Scott Oates
@scottoates.bsky.social
done been a has-been & wanna-be
"Who Am I?" ~ Ramana Maharshi
"I Am That" ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj
they call it "schizo-affective disorder, bipolar type"
"NC Peace Dog"(blog): https://ncpeacedog.wordpress.com/
Peace & Goodwill from Raleigh, NC
"Who Am I?" ~ Ramana Maharshi
"I Am That" ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj
they call it "schizo-affective disorder, bipolar type"
"NC Peace Dog"(blog): https://ncpeacedog.wordpress.com/
Peace & Goodwill from Raleigh, NC
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@scottoates.bsky.social
· Sep 23
NC Peace Action Overview
Hi. I was asked to join the NC Peace Action Board of Directors in Fall of 2023 and was pleased to serve in that capacity until August’s end in 2025. I feel like I accomplished quite a lot wit…
ncpeacedog.wordpress.com
I recently posted in my Peace Dog blog about my time with North Carolina Peace Action. Please see: ncpeacedog.wordpress.com/2025/09/18/n... 🙏🕊️
YEAH, and I wanna know:
What, theoretically constitutes "CULTURAL SUBVERSION?"
Any Dissent?
Telling the truth according to actual facts?
"Am I free to think freely?"
How long will Congress play along w/this POTUS & his SCOTUS as if they are legitimate? sigh
worldbeyondwar.org/the-donroe-d...
What, theoretically constitutes "CULTURAL SUBVERSION?"
Any Dissent?
Telling the truth according to actual facts?
"Am I free to think freely?"
How long will Congress play along w/this POTUS & his SCOTUS as if they are legitimate? sigh
worldbeyondwar.org/the-donroe-d...
The Donroe Doctrine Is a Sadistic Fantasy, and Nothing New - World BEYOND War
Trump's new document -- call it the Donroe Doctrine -- makes a lot of gestures in the direction of refraining from warmaking, and lots of false claims of peacemaking. But the hypocrisy is not even ben...
worldbeyondwar.org
December 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
YEAH, and I wanna know:
What, theoretically constitutes "CULTURAL SUBVERSION?"
Any Dissent?
Telling the truth according to actual facts?
"Am I free to think freely?"
How long will Congress play along w/this POTUS & his SCOTUS as if they are legitimate? sigh
worldbeyondwar.org/the-donroe-d...
What, theoretically constitutes "CULTURAL SUBVERSION?"
Any Dissent?
Telling the truth according to actual facts?
"Am I free to think freely?"
How long will Congress play along w/this POTUS & his SCOTUS as if they are legitimate? sigh
worldbeyondwar.org/the-donroe-d...
End-of-Year drawing near, I often reflect back on local music releases of the past 12 months, listing a few favorites.
Check out Crystal Spiders anytime you can, (NOW?) w/ 2025's Metanoia.
(How does she do it??!)
Thanks to Crystal Spiders🙏🤘☮️
Listen up
crystalspiders.bandcamp.com/album/metanoia
Check out Crystal Spiders anytime you can, (NOW?) w/ 2025's Metanoia.
(How does she do it??!)
Thanks to Crystal Spiders🙏🤘☮️
Listen up
crystalspiders.bandcamp.com/album/metanoia
METANOIA, by CRYSTAL SPIDERS
7 track album
crystalspiders.bandcamp.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
End-of-Year drawing near, I often reflect back on local music releases of the past 12 months, listing a few favorites.
Check out Crystal Spiders anytime you can, (NOW?) w/ 2025's Metanoia.
(How does she do it??!)
Thanks to Crystal Spiders🙏🤘☮️
Listen up
crystalspiders.bandcamp.com/album/metanoia
Check out Crystal Spiders anytime you can, (NOW?) w/ 2025's Metanoia.
(How does she do it??!)
Thanks to Crystal Spiders🙏🤘☮️
Listen up
crystalspiders.bandcamp.com/album/metanoia
So, the "WAR ON TERROR" was undertaken under false premises & pretenses, and it FAILED (as in, creating more terrorism and "terrorists"). SO, what is a "narcoterrorist?" These justifications for attacking Venezuela are totally bogus, mmkay?
NO MORE BLOOD FOR OIL
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/forei...
NO MORE BLOOD FOR OIL
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/forei...
‘The war on terror’ and continued Western failure
The anti-terror policies put in place by Bush after 9/11 have changed the world for the worse. Still, politicians cling to them
www.ips-journal.eu
December 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
So, the "WAR ON TERROR" was undertaken under false premises & pretenses, and it FAILED (as in, creating more terrorism and "terrorists"). SO, what is a "narcoterrorist?" These justifications for attacking Venezuela are totally bogus, mmkay?
NO MORE BLOOD FOR OIL
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/forei...
NO MORE BLOOD FOR OIL
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/forei...
Hi. Sharing a "classic" video created back in undergrad redux in the aughts, one of my first w/a laptop. (I took Zyprexa, which at one point ballooned me up to 230lbs. Grateful to be on a more modern antipsychotic with less side effects.)
Pls check it out?
PEACE IN PROGRESS🙏☮️
youtu.be/V8K4KOHKuBE
Pls check it out?
PEACE IN PROGRESS🙏☮️
youtu.be/V8K4KOHKuBE
"Valiant Persuasion"
YouTube video by NCPeaceDog
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Hi. Sharing a "classic" video created back in undergrad redux in the aughts, one of my first w/a laptop. (I took Zyprexa, which at one point ballooned me up to 230lbs. Grateful to be on a more modern antipsychotic with less side effects.)
Pls check it out?
PEACE IN PROGRESS🙏☮️
youtu.be/V8K4KOHKuBE
Pls check it out?
PEACE IN PROGRESS🙏☮️
youtu.be/V8K4KOHKuBE
So, who all is cool with extrajudicial killings AKA WAR CRIMES?
Write your Congressperson, SPEAK OUT☮️
THANK YOU @fcnl.bsky.social
fcnl.quorum.us/campaign/142...
Write your Congressperson, SPEAK OUT☮️
THANK YOU @fcnl.bsky.social
fcnl.quorum.us/campaign/142...
Condemn Trump’s Murder on the High Seas
The Trump administration is blowing up Venezuelan boats, deliberately killing civilians outside of war, in an illegal use of military force.
fcnl.quorum.us
December 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
So, who all is cool with extrajudicial killings AKA WAR CRIMES?
Write your Congressperson, SPEAK OUT☮️
THANK YOU @fcnl.bsky.social
fcnl.quorum.us/campaign/142...
Write your Congressperson, SPEAK OUT☮️
THANK YOU @fcnl.bsky.social
fcnl.quorum.us/campaign/142...
as freshly uploaded to Mann's World on YouTube. Thank You Karen!! I remember I didn't have a pass to this show, but showed up at the venue anyway, where organizer Grayson Currin put me on the guest list. Thank you Grayson!
Thank you all members of Birds of Avalon🙏
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdlO...
Thank you all members of Birds of Avalon🙏
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdlO...
Birds of Avalon
YouTube video by Mann's World
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
as freshly uploaded to Mann's World on YouTube. Thank You Karen!! I remember I didn't have a pass to this show, but showed up at the venue anyway, where organizer Grayson Currin put me on the guest list. Thank you Grayson!
Thank you all members of Birds of Avalon🙏
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdlO...
Thank you all members of Birds of Avalon🙏
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdlO...
With Venezuela War On The Horizon, Mainstream Media Manufacturing Consent Goes Into Overdrive.
open.substack.com/pub/the307/p...
open.substack.com/pub/the307/p...
With Venezuela War On The Horizon, Mainstream Media Manufacturing Consent Goes Into Overdrive.
Yet Again, The Mainstream Media Is Manufacturing Consent For War.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:16 AM
With Venezuela War On The Horizon, Mainstream Media Manufacturing Consent Goes Into Overdrive.
open.substack.com/pub/the307/p...
open.substack.com/pub/the307/p...
Who enlisted to "Kill Everyone?"
The GI Rights Hotline provides accurate, helpful counseling & info on military discharges, AWOL & UA, & GI Rights:
1-877-447-4487
private, nonprofit, nongovernmental org that answers thousands of calls from military personnel & their families girightshotline.org
The GI Rights Hotline provides accurate, helpful counseling & info on military discharges, AWOL & UA, & GI Rights:
1-877-447-4487
private, nonprofit, nongovernmental org that answers thousands of calls from military personnel & their families girightshotline.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Who enlisted to "Kill Everyone?"
The GI Rights Hotline provides accurate, helpful counseling & info on military discharges, AWOL & UA, & GI Rights:
1-877-447-4487
private, nonprofit, nongovernmental org that answers thousands of calls from military personnel & their families girightshotline.org
The GI Rights Hotline provides accurate, helpful counseling & info on military discharges, AWOL & UA, & GI Rights:
1-877-447-4487
private, nonprofit, nongovernmental org that answers thousands of calls from military personnel & their families girightshotline.org
I keep journals day and enjoy writing, especially pen to paper, finding it therapeutic. Hope you're able to read this (written in '06 during continuation/escalation of Iraq & Afghanistan occupations) (blog is not monetized). Let me know what you think?
🙏🕊️
ncpeacedog.wordpress.com/2021/11/18/h...
🙏🕊️
ncpeacedog.wordpress.com/2021/11/18/h...
Hysteron Proteron Beyond (the Zero) – An old poem
Most of my journals since 1997 (age 24) Hello. I hope you reading this now are doing well. Thought I’d toss in some old writings into the blog mix from a series of experimental poems called &…
ncpeacedog.wordpress.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I keep journals day and enjoy writing, especially pen to paper, finding it therapeutic. Hope you're able to read this (written in '06 during continuation/escalation of Iraq & Afghanistan occupations) (blog is not monetized). Let me know what you think?
🙏🕊️
ncpeacedog.wordpress.com/2021/11/18/h...
🙏🕊️
ncpeacedog.wordpress.com/2021/11/18/h...
As someone receiving treatment for schizo-affective, this is FASCINATING: David Swanson on Talk World Radio talking about a jarring new book called "The Devil's Castle: Nazi Eugenics, Euthanasia, and How Psychiatry's Troubled History Reverberates Today." Author Susanne Antonetta youtu.be/Pe6Cy69aoEs
Talk World Radio: The Devil's Castle
YouTube video by David Swanson
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 12:56 AM
As someone receiving treatment for schizo-affective, this is FASCINATING: David Swanson on Talk World Radio talking about a jarring new book called "The Devil's Castle: Nazi Eugenics, Euthanasia, and How Psychiatry's Troubled History Reverberates Today." Author Susanne Antonetta youtu.be/Pe6Cy69aoEs
Do you "believe in" a concept of "God?"
I do, but don't believe "It" is adequately expressed with human pronouns ("He/Him")
Today's Read, Chapter 5 of "Jnana-Yoga"- Maya & the Evolution of the Conception of God : www.ramakrishnavivekananda.info/vivekananda/...
It's not necessary to agree!
🙏🕊️
I do, but don't believe "It" is adequately expressed with human pronouns ("He/Him")
Today's Read, Chapter 5 of "Jnana-Yoga"- Maya & the Evolution of the Conception of God : www.ramakrishnavivekananda.info/vivekananda/...
It's not necessary to agree!
🙏🕊️
December 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Do you "believe in" a concept of "God?"
I do, but don't believe "It" is adequately expressed with human pronouns ("He/Him")
Today's Read, Chapter 5 of "Jnana-Yoga"- Maya & the Evolution of the Conception of God : www.ramakrishnavivekananda.info/vivekananda/...
It's not necessary to agree!
🙏🕊️
I do, but don't believe "It" is adequately expressed with human pronouns ("He/Him")
Today's Read, Chapter 5 of "Jnana-Yoga"- Maya & the Evolution of the Conception of God : www.ramakrishnavivekananda.info/vivekananda/...
It's not necessary to agree!
🙏🕊️
Was very pleased to find this review of David Hartsough's "Waging Peace" written by Charles Busch of Fields of Peace. (These gentlemen were gracious enough to let me interview them for my blog a few years ago). I highly recommend reading "Waging Peace" to anyone!
🙏🕊️
www.ucc.org/speak_out_wi...
🙏🕊️
www.ucc.org/speak_out_wi...
Speak Out With Our Lives : A Review by Rev. Charles Busch - United Church of Christ
Waging Peace, Global Adventures of a Lifelong Activistby David Hartsough with Joyce HollydayPM Press, 2014 On the high shelf of my home library are books
www.ucc.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Was very pleased to find this review of David Hartsough's "Waging Peace" written by Charles Busch of Fields of Peace. (These gentlemen were gracious enough to let me interview them for my blog a few years ago). I highly recommend reading "Waging Peace" to anyone!
🙏🕊️
www.ucc.org/speak_out_wi...
🙏🕊️
www.ucc.org/speak_out_wi...
To those under the "Secretary of War":
"There's people around who tell you that they know
& places where they send you & it's easy to go
They'll zip you up & dress you down & stand you in a row
But you know you don't have to, you can just say 'No'"
Matthew 5: 21-22
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn1t...
"There's people around who tell you that they know
& places where they send you & it's easy to go
They'll zip you up & dress you down & stand you in a row
But you know you don't have to, you can just say 'No'"
Matthew 5: 21-22
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn1t...
Big Star - Ballad of El Goodo
YouTube video by edumota
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
To those under the "Secretary of War":
"There's people around who tell you that they know
& places where they send you & it's easy to go
They'll zip you up & dress you down & stand you in a row
But you know you don't have to, you can just say 'No'"
Matthew 5: 21-22
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn1t...
"There's people around who tell you that they know
& places where they send you & it's easy to go
They'll zip you up & dress you down & stand you in a row
But you know you don't have to, you can just say 'No'"
Matthew 5: 21-22
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn1t...
An old "book report" I wrote for an undergrad course, shared on @officialznet.bsky.social net in '08. Due to personal/"medical"/(psychiatric) reasons, I found it impossible to finish NCSU senior year in '94. Finished up @UNCG online in 2011- elusive goal achieved 🤨🙏🕊️ znetwork.org/znetarticle/...
November 30, 2025 at 4:54 AM
An old "book report" I wrote for an undergrad course, shared on @officialznet.bsky.social net in '08. Due to personal/"medical"/(psychiatric) reasons, I found it impossible to finish NCSU senior year in '94. Finished up @UNCG online in 2011- elusive goal achieved 🤨🙏🕊️ znetwork.org/znetarticle/...
...and on the USA OLIGARCHY's AUTHORITARIAN's Priority List, more Blood Money for the Merchants of Death
MORE & MORE unnecessary MILITARIZATION, WARS, & DESTRUCTION waged vs fabricated "enemies" charged on the National Credit Card for the grandkids to pay off?
What's EVIL
fair.org/home/corpora...
MORE & MORE unnecessary MILITARIZATION, WARS, & DESTRUCTION waged vs fabricated "enemies" charged on the National Credit Card for the grandkids to pay off?
What's EVIL
fair.org/home/corpora...
Corporate Media Parrot Dubious Drug Claims That Justify War on Venezuela
With a possible military operation that could have disastrous consequences, corporate outlets are unsurprisingly ceding the floor to the warmongers.
fair.org
November 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
...and on the USA OLIGARCHY's AUTHORITARIAN's Priority List, more Blood Money for the Merchants of Death
MORE & MORE unnecessary MILITARIZATION, WARS, & DESTRUCTION waged vs fabricated "enemies" charged on the National Credit Card for the grandkids to pay off?
What's EVIL
fair.org/home/corpora...
MORE & MORE unnecessary MILITARIZATION, WARS, & DESTRUCTION waged vs fabricated "enemies" charged on the National Credit Card for the grandkids to pay off?
What's EVIL
fair.org/home/corpora...
"policy violence" as defined by AI
""policy violence" describes harm resulting from government inaction or harmful decisions, such as cuts to social programs or healthcare, which can lead to poverty and structural inequality."
Thank You Bishop Barber & PPC
🙏🕊️ www.democracynow.org/2025/11/26/b...
""policy violence" describes harm resulting from government inaction or harmful decisions, such as cuts to social programs or healthcare, which can lead to poverty and structural inequality."
Thank You Bishop Barber & PPC
🙏🕊️ www.democracynow.org/2025/11/26/b...
Bishop William Barber: ICE Raids & Shredding of Safety Net Are Linked
Protests have erupted in North Carolina after federal agents arrested 370 people in immigration raids. On Monday, Bishop William Barber and other religious leaders gathered in Charlotte to demand an e...
www.democracynow.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"policy violence" as defined by AI
""policy violence" describes harm resulting from government inaction or harmful decisions, such as cuts to social programs or healthcare, which can lead to poverty and structural inequality."
Thank You Bishop Barber & PPC
🙏🕊️ www.democracynow.org/2025/11/26/b...
""policy violence" describes harm resulting from government inaction or harmful decisions, such as cuts to social programs or healthcare, which can lead to poverty and structural inequality."
Thank You Bishop Barber & PPC
🙏🕊️ www.democracynow.org/2025/11/26/b...
QUIKSHARE
as found only on my youtube channel
Motocaster recorded an album at Ardent Studios (Big Star, etc) in '95 & never released it. This is track 6. Brian Sliwa-bass, Bo Taylor-guitar,vox & Jon Heames-drums
Gratitude & Obeisances to Brian Bo Jon & producer Mitch Easter youtu.be/kjUzz8vcNaQ
as found only on my youtube channel
Motocaster recorded an album at Ardent Studios (Big Star, etc) in '95 & never released it. This is track 6. Brian Sliwa-bass, Bo Taylor-guitar,vox & Jon Heames-drums
Gratitude & Obeisances to Brian Bo Jon & producer Mitch Easter youtu.be/kjUzz8vcNaQ
MOTOCASTER - Mood Swing (unreleased)
YouTube video by NCPeaceDog
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
QUIKSHARE
as found only on my youtube channel
Motocaster recorded an album at Ardent Studios (Big Star, etc) in '95 & never released it. This is track 6. Brian Sliwa-bass, Bo Taylor-guitar,vox & Jon Heames-drums
Gratitude & Obeisances to Brian Bo Jon & producer Mitch Easter youtu.be/kjUzz8vcNaQ
as found only on my youtube channel
Motocaster recorded an album at Ardent Studios (Big Star, etc) in '95 & never released it. This is track 6. Brian Sliwa-bass, Bo Taylor-guitar,vox & Jon Heames-drums
Gratitude & Obeisances to Brian Bo Jon & producer Mitch Easter youtu.be/kjUzz8vcNaQ
Hi, just wanted to say that I've begun a process of transitioning psychiatric medications for the first time in many years, weening off older antipsychotic(s) onto a new one, with hopefully less troublesome & uncomfortable side effects. Might be scarce on social media for a bit. 🙏🕊️Peace & Goodwill
November 24, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Hi, just wanted to say that I've begun a process of transitioning psychiatric medications for the first time in many years, weening off older antipsychotic(s) onto a new one, with hopefully less troublesome & uncomfortable side effects. Might be scarce on social media for a bit. 🙏🕊️Peace & Goodwill
At the coffee shop earlier, a guy from Durham said he was into metal. Told 'im to check out: . . . tooth.bandcamp.com/album/tooth
TOOTH, by TOOTH
6 track album
tooth.bandcamp.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:07 AM
At the coffee shop earlier, a guy from Durham said he was into metal. Told 'im to check out: . . . tooth.bandcamp.com/album/tooth
Hallelujah! (foot stomp) theveldtmusic.bandcamp.com/track/sancti... 🕊️🙏
Sanctified, by Veldt
from the album The Shocking Fuzz of Your Electric Fur: The Drake Equation
theveldtmusic.bandcamp.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Hallelujah! (foot stomp) theveldtmusic.bandcamp.com/track/sancti... 🕊️🙏
Moral Monday: Standing Against Deadly Policy Violence
Moral Monday gatherings will take place in AL, AZ, AR, CT, DE, IN, KY, MS, MO, NE, NJ, NC, OH, SC, TN, TX, VT, VA, WV. Bishop Barber will attend the flagship gathering in NC, which will be livestreamed.
🙏🕊️
breachrepairers.org/get-involved...
Moral Monday gatherings will take place in AL, AZ, AR, CT, DE, IN, KY, MS, MO, NE, NJ, NC, OH, SC, TN, TX, VT, VA, WV. Bishop Barber will attend the flagship gathering in NC, which will be livestreamed.
🙏🕊️
breachrepairers.org/get-involved...
Moral Monday: Standing Against Deadly Policy Violence | Repairers of the Breach
10AM - 1PM (local time zones)
- Across the nation, fusion coalitions of impacted people, faith leaders, and moral activists will nonviolently gather at Congres...
breachrepairers.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Moral Monday: Standing Against Deadly Policy Violence
Moral Monday gatherings will take place in AL, AZ, AR, CT, DE, IN, KY, MS, MO, NE, NJ, NC, OH, SC, TN, TX, VT, VA, WV. Bishop Barber will attend the flagship gathering in NC, which will be livestreamed.
🙏🕊️
breachrepairers.org/get-involved...
Moral Monday gatherings will take place in AL, AZ, AR, CT, DE, IN, KY, MS, MO, NE, NJ, NC, OH, SC, TN, TX, VT, VA, WV. Bishop Barber will attend the flagship gathering in NC, which will be livestreamed.
🙏🕊️
breachrepairers.org/get-involved...
Academic Associations Release Report Detailing Weaponization of Civil Rights Law to Silence Speech; UK Journalist Finally Released from U.S. Detention; Contractor At Heart of Gaza Aid Distribution Killings Steps Up Recruitment; ... 🙏🕊️ www.rightsanddissent.org/news/gaza-fi...
Gaza First Amendment Alert (11/21/25)
Sign up here to receive future Gaza First Amendment Alerts directly in your inbox. UK Journalist Finally Released from U.S. Detention British journalist Sami Hamdi was finally released from immigra…
www.rightsanddissent.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Academic Associations Release Report Detailing Weaponization of Civil Rights Law to Silence Speech; UK Journalist Finally Released from U.S. Detention; Contractor At Heart of Gaza Aid Distribution Killings Steps Up Recruitment; ... 🙏🕊️ www.rightsanddissent.org/news/gaza-fi...
Reposted by Scott Oates
somehow i've found it only today.
monumental work, the most important video(!) database of 2 last years in Palestine. instant answer to people saying all such nonsense as "Israel defends itself", "it's all Hamas", "they deserve it", "underground tunnels", "precise airstrike"...
monumental work, the most important video(!) database of 2 last years in Palestine. instant answer to people saying all such nonsense as "Israel defends itself", "it's all Hamas", "they deserve it", "underground tunnels", "precise airstrike"...
Genocide.live
The soldiers film themselves so you don’t have to.
genocide.live
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
somehow i've found it only today.
monumental work, the most important video(!) database of 2 last years in Palestine. instant answer to people saying all such nonsense as "Israel defends itself", "it's all Hamas", "they deserve it", "underground tunnels", "precise airstrike"...
monumental work, the most important video(!) database of 2 last years in Palestine. instant answer to people saying all such nonsense as "Israel defends itself", "it's all Hamas", "they deserve it", "underground tunnels", "precise airstrike"...