# occupy wall street (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 7 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover occupy wall street. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Price of Silence](https://occupy25.com/2026/08/19/the-price-of-silence/) _2026-08-19 · Dr. Potts · Occupy 2.5_ Silence feels comfortable in the moment, but history shows that its true cost is almost always paid by the generations that follow. ## [Only Slightly Deficient](https://ronnyelliott.blogspot.com/2026/08/only-slightly-deficient.html) _2026-08-13 · ronnyelliott · ronnyelliott_ By the time I got to Paris, Man Ray was gone. Kiki, too. Long gone. Of course it's a beautiful city, just not the magic that I dream of. Key West is certainly a gem. A tropical paradise, indeed. Plenty of debauchery to go around and the fun never stops. I missed the days before waiters could no longer afford rent and Mercedes outnumbered rusty bikes, though. I love New York and the place has… ## [Fear Is the Product](https://occupy25.com/2026/08/12/fear-is-the-product/) _2026-08-12 · Dr. Potts · Occupy 2.5_ Fear has always been the most profitable product authoritarian politics has ever sold, and citizens don't have to keep buying it. ## [Excerpt from the novel-in-progress Faithful Unbeliever](http://radicalcut.blogspot.com/2026/08/excerpt-from-novel-in-progress-faithful.html) _2026-08-11 · Jacob Wren · A Radical Cut In The Texture Of Reality_ . After lunch we all file into the auditorium for the next presentation. There is a long introduction about how the next person who will take the stage is the reason we’re all here. How when, years ago, he was fired from the university, it created a rupture, an opening through which so much of our current thinking so actively flowed. He’s been abroad all of these years, in some sense in exile, and… ## [Confessions of the extremely online.](http://radicalcut.blogspot.com/2026/08/confessions-of-extremely-online.html) _2026-08-09 · Jacob Wren · A Radical Cut In The Texture Of Reality_ . As of today I have posted exactly 2000 times on Instagram . (Confessions of the extremely online.) You can of course find it here . . ## [New Ones and Old Ones](https://ronnyelliott.blogspot.com/2026/08/new-ones-and-old-ones.html) _2026-08-08 · ronnyelliott · ronnyelliott_ Bing had to make way for Sinatra just like ol' blue eyes had to vacate the premises for Elvis. Old dogs get moved out for puppies. Yeah, it's a sad fact of life, especially if you're an old dog. The world doesn't really care what I think about AI. The fact that I find most new cars ugly isn't going to rattle the automobile industry. Wealth inequality? What's new? My opinions matter. They matter to… ## [Democracy Doesn’t Run Itself—It Runs Because We Do](https://occupy25.com/2026/08/06/democracy-doesnt-run-itselfit/) _2026-08-06 · Dr. Potts · Occupy 2.5_ The strongest defense of the 2026 midterm elections is millions of informed citizens who volunteer, participate, and help protect the democratic process in their own communities. ## [You’re Not an Employee](https://occupy25.com/2026/08/05/youre-not-an-employee/) _2026-08-05 · Dr. Potts · Occupy 2.5_ The government doesn't own the American people—the American people hire the government, and Election Day is the ultimate performance review. ## [“...emotions, yearnings, reactions and ambitions which as a result of society’s shortcomings we all share.”](http://radicalcut.blogspot.com/2026/08/emotions-yearnings-reactions-and.html) _2026-08-04 · Jacob Wren · A Radical Cut In The Texture Of Reality_ . “The illusion has been shattered that a work of art has a fixed value: its value is dependent on the creative ability of the onlooker, which in turn is stimulated by the suggestion the work of art arouses. Only living art can activate the creative spirit, and only living art is of general significance. For only living art gives expression to the emotions, yearnings, reactions and ambitions which… ## [The Stars Got In My Eyes](https://ronnyelliott.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-stars-got-in-my-eyes.html) _2026-08-01 · ronnyelliott · ronnyelliott_ Sometimes I get weary of boasting about my quality of life. I'm guessing that if you're back reading this drivel, you've had a bellyful, yourself. If I don't run short of my Crest toothpaste stash, I've got enough of everything that I could possibly want or need to last the rest of my days. While I've never learned to accept the suffering in this world, I have figured out how to embrace the beauty… ## [Retro Grid Dungeon Crawler (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/fDbySYiEqyoX) _2026-08-01 · **Sponsored**_ Retro grid movement with first-person combat, loot and skill-tree progression. ## [Serializing Failure (Instalment #2)](http://radicalcut.blogspot.com/2026/07/serializing-failure-instalment-2.html) _2026-07-31 · Jacob Wren · A Radical Cut In The Texture Of Reality_ . I'm currently serializing my novel-in-progress Failure Finds its Happy End on my Patreon . It is a novel about a person who decides to start an art movement. For the indefinite future all posts will be free content, so there's no reason not to follow (and get a new instalment every month in your inbox.) You can find the second instalment here . . ## [Michael Eddy on Authenticity is a Feeling](http://radicalcut.blogspot.com/2026/07/michael-eddy-on-authenticity-is-feeling.html) _2026-07-30 · Jacob Wren · A Radical Cut In The Texture Of Reality_ . " Authenticity is a Feeling: My Life in PME-ART , by Jacob Wren Wren's book is a sort of biography of his performance art group PME-ART. His account of their work, whose aim is stripping away theatricality and “being yourself in a performance situation,” is therefore an exercise in nonfiction. But putting something in a performative frame or committing it to the printed word involve a… ## [Don't Let Your Coffee Get Cold](https://ronnyelliott.blogspot.com/2026/07/dont-let-your-coffee-get-cold.html) _2026-07-29 · ronnyelliott · ronnyelliott_ It's hard to take any of it seriously, isn't it? Grownups with nuclear weapons waving their holy books, threatening annihilation of civilisations. If one of these lunatics drops the big one and ends it all, so be it. There really is nothing that I can do about any of it. None of my worrying, and I've done plenty, has ever prevented anything. Now, of course, worry and dread and fear don't always… ## [Waiting for Someone Else](https://occupy25.com/2026/07/29/waiting-for-someone-else/) _2026-07-29 · Dr. Potts · Occupy 2.5_ Democracy isn't waiting for a superhero—it survives only when ordinary people stop assuming somebody else will do the work. ## [Trump Is Building His Next Stolen-Election Lie Before the Votes Are Even Cast](https://occupy25.com/2026/07/28/trump-is-building-his-next-stolen-election-lie/) _2026-07-28 · Dr. Potts · Occupy 2.5_ Trump’s revived 2020 election lies appear designed to delegitimize potential Republican losses in 2026 and prepare his followers to resist the constitutional consequences. ## [My Terrains Vacants Brief Summary](http://radicalcut.blogspot.com/2026/07/my-terrains-vacants-brief-summary.html) _2026-07-27 · Jacob Wren · A Radical Cut In The Texture Of Reality_ \[I was recently invited by Écotone - Espace d'expérimentation to be part of their Terrains Vacants residency . I was also asked to write a brief summary of my experience, as follows.\] The first thing I noticed was how quiet it was (during the first moments of my first week: March 23-29, 2026.) I always listen to music when I work – and when I’m not working as well – but I didn’t bring any music. I… ## [Does aging make you impatient?](http://radicalcut.blogspot.com/2026/07/does-aging-make-you-impatient.html) _2026-07-25 · Jacob Wren · A Radical Cut In The Texture Of Reality_ . I don't remember being this impatient when I was younger. Does aging make you impatient? Two things on their way to being finished , and yet I still have to wait. The first record by The Air Contains Honey comes out this November. It's called The Air Contains Honey Sings Quotes . You're going to like it, but you'll have to (impatiently) wait until November (on the other hand, first single out in… ## [Stop Pretending This Is Normal](https://occupy25.com/2026/07/22/stop-pretending-this-is-normal/) _2026-07-22 · Dr. Potts · Occupy 2.5_ Democracy rarely disappears all at once—it disappears when citizens begin treating the abnormal as if it's perfectly normal. ## [Too Old To Cut The Mustard, Young Enough To Lick The Jar](https://ronnyelliott.blogspot.com/2026/07/too-old-to-cut-mustard-young-enough-to.html) _2026-07-21 · ronnyelliott · ronnyelliott_ What I haven't seen at this point hardly matters. I haven't been everywhere, boy, and I surely haven't seen everything. Doesn't matter. It's a perfect world when you know it is and you're lucky when you know you are. I've always shown up in the Key Wests of the world just in time to be told that I should have seen it before. I always wanted to live in Paris, but the Paris of 1930. Not this time,… ## ["Escape Into The Madness" or "So Long, Suckers"](https://ronnyelliott.blogspot.com/2026/07/escape-into-madness-or-so-long-suckers.html) _2026-07-17 · ronnyelliott · ronnyelliott_ It's past time to say anything and everything that I've ever wanted to say. There's really no sign that time is running out other than the calendar, the clock. The concept of Eden or heaven or some utopian fantasy is, more or less, a constant for me. The details bend, stretch and shrink, but the big picture stays pretty much true to form- everybody's kind, everybody's happy. Plenty of four-legged… ## [Crush Every Threat in Real Time (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/du0dAjXyQjMH) _2026-07-17 · **Sponsored**_ One agent for real-time detection, exposure tracking, and active defense. ## [WIELS calls for applications from Canadian artists](http://radicalcut.blogspot.com/2026/07/wiels-calls-for-applications-from.html) _2026-07-16 · Jacob Wren · A Radical Cut In The Texture Of Reality_ . WIELS calls for applications from Canadian artists (Canadian nationals, or those living and working in Canada) for a 6-month residency in Brussels. More info here . . ## [Where the Hell Did Everybody Go?](https://occupy25.com/2026/07/15/where-the-hell-did-everybody-go/) _2026-07-15 · Dr. Potts · Occupy 2.5_ An old Occupier asks why Americans are waiting for Democratic Party permission to protest Trump when the streets, the bottled water, and the reasons for showing up are already there. ## [Chicago Knew My Name Looks Back at the City and the Boy Who Once Walked Its Streets](https://occupy25.com/2026/07/15/chicago-knew-my-name-looks-back-at-the-city-and-the-boy-who-once-walked-its-streets/) _2026-07-15 · Dr. Potts · Occupy 2.5_ Cliff Potts & the AI Rebellion release Chicago Knew My Name, a deeply personal song reflecting on growing up in Chicago and the realization that what we often miss is not the city itself, but the person we were when we lived there. ## [Three lines from Failure Finds its Happy End](http://radicalcut.blogspot.com/2026/07/two-lines-from-failure-finds-its-happy.html) _2026-07-12 · Jacob Wren · A Radical Cut In The Texture Of Reality_ . “We were trying to make a very public society, but no one paid attention, so it ended up being a secret society.” “In the end we thought maybe our manifesto could be a manifesto of questions.” “There are so many injustices in the world, you could speak out against them twenty-four hours a day for the rest of your life and still not have nearly enough time.” \* All three lines are from my… ## [Olivia Laing Quote](http://radicalcut.blogspot.com/2026/07/olivia-laing-quote.html) _2026-07-12 · Jacob Wren · A Radical Cut In The Texture Of Reality_ . “The plants themselves encoded something utopian for me, a vision of how the world ought to be. At the same time I had a disinclination to act so powerful it felt ordained. It wasn’t just laziness; it was a sense of the pointlessness of human effort, that almost every action had some damaging consequence, and that it was better to simply let things be. \[…\] Staying power had come later, in my… ## [Get Victorian with me](https://writingball.blogspot.com/2026/07/get-victorian-with-me.html) _2026-07-11 · Richard P · The Typewriter Revolution blog_ This is a typewriter typeface?? Yes! It's listed in a 1939 Varityper catalogue as “Diacritical”— but I think a better name for it is “Varityper Ornate.” Want to type with it? You can. It’s a new free download from the fonts section of The Classic Typewriter Page . Psst: Here's the whole catalogue , helpfully scanned by Brian D. ## [Loose Change, Loose Morals](https://ronnyelliott.blogspot.com/2026/07/loose-change-loose-morals.html) _2026-07-10 · ronnyelliott · ronnyelliott_ It occurs to me that every breath is different from the one before. Under a microscope each grain of sand is a completely unique, fascinating work of art, exquisite in its originality. Ants enslave aphids and we have no idea of the scale of the universe, this one or any other. Yet, I met Elvis. I've known all these dogs. I'll have dinner with Kate again. If this isn't nice, what is?… ## ["...even more immediacy, connection, and public life in art and in performance."](http://radicalcut.blogspot.com/2026/07/even-more-immediacy-connection-and.html) _2026-07-09 · Jacob Wren · A Radical Cut In The Texture Of Reality_ . "And I’ve always had such a difficult, conflicted relationship with performing. All of the things you say are true: I do like the immediacy, connection, and the idea of a public life that are embodied in the act of performance. And, at the same time, I’m disappointed that I haven’t been able to find or create even more immediacy, connection, and public life in art and in performance. There is a… ## [Typewriter ribbon inking machine](https://writingball.blogspot.com/2026/07/typewriter-ribbon-inking-machine.html) _2026-07-06 · Richard P · The Typewriter Revolution blog_ Now that Charlene Oesch of Baco Ribbons has passed away, many in the typosphere have been wondering what will become of her rare typewriter-inking equipment. I can report that it will not be junked; there is a likely buyer, and there are back-up takers in the wings. Now whoever gets these machines will just have to figure out how to run them—because Charlene never wrote up instructions or filmed… ## [Ambition Has Always Been So Overrated](https://ronnyelliott.blogspot.com/2026/07/ambition-has-always-been-so-overrated.html) _2026-07-05 · ronnyelliott · ronnyelliott_ Oh, I live a lazy man's life. Folks back home ask if I've retired. From what? I haven't played since a house concert in Tampa, next to last visit. I picked up a guitar this morning. Felt about as familiar as if I had fondled an oboe. Now, for whatever reason, I'm thinking about writing a book. Actually, I've had this story idea for several years- I've just run out of excuses to keep from writing.… ## [Dissecting Series A Rounds (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/hcIW2RO4L0XI) _2026-07-05 · **Sponsored**_ Two real Series A cases: timelines, investor sequencing, and common founder mistakes. ## [Independence Day: an excerpt from Evertype](https://writingball.blogspot.com/2026/07/independence-day-excerpt-from-evertype.html) _2026-07-04 · Richard P · The Typewriter Revolution blog_ From my novel Evertype . Illustration by Trent Reker . ## [A double gothic font](https://writingball.blogspot.com/2026/06/a-double-gothic-font.html) _2026-06-30 · Richard P · The Typewriter Revolution blog_ For all you goths out there ... Now available on The Classic Typewriter Page . ## [That's How They All Wind Up](https://ronnyelliott.blogspot.com/2026/06/thats-how-they-all-wind-up.html) _2026-06-29 · ronnyelliott · ronnyelliott_ Another one of those stories that I've told you a hundred times- my mom took me to the armory in Tampa to see The Biggest Rock'n'Roll Show of '56. Biggest event in my nine year old life! Bo Diddley. Big Joe Turner. The Drifters, who happened to bring along Clyde McPhatter, home on leave in his army uniform. LaVern Baker. Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers. The Platters. The Teen Queens. Great goodness!… ## [Interview with Ralph Nader](https://writingball.blogspot.com/2026/06/interview-with-ralph-nader.html) _2026-06-29 · Richard P · The Typewriter Revolution blog_ Ralph Nader (born 1934, still active today) is a consumer advocate and political leader who interviewed me for his radio show in 2016. Typospherian Elizabeth L. kindly typed up the following transcript recently and shared it with me. Source: Ralph Nader Radio Hour, January 24, 2016 (starts at 43:16, ends 57:44) Discussion with Richard Polt, author of The Typewriter Revolution ANNOUNCER/STEVE: Now,… ## [one big project per year](http://radicalcut.blogspot.com/2026/06/one-big-project-per-year.html) _2026-06-28 · Jacob Wren · A Radical Cut In The Texture Of Reality_ . Somehow my life has organized itself into one big project per year: 2026: The very first record by The Air Contains Honey 2027: My next novel Desire Without Expectation 2028: The new PME-ART show How Does Change Happen? (All of these projects somehow make me very nervous for very different reasons.) . ## [Xenia type-in](https://writingball.blogspot.com/2026/06/xenia-type-in.html) _2026-06-28 · Richard P · The Typewriter Revolution blog_ Trevor Brumfield at work: Two big '70s Royals ... but the one on the left is really an Adler. Absorbed in a Voss (formerly mine, now Gery's): Fabulous decals designed by Erin Williams: Erin's Torpedo was made in West Germany and sold in Hong Kong: ## [Keep doing the same thing versus Try doing something new.](http://radicalcut.blogspot.com/2026/06/keep-doing-same-thing-versus-try-doing.html) _2026-06-27 · Jacob Wren · A Radical Cut In The Texture Of Reality_ . Keep doing the same thing versus Try doing something new . I wrote this down after seeing The Ex play a few nights ago. I had this feeling that they just keep doing the same thing and it just keeps on being good. That for them "doing the same thing" might be the right choice. But I'm not sure. I don't know enough about The Ex enough to know that they keep doing the same thing. And definitely,… ## [Don't Disappoint Me](https://ronnyelliott.blogspot.com/2026/06/dont-disappoint-me.html) _2026-06-27 · ronnyelliott · ronnyelliott_ So often I feel like Charlie trying to kick the football that Lucy's holding. I fell, totally, for the peace and love thing. I find myself hopeful every time any peace agreement is announced. Oh, I'm not complaining, not really. Lose hope and you're done, I suppose. Give us peace on earth and end this dreadful, dreadful war. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK7dNU\_8myA ## [The Manifesto in Uruguay](https://writingball.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-manifesto-in-uruguay.html) _2026-06-25 · Richard P · The Typewriter Revolution blog_ On Typewriter Day (June 23), a typospherian in Uruguay who prefers to remain anonymous took the initiative to leave typewritten notes of encouragement in public places. Here's an example: "When troubles overwhelm you and challenging clouds threaten you on the horizon, don't forget that after every storm there always comes the calm. Happy World Typewriter Day! June 23, 2026." He also put up his… ## [Kawai Shen Quote](http://radicalcut.blogspot.com/2026/06/kawai-shen-quote.html) _2026-06-24 · Jacob Wren · A Radical Cut In The Texture Of Reality_ . “Despite the suspension of norms in the mosh pit and the lifting of prohibitions on exercising aggression and violence, moshing was never a free-for-all. Like any social endeavour, there were unwritten rules of conduct. Entering a new millennium ushered in by forest fires, warmongering, and a global pandemic, I repeat to myself the lessons I’ve learned. Grasp the hands of the fallen so they are… ## [Things haven't gone quite how I planned...](http://radicalcut.blogspot.com/2026/06/things-havent-gone-quite-how-i-planned.html) _2026-06-23 · Jacob Wren · A Radical Cut In The Texture Of Reality_ . An update on my attempt to start a Patreon (and the book I'm writing to procrastinate working on the other book that I'm supposed to be finishing.) . ## [An interview with Charlene Oesch, typewriter ribbon manufacturer](https://writingball.blogspot.com/2026/06/an-interview-with-charlene-oesch.html) _2026-06-22 · Richard P · The Typewriter Revolution blog_ Many typists, including me, were sad to learn that Charlene Oesch died recently. Her small business, Baco Ribbons, was my go-to source; I used hundreds if not thousands of her nylon ribbons on Underwood-style spools, as well as several big rolls and some specialty items: she could provide narrow ribbons for adding machines, toy typewriters, and more. Baco was not the last typewriter ribbon… ## [Some favourite records of 2026 (so far)](http://radicalcut.blogspot.com/2026/06/some-favourite-records-of-2026-so-far.html) _2026-06-17 · Jacob Wren · A Radical Cut In The Texture Of Reality_ . \[I do a list at the end of every year . And sometimes I also do a shorter list in the middle. Not all of these records were released this year, but this was the year I heard and enjoyed them.\] Dijon – Baby Titanic – HAGEN Setting – Setting keiyaA – hooke’s law Nadah El Shazly – Laini Tani Maurice Louca – Barĩy (Fera) برٌِي Chyna Baejing and Boneweso – BAEJING BALLAD mary sue, bloomcycle – Self… ## [Recovering the platen on a Fox 23](https://writingball.blogspot.com/2026/06/recovering-platen-on-fox-23.html) _2026-06-16 · Richard P · The Typewriter Revolution blog_ The Fox Typewriter Co. of Grand Rapids produced some of the finest and most beautiful typewriters ever ( much more here ). I have the good fortune to own a lovely Fox no. 23, made in 1908 and still in near-mint condition, with a few exceptions. Its typebar rests, consisting of leather-wrapped sand, became brittle ; its feet are squashed; its fragile ribbon vibrator broke and has been repaired with… ## [Some favourite books of 2026 (so far)](http://radicalcut.blogspot.com/2026/06/some-favourite-books-of-2026-so-far.html) _2026-06-14 · Jacob Wren · A Radical Cut In The Texture Of Reality_ . \[I do a list at the end of every year . And sometimes I also do a shorter list in the middle. Not all of these books were published this year, but this was the year I read and enjoyed them.\] Sofia Mostaghimi – Desperada Michael Eddy – Koh-i-Noor Kawai Shen – Wavering Futures Patrick Cottrell – Afternoon Hours of a Hermit Makenna Goodman – Helen of Nowhere Mohamed Mbougar Sarr – The Most Secret… ## [Calling it quits](https://writingball.blogspot.com/2026/06/a-tech-guy-decides-to-call-it-quits.html) _2026-06-05 · Richard P · The Typewriter Revolution blog_ A tech guy decides to call it quits. Thanks to Mark Hurst of Techtonic for pointing me to this post . ## [Ten years of Rich and Poor](http://radicalcut.blogspot.com/2026/05/ten-years-of-rich-and-poor.html) _2026-05-28 · Jacob Wren · A Radical Cut In The Texture Of Reality_ . Thinking about how my novel Rich and Poor came out in 2016, which is now ten years ago. (And, thanks to Luigi Mangione, it has even started selling again.) \* “I will kill him. It will solve nothing and help no one, but for me at least, it will bring something to an end. The poor must kill the rich, one at a time, at every opportunity. One man kills another and the message is clear, your wealth… ## [Springtime typewriter safari](https://writingball.blogspot.com/2026/05/springtime-typewriter-safari.html) _2026-05-26 · Richard P · The Typewriter Revolution blog_ I just reduced my typewriters by about 2/3: in approximate numbers, I sold 100 machines and gave away 100 parts machines, leaving 100 in my collection. But of course that doesn't mean I'm not interested in typewriters anymore! It's still fun to go on safari and see what there is to be found in the "wild" of the local antique mall. This morning was a great time to do that, right after getting… ## [Oliver Fugler Quote](http://radicalcut.blogspot.com/2026/05/oliver-fugler-quote.html) _2026-05-25 · Jacob Wren · A Radical Cut In The Texture Of Reality_ . “Many of our biggest blunders have occurred when trying to keep pace with the industry, when applying pressure that one or many of us can’t bear. Commonly, publishers are portrayed as deadline fiends, hounding willy-nilly artists for their work, and with any extra pressure on any one of the parties, the cycle stutters and heaves. A disability justice lens, and its rhetorical influence on and… ## [MKE typewriter](https://writingball.blogspot.com/2026/05/mke-typewriter.html) _2026-05-19 · Richard P · The Typewriter Revolution blog_ This megadoodle by yours truly appears on the cover of the new QWERTY Quarterly , the official publication of QWERTYFEST MKE. (The decal on the paper table represents the Milwaukee Art Museum .) It should be available soon on Etsy .