Blake C. Stacey

If I were invited to this conference, I would have an intense "your approval fills me with shame" moment.

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LessOnline 2026

June 5 – 7. Lighthaven · Berkeley, CA. A festival for truthseeking and blogging.

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Mar 27 at 3:35amWeb
Show threadBlake C. StaceyMar 27
"You like both me and... Jesse Singal?" Fuuucckkkk. I would not have a good time processing that.
Show threadbrennenMar 27
@bstacey can you imagine what it's going to be like in 20 or 30 years for the kids being raised in the group houses and potluck circuits of the scenes these people have built?
Show threadBlake C. StaceyMar 27
@brennen I can try, but I would much rather not
Show threadbrennenMar 27
@bstacey yeah, fair. there's just something about this parallel cultural universe they're building... i can't look at it without thinking of the people i've known who came from holdover 60s communes and such, but if their parents had been into hypercapitalism and scientific racism instead of struggling farms and pacifism.
Show threadbrennenMar 27

@bstacey anyway. sorry. but yeah, a list i would be uncomfortable to find myself on.

though i note that the trick of "a big list of popular blogs and stuff with our attendees scattered throughout" is, well, kind of a cheap-feeling play for association.

Show threadBlake C. StaceyMar 27
@brennen Oh, for sure.
Show threadSnoopJMar 27
@bstacey I believe the collective noun for neorationalists is "cesspool"
Show threadJason LefkowitzMar 27
@bstacey I like how the home page features this long list of names, and then you have to read the fine print to realize that it's just a list of writers the organizers like and only about a quarter of them have actually committed to be at the conference
Show threadSnoopJMar 27
@jalefkowit @bstacey just some good faith enjoyers
Show threadskategoat 🐐 🇵🇸Mar 27
@bstacey glad I don't even understand what this is