# better strangers (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover better strangers. Page: Feed: --- ## [Saving bookstores and fireflies](https://betterstrangers.substack.com/p/saving-bookstores-and-fireflies) _2025-07-08 · Hersh · Better Strangers_ Summertime tips for making the world a more magical place ## [Be more biased!](https://betterstrangers.substack.com/p/be-more-biased-1ff) _2025-03-18 · Hersh · Better Strangers_ There is no such thing as "unbiased" news, so stop looking for it. ## [In memory of the Good Internet](https://betterstrangers.substack.com/p/in-memory-of-the-good-internet) _2025-02-28 · Hersh · Better Strangers_ Being done with the internet, going on hiatus, and cool publications to follow in the interim. ## [Disobedience takes practice](https://betterstrangers.substack.com/p/disobedience-takes-practice) _2025-02-11 · Hersh · Better Strangers_ Or: The revolutionary potential of jaywalking. ## [Choosing optimism out of sheer spite](https://betterstrangers.substack.com/p/choosing-optimism-out-of-sheer-spite) _2025-02-04 · Hersh · Better Strangers_ Fuck these pricks, I want to believe in a better future. ## [January Round-up: The Strategic value of optimism](https://betterstrangers.substack.com/p/january-round-up-the-strategic-value) _2025-01-31 · Hersh · Better Strangers_ This month on B.S., we looked at the rise and fall of the Nazis, the long view of history, and how to convert bleak times into opportunities for a better future. ## [Are you lazy, or is the world ending and it's making you sleepy?](https://betterstrangers.substack.com/p/are-you-lazy-or-is-the-world-ending) _2025-01-28 · Hersh · Better Strangers_ Burnout, "Laziness Does Not Exist," and getting the rest you need. ## [How the never-ending horrors can guide us to a brighter future](https://betterstrangers.substack.com/p/how-the-never-ending-horrors-can) _2025-01-21 · Hersh · Better Strangers_ In moments of catastrophe, humans inevitably turn to mutual aid to stay afloat. Could these moments pave the way to a future that doesn't completely suck? ## [Lessons Americans can take from "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich"](https://betterstrangers.substack.com/p/lessons-americans-can-take-from-the) _2025-01-14 · Hersh · Better Strangers_ "History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, then as a farce." ## [What Stalinism and late capitalism have in common](https://betterstrangers.substack.com/p/what-stalinism-and-late-capitalism) _2025-01-07 · Hersh · Better Strangers_ The Wire, Luigi Mangione, and why we spend so much time in an "efficient" capitalist society dealing with Soviet-style bureaucracies. ## [profullstack on Ko‑fi (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/NR3SXpHYjVxL) _2025-01-07 · **Sponsored**_ Open the creator's Ko‑fi page. ## [The Top Better Strangers Articles of 2024](https://betterstrangers.substack.com/p/the-top-better-strangers-articles) _2024-12-31 · Hersh · Better Strangers_ It was a B.S. year, and this was the best B.S. we put out. ## [Merry Spooky Christmas!](https://betterstrangers.substack.com/p/merry-spooky-christmas) _2024-12-24 · Hersh · Better Strangers_ The chilling history of the "Coventry Carol," the Wild Hunt and the eerie Christmas classic "The Snowman," plus Santa's penchant for magic mushrooms. ## [Better Stranger's Best Books of 2024](https://betterstrangers.substack.com/p/better-strangers-best-books-of-2024) _2024-12-17 · Hersh · Better Strangers_ Books about the Laziness Lie, werewolves, and the health benefits of masturbation all made our "Best Books" list for this awful year. ## [American Christianity vs. "My body, my choice."](https://betterstrangers.substack.com/p/american-christianity-vs-my-body) _2024-12-10 · Hersh · Better Strangers_ The VVitch, Queer Eye, "American Fascists," and why happiness is so difficult in a country where self-care is considered Satanic. ## [How power works (and how it stops good things from happening)](https://betterstrangers.substack.com/p/how-power-works-and-how-it-stops) _2024-12-03 · Hersh · Better Strangers_ What Game of Thrones (and New Jersey politics) can teach us about political power. ## [The internet is killing us](https://betterstrangers.substack.com/p/the-internet-is-killing-us) _2024-11-26 · Hersh · Better Strangers_ Nothing will change until we seize the memes of production! ## [Why Americans don't get to have healthcare](https://betterstrangers.substack.com/p/why-americans-dont-get-to-have-healthcare) _2024-11-19 · Hersh · Better Strangers_ How the American understanding of what human rights are wrecks our ability to stay healthy. ## [The anti-despair reading list (2024 edition)](https://betterstrangers.substack.com/p/the-anti-despair-reading-list-2024) _2024-11-12 · Hersh · Better Strangers_ Oh, great, I guess this is something we still need. ## [Links to make you feel less hopeless](https://betterstrangers.substack.com/p/links-to-make-you-feel-less-hopeless) _2024-11-08 · Hersh · Better Strangers_ The election really sucked. Here's some perspective that can help you stay out of the dark place. ## [ThreatCrush on GitHub (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/kvqeedZko9uC) _2024-11-08 · **Sponsored**_ View the ThreatCrush listing on the GitHub Marketplace. ## ["The worst form of government, except all the others."](https://betterstrangers.substack.com/p/the-worst-form-of-government-except) _2024-11-05 · Hersh · Better Strangers_ Why liberal democracy has failed to take over the world and bestow human rights upon all.