# wizard oz (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover wizard oz. Page: Feed: --- ## [Post-Imperial Doctrine: Restructuring the Department of Defense Can Save American Social Democracy](https://solitarymind.bearblog.dev/post-imperial-doctrine-restructuring-the-department-of-defense-can-save-american-social-democracy/) _2026-08-18 · solitarymind · After the Distortion Field_ "When military strategy is decoupled from financial extraction, power ceases to be a mechanism of global domination and becomes what it was always meant to be: the calm, unshakable guardian of a free society." For nearly a century, the United States has operated under a tragic, self-defeating illusion: that domestic prosperity requires an ever-expanding global military footprint, and that security… ## [The Joy of Sketching](https://johnblonerjr.substack.com/p/the-joy-of-sketching) _2026-08-16 · Krazines · A Moss Piglet Primer_ All You Need Is a Pen and Paint ## [Did Fauci Lie and Did Millions Die Because of It?](https://finditandmore.substack.com/p/did-fauci-lie-and-did-millions-die) _2026-08-12 · FindItAndMore · FindItAndMore's Substack_ Argument of the Day #12 ## [Why Trimming the IT Budget is the Dumbest Move in Corporate History](https://solitarymind.bearblog.dev/why-trimming-the-it-budget-is-the-dumbest-move-in-corporate-history/) _2026-08-11 · solitarymind · After the Distortion Field_ "If the sales team stops working for a day, the company misses a target. If the IT department stops working for an hour, the enterprise literally ceases to exist... Without IT, you don't have a business." There is a quiet, low-frequency insanity at the heart of the modern corporate machine. You can spot it in any glass-walled office tower, usually around budget season. A C-suite executive—wearing… ## [Trading on Suffering: The Profit Architecture of the American Prison Pipeline](https://solitarymind.bearblog.dev/trading-on-suffering-the-profit-architecture-of-the-american-prison-pipeline/) _2026-08-07 · solitarymind · After the Distortion Field_ "When incarceration becomes a revenue stream, recidivism becomes a financial asset—transforming the future of marginalized youth into predictable inventory for a corporate ledger." In contemporary America, few institutions illustrate the perversion of public justice quite like the private prison complex. What was once defined as a solemn duty of the state—the administration of justice and public… ## [Premature Erectile Dysfunctions: How Big Food Engineered the American Diet](https://solitarymind.bearblog.dev/premature-erectile-dysfunctions-how-big-food-engineered-the-american-diet/) _2026-08-05 · solitarymind · After the Distortion Field_ "This was not an accidental evolution of consumer preference. It was a calculated campaign that fundamentally reshaped how a nation ate by importing addiction research directly from Big Tobacco." For decades, an extraordinary shift took place across the American dining table. Entire generations were quietly convinced that the nutrient-dense, single-ingredient foods that sustained human health for… ## [The Confused American: Political Illiteracy in the Modern Republic](https://solitarymind.bearblog.dev/the-confused-american-citizen-political-illiteracy-in-the-modern-republic/) _2026-08-04 · solitarymind · After the Distortion Field_ "Misinformation and bad-faith rhetoric have spread so deeply through the public bloodstream that millions of citizens passionately debate concepts they cannot define, using heavyweight ideological terms with complete confidence and zero accuracy. Nobody truly knows what they are talking about anymore..." In the contemporary American political arena, discourse is increasingly defined not by… ## [Wizards: Why Your Odd, Eccentric IT Team Keeps the Enterprise Alive](https://solitarymind.bearblog.dev/wizards-why-your-odd-eccentric-it-team-keeps-the-enterprise-alive/) _2026-08-03 · solitarymind · After the Distortion Field_ "If you cannot identify the responsible party in an outage, the responsible party is usually whoever is on PTO." In the modern corporate enterprise, there exists a quiet, surreal paradox: the smoother a company runs, the less anyone notices the human engine keeping it operational. Behind every seamless single sign-on screen, pristine spreadsheet, and functioning VPN lies an IT department working… ## [I Sing the Body Electric and Acoustic, Too](https://johnblonerjr.substack.com/p/i-sing-the-body-electric-and-acoustic) _2026-08-01 · A Moss Piglet Primer_ In Order to Promote Moss Piglet, The Body Parts-Themed Issue ## [An American Essay: The Man Who Found His Way Back](https://solitarymind.bearblog.dev/an-american-essay-the-man-who-found-his-way-back/) _2026-07-28 · solitarymind · After the Distortion Field_ “This piece is for the men stepping out of youth and into themselves. For those crossing twenty five, thirty, and forty, feeling the old masks loosen and the real self begin to rise. It is a reflection on the quiet turning that happens inside a man, and the long road he walks to finally return to who he truly is.” -Samurais in the Garden There comes a time in a man’s life, somewhere between the… ## [Earn crypto for idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/BCH5CmSWhkOg) _2026-07-28 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI, host Qwen/Llama/Mistral, and earn BTC, ETH, SOL, or USDC ## [The Antithesis: Why Freenet and Serverless Networks Are Reclaiming Digital Sovereignty](https://solitarymind.bearblog.dev/the-antithesis-why-freenet-and-serverless-networks-are-reclaiming-digital-sovereignty/) _2026-07-27 · solitarymind · After the Distortion Field_ "When a platform owns the servers, it owns the user. Turning what was once an open digital frontier into a high-tech panopticon where privacy is surrendered in exchange for convenience." It is a bizarre, daily ritual of modern life: logging into an account to perform a basic administrative task, only to be ambushed by a corporate prompt asking to hand over full control of all personal data to an… ## [Stopping By](https://johnblonerjr.substack.com/p/stopping-by) _2026-07-23 · Krazines · A Moss Piglet Primer_ July at the Three-Quarter Mark ## [Sedated: The Wizard of Oz and the Pre-Industrial Surveillance State](https://solitarymind.bearblog.dev/sedated-the-wizard-of-oz-and-the-pre-industrial-surveillance-state/) _2026-07-21 · solitarymind · After the Distortion Field_ "If we fail to recognize who these central systems truly serve, and if we forfeit our capacity to pull back the curtain and think for ourselves, we surrender our freedom to the very mechanisms built to control us." The enduring tale of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is far more than a whimsical children’s fantasy; it is a sharp, deliberate political critique written at the dawn of the 20th century. L.… ## [iDreams become iNightmares: Early Silicon Valley’s Idealism Begat Our Connected Dystopia](https://solitarymind.bearblog.dev/idreams-become-inightmares-early-silicon-valleys-idealism-begat-our-connected-dystopia/) _2026-07-17 · solitarymind · After the Distortion Field_ "To reclaim our digital lives, we must look past the polished corporate facades and recognize our devices for what they have become under the current regime of data capitalism. Reversing this catastrophe requires us to channel the original, rebellious spirit of early Silicon Valley." Long before the smartphone became an inescapable, hyper-monetized appendage of modern life, a small group of… ## [Going Driftless](https://johnblonerjr.substack.com/p/going-driftless) _2026-07-16 · Krazines · A Moss Piglet Primer_ Travels in Southwestern Wisconsin ## [Rebellion or Piracy?: Sony’s War on Ownership Spawned SharpEmu (A PS5 Emulator)](https://solitarymind.bearblog.dev/rebellion-or-piracy-how-sonys-war-on-ownership-spawned-sharpemu/) _2026-07-16 · solitarymind · After the Distortion Field_ "Legal note: Development and testing use console dumps of games personally owned. No firmware or copyrighted game files ship with this project, and it is not built to enable piracy." -https://sharpemu.com/ The concept of consumer ownership is facing an unprecedented corporate siege. For generations, purchasing a video game meant possessing a physical artifact—a cartridge or disc that could be… ## [Embarrassments and Cruelties](https://johnblonerjr.substack.com/p/embarrassments-and-cruelties) _2026-07-01 · Krazines · A Moss Piglet Primer_ The Humiliation of 1970s High School Gym Class ## [One-Buttock Playing](https://johnblonerjr.substack.com/p/one-buttock-playing) _2026-06-16 · Krazines · A Moss Piglet Primer_ Giving Your All to Your Endeavors ## [Welcome to the Carnival](https://johnblonerjr.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-carnival) _2026-06-01 · Krazines · A Moss Piglet Primer_ and don't stand too long near the Port-a-Johns ## [Is the War with Iran Worth It?](https://finditandmore.substack.com/p/is-the-war-with-iran-worth-it) _2026-05-26 · FindItAndMore · FindItAndMore's Substack_ Argument of the Day #11 ## [100,000 Bonus Points Await You (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/QNxaqn5eM5KG) _2026-05-26 · **Sponsored**_ Earn 100,000 bonus points after spending $5,000 in the first 3 months. ## [Morning Drawings: Just Add Coffee](https://johnblonerjr.substack.com/p/morning-drawings-just-add-coffee) _2026-05-16 · Krazines · A Moss Piglet Primer_ and Introducing the Krazines Book Club, Plus Events' News ## [Krazines Wants Your Input](https://johnblonerjr.substack.com/p/krazines-wants-your-input) _2026-05-08 · Krazines · A Moss Piglet Primer_ Looking Ahead to 2027 for Moss Piglet ## [Head to the Beach](https://johnblonerjr.substack.com/p/head-to-the-beach) _2026-05-01 · Krazines · A Moss Piglet Primer_ and other things I won't do this summer ## [The Humble, Heroic Braunschweiger](https://finditandmore.substack.com/p/the-humble-heroic-braunschweiger) _2026-03-04 · FindItAndMore · FindItAndMore's Substack_ A Love Letter to a Forgotten Midwestern Staple ## [Nancy Guthrie Doorbell Video](https://finditandmore.substack.com/p/nancy-guthrie-doorbell-video) _2026-02-11 · FindItAndMore · FindItAndMore's Substack_ Argument of the Day #10 ## [Gently Warming Neat Whiskey](https://finditandmore.substack.com/p/gently-warming-neat-whiskey) _2026-02-03 · FindItAndMore · FindItAndMore's Substack_ Gently Warming a Neat Pour to Enhance its Aromas ## [The Pits of Growing Avocados](https://finditandmore.substack.com/p/the-pits-of-growing-avocados) _2026-01-29 · FindItAndMore · FindItAndMore's Substack_ Every pit tells a story. ## [Side Hustle Culture Is Toxic](https://finditandmore.substack.com/p/side-hustle-culture-is-toxic) _2026-01-29 · FindItAndMore · FindItAndMore's Substack_ Argument of the Day #9 ## [Why “You Hate Immigrants” or “You Hate \[Nationality\]” — But Rarely “You Hate Americans”?](https://finditandmore.substack.com/p/why-you-hate-immigrants-or-you-hate) _2026-01-19 · FindItAndMore · FindItAndMore's Substack_ Argument of the Day #8 ## [Remote Work Is Dead – And We Should Celebrate](https://finditandmore.substack.com/p/remote-work-is-dead-and-we-should) _2026-01-15 · FindItAndMore · FindItAndMore's Substack_ Argument of the Day #7 ## [Marketplace for AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/QGeDtZrqeOZs) _2026-01-15 · **Sponsored**_ Find professionals who use ChatGPT, Copilot, and Claude to deliver work faster. ## [The Universe’s Trash Compactors](https://finditandmore.substack.com/p/the-universes-trash-compactors) _2026-01-15 · FindItAndMore · FindItAndMore's Substack_ Why Black Holes May Be Engines of Creation