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Robert Anton Wilson & related blog. Semantic maps, masks, models & muddles. Frames & metaphors. Author of 'Lazy Person's Guide to Framing' (Futura Press, 2023).
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Biggest ORWELLIAN propaganda coup in my lifetime? The widely held belief in the USA that helping Ukraine survive & defend itself = war(mongering). And that helping Russia achieve the aims of its military invasion unhindered = peace/"negotiation". War is peace. Ignorance is strength.
November 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Biggest ORWELLIAN propaganda coup in my lifetime? The widely held belief in the USA that helping Ukraine survive & defend itself = war(mongering). And that helping Russia achieve the aims of its military invasion unhindered = peace/"negotiation". War is peace. Ignorance is strength.
Biggest ORWELLIAN propaganda coup in my lifetime? The widely held belief in the USA that helping Ukraine survive & defend itself = war(mongering). And that helping Russia achieve the aims of its military invasion unhindered = peace/"negotiation". War is peace. Ignorance is strength.
November 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Biggest ORWELLIAN propaganda coup in my lifetime? The widely held belief in the USA that helping Ukraine survive & defend itself = war(mongering). And that helping Russia achieve the aims of its military invasion unhindered = peace/"negotiation". War is peace. Ignorance is strength.
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It's that time of year again! Here comes MAYBE NIGHT 2025 :)))
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November 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
It's that time of year again! Here comes MAYBE NIGHT 2025 :)))
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maybeday.net/night/
The two new book releases from Hilaritas press complement each other, for sure. Tom Jackson commenting: www.rawillumination.net/2025/11/the-...
The two newest Hilaritas Books seem to complement each other
The two newest books out from Hilaritas Press, the publishing imprint of the Robert Anton Wilson trust, seem to complement each other, so ...
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November 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The two new book releases from Hilaritas press complement each other, for sure. Tom Jackson commenting: www.rawillumination.net/2025/11/the-...
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"The current disinformation and slop phenomenon on the internet today makes the days of ‘Russian bot farms’ seem quaint; the problem is now fully decentralized and distributed across the world and is almost entirely funded by social media companies themselves."
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
"The current disinformation and slop phenomenon on the internet today makes the days of ‘Russian bot farms’ seem quaint; the problem is now fully decentralized and distributed across the world and is almost entirely funded by social media companies themselves."
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
Timothy Leary was a huge fan & early promoter of William Gibson's novels. (There's a dedication to Gibson in Leary's 'Info-Psychology', and Tim interviews Gibson in his book, 'Chaos & Cyber Culture'. Robert Anton Wilson was also a fan...
November 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Timothy Leary was a huge fan & early promoter of William Gibson's novels. (There's a dedication to Gibson in Leary's 'Info-Psychology', and Tim interviews Gibson in his book, 'Chaos & Cyber Culture'. Robert Anton Wilson was also a fan...
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Why everyone should have a basic income.
I've yet to see a good argument against it.
youtu.be/NNHAgXy5dxQ?...
I've yet to see a good argument against it.
youtu.be/NNHAgXy5dxQ?...
Why everyone should have a basic income | Guy Standing | TEDxKlagenfurt
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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November 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Why everyone should have a basic income.
I've yet to see a good argument against it.
youtu.be/NNHAgXy5dxQ?...
I've yet to see a good argument against it.
youtu.be/NNHAgXy5dxQ?...
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"𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚; 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙭 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨." - RAW on why he was a big fan of John Dickson Carr. I've read a lot of pulp fiction, but never any Carr. Any recommendations for his novels?
November 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚; 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙭 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨." - RAW on why he was a big fan of John Dickson Carr. I've read a lot of pulp fiction, but never any Carr. Any recommendations for his novels?
Russian state media talking points seem easy to spot, even when they come from Western "low hanging fruit" outrage "dissenters" such as Maté, Blumenthal & Johnstone. There's a guy (no doubt well-meaning) who floods one of the main RAW Facebooks with this stuff.
November 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Russian state media talking points seem easy to spot, even when they come from Western "low hanging fruit" outrage "dissenters" such as Maté, Blumenthal & Johnstone. There's a guy (no doubt well-meaning) who floods one of the main RAW Facebooks with this stuff.
'Where "Are" We? Chapel Perilous? Chinatown?' - Michael Johnson (Overweening Generalist) with a great new piece on metaphors for the godawful state we're in. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Where "Are" We? Chapel Perilous? Chinatown?
Essay on trying to find an adequate metaphor for the "United" States, Nov, 2025
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November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
'Where "Are" We? Chapel Perilous? Chinatown?' - Michael Johnson (Overweening Generalist) with a great new piece on metaphors for the godawful state we're in. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Fiona Hill, geopolitical strategist: 'The US is giving Russia tremendous influence over Europe'
Fiona Hill, geopolitical strategist: 'The US is giving Russia tremendous influence over Europe'
According to the former Trump adviser, 'This White House wants Ukraine to capitulate to Russian demands to end this war, without proper consideration of all the factors at play.'
www.lemonde.fr
November 23, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Fiona Hill, geopolitical strategist: 'The US is giving Russia tremendous influence over Europe'
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The Hilaritas Press Podcast
Hilaritas host Mike Gathers chats with Mike Shea and Tom Jackson about the life of Robert Shea, and the new Robert Shea book, Every Day Is A GOOD Day.
www.hilaritaspress.com/podcasts/mik...
Hilaritas host Mike Gathers chats with Mike Shea and Tom Jackson about the life of Robert Shea, and the new Robert Shea book, Every Day Is A GOOD Day.
www.hilaritaspress.com/podcasts/mik...
November 23, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The Hilaritas Press Podcast
Hilaritas host Mike Gathers chats with Mike Shea and Tom Jackson about the life of Robert Shea, and the new Robert Shea book, Every Day Is A GOOD Day.
www.hilaritaspress.com/podcasts/mik...
Hilaritas host Mike Gathers chats with Mike Shea and Tom Jackson about the life of Robert Shea, and the new Robert Shea book, Every Day Is A GOOD Day.
www.hilaritaspress.com/podcasts/mik...
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RAWIllumination.net: The Etsy Weirdoverse shop www.rawillumination.net/2025/11/the-...
The Etsy Weirdoverse shop
With the advent of the gift giving season, this seems like a good time to point to the Etsy Weirdoverse shop, filled with various items of ...
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November 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
RAWIllumination.net: The Etsy Weirdoverse shop www.rawillumination.net/2025/11/the-...
"𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚; 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙭 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨." - RAW on why he was a big fan of John Dickson Carr. I've read a lot of pulp fiction, but never any Carr. Any recommendations for his novels?
November 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚; 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙭 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨." - RAW on why he was a big fan of John Dickson Carr. I've read a lot of pulp fiction, but never any Carr. Any recommendations for his novels?
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USAG - United States of America Gaslighted? End Russia's war on Ukraine by fully 𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 Russia's war on Ukraine? Not "anti-interventionism" but positive reinforcement of aggressive intervention (invasion, mass murder/maiming, infrastructure destruction, war crime).
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Ukraine banned from Nato, Russia readmitted to the G8 and territory ceded: what’s in Trump’s draft plan
Ukraine banned from Nato, Russia readmitted to the G8 and territory ceded: what’s in Trump’s draft plan
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he expects to discuss the plan – which was reportedly drafted by Russian and US officials – with Trump
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
USAG - United States of America Gaslighted? End Russia's war on Ukraine by fully 𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 Russia's war on Ukraine? Not "anti-interventionism" but positive reinforcement of aggressive intervention (invasion, mass murder/maiming, infrastructure destruction, war crime).
bsky.app/profile/theg...
bsky.app/profile/theg...
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UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage speaks at length of his admiration for Bill Nelson. He says no other music puts him in poetic space more than Bill's experimental work. (I first heard of Robert Anton Wilson from Bill back in the 1980s). www.southbankcentre.co.uk/magazine/sim...
Artist on artist: Simon Armitage on the 'exceptional' yet 'overlooked' Bill Nelson | Southbank Centre
The Poet Laureate finally shares his appreciation and admiration for 'maverick' guitarist, musician and fellow Yorkshireman Bill Nelson.
www.southbankcentre.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage speaks at length of his admiration for Bill Nelson. He says no other music puts him in poetic space more than Bill's experimental work. (I first heard of Robert Anton Wilson from Bill back in the 1980s). www.southbankcentre.co.uk/magazine/sim...
USAG - United States of America Gaslighted? End Russia's war on Ukraine by fully 𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 Russia's war on Ukraine? Not "anti-interventionism" but positive reinforcement of aggressive intervention (invasion, mass murder/maiming, infrastructure destruction, war crime).
bsky.app/profile/theg...
bsky.app/profile/theg...
Ukraine banned from Nato, Russia readmitted to the G8 and territory ceded: what’s in Trump’s draft plan
Ukraine banned from Nato, Russia readmitted to the G8 and territory ceded: what’s in Trump’s draft plan
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he expects to discuss the plan – which was reportedly drafted by Russian and US officials – with Trump
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
USAG - United States of America Gaslighted? End Russia's war on Ukraine by fully 𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 Russia's war on Ukraine? Not "anti-interventionism" but positive reinforcement of aggressive intervention (invasion, mass murder/maiming, infrastructure destruction, war crime).
bsky.app/profile/theg...
bsky.app/profile/theg...
Got any fresh fnords in today?
November 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Got any fresh fnords in today?
Buckminster Fuller talked of scientific advances being weaponised to deliver greater destruction over further distances in shorter times. The subject of this thread, weaponised, looks like delivering social/political breakdown in ever wider & more unstoppable ways, faster. bsky.app/profile/elio...
We’re watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Buckminster Fuller talked of scientific advances being weaponised to deliver greater destruction over further distances in shorter times. The subject of this thread, weaponised, looks like delivering social/political breakdown in ever wider & more unstoppable ways, faster. bsky.app/profile/elio...
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EARLY RAW - THE ED SANDERS COLLECTION :)))
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EARLY RAW - THE ED SANDERS COLLECTION
Enclosed please find a large collection of letters, articles, poetry, prose, and Discordian junk mail created by Robert Anton Wilson, usua...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
EARLY RAW - THE ED SANDERS COLLECTION :)))
maybelogic.blogspot.com/2025/11/earl...
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Carole Cadwalladr's latest piece (on Thiel & Palantir) is cookin' with rocket fuel! broligarchy.substack.com/p/peter-thie... @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Carole Cadwalladr's latest piece (on Thiel & Palantir) is cookin' with rocket fuel! broligarchy.substack.com/p/peter-thie... @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
The reference to "Fredrick Saudi, the physicist" in the 2001 Utopia USA interview of RAW by Lance Bauscher (also included in the new RAW anthology, 'A Non-Euclidean Perspective') refers, I think, to Frederick Soddy (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederi...). I don't know of any Fredrick Saudi.
November 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The reference to "Fredrick Saudi, the physicist" in the 2001 Utopia USA interview of RAW by Lance Bauscher (also included in the new RAW anthology, 'A Non-Euclidean Perspective') refers, I think, to Frederick Soddy (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederi...). I don't know of any Fredrick Saudi.
You can't get much closer to a simple, reliably verifiable *fact* than the official score of a major football match (watched by millions around the world & reported by countless media outlets). Yet Xitter/Grok reported it wrongly the next day. bsky.app/profile/raws...
When I look at Xitter, I try to ignore the "What's Happening" & "Today's News" BS. But this caught my eye. X's (ie Grok's) headline & news summary for last night's big football game which Liverpool won 1-0. Xitter, main source of NEWS for many, struggling with factual report at THE MOST BASIC LEVEL.
November 18, 2025 at 12:24 PM
You can't get much closer to a simple, reliably verifiable *fact* than the official score of a major football match (watched by millions around the world & reported by countless media outlets). Yet Xitter/Grok reported it wrongly the next day. bsky.app/profile/raws...
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At last! The US print edition of Tales of Illuminatus! #2 is here! (The UK/EU version has been out for weeks, sign of the times, I'm afraid) If you ordered a copy it should either be at your doorstep or on the way :))) Supplies are indeed limited! Order today! www.etsy.com/shop/Weirdov...
November 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
At last! The US print edition of Tales of Illuminatus! #2 is here! (The UK/EU version has been out for weeks, sign of the times, I'm afraid) If you ordered a copy it should either be at your doorstep or on the way :))) Supplies are indeed limited! Order today! www.etsy.com/shop/Weirdov...