The End Times Continue

Ace and Dean-O talk about ShotSpotter, Qualified Immunity as Gun Control, the Canadian government making the Shocked Pikachu face, the decentralized web, and how cops are doing their best to ruin the potential of decentralization.Qualified Immunity as Gun ControlConnect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s SubstackTETC on Twitter and BlueSky*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O talk about the Twitter Clone Wars, the case that has resulted from the Twitter Files (and why it ain’t great), and the futility of dumping on people who make hard choices in tough situations.Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O talk about the Trump clip we promised you on the last episode, the Current Thing causing strife over at Twitter, smoking crack and driving 172 MPH, and three SCOTUS opinions that are simultaneously misunderstood and some of the most talked about events since the last most talked about and simultaneously misunderstood SCOTUS case.Doucette talked about the 303 (gay wedding webpage) case and why the weird factual issues don’t really matter in this thread (screenshotted archive).Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O talk about the not-coup, who do you trust, conscription, RFK, and more!Ace’s appearance on Washed Out’s Niche EntertainmentAce’s substack article: The Long DefeatConnect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

On this one-year episode, Ace and Dean-O forget this is the one-year episode. So, instead of doing anything special to mark the occasion, they did a normal episode about Biden’s performance as a speaker, Pearl and masculinity grifting, Trump’s indictment, and Mandela Effects/corporate psyops.Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O talk about the absolute pile of stuff that’s stacked up since last week’s episode, including what Dean-O was up to, no one caring about Mike Pence, how the globes are everywhere, Uncle Ted, and why commies hate small business owners (small people who own businesses).The Allison Gill ExposeConnect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

While every episode of the show is pre-recorded, this one is more pre-recorded than others. As such, Ace and Dean-O talk about the Main Characters of Twitter before having a totally normal conversation about videogames.Byf’s “Story of Destiny”Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O talk about Bluesky, internet culture, the 5th circuit’s injunction on the pistol brace rule, the debt ceiling and the 14th amendment, originalism, and Roger Waters.Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O answer questions from the audience. Many people sent their questions. Some were fun, others were thought provoking, some were deeply personal, and all were appreciated!Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

When you go into a store, you're really going into a multidimensional la-la-land. Everyone around you is blitzed to the gils, they don't even see you, they're just looking for level 2 in their own personal wormhole. The entire physical public sphere in America today is an open air crack den, invisible beneath a thin veneer of pseudo-functional metaverse complex.Note: I (Dean-O) fucked up and said Twitter still had shareholders. It doesn’t, I just forgot Elon took it private in Oct. 2022.Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O talk about unions vs. AI writing, unions vs. oversight of police, the two recent attacks in the state of Texas, and how weird (and tasteless) the discourse surrounding violence has become.Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O talk about the Carlson and Lemon firings, Jim Cramer says everything is gonna be all right, Crowder shot himself in the foot, and no-fault divorce isn’t what you think.Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O talk about increasing gun ownership among all communities, the Glong, and the many arguments some libertarians make against an open immigration policy (and why those are usually arguments against other stuff).Ace’s piece on Immigration can be found here.Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O talk about “Jack the Dripper,” Florida’s death penalty sentencing, the Fulton County Jail, neuroticism, risk, responsibility, and Pudding Fingers.Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O welcome back Hunter (immanentanarchy) to discuss the Deleuzian concept of the Rhizome, how it provides for the development of a way of thinking, and how it can help us to understand the social, cultural, and economic world around us.Again, it’s big brain time.Connect:Hunter: @immanentanarchyAce: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O talk about the most recent shooting that has everyone in a tizzy, how the right is short-sighted, who the enemies are, the Trump indictment, and more!Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O are again joined by MAGAUnit111, one of the foremost voices of the spiritual movement called MAGA. We talk about what is coming in the future. Not just for MAGA, but for the Republican party, and for the country generally. We also discuss some of the political realities the country may face in the coming years.Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O(‘s friend): @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O talk about the release of ChatGPT-4, the issues likely to arise with AI systems such as these, the current fight over AI art, the possible arrest of Trump, the resulting problems facing the GOP, and more!Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O talk about the SVB collapse, the FDIC and the Fed’s responses, the closure of other banks with “systemic risk,” and the “don’t call it a bailout” from which VC firms are benefiting, before discussing the deleterious effects of centralized decision making.Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O go deep on the strange and backward logic of the strange right wing argument for why innovation is bad, actually. Yes, for two hours.Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O are joined by Carey Wedler, the unkillable, long-time purveyor of real-deal anarchist thought, to talk about libertarianism, living well, the strangeness of the state religion, and much, much more. Carey’s Links:TwitterTikTok YouTubeOdysee Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O talk about a grab bag of topics including, but not limited to, Jimmy Carter, the CIA making more propaganda, Ubisoft being narcs, derailments, the War on Balloon Hobbyists, and more!Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O are joined by criminal defense attorney Lady Jane to discuss the Scott Ritter case and the hypocrisy surrounding the defense of Ritter.Sources:NYT Profile of RitterArticle Outlining the ‘01 CaseOpinion of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, including the appended denial of Ritter’s motion for new trial from the trial court.Scott’s Substacks: Cancel Culture 1 and Cancel Culture 3.Connect:Lady Jane: @SDayOContentAce: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O talk about the meager fallout of the Tyre Nichols case, a little bit about police training, but mainly about that damn balloon and some little-known facts surrounding the technology. (Hint: The US government has been using them for years. Domestically.)If the images of the balloons don’t show up in the description, find them here.Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O talk about the murder of Tyre Nichols at the hands of the officers of the Memphis, Tennessee Police Department and the various responses to the event.The New York Times describes the event, including some details we forgot, in this article.Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O talk about the Atlanta and Memphis situations, the recent spate of high-profile killings by cops, what could happen as a result, the broken-ness of the coverage of these tragedies, the weird corporate infighting on the Right, anti-Zionism, and more!Note: We had some connection issues throughout the recording of this episode, so there are a couple of weird edits. Forgive us.Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O talk about The Ethics of Ambiguity, more classified documents, BlueAnon, the ATF being stupid, and the fact that Justin Roiland texts like Morty talks… even when discovering he might have done an r-word. (Hell no, I’m not putting that in the description. Are you crazy!?)Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O are joined by Bloody Revolutions (Art and War, The BR Hates Feds Show) to talk about firearms proliferation, building a genocide-proof society, stopping the LARP, anarchism as an ideal, being an anarchist in mixed company, and more!Connect:BR: @BRhatesFedsBR on Instagram: br.the.anarchThe Art and War PodcastThe BR Hates Feds ShowThe Anarch on SubstackThe eMilitia PodcastAce: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O talk about the new year, the old year, Andrew Tate and masculinity grifters, Parasocial Sunk Cost, the hypocrisy of the “everyone is a groomer but me” discourse, the failure of relying on the state for protection, and the J6 commission (which was apparently a thing and now isn’t). Enjoy!Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O are joined by Patrick MacFarlane (attorney, Justin Raimondo Fellow at the Libertarian Institute, and host of Vital Dissent) to talk about one of the most inspiring moments in modern history, the Christmas Day Armistice, and how it ties together with Patrick’s documentary Why Can’t Johnny Kill? The gang also talks about libertarianism, being anti-war, and trying to find balance and be productive. Its… a big episode. Enjoy!References:Why Can’t Johnny Kill? 11th Hour Conscientious Objection and Moral Injury.What Really Happened During The Christmas Truce?The Christmas Truce | What really happened in the trenches in 1914?Connect:Patrick: @patmacfarlane_Vital DissentThe Libertarian InstituteAntiwar.comAce: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O talk about the brand new, state of the art, digital trading card set from God Emperor Trump, one-time Caesar and current NFT salesman, before getting into the Twitter files and the fallout that could (maybe, possibly) result from their release.Long episode lovers, take heart! Christmas is coming, and so is a super-sized episode we’re sure you’ll love. Keep an eye out!Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O are joined by Car, who had a realization about the ideology of the bottom left while listening to the It Could Happen Here episode about Effective Altruism. We dig into this realization and discuss it’s implications before talking about Bitcoin, decentralization, and the future of both.Connect:Car: @TLE_CarTimeine Earth: @timelineearthAce: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O talk about the Twitter Files before breaking down Kanye’s appearance on The Alex Jones Show. After listening to the whole interview, front to back, there are a ton of things going on here that the clips circulating the internet won’t tell you. We will.Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O talk about police impersonators, the “day in court,” how you are not immune to propaganda, election spoiling, and somehow spin off into a conversation about deontology and consequentialism.Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O: @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O are joined by MAGAUnit111, one of the foremost voices of the spiritual movement called MAGA. He enlightens us on the positions held by this movement, the reasons why upward of 94% of people vote for Donald Trump, how elections get stolen, and who really runs the media and the banks.Connect:MAGAUnit111Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O(‘s friend): @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O are joined by Hunter (immanentanarchy) to discuss his pieces on The Interregnum and Liminality. These pieces (and those that are sure to follow) explore a model for analyzing the current socio-cultural shift that inspired the name of this show. It’s big brain time.Read Hunter’s work:The Theory of The InterregnumA Toolbox of Concepts: LiminalityConnect:Hunter: @immanentanarchyAce: @Ace_ArchistDean-O(‘s friend): @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O talk about Fetterman’s Monster, the draft, the concept of collective duties, why the left hates the concept of decentralization, thinking in networks, God Forbid, the strange marriage of Evangelical Christianity and Conservatism, and The First Rainbow Coalition. Connect: Ace: @Ace_Archist Dean-O(‘s friend): @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite) Ace’s Substack *All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O are joined by Ted of The Gaslight Hour podcast to talk about the paranormal, the current state of paranormal research, the French, and our own horrifying experiences on this spooky episode!Connect:Ted: @AbsurdRwordAce: @Ace_ArchistDean-O(‘s friend): @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O talk about the 2.75 trillion dollar Alex Jones… thing, invitees to the white house, weird social dynamics and how politicians abuse them, and… at some point, things go off the rails and the problem of other minds, philosophical zombies, dualism, consciousness, and other related questions end up being show topics. Somehow.Enjoy!Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O(‘s friend): @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O are joined by Necrospaia to talk about many, many things including the common threads among anarchism’s detractors, Hoppe and libertarianism, what the NAP even is, the post-libertarians, and much more!The imgur rundown of the Rose Fiasco can be found here.Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O(‘s friend): @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s SubstackNecrospaia’s Twitter*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O talk executive powers and stealth executive orders, an Iran update, an economics professor who is very comfortable with the counter-narrative, journalists controlling the flow of information about themselves, and John Bolton being an absolute scumbag who needs to take immediate steps to remove himself from the realm of the living.The CIA document Ace references is mentioned here.PPD-28 can be found here.The executive order gutting PPD-28 can be found here.Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O(‘s friend): @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O talk about “Where’s Jackie” and the following spin, sanctions in Iran and Russia, the threat of nuclear hellfire, jailhouse conditions, Ross Ulbricht, and some of the means and methods of the surveillance state.The Episode of Jeremiah Talks that Ace appeared on can be found here.Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O(‘s friend): @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O talk about The Langley Files, the Iran riots, bail reform and the media reaction to it, some Ukraine stuff, and the #1 dumbest take people have on government and war. Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O(‘s friend): @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O talk about the GTA and KF hacks, the US government’s possible plans to introduce a digital currency, media coverage of conspiracy theory, QAnon, and the effect of inventing your own enemies.The White House reports referenced in this episode can be found here.Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O(‘s friend): @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

This episode is all about 9/11. Not so much the event itself, but the consequences of the American government’s actions before and after the event. We talk about domestic and foreign policy decisions made in the wake of the attacks, and how they have all, from top to bottom, been disastrous. We discuss the loss of any moral credibility the country once may have had, and we touch a bit on the path ahead and what to look out for. Books we mentioned follow.By Scott Horton:Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in AfghanistanEnough Already: Time to End the War on TerrorismHotter Than The Sun: Time to Abolish Nuclear WeaponsBy Bob Woodward:Bush at WarBy Craig Whitlock:The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the WarConnect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O(‘s friend): @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O talk about the holidays, privacy, the weird cultural mood surrounding the Biden speech, and what it means to think.Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O(‘s friend): @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

▮▮▮ and ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮ Sam Hyde and ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮ Anne Heche conspiracy, ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮ Probable Cause ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮, and ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮.The Heche video can be found here. It is unsettling!Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O(‘s friend): @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O talk a little about the Mar-a-Lago raid, the shooting of six bystanders by Denver police, and why anticarceralism is a near necessity in a functional system of justice. Quick warning: The intro is a little low. Don’t turn up your headphones too much.Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O(‘s friend): @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O are joined by Libertarian Institute writer Kym Robinson, who joins the show for a conversation on Covid, culture, online voyeurism, the evolution of the liberty movement generally, and much, much more. Seriously. Much more.Kym’s Twitter: @KymRobinson80Kym’s piece, “Medusian Liberty,” can be found here.Read Kym’s work at the Libertarian Institute and halfcaged.com.Note: Neither Kym nor Ace could hear Dean during the first 3/4 show, but the audio recording could. It’s an awkward listen for that reason, but worth it for Kym’s thoughts.Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O(‘s friend): @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*

Ace and Dean-O, on the 77th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, discuss the (largely) untold story of the Truman administration’s tragic decision to incinerate and poison hundreds of thousands of civilians. Other topics include the pernicious effects of propaganda and new information surrounding the killing of Breonna Taylor.The late Justin Raimondo’s piece on the bombings can be found here.The 1946 Strategic Bombing Survey, linked in the above referenced piece and commissioned by the Truman administration, can be accessed directly here.The most important excerpt from the document reads:“…certainly prior to 31 December 1945, and in all probability prior to 1 November 1945, Japan would have surrendered even if the atomic bombs had not been dropped, even if Russia had not entered the war, and even if no invasion had been planned or contemplated.”Connect:Ace: @Ace_ArchistDean-O(‘s friend): @PacingJouska (@deanofiles everywhere but birdsite)Ace’s Substack*All above links can be found at tetc.show*