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How the sex, drugs, and rock and roll counterculture came to worship Donald Trump and Jesus Philosopher and podcaster Aaron Rabinowitz discusses ‘high weirdness’ and why so many hippies were always on the political right and didn’t realize it

How the sex, drugs, and rock and roll counterculture came to worship Donald Trump and Jesus

author needs to learn the word.. some. bait headlines r ok but not categoricals.

I think I may need to dig up my short piece on why SOME countercultural sorts were pro_Trump (written during 1st term)

06.03.2026 17:53 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

Butthole Surfers- "The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey's Grave" (Live) (Official Audio) YouTube video by Butthole Surfers

There’s a time to fuck and a time to pray but the Shah sleeps in Lee Harvey’s grave

06.03.2026 17:31 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

who can forget the Shah?

06.03.2026 17:16 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

'Iran is not interested in negotiating with Trump' - Iranian professor Mohammad Marandi YouTube video by Channel 4 News

06.03.2026 17:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Did Stephen Miller Just Pull Off a Palace Coup? JVL and Sarah Longwell discuss the chaotic firing of Kristi Noem after a disastrous hearing, the MAGA infighting that may have taken her down, and what it says about how Trump runs his administration.

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Ohmygod I had a bookshelf !

06.03.2026 03:31 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

who can forget his eloquence

06.03.2026 01:52 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 5 📌 0

Trump’s Orwellian Board of Peace Consists Entirely of Human Rights Abusers An Intercept analysis finds that every single Board of Peace member state has been rebuked for human rights violations.

Trump’s Orwellian Board of Peace Consists Entirely of Human Rights Abusers
theintercept.com/2026/03/02/t...

05.03.2026 16:44 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Florida Might Make Its Own Spy Squad. Muslims Think They Have a Pretty Good Idea Who’ll Be Targeted. Florida Republicans want the state to have its own spy squad. Muslims are pretty sure they know who will be targeted.

05.03.2026 16:43 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Glen Powell’s How to Make a Killing Is Too Squeamish to Land How to Make a Killing, starring Glen Powell, is a modern-day remake of a 1949 British black comedy classic. But whereas the original found comedy in the ruthless murder of a nasty aristocracy, this re...

05.03.2026 16:41 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

In Senate testimony on DHS shootings, Kristi Noem lies about her lies The homeland security secretary blatantly misrepresented what she said about Alex Pretti on the day he was killed.

05.03.2026 16:34 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

DHS spent $220 million on ads featuring Kristi Noem. Both parties are grilling her about it in the Senate. During a Senate hearing, the DHS secretary faced tough questions about a campaign that secretly awarded millions to a company with close ties to her.

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The Epstein files are conspiracy-pilling everybody The deliberately opaque releases and redactions are bringing America’s biggest conspiracy theories back.

05.03.2026 16:31 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

DOJ admits to removing nearly 48,000 Epstein files from database, including Trump allegations - Salon.com The files, including allegations against Trump, are expected to be returned to the database after review.

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Tulsi Gabbard's conflict of interest — and hypocrisy The director of national intelligence has mismanaged a whistleblower complaint involving Jared Kushner and Iran

05.03.2026 16:28 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Former NASA chief turned ULA lobbyist seeks law to limit SpaceX funding America succeeds in space when American companies compete.

05.03.2026 16:21 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

LLMs can unmask pseudonymous users at scale with surprising accuracy Pseudonymity has never been perfect for preserving privacy. Soon it may be pointless.

05.03.2026 16:19 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yanis Varoufakis calls prosecution after admitting taking ecstasy 40 years ago ‘ridiculous’ Greek leftwing intellectual and former minister says his indictment is indicative of far-right turn in western politics

05.03.2026 07:46 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Houtis & the Blowback is going to be a big hit

04.03.2026 19:23 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Nice of the author to acknowledge the influence

04.03.2026 18:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

At Home in the Temporary Autonomous Zone The Countercultural Origins of Tech Libertarianism and Our Dystopian Present

At Home in the Temporary Autonomous Zone open.substack.com/pub/fourminu...

this feels awfully similar

04.03.2026 17:43 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Computer scientists caution against internet age-verification mandates In an open letter, over 400 computer scientists caution governments against imposing age restrictions on internet platforms.

04.03.2026 17:36 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Does the US have an endgame in Iran? - Salon.com The attacks on Iran are terrifyingly light on strategy.

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ICE said their property was “lost.” Then it magically resurfaced - Salon.com Detainees were told their clothing, phones, documents and money were gone — and then their lawyers went to work

04.03.2026 17:33 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Stay up-to-date on the most important news in the universe with the ISS Piss Tracker I wouldn't be surprised if through some cosmic coincidence the ISS Piss Tracker turned out to be a load-bearing pillar of the Internet.

04.03.2026 17:29 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

A US government iPhone hacking tool leaked to criminals Coruna, a hacking toolkit likely built for US intelligence, has leaked to criminals. 42,000 iPhones already compromised.

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Charter gets FCC permission to buy Cox and become largest ISP in the US FCC rejects protests because Charter and Cox don't compete directly in most places.

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Are consumers doomed to pay more for electricity due to data center buildouts? Data center operators to sign pledge to supply their own power instead of relying on grid.

04.03.2026 17:21 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

seen on fbook this morning

04.03.2026 17:02 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Buy My Apocalypse Songs (15 Lyrics In Search Of Music) – Mondo 2000 Boomer Please (Buy My Apocalypse Songs) While you’re standing around Waiting for your grandkids to drown Or maybe catch fire After you’re dead and retired You m

Ring around the platitudes
A pocket full of smug
Call & Response (rept. Many times)
East Coast Chorus
“Water water everywhere”

West Coast Chorus
“Ashes ashes”

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04.03.2026 06:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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