Spineless, brainless organisms that feed on detritus

View of Boston Harbor on the morning of June 13, 2015I think this phrase pretty well describes the mainstream media landscape in the US, to which I try to provide an alternative via this blog.

Coincidentally, this is also what most of Boston Harbor looks like at the moment. I snapped this picture minutes ago.

I'd like to sail to a place that isn't brimming with moon jellies, but to do that my sailboat needs a working engine, and I don't have one yet. I am running a fundraiser to raise the funds to buy one; if you haven't donated yet,

please do so now .
I am very grateful to the almost 300 people who donated anywhere between 13 cents (that's 0.0006 BTC) and $1000. But this blog has had 1,813,026 readers, and so far only 0.0165% of them have contributed. That's 165 parts per million: low even for an atmospheric CO2 concentration!

Perhaps you believe that good internet content grows on a Magical Content Tree?

Vladimir Ponomarev et aliaNo, actually, what you get for free is two-party puppet theater blasted at you 24/7, plus celebrity gossip and pictures of cute kittens playing with yarn. If you are happy with that intellectually nourishing diet, fine; if not,

here is a link for you to click .
Please do so, so that we can return to our regularly scheduled blogging. Thank you.