Joshua Noyer
@jlnoyer.bsky.social
Paleo-Idealist with an appreciation for Melodic Rock and a passion for San Diego Padres baseball.
When we generalize we simplify the world, make it liveable. Most importantly, we protect ourselves from the brutal truth that reality is not universal but particular.
January 17, 2026 at 2:33 AM
When we generalize we simplify the world, make it liveable. Most importantly, we protect ourselves from the brutal truth that reality is not universal but particular.
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I love how music can transform you back to the first moment you heard it or a time that defined that era.
January 11, 2026 at 2:23 PM
I love how music can transform you back to the first moment you heard it or a time that defined that era.
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Any system, be it political, cultural, economic, or religious, that prioritises obedience over inquiry can erode democratic resilience.
The solution lies in cultivating a culture that values both respect for shared values and the courage to question.
Why are so many leaders not interested?
The solution lies in cultivating a culture that values both respect for shared values and the courage to question.
Why are so many leaders not interested?
January 11, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Any system, be it political, cultural, economic, or religious, that prioritises obedience over inquiry can erode democratic resilience.
The solution lies in cultivating a culture that values both respect for shared values and the courage to question.
Why are so many leaders not interested?
The solution lies in cultivating a culture that values both respect for shared values and the courage to question.
Why are so many leaders not interested?
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Always remember that listening to music can be the entire activity. Put on headphones. Blast it through speakers. Close your eyes and just listen.
Listening to music is not a background activity. It can be the entire journey, and it's worth the time.
Listening to music is not a background activity. It can be the entire journey, and it's worth the time.
January 4, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Always remember that listening to music can be the entire activity. Put on headphones. Blast it through speakers. Close your eyes and just listen.
Listening to music is not a background activity. It can be the entire journey, and it's worth the time.
Listening to music is not a background activity. It can be the entire journey, and it's worth the time.
I just scored a new top listener badge. Check them out on YouTube Music music.youtube.com/channel/UCrk...
January 3, 2026 at 1:36 AM
I just scored a new top listener badge. Check them out on YouTube Music music.youtube.com/channel/UCrk...
I just scored a new top listener badge. Check them out on YouTube Music music.youtube.com/channel/UCMR...
January 3, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I just scored a new top listener badge. Check them out on YouTube Music music.youtube.com/channel/UCMR...
There's a certain beauty to negative emotions to the extent that they can help to instill purpose and drive to action.
January 2, 2026 at 4:19 AM
There's a certain beauty to negative emotions to the extent that they can help to instill purpose and drive to action.
Binging "Grimm" and at this point in season 4 would love to see Nick leave Juliette for Adalind.
December 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Binging "Grimm" and at this point in season 4 would love to see Nick leave Juliette for Adalind.
Not only is "Now You're Gone" the most melodic song in Whitesnake's catalog but it's got to be the best.
December 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Not only is "Now You're Gone" the most melodic song in Whitesnake's catalog but it's got to be the best.
Been listening to Frozen Ghost lately and the song "Pauper in Paradise" is absolutely top shelf. Even with all the great music during the late 80's its lack of chart success deserves a thorough review.
December 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Been listening to Frozen Ghost lately and the song "Pauper in Paradise" is absolutely top shelf. Even with all the great music during the late 80's its lack of chart success deserves a thorough review.
Reactionaries and Revolutionaries occupy different sides of the same coin. While the former refuses to envision a future; the latter severs all ties with the past. Ultimately, both offer a world defined more by its fractured nature than anything resembling unity.
December 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Reactionaries and Revolutionaries occupy different sides of the same coin. While the former refuses to envision a future; the latter severs all ties with the past. Ultimately, both offer a world defined more by its fractured nature than anything resembling unity.
Instead of neither left nor right, both left and right presents a constructive alternative, laying the groundwork for action whereas the former continues the politics of negation.
December 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Instead of neither left nor right, both left and right presents a constructive alternative, laying the groundwork for action whereas the former continues the politics of negation.
What centrism has always lacked is a coherent set of ideas to call its own; instead preferring to split the difference between left and right and present itself as a moderate alternative.
December 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
What centrism has always lacked is a coherent set of ideas to call its own; instead preferring to split the difference between left and right and present itself as a moderate alternative.
Watching an old episode of Headbanger's Ball from 1992 with a lot of grunge, and it came back to me; I didn't leave MTV due to them no longer playing music but due to the type of music they switched to in the early 90's.
December 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Watching an old episode of Headbanger's Ball from 1992 with a lot of grunge, and it came back to me; I didn't leave MTV due to them no longer playing music but due to the type of music they switched to in the early 90's.
Bands like Winger and Warrant put out their best material post 1991. I like to imagine a world where Rock had been allowed to evolve in the 90's instead of the revolution in styles brought about by Grunge.
December 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Bands like Winger and Warrant put out their best material post 1991. I like to imagine a world where Rock had been allowed to evolve in the 90's instead of the revolution in styles brought about by Grunge.
The older I get the more I feel like a wandering nomad in a foreign land. I no longer recognize the culture or politics that I grew accustomed to.
November 29, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The older I get the more I feel like a wandering nomad in a foreign land. I no longer recognize the culture or politics that I grew accustomed to.
The danger of group identity is that it can only exist through another group from which it contrasts. This works well with sports teams, not so much with anything else.
November 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The danger of group identity is that it can only exist through another group from which it contrasts. This works well with sports teams, not so much with anything else.
There's never singular reasons for actions. Why we do things is always the result of a complex myriad.
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
There's never singular reasons for actions. Why we do things is always the result of a complex myriad.
"The Wild Card" by Treat is one of the better albums I've listened to in a long time. It's a good example of a band which in recent times has adopted a more modern sound to successfully go back and become more melodic.
November 23, 2025 at 4:48 AM
"The Wild Card" by Treat is one of the better albums I've listened to in a long time. It's a good example of a band which in recent times has adopted a more modern sound to successfully go back and become more melodic.
Christians think in terms of dichotomies, i.e., good vs evil, divine vs earthly, etc. Believing God to be the Universe Pantheists think in terms of wholes with connections existing between all living things. More important than doctrinal differences are ways of thinking.
November 23, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Christians think in terms of dichotomies, i.e., good vs evil, divine vs earthly, etc. Believing God to be the Universe Pantheists think in terms of wholes with connections existing between all living things. More important than doctrinal differences are ways of thinking.
Of equal importance of having a role model is to have an anti-role model, someone who provides inspiration regarding how not to behave.
November 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Of equal importance of having a role model is to have an anti-role model, someone who provides inspiration regarding how not to behave.
It probably wasn't done intentionally, but when watching the show "Britannia" the Romans came across as the good guys as opposed to the native Britons. The tyranny of the former was much preferable to the tyranny of the Druids.
November 12, 2025 at 1:24 AM
It probably wasn't done intentionally, but when watching the show "Britannia" the Romans came across as the good guys as opposed to the native Britons. The tyranny of the former was much preferable to the tyranny of the Druids.
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The irony of conspiracy theorists is, of course, that they are the most easily manipulated people on the planet. For, having no standards of evidence whatsoever, they can be led by the nose to believe anything – so long as it isn't true.
November 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The irony of conspiracy theorists is, of course, that they are the most easily manipulated people on the planet. For, having no standards of evidence whatsoever, they can be led by the nose to believe anything – so long as it isn't true.
The "obesity epidemic" begins to look less ominous when populations are broken down by age. As we age our metabolism significantly changes, necessitating dietary changes to compensate. The problem lies with our tendency to apply one size fits all solutions to problems.
November 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The "obesity epidemic" begins to look less ominous when populations are broken down by age. As we age our metabolism significantly changes, necessitating dietary changes to compensate. The problem lies with our tendency to apply one size fits all solutions to problems.
The more morality is reduced to absolutes the more abstract it becomes as acts replace context, stripping morality of meaning.
November 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The more morality is reduced to absolutes the more abstract it becomes as acts replace context, stripping morality of meaning.