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Field Note 3.2 — All The King’s Candy

Nov 2, 2025

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Every kingdom starts with a taste for something sweet. “Thus do men swallow the honeyed poison of the mouth.” — Lucretius, On The Nature of Things, Book IV “So long as man remains free, he strives for nothing so incessantly and so painfully as to find someone to worship.” — Ivan Karamazov, The Brothers Karamazov Ivan The Parable…

Waypoint 3.2 — The Loudest Belch: Reagan’s Revolution & The Birth of Outrage Media

Oct 4, 2025

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K. L. Homme

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from Chapter 3, The Blasted Heath “Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.” — Anonymous, often misattributed to Plato “I don’t need scientific proof — because the people promoting global warming are frauds.” — Rush Limbaugh In 1778, far from home, shivering and doubtful of their…

Waypoint 3.1: The Iron Key — Pompeii, Volcanic Fire, and The Locks of Time

Aug 30, 2025

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K. L. Homme

in Waypoints

In May of 1915, Lassen’s Peak exploded and sent a mushroom cloud 30,000 feet into the sky — visible 150 miles to the west from Eureka, on California’s golden coast, and 190 miles to the south from Sacramento. Pacific winds carried ash 280 miles east to Elko, where, in the evening light, it seemed to…

Field Note 1.4: After The Map Burns

Jun 13, 2025

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K. L. Homme

in Field Notes, On Language and Manipulation

No — the word knowledge should carry a higher standard than opinion. They aren’t synonyms. And when we use the word knowledge, we should have a good sense of what we mean by it.

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Field Note 3.2 — All The King’s Candy

Waypoint 3.2 — The Loudest Belch: Reagan’s Revolution & The Birth of Outrage Media

Waypoint 3.1: The Iron Key — Pompeii, Volcanic Fire, and The Locks of Time

Field Note 1.4: After The Map Burns