Dirt Dad
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A Gabagool for Leibowitz
December 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
A Gabagool for Leibowitz
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As we enter into what will likely be another "annus odusseia" here are some resources on Homer and the Odyssey for audiences of different levels and interest
[they are open-access or reasonably priced]
[they are open-access or reasonably priced]
December 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
As we enter into what will likely be another "annus odusseia" here are some resources on Homer and the Odyssey for audiences of different levels and interest
[they are open-access or reasonably priced]
[they are open-access or reasonably priced]
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SPIRITUALISM AND TWO CLASSICAL SCHOLARS
Or, how an ancient Greek philosopher appeared to a South African academic and the bestselling English translation of the Aeneid was assisted by Virgil's ghost.
robindouglas.org/2025/12/16/s...
Or, how an ancient Greek philosopher appeared to a South African academic and the bestselling English translation of the Aeneid was assisted by Virgil's ghost.
robindouglas.org/2025/12/16/s...
Spiritualism and two classical scholars
Asking Virgil’s ghost for advice Over the years, a number of scholars of classics have had an interest in the paranormal. Perhaps the best-known is E. R. Dodds (1893-1979), who is the only pe…
robindouglas.org
December 17, 2025 at 7:05 AM
SPIRITUALISM AND TWO CLASSICAL SCHOLARS
Or, how an ancient Greek philosopher appeared to a South African academic and the bestselling English translation of the Aeneid was assisted by Virgil's ghost.
robindouglas.org/2025/12/16/s...
Or, how an ancient Greek philosopher appeared to a South African academic and the bestselling English translation of the Aeneid was assisted by Virgil's ghost.
robindouglas.org/2025/12/16/s...
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Old man Potter, the evil billionaire from It’s a Wonderful Life calls the working families of Bedford Falls “a bunch of garlic eaters.” The oligarch class has always tried to squeeze in new slurs to keep the rest of us down. Merry Christmas to all of us garlic eaters. There are no rich men in heaven
December 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Old man Potter, the evil billionaire from It’s a Wonderful Life calls the working families of Bedford Falls “a bunch of garlic eaters.” The oligarch class has always tried to squeeze in new slurs to keep the rest of us down. Merry Christmas to all of us garlic eaters. There are no rich men in heaven
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For about ten years I've thought about what a Tom Waits TV Christmas special produced in the early 80s would have been like. It's almost real to me. The set is a Depression-era shack he built and a stream of celebrity hobos keep knocking on the door and Tom goes "I wOnDEr WHo tHaT cOuLd bE"
December 13, 2024 at 4:49 PM
For about ten years I've thought about what a Tom Waits TV Christmas special produced in the early 80s would have been like. It's almost real to me. The set is a Depression-era shack he built and a stream of celebrity hobos keep knocking on the door and Tom goes "I wOnDEr WHo tHaT cOuLd bE"
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Anti-trans demagogue and fifth place swimmer Riley Gaines earned $470,000+ last year from a conservative non-profit.
Notably, $420k was incentive-based.
A neat little window into the way the transphobic grift is being compensated.
I wonder what the per-post rate is?
Notably, $420k was incentive-based.
A neat little window into the way the transphobic grift is being compensated.
I wonder what the per-post rate is?
December 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Anti-trans demagogue and fifth place swimmer Riley Gaines earned $470,000+ last year from a conservative non-profit.
Notably, $420k was incentive-based.
A neat little window into the way the transphobic grift is being compensated.
I wonder what the per-post rate is?
Notably, $420k was incentive-based.
A neat little window into the way the transphobic grift is being compensated.
I wonder what the per-post rate is?
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the least shocking thing in the epstein files that wont get enough attention. police regularly arrest and charge victims to coerce them into participating, often jailing them in conditions that are worse.
jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation
![. . . very cooperative, but the police at that point had to let [redacted] know that what she had done that she could be facing charges.
Q And that was after they had told her earlier that she didn't need an attorney present, correct?
A Exactly.
Q Okay. So this happens to her with the Palm Beach Police Department and did the Palm Beach Police actually present or propose charging [redacted]?
A They did get a probable cause affidavit against [redacted].
Q And is that why Ms. [redacted] and her attorney were concerned about her testimony here?
A Yes.
Q Now was a subpoena issued for Ms. [redacted] on behalf of this grand jury?
A Yes, it was.
Q And before Ms. [redacted] would comply with that, did she -- did her attorney request some sort of order?
A Yes.
Q And what did he ask for?
A He asked for immunity for [redacted].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eoss3vmzem55cm5kuddhdmwn/bafkreiariijffjjrgfh26o22jjr76pwprinvnbpkcho5lyi2sucfbqlooy@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
the least shocking thing in the epstein files that wont get enough attention. police regularly arrest and charge victims to coerce them into participating, often jailing them in conditions that are worse.
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When I say "the US gave up on feeding itself" that's what I mean, it's real bad.
At the risk of shameless self-promo, I talked about this a few months ago. It's a part of the food/ag problem that just isn't making it onto the news & it really should.
youtu.be/2uypc-c5-aA?...
At the risk of shameless self-promo, I talked about this a few months ago. It's a part of the food/ag problem that just isn't making it onto the news & it really should.
youtu.be/2uypc-c5-aA?...
How The US Gave Up On Growing Food
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
When I say "the US gave up on feeding itself" that's what I mean, it's real bad.
At the risk of shameless self-promo, I talked about this a few months ago. It's a part of the food/ag problem that just isn't making it onto the news & it really should.
youtu.be/2uypc-c5-aA?...
At the risk of shameless self-promo, I talked about this a few months ago. It's a part of the food/ag problem that just isn't making it onto the news & it really should.
youtu.be/2uypc-c5-aA?...
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60 Minutes Inside CECOT segment
December 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
60 Minutes Inside CECOT segment
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‘The Shortest Day’ illustrations by Carson Ellis
December 21, 2025 at 9:22 AM
‘The Shortest Day’ illustrations by Carson Ellis
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cowboy who stubbed his toe:
December 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
cowboy who stubbed his toe:
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it is almost Christmas which means it’s Muppet Christmas Carol season and that, in turn, means it is time to revisit this delightful interview with Michael Caine, who loves everything about that movie even more than you do
Michael Caine Loves 'The Muppet Christmas Carol' as Much as You Do
God bless us, every one! But especially Michael Caine.
www.gq.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
it is almost Christmas which means it’s Muppet Christmas Carol season and that, in turn, means it is time to revisit this delightful interview with Michael Caine, who loves everything about that movie even more than you do
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This would break their brains and probably be considered "argumentative" by the mods there
This would break their brains and probably be considered "argumentative" by the mods there
20,000 words, 150 footnotes, 100+ timeline events = our attempt at documenting and synthesizing all the ways that the federal government has attempted to destroy access to gender-affirming care since January unbreaking.org/issues/trans...
Transgender Healthcare: Explainer — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
December 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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This would break their brains and probably be considered "argumentative" by the mods there
This would break their brains and probably be considered "argumentative" by the mods there
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LMAO I FOUND A PHOTO THEY FORGOT TO REDACT AND ITS PROOF OF HIM FINANCIALLY SUPPORTING HIM??
December 19, 2025 at 11:19 PM
LMAO I FOUND A PHOTO THEY FORGOT TO REDACT AND ITS PROOF OF HIM FINANCIALLY SUPPORTING HIM??
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John Deere got this video taken off our YouTube for two weeks. It took our lawyers reaching out to YouTube to get it back up.
The video lays out how a handful of corporations took control of the agriculture industry, bankrupting farmers and screwing us all over.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl02...
The video lays out how a handful of corporations took control of the agriculture industry, bankrupting farmers and screwing us all over.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl02...
We Went to Arkansas. The Farm Crisis Will Shock You
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
John Deere got this video taken off our YouTube for two weeks. It took our lawyers reaching out to YouTube to get it back up.
The video lays out how a handful of corporations took control of the agriculture industry, bankrupting farmers and screwing us all over.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl02...
The video lays out how a handful of corporations took control of the agriculture industry, bankrupting farmers and screwing us all over.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl02...
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How to avoid AI audiobooks on Libby
Doing just a little digging keeps AI voices out of your books.
mashable.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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1. For at least 10 years, Pepsi has conspired with Walmart to force up grocery prices. That’s the shocking evidence made public today in an unsealed FTC lawsuit. The suit was abandoned in May by the Trump FTC just before it was to be un-redacted. We went to court to get it unsealed & won.
December 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
1. For at least 10 years, Pepsi has conspired with Walmart to force up grocery prices. That’s the shocking evidence made public today in an unsealed FTC lawsuit. The suit was abandoned in May by the Trump FTC just before it was to be un-redacted. We went to court to get it unsealed & won.
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The nixon administration basically admitted student debt is a tool to keep kids from getting politically active.
Law school cost me $190,000.
I have paid $206,000 since graduation.
I now owe $223,000.
I pay $830 per month, and next year it will be more.
I genuinely believe law school student loans are designed to make pro bono representation impossible.
I have paid $206,000 since graduation.
I now owe $223,000.
I pay $830 per month, and next year it will be more.
I genuinely believe law school student loans are designed to make pro bono representation impossible.
December 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The nixon administration basically admitted student debt is a tool to keep kids from getting politically active.
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I've slapped together approximately 173 pages of material that aims to teach programming a personal website with HTML and CSS to artists, animators, writers, music producers, etc.
F*ck It, Let's Make a Website Part 1 is now live ✨
Go here to read: bit.ly/filmawPartOne
More info below 👇
F*ck It, Let's Make a Website Part 1 is now live ✨
Go here to read: bit.ly/filmawPartOne
More info below 👇
June 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
I've slapped together approximately 173 pages of material that aims to teach programming a personal website with HTML and CSS to artists, animators, writers, music producers, etc.
F*ck It, Let's Make a Website Part 1 is now live ✨
Go here to read: bit.ly/filmawPartOne
More info below 👇
F*ck It, Let's Make a Website Part 1 is now live ✨
Go here to read: bit.ly/filmawPartOne
More info below 👇
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The Supreme Court sided with this dissent:
Um.... This is an actual judicial opinion (dissenting in the TX gerrymandering case)
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The Supreme Court sided with this dissent:
Everythings assholes.
December 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Everythings assholes.
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Porn was only ever the cover.
In half the country, these laws now effectively mandate facial scans to access any material deemed "harmful to minors" by the state attorney general or a conservative parent.
What they passed is much, much broader than people generally realized.
In half the country, these laws now effectively mandate facial scans to access any material deemed "harmful to minors" by the state attorney general or a conservative parent.
What they passed is much, much broader than people generally realized.
Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn
Missouri’s age verification law, enacted on November 30, is the halfway mark for the sweep of age verification laws across the country.
www.404media.co
December 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Porn was only ever the cover.
In half the country, these laws now effectively mandate facial scans to access any material deemed "harmful to minors" by the state attorney general or a conservative parent.
What they passed is much, much broader than people generally realized.
In half the country, these laws now effectively mandate facial scans to access any material deemed "harmful to minors" by the state attorney general or a conservative parent.
What they passed is much, much broader than people generally realized.
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USA had it's university system deliberately taken over by capital in the 70's. Powell memorandum had the blueprint
Because the poors used the education they got in university to successfully challenge the economic status quo
Your rich will not risk that happening again
academic.oup.com/book/40915
Because the poors used the education they got in university to successfully challenge the economic status quo
Your rich will not risk that happening again
academic.oup.com/book/40915
The Fall of the Faculty: The Rise of the All-Administrative University and Why It Matters
Abstract. Until very recently, American universities were led mainly by their faculties, which viewed intellectual production and pedagogy as the core miss
academic.oup.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
USA had it's university system deliberately taken over by capital in the 70's. Powell memorandum had the blueprint
Because the poors used the education they got in university to successfully challenge the economic status quo
Your rich will not risk that happening again
academic.oup.com/book/40915
Because the poors used the education they got in university to successfully challenge the economic status quo
Your rich will not risk that happening again
academic.oup.com/book/40915
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a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit