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@TheEclecticRad on Twitter and @EclecticRadical on Patreon, Substack, and YouTube! This is the place to find my content and to hit me up on Bluesky!

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About Me and Community Manifesto | The Eclectic Radical Get more from The Eclectic Radical on Patreon

Who am I and what am I all about?

Here you go.

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04.03.2026 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Get more from The Eclectic Radical on Patreon creating news analysis and political opinion!

A reminder: I lost my day job on Jan 31, 2026, and this is the best time ever to become a paying member of the community!

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03.03.2026 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Eclectic Radical: Your Landlord Is Not Your Friend
YouTube video by eclecticradical The Eclectic Radical: Your Landlord Is Not Your Friend

Had a great show today with co-host Youri Smouter and guest, NYC tenant organizer @antoniamarrero.bsky.social about landlords and tenant unions!

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01.03.2026 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

β€œMoney is wasted on the wealthy.”

- Veronica Mars

05.03.2026 03:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œAfter Biden won the election, criticism of Biden and of Biden critics flirting with the MAGA movement alienated me from many so-called socialists who listened to right wing hacks like Jimmy Dore.”

Jimmy who?

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@wbai.org

05.03.2026 03:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

really tired of conversations about how we need to get people to spend more time offline that don't acknowledge that one of the reasons people ARE online is their access needs aren't being met in physical spaces. This is especially true for queer people and disabled people.

05.03.2026 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3363    πŸ” 1251    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 63

Defend itself from what? πŸ€”

04.03.2026 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There is also good news, however, that we can all be thankful for as stated by Drew Hayes in a comic book.

β€œHappiness is a temporary chemical imbalance of the brain’s normal state.”

Which means there are chemicals that can help. πŸ˜‰

04.03.2026 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

William Goldman said that once in a screenplay and novel.

β€œLife is pain your Highness. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something.”

04.03.2026 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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About Me and Community Manifesto | The Eclectic Radical Get more from The Eclectic Radical on Patreon

Who am I and what am I all about?

Here you go.

www.patreon.com/posts/152238...

04.03.2026 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Veronica Mars is like the Lew Archer novels by Ross McDonald… if Lew Archer were a teenage girl going to the rich kids high school in a SoCal beach town.

04.03.2026 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Omg never saw this show, that sounds peak piqued!

04.03.2026 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The moment in the Veronica Mars episode β€œDrinking the Kool Aid,” where Casey’s parents kidnap him at his grandmother’s funeral to have him deprogrammed so they can control his wealth still goes hard.

04.03.2026 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Over the past few days I've seen a lot of defensive ADL type responses from popular progressive accounts on here claiming that it is without a doubt extremely antisemitic to say that Israel in any way influenced America into this war.

It's been sad to see on the left.

04.03.2026 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s right. They aren’t actually outlaws.

04.03.2026 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

funny thing is outlaw cops are presented as rebels against the system but they are not rebels against the system. Their conflict is with the various safeguards that prevent the system from going too far.

04.03.2026 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

American cinema invented the term β€œoutlaw cop” to describe brutal killers like Dirty Harry into tough guy heroes in the 1970s.

04.03.2026 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The worst part about this is that these libertarians think it’s so cool to be the hacker hero in a corporate dystopia they’re willing to become the CEO villain responsible for creating said dystopia.

04.03.2026 06:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Think about all the libertarians you've encountered who will read a book and *entirely* miss the point of the book. Literally not perceiving that the book is describing a dystopia, or identify satire of real world events, or identify who is the villain.

54% of US adults read below 6th grade level.

02.03.2026 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 537    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4

100, two judges from each state but all elected by voters in all 50. #Deadpan

04.03.2026 06:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

He is definitely willing to speak truth right now, that’s a good start.

04.03.2026 05:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

People who depend on government contracts for their wealth see themselves as anarchocapitalists fighting the man.

Wish I were kidding.

04.03.2026 05:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

living off the government

04.03.2026 04:55 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Talarico’s rhetoric on Palestine is better and he may be pressured to live up to it.

That’s why he won.

04.03.2026 05:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

He’s her pastor and she endorsed him for her seat, which makes me curious whether or not he endorsed her for Senate.

04.03.2026 05:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The idea that Trump was beatable was based on the idea that Hillary Clinton was so popular that every state that went for Obama would go for her.

If that was true, she would have been President instead of Obama.

Any candidate but Trump, she loses the popular vote.

04.03.2026 03:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So you’re not talking about the phones anymore. Thanks.

03.03.2026 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And yet we have age check laws being pushed by the same people for the same reasons.

And kids are being deprived of the best tool to report abuse.

And if the arguments people are making were true, they should be arguing for a ban and not age checks.

03.03.2026 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Help keep
Black transgender
Woman
From die on
The streets

03.03.2026 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0