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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

That question mark is NOT supposed to be inside the quotation! Where's my Dreyer's English when I need it?!?

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Still thinking about the “activist” who called trans people an “agenda item.” …

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Wasn’t it Mark Twain who said: “the difference between what Gen AI can come up with and what a person can write is really a large matter—’tis the difference between Prozac and prose?” Or am I just hallucinating again?

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

See also: An injury to one is an injury to all! Not to mention the rallying cry of The Three Musketeers: All for one! And one for all! Or: Solidarity Forever (Or other expressions of basic human decency, which some people seem to lack)

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

“Whoever degrades another degrades me” – Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself XXIV”

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Fellow authors: Without any context, what's the first line of your current WIP?

Phoebe grasped the front of my granny dress, and gathered me in for a kiss. After a couple of lifetimes, she gazed into my eyes, drawling “Go get ’em, Tiger.” Then she turned and left the green room.

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Refuse Fascism @refusefascism.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Take this seriously👇 learn more + support @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social Speak up while we still can Join us in DC on July 4 2 PM • Logan Circle AMERICA AT 250: RULED BY AN ILLEGITIMATE FASCIST REGIME TRUMP MUST GO NOW! In the Name of Humanity, We Refuse to Accept a Fascist America

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

This is how Batman and Robin get to the Batcave in the Batman TV series from 1966. Barring the possibility of time-travel, I'd say it's #AccidentallyWesAnderson.

One of the walls of Bruce Wayne's study, showing flocked, patterned wallpaper in green and off-white, symmetrically surrounding the secret portal to the Batcave, which had been hidden behind this wall. There are two shiny brass poles for our heroes to slide down, much like the poles in a firehouse, with a stenciled sign on each one. The pole on the left is marked "DICK," and the pole on the right is marked "BRUCE." The wall behind the poles is made of concrete, and "ACCESS TO BATCAVE VIA BATPOLES" has been stenciled on that wall in the space between the two poles. The right edge of the sliding mahogany bookcase that had hidden this secret area is visible on the left side of the portal.

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

The whole fascist Trump regime must go now! Also: any lickspittle wannabes who ape their divide and conquer MO. The *only* road to progress is mass, nonviolent, sustained protest: join @refusefascism.bsky.social! Enough is enough

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I’m a writer, not an editor, but this book really helped me understand the principles behind my stylistic choices. I highly recommend it. press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

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Clear and Simple as the Truth

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

10 shows I've seen, in no particular order Sun Ra The Clash Milton Nascimento Miles Davis Tracy Chapman Frank Zappa Fela Kuti The Dead Kennedys Ani DiFranco Seu Jorge

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

If you're a writer, write "I waited" without saying it. “The one day I carried my cello to practice—and the 6 Parnassus was late.”

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Earth is a test case for the Fermi paradox. What we do right now—whether or not we flood the streets in protest—could determine the fate of our species. Stop waiting for someone else to act. Nonviolent protest by millions is the only answer! Follow @refusefascism.bsky.social

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Earth is a test case for the Fermi paradox. What we do right now—whether or not we flood the streets in protest—could determine the fate of our species.

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Earth Is a Test Case for the Fermi Paradox

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I guess the real question is when do we here in the United States say ENOUGH!?! @refusefascism.bsky.social has been working hard to build nonviolent, sustained, and massive protests. If enough of us join them in the streets, WE can drive out this fascist regime. Trump must go now! It’s up to us!

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Yes, we have to be louder, but we also need to take the offensive—before it’s too late. We need to develop massive, nonviolent, and sustained protests (not just every few months) demanding that the whole Trump fascist regime must go now. What are we waiting for? Join @refusefascism.bsky.social

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

What we all need to say is this: The whole fascist Trump regime must go now! Take to the streets in nonviolent, sustained protest before it’s too late! Join @refusefascism.bsky.social

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Refuse Fascism @refusefascism.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Donald Trump, in conjunction with Israel, has launched a murderous, illegitimate, and illegal war against the sovereign country of Iran—openly aimed at regime change. This is an unprovoked war of aggression, the supreme war crime and it must be stopped now.

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STOP the ILLEGITIMATE & ILLEGAL WAR on IRAN

GET in the STREETS — TRUMP MUST GO NOW! Donald Trump, in conjunction with Israel, has launched a murderous, illegitimate, and illegal war against the sovereign country of Iran—openly aimed at regime c...

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Revenge, meanness, spite—none of these can undo the damage created by this fascist regime. What we *really* need to do is mobilize people in massive, sustained, and nonviolent protests to drive out the Trump fascist regime. Info: @refusefascism.bsky.social

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Yes, there's a lot to lament right now. But maybe we can channel that energy into helping the only group that has been working to mobilize people in massive, sustained, and nonviolent protests to drive out the Trump fascist regime. 3.5% is not a made-up number! Info: @refusefascism.bsky.social

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

@refusefascism.bsky.social says: "what we really need is a massive, unprecedented… nonviolent… movement to defeat fascism." This video is worth watching—and thinking about. bsky.app/profile/refu...

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I agree. And there's a lot to talk about in terms of what we need to do. @refusefascism.bsky.social says: "what we really need is a massive, unprecedented… nonviolent… movement to defeat fascism." This video is worth watching—and thinking about. bsky.app/profile/refu...

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I'm working on the first episode of my sapphic detective series, set in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district during the Summer of Love…

Oceans of Truth in the Summer of Love

Black Power. Vietnam. Peace and love.

It’s 1967 in San Francisco, and the Haight-Ashbury is  entering the Summer of Love.

Phoebe Noguchi works as a freelance photographer;  Janey Cragg plays electric piano in an avant-garde jazz  quartet.

When they meet, a flame is kindled.

And then… someone is murdered

Episode 1: The Decisive Moment

It’s 1967 and Captain Dave Elgin has resigned his commission as an army lawyer in Saigon.

No longer able to stomach American conduct in Vietnam, he can’t wait to speak out when he gets back home to San Francisco.

Soon after Dave’s return, a former army legal associate is murdered, leading to Dave’s arrest for the crime.

Phoebe and Janey have just met. But they both know he didn’t do it. And they both have good reason to find out who’s framing Dave.

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

See above. We have to drive out the regime, or the atrocities will mount. That isn’t pessimism or alarmism. It’s fact.

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

(Just to be clear, I don’t think that the task is to somehow “contain” Trump. I don’t think you can. The task is to drive the regime from power.)

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I mean as a nation! The handful of us who are seeing this as the life-or-death matter that it is can in no way do this on our own. We need the help of millions. Literally.

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

“Lend itself” is doing a lot of heavy lifting there! Speaking for myself, I’d say that the deeper problem is our complacency. The hope that someone else will make it all go away. The Germans waited too long. Let’s not repeat their mistake.

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

5. "The Square" is a documentary about how they did this in Egypt during the Arab Spring. A vastly different country, of course, but food for thought. 6. @refusefascism.bsky.social has been the foremost advocate for this approach in the US. /end

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

…And in a large one like this, it seems likely that several million of them will be in NY, LA, Chicago, etc. 4. Even if "only" 3 or 5 or 8 million of them are in the DC area, you can imagine that a lot of those people won't make it any closer than Bethesda or Alexandria. 3/

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

2. The basic idea is to have so many people so fed up that about 3.5% of them take to the streets in nonviolent and sustained protest, *centered* in the capital city. 3. In a very small country, you can imagine that the vast majority of those people will actually be amassed in the capital. 2/

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I was oversimplifying somewhat for the sake of brevity. I'll still be as brief as I can in ironing out the ambiguities, but the short answer is: "Yes, this is staggering." 1. The 3.5% number is rooted in the work of Erica Chenoweth, and is some kind of average, based on her dataset. 1/

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Respectfully, if you think anything else will work, then you need to really look more carefully at the situation.

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

That’s just America exceptionalism. If 3.5% of us flood DC in sustained nonviolent protest, we actually *can* drive out this regime. It’s happened in a lot of different countries, with widely varied geographies. The world is right to demand that we act now!

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

There are millions of people within several hours drive of DC. The real problem is that people are hoping for someone else to save us, instead of going all in. Yes, we are a big country, but that’s not what’s standing in our way right now.

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

But they weren’t sustained. It’s not enough to just get out in the streets every few weeks. And you have to focus on the seat of power: DC. Many other countries have done this, but for some reason, Americans think we’re different.

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I guess it depends on what you mean by “passive.” Yes, we are outraged. Yes, we are protesting here and there. But we haven’t hit the streets in massive, sustained, and nonviolent protest like people have recently in Bulgaria & S. Korea to drive out *their* hated regimes. What are we waiting for?

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Is there no alternative to the way we live now? Isaac Newton has thoughts: “…to myself I seem …like a boy playing on the sea-shore, …now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell…, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.” A better world is possible! Go for it!

Roiling clouds with these words superimposed:

“I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.”
– Isaac Newton

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

“Kids, we are far downstream from those midterms having any effect.” – David Letterman

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

LETTERMAN: “.. CBS News is a wreck. It’s just gone. .. The integrity of CBS News .. has been trampled on, pissed on and eviscerated by these idiots that have taken it over.” @letterman.bsky.social $PSKY youtu.be/CHYksa07oQA?...

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I’m really glad people are doing this, don’t get me wrong. But you can’t contain fascism. If *we* don’t drive out the regime …

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

We just might! But only if people like us make it happen.

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

We might wish that this wasn’t true. And there are a lot of people who have bought into this dream. But it *is* just a dream—until it becomes a nightmare. That’s what happened in Germany—and we damn well better not let that happen here. History would revile us. And rightly so.

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JR Pfeiffer @oceansoftruth.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I guess I wasn’t very clear. Trump is consolidating dictatorial powers that will allow him to either cancel the elections or declare the results himself. There are powerful forces who want him to succeed. They will not bail. Once they have slammed the door shut, they will brook no opposition.

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