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Podcaster, poet, educator, former expatriate, angry person, “moralist," Buddhist. Author of Apocalyptics and Liberation. Host Varn Vlog ☸

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Nagarjuna's Middle Finger | VarnVlog @varnvlog.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I have been practicing lately
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ernesto @ernesto.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
many such cases
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Peter Lewis @peterlewis.design · 09/09/2026
agreed, even if implemented “privacy first”
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Nagarjuna's Middle Finger | VarnVlog @varnvlog.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
saltlakedsa.solidarity.tech/deflock-slc?...
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Tell SLC Council: No ALPRs - Salt Lake DSA
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The Regrettable Century Podcast @regrettablecentury.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
In this special collaboration with @varnvlog.bsky.social , we combined in our Captain Planet team of pessimism. We are opening up a multi-part investigation into New York Times columnist Ross Douthat's landmark 2020 thesis, The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victim of Our Own Success.
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Dawn to Decadence: The Decadent Society- With Varn Vlog (Part I) | The Regrettable Century
Dawn to Decadence: The Decadent Society- With Varn Vlog (Part I) by The Regrettable Century on Patreon. Join The Regrettable Century's community for exclusive content and updates.
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This Wreckage Podcast @thiswreckage.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
🤿DITW: Only Black Pills🏚️ @seankb.bsky.social interviews @varnvlog.bsky.social back from tour, discuss DSA & prepolitics, climate crisis, Complexity theory, inability of US capitalists to get their shit together in the Trump era & much more www.patreon.com/thiswreckage...
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Diving into the Wreckage: Only Black Pills w/ C. Derick Varn | This Wreckage
Diving into the Wreckage: Only Black Pills w/ C. Derick Varn by This Wreckage on Patreon. Join This Wreckage's community for exclusive content and updates.
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The Regrettable Century Podcast @regrettablecentury.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This week the boys all got together to do a bonus episode about the current state of the republic. We are clearly ailing as a society and we are clearly in trouble as a country. Will the decline of the empire lead to the fall of the republic? www.patreon.com/theregrettab...
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"If you can keep it": The Death of the Republic? | The Regrettable Century
"If you can keep it": The Death of the Republic? by The Regrettable Century on Patreon. Join The Regrettable Century's community for exclusive content and updates.
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roland00 / Matthew @roland00.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
there are two great videos on Horses w/ @zoognosisjoy.bsky.social on Varn Vlog @varnvlog.bsky.social here is the 2025 one www.youtube.com/watch?v=zek7...
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Varn Vlog: Joy of Mimbres School and Zoognosis on Domestication and Politics
YouTube video by C. Derick Varn
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
As climate risk intensifies, so does a struggle among insurers, homeowners, renters, and governments over which lives and homes deserve protection—and who pays.
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The Bronx Still Burns - Dissent Magazine
The arson wave in the Bronx in the 1970s was caused by the financial forces and political priorities that still govern New York City.
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This Wreckage Podcast @thiswreckage.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
~E341: The People are Not One~ @varnvlog.bsky.social and Daniel Tutt discuss their new book, a critique of populism offering their vision of path forward for the left www.patreon.com/thiswreckage...
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E341: The People are Not One w/ Daniel Tutt, C. Derick Varn | This Wreckage
E341: The People are Not One w/ Daniel Tutt, C. Derick Varn by This Wreckage on Patreon. Join This Wreckage's community for exclusive content and updates.
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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Here it is, my 284th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
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#ScholarSunday Thread 284 (7/12/26) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 284th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy,...
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Nagarjuna's Middle Finger | VarnVlog @varnvlog.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
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What is Politics: Marxists Views of Plato, Idealism, Class Struggle, and the Noble Lie
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Eli Sennesh @elisennesh.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Average magazine in the Duniverse:
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Nagarjuna's Middle Finger | VarnVlog @varnvlog.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
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A People’s History of the Mets: Urban Planning, Labor, and Radical Politics with A.M. Gittlitz
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Nagarjuna's Middle Finger | VarnVlog @varnvlog.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
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The Regrettable Century Podcast @regrettablecentury.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This week we invited Daniel Tutt and C. Derick Varn to talk about their new book, The People are Not One: Socialist Strategy After Left Populism.  www.patreon.com/theregrettab...
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The People are Not One: Socialist Strategy After Left Populism (With Daniel Tutt and C. Derick Varn)- AD FREE | The Regrettable Century
The People are Not One: Socialist Strategy After Left Populism (With Daniel Tutt and C. Derick Varn)- AD FREE by The Regrettable Century on Patreon. Join The Regrettable Century's community for exclus...
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Nagarjuna's Middle Finger | VarnVlog @varnvlog.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
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Karl Marx’s Ethics of Human Flourishing with Sam Badger
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Nagarjuna's Middle Finger | VarnVlog @varnvlog.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
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The Paper Tiger of Entryism: Game Theory and the Mechanics of Leftist Capture
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Nagarjuna's Middle Finger | VarnVlog @varnvlog.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
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Boundless and Bottomless Seas: The Fourth Political Theory by Aleksandr Dugin (12 )
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 25/04/2026
Utah Republican Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson told reporters at the Utah News Dispatch that the SAVE database “is notoriously inaccurate and frequently flags individuals who are, in fact, citizens.”
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How Mississippi’s SHIELD Act Changes Voter-Citizenship Checks
The Safeguard Honest Integrity in Elections for Lasting Democracy, or SHIELD, Act changes how Mississippi verifies U.S. citizenship for voter registration.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 25/04/2026
Whispers say Labour looks beyond Starmer already * Reform candidate appears in 2 seats at once * Cambridge eyes Lib Dem–Green coalition * Restore nibbling chunks out of Reform’s flank All the drama this week in Pecksniff's political diary ⤵️ @eastangliabylines.co.uk @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
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Pecksniff: The danger of a lame duck prime minister
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
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John Timmer @jtimmer.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
It was also, unfortunately, easy to see that this is where things were going: arstechnica.com/science/2025...
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US science is being wrecked, and its leadership is fighting the last war
Facing an extreme budget, the National Academies hosted an event that ignored it.
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Nagarjuna's Middle Finger | VarnVlog @varnvlog.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
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Streams with Djene: What the Fresh Hell Is This?
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Nagarjuna's Middle Finger | VarnVlog @varnvlog.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
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Critiquing Entryism is Not Anti-Electionalism
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Nagarjuna's Middle Finger | VarnVlog @varnvlog.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
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Brandon Lightly Discusses the Popular and United Fronts , Part 2
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 23/03/2026
The Pentagon is planning to keep the National Guard deployed in Washington, DC through the entirety of Trump’s second term. That will cost hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars.
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Pentagon plans to keep National Guard in DC into 2029, 2 US officials say
Pentagon plans to maintain National Guard's mission in DC until Jan. 20 2029, through the rest of President Donald Trump’s second term, according to two U.S. officials.
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ApocalypticaNow @apocalypticanow.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
To do what? bsky.app/profile/more...
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Nagarjuna's Middle Finger | VarnVlog @varnvlog.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
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David I. Backer on Education, Bonds, and the Funding of Social Goods
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Nagarjuna's Middle Finger | VarnVlog @varnvlog.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
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Getting The Terms Right: Imperialism (4)
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Nagarjuna's Middle Finger | VarnVlog @varnvlog.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
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Nagarjuna's Middle Finger | VarnVlog @varnvlog.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
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Nagarjuna's Middle Finger | VarnVlog @varnvlog.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Seriously the idea that this war is will go better than Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, etc promoted by both its supporters and the “nothing ever happens crowd” when the president changes both rationale for it and stated mission objectives almost every time he talks, is absurd.
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Nagarjuna's Middle Finger | VarnVlog @varnvlog.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Slow roll it out and fail… probably because you didn’t want to do anything about it and you think you can leverage it electorally.
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Nagarjuna's Middle Finger | VarnVlog @varnvlog.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
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Nagarjuna's Middle Finger | VarnVlog @varnvlog.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The number of people I know in MENA both in locals and in expat teachers means this stuff hits home for me directly. I am underplaying how angry I am.
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Nagarjuna's Middle Finger | VarnVlog @varnvlog.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
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Nagarjuna's Middle Finger | VarnVlog @varnvlog.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I say this as a podcaster (so glass house) but left streamers, even after the decline of breadtube and the rise and stagnation of redtube have a charismatic person-who-talks until-they-blabber-based on vibes-problem that is more honest but as embarrassing as old school punditry.
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Nagarjuna's Middle Finger | VarnVlog @varnvlog.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Johnson: "They declared war on us… We are not at war right now." Look, as bad as the Bush justifications for GWOT were, these people are comic book levels of “Orwellian” (a phrase I hate) gaslighting. Hegeseth has already called it a war.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 04/03/2026
he outlines this massive surveillance society under the pretense that ethical, responsible people will be in charge, undermined by his effort to cement a permanent zealot kakistocracy in a country too corrupt to have working regulators or corporate accountability of any kind
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404 Media @404media.co · 04/03/2026
‘How ghoulish.’ The depravity economy moves into the nuclear war business.
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Polymarket Pulls Bet on Nuclear Detonation in 2026
‘How ghoulish.’ The depravity economy moves into the nuclear war business.
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Nagarjuna's Middle Finger | VarnVlog @varnvlog.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
News literacy and how to read it critically is at an all time low at a time when it is more important and even legacy media spouts bullshit (actually they always have but they aren’t sophisticated about it anymore). That isn’t dealing with fake pictures and videos.
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Nagarjuna's Middle Finger | VarnVlog @varnvlog.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
So let me get this straight: “we” “participate” in a bombing campaign in Ecuador, threatening to indict Delcy Rodriguez, which would mean going back in Venezuela, and yet Trump is openly mad that they didn’t ramp up production for the Iran situation, and proxy plans are leaking.
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Nagarjuna's Middle Finger | VarnVlog @varnvlog.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Doesnt this threaten the unity of not just NATO but the entire EU?
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 04/03/2026
There are three Horsemen of the AIpocalypse: First, a data center debt deal collapses - it fails to come together and the project is canceled. Second, a data center in construction falls apart, running out of money before it’s complete. Third, a data center fully built runs out of money and dies.
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Publicly admitting you are nearly out of interceptor missles and starting an unrelated military action in Latin America when you look to be losing control of another one. “No new wars” this is not
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Nagarjuna's Middle Finger | VarnVlog @varnvlog.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Well, the boots on the ground talk is out, so no, this is not a Libya kind of engagement. Even if the goal was “syrianization,” this is looking a lot more like the GWOT except with a much larger nation. It also looks like Israel is entering Lebanon.
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