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Magnetofunky: WWT
by Larry Winfield
A laid back (and proudly explicit - you bet your ass) personal journal of extremely eclectic music and progressive politics, with a focus on active resistance to the fascist regime.
Episodes
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The Technological Ouija Board
One of the darkest analogies of my Incentive Reference Frame theory - a Ouija board that powerful players can't control, but dare not stop playing... The Front Line - A Spooky IRF Analogy Resistance Spotlight - Pre-Election Resistance - National and Local Deep End - What if dream worlds are...
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Rehoboam 0.1
The rabbit hole that starts with the threat of identity theft can lead inexorably to your digital mirror - an avatar you don't control and aren't even aware of... The Front Line - Chasing Your Avatar Resistance Spotlight - Non-Propaganda News from the Strait of Hormuz Center Stage - Appropriately...
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A Post-Midterms Civics Primer
Before getting cynically weary, let's remember how the normal post-election sequence plays out... The Front Line - It's Not Supposed to be a 60-Day Gauntlet Resistance Spotlight - The Marshall Project Center Stage - Harvest Sessions I Here Are The Tulips - Hollow Hand The Meek Shall Inherit The...
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The Swing Chasers Party
The Democratic Party Leadership keeps chasing mythical persuadable swing state Republicans while treating its own coalition with disdain, again... The Front Line - The Electoral College Brass Ring Resistance Spotlight - Freedom House Center Stage - Post-Equinox Inbox Deep End - The Common Cold in...
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The Erstwhile President Krasnov
It's a familiar rumor that Cheeto is a compromised Russian stooge following orders, but he's more like a self-dealing Russian oligarch... The Front Line - The Distinction Between Compromise And Character Resistance Spotlight - Public Rights Project Center Stage - Summer Stage IV: Beach Bonfire...
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The World 9/11 Created
The aftermath of 9/11 hits differently for those who lived through it vs. the 100 million Americans who only know it as history... The Front Line - 25 Years Later Resistance Spotlight - Democracy Defenders Fund Center Stage - Music For An Unsettling Day Chafe (Breaking Our Hands) - Arms & Armour…
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A New Kind of Rabbit Hole
When 21st Century technology accelerates age-old geopolitics, the game starts playing us... The Front Line - When Emergent Behavior Bites Resistance Spotlight - The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Center Stage - Sonic Summer Stew Not mine, sunshine - SPTW Vapor Cloud - Paerish Blackfish…
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The Game Above the Game
The Greenland Energy kerfuffle may be much more complex than geopolitical chess - what if it's part of a very old game of insulated wealth and power, played with updated rules? The Front Line - A Very Old Playground Resistance Spotlight - Demand Progress Center Stage - Summer Stage III: Righteous...
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Taking A Greenland Mile
At first glance it's another ham-fisted geopolitical scenario, but taking a sideways view, there's something else going on here... The Front Line - The Player Is Just Another Piece Resistance Spotlight - Freedom of the Press Foundation Center Stage - Shoegaze Pluse A ring without an end - Rev Rev...
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Smug Sabotage
The Informed Non-Voter vs The Midterms: When confidently cynical disengagement becomes indistinguishable from political surrender... The Front Line - 'It's Not My Problem': The Fatal Flaw Resistance Spotlight - The Human Rights Campaign Foundation Center Stage - Summer Stage II: Hazy Dog Daze…
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It's Time For The Pre-Obituary
This is not a premature celebration - it's an assessment of the political culture the Orange asshole will leave behind... The Front Line - A Historical Autopsy Resistance Spotlight - Democracy Forward Center Stage - Midsummer Misc. Beats An American Ideal of Beauty - PIG Like A Ghost - Carrellee...
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This Pandemic Decade
Public health is just one pillar of democracy made progressively less resilient throughout the 2020s by this fascist regime... The Front Line - Exacerbated Crises Resistance Spotlight - Right Wing Watch Center Stage - Mostly Summer Hardcore Watched - Grey Matter CONJURE - Bestial Mouths GOLDEN…
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Panopticon Politics
The modern panopticon isn't just surveillance cameras and AI algorithms. It's also millions of people voluntarily feeding and maintaining it, one upload at a time... The Front Line - More Ecosystem Than Oppressor Resistance Spotlight - Skydio Surveillance Drones Center Stage - Pounding Punk Deep...
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Theory War
The war of competing theories within the Democratic Party is heating up, making the future of the party - and the country - a lot more interesting... The Front Line - The DNC vs the DSA Resistance Spotlight - Braver Angels - An Objective Assessment Center Stage - Summer Inbox what - Leilani Patao...
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Turning Scandalous Into S.O.P.
How our democracy became accustomed to behavior that once was totally unacceptable... The Front Line - The Beltway as Augean Stable Resistance Spotlight - Campaign Legal Center Center Stage - Psychedelic Borders The Yeti's Eyes - The Odyssey Cult Would've Happened by Now - Monarch Joker Street -...
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Not in a MAGA-Spangled Mood
America's 250th birthday should be joyful and meaningful, not a grim acknowledgement of the desecration being committed against the nation's soul. It's like watching assholes put their cigarettes out on the Lincoln Memorial... The Front Line - Still Our Country Resistance Spotlight - Flock…
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Fixing the Invisible Machinery
When the post-crisis era eventually arrives, if we actually hold the many treasonous grifters accountable this time, we'll also have to simultaneously focus on repairing the broken institutions that hold everything together... The Front Line - The Boring Things We Forget We Need Resistance...
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The Cost of Looking Away
It's one thing to not learn from history. It's a whole other thing to just burn the damn history books... The Front Line - And then we were told to move on... Resistance Spotlight - Common Cause Center Stage - Another Shoegaze Set Lights Come Down - Azure Rose Heaven - Phosphene Sacred Mirrors -...
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Historical Études
History shows that a society's recovery after a crisis is not about a single sunrise after a storm, but the long, often uncomfortable process of learning how to live in daylight again... The Front Line - Proof of Concept Resistance Spotlight - CalMatters Center Stage - Alternative Takes With Love…
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The Sunrise We Eventually Will See
How do democracies talk about rebuilding while the fire is still burning? The Front Line - The Taboo of Hope Resistance Spotlight - The Mechanics of Holding the Line Center Stage - Spring Social IV: School's Out Criminal - Cammy Cautious and the Wrestlers Singin' With My Tongue Cut Out - Drakulas...
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Betting on 2nd Place
In obnoxious horse-race terms, second place is the focus of this dumpster fire jungle primary... The Front Line - The Photo Finish Nobody Wants Resistance Spotlight - Power Coalition for Equity and Justice + California Calls Center Stage - Spring Omnibus The Future You Planned For Is No Longer An...
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When Nobody Commands the Room
As June 2nd approaches, the most irritating reality of this Democratic primary is that none of these candidates inspires enough authentic enthusiasm to clear the field... The Front Line - Choosing Without Believing Resistance Spotlight - Xnet Music: Primarily Punk Jackpot - Lip Critic Pachinko...
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Jim Crow 3.0 - Reanimating the Ancien Régime
SCOTUS gutting the Voting Rights Act is just another transition point in the de-evolution of democratic legitimacy and voter power... The Front Line - The New Gilded Order Resistance Spotlight - Jessie Gender Music: Spring Social III - Tough Tunes For A Tough Spring The Wrong End Of Your Rifle -...
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Undecided Voters - The Sleepless Giant
The undecided vote is larger than any single candidate's base. What was a sleeping giant becomes restless and hyper-focused... The Front Line - The Convergence Paradox Resistance Spotlight - Southern Coalition for Social Justice Music: Industrial Inbox Mass Murder Appeal - Tinder Youth Center…
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The MAGA Governor Nightmare Scenario
Hopefully this rant will kick indifferent progressive and liberal voters in their stubborn complacency, and/or cut through the cutthroat nature of intraparty politics before the Primary Election... The Front Line - Fractures and Gridlock Resistance Spotlight - Tom Joseph and America's Main Street...
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Handicapping The June Primary
Eric Swalwell's exit has shaken up - but not sorted - the pack of remaining Dems running for Governor... The Front Line - Still Spinning Out of the Turn Resistance Spotlight - Comparative Analysis of Metin Pekin's Breaking Democracy's Chains Music: Spring Social II - Gritty, Gnarly, Grungy Hot…
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Ambiguously Explicitly
Cheeto's increasingly disturbing rhetoric is only getting worse - the pattern recognition is long overdue... The Front Line - Moving the Red Line Resistance Spotlight - Center for Humane Technology Music: Strictly Shoegaze and Dreampop The Deadpan Break - T. G. Shand ESO - The Bernadette Maries...
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The Jungle Primary Reality Check
Walking myself back from the political precipice of a MAGA Governor... The Front Line - Counting to Two Is Harder Than It Looks Resistance Spotlight - League of Women Voters of California Music: Pop Rock WOW - Club Magic Give In To Love - Vegas With Randolph Game Of Pricks - Career Woman Pretty -...
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The Circular Pie Fight Primary
A 'jungle primary' system with multiple Dem candidates for Governor could, under the wrong conditions, let a unified GOP minority outmaneuver a divided majority - and put a MAGA Chud in control of California... The Front Line - Too Many Democrats, Not Enough Math Resistance Spotlight - Matt...
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Civilization See Saw
Right now the world teeters between an incoherent tyrant's callous Middle Eastern conflict, and a mad AI arms race that may end in a real-world 'Skynet'... The Front Line - Clear Cognitive Decline vs. AI Apotheosis Resistance Spotlight - No Kings Day 3 - 03/28 Music: Spring Social I: Electronica...
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The Paywall Problem
This week's rant concerns two related problems: paywalled access to public-interest information and reporters saving major revelations for books instead of publishing them immediately. What can we do about it besides boycott? The Front Line - Breaking News, Coming Soon in Hardcover Resistance...
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Waiting For It
Calling out Cheero's callous incompetence of the Iran War that paints a target on the country for power and profit... The Front Line - A Target-Rich Game Board Resistance Spotlight - Alan Govenar's New Documentary "Quiet Voices in a Noisy World: The Struggle for Change in Jasper, Texas" Music:...
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90 Days and Counting
The continued secrecy around Cheeto's health only fuels speculation that he's swirling the drain, and wants to take us down with him... The Front Line - Operation Epstein Fury Isn't Working Resistance Spotlight - Stand Up for Science 03/07 Rally Music: In A Psychedelic Dream Pop Shoegaze Mood for...
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Didn't Earn It
Cheeto's DEI is more than racist placement of unqualified loyal cronies in positions of power - it's also strategic sabotage... The Front Line - Jim Crow Perspectives Resistance Spotlight - Free Software Foundation Music: Feb. Keyword Set Black chicken/White donkeys - Attempt to somebody's life…
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A Backup Internet?
Considering an alternative internet so Cheeto can't cut our access to each other and the outside world... The Front Line - Only in Theory Resistance Spotlight - Algorithmic Justice League Music: Late Winter Drops Rhododendron - Terror Terror Mindsucker - Harvey Rushmore & the Octopus Ich…
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Cyber Anxiety
Misc. feelings around my PC, AI, social media, and politics all blurring together... The Front Line - Combatting the Doom-Scroll Resistance Spotlight - Open Technology Fund Music: This Year V. Day is Complicated Lover's Rock - Blue Earth Sound You Never Have to Love Me - Tombstones In Their Eyes...
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Blood and Circuses
Sending a carrier strike group close to Iran is just one of the many distractions Commander Bone Spurs needs to salve his butt-hurt ego over this latest insufficient Epstein Files drop... The Front Line - Imminent Distractions Resistance Spotlight - Mobile Fortify Music: Winter Smoker Party III...
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Ok, Let's Get Serious About the Midterms
Too many citizens are falling for this 'cancelled election' BS - we need to beat it down... The Front Line - Putting This Dumpster Fire Out Resistance Spotlight - American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota Music: Winter Smoker Party II When you cross the border - TIGERLEECH The King and the…
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The Other Putrid Playbook
It's time to stop debating the merits of Velveeta Voldemort's threats (whether or not they're bluffs) and take back the initiative... The Front Line - Strategic Reaction Resistance Spotlight - Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) Music: Hip Hop, Etc The Hypnotists (Album Version) -...
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If Kamala Was President
This bit of political daydreaming has a year of context and consequences to float on - cause she effing told ya... The Front Line - An Orders of Magnitude Difference Resistance Spotlight - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Music: January Grab Bag Atashi No Motto Mo Toi Mono…
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Cheeto's Body Count
The one thing Ghengis Don shares with autocrats throughout history is the racking up of bodies - what's his 2nd term tally so far? The Front Line - Multifaceted Malfeasance, Deadly Distraction Resistance Spotlight - NorCal MLK March Music: Sharp Tunes For Miasma News Split Scene - Nevada Hardware...
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The Zero Party Solution
The Founding Fathers feared tribal governance, assuming leaders would act from civic virtue. They were wrong. A zero-party solution is even less feasible today... The Front Line - A Fair Assessment Resistance Spotlight - Council on American-Islamic Relations Music: Straight Curated Surge - PHWOAR...
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Inflation BS
The usually purported causes of inflation is a smokescreen for deceptive corporate practices, tariff effects, and lazy media repeating the official blather.. The Front Line - Shrinkflation, Tariffs and Lax Oversight Equals Scam Resistance Spotlight - More Perfect Union Music: Winter Smoker Party…
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No Permanent Majority
Considering the hard task of bringing about a multi-party system in the US, and the benefit it could bring... The Front Line - The Many Party Solution Resistance Spotlight - Civicus Music: Xmas With A Bite Well, if Die Hard is a Christmas film, then this is definitely a Christmas song - Get The...
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No Due Respect
It's not illegal to call this President a sick, murderous and demented SOB - do your job, press corps! The Front Line - The Dozens Is A Two-Way Street Resistance Spotlight - Amnesty International Music: Globe-Hopping Political Mix Bombs Make Her LOL - TRASH PILLOW Something Whole - A Projection...
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Wildcards
Democrats and Republicans don't just tolerate third-parties — they quietly rely on them... The Front Line - Sometimes A Gadfly, Sometimes A Stalking Horse Resistance Spotlight - The Arc of the United States Music: Pre-Winter Smoker Party Vis meg alt (feat. Michael Wilbur) - Agabas Excess Baggage…
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The Three Party Problem
The Founding Fathers called opposing factions 'the greatest political evil under our Constitution', yet they were practically baked in... The Front Line - A Revolutionary Lack of Imagination Resistance Spotlight - Property of the People Music: Tunes For Cutting Through The Tryptophan Ineffable -...
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The Rotating Villain Scam
With some Dems, benefit of the doubt is a massive con job... The Front Line - Bastard Poindexters Resistance Spotlight - Flock Safety Cameras - The Public Panopticon Music: Very Eclectic Beat and Flow Komm Schon - Schimmel über Berlin Hush Hush Baby - NINA, Johan Agebjörn Sag - Tiberius Can't…
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The 20 Epstein All Stars
Epstein Island attracted a variety of high-profile guests, including celebrities, politicians, and members of royal families... The Front Line - Strategic Speculation Resistance Spotlight - COP30 Climate Summit - Spitting Into The Wind? Music: Uncommonly Eclectic Go Quietly - Cristina Lord I…
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Pre-Midterms Blowout
The Big Blue Tsunami of 2025 wouldn't have been possible without the massive overreach of Cheeto Mussolini... The Front Line - A Pause in the Struggle Resistance Spotlight - California State Election Monitors Music: Math Rock Plus... Hums - Drill For Absentee Not What - Kev Hopper going nowhere -...
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