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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Here's a link to a post I made about politics, fears of a civil war, and two excellent articles I encountered: heron61.dreamwidth.org/1593615.html

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I had no idea ramen, much less ramen with gluten free (homemade) noodles could be that good. We just got back from Baka Umai at 47th & SE Hawthorne, and I can definitely report that their yuzu miso ramen with pulled pork was *incredible*, and only about $20. They also serve homemade wheat noddles.

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I realized that I hadn't worried about nuclear war since the 1980s, and I'm deeply unhappy about having to do so again. Also, here's my favorite song about nuclear apocalypse (Goodnight London, by Seeming): www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-bb...

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Seeming: Goodnight London

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

I've previously said that if the US attacked Iran I'd fly an Iranian flag, but after the Iranian government killed so many protesters, I can't. We have three nations at war, the US and Israel vs Iran, and the absolute best outcome would be all three of the leaders of these three nations to die asap.

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

At this point, I suspect that civil war in the US in inevitable, and I remain haunted by a quote I saw on Facebook several weeks ago "When they write histories of this time, they'll say that the US civil war started on January 6, 2021, and I have great difficulty saying this is incorrect.

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

So, I'm seeing that DHS is now claiming that the two people they shot in Portland on Thursday were both Venezuelan gang members, given how much the entire executive branch lies, I'm assuming this means they are both likely to be Hispanic. I'm quite pleased that our mayor is similarly dubious.

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Here's a post I made about reading Max Gladstone's wonderful latest Craft Wars novel (Dead Hand Rule,which deals with preventing an upcoming supernatural apocalypse), while watching info about our own climate change apocalypse in the form of hurricane Melissa: heron61.dreamwidth.org/1592276.html

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Here's a post about how my mom and my media worlds are swiftly diverging, despite her listening to ABC, NBC, and CNN news, reading the Washington Post, and never touching faux news or anything similar (the reason is evil media owning billionaires): heron61.dreamwidth.org/1591949.html

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Wow, according to various "centrists" (aka "good Germans"), and also for some reason Bernie Sanders, defending trans rights is too risky for Democratic candidates, but having an actual nazi tattoo isn't - ugh, those people are utterly worthless.

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

I assumed this was a hoax when I first saw it, but no the Marines will shell CA with "live military ordinance" this Friday or Saturday, allegedly as part of the military's 250th, but clearly to intimidate us before Saturday's protests. This is legitimately horrifying: abc7.com/post/5-could...

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5 Freeway could be shut down due to concerns for live fire during military event at Camp Pendleton

Parts of the 5 Freeway could be shut down between Los Angeles and San Diego due to concerns of live fire during a military event.

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

I mostly listen to folk music, but I'm very broad in what I consider folk. Recently, due to obvious reasons I've been listening to more folk punk, and here's one by Frank Turner that I think people here will like: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KuF...

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Frank Turner - Make America Great Again (Official Video)

YouTube video by FrankTurnerVEVO

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Yesterday I turned 64 (one of my good friends pointed out, it’s the first age celebrated in song for decades – there’s an abundance of songs about turning 16 (including no shortage of deeply creepy songs about girls turning 16), lots about turning 21 (continued in comments)

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

I recently got a new phone, and am selling my old one. Before I put it up on ebay, I thought I'd see if anyone here wanted it - it's an unlocked T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, with 256 GB storage, and I'm selling it for $380, including priority mail shipping anywhere in the US. It works great.

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Here's what my GenCon was like - this was the first one I've been to since the pandemic: heron61.dreamwidth.org/1591379.html

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

I'll be at GenCon this year (for the first time since 2019) - who else is going to be there? I'll be there for my usual time - all day Friday & Saturday.

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

One of the difficulties of the present moment is understanding that we are currently in a civil war. At the very latest, it started on January 20, and it's easy to argue for earlier. I guarantee fasc like Miller, Vance, and Hegseth all understand this (continued in comments)

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

We are in a scary, but (for me at least) for the first time in a while, hopeful place with the LA protests. ICE (and likely the cops) will soon (if they haven't already) start simply killing protesters. At that point, either things die down, and we lose, or they don't (continued in comments)

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

OTOH, while I think there's almost certainly no evidence of 47 in the Epstein files, the Musk 47 fight is glorious and if we're lucky will kill 47's horrific spending bill and maybe get Musk to stop funding Republinazis

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

I'm strongly assuming that Musk's claim about 47 and the Epstein files is fake, largely because if there were and the Biden administration weren't idiots (which is admittedly possible) that, at best, there some suggestive stuff, but nothing that even rises to the level of more likely than not.

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

my partner was reading about the proposed work and means testing requirements for medicaid, and had an epiphany -everyone who bothers to look at the data knows means testing and work requirements increase rather than decrease costs and don't stop waste (continued in comments)

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

The US is crap, but there has been some personal good news - our 16 or 17 year old cat Button has IBS and mild kidney problems, and had gotten skinny, but with new food and a variety of meds, she's now happy,more active, purring more, and up to 8 lb/4 oz (from a low of 7 lb/12 oz!

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I've been thinking a lot about what happens next in the US, and what my partner and I will do, and here are some of my not too happy thoughts, I'd greatly appreciate it if you could comment either here or on dreamwidth if you see other options: heron61.dreamwidth.org/1591146.html

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Today, I saw a tiny bit of protest that was both hilarious and seriously gross. I notices something colorful on the ground and looking closer, I saw a pile of fresh dog turds adorned with several tiny toothpick flags saying "Trump Vance '24".

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Linden loves sitting in my lap, and sometimes she says hi like this. She's a truly awesome cat, and I love her so much

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

It was an awesome and impressively well-attended March in Portland today, here's a pic of me before and a distance shot of the crowd

Me before the march with my sign saying West Coast Sucession Now

The line of the march seen from the Morrison Street bridge (which the march went over)

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Good turnout at the Tesla protest today, it was called after 45 minutes due to rain and sleet, but there were a couple hundred there.

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

I keep coming back to a comment I saw a week or so ago, which was someone wondered who the first politician who's disappeared by 47 & company will be. I suspect we'll find out this year.

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Here's a link to blog post where I consider what the purpose of protests is, I welcome your opinions: heron61.dreamwidth.org/1590940.html

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Given he's clearly following Hitler's playbook, I sadly think it's exceedingly likely that 47 will invade (or at least attempt to invade) Canada. I just ordered a Canadian flag sticker and will put it in my window with "I Stand With Canada" beneath it. I urge everyone in the US to do the same.

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

This interview with Schumer was useful to read. It's very clear that he thinks we're dealing with typical evil GOP business as usual and not an existential threat to democracy, and I think he's dead wrong and that we'll all suffer for this fact: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/m...

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‘The Interview’: Chuck Schumer on Democrats, Antisemitism and His Shutdown Retreat

The Senate minority leader discusses the backlash to his vote on the Republican spending bill, how he sees his role within the party and his new book.

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

I’ve been a lifelong Democrat, but a fundamental duty of any political party is standing up to fascism, and they failed. Nationally at least, I no longer have a party that I support. Oregon Democrats are okay, but far too many of the rest either don’t believe what is happening or don’t care.

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I developed the Trinity Continuum: Aeon RPG, and part of the backstory involved a fascist US that invade Canada, I never expect that to be prophetic, and we didn't even get the awesome nova (supers) created hypertech. This timeline is the worst.

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Since politics is awful now, here's my thoughts on some recent excellent media I watched: The Gorge & the series Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man: heron61.dreamwidth.org/1590744.html

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

I used to be strongly pro nuclear disarmament, I'm not anymore. If Ukraine had kept their nukes, Russia would not have invaded, and if Canada had nukes they wouldn't need to worry about the orange idiot threatening to conquer them. At least for now, nukes are tyrant proofing, which is deeply sad.

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

We went to our 2nd protest this year today, there were many hundreds (but I think well less than 1,000) there, and all the usual chants, + one I didn’t expect, but completely loved: "Delay, Deny, Depose” – that’s very much the energy we all need for this.

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

If you have a Democrat Rep in Congress, I urge you to call them and ask that they not vote for any budget or to raise the debt ceiling until 45 & Musk stops their illegal power grabs. At this point, I see funding the government as funding evil.

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I'm specifically not advocating this, but the less horrible Republicans in Congress claim they're voting for horrible cabinet appointments because they're getting death threats, so maybe they need to start getting death threats from the other side - sadly, that's where the US is now...

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I'm honestly overjoyed to see California's government taking a look at secession. As long as it includes the entire West Coast, I'm 100% for it and would love for Oregon to leave the US. Sadly, the only way this could actually work is if the CA government seizes nukes: www.sos.ca.gov/administrati...

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Proposed Initiative Enters Circulation: Requires Future Vote on Whether California Should Become Independent Country :: California Secretary of State

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

At this point I have no idea if the fasc currently destroying our government & nation are looking to create Nazi Germany 2.0 or simply wish to destroy the US economy, loot everything not nailed down, and leave.

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

While much news today is terrible, I was very pleased to see that the new (and both terrible-sounding and fascy-sounding Star Trek film Section 31 has a rotten tomatoes score of 24%, making only 1 point higher than the worst ST film (Final Frontier), which I refer to as Kirk nukes god

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

I prefer long form posting, but I can do that here if I post links to my dreamwidth posts. Here's one about my thought on what's happening in the US and how messed up it is: heron61.dreamwidth.org/1590296.html

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Dear gods, every story I hear about Neil Gaiman makes him seem even worse, and this article proves his monstrousness definitely appears in his work (or at absolute minimum in his novel The Ocean At The End Of The Lane), a novel I am pleased not to have read: www.mikerindersblog.org/neil-gaimans...

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Neil Gaiman’s Scientology Suicide Story

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I just read an excellent article about Joss Whedon, and he's a fairly shitty person who also changed media for the better, and (vividly unlike Gaiman) is not a monster, the contrast between the two is exceedingly clear. www.vulture.com/article/joss...

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The Undoing of Joss Whedon

The Buffy creator, once an icon of Hollywood feminism, is now an outcast accused of misogyny. How did he get here?

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Wow, the article about Neil Gaiman is horrifying. Joss Whedon and Warren Ellis are objectively crappy human beings who all good people should shun, but AFAIK they both stopped short of sexual assault. Gaiman didn't, he's a monstrous rapist and should be in prison. www.vulture.com/article/neil...

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There Is No Safe Word

How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I'm pleases that most people on FB are here, but also dissatisfied with the character limit. Given that Dreamwidth is tiny, is there any long form social media that's not full of nazis, and that people actually use? I still miss the early 00s, before video and Twitter replaced long-form writing.

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

I presume all of you, especially in the US, have seen a near endless series of articles about various (mostly nonsense) “crises in masculinity”. I found an article that actually explains a (astonishingly stupid) reason fewer men are going to college. celestemdavis.substack.com/p/why-boys-d...

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Why aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping?

We would rather talk about literally everything else.

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John Snead @johnsnead.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Hi, I'm John Snead a lefty democratic socialist game designer, and I hope to see more of my dreamwidth and FB friends/followers here.

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