Paul
@paulanomaly.bsky.social
Writer, musician, teacher, Daddy. Starting a new chapter of my life in rural Appalachia, looking for a life more vivid and authentic with enough time for my family. And looking to connect without generating content and profit for huge, evil corporations.
Okay, I guess I'm starting to enjoy the surreal idiocy that comes with having AI generating much of the news on my spew.
December 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Okay, I guess I'm starting to enjoy the surreal idiocy that comes with having AI generating much of the news on my spew.
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Neo-liberalism has killed off imagination and creativity.
December 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Neo-liberalism has killed off imagination and creativity.
December 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Due to peak holiday pricing, renting a rich guy's pool house turned out to be cheaper than a motel near Dollywood. This, it turns out, is a shower, if you're rich. #weareserfs
December 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Due to peak holiday pricing, renting a rich guy's pool house turned out to be cheaper than a motel near Dollywood. This, it turns out, is a shower, if you're rich. #weareserfs
December 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Weird but very 2025 dialogue with an old (radicalized) friend: "Let me get this straight - you don't support Trump, you just think everyone who opposes him, including me and my family, should be killed."
December 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Weird but very 2025 dialogue with an old (radicalized) friend: "Let me get this straight - you don't support Trump, you just think everyone who opposes him, including me and my family, should be killed."
Also surreal yet intimately undeniable on a cold winter night in the mountains: the idea of your survival depending on your successfully building, maintaining and only slowly and methodically destroying your supply of firewood.
The keeper of the flame gets to ruminate on this while others sleep.
The keeper of the flame gets to ruminate on this while others sleep.
December 17, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Also surreal yet intimately undeniable on a cold winter night in the mountains: the idea of your survival depending on your successfully building, maintaining and only slowly and methodically destroying your supply of firewood.
The keeper of the flame gets to ruminate on this while others sleep.
The keeper of the flame gets to ruminate on this while others sleep.
After you've been living off-grid on well water awhile, millions of humans building vast, invisible networks to move the stuff hundreds of miles seems pretty insane... as does the idea that, for most of history, we counted on layers of dirt & rock to clean & store our most precious resource.
December 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
After you've been living off-grid on well water awhile, millions of humans building vast, invisible networks to move the stuff hundreds of miles seems pretty insane... as does the idea that, for most of history, we counted on layers of dirt & rock to clean & store our most precious resource.
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At some point we should all unite and work together for a better world.
December 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
At some point we should all unite and work together for a better world.
December 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
December 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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David Graeber was a big critic of bureaucracy adding that Neoliberalism & privatization, instead of reducing it, actually led to more bureaucracy.
December 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
David Graeber was a big critic of bureaucracy adding that Neoliberalism & privatization, instead of reducing it, actually led to more bureaucracy.
on this day 166 years ago John Brown died for someone's sins (but not mine)
December 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
on this day 166 years ago John Brown died for someone's sins (but not mine)
December 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
On the other hand, at least I'm not facing five days of nothing but childcare and domestic chores AND hours of grading I don't have time for looming over my head. I give thanks for my escape from The Profession.
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
On the other hand, at least I'm not facing five days of nothing but childcare and domestic chores AND hours of grading I don't have time for looming over my head. I give thanks for my escape from The Profession.
I sure do love my kids. I also know that, since their school is closed for the rest of the week, I will get absolutely nothing done except for childcare and some basic domestic chores for the next five days. And during that time about 5-10 new tasks will be added to my 100-item running To Do list.
November 26, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I sure do love my kids. I also know that, since their school is closed for the rest of the week, I will get absolutely nothing done except for childcare and some basic domestic chores for the next five days. And during that time about 5-10 new tasks will be added to my 100-item running To Do list.
Part of me kinda wishes I was a better person... at least as much of me still can't see the point of even being as good as I am.
November 25, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Part of me kinda wishes I was a better person... at least as much of me still can't see the point of even being as good as I am.
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Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/13/trump-media-ultra-rich-democracy
Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back | Robert Reich
The Guardian has no billionaire or corporate owner: funded by readers, our fierce independence is guaranteed
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/13/trump-media-ultra-rich-democracy