Imagine that. We have a successful journalist who actually responds to suggestions he has read in the comments about his work.
As a long ago newspaper reporter and editor, I thank you Glenn for offering transcripts of your audio and video presentations. In my old age, my hearing is not what it used to be, as illustrated by how my wife's spoken admonitions almost always seem to bypass my ears.
Thanks Glenn. I have a suggestion. I follow you on all these platforms so what happens is I read your commentaries and then I listen to you on Callin. I’m finding that your monologues are longer than it takes to read the article before you start taking callers’ questions. My personal preference would be to keep the monologues tighter and then get to the callers which might expand the discussion further from your original article. It’s just my opinion because I wonder if some of us don’t have all the time that it requires, especially when you’ve already published an article on the topic. BTW, I love you Glenn!
Definitely trying. It's hard to know how many people who are listening have already read the article, so for those who haven't, I feel I should explain it throughly. But in general, we all have weaknesses as writers or speakers we have to work to improve and one of mine has always been being a little excessive with the words, so I'm definitely trying to shorten the monologue. Like I said, once it's on Androids and everyone can participate, I'll do shows for subscribers that are just Q&A, no monologue, so we can get as many questions in as possible.
It isn't true that "everyone" can participate in a forum that's only available on iPhones and Android. David Otness mentioned this too. The browser needs to be an option.
Grateful for your work and effort to reach masses. MSM biases are now too excessive, balance by you critical. Thanks for adopting alternative platforms.
"While you still can participate in the live shows only be heard by downloading the app on iPhones (it will very shortly be available on Androids as well), all the episodes can now be heard after they are published on the Callin site:"
The problem is around the "only be heard" part there. ...Not sure of the best fix, but now you know about it!
One of many, many reasons why I respect and admire Glenn for decades:
"Animals are beautiful, complex, majestic and fascinating -- including the ones we've been taught to fear or dislike. Along with humans and natural beauty, they're what make this planet so spectacular. Like all life, animal life is sacred and they deserve compassion and kindness."
It would be great to have a place that would permanently save his daily tweets - witty and probing. They would be an invaluable chronology of US social topics and corrections of planted misinformations....
Not sure individual mosquitoes deserve anything negative or positive. A biologist might find the species fascinating and want to preserve it. But that doesn't mean an individual mosquito deserves anything. I'm willing to believe that an elephant, or some other animals that are more advanced than mosquitoes, have enough ethical capacity to deserve something. But mosquitoes or bacteria hardly deserve anything, except maybe refraining from outright cruelty toward them (if they have consciousness at all).
No doubt about it; mosquitoes are biologically important.
What you may not know is that only a couple of the hundreds of specie of mosquito actually target humans. These are the ones that raise my ire.
And, I don't advocate wiping even these species out, rather, I'm gonna kill 'em when one of thesefuckers lands on me! And, I'm gonna CONTINUE to do everything I can to prevent their having the standing water they need to reproduce anywhere near ME! (And that last bit isn't to say I approve of "draining swamps" or anything of the sort, I'm talking about not having random BS around the house or my neighbors houses that can hold water for mosquito breeding.)
Sure, I agree with that, and you may have been right to disagree with Greenwald's claim that ALL animals deserve compassion. I'm not sure it's right, or even possible, to have compassion for the more primitive animals such as cnidarian parasites or mosquitoes. Greenwald sometimes rushes into writing sweeping language without thinking through whether it's believable. But, strictly speaking, I don't even think that a primitive animal with a nasty life-cycle deserves anything negative either. It's fine to be angry at them when they target humans, but if we slap a mosquito, it's just for our convenience or satisfaction, not because it's ethically required to do something harsh to them. I don't believe there's any ethical requirement to be harsh or nice with these kinds of primitive animals, so I just don't use the word "deserving" about them at all because they're not developed enough for that. Sorry if this is nitpicking -- as a philosophy major, I'm inclined not to use the word "deserving" except in a strict and precise way.
Perhaps as a philosophy major you'll appreciate my more succinct justification for slapping dead a mosquito who's actively trying to bite me: self preservation. I was attacked, it _could_ threaten my life - and, indeed, even here in the USA, lots of deadly diseases were formerly spread by mosquitoes and could be again, were, say, Scarlet Fever break out again. So, I think I'm morally and philosophically justified in protecting my own life.
That said, I'd rather us not be breeding mosquitoes only to kill them - and that means not being stupid humans and leaving breeding grounds laying around our homes, such as disused tires or a forgotten bucket for standing water to collect.
First of all, I have never and will never be owned by a "smart" phone. Which is far outside the mainstream of modern thought I do understand, but packing around a tracking device for the Intel agencies? No thanks. What little autonomy and privacy yet remains is something I will cherish, even if it is being delusional to a large extent. I'm old, on the way out, please humor my meandering rants. "S'cuse me while I kiss the sky" has long ago been replaced by "Old man shakes his cane at clouds." OK, it's established I'm 'behind the times,' 'old and in the way,' etc, etc, but:
Your chosen platform for your enterprise is Rumble, you are asking your base to go all-in.
According to a little birdie, Peter Thiel is the mover and shaker of the platform; Mr Moneybags of super-spy firm Palantir and every other iteration of the national (international) security state, including the WEF's reach/overreach.)
Just how does that square with freedom of expression vs further built-in surveillance that inevitably and likely irrevocably attends the burgeoning Greenwald communications empire?
The word on Electro Street is Thiel has already got a bag of algorithm tricks ready to censor annd....???
Perhaps you can disabuse me of the above notions? I've been hearing there is a spate of "fake news" going around in these waning days of representative democracy and its attendant public execution by slow strangulation of the 'Republic' we only once thought we knew and had. "Inquiring minds Want to Know," and as the Bezos/CIA/WaPo funsters howl with tear-streaming laughter: "Democracy Dies In Darkness."
I have thought about this, too and am ALSO disturbed by it:
"Your chosen platform for your enterprise is Rumble, you are asking your base to go all-in.
"According to a little birdie, Peter Thiel is the mover and shaker of the platform; Mr Moneybags of super-spy firm Palantir and every other iteration of the national (international) security state, including the WEF's reach/overreach.)
Just how does that square with freedom of expression vs further built-in surveillance that inevitably and likely irrevocably attends the burgeoning Greenwald communications empire?
The word on Electro Street is Thiel has already got a bag of algorithm tricks ready to censor annd....???"
It concerns me for a LOT of reasons.
While I don't think they'll be CENSORING, the more useful, for them, is likely keeping track of the people who are "opponents of the deep state", etc. Back in the day, I was tracked as a male with long hair - maybe you remember those days well, too - and it's disturbing that Glenn would "get in bed" with this crap.
I have previously suggested - but do not know that Glenn heard the suggestion - that a NEW platform needs to be created NOT in the corporate model that can be hijacked like The Intercept was, and which has its own technology that prevents outside interests from using it to track users. It's all doable and I do have the chops to build such a thing, though not the funding or time. BUT, if a small effort could get started, we could do one hell of a job and simply REPLACE these big high-tech companies.
Further, not everybody has a cell phone, or wants one, and Glenn forgets that. Further, not all cell phone companies permit this kind of viewing, and he forgets that, too.
Like you, I want Glenn to address this head on, but I doubt he will. One key reason is, this isn't his field, he likely doesn't really understand the technology sufficiently, and is wary of building that which he perceives is already built. ... It IS built, but not to a sufficiently protective degree / standard. And, for a tech (like me) who knows what they're doing, Open Source can get us most of the way there, so this doesn't have to be that big of a deal in terms of engineering; it will be a VERY big deal to the media-using audience, and, indeed, our entire society, writ large. Spurring the creation of such an infrastructure would be the long-lasting legacy of his existence on the planet - presuming we survive at all - into the distant future, like Socrates, for example.
Art---the first iteration of PanQuake.com is almost off the ground. I signed up the first day it was announced last year. It is all publicly-funded with tech assistance from luminaries such as Bill Binney and Kim Dotcom contributing. You are likely qualified to assist in this truly independent endeavor. It is the brainchild of Suzy Dawson, a Kiwi who has been persecuted for her exposés of Five Eyes and other nefarious spy nests. She has been a close associate of Julian Assange in the past and had to seek asylum in Russia over a year ago. I don't know where she is abiding now, but is most certainly active in bringing about this new and independent platform.
Psst, Art: I had the hair back then too. And have been letting it grow for the past five years. (Don't tell on me, bro.) The spirit of 1968 is back.
I just took a look; hard to tell what they're after, actually. Do they want to (simply?!) replace facesuck? If so, well, that's FAR from the job I think is most important - sure, it's an important step, BUT, it still puts a lot of data out there for harvesting through a process we technologists call "scraping."
Anyway, I have work pressing, but I'll continue.
BTW, you can email me at TheTroyPress.com - just put my name here in front of an at sign... you know what to do!
Thanks, Art. I'll follow-up on your contact point. I'm hoping you can bring some well-grounded philosophical questions to bear upon PanQuake's destiny since you've obviously thought about it in depth already.
THANKS for that pointer! I'll be looking into it IMMEDIATELY!
BTW, I only ever cut my hair ONCE, and that was a mistake I immediately regretted... Gave an excuse for my friends and never cut it since. ...My hair is EXACTLY like the song in the musical Hair had it; "it stops by itself!"
I'd say this is "Intercept II" - except this might reflect badly on your new media venture. Providing actual journalism during a time of media capture and groupthink is a revolutionary act.
Imagine that. We have a successful journalist who actually responds to suggestions he has read in the comments about his work.
As a long ago newspaper reporter and editor, I thank you Glenn for offering transcripts of your audio and video presentations. In my old age, my hearing is not what it used to be, as illustrated by how my wife's spoken admonitions almost always seem to bypass my ears.
What is, " a “writer is residence.” "?
Why don’t you use your own brain and look it up. Substack has published what it is (a paid position).
WTF? Where'd THAT come from?
Whatever, IDWTK, noisemaker.
Congratulations, Glenn, and great thanks for the terrific work you do.
Great to see this all grow! Keep up the good work.
Integrity sells…
I love the transcripts of the videos. Thank you for that.
Me too!
Thank you 🙏 for all your work and integrity. Much appreciated.
Thanks Glenn. I have a suggestion. I follow you on all these platforms so what happens is I read your commentaries and then I listen to you on Callin. I’m finding that your monologues are longer than it takes to read the article before you start taking callers’ questions. My personal preference would be to keep the monologues tighter and then get to the callers which might expand the discussion further from your original article. It’s just my opinion because I wonder if some of us don’t have all the time that it requires, especially when you’ve already published an article on the topic. BTW, I love you Glenn!
Definitely trying. It's hard to know how many people who are listening have already read the article, so for those who haven't, I feel I should explain it throughly. But in general, we all have weaknesses as writers or speakers we have to work to improve and one of mine has always been being a little excessive with the words, so I'm definitely trying to shorten the monologue. Like I said, once it's on Androids and everyone can participate, I'll do shows for subscribers that are just Q&A, no monologue, so we can get as many questions in as possible.
The context can be lengthy but I'm always thankful I've had the "full monty" as it gives a solid foundation for where it goes from there.
It isn't true that "everyone" can participate in a forum that's only available on iPhones and Android. David Otness mentioned this too. The browser needs to be an option.
Grateful for your work and effort to reach masses. MSM biases are now too excessive, balance by you critical. Thanks for adopting alternative platforms.
Typo, Glenn:
"While you still can participate in the live shows only be heard by downloading the app on iPhones (it will very shortly be available on Androids as well), all the episodes can now be heard after they are published on the Callin site:"
The problem is around the "only be heard" part there. ...Not sure of the best fix, but now you know about it!
One of many, many reasons why I respect and admire Glenn for decades:
"Animals are beautiful, complex, majestic and fascinating -- including the ones we've been taught to fear or dislike. Along with humans and natural beauty, they're what make this planet so spectacular. Like all life, animal life is sacred and they deserve compassion and kindness."
It would be great to have a place that would permanently save his daily tweets - witty and probing. They would be an invaluable chronology of US social topics and corrections of planted misinformations....
"Like all life, animal life is sacred and they deserve compassion and kindness."
Except maybe for mosquitoes. Ugh! The ones biting me deserve a slap!
Not sure individual mosquitoes deserve anything negative or positive. A biologist might find the species fascinating and want to preserve it. But that doesn't mean an individual mosquito deserves anything. I'm willing to believe that an elephant, or some other animals that are more advanced than mosquitoes, have enough ethical capacity to deserve something. But mosquitoes or bacteria hardly deserve anything, except maybe refraining from outright cruelty toward them (if they have consciousness at all).
No doubt about it; mosquitoes are biologically important.
What you may not know is that only a couple of the hundreds of specie of mosquito actually target humans. These are the ones that raise my ire.
And, I don't advocate wiping even these species out, rather, I'm gonna kill 'em when one of thesefuckers lands on me! And, I'm gonna CONTINUE to do everything I can to prevent their having the standing water they need to reproduce anywhere near ME! (And that last bit isn't to say I approve of "draining swamps" or anything of the sort, I'm talking about not having random BS around the house or my neighbors houses that can hold water for mosquito breeding.)
Sure, I agree with that, and you may have been right to disagree with Greenwald's claim that ALL animals deserve compassion. I'm not sure it's right, or even possible, to have compassion for the more primitive animals such as cnidarian parasites or mosquitoes. Greenwald sometimes rushes into writing sweeping language without thinking through whether it's believable. But, strictly speaking, I don't even think that a primitive animal with a nasty life-cycle deserves anything negative either. It's fine to be angry at them when they target humans, but if we slap a mosquito, it's just for our convenience or satisfaction, not because it's ethically required to do something harsh to them. I don't believe there's any ethical requirement to be harsh or nice with these kinds of primitive animals, so I just don't use the word "deserving" about them at all because they're not developed enough for that. Sorry if this is nitpicking -- as a philosophy major, I'm inclined not to use the word "deserving" except in a strict and precise way.
Perhaps as a philosophy major you'll appreciate my more succinct justification for slapping dead a mosquito who's actively trying to bite me: self preservation. I was attacked, it _could_ threaten my life - and, indeed, even here in the USA, lots of deadly diseases were formerly spread by mosquitoes and could be again, were, say, Scarlet Fever break out again. So, I think I'm morally and philosophically justified in protecting my own life.
That said, I'd rather us not be breeding mosquitoes only to kill them - and that means not being stupid humans and leaving breeding grounds laying around our homes, such as disused tires or a forgotten bucket for standing water to collect.
Let us not forget, they spread disease!
Happy to be one of the second year subscribers. Well worth it!
First of all, I have never and will never be owned by a "smart" phone. Which is far outside the mainstream of modern thought I do understand, but packing around a tracking device for the Intel agencies? No thanks. What little autonomy and privacy yet remains is something I will cherish, even if it is being delusional to a large extent. I'm old, on the way out, please humor my meandering rants. "S'cuse me while I kiss the sky" has long ago been replaced by "Old man shakes his cane at clouds." OK, it's established I'm 'behind the times,' 'old and in the way,' etc, etc, but:
Your chosen platform for your enterprise is Rumble, you are asking your base to go all-in.
According to a little birdie, Peter Thiel is the mover and shaker of the platform; Mr Moneybags of super-spy firm Palantir and every other iteration of the national (international) security state, including the WEF's reach/overreach.)
Just how does that square with freedom of expression vs further built-in surveillance that inevitably and likely irrevocably attends the burgeoning Greenwald communications empire?
The word on Electro Street is Thiel has already got a bag of algorithm tricks ready to censor annd....???
Perhaps you can disabuse me of the above notions? I've been hearing there is a spate of "fake news" going around in these waning days of representative democracy and its attendant public execution by slow strangulation of the 'Republic' we only once thought we knew and had. "Inquiring minds Want to Know," and as the Bezos/CIA/WaPo funsters howl with tear-streaming laughter: "Democracy Dies In Darkness."
I have thought about this, too and am ALSO disturbed by it:
"Your chosen platform for your enterprise is Rumble, you are asking your base to go all-in.
"According to a little birdie, Peter Thiel is the mover and shaker of the platform; Mr Moneybags of super-spy firm Palantir and every other iteration of the national (international) security state, including the WEF's reach/overreach.)
Just how does that square with freedom of expression vs further built-in surveillance that inevitably and likely irrevocably attends the burgeoning Greenwald communications empire?
The word on Electro Street is Thiel has already got a bag of algorithm tricks ready to censor annd....???"
It concerns me for a LOT of reasons.
While I don't think they'll be CENSORING, the more useful, for them, is likely keeping track of the people who are "opponents of the deep state", etc. Back in the day, I was tracked as a male with long hair - maybe you remember those days well, too - and it's disturbing that Glenn would "get in bed" with this crap.
I have previously suggested - but do not know that Glenn heard the suggestion - that a NEW platform needs to be created NOT in the corporate model that can be hijacked like The Intercept was, and which has its own technology that prevents outside interests from using it to track users. It's all doable and I do have the chops to build such a thing, though not the funding or time. BUT, if a small effort could get started, we could do one hell of a job and simply REPLACE these big high-tech companies.
Further, not everybody has a cell phone, or wants one, and Glenn forgets that. Further, not all cell phone companies permit this kind of viewing, and he forgets that, too.
Like you, I want Glenn to address this head on, but I doubt he will. One key reason is, this isn't his field, he likely doesn't really understand the technology sufficiently, and is wary of building that which he perceives is already built. ... It IS built, but not to a sufficiently protective degree / standard. And, for a tech (like me) who knows what they're doing, Open Source can get us most of the way there, so this doesn't have to be that big of a deal in terms of engineering; it will be a VERY big deal to the media-using audience, and, indeed, our entire society, writ large. Spurring the creation of such an infrastructure would be the long-lasting legacy of his existence on the planet - presuming we survive at all - into the distant future, like Socrates, for example.
Art---the first iteration of PanQuake.com is almost off the ground. I signed up the first day it was announced last year. It is all publicly-funded with tech assistance from luminaries such as Bill Binney and Kim Dotcom contributing. You are likely qualified to assist in this truly independent endeavor. It is the brainchild of Suzy Dawson, a Kiwi who has been persecuted for her exposés of Five Eyes and other nefarious spy nests. She has been a close associate of Julian Assange in the past and had to seek asylum in Russia over a year ago. I don't know where she is abiding now, but is most certainly active in bringing about this new and independent platform.
Psst, Art: I had the hair back then too. And have been letting it grow for the past five years. (Don't tell on me, bro.) The spirit of 1968 is back.
I just took a look; hard to tell what they're after, actually. Do they want to (simply?!) replace facesuck? If so, well, that's FAR from the job I think is most important - sure, it's an important step, BUT, it still puts a lot of data out there for harvesting through a process we technologists call "scraping."
Anyway, I have work pressing, but I'll continue.
BTW, you can email me at TheTroyPress.com - just put my name here in front of an at sign... you know what to do!
Thanks, Art. I'll follow-up on your contact point. I'm hoping you can bring some well-grounded philosophical questions to bear upon PanQuake's destiny since you've obviously thought about it in depth already.
Yes, thanks!
THANKS for that pointer! I'll be looking into it IMMEDIATELY!
BTW, I only ever cut my hair ONCE, and that was a mistake I immediately regretted... Gave an excuse for my friends and never cut it since. ...My hair is EXACTLY like the song in the musical Hair had it; "it stops by itself!"
I'd say this is "Intercept II" - except this might reflect badly on your new media venture. Providing actual journalism during a time of media capture and groupthink is a revolutionary act.
Thank you for offering all the different formats!
Thank you Glenn!
So glad this is working out so well.