Author: Voluntary Japan
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Snake Oil
(Composed after picking up 17 masks littered on the ground on a 4-mile run, then watching the near-automatons at the station bump into each other, then seeing a literal station employee, complete with hi-vis yellow vest and on the clock at work, block a walkway to crouch down and play a “Candy Crush,” Tetris-type mobile…
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What If… (Points of Poison)
What if “The Plague” was always bullshit, just like we’ve now proven the “COVID” narrative to be? What if it was a poisoning of wells, amongst other terrorist acts, as many at that time believed (and unfortunately retaliated against too blindly, killing innocent people), for what must have been at least partially compelling reasons? What…
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BLOG UPDATES: Music, Running, Writing!
New post on my running blog! https://rlahey.substack.com/p/shiojiri-shoegaze-run-video-music New music released in collaboration with BigV of the Tokyo Bitcoin Cash Meetup! https://soundcloud.com/tokyobchradio My latest work at Cryptopolitan can be read here! https://www.cryptopolitan.com/crypto-crowdfunded-medical-journal-seeks-to-revolutionize-access-to-scientific-studies/
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To Friends and Family: An Apology and an Explanation
Beneath almost all anger there is sadness. It’s been no different in my case. In the past 3 months or so, three separate people — friends and family — have told me I am “bitter,” “negative,” and that my words are “vile.” While I disagree with a lot of these generalizations, I also understand that…
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‘Get the Memo’ – New, original song co-written with a friend, about not mindlessly following the herd.
What a treat it’s been to work on this song over the past month or so. Recorded at a top-secret location in Voluntary Japan, the concept is the brainchild of my good friend V from the Tokyo Bitcoin Cash Meetup, and the songwriting and music/production was done by myself and the Nite Owl Works crew.…
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Note (76) Ryōkan’s Hangover
Half-cocked running down the road in “crocs” — unplanned Once a Wheatfield boy, always *** When you’re drunk each little moment becomes enough Like being a child again But not quite. *** I like to think of Ryōkan hungover the poems people never talk about those that were never published Cherry blossoms falling on a…
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Update from Voluntary Japan on a 6-Mile Walk Home After a Festive Earthquake
STATE OF THE ONION ADDRESS. STATE OF THEY ONION: They are still round and taste good on sandwiches. Hello errrbody. As I am coming up on 15 years (15years!?) here in Voluntary Japan, I wanted to make a little video detailing how things are going and how I see Japan changing. Some negative observations, but…
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Cheers from Voluntary Japan
To the voluntaryists out there insistent on actually applying the golden rule to everything in life, and not making convenient exceptions in the name of politics or religion: Thank you. Cheers to you. There is no pawning off of responsibility, ultimately. If we want the world to become better, we cannot wait for a president,…
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Watching your family support genocide sucks
I have watched members of my family sink into supporting genocide. There is no way to talk about it. They ask for proof. I send loads of proof. “But Hamas!” …. I send proof and open admissions from Israeli officials that “Hamas” is a creation of the Israeli state. That the state their knew about…
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Sakuragi
When I’m feeling really busted, this tree, nature, still makes sense. Makes me feel less alone and heals me a bit when I really just wanna fucking give up. This tree doesn’t watch FOX or CNN, it doesn’t worry about 6-year-old fake disease scares, or support ongoing genocides. It doesn’t care about Jeff Bezos or…
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