The Grey Ledger Society

Sign in Subscribe

Topic

Nosideism

A collection of 72 issues

The Molecule, Day Two: Compression

I arrive at 6:54AM on my own set of wheels, slipping into a vacant spot on the first level of the parking garage across the street from the courthouse. Today I have a wall charger, longer cables, a copy of JP Ahonen's Sing No Evil, all stuffed

The Constitutional Turducken

Or, The Right To Bear Arms And Why We Can't Have Nice Things "Unfortunately, [the academics] agree because they are all studying the same part: the anus." —David Yamane, sociologist of Gun Culture 2.0 I. Ambient You pull into the lot fifteen minutes after opening.

The Shellfish Gene: A Natural History of Homo Politicus in Late-Stage Democracy

A Field Guide to Evolutionary Maladaptation in the American Seafood Boil Preface: A Note from the Researcher This document represents three months of participant observation within the American political ecosystem, specifically the period from August through November 2025. The researcher wishes to acknowledge a methodological limitation: as a specimen within

From Raccoon City to Your City: The Civilian Cosplay Complex Explained

Introduction: The Movie Gun Problem The KRISS Vector is a movie gun. You've seen it: angular, aggressive, unmistakably futuristic. Mila Jovovich wielding it against zombies in Resident Evil. Call of Duty players hip-firing it in multiplayer. That distinctive profile that says "tactical" louder than any other

For the Horde! I Mean... For the Children! (Only When It's Convenient)

Or: What Political Discourse Reveals About Rhetorical Priorities The Battle Cry In World of Warcraft, players storm into battle screaming "For the Horde!" For that moment, you're not alone—you're part of something larger, unified by the cry itself. It doesn't matter

The Last Thing You Should Practice

A Very Practical Guide to Preparing for the Defensive Firearm Encounter You Will Absolutely Never Have (Because If You Do, It Means Everything Has Gone Very Wrong) By Someone Who Bought a Boring .380 and Has Made Peace With It There is a peculiar ritual in American gun culture where

Let's Keep The Tin Foil Hats Off for Now

MEMORANDUM TO: Fellow Pattern-Recognizers and Historically Traumatized Observers FROM: Someone Who Also Remembers the 1980s RE: Let's Keep The Tin Foil Hats Off for Now DATE: October 24, 2025 Alrightey. A carrier group heads south, boats get struck in Caribbean waters, a Colombian president gets sanctioned, and those

2048 at 50,000 Feet

A Field Report Aboard Democracy's Red-Eye I discovered 2048 somewhere over the Atlantic. The flight map on the seatback screen showed a glowing line arcing from Dallas to Helsinki, but the progress bar of time-to-destination refused to move. The cabin lights were dimmed to simulate night. Everyone was

Being Here When This Is Happening

"I'm not here, this isn't happening." When Radiohead released that line in October 2000, it wasn't prophecy—it was tuning fork, vibrating at a frequency already present in the cultural atmosphere. Thom Yorke's dissociative mantra, his plea to simply not

Game Over, Man?

Dropping Out of the Dropship Private Hudson doesn't panic because he's a coward. He panics because he's the only one who's done the math. The dropship's crashed, the mission brief was fiction, and command is still insisting everything's