
1532 || why you can't argue with a BFA
Bad Faith Actors (or BFA's) don't give a fuck about the argument itself, they're playing a very different game altogether.PROBLEM #1: The point is: You cannot win because the game is rigged and the po...
7 Aug 20259min

1531 || discipline vs. devotion || a special patreon preview
Tune into the full episode on Patreon: www.patreon.com/MYDBpodcastResources for Resisting a Coup: https://makeyourdamnbed.medium.com/practical-guides-to-resisting-a-coup-b44571b9ad66SUPPORT Julie (a...
6 Aug 20259min

1530 || brandolini's law
fascists don't give a shit about facts, logic, or reality. They only care about framing their narrative as legitimate, and as soon as you engage with them, you lose. "A lie can travel half way around ...
5 Aug 20258min

1529 || the how + why of bad faith actors
BFA's are hell bent on preserving their identity, and they'd rather avoid reality completely than address the contradictions in theirs. Trolls don't care about reality at all, as long as they can enga...
4 Aug 20258min

1528 || Defining "bad faith actors"
Bad Faith Actors - meaning going into interactions with either 1. the intention to deceive or 2. A belief and conviction and faith so profound that they become unable to confront facts or logic or rea...
3 Aug 202510min

1527 || my fight with a bigot (a true story)
"He had sown chaos between me and my friend and he truly didn’t give a fuck. In fact, he looked like he was enjoying it. He was manipulating me and I was watching it happen but unaware of how to make ...
2 Aug 202510min

1526 || the problem with tragic optimism
According to Meg-John Barker at rewriting the rules, "My own way of dealing with meaninglessness in life, has also been to embrace it as an inevitable part of life which will happen with some regular...
1 Aug 20258min

1525 || the case for tragic optimism
Because humanity has been here a while, and books exist where people write down what they do to deal with hard shit, there are plenty of first hand accounts of people not just surviving but thriving a...
31 Jul 20259min



















