John C Wheeler
@hayseed-dixie.com
Frontman of Hayseed Dixie. Singer of Country-Funk Soul-Punk. Working class elitist. Conservatively liberal. Opining and listening on music, philosophy, and geopolitics in English and/or Deutsch.
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Balcony, 1945 #surrealism #escher
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Balcony, 1945 #surrealism #escher
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It’s the universities encouraging students to use AI that really gets me. All this “we need to accept it’s here and teach them to use it” does not help students learn to think. Writing is for thinking and communicating, not just producing words.
I spent a lot of time this semester explaining why it produces bad work but at the end of the day, they're being asked to do a thing they find difficult, and this makes it easy for them, without any meaningful consequence. And the university encourages them to use it.
November 18, 2025 at 3:46 AM
It’s the universities encouraging students to use AI that really gets me. All this “we need to accept it’s here and teach them to use it” does not help students learn to think. Writing is for thinking and communicating, not just producing words.
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Don't do any of this.
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Don't do any of this.
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This is an excellent BTS image from ALIEN 1979 - it really shows the scale of the jockey and the detail of not only the pilot but the floor and the wall.
This is why physical sets are awesome. As viewers it's tangible and real, and as actors they have something physical to properly react to.
This is why physical sets are awesome. As viewers it's tangible and real, and as actors they have something physical to properly react to.
November 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This is an excellent BTS image from ALIEN 1979 - it really shows the scale of the jockey and the detail of not only the pilot but the floor and the wall.
This is why physical sets are awesome. As viewers it's tangible and real, and as actors they have something physical to properly react to.
This is why physical sets are awesome. As viewers it's tangible and real, and as actors they have something physical to properly react to.
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Taking Back Control of Remembrance - why war memorial selfies, Nigel Farage's moody wreath vignettes and giant plastic poppies risk obfuscating what we were told to never forget.
My Letter from London for @noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/taking-back-...
My Letter from London for @noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/taking-back-...
Taking back control of Remembrance
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November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Taking Back Control of Remembrance - why war memorial selfies, Nigel Farage's moody wreath vignettes and giant plastic poppies risk obfuscating what we were told to never forget.
My Letter from London for @noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/taking-back-...
My Letter from London for @noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/taking-back-...
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ICE/BP’s next targets are reportedly Charlotte and New Orleans.
Two things:
1) If they had the capacity to hit many cities at once, rather than pick on one or two at a time, they would.
2) Moving south seems to confirm speculation that they’re leaving Chicago because it got cold.
Two things:
1) If they had the capacity to hit many cities at once, rather than pick on one or two at a time, they would.
2) Moving south seems to confirm speculation that they’re leaving Chicago because it got cold.
Trump Administration Plans to Send Border Patrol to Charlotte and New Orleans
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
ICE/BP’s next targets are reportedly Charlotte and New Orleans.
Two things:
1) If they had the capacity to hit many cities at once, rather than pick on one or two at a time, they would.
2) Moving south seems to confirm speculation that they’re leaving Chicago because it got cold.
Two things:
1) If they had the capacity to hit many cities at once, rather than pick on one or two at a time, they would.
2) Moving south seems to confirm speculation that they’re leaving Chicago because it got cold.
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She doesn’t even say his name.
November 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
She doesn’t even say his name.
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SPOILER ALERT: Social Democracy is not Communism. Franklin D. Roosevelt was to all intents and purposes a Social Democrat. His "New Deal" was a Social Democratic policy that turned out to be the most popular policy in American history.
November 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
SPOILER ALERT: Social Democracy is not Communism. Franklin D. Roosevelt was to all intents and purposes a Social Democrat. His "New Deal" was a Social Democratic policy that turned out to be the most popular policy in American history.
Took my daughter for a tour of the International Criminal Court in the Hague today. I hate that this court needs to exist, but I'm beyond glad that it does. There are a couple of folks with outstanding arrest warrants who I deeply hope are soon sitting inside being referred to as "defendant."
October 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Took my daughter for a tour of the International Criminal Court in the Hague today. I hate that this court needs to exist, but I'm beyond glad that it does. There are a couple of folks with outstanding arrest warrants who I deeply hope are soon sitting inside being referred to as "defendant."
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I'm thinking this through further and there is no difference between deporting people to form a "culturally coherent group of people" and Hitler saying jews could not be aryan.
Caution around Godwin's Law should be dropped. Katie Lam has openly supported nazi ideology.
Caution around Godwin's Law should be dropped. Katie Lam has openly supported nazi ideology.
She said both that integration matters but was very pessimistic about how possible it is after *many* generations
Language of "a mostly but not entirely culturally coherent group of people" conveys a sense that *some* people may remain too visibly different, somehow, to be "culturally coherent"
Language of "a mostly but not entirely culturally coherent group of people" conveys a sense that *some* people may remain too visibly different, somehow, to be "culturally coherent"
October 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I'm thinking this through further and there is no difference between deporting people to form a "culturally coherent group of people" and Hitler saying jews could not be aryan.
Caution around Godwin's Law should be dropped. Katie Lam has openly supported nazi ideology.
Caution around Godwin's Law should be dropped. Katie Lam has openly supported nazi ideology.
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🇵🇱⚖️🇩🇪🇺🇦 Quite incredible passages in the opinion of ("old") judge Dariusz Łubowski in the case: "The destruction of critical infrastructure of any country (...) in a just, defensive war (...) are not sabotage, but military actions of a diversionary nature, which can in no way be considered crimes."
A Polish court has refused to extradite the Ukrainian man wanted by Germany for his alleged involvement in the sabotage of Russia's Nord Stream gas pipelines.
The judge's decision was praised by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
The judge's decision was praised by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Polish court refuses to extradite Ukrainian Nord Stream sabotage suspect to Germany
notesfrompoland.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🇵🇱⚖️🇩🇪🇺🇦 Quite incredible passages in the opinion of ("old") judge Dariusz Łubowski in the case: "The destruction of critical infrastructure of any country (...) in a just, defensive war (...) are not sabotage, but military actions of a diversionary nature, which can in no way be considered crimes."
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TIL that there isn’t a library in every primary school in England 😳
September 29, 2025 at 5:12 AM
TIL that there isn’t a library in every primary school in England 😳
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Wanted to post some 🔥 from John Quincy Adams on the Declaration of Independence:
"It was the first solemn declaration by a nation of the only legitimate foundation of civil government. It was the corner stone of a new fabric, destined to cover the surface of the globe. It demolished at a stroke/
"It was the first solemn declaration by a nation of the only legitimate foundation of civil government. It was the corner stone of a new fabric, destined to cover the surface of the globe. It demolished at a stroke/
September 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Wanted to post some 🔥 from John Quincy Adams on the Declaration of Independence:
"It was the first solemn declaration by a nation of the only legitimate foundation of civil government. It was the corner stone of a new fabric, destined to cover the surface of the globe. It demolished at a stroke/
"It was the first solemn declaration by a nation of the only legitimate foundation of civil government. It was the corner stone of a new fabric, destined to cover the surface of the globe. It demolished at a stroke/
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If AfD did get power they'd need a 2/3rd majority to change the constitution. They are such a long way off getting near there, even in places like Thuringia where they are the strongest. Under FPTP you can get such a majority on minority vote shares.
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
If AfD did get power they'd need a 2/3rd majority to change the constitution. They are such a long way off getting near there, even in places like Thuringia where they are the strongest. Under FPTP you can get such a majority on minority vote shares.
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I was sent this map by a follower. When was the capital city of South American nations founded?
September 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I was sent this map by a follower. When was the capital city of South American nations founded?
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He's right, and not only that, American civil wars were largely unique in that they were fought "formally" (like OP means). That's unusual even accounting for wider history.
It's because when you get right down to it, both were nation vs nation.
It's because when you get right down to it, both were nation vs nation.
i've said before that the US Civil War being primarily formal armies fighting each other in setpiece battles really clouds a lot of americans understanding of what an actual civil war looks like
People don't understand that civil conflict looks like your neighbors dragging you out of bed in the middle of the night and executing you in your living room simply because they're suspicious you might be a political enemy, and it really shows sometimes.
September 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
He's right, and not only that, American civil wars were largely unique in that they were fought "formally" (like OP means). That's unusual even accounting for wider history.
It's because when you get right down to it, both were nation vs nation.
It's because when you get right down to it, both were nation vs nation.
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No one has done more damage to public health and trust in science and medicine than Andrew Wakefield.
26 years after his wrong and fraudulent paper people are still spouting his nonsense about an alleged link between vaccines and autism.
The study was debunked countless times.
There is no link.
26 years after his wrong and fraudulent paper people are still spouting his nonsense about an alleged link between vaccines and autism.
The study was debunked countless times.
There is no link.
MARKWAYNE MULLIN: Why wouldn't we look at vaccines and autism?
HUNT: We have looked at it and the studies show there is no connection
MULLIN: So we shouldn't look at it again?
HUNT: We have looked at it and the studies show there is no connection
MULLIN: So we shouldn't look at it again?
September 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
No one has done more damage to public health and trust in science and medicine than Andrew Wakefield.
26 years after his wrong and fraudulent paper people are still spouting his nonsense about an alleged link between vaccines and autism.
The study was debunked countless times.
There is no link.
26 years after his wrong and fraudulent paper people are still spouting his nonsense about an alleged link between vaccines and autism.
The study was debunked countless times.
There is no link.
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Who really owns the £5 note in your pocket? youtu.be/8CTy_ia4j5k?... Politicians love to talk about “taxpayers’ money.” But here’s the truth: every pound in circulation is created by the government or banks licensed by it. This video explains why.
Who really owns the £5 note in your pocket?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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September 5, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Who really owns the £5 note in your pocket? youtu.be/8CTy_ia4j5k?... Politicians love to talk about “taxpayers’ money.” But here’s the truth: every pound in circulation is created by the government or banks licensed by it. This video explains why.
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The true purpose of Bluesky has been revealed and it's Michael Stipe telling us the lyrics to It's The End Of The World As We Know It
Ok its ‘feed it off an aux, speak, grunt no strength, the ladder start to clatter with fear fight down height, wire in a fire representing seven games, a government for hire and a combat site’.
September 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
The true purpose of Bluesky has been revealed and it's Michael Stipe telling us the lyrics to It's The End Of The World As We Know It
My grandfather was an East Tennessee hillbilly farmer. He had dairy cows. And yes. They always boiled the milk before they used it for anything.
Have these people ever been around actual cows?!?
Have these people ever been around actual cows?!?
When people say "We used to drink raw milk from our own cow and it was fine,"
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
"Everyone Drank Raw Milk!" No They Didn't
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
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September 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
My grandfather was an East Tennessee hillbilly farmer. He had dairy cows. And yes. They always boiled the milk before they used it for anything.
Have these people ever been around actual cows?!?
Have these people ever been around actual cows?!?
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This guy gets it. This is the way.
Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."
September 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This guy gets it. This is the way.
This is extremely disturbing stuff. Growing up in the Tennessee in the 70's & 80's, I know personally how destructive this sort of racism is and how nasty it can get when it is normalised.
I worry that the decades it took to build anti-racism norms are unravelling quite quickly. Clearly the protests/social media drumbeat has created a permission structure that makes people think they can behave like this. Hard to see how it can be easily re-bottled.
Sickening footage from Nuneaton tonight, where a Sky News interview with a local businessman was disrupted by racists hurling abuse.
Another local said, "Warwickshire Council Council has gone to Reform... It's given certain people a licence to be aggressive and racist."
Another local said, "Warwickshire Council Council has gone to Reform... It's given certain people a licence to be aggressive and racist."
September 2, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This is extremely disturbing stuff. Growing up in the Tennessee in the 70's & 80's, I know personally how destructive this sort of racism is and how nasty it can get when it is normalised.
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The chance of a >140 m asteroid hitting the Earth (hello 🦕) is more likely than you being trampled by an elephant, but much less likely than you being struck by a car.
doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/...
doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/...
September 2, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The chance of a >140 m asteroid hitting the Earth (hello 🦕) is more likely than you being trampled by an elephant, but much less likely than you being struck by a car.
doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/...
doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/...
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The bank app is telling me to "tap & pay like a boss😏" and "rally my crew". I am 37 years old and you are the bank. Don't talk to me this way.
September 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The bank app is telling me to "tap & pay like a boss😏" and "rally my crew". I am 37 years old and you are the bank. Don't talk to me this way.
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I’ve been outside the Brussels bubble this summer travelling around Europe, spending time in 🇫🇷🇪🇸🇮🇹🇵🇱🇧🇪🇹🇷🇬🇧🇬🇷. In talking to Europeans, a grim reality has become apparent.
We are facing a crisis of confidence in facing the 🇺🇸 threat. How can we make Europeans believe in themselves?
We are facing a crisis of confidence in facing the 🇺🇸 threat. How can we make Europeans believe in themselves?
Europe has all the tools it needs to be free, but Europeans are afraid to use them
Over the past months, this continent has collapsed into a mire of fatalistic thinking. Mario Draghi is trying to remind us of the strength we possess. But Europeans don't believe in themselves.
davekeating.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I’ve been outside the Brussels bubble this summer travelling around Europe, spending time in 🇫🇷🇪🇸🇮🇹🇵🇱🇧🇪🇹🇷🇬🇧🇬🇷. In talking to Europeans, a grim reality has become apparent.
We are facing a crisis of confidence in facing the 🇺🇸 threat. How can we make Europeans believe in themselves?
We are facing a crisis of confidence in facing the 🇺🇸 threat. How can we make Europeans believe in themselves?