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Agriculture Book Club Climate Change Collapse of Democracy/Civilization/etc. Late Stage Capitalism

Review of “An Inconvenient Apocalypse”

The book that’s making the rounds among senior leadership at WLBOTT is An Inconvenient Apocalypse: Environmental Collapse, Climate Crisis, and the Fate of Humanity by Professors Wes Jackson and Robert Jensen. Confronting harsh ecological realities and the multiple cascading crises facing our world today, An Inconvenient Apocalypse argues that humanity’s future will be defined not […]

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Adventures of the Elders Late Stage Capitalism Work-Life Balance

The Biz Cards are In! (part I of II)

Today, Tuesday September 10th, 2024, is a very big day. The US presidential debate is this evening (8:00pm TexTime). Without exaggeration, the following are at stake: The fate of the planet is literally in the hands of “undecided voters.” How can anyone be undecided at this point? WLBOTT acknowledges the gravity of today’s debate, but […]

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Curated Absurdity Late Stage Capitalism Shareholder Value WLBOTT Corporate

Goodbye Chicken Entrails, Hello WLBOTT!

Prior to the digital era, mankind had to resort to various iffy techniques for divining God’s will: But now we live in the age of reason. Come on, people, this is the 20th 21st century! So…. in the past we were confined to reading tea leaves, chicken entrails (ewww), gazing at the stars…. to divine the […]

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Late Stage Capitalism The Criminal Justice System WLBOTT Corporate

Credit Card Fraud: Twine Force Midnight

Yesterday, our Corporate HQ telecommunications system received a text alert from the credit card company. Weird charges on our credit card. The big, bad charge was for over $3,500, paid to a large corporate entity that collects rents and distributes the money to landlords. Then the crooks decided to celebrate and order $48 from a […]

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Collapse of Democracy/Civilization/etc. Current Events Late Stage Capitalism WLBOTT Corporate

WLBOTT Responds to the Market Crash

Angry crowds descended upon WLBOTT headquarters yesterday following the dramatic stock market decline. The crowd was made up of outside agitators, disaffected unpaid WLBOTT interns, former Crowdstrike QA engineers, and frustrated Olympic hopefuls. CFO Report Our CFO reported on our corporate holdings following yesterday’s collapse. Gentle people- as your CFO, I felt the need to […]

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Animal Kingdom Curated Absurdity Late Stage Capitalism WLBOTT Corporate

Commodius Rex

WLBOTT is constantly exploring new ideas to increase shareholder value. The latest from our marketing team: Commodius Rex: The King of Toilets. Commondius Rex: Luxury befitting a king, tyrants, dictators, republican Supreme Court Justices, and/or anyone with absolute immunity.

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Current Events Late Stage Capitalism WLBOTT Corporate Work-Life Balance

WLBOTT Brings Down the Internet

Ladies and Gents – I believe WLBOTT needs to take responsibility for cratering the internet vs CrowdStrike. I think our post about anchovies directed so much traffic to our site, that the internet Floundered from all the Carping. Some on the internet want to put our heads on a Pike, but we can redeem ourselves […]

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California Late Stage Capitalism Music

Taxi

Here’s my third attempt at a BLOTT today. I woke up so angry (collapse of civilization, etc.) that the first BLOTT was basically a long, tedious screed / scream into the void / etc. The second BLOTT has merit, but will take a lot of research (well, what passes as research at WLBOTT). It will […]

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Curated Absurdity Domestic Tranquility Late Stage Capitalism Oh, Grow Up!

Kids, Cows, and Air Raid Sirens

I was sad to hear that the author of one of my favorite books, “How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen so Kids Will Talk” had recently passed away. Adele Faber‘s book is a must-read for anyone interested in communicating with other human beings (kids being a subset of that class). One of […]

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Animal Kingdom Book Club Late Stage Capitalism Movies

Queequeg

I have fond memories of reading Moby Dick in high school. Our wonderful English teacher Miss Hillshire walked us through it, and introduced us to the concept of “megalomania.” One of the scenes that stuck most in my memory (maybe because it was right at the beginning?) was when Queequeg, a wild Polynesian harpooner covered […]