th-century song recording? 🎤 My new article makes a case!
It's subjective, but I picked my champion, Etta James' "At Last." I also explore why classics from Aretha to Oasis (and even joyful personal favorites!) matter so much.
Dive in: rolfobermaier.medium.com/the-unassail...
It's subjective, but I picked my champion, Etta James' "At Last." I also explore why classics from Aretha to Oasis (and even joyful personal favorites!) matter so much.
Dive in: rolfobermaier.medium.com/the-unassail...
The Unassailable Perfection.
Etta James’ ‘At Last’ and the Quest for the 20th Century’s Greatest Recording.
rolfobermaier.medium.com
August 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
What's the perfect 20th-century song recording? 🎤 My new article makes a case!
It's subjective, but I picked my champion, Etta James' "At Last." I also explore why classics from Aretha to Oasis (and even joyful personal favorites!) matter so much.
Dive in: rolfobermaier.medium.com/the-unassail...
It's subjective, but I picked my champion, Etta James' "At Last." I also explore why classics from Aretha to Oasis (and even joyful personal favorites!) matter so much.
Dive in: rolfobermaier.medium.com/the-unassail...
🚨 The Fire Department Test
Why even libertarians should support Universal Healthcare 🔥🏥
You don’t pay firefighters at the scene. Why should a heart attack be different?
📖 Read the full essay:
👉 rolfobermaier.medium.com/the-fire-dep...
#Healthcare #HealthcareReform #HumanRights
Why even libertarians should support Universal Healthcare 🔥🏥
You don’t pay firefighters at the scene. Why should a heart attack be different?
📖 Read the full essay:
👉 rolfobermaier.medium.com/the-fire-dep...
#Healthcare #HealthcareReform #HumanRights
The Fire Department Test.
Why Libertarians Should Support Universal Healthcare.
rolfobermaier.medium.com
August 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
🚨 The Fire Department Test
Why even libertarians should support Universal Healthcare 🔥🏥
You don’t pay firefighters at the scene. Why should a heart attack be different?
📖 Read the full essay:
👉 rolfobermaier.medium.com/the-fire-dep...
#Healthcare #HealthcareReform #HumanRights
Why even libertarians should support Universal Healthcare 🔥🏥
You don’t pay firefighters at the scene. Why should a heart attack be different?
📖 Read the full essay:
👉 rolfobermaier.medium.com/the-fire-dep...
#Healthcare #HealthcareReform #HumanRights
🔻 Faith Against the Good
A secular analysis of how religious extremism—of all kinds—turns well-meaning people into agents of injustice.
✍️ Read now: rolfobermaier.medium.com/faith-agains...
#SecularHumanism #ReligiousExtremism #HumanRights #IsraelPalestine #Rationalism
A secular analysis of how religious extremism—of all kinds—turns well-meaning people into agents of injustice.
✍️ Read now: rolfobermaier.medium.com/faith-agains...
#SecularHumanism #ReligiousExtremism #HumanRights #IsraelPalestine #Rationalism
Faith Against The Good
A Secular Critique of Religious Extremism
rolfobermaier.medium.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:22 PM
🔻 Faith Against the Good
A secular analysis of how religious extremism—of all kinds—turns well-meaning people into agents of injustice.
✍️ Read now: rolfobermaier.medium.com/faith-agains...
#SecularHumanism #ReligiousExtremism #HumanRights #IsraelPalestine #Rationalism
A secular analysis of how religious extremism—of all kinds—turns well-meaning people into agents of injustice.
✍️ Read now: rolfobermaier.medium.com/faith-agains...
#SecularHumanism #ReligiousExtremism #HumanRights #IsraelPalestine #Rationalism
“When rights are severed for the privilege of a few, we all lose.”
From Japanese internment to modern immigration policy, the cost of injustice is collective.
My latest essay: Bounded and Bonded
➡️ rolfobermaier.medium.com/bounded-and-...
#CivilRights #Justice #Immigration #AmericanHistory
From Japanese internment to modern immigration policy, the cost of injustice is collective.
My latest essay: Bounded and Bonded
➡️ rolfobermaier.medium.com/bounded-and-...
#CivilRights #Justice #Immigration #AmericanHistory
Bounded and Bonded
The Collective Cost of Severed Rights
rolfobermaier.medium.com
July 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“When rights are severed for the privilege of a few, we all lose.”
From Japanese internment to modern immigration policy, the cost of injustice is collective.
My latest essay: Bounded and Bonded
➡️ rolfobermaier.medium.com/bounded-and-...
#CivilRights #Justice #Immigration #AmericanHistory
From Japanese internment to modern immigration policy, the cost of injustice is collective.
My latest essay: Bounded and Bonded
➡️ rolfobermaier.medium.com/bounded-and-...
#CivilRights #Justice #Immigration #AmericanHistory
Thomas Paine’s America: A Dream Deferred obermaier.us/thomas-paine...
Thomas Paine's America: A Dream Deferred - Obermaier
Paine’s America was never a finished project but a challenge, a call to align the nation’s actions with its highest ideals. To honor his vision, we must confront the ways we’ve fallen short: in our bo...
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July 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Thomas Paine’s America: A Dream Deferred obermaier.us/thomas-paine...
"Linux, to me, was like adopting a raccoon: weirdly intelligent, occasionally violent, and definitely not house-trained — but I couldn’t help falling for it."
rolfobermaier.medium.com/linux-a-quie...
rolfobermaier.medium.com/linux-a-quie...
Why I Still Love Linux After 20 Years
And No, I’m Not a Neckbearded Sysadmin
rolfobermaier.medium.com
July 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"Linux, to me, was like adopting a raccoon: weirdly intelligent, occasionally violent, and definitely not house-trained — but I couldn’t help falling for it."
rolfobermaier.medium.com/linux-a-quie...
rolfobermaier.medium.com/linux-a-quie...
The Linguistic Dehumanization of “Non-Citizen”
How Language Shapes Policy and Perception
rolfobermaier.medium.com/the-linguist...
How Language Shapes Policy and Perception
rolfobermaier.medium.com/the-linguist...
The Linguistic Dehumanization of “Non-Citizen”
How Language Shapes Policy and Perception
rolfobermaier.medium.com
July 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The Linguistic Dehumanization of “Non-Citizen”
How Language Shapes Policy and Perception
rolfobermaier.medium.com/the-linguist...
How Language Shapes Policy and Perception
rolfobermaier.medium.com/the-linguist...
The Accidents of Supremacy: How Birth Lotteries Create Human Monsters obermaier.us/the-accident...
The Accidents of Supremacy: How Birth Lotteries Create Human Monsters - Obermaier
(Originally published in the book Open Systems, Closed Mind) Part I: The Illusion of Birth-Based Superiority At the heart of nationalist ideology lies one of humanity’s most persistent logical fallaci...
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July 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The Accidents of Supremacy: How Birth Lotteries Create Human Monsters obermaier.us/the-accident...
Independence is freedom. Happy 4th of July!
July 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Independence is freedom. Happy 4th of July!
Happy 4th of July!
July 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Happy 4th of July!
🚀 Navarchus (Sci-Fi)
Humanity reaches into the past through the fabric of light—
but the universe never gives without taking.
Dive into Navarchus, a philosophical sci-fi odyssey.
🌌 Available now on Amazon:
📖 a.co/d/fzwmFIb
🔎 Find it now. Read it before it finds you.
Humanity reaches into the past through the fabric of light—
but the universe never gives without taking.
Dive into Navarchus, a philosophical sci-fi odyssey.
🌌 Available now on Amazon:
📖 a.co/d/fzwmFIb
🔎 Find it now. Read it before it finds you.
July 2, 2025 at 1:34 AM
🚀 Navarchus (Sci-Fi)
Humanity reaches into the past through the fabric of light—
but the universe never gives without taking.
Dive into Navarchus, a philosophical sci-fi odyssey.
🌌 Available now on Amazon:
📖 a.co/d/fzwmFIb
🔎 Find it now. Read it before it finds you.
Humanity reaches into the past through the fabric of light—
but the universe never gives without taking.
Dive into Navarchus, a philosophical sci-fi odyssey.
🌌 Available now on Amazon:
📖 a.co/d/fzwmFIb
🔎 Find it now. Read it before it finds you.
🧠 Open Systems, Closed Minds (Nonfiction)
We were promised freedom.
What we got was control—coded, curated, and commodified.
Open Systems, Closed Minds unpacks the systems shaping us.
📘 Grab your copy on Amazon:
a.co/d/50DX9z7
🔍 For readers who still question everything.
We were promised freedom.
What we got was control—coded, curated, and commodified.
Open Systems, Closed Minds unpacks the systems shaping us.
📘 Grab your copy on Amazon:
a.co/d/50DX9z7
🔍 For readers who still question everything.
July 2, 2025 at 1:33 AM
🧠 Open Systems, Closed Minds (Nonfiction)
We were promised freedom.
What we got was control—coded, curated, and commodified.
Open Systems, Closed Minds unpacks the systems shaping us.
📘 Grab your copy on Amazon:
a.co/d/50DX9z7
🔍 For readers who still question everything.
We were promised freedom.
What we got was control—coded, curated, and commodified.
Open Systems, Closed Minds unpacks the systems shaping us.
📘 Grab your copy on Amazon:
a.co/d/50DX9z7
🔍 For readers who still question everything.
In 1944, a young agronomist named Norman Borlaug knelt in a wheat field in Mexico, crossbreeding grains with a simple, urgent goal: end hunger. His tools were basic, his surroundings harsh, but the stakes were nothing short of global survival. The result? A revolution.
Where is the New Norman?
What a scene! Professor Hulk straps on the gauntlet, snaps his giant green fingers, and boom — half the universe is back. And just as we…
rolfobermaier.medium.com
March 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
In 1944, a young agronomist named Norman Borlaug knelt in a wheat field in Mexico, crossbreeding grains with a simple, urgent goal: end hunger. His tools were basic, his surroundings harsh, but the stakes were nothing short of global survival. The result? A revolution.
Reposted by Rolf Obermaier
it is BUCK WILD that they are just texting this shit to each other
March 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
it is BUCK WILD that they are just texting this shit to each other