I’ve had such a beautiful time online and I really do feel like I had the best fans in the world. You all mean so much to me. I had so much fun making threads, making friends, doing a podcast, seeing the show grow way bigger than I thought it would.
I’m thankful for @DEEP_RED_BELLS and @rvoy__ who did much of my episode artwork and promotional material. Working with and paying artists was one of my favorite parts of this whole thing.
@DEEP_RED_BELLS @rvoy__ Podcasting has been very kind to me. I got a lot of love from @subliminaljihad, @thetrillbillies, @RecluseS9, @MINDGAMEZPOD (RIP), @Marcus_TROTR, @irregnata, @thingobserver, @leftunreadpod, many others.
I’m honored that I was able to meet so many incredible published authors and researchers like @kafkaguy, @jeff_kaye, @HuntClancy, @WilliamRamseyIn, @Nick__Bryant, @CAVDEF_George, @weve_read, @dougvalentine77, @AnaKrivolapova, @RecluseS9, @blauer_geist, @TannerFBoyle1
@kafkaguy @jeff_kaye @HuntClancy @WilliamRamseyIn @Nick__Bryant @CAVDEF_George @weve_read @dougvalentine77 @AnaKrivolapova @RecluseS9 @blauer_geist @TannerFBoyle1 and a special thanks to Wendy Painting @BirdWendy2 who became a close collaborator and great friend
@kafkaguy @jeff_kaye @HuntClancy @WilliamRamseyIn @Nick__Bryant @CAVDEF_George @weve_read @dougvalentine77 @AnaKrivolapova @RecluseS9 @blauer_geist @TannerFBoyle1 @BirdWendy2 And I’m thankful to all the other P2C guests including quasi-famous and knowledgeable posters to internet schizos and everything in-between. There are too many people to thank, so you’ll have to forgive me for being brief.
@kafkaguy @jeff_kaye @HuntClancy @WilliamRamseyIn @Nick__Bryant @CAVDEF_George @weve_read @dougvalentine77 @AnaKrivolapova @RecluseS9 @blauer_geist @TannerFBoyle1 @BirdWendy2 I will leave you with a blessing, a warning, and a series of puzzles.
I said in various interviews that I felt like parapolitics was a way to feel like you’re doing something in an era where electoral politics is functionally dead and there are not many other viable paths, either.
As the big man said, “You hide, they seek”. Parapolitics allows you to seek, too, and while sometimes that’s a LARPing illusion, sometimes it’s not.
"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be" - LARPing is powerful
Doing this podcast has taught me to believe. To believe in my audience, my guests, even to believe in myself. Basically what I’m saying is that you can handle and process complicated and nuanced information. You can solve and maybe one day redeem history.
You can write threads, make podcasts, make art. DIY. It’s incredibly rewarding to do heavy research, to make stuff like my podcast. I believe in you - you can do it too.
I promise that you can learn anything you want to learn; just be wise in what you choose to do with this life. You can accomplish so much more than you realize, so choose to be good and help the world.
I would counsel you to have higher standards. Expect more from authors, researchers, and podcasters. There are a lot of gatekeepers and people who know better who are content to receive paychecks rather than advancing the field.
I’ve tried to show how poorly served we all are by many of these people, and you can lead people to water but you can’t make them drink (or force them to understand the American Security Council).
“I don’t find compromise unacceptable, I find it incomprehensible.” Just don’t compromise. A ruthless criticism of all that exists, right?
Now the warning.
Beware of the unstable informants and shrewd discordian warlocks (as Reid said)
"When a man lies, he murders some part of the world." The disinformation agent doesn’t care about the truth, nor does the political hack, the bot account, the alt sock puppet, or the magicians. There are people who lie maliciously on purpose, for many reasons. Don’t trust them.
If I had the opportunity to warn you about any one group or threat, I would say beware of the Strasserites within the US Left and Right, and internationally. it sounds like a dumb punchline but it's really not.
There are deep, longstanding networks out there which are probably going to make themselves more visible in the coming decades.
Read Dreamer of the Day and see what I mean.
Just because MSNBC liberals make a bad case doesn’t mean RussiaGate is entirely fake; they’re just pulling their punches because it ties to the GOP and international fascist networks. It would be the work of a lifetime to lay it all out, and I don’t have the time. I must go now.
Now I leave you with a series of puzzles, or riddles, or zen koans, to explain where I’m going and what I’m doing
Good Evening, "JimmyFalunGong" was a 50 month sociological study conducted by Harvard University. We are now complete with our study. Thank you for your time.
In 1977, Stephen King began publishing under the name Richard Bachman in order to figure out if he was actually talented or just lucky. That’s what I’m doing now. The only question for you is whether JFG is King or Bachman - is this act 1 or act 2 or act 3?
Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner.
verbrannt
Jimmy, you have to stop. You smoke too tough. Your swag too different. Your bitch is too bad. They’ll kill you
"The body is not one member, but many. Now they are many, but of one body." I was just trying to stay a part of the body now.
there are two wolves inside all of us
change da world
my final message.
Goodb ye
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parenthetically I've got 934 pages of various WerBell Word docs - the text of the 17 episodes is 225 pages and then everything else is stuff not in the episodes that would have formed the bulk of the book (lol)
how about one last thread for the road? maybe the second to last?
I’m a fan of Cuba and the Cuban people. Politically, I support ending the embargo and the repeal of the Helms-Burton act. I think Fidel Castro and Che Guevara were some of the most interesting figures of the 20th century. There is much to admire in the Cuban project.
I’m always a fan of subterranean histories, especially when they intersect with insurrectionary and/or revolutionary history. What’s the parapolitics take on Cuba? What still remains to be studied with the Cuban Revolution?
a thread: a couple days ago, Daniela Klette, age 65, of the Red Army Faction’s third generation was arrested.
a lot of people are saying Bellingcat and/or podcasters found her. it's not entirely clear which, but it looks like some German podcasters for like a Most Wanted type podcast found her using AI tools, and then either they or a Bellingcat guy sent it to the cops
via the NYT article, the Bellingcat guy said “Somebody like me, who does not speak German, who does not know much beyond the basic background of Daniela Klette — Why was I able to find such a lead in like literally 30 minutes?”
for various reasons I’m obsessed with the baleada. it’s become one of my all-time favorite dishes.
the baleada is in some ways THE national dish of Honduras. what’s known for sure is that the baleada was invented in La Ceiba on the beautiful northern coast of Honduras. some claim that it was originally a Mayan dish (which I'll discuss later)