Episode 153: Times Wars, Episode IX: The Normies Strike Back

Pictured: a 15-minute city in New England or something. Image courtesy of Getty.

During the spring of 2023, I was celebrating a Blocked & Reported meetup in California and found myself within the queer seaport of El Segundo. Deep in thought on the reaction to the Times letter and how, for once, the journalists appeared to be triumphing over the activists, my thoughts were interrupted by a strange voice.

“Hello”, one of the locals said. It appeared bizarre, as if he went outside and bathed regularly. “How do you do?” asked another, and I turned to see they had me surrounded. Unnerved by these strange normies, I began to flee for my life, but fell flat on my face. “Estás bien?” one called out in a strange, eldritch tongue as I sprinted to my car, only to realize to my horror that my keys were gone.

I turned to see the normie advancing, my keys in hand. Within a window, I spotted a tome with the word “recetas” and realized the horrifying truth — this town was occupied by Great Reset cultists! No doubt they attempted to ambush me and inject me with their foul mRNA vaccines. I pushed over another normie as I fled on foot, sweat and blood dripping down my face. In an attempt to flee my pursuers, I made three left turns in a row, only to find myself face to face with the same townsfolk — how had they found me so quickly? Now surrounded by a crowd of normies staring at me, I jumped into the sea and began to swim away.

This is a warning to the rest of humanity: pay heed to the good Dr. Peterson’s warnings… or the same fate may befall us all.

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Updates and Errata

Katie amplifying Asyakhamsin’s post

Katie Herzog @kittypurrzog

Please be real

asyakhamsin @asyakhamsin1

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Sam Brinton’s appearance in court

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/nonbinary-former-nuclear-official-in-court-for-theft-charges

What’s Making Teen Girls So Unhappy?

Ross Douthat: American Teens Are Really Miserable. Why?

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/18/opinion/depression-teen-social.html

15-Minute Cities: Walkable Neighborhoods or Fascism?

Oxford’s experiment with low-traffic neighborhoods

https://oxfordshireguardian.co.uk/oxford-15-minute-city-low-traffic-neighbourhood-ltn/

Vision News: Oxfordshire County Council Pass Climate Lockdown 'trial' to Begin in 2024

https://archive.md/PTxp7#selection-467.0-467.73

The WEF on the Great Reset

https://www.weforum.org/great-reset/

Jordan Peterson weighs in on 15-minute cities

Dr Jordan B Peterson @jordanbpeterson

The idea that neighborhoods should be walkable is lovely. The idea that idiot tyrannical bureaucrats can decide by fiat where you're "allowed" to drive is perhaps the worst imaginable perversion of that idea--and, make no mistake, it's part of a well-documented plan.

DonKeiller @KeillerDon

It’s already happening…. #GreatReset #JailSchwab https://t.co/VcdUJ6hGc7 https://t.co/t9J6KclDIi

Keith Olbermann’s response, astute as ever

Keith Olbermann @KeithOlbermann

@jordanbpeterson Calm down, fuckface

Nigel Farage compares them to climate lockdowns

Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage

The climate change lockdowns are coming.

dailymail.co.ukPlans to stop cars travelling between neighbourhoods press aheadA ‘draconian’ plan to stop people driving between neighbourhoods in Canterbury has come under fire for banning ‘free movement’ as it is approved for consultation.

Katie Hopkins on TikTok, speaking on 15-minute cities

https://www.tiktok.com/discover/Katie-Hopkins-Official-15-minute-cities?lang=en

The right’s response to Greta Thunberg “destroys the dystopian reality of 15-min cities”

New World Odor™ @hugh_mankind

Move over, Greta! This 12 yr old girl destroys the dystopian reality of 15-min cities. “How dare you steal my childhood and my future, and the future of all children, by enslaving us in your crazy digital surveillance prison.” FULL Oxford, UK protest: bit.ly/3Ekbjxb

Back To The Times

Vanity Fair on the drama between The Times and the staff union

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/02/new-york-times-journalists-letter-guild

“Ex-NYT Staffer Describes ‘Crying’ and ‘Bloodthirsty’ Colleagues Seeking Vengeance for Cotton Op-Ed”

https://www.mediaite.com/print/i-was-so-fcking-freaked-out-ex-nyt-staffer-describes-crying-and-bloodthirsty-colleagues-seeking-vengeance-for-cotton-op-ed/

Jesse on the latest developments in The Times Wars

You Should Think Through The Positions You Hold

The vibe, as they say, has shifted

Jesse asks Mirkinson for an example, to no avail

Jesse Singal @jessesingal

.@jackmirkinson, I mean this with all sincerity: Provide a single screencapped example of any of the Times staffers mentioned in the letter exhibiting a failure to "treat trans people like human beings" in anything they've written. Just one! This should be an easy task.

Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson

ok so for these NYT journalists it's "activism" to demand that trans people be treated like human beings in news coverage but "journalism" to raise questions about the humanity of trans people. anyone else see an issue there? https://t.co/lwPiSUJB4e https://t.co/VceaJyYXs8

Wesley Lowery weighs in