The Flying Fish

Cold Feet in a Tiny Fiat

A masterclass in locomotion from when the system fell

Apr 25 • Tomasz Goetel

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March 2026

Cholesterol and Statins

An Essay on the Most Successful Unfalsifiable Claim in Medicine

Published on Lies are Unbekoming • Mar 19

My Gastric Encyclicals

A punk sacrament in 1984 Rome, where Bad Brains turned fever, vomit, and Vatican graffiti into a child’s private Eucharist.

Mar 3 • Tomasz Goetel

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February 2026

The Negative We Hand Over

“Franklin’s Negative”: on essential liberty, temporary safety, and a blue exercise book.

Feb 27 • Tomasz Goetel

Welcome to The Flying Fish

Anti-market literature published on a market platform: terminal essays in mysticism and cynicism sold for coins from a dead country.

Feb 25 • Tomasz Goetel

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Larping the Apocalypse, Poorly

Notes from a boutique eco-doom retreat: a weekend learning to rub sticks together by candle-filtered Edison bulbs while sipping sulphite-free organic…

Feb 24 • Tomasz Goetel

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The Marooned, Or, Notes From The Shore Of A Sexless Epoch

Have women gone mad? This satirical essay laments the frenzy, exile, and loss.

Feb 17 • Tomasz Goetel

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Music Beats and Strobes Turn Your Brain into a Party

How and why sound and light hijack the wiring inside your head and make you lose control. But there's more to that innit.

Feb 11 • Tomasz Goetel

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January 2026

Coins From a Dead Country

On living in a market society and the things we keep off the books

Jan 16 • Tomasz Goetel

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Trust Me, I’m an Amateur

Why Laymen’s Footnotes Beat White Coats in a World of Revolving Doors and Golden Parachutes

Jan 14 • Tomasz Goetel

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Venezuela: Regime Change Redux?

A deep dive into what's going on with Donroe Don.

Published on Frank Wright • Jan 11

December 2025

The Silence Lease

How Corporate Soundscapes Conquered Our Inner Worlds and Why the Rent Never Stops

Dec 30, 2025 • Tomasz Goetel

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