Michael Parenti
@exiledsurfer.bsky.social
Not my first social media rodeo, probably not the last one either.
When i came to vienna in 1989, i bought 2 felt slipdiscs for my Technics 1200 turntables at DumDum Records on Karlzplatz; in the mid 90's, my agency Uabmedia pressed most of the vinyl for the Austrian dj scene. Here we are 36 years later still doing our art. Makossa & Sugar B are cultural legends:
December 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
When i came to vienna in 1989, i bought 2 felt slipdiscs for my Technics 1200 turntables at DumDum Records on Karlzplatz; in the mid 90's, my agency Uabmedia pressed most of the vinyl for the Austrian dj scene. Here we are 36 years later still doing our art. Makossa & Sugar B are cultural legends:
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Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has posted one of his most important pieces, in which he brings historical context to the ascendance -- and profound malignity -- of the ultra-wealthy who are on the verge of destroying us. talkingpointsmemo.co...
#pitchforks
#pitchforks
Will the 21st Century Nabobs Win Their War on Public Accountability?
A friend of mine ran an analogy by me which really resonated....
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has posted one of his most important pieces, in which he brings historical context to the ascendance -- and profound malignity -- of the ultra-wealthy who are on the verge of destroying us. talkingpointsmemo.co...
#pitchforks
#pitchforks
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Between my recent international travel, ramped-up cryptocurrency privacy advocacy, new consulting opportunities, and making time for new+returning holiday lovers, how I found time to actually submit my work to this anthology on time was a pure miracle!
Can't wait to read other contributors' pieces!
Can't wait to read other contributors' pieces!
Want to know what you can expect from Transactional Intercourse? A book packed with info about marginalized sex workers, from our own mouths rather than people who seek to speak over us and use our trauma or joy to promote their rhetoric.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mxj...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mxj...
December 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Between my recent international travel, ramped-up cryptocurrency privacy advocacy, new consulting opportunities, and making time for new+returning holiday lovers, how I found time to actually submit my work to this anthology on time was a pure miracle!
Can't wait to read other contributors' pieces!
Can't wait to read other contributors' pieces!
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I just wrote 3k words about Art Basel, Zero 10, Beeple, Jack Butcher, blind spots, and seeing the future. It's long, but I hope you'll read it.
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We Dance To All The Wrong Songs
I want to talk about art but first I’m going talk about music. Which is also a type of art. So I’m talking about art before I talk about art, because that’s just how my brain works and …
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December 9, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I just wrote 3k words about Art Basel, Zero 10, Beeple, Jack Butcher, blind spots, and seeing the future. It's long, but I hope you'll read it.
seanbonner.com/2025/12/08/w...
seanbonner.com/2025/12/08/w...
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Some truly scary news for transparency. In Brussels a draft law is slowly working its way through the legislative process that would classify most documents - and end access to EU information as we know it. Read more in our brand new Secrecy Tracker newsletter (free):
www.ftm.eu/newsletters/...
www.ftm.eu/newsletters/...
Newsletter | The EU’s plan to classify (almost) everything
Follow the Money - Platform for investigative journalism
www.ftm.eu
December 9, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Some truly scary news for transparency. In Brussels a draft law is slowly working its way through the legislative process that would classify most documents - and end access to EU information as we know it. Read more in our brand new Secrecy Tracker newsletter (free):
www.ftm.eu/newsletters/...
www.ftm.eu/newsletters/...
lmao
December 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
lmao
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Good Night. And Good Luck.
December 2, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Good Night. And Good Luck.
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Futurist Douglas @rushkoff.com joins Journalism 2050 hosts @emilybell.bsky.social and Heather Chaplin. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
December 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Futurist Douglas @rushkoff.com joins Journalism 2050 hosts @emilybell.bsky.social and Heather Chaplin. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Not my pic of course, but here’s the statue on the building. 31 ft tall, cast aluminum with a steel frame. Faceless, streamlined, and a bit Deco like the building itself, holding a sheaf of wheat in one hand and a sack of grain (I thought it was $$$ ! ) in the other. Sculptor John Storrs, 1928.
December 3, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Not my pic of course, but here’s the statue on the building. 31 ft tall, cast aluminum with a steel frame. Faceless, streamlined, and a bit Deco like the building itself, holding a sheaf of wheat in one hand and a sack of grain (I thought it was $$$ ! ) in the other. Sculptor John Storrs, 1928.
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Also just very not into combative dynamics.
Collaboration is hotter than competition, especially in sex or intimacy. (I'm a lover, not a fighter.) Creating positive tension, holding it, building on it, and bringing it to a climax will always feel better to me than being manipulative or manipulated.
Collaboration is hotter than competition, especially in sex or intimacy. (I'm a lover, not a fighter.) Creating positive tension, holding it, building on it, and bringing it to a climax will always feel better to me than being manipulative or manipulated.
December 1, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Also just very not into combative dynamics.
Collaboration is hotter than competition, especially in sex or intimacy. (I'm a lover, not a fighter.) Creating positive tension, holding it, building on it, and bringing it to a climax will always feel better to me than being manipulative or manipulated.
Collaboration is hotter than competition, especially in sex or intimacy. (I'm a lover, not a fighter.) Creating positive tension, holding it, building on it, and bringing it to a climax will always feel better to me than being manipulative or manipulated.
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*"Hey, nice one," he said, immediately appropriating the neologism
slopaganda
"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...
December 1, 2025 at 6:06 AM
*"Hey, nice one," he said, immediately appropriating the neologism
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
Sobering read
"The Valley of Death: Why $100,000 Is the New Poor
Once I established that $136,500 is the real break-even point, I ran the numbers on what happens to a family climbing the ladder toward that number"
interesting analysis:
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Once I established that $136,500 is the real break-even point, I ran the numbers on what happens to a family climbing the ladder toward that number"
interesting analysis:
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Sobering read
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In Nov 2012, Mariya Soroka uprooted an alder tree at her home in Vinnytsia Obl; she found a bottle of millet.
Her grandfather buried it in 1932 to save from Soviet confiscation, but never found it again. His daughter Yustyna & 3 children starved in 1933.
The bottle is now in the Vinnytsia museum
Her grandfather buried it in 1932 to save from Soviet confiscation, but never found it again. His daughter Yustyna & 3 children starved in 1933.
The bottle is now in the Vinnytsia museum
November 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
In Nov 2012, Mariya Soroka uprooted an alder tree at her home in Vinnytsia Obl; she found a bottle of millet.
Her grandfather buried it in 1932 to save from Soviet confiscation, but never found it again. His daughter Yustyna & 3 children starved in 1933.
The bottle is now in the Vinnytsia museum
Her grandfather buried it in 1932 to save from Soviet confiscation, but never found it again. His daughter Yustyna & 3 children starved in 1933.
The bottle is now in the Vinnytsia museum
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I'd so much rather just show you my tits but since politicians are working to make my existence criminal and my life miserable I am instead sharing these videos of myself talking about why I use @z.cash instead of their currency.
(You can still see my tits if you know where to look and how to ask.)
(You can still see my tits if you know where to look and how to ask.)
September 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I'd so much rather just show you my tits but since politicians are working to make my existence criminal and my life miserable I am instead sharing these videos of myself talking about why I use @z.cash instead of their currency.
(You can still see my tits if you know where to look and how to ask.)
(You can still see my tits if you know where to look and how to ask.)
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Got a chance to start a valuable conversation with Ryan who runs the @zkavclub.bsky.social about how sex workers use Zashi Wallet as a financial privacy and self-sovereignty multi-tool in our businesses & life. 😁
And then? I had some fun turning ZECsy stickers into nipple pasties for #TittyTuesday!
And then? I had some fun turning ZECsy stickers into nipple pasties for #TittyTuesday!
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Folks! We’re raising a bit more money for the pre-production of my new film. Script's done, casting & design are underway, and there’s still room to join as investor, sponsor, or through product placement - with some cool partners already on board.
Got funds looking for a meaningful home? Reach out!
Got funds looking for a meaningful home? Reach out!
November 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Folks! We’re raising a bit more money for the pre-production of my new film. Script's done, casting & design are underway, and there’s still room to join as investor, sponsor, or through product placement - with some cool partners already on board.
Got funds looking for a meaningful home? Reach out!
Got funds looking for a meaningful home? Reach out!
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Every now and then I remember that sponges are ANIMALS — that these seeming hybrids of plant and rock; these sessile, porous, tissue-and-organ-less barrels, tubes, and blobs are just as much an animal as a falcon, wolf, or shark — and marvel once more at the wonderful weirdness of life on Earth.
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Every now and then I remember that sponges are ANIMALS — that these seeming hybrids of plant and rock; these sessile, porous, tissue-and-organ-less barrels, tubes, and blobs are just as much an animal as a falcon, wolf, or shark — and marvel once more at the wonderful weirdness of life on Earth.
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Nicht die Kammern sind das Problem. Nicht die Interessensvertretung. Nicht die Sozialpartnerschaft. All das ist unglaublich wichtig.
Das Problem sind machtgeile Funktionäre, die nur eigene Interessen vertreten und Parteien, die eine klare Trennung der Funktionen als unnötig ansehen.
Das Problem sind machtgeile Funktionäre, die nur eigene Interessen vertreten und Parteien, die eine klare Trennung der Funktionen als unnötig ansehen.
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Nicht die Kammern sind das Problem. Nicht die Interessensvertretung. Nicht die Sozialpartnerschaft. All das ist unglaublich wichtig.
Das Problem sind machtgeile Funktionäre, die nur eigene Interessen vertreten und Parteien, die eine klare Trennung der Funktionen als unnötig ansehen.
Das Problem sind machtgeile Funktionäre, die nur eigene Interessen vertreten und Parteien, die eine klare Trennung der Funktionen als unnötig ansehen.
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🚀 Introducing our newly redesigned website at zfnd.org! Built with a mobile-first approach and enhanced transparency, it's easier than ever to explore our projects, connect with our team, and discover ways to support open financial networks. Join us in advancing digital privacy 🛡️ buff.ly/d82WuW9
Introducing the New Zcash Foundation Website - Zcash Foundation
Today we’re proud to unveil the newly redesigned Zcash Foundation website at zfnd.org—a reimagined digital home that reflects our evolution and reaffirms our commitment to advancing financial privacy…
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November 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
🚀 Introducing our newly redesigned website at zfnd.org! Built with a mobile-first approach and enhanced transparency, it's easier than ever to explore our projects, connect with our team, and discover ways to support open financial networks. Join us in advancing digital privacy 🛡️ buff.ly/d82WuW9
@zkavclub.bsky.social wen prague interviews :-)
November 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
@zkavclub.bsky.social wen prague interviews :-)
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Just submitted a Devconnect Improvement Proposal (DIP) for the Zk Av Club Recording Station at Devconnect Argentina. Would love your feedback or questions :) Hope to see you there! @devcon.org
forum.devcon.org/t/dip-zero-k...
forum.devcon.org/t/dip-zero-k...
DIP: Zero-knowledge Audiovisual Club Recording Station at Devconnect 2025
Title: Zero-knowledge Audiovisual Club Recording Station at Devconnect 2025 — Open, Community‑Run Media Lab Status: Draft Themes: Community, Media, Education, Decentralization Tags: Communications ...
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November 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Just submitted a Devconnect Improvement Proposal (DIP) for the Zk Av Club Recording Station at Devconnect Argentina. Would love your feedback or questions :) Hope to see you there! @devcon.org
forum.devcon.org/t/dip-zero-k...
forum.devcon.org/t/dip-zero-k...