Timothy Ferris began filming at his California observatory during the 2020 quarantine. Across 39 videos, he moves from quantum fields and interstellar space to writing, freedom and death.
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Timothy Ferris began filming at his California observatory during the 2020 quarantine. Across 39 videos, he moves from quantum fields and interstellar space to writing, freedom and death.

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u/SnooLemons7838 — 2 months ago
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Hunter S. Thompson arrived in a blond wig with a six-pack. Timothy Ferris says the conversation lasted forty years. | The Daniel Show

Brand-new from The Daniel Show

https://www.reddit.com/r/huntersthompson/s/355TevTQ2K

Timothy Ferris, a friend of Hunter S. Thompson and producer of the Voyager Golden Record, speaks with Daniel O' Bailey.

I hosted and produced this interview. The full conversation runs ninety minutes; this is the first 1:45 cut.

u/SnooLemons7838 — 2 months ago

The Voyager Golden Record may be the highest-stakes album ever made. Can any canon represent humanity without lying?

I recently interviewed Timothy Ferris, the science writer and former Rolling Stone editor who produced the Voyager Golden Record as part of Carl Sagan’s team. I’ve written a profile of him for a print magazine I can’t name yet. There is no article link here. I wanted to ask this group about one answer he gave me.

I asked how the team should work if they built the record now. Ferris said they should cast the widest possible net across cultures, permit no compromise or political logrolling, and require unanimous choices.

The original record put Bach and Chuck Berry beside a girls’ initiation song from what was then Zaire, baby cries, whale calls, footsteps, a kiss, and Blind Willie Johnson’s “Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground.”

Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qePHCNoEtqQ

NASA’s full inventory: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/golden-record-contents/

Johnson recorded the piece in Dallas in 1927. There are no lyrics, only his voice and slide guitar. It still sounds like grief.

For me, that choice keeps the record from sounding like an advertisement. It leaves room for sorrow alongside dance, children, animal voices, footsteps, and joy.

Try to build it now and the argument would hit streaming metrics, licensing departments, national quotas, billionaire sponsors, and a congressional hearing over whether whale song hates freedom.

Who should choose? What rule would keep the record broad without turning it into quotas, branding, or a popularity chart? What one recording would you fight for even if every metric said no?

u/SnooLemons7838 — 2 months ago
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Hunter S. Thompson had $400 left. He offered every dollar of it to Timothy Ferris.

I interviewed Timothy Ferris for ninety minutes recently. He is a science writer and former Rolling Stone editor who knew Hunter for more than thirty years. I’ve written a profile of Ferris for a print magazine. I can’t name it yet.

Ferris told me Rolling Stone had fired him and refused him severance. He called Hunter. Sandy Thompson had already told Ferris that she and Hunter had $400 in the bank and no idea how they would pay their bills.

Hunter offered him the entire $400.

Ferris remembered it this way: “He had four hundred dollars in his bank account, and he was offering me all of it.”

I’ve seen the guns, shirts, cigarette holder and drug inventory repeated for years. I had never heard the $400 story. It told me more.

Ferris also told me that when suicide came up over the years, he would say to Hunter, “What’s your hurry? We have a hundred billion years to be dead.”

What story made Hunter human to you, whether it made you like him or not?

UPDATE: The full Timothy Ferris interview is now live:

Hunters Thompson taking risk! Timothy Ferris | The Astronomer.

u/SnooLemons7838 — 2 months ago
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[For Hire] Writer/editor for creator bios, scripts, descriptions and launches

Your channel can have real substance and still introduce itself like a password-reset email. I fix that part.

I'm Daniel O' Bailey, a Louisiana writer and Creative Nonfiction Editor at Blood+Honey Literary Magazine. My work has appeared in Maudlin House, Blood+Honey, The Pixelated Shroud, and L'Observateur. I write and edit creator bios, About sections, video and podcast scripts, episode descriptions, launch copy, sponsor language, newsletters, and public-facing copy that has to earn attention without sounding desperate for it.

$65 — Voice & Structure Review

Up to 1,300 words. Within 24 hours, you receive a 400–650-word editorial memo and up to 10 precise notes showing what is clear, what drags, what sounds generic, and how to revise it. Best for a script, bio, launch draft, or About page that is close but not landing.

$125 — Script or Copy Line Edit

Up to 2,000 words. Within 48 hours, you receive tracked changes, a clean edited copy, a 300–500-word note, and one focused revision. I tighten the language without turning your voice into corporate oatmeal.

$0.17 per finished word — Original Writing or Full Rebuild

For 600–1,200 finished words, the total is $102–$204. You provide the facts, source material, audience, and purpose. I deliver two opening or headline options, the finished copy, and one revision within 72 hours.

My recent GonzoFest NYC social campaign case study records 324,849 platform-reported views, 19,000 engagement actions, and 1,167 net-new followers across the 90-day campaign. Those are reach and engagement figures, not sales guarantees. The work required adapting truthful messages for different audiences and platforms under a real deadline.

Case study: https://www.reddit.com/user/SnooLemons7838/comments/1vp3nnq/gonzofest_nyc_2026_case_study_324849/

Writing portfolio: https://www.chillsubs.com/profile/danieloproductions-gWzhC

I personally read every word, make every editorial decision, verify every public claim, and take responsibility for the final language. You receive finished work, not raw generated copy.

DM me with the asset you need, current word count, intended audience, deadline, and a sample of up to 100 words. I will tell you plainly whether I am the right fit before taking payment.

The $65 and $125 tiers are paid upfront. Original-writing projects require a 50% booking deposit, with the balance due after the first complete draft and before delivery of the clean final file. No fabricated metrics, guaranteed views, or mystical algorithm promises.

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u/SnooLemons7838 — 2 months ago
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[For Hire] Published Louisiana writer/editor — feedback, essays, bios and web copy | Remote worldwide

Location: Louisiana, USA. Available remotely worldwide for English-language projects.

Good writing can be technically clean and still lie there like wet laundry. I fix the part that grammar software cannot: the shape, pressure, voice, rhythm, and reason a reader should care.

I'm Daniel O' Bailey, a Louisiana writer and Creative Nonfiction Editor at Blood+Honey Literary Magazine. My work has appeared in Maudlin House, Blood+Honey, The Pixelated Shroud, and L'Observateur. At Blood+Honey, I helped develop and edit the forthcoming New Gonzo Project; my wider cultural-communications work includes GonzoFest NYC.

I am available for creative nonfiction, essays, profiles, op-eds, bios, artist statements, About pages, press materials, event copy, web copy, and editorial feedback.

$65 — Honest Editorial Read

Up to 1,300 words. Within 24 hours, I return a 400–650-word reader report and up to 10 margin comments showing where the piece catches, stalls, confuses, repeats itself, or needs more nerve. This is a diagnosis and revision plan, not a line edit.

$125 — Line & Voice Edit

Up to 2,000 words at $0.0625 per source word. Within 48 hours, I return tracked changes, a clean edited copy, a 300–500-word editorial note, and one focused revision. I correct the writing without bleaching out the person who wrote it.

$0.17 per finished word — Original Copy or Full Rebuild

For 600–1,200 finished words, the total is $102–$204. You provide the facts, brief, source material, audience, and purpose. Within 72 hours, I deliver two headline options, the finished piece, and one revision.

I personally read every word, make every editorial decision, check every public claim, and take responsibility for the final language. You do not receive raw generated copy with my name taped to it.

Portfolio: https://www.chillsubs.com/profile/danieloproductions-gWzhC

To get an exact quote, DM the kind of piece, current word count, intended reader, deadline, and a sample of no more than 100 words. I will tell you honestly whether I am the right fit before taking payment.

The $65 and $125 jobs are paid upfront. Original-writing projects require a 50% booking deposit, with the balance due after the complete first draft and before delivery of the clean final file. One revision covers the original brief. No fabricated sources, plagiarism, publication promises, or mystical guarantees—just serious attention and writing that still sounds alive.

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u/SnooLemons7838 — 2 months ago

[For Hire] Event Marketing VA — urgent listing rewrites and 24-hour promotion packs ($75/$149)

Your event may be excellent. The public listing may currently look like a date, an address, and a prayer.

I’m Daniel O' Bailey, a cultural communications writer, social campaign producer, and remote event-marketing VA. I help festivals, concerts, readings, screenings, gallery openings, pop-ups, and community events make the strongest truthful case for showing up.

$75 SAME-DAY LISTING CPR

• Stronger headline and complete listing rewrite

• Clear call to action

• Three ready-to-post promotional variations

• One revision

• Same-day delivery when availability is confirmed before payment

$149 24-HOUR EVENT RESCUE

• Rewritten master event listing

• Five posts written for the platforms your audience actually uses

• Reminder email, text message, and partner-sharing message

• 10–15 relevant calendars, communities, media contacts, or promotional channels with links and notes

• Practical 72-hour publishing order

• Fact check of the date, time, address, price, names, and ticket link

• One revision

In my first year directing the GonzoFest NYC social campaign, the 90-day platform dashboards reported 324,849 views, 19K engagement actions, and 1,167 net-new followers. Reddit accounted for 57K+ views across 40+ posts in 25 communities, with only two removals.

Case study:

https://www.reddit.com/user/SnooLemons7838/comments/1vp3nnq/gonzofest_nyc_2026_case_study_324849/

Writing portfolio:

https://www.chillsubs.com/profile/danieloproductions-gWzhC

Those are documented visibility and engagement results, not promises of ticket sales or attendance. I do not need your passwords, buy engagement, automate outreach, or post from your accounts.

Codex helps me organize source material, research channels, and test early variations quickly. I personally verify the facts, choose the strategy, and rewrite every finished piece.

DM LISTING CPR or EVENT RESCUE with your event link, date, city, and intended audience. I will tell you plainly whether the package fits before you pay.

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u/SnooLemons7838 — 2 months ago

[For Hire] Event Promotion Copywriter, 1 year, Louisiana/Remote

When an event is 3–14 days away, I deliver the finished copy and publishing order the organizer needs within 24 hours.

I’m Daniel O' Bailey, a cultural communications operator with a year of event-social leadership as Social Media Director and Content Producer for GonzoFest NYC 2026. My broader editorial and communications background includes Blood+Honey and the New Gonzo Project.

During my first GonzoFest NYC social campaign, the 90-day platform dashboards recorded:

• 324,849 views across Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and TikTok

• 19,000 engagement actions

• 1,167 net-new followers on owned accounts

• 110,945 views on one Morrison Hotel Gallery collaboration post

• 57,000+ Reddit views from 40+ posts across 25 communities

For $149 fixed, my 24-hour Event Rescue Pack includes:

• A rewritten event listing with a strong hook and unmistakable call to action

• Five promotional posts written for the platforms the audience actually uses

• One reminder email, one SMS, and one partner-sharing message

• 10–15 researched calendars, communities, media contacts, or promotional channels, with links and submission notes

• A practical 72-hour publishing sequence

• A check of the event date, time, venue, price, names, and ticket link

• One revision

The package is a fixed-scope freelance project for one event. It usually takes 3–3.5 hours, equivalent to roughly $42–$50 per hour. Delivery begins after complete intake and a 50% deposit. Same-day Red Alert delivery is $225 when available.

Codex helps me organize source material, research channels, and test early angles. I personally verify every public detail, choose the positioning, and rewrite the final copy. Ad buying, account access, graphic design, mass posting, and ticket-sales guarantees are outside this package.

Campaign case study:

https://www.reddit.com/user/SnooLemons7838/comments/1vp3nnq/gonzofest_nyc_2026_case_study_324849/

NEW ENTRY OPTION: SAME-DAY EVENT LISTING CPR — $75

One approved event, one rewritten headline and complete listing, one strong CTA, three promotional caption options, and one revision. This is for organizers who already know where they will publish but need the words fixed quickly.

Need platform-specific strategy, channel research, and the full promotional rollout? That remains the $149 Event Rescue. DM LISTING CPR with the event link and deadline.

Please use Reddit DM. Send EVENT RESCUE plus your event link, date, and city. I’ll identify the biggest promotional weakness I see and tell you whether this package is a credible fit before you pay me.

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u/SnooLemons7838 — 2 months ago

[For Hire] Event in 3–14 days? I’ll build your 24-hour promotion rescue pack | $149 fixed

The room is booked. The talent is confirmed. The event is in days. But the listing still reads like a tax form, every social post says the same thing, and nobody has decided what to publish first.

I turn that deadline-shaped mess into a clear campaign people can understand, care about, and act on.

I’m Daniel O' Bailey, a Social Media Director, Content Producer, and cultural communications operator. In my first year directing the GonzoFest NYC social campaign, the 90-day platform dashboards recorded:

• 324,849 total views across Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and TikTok

• 19,000 engagement actions

• 1,167 net-new followers on owned accounts

• 110,945 views on one Morrison Hotel Gallery collaboration post

• 57,000+ Reddit views from 40+ posts across 25 communities, with only two removals

Case study with the exact platform breakdown:

https://www.reddit.com/user/SnooLemons7838/comments/1vp3nnq/gonzofest_nyc_2026_case_study_324849/

Writing portfolio:

https://www.chillsubs.com/profile/danieloproductions-gWzhC

For $149 fixed, delivered within 24 hours after complete intake and deposit, I will give you:

• A completely rewritten event listing with a sharp hook and unmistakable call to action

• Five promotional posts written for the platforms your audience actually uses

• One reminder email, one text message, and one partner-sharing message

• 10–15 relevant local calendars, communities, media contacts, or promotional channels, with links and submission notes

• A practical 72-hour publishing order

• A check of the date, time, address, price, ticket link, names, and other public details

• One revision

Estimated work: 3–3.5 hours ($42–$50/hour).

Same-day Red Alert delivery is $225 when available. A 50% deposit starts the clock. Ad spend, graphic design, account management, and hands-on posting are separate.

Codex helps me sort source material, research channels, and pressure-test variations quickly. I personally verify the facts, choose the strategy, and rewrite every finished piece. You receive a human-reviewed campaign pack built for your event.

No automated outreach, spam, invented scarcity, bought engagement, or sellout guarantees. This package covers the copy, channel research, and rollout order for one event. Full multi-day or multi-venue campaign management is separately scoped.

SMALLER SAME-DAY OPTION — $75 FIXED

If you do not need the complete $149 Event Rescue, I can repair one weak event listing today: a stronger headline, complete listing rewrite, clear call to action, three short caption options, and one revision.

This tier does not include channel research, a rollout plan, or five platform-specific posts. For the complete cross-platform rescue, the $149 package remains the better fit.

DM LISTING CPR with your event link, date, and city.

DM me your event link, date, city, ticket price, intended audience, and what you have already tried. If I think the real bottleneck is somewhere else, I will tell you before you pay me.

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u/SnooLemons7838 — 2 months ago

Service Offered: New Orleans event press pack for venues, galleries, artists, and festivals | $350

New Orleans has too many good events announced in a way that makes people hunt for the basic facts.

If you have a show, reading, gallery opening, benefit, workshop, or small festival coming up, I can turn the flyer-plus-group-chat situation into a clean event press pack:

• announcement / press release

• 75-word and 250-word listings

• artist or performer bio

• media advisory and subject line

• a checklist for image credits, ticket links, dates, contact details, and venue information

• five captions that sound like your event, not a template

$350 fixed. Half upfront, one revision, and delivery within 48 hours after I have complete info and assets. I will not promise coverage or listings; I will give you accurate materials that make it much easier to request them.

I have cultural communications and event experience through GonzoFest, Blood+Honey Lit Mag, and the New Gonzo Project.

Portfolio: https://www.chillsubs.com/profile/danieloproductions-gWzhC

I am local and work remotely. I’m Daniel O’ Bailey. DM me if your event is in the next six weeks and currently exists as a poster and eleven conflicting texts.

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u/SnooLemons7838 — 2 months ago

[For Hire] US / Remote | Cultural-event press writer | $350 fixed launch pack, 48-hour delivery

I am a solo cultural-communications writer for events that need to look organized before they go public.

For $350, I deliver a complete event launch pack:

• press release / announcement

• 75-word and 250-word listings

• artist, performer, or speaker bio

• media advisory with a usable subject line

• verified fact, asset, and credit checklist

• five tailored social captions

Terms: 50% upfront, one consolidated revision, delivery within 48 hours after I have the final facts and assets. I do not sell “guaranteed press.” I make the accurate material a venue, calendar editor, journalist, sponsor, or ticket buyer needs.

Relevant background / resume: cultural communications and event work through GonzoFest, Blood+Honey Lit Mag, and the New Gonzo Project.

Portfolio: https://www.chillsubs.com/profile/danieloproductions-gWzhC

Based in Louisiana; remote projects welcome. I’m Daniel O’ Bailey. Send a DM if your event is in the next six weeks.

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u/SnooLemons7838 — 2 months ago

[For Hire] (Louisiana, USA / Remote) Verified event press and listings package for cultural organizations | $350

A real event can still look invisible if the public information is scattered across a flyer, a group chat, three different captions, and somebody saying “ask Katie.”

I turn that mess into one usable, verified package for venues, festivals, galleries, arts nonprofits, and public programs:

• a clear event announcement / press release

• 75-word and 250-word calendar listings

• an artist, performer, or speaker bio

• a media advisory with a usable subject line

• a checklist for date, time, address, ticket link, contact, images, and credits

• five social captions in the actual tone of the event

$350 fixed. Half upfront, one consolidated revision, and delivery within 48 hours once I have the facts and assets.

I do not promise coverage or calendar placement. I make sure you have the accurate material and a single source of truth before you start asking strangers to care.

Relevant work: cultural communications and event work through GonzoFest, Blood+Honey Lit Mag, and the New Gonzo Project.

Portfolio: https://www.chillsubs.com/profile/danieloproductions-gWzhC

I am a solo freelancer based in Louisiana and available remotely. I’m Daniel O’ Bailey. DM me if you have an event in the next six weeks that needs to stop living in a pile of tabs.

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u/SnooLemons7838 — 2 months ago
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[Good read] Live tonight at 8 PM CT: S.M. Pike reads ‘Storm of God’ [graphic content]

Louisiana author S.M. Pike is doing his first live reading tonight at 8 PM Central. ‘Storm of God’ follows a troubled man on a troubled mission and a robot in near-future rural Texas.

Pike is hilarious. He also uses no social media, so tonight’s publicity department is apparently me. If strange Southern fiction sounds like your kind of thing, come give him a real audience for his first reading.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Hyv37-TMnc

— Daniel O' Bailey

u/SnooLemons7838 — 2 months ago
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[For Hire] Veteran book editor — developmental, line, copyediting + free sample

Full disclosure: I’m Daniel O' Bailey. I know Margaret A. Harrell, I’m helping her share her editing work with her permission, and my own testimonial appears on her site. I’m not pretending this is a random recommendation.

Margaret is a veteran book editor and former Random House copy editor who copyedited and line-edited Hunter S. Thompson’s Hell’s Angels. She now works with fiction and nonfiction authors at several stages:

• developmental editing for a manuscript still taking shape

• content and line editing for a completed draft

• copyediting for grammar, punctuation, and consistency

• query-letter and book-proposal editing

Her posted rates are $0.035/word for two complete rounds, $0.04/word for three or four rounds, and $65/hour for small jobs. She offers a free sample edit of the opening pages and a complimentary Zoom conversation so an author can see whether the working relationship feels right before committing.

Her goal is to strengthen the structure and prose without sanding the author’s voice off the page.

Services, testimonials, and contact:

https://margaretharrell.com/editing-services/

u/SnooLemons7838 — 2 months ago
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[For Hire] Veteran book editor — developmental, line, copyediting + free sample

Full disclosure: I’m Daniel O' Bailey. Margaret A. Harrell gave me permission to share her editing work here, and my own testimonial appears on her site.

A manuscript can be promising and still need someone who can tell whether the real problem is structure, scene work, pacing, or sentence-level noise. Margaret works with fiction and nonfiction books through:

• developmental editing while the manuscript is still taking shape

• content and line editing once the draft is complete

• copyediting included in those editing levels

• query-letter and book-proposal help as a post-editing option

Margaret’s career reaches back to Random House, where she copy- and line-edited Hunter S. Thompson’s Hell’s Angels. Later clients include Timothy Denevi, author of the PublicAffairs/Hachette biography Freak Kingdom, and Amy L. Rosner, whose Reconstructing Reality credits Margaret as editor and received the 2024 Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal in Non-Fiction—Health/Fitness.

Her posted rates are $0.035/word for two complete rounds, $0.04/word for three or four rounds, and $65/hour for very small jobs. The final fee is customized to manuscript length and readiness. She offers a free sample edit of the opening pages and a complimentary Zoom discussion before an author commits.

Meet Margaret and hear, in her own words, how she protects an author’s voice:

https://www.reddit.com/user/SnooLemons7838/comments/1vk97f8/what_a_veteran_book_editor_looks_for_in_a/

Services, rates, and testimonials:

https://margaretharrell.com/editing-services/

Contact Margaret:

https://margaretharrell.com/contact/

When you contact her, include your genre, word count, manuscript stage, the kind of edit you think you need, and the part currently keeping you awake.

u/SnooLemons7838 — 2 months ago
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Free GonzoFest NYC walking tour: Hunter's Village with Margaret A. Harrell, Fri July 17

Sign up here

Gonzofest.net

And Hurry Before it fills up!!!

u/SnooLemons7838 — 3 months ago
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GonzoFest NYC: Al Satterwhite's The Cozumel Diary at C+C Photography Gallery - Fri July 17, 5-8 pm

u/SnooLemons7838 — 3 months ago
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GonzoFest NYC July 16-19: music, poetry, art, Hunter S. Thompson/Ralph Steadman programming

For NYC music/culture people: GonzoFest 2026 NYC runs July 16-19 with music alongside poetry, panels, films, art, and Hunter S. Thompson history.

Venues listed across the weekend include Joe's Pub, The Bitter End, Parkside Lounge, Book Club Bar, Howl! Happening, Georges Berges Gallery, and Hart Bar in Brooklyn.

Steadman/Sadie highlight:

Saturday, July 18 at Howl! Happening, 6 East 1st St.

- 1 pm: Ralph Steadman in conversation with Sadie Williams and Grant Goodwine, via Zoom.

- 5:15 pm: Sadie Williams presents "That's My Dad!" in person.

Cost: daytime events are listed as free. The Bitter End listing notes $10 at the door.

Official schedule:

https://gonzofest.net/

Facebook reel:

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1BVKGzd49f/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Disclosure: helping share GonzoFest with people who might genuinely care.

u/SnooLemons7838 — 4 months ago