Pagan Ritual

Proving the Religious Right

Contra the media-brainwashed NPCs who parrot the Satanic Panic zombie meme, reality keeps proving the religious right ... right. EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (AP) — Several animal heads found in a plastic bag in East Greenwich last month appear to be related to some sort of religious animal sacrifice ritual, the…
Cozy Visits

Cozy Visits

Back in the Gamergate era, online dissidents had an embarrassment of riches when it came to news and entertainment sources. It's hard to imagine now, but prior to 2019 or so, you could catch the likes of Mister Metokur, Nick Fuentes, and Infowars on YouTube. But then Orange Man won…
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The Sorcerer’s Harem

Regular readers here know that the West is afflicted with a crisis of meaning, and we have been for a long time. It's a target-rich environment for clever con artists with no conscience and a penchant for spinning tall tales. Author JD Cowan brought up a Twitter thread by Lin…
Bravalanche

The Bravalanche

A concept introduced on this blog that's gained some traction in newpub is the neopatronage model. Though still developing, this is the proposition that societal changes will cause a shift away from the old entertainment business model. Instead of artists selling their rights to corporations in exchange for access to…
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Internet Citizens

Commenter Rudolph Harrier provides insightful context for Monday's post promoting JD Cowan's Generation Y compilation. We can take an average member of Gen Y as being born in 1984 and an average millennial as being born in 1995. Let’s look at some key trends and consider the relevant ages: Cell…
Milo v Beardson2

Milo v Beardson 2

A few months back, I let readers in on the internet beef between professional gadfly Milo Yiannopoulos and curmudgeonly streamer Beardson Beardly. Many were surprised that instead of a slap fight, the two debaters arrived at a détente of sorts over the meaning and gradations of art. It was a…