Dr. Jarret Ruminski
@thedevilhistory.bsky.social
Writer. Researcher. Historian. Lapsed Academic. Poster child for the Cancerian moon. Midnight Fairy King. FDR Liberal. Church of Pearl Jam. Dual Canadian & American.
Pinned
No society is immune from embracing evil on a mass scale. We read about the atrocities of the past, and we ask ourselves, "how could so many act with such cruelty?" But that cruelty is always a mirror reflection away. Evil that's popular is still evil. Resistance means rejecting that popularity.
In the mid-2000s, my band played an endless array of bars, pubs, dives, grog shops, roadhouses, saloons, & joints. Back then in Ohio, smoking was still permitted in those places, so I'd leave every show reeking of industrial tobacco even though I've never actually touched a cigarette. Ah, memories.
November 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
In the mid-2000s, my band played an endless array of bars, pubs, dives, grog shops, roadhouses, saloons, & joints. Back then in Ohio, smoking was still permitted in those places, so I'd leave every show reeking of industrial tobacco even though I've never actually touched a cigarette. Ah, memories.
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Happy Saturday!
November 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Happy Saturday!
A golden shine upon the land.
A Morning Path. 8°C and breeze picking up. Wrens.
November 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A golden shine upon the land.
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Daily Peanuts!
November 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Daily Peanuts!
Happy Thanksgiving, Americans.
November 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Happy Thanksgiving, Americans.
I've now lived in Canada for nearly half my life, but it'll never not be weird having the last Thursday in November just be...Thursday.
November 27, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I've now lived in Canada for nearly half my life, but it'll never not be weird having the last Thursday in November just be...Thursday.
The dance of shadows.
Down By The Beck. -2°C and a sharp frost. Wood Pigeon.
November 27, 2025 at 2:24 AM
The dance of shadows.
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When they ask you how life is going.
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
When they ask you how life is going.
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Getting all my vaccines and boosters so I can continue to safely never leave the house or see anyone.
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Getting all my vaccines and boosters so I can continue to safely never leave the house or see anyone.
Big companies are laying off employees by the thousands as the holidays ramp up. It's almost as if late capitalism has finally admitted that our economy is dictated by shareholders, not actual consumers.
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Big companies are laying off employees by the thousands as the holidays ramp up. It's almost as if late capitalism has finally admitted that our economy is dictated by shareholders, not actual consumers.
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The thing about using AI is that once you learn about how not great it is (for the environment, for artists, for your brain, etc.), you can just stop using it. No shame. Just be done with it.
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The thing about using AI is that once you learn about how not great it is (for the environment, for artists, for your brain, etc.), you can just stop using it. No shame. Just be done with it.
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I could happily go the rest of life without hearing yet another tech stooge proclaim that AI "opens up new avenues for creativity." Because nothing screams "creativity" like guys on the internet using the same canned statement over, and over, and over.
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I could happily go the rest of life without hearing yet another tech stooge proclaim that AI "opens up new avenues for creativity." Because nothing screams "creativity" like guys on the internet using the same canned statement over, and over, and over.
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UP Chuck’s
Kenton, MI
Kenton, MI
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
UP Chuck’s
Kenton, MI
Kenton, MI
I genuinely love this dark time of year, but if I'm honest, it's still really jarring to have no daylight when I wrap up work. But that means the problem is factory scheduled capitalism and artificial "time changes," rather than the natural turn of seasons.
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I genuinely love this dark time of year, but if I'm honest, it's still really jarring to have no daylight when I wrap up work. But that means the problem is factory scheduled capitalism and artificial "time changes," rather than the natural turn of seasons.
Attention: there's a label on Bandcamp that releases Sasquatch-themed ambient music. It may be the single most niche genre ever, and I'm here for it!
peak352.bandcamp.com/album/follow...
peak352.bandcamp.com/album/follow...
Follow The Road, by John Green
2 track album
peak352.bandcamp.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Attention: there's a label on Bandcamp that releases Sasquatch-themed ambient music. It may be the single most niche genre ever, and I'm here for it!
peak352.bandcamp.com/album/follow...
peak352.bandcamp.com/album/follow...
What a sight!
Sunset. -1°C and an icy sky. Mistle Thrush.
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
What a sight!
No, I don't want to ask your crappy AI extension to help me "create." I actually quite value human creativity, as I've been practicing it all my life. Please take this AI crap I didn't ask for and launch it into the sun.
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
No, I don't want to ask your crappy AI extension to help me "create." I actually quite value human creativity, as I've been practicing it all my life. Please take this AI crap I didn't ask for and launch it into the sun.
Coffee shop basement winter vibes 🌨️
November 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Coffee shop basement winter vibes 🌨️
The thing I love most about Pearl Jam is that, despite being among the most commercially viable major-label bands of the 90s, they pretty much always made the music they wanted to make. Listeners who only dig commercial radio anthems have missed so much of their best work over the decades.
31 years later. Happy anniversary, Vitalogy!
Thank you to Chris B., Zac P., and Timothy S. for sharing your ephemera!
Listen to the album: pj.lnk.to/vitalogyhubTP
Thank you to Chris B., Zac P., and Timothy S. for sharing your ephemera!
Listen to the album: pj.lnk.to/vitalogyhubTP
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The thing I love most about Pearl Jam is that, despite being among the most commercially viable major-label bands of the 90s, they pretty much always made the music they wanted to make. Listeners who only dig commercial radio anthems have missed so much of their best work over the decades.
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You were
the one
I wanted
to wake up with
on Sunday morning
and make
a cup of coffee for.
the one
I wanted
to wake up with
on Sunday morning
and make
a cup of coffee for.
November 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
You were
the one
I wanted
to wake up with
on Sunday morning
and make
a cup of coffee for.
the one
I wanted
to wake up with
on Sunday morning
and make
a cup of coffee for.
The is the prettiest part of the world.
Away travelling for a few days so here are a few snowy photographs from last week. Back in Yorkshire soon. Best wishes James
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The is the prettiest part of the world.
A note for artists who put their music on Bandcamp: if you take that music off the platform after we as listeners bought it, that's not cool at all.
November 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A note for artists who put their music on Bandcamp: if you take that music off the platform after we as listeners bought it, that's not cool at all.
Pure beauty 🌨️
Heavy Snowfall On The Wolds. 0°C. Sheep on the hillside.
November 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Pure beauty 🌨️
The world needs more quiet. We've created a cacophonous nightmare of a society that's surely leaving our nervous systems frazzled in a way they were never meant to be.
November 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The world needs more quiet. We've created a cacophonous nightmare of a society that's surely leaving our nervous systems frazzled in a way they were never meant to be.