John Paul ONeil

I believed, and I was wrong. It was misplaced. Should have, would have, can’t. Sweep your own porch, my sodden friend.

CHANGELINGS What will happen if you change the world, but lose yourself? Nothing. Don’t annoy the gods. Annoy the world.

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TOTALLY EXONERATED!

Likewise. The digital burn barrel button is a good tool.
In YOU WONT WIN I resist the urge to edit and write at the same time.
Thanks for reading, T. You are one of my favorite writers.

Downhill Racing Which way did you go? Are you going uphill or down? People talk about the stages in life like they are immune. Or they don’t talk about it. Or they tell the story numerous times.

Not about the Olympics. New on YOU WONT WIN

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Hey, question for all you DEFUND THE PO-PO Stan’s: Did you mean DISBAND, or DEMILITARIZE? Words do matter. I think mission creep is a very real thing, and power granted is very rarely relinquished.

John O’Neil (@johnpauloneil) I put this up today, but I didn’t clog your inbox with it. I just wanted it to be out there, a breadcrumb for the ICEBOX. Collect enough of these over a lifetime, earn a trip to the COOLER!

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UP NOW ON YOU WONT WIN!
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John O’Neil (@johnpauloneil) GIG ECONOMY! “What is lost, really. We are a natural process. So is Necrotizing fasciitis. We are the flesh eating bacteria of earth. We move into an area, and quickly consume everything in sight. W...

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web only post on YOU WONT WIN. PUBLISHED LATER TODAY. FRIDAY BILE DUMP.

Negotiations The deal. Who benefits. Who survives. Who cleans up the mess. Our possessions (arguably) have lives of their own. Am I treating them with respect, or making them wait while I decide? Life is cold. So ...

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Collaborations Things Work Better When and If You Share.

Cooperate and cohabitate, and masticate. New on YOU WONT WIN
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Estrangement My relationship with music is fraught with misgivings

Personal.

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John O’Neil (@johnpauloneil) I published this, but didn’t email it out. I’ve been thinking about having a different section of the Stack for music posts, and writing about music, so this is an experiment of sorts. I hope to publi...

RAMONES FOREVER!

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R.A.M.O.N.E.S "1-2-3-4

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In honor T. Erdelyi

Time. Meaningless. If you want it. We share the air, just like Yoko told us.

Now that the Star-Spangled Banner by Phillip “Broken” Glass has been stricken as the anthem by Executive Social Media post, what should replace it? Surfin’ Bird, or Monster Mash?
buh-buh-buh-buh-bubba oom mow mow papa oom ma ma.
Everybody’s heard, about the bird.

War On Your Brain Everything represents something now, and that something means nothing. Or, it means anything. It means the last thing you thought about. That is the ultimate VIBE!!

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Went to delete my TikTok account. I couldn’t do it. All of these platforms are pretty much the same, in reality if not intent. So, they all stay, or they all go. I’m not chasing clout, so what do I care? I still have a MySpace! And a Twitter!
SEO be damned.

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A laff riot of existential invective, now with more adjectives!!
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[8] Trust in the US has never been high post WWII. Try living with a blind elephant in a small room & getting some sleep. The bull elephant doesn’t care if you are in its way. Every country post WWII sees the US as that elephant.

William A. Finnegan (@billyfinnegan) There is not a single serious economist on the planet—outside of Peter Navarro himself and a handful of ideological reenactors who somehow wandered out of the 1930s with PhDs—who believes a word the m...

A Republican policy wonk that makes sense. Who knew?

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They keep telling us who they are, and you keep saying “he can change.” They have an agenda, and it’s not you. Even though you think you are safe, it’s only a matter of time.

Thanks for the reminder.

Cap And Trade Why are we here, if we are just gonna disappear? Ask yourself, why not. Might as well enjoy yourself while it lasts.

We’re dying under daddy’s cap.
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Seasoned Greetings Inchoate rage-ramblings written across the “holidays.” Felt good to write, even though it makes little sense. Negative vibes are vibes too, maaaaaan.

Happy ? New Year!

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Grey cat on a chair suspiciously looking at the world

How the hell do you figure that?

NONE DARE CALL IT LYING Selling ourselves short or long, if you won’t do it, who will?

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Blocking is self care.
Reporting is snitching.
Don’t snitch.

Hey! There he is!

ALL HAIL THE SLOP. IT HAS REPLACED THE SLACK.
SLOP ON/SLACK OFF
0/1

Ecclesiastes 7-5
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7-6
For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of fools; this also is vanity.