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Not sure if anyone here looks at UK politics all too often, but essentially, Nigel Farage, the main frontman for Reform UK (Formerly the Brexit Party) has decided to attempt to prove the people are behind him by "stepping down" and triggering a by-election for the parliamentary constituency, which he will also be running in. No other major party is touching the shitshow with a ten foot pole, meaning theoretically he would have an uncontested feel good victory in order to distract from some of the scrutiny he's been under for various reasons (largely undisclosed gifts and possible bribes). He would be running uncontested, however someone without any major party backing has decided that a one-person contest wouldn't do. Thus, the main competitors in the Clacton by-election are of course an absolute joke of a man, and the honorable Count Binface, who has pledged to build at least one affordable house, and not be Nigel Farage. Despite 87% of Clacton voting Reform in 24, in the polls Binface is doing better off, with Nigel doing worse than the option of electing neither. However, no matter who wins the election, I would like to thank Count Binface for making it so that now, the leader of Reform UK will always be remembered as the man who ran against the trash can, and be haunted by the closeness of that competition.

So I'm a bit of a William Blake scholar, but it's been a while since I've revisited my dear friend's works, being before I was introduced to Discordianism.

I have now found myself with some free time, and access to many books on the subject of Blake's particular brand of madness, and find myself drawing many parallels to the ideas of the Black Iron Prison that I think would be interesting to pursue.

My question is this, would anyone here be interested in a work like that, or would even wish to participate in such "research" with me, to create some kind of profane composition.

And, if you are interested, what parts of the BIP and/or Blake would you like to see featured? Or even beyond the BIP perhaps, into general Discordian irreligion.

Happy late Discoflux One and All, Fairest and Fallen. Any fun ideas on what to do with a small, handheld, stolen disco ball? You may consider this a thought experiment if you like, but its really I have a small, stolen disco ball, and nothing to do with it.

Found this old labor song on the Anarchist Library and figured this was the place to leave it.

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/joseph-a-labadie-i-welcome-disorder

Though mostly it seems unaligned with Discordians sticking apart, I was wondering if any modern Discordians considered themselves part of the League of Dynamic Discord? More of an idle curiosity than anything else, and it was the radiation instead of the curiosity that killed a certain cat anyway.

Wrote something as something, maybe its something

So I'm sitting next to a friend of mine while we're at a competition

I'm in a silver cloak and navy blue dress, and he's sitting there in a black trench coat with an umbrella at his side. One of us is competing in a costume contest. We both dress like this almost everyday.

In his hand, he has a small paperback copy of The Prince, and in mine, I have a book of a very different (yet similar) kind, written by a man named Mitchell (Larry) not Machiavelli.

As I reach the last page for the third time that week, I hand the book off to another friend of mine, this one in a purple cloak.

They accept it with a nod, followed by him calling me a twat-waffle in sign language.

As a tip my head back, I speak to my friend in the trench coat.

"Isn't it beautiful?"

He snorts, and turns to the next page

"Something like that."

I hit him on the shoulder, and he puts the book down, before joining me in looking up at the ceiling.

He pauses, thinking for a minute, before speaking again.

"It's insane, I think, entertaining, yes, but would you call a trainwreck beautiful?"

My other friend, without hesitation, responds:

"Yes"

And in that moment, I get it, I think.

Insane, and entertaining, and horrifying, and changing, and yes it is beautiful.

And it is beautiful.

And She is beautiful.

"Huh"

And then I grab another piece of pizza, and the moment is gone.

But the Goddess Prevails