John Paul ONeil

Perpetual Emotion The clouds in the sky hold promise, but promise for what? Go easy, shepherd. Let the world take you where you go.

Loco-emotive essay on my blog. If you boil me down to my essential parts, the emotion is all that's left. Watch it dry up, and blow away.
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Report: President Donald Trump Is Giving 'All The Boys' Dress Shoes That Don't Fit Right | Defector It goes without saying that there is a great deal of Psychology going on in Donald Trump’s second term. None of it is especially complicated, because the people involved are without exception clammy, ...

@davidjroth.bsky.social is the best. He never disappoints. Ever.

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Perpetual Emotion The clouds in the sky hold promise, but promise for what? Go easy, shepherd. Let the world take you where you go.

Shoot your shot.
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Twice for me. It is staged so well.

A curtain with hieroglyphic imagery

Can you fear/the love/tonight

Blurry photo of bed spread

It remains to be seen. We’ll see.

Loss Everyone together…then all at once. A short note about a common topic. Real and aspirational

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I believed, and I was wrong. It was misplaced. Should have, would have, can’t. Sweep your own porch, my sodden friend.

CHANGELINGS What will happen if you change the world, but lose yourself? Nothing. Don’t annoy the gods. Annoy the world.

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TOTALLY EXONERATED!

Likewise. The digital burn barrel button is a good tool.
In YOU WONT WIN I resist the urge to edit and write at the same time.
Thanks for reading, T. You are one of my favorite writers.

Downhill Racing Which way did you go? Are you going uphill or down? People talk about the stages in life like they are immune. Or they don’t talk about it. Or they tell the story numerous times.

Not about the Olympics. New on YOU WONT WIN

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Hey, question for all you DEFUND THE PO-PO Stan’s: Did you mean DISBAND, or DEMILITARIZE? Words do matter. I think mission creep is a very real thing, and power granted is very rarely relinquished.

John O’Neil (@johnpauloneil) I put this up today, but I didn’t clog your inbox with it. I just wanted it to be out there, a breadcrumb for the ICEBOX. Collect enough of these over a lifetime, earn a trip to the COOLER!

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UP NOW ON YOU WONT WIN!
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John O’Neil (@johnpauloneil) GIG ECONOMY! “What is lost, really. We are a natural process. So is Necrotizing fasciitis. We are the flesh eating bacteria of earth. We move into an area, and quickly consume everything in sight. W...

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web only post on YOU WONT WIN. PUBLISHED LATER TODAY. FRIDAY BILE DUMP.

Negotiations The deal. Who benefits. Who survives. Who cleans up the mess. Our possessions (arguably) have lives of their own. Am I treating them with respect, or making them wait while I decide? Life is cold. So ...

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Collaborations Things Work Better When and If You Share.

Cooperate and cohabitate, and masticate. New on YOU WONT WIN
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Estrangement My relationship with music is fraught with misgivings

Personal.

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John O’Neil (@johnpauloneil) I published this, but didn’t email it out. I’ve been thinking about having a different section of the Stack for music posts, and writing about music, so this is an experiment of sorts. I hope to publi...

RAMONES FOREVER!

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R.A.M.O.N.E.S "1-2-3-4

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In honor T. Erdelyi

Time. Meaningless. If you want it. We share the air, just like Yoko told us.

Now that the Star-Spangled Banner by Phillip “Broken” Glass has been stricken as the anthem by Executive Social Media post, what should replace it? Surfin’ Bird, or Monster Mash?
buh-buh-buh-buh-bubba oom mow mow papa oom ma ma.
Everybody’s heard, about the bird.

War On Your Brain Everything represents something now, and that something means nothing. Or, it means anything. It means the last thing you thought about. That is the ultimate VIBE!!

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Went to delete my TikTok account. I couldn’t do it. All of these platforms are pretty much the same, in reality if not intent. So, they all stay, or they all go. I’m not chasing clout, so what do I care? I still have a MySpace! And a Twitter!
SEO be damned.

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A laff riot of existential invective, now with more adjectives!!
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[8] Trust in the US has never been high post WWII. Try living with a blind elephant in a small room & getting some sleep. The bull elephant doesn’t care if you are in its way. Every country post WWII sees the US as that elephant.

William A. Finnegan (@billyfinnegan) There is not a single serious economist on the planet—outside of Peter Navarro himself and a handful of ideological reenactors who somehow wandered out of the 1930s with PhDs—who believes a word the m...

A Republican policy wonk that makes sense. Who knew?

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They keep telling us who they are, and you keep saying “he can change.” They have an agenda, and it’s not you. Even though you think you are safe, it’s only a matter of time.

Thanks for the reminder.

Cap And Trade Why are we here, if we are just gonna disappear? Ask yourself, why not. Might as well enjoy yourself while it lasts.

We’re dying under daddy’s cap.
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