Welcome to the dumpster fire that is my mind

An awkward exploration of mind, self, reason, belief, reality, getting older and, oh, yeah... Freedom, equity and justice.

24 March 2025 15
Globalist on its face, it sounds harmless—maybe even aspirational. Like, Hey, we're all citizens of the world, man! , But in the mouths of certain right-wing politicians, conspiracy theorists, and Tucker Carlson's haunted Victorian child portrait, it doesn't mean global cooperation. It means "Jews".
20 March 2025 30
“The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.” song and the album it came from went viral hits decades before Xitter, Facebook, or even the Internet ruined our collective attention spans. But it didn’t get much radio play because the lyrics were, incendiary .
19 March 2025 22
Let’s talk about fascism. You know, that thing we all thought was safely tucked away in the history books, next to Mussolini’s bad hair decisions and Hitler’s failed art career. But here’s the thing about fascism—it’s like herpes. It never really goes away. It just lies dormant, waiting for the right conditions to flare up again.
18 March 2025 35
Ah, freedom of speech. That sacred American value, cherished by patriots, defended by the First Amendment, and apparently… completely misunderstood by the guy who tweets at 3 a.m. about how much he loves free speech.
17 March 2025 59
On the night of February 27, 1933, the Reichstag, Germany’s parliament building, was engulfed in flames. The fire was a catastrophic event, but its true devastation was not the destruction of a building, but in the destruction of democracy itself.
19 February 2025 102
An Awkward Gesture. On January 20, 2025 Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States of America. During the ceremony, a special guest addressed the attendees with a short speech. Towards the end of the speech he said “This was no ordinary victory. This was a fork in the road of human civilisation,” and “This one really mattered. Thank you for making it happen! Thank you,” at which point he made a Sieg Heil salute and proceed to say “My heart goes out to you.