Watches
notes from the field - Aspen Watch Week
Howdy, Went to Watch Week Aspen yesterday. Aspen hasn’t been cool ...
4 min read
Gaza
Bono launders what he knows nothing about
Bono made this speech at the Ivor Novello Awards in May. Here& ...
3 min read
Gaza
The extermination and genocide started long before October 7
A while back I was critical of the campus protestors for not ...
4 min read
Gaza
Led By Donkeys presents the Labour Party with life in Gaza
Renee and I are proud supporters of Led By Donkeys, a UK ...
1 min read
Gaza
How Israel Weaponizes Archaeology
Readers of this blog know I've been studying the Israel ...
1 min read
Norman Finkelstein
Norman Finkelstein on free speech and antisemitism
Norman Finkelstein has devoted 40+ years of his life studying the Israeli ...
1 min read
A-Basin
A-Basin closing day
Howdy, Today was the last day of the season at A-Basin. And ...
3 min read
A-Basin
A-Basin pond skimming weekend #1
Howdy, This year pond skimming officially opened - defined as Lake Reveal ...
3 min read
Whole Food Plant Based
Change what's on your plate, change your life and the world
Renee and I have been tooting the horn for the Esselstyn Foundation ...
3 min read
Think Different
We're on the Rivian R2 list
Full disclosure. We're Rivian shareholders. We ordered an R2 the ...
1 min read
Corporate Control
Now Meta is offering AI therapy
In today's post pointing to the decay of society, here& ...
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Music
Rest in Harmonies Brian Douglas Wilson (June 20, 1942 – June 11, 2025)
Brian went off to the next great gig in the sky today. ...
1 min read
Palestine
The Last Days of Gaza
by Chris Hedges This is the end. The final blood-soaked chapter of ...
6 min read
townhallcitizen
townhallcitizen.com
After a few tests, hours, and some other stuff, we've ...
1 min read
Fediverse
spinbackwards is now fully federated
My blog used to have an Instagram feed connected to it. No ...
1 min read
Social Media Is A Social Disease
We're not going to post our way out of this
Howdy, I'm a subscriber to 404Media. What first drew me ...
2 min read
hippievan
Elon protest, hippievan day 1
Howdy, Today I joined the rest of my compadres to protest Elon. ...
2 min read
Corporate Control
reminder: Nationwide protest tomorrow at Tesla
Tomorrow at 11am local time they'll be nationwide (worldwide?) protests ...
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Corporate Control
Rich Roll podcast with Rivian founder RJ Scaringe
I haven't watched a Rich Roll podcast in many moons. ...
2 min read
Trumpism
Great reporting from The Atlantic
This is an excellent piece from The Atlantic: How Hitler Dismantled a ...
2 min read
Counterculture
against the wheel
From heyheyrenee, published 11-2-14 Midnight Express is one of my favorite movies. ...
1 min read
Politics
Stop moaning - organize!
gm, The only thing more depressing than reading or thinking about Trump ...
2 min read
in my life
James Earl Carter Jr. (October 1, 1924 – December 29, 2024)
Words can't describe my love and respect for Jimmy Carter. ...
1 min read
Corporatocracy
Power to the people - what Bernie said
Bernie Sanders said this to Anderson Cooper in an interview after the ...
3 min read
heyheyrenee
We're mad as hell
I wrote this on heyheyrenee on November 2, 2014: They say movies ...
1 min read
Corporate Control
Words from 2014 etched in my brain
Today's murder of the United Healthcare CEO reminded me of ...
1 min read
The Working Class Party
The Working Class Party
Recall the impact of Tea Party. According to Ralph Nader they had ...
1 min read
Trumpism
TESLA = TRUMP
Watch this 9 minute video by Led By Donkeys. Fight the bastards ...
1 min read
Grateful Dead
Philip Chapman Lesh (March 15, 1940 – October 25, 2024)
Phil's off to a great gig. Thanks for all the ...
1 min read
60's
The Sixties is must see TV
This series from 2014 is A+ content. https://www.cnn.com/shows/ ...
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enshittification
my mom's furnace was good for America
I wrote this on February 16, 2016 on heyheyrenee. https://www.heyheyrenee. ...
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Counterculture
Stephen Louis Silberman (December 23, 1957 – August 29, 2024)
Being a Dead Head I knew who Steve Silberman was, but had ...
1 min read
Think Different
Come back, Ali
A friend and I were chatting last night about the world. We ...
1 min read
Music
Sometimes you just gotta say fuck it
This is my mood right now. "She said, "Mama I& ...
1 min read
Music
Rest In Harmony, John David Souther (November 2, 1945 – September 17, 2024)
John David ("JD") Souther made a lot of great music ...
1 min read
Health care
Dopamine and Food Cravings
Health column by Dr. Greg Feinsinger. Champion of Whole Food Plant Based ...
3 min read
Politics
Harris will raise taxes on ordinary Americans
Howdy, First, anyone who knows me or reads this blog knows I& ...
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Music
10 years ago today I got turned onto Phish
Howdy, 10 years ago today I went to my first Phish show. ...
3 min read
Palestine
Kamala Harris is the lesser of two evils on Palestinian rights
Howdy, I see a lot of chatter on Mastodon about voting 3rd ...
2 min read
Palestine
The Israel Gaza War - Myths vs Realities - Dr Nader Hashemi in Aspen
I finally got a copy of the video from this lecture our ...
1 min read
Climate Catastrophe
Mediterranean Chopped Waffle Sandwich
Howdy, This is the best. The best! So, freaking, delish. And it& ...
1 min read
Corporatocracy
Phillip John Donahue (December 21, 1935 – August 18, 2024)
Howdy, Take an hour and listen to this week's Ralph ...
1 min read
Decentralization
Here's what I think about the corporate Internet
Howdy, I originally posted this on heyheyrenee on September 14, 2019. I ...
2 min read
Palestine
Dr. Nader Hashemi shares myths and realities of the Gaza conflict in Aspen
Howdy, Last February CeasefireNow! Roaring Fork Valley, a group I volunteered with, ...
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Divestiture
Divestiture, Jimmy Carter, Judge Harold Greene, Ritchie and Kernighan
This was originally posted on heyheyrenee on October 22nd, 2015. I' ...
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Tech
my first app
This was originally posted on heyheyrenee June 6, 2016. My first idea ...
1 min read
Open Web
technology is only truly valuable if it's being used for something you're actively interested in
Howdy, Last week I asked this question in the comment section of ...
1 min read
60's
Rest In Harp, John Mayall (29 November 1933 – 22 July 2024)
John Mayall's The Turning Point was a favorite record of ...
1 min read
Freedom
Vail Valley Foundation threw me out of the Norah Jones concert for wearing this
Last night The Vail Valley Foundation tossed me out of the Norah ...
6 min read
Politics
Obama is elected President, Grant Park 11-4-08
I wrote this on heyheyrenee on Nov 15, 2017. I traveled from ...
2 min read
Health care
Our Next President Will Not Be A Model Of Health
I'm reprinting this excellent piece from the Esselsytn Foundation. Renee ...
2 min read
Dead & CO
Wanna know what's important to the working person? Listen to this man.
Today while waiting in line for Dead & CO pins I struck ...
1 min read
Open Web
Crypto might not achieve decentralization, but ActivityPub will
gm, I love Ghost. It's a great publishing platform. When ...
1 min read
Politics
I'm a proud American sick from the bitching
gm, Yes, last night's debate was hard to watch. I ...
1 min read
NFTs
Refik Anadol perfectly matches blockchain with art
Howdy, A while back Refik Anadol collectors were given the choice to ...
2 min read
Crypto
Happy 3rd Anniversary Dots!
gm, June 21st is the 3rd anniversary of the Heni Discord, or ...
6 min read
America First
If apes know how to get off the treadmill, why don't we?
Howdy, Bummed out about this piece on Democracy Now! today. Global Nuclear ...
2 min read
Skiing
It's not the end - it's the beginning
Wonderful weekend at Abasin. I skied Friday and today. Today was closing ...
3 min read
Field Notes
Field evidence of a good economy
gm, According to Twitter account zerohedge, the economy is bad. We' ...
4 min read
Health care
Whole Food Plant Based no Egg Rolls
Howdy, Check out Renee's no egg rolls. I love ' ...
1 min read
enshittification
Dancing For The Devil is the symptom not the problem
gm, I started watching Dancing For The Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult ...
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Skiing
June 1 2020 social distanced pond crossing
gm, My friend Tony Crocker, purveyor of bestsnow.net North America' ...
1 min read
Dead & CO
Dead & CO Sphere - what a great trip this is
Howdy, I'll be adding to this as I go along. ...
1 min read
Dead & CO
Rest In Dead, Bill Walton
I love hoops, loved watching Bill play. I think it was Bill ...
1 min read
Crypto
Minting NFTs is better, but still has a long ways to go
gm, I just minted this Prohibition Art NFT on the base network. ...
3 min read
Whole Food Plant Based Chocolate Nicecream
Howdy, Here's a dessert Renee makes; bananas, cacao powder, vanilla, ...
1 min read
Whole Food Plant Based
Whole Food Plant Based snack
Howdy, Happy Mother's Day. Renee makes this, it's ...
1 min read
Art
What Matters - Northern Lights in Eagle, CO
Last night I saw the Northern Lights for the first time ever. ...
3 min read
Art
Watch Living In Delusionville
Ron English is an artist whose images tell a story of what ...
2 min read
Great Businesses
Nudie Jeans is almost a great company
gm, I bought these jeans from Nudie Jeans a few years ago. ...
3 min read
Wars
Read Nuclear War A Scenario
gm, Just finished this outstanding book by Annie Jacobsen. HOME | Annie JacobsenAmazon ...
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Politics
Jen Perelman is a politician that makes me rally
Howdy, Lately, primarily because of the genocide taking place in Gaza, I& ...
2 min read
Crypto
"Strike another match, go start anew"
Howdy, smh at today's layoffs announcement from Yuga Labs co-founder ...
2 min read
America First
Happy Earth Day from Renee
Happy Earth Day! Cancer is not a given. It’s caused by ...
1 min read
Whole Food Plant Based
Whole Food Plant Based noodles sauce
Howdy, This noodles sauce Renee makes is the best. So delish. And ...
1 min read
Climate Catastrophe
imogene + willie is a great little business
A while back I got turned onto imogene + willie (i + w). imogene ...
4 min read
Dead & CO
Friends in the Haight
So grateful to have met and become friends with Linda Kelly, Jimmy ...
4 min read
Music
Rest In Guitar, Dickey Betts
Grateful to have seen the Allman Brothers a few times, starting in ...
1 min read
Crypto
Watch Todd MacFarlane explain digital collectibles like none other
Watch Amazing Spider-Man artist and toys impresario Todd MacFarlane explain digital collectibles ...
1 min read
NFTs
NFTs are dead? Nah.
gm, Would NFTs be “dead” if everyone made bank? No, of course ...
1 min read
Clean and Sober
17 years clean and sober
Beginning about 15, I used booze and drugs to create a happy ...
2 min read
Whole Food Plant Based
Whole Food Plant Based aligns with conservative values
Read this piece yesterday from The Esselstyn Family Foundation covering why going ...
1 min read
Tech
We told you enshittification would happen
Last week I was introduced to a new word - enshittification. It& ...
25 min read
Wars
Breaking News:Crypto Blames Palestinians For Flour Massacre
3 March 2024: Crypto industry spokesperson Bennie Brainwashed said this, when asked ...
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