A Shout Out

To Those Who Refuse To Be Silenced

Sep 26, 2022

I saw a few bold truth bombs shoot across the Substack sky today that inspired me to offer a shout out to some Substack writers I particularly admire. As a certified Jaded Joyologist, I like my truth edgy and if you can make it funny even better. Truthfully, if you make it funny you will keep my attention long enough to absorb the information. Okay, I have a pretty short attention span, give me truth, make it funny, and I don't mind a little snarkiness.

So today Tessa Fights Robots caught my eye with some careless scissors references here:

Tessa Fights Robots

Tale of Tiny Man with Scissors: How Abstract Thinking Became Concrete Prison

This is a philosophical story about free expression that I wrote in 2018 (note the mention of transhumanists, who I thought were going to get dangerous waaaay after my lifetime). This morning, I remembered this story and thought, it’s only been four years, and look at how surreal the world has become! Ironically, I am more optimistic today than I was ba…

3 years ago · 32 likes · 9 comments · Tessa Lena

BAM! That is a lot of prophetic truth right there. The comments introduced me to yet another clever linguist that summed up our valid frustration in song here:

Visceral Adventure

The Sound of Silenced Science

Watch now (4 min) | Nina Simone once said that It’s an artist’s duty to reflect the times. I included this quote in my coming out post; my public disclosure; my very conspicuous grabbing onto the third rail of unpopular opinions. It was only my third ever Substack blog? essay? post? “what am I even doing here?” I had sent out. The thing is, I was an artist among artists who…

3 years ago · 19 likes · 10 comments · Visceral Adventure

bad cattitude

kitten corner: the SS california

so, um, is anyone else maybe a little worried that the US energy secretary cannot tell the difference between a “canary in a coal mine” and “leadership”? because that seems like kind of a bad one to g…

3 years ago · 760 likes · 213 comments · gatito bueno

So here are a few of my favorites I would like to share with you. Bad Cattitude has lot of great data analysis and an absurd collection of cat memes. Why no caps, you ask? Cats can't use the shift key with their little paws. Why cats? I think a little blue bird drove them to it.

Also, I like to read John Carter Postcards From Barsoom. He got me with his study of truth.

Postcards From Barsoom

Alethiology

Someone pointed out in the commments that the original spelling I went with is probably wrong (alethiology rather than alitheology), and I think that is probably correct. This essay has been edited accordingly to use the correct spelling. In the meantime, I also discovered that alethiology is…

3 years ago · 59 likes · 88 comments · John Carter

The 2nd smartest guy in the room routinely nails it.

A few others are Sage Hana, Brownstone Insights, and the Overton Report (for local school news).

Now I might look like a conspiracy buff to some and well informed to others. I can assure you that I am neither. I hope you will check out a few of these writers. You may find one that speaks to you.

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