RAW semantics
@rawsemantics.bsky.social
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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"Have you said thank you once?"
December 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"Have you said thank you once?"
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.
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...
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.
"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?
Got any fresh fnords in today?
November 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Got any fresh fnords in today?
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.
I was fortunate to get a tip about Eraserhead & became an early DL fan. Later (1986) I saw a daytime showing of Blue Velvet in an empty Leicester Square (London) cinema on initial release. Magical. Hopper blew my mind & Isabella Rossellini, whose image I used in this crude paper/scissors collage:
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I was fortunate to get a tip about Eraserhead & became an early DL fan. Later (1986) I saw a daytime showing of Blue Velvet in an empty Leicester Square (London) cinema on initial release. Magical. Hopper blew my mind & Isabella Rossellini, whose image I used in this crude paper/scissors collage:
I'm struck by @gilduran.com's suggestion, "I think one thing we need is an American Museum of Fascism to remind future generations of what happened during this period of time"... Whether it needs to be this big... is still to be determined. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKym...
November 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I'm struck by @gilduran.com's suggestion, "I think one thing we need is an American Museum of Fascism to remind future generations of what happened during this period of time"... Whether it needs to be this big... is still to be determined. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKym...
"Freedom" (of speech/act/mind & from coercion/force) remains a contested concept. RAW's take on it never resembled that of the latest crop of demagogues & billionaires pretending to be freedom fighters. rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/10/28/r...
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"Freedom" (of speech/act/mind & from coercion/force) remains a contested concept. RAW's take on it never resembled that of the latest crop of demagogues & billionaires pretending to be freedom fighters. rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/10/28/r...
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 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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.
Get print & digital! PDF for just a few quid & it's awesome! I dislike book-text on screen, but art like this looks 𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀. The attention to detail - I can't imagine the amount of work. Ambitious, glorious, trippy - what a unique/great artist @bobbycampbell.net "is". Buy: talesofilluminatus.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Get print & digital! PDF for just a few quid & it's awesome! I dislike book-text on screen, but art like this looks 𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀. The attention to detail - I can't imagine the amount of work. Ambitious, glorious, trippy - what a unique/great artist @bobbycampbell.net "is". Buy: talesofilluminatus.com
Two major releases now available! - TALES OF ILLUMINATUS! #2 (by @bobbycampbell.net & Todd Purse) and *NEW* RAW book anthology: 'A Non-Euclidean Perspective' from Hilaritas Press (@23rasa.bsky.social). Links: talesofilluminatus.com & www.hilaritaspress.com/portfolio-it...
October 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Two major releases now available! - TALES OF ILLUMINATUS! #2 (by @bobbycampbell.net & Todd Purse) and *NEW* RAW book anthology: 'A Non-Euclidean Perspective' from Hilaritas Press (@23rasa.bsky.social). Links: talesofilluminatus.com & www.hilaritaspress.com/portfolio-it...
Had same idea as Rasa (on FB) to enhance this old image of RAW (from @propanon.bsky.social), inset - and took the ball and ran with it:
September 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Had same idea as Rasa (on FB) to enhance this old image of RAW (from @propanon.bsky.social), inset - and took the ball and ran with it:
My capsule review of two films, using the ALT-text feature (hey, I never said social media doesn't have its odd uses!). The films: "I Care a Lot" (2020) and "The G" (2023).
August 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
My capsule review of two films, using the ALT-text feature (hey, I never said social media doesn't have its odd uses!). The films: "I Care a Lot" (2020) and "The G" (2023).
Coming soon-ish (in full colour!), new post on RAW & Roger Jones's 'Physics as Metaphor', a rarely mentioned but influential book for Wilson.
August 28, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Coming soon-ish (in full colour!), new post on RAW & Roger Jones's 'Physics as Metaphor', a rarely mentioned but influential book for Wilson.
Science, and even mathematics, like philosophy, rests on cognitive metaphor. Here's George Lakoff on the metaphor of neural circuits (cf: Leary/Wilson "circuits" model): www.edge.org/conversation...
August 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Science, and even mathematics, like philosophy, rests on cognitive metaphor. Here's George Lakoff on the metaphor of neural circuits (cf: Leary/Wilson "circuits" model): www.edge.org/conversation...
Limited period—Kindle edition of my 200+ page book now £0.77, $0.99. Paperback £8.99. I'd boast that first 3 chapters give fastest route to "Aha!" moment on metaphorical thought available anywhere. Notes for RAW fans here: rawsemantics.home.blog/2023/02/15/r... Buy: www.amazon.co.uk/Lazy-Persons...
August 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Limited period—Kindle edition of my 200+ page book now £0.77, $0.99. Paperback £8.99. I'd boast that first 3 chapters give fastest route to "Aha!" moment on metaphorical thought available anywhere. Notes for RAW fans here: rawsemantics.home.blog/2023/02/15/r... Buy: www.amazon.co.uk/Lazy-Persons...
I remember those. I got one in exchange for one of my own novelty "Zombie Plus" loyalty cards. The necrocard was glossy thin cardboard, I recall. My loyalty cards were plastic, like credit cards.
July 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I remember those. I got one in exchange for one of my own novelty "Zombie Plus" loyalty cards. The necrocard was glossy thin cardboard, I recall. My loyalty cards were plastic, like credit cards.
#MaybeDay Last one for today (without the alien & Illuminatus! submarine from the earlier montage version). This hi-res image of RAW in a graffitied building hasn't been shown previously. More at: rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/07/23/m...
July 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
#MaybeDay Last one for today (without the alien & Illuminatus! submarine from the earlier montage version). This hi-res image of RAW in a graffitied building hasn't been shown previously. More at: rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/07/23/m...
July 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This image of RAW, which I've been posting variants of today, will seem familiar because of an existing small, low-res head-&-collar-only version that's been online for ages. The extended panoramic high-res version is new today. More info at my blog post: rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/07/23/m...
July 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This image of RAW, which I've been posting variants of today, will seem familiar because of an existing small, low-res head-&-collar-only version that's been online for ages. The extended panoramic high-res version is new today. More info at my blog post: rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/07/23/m...
... and a color version (minus submarine). For details on #MaybeDay, see @bobbycampbell.net's site: www.maybeday.net Tom Jackson's latest blog post: www.rawillumination.net/2025/07/mayb... (And I have a new post up: rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/07/23/m...)
July 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
... and a color version (minus submarine). For details on #MaybeDay, see @bobbycampbell.net's site: www.maybeday.net Tom Jackson's latest blog post: www.rawillumination.net/2025/07/mayb... (And I have a new post up: rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/07/23/m...)
Another new #MaybeDay 2025 image! #RobertAntonWilson New blog post also now up: rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/07/23/m...
July 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Another new #MaybeDay 2025 image! #RobertAntonWilson New blog post also now up: rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/07/23/m...