Ian Against the Machine
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Writer, editor, North American scum. 8647. Remember this: Try.
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Me: [drinks straight from OJ carton]
Troy Aikman, appearing from behind the fridge door: That’s why he struggles, Joe, and it’s not getting better
Troy Aikman, appearing from behind the fridge door: That’s why he struggles, Joe, and it’s not getting better
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Me: [drinks straight from OJ carton]
Troy Aikman, appearing from behind the fridge door: That’s why he struggles, Joe, and it’s not getting better
Troy Aikman, appearing from behind the fridge door: That’s why he struggles, Joe, and it’s not getting better
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If you are not at risk it is your civic duty to tell these guys they are embarrassing worms if you see them patrolling a supermarket to arrest people that the government is intentionally starving
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:40 AM
If you are not at risk it is your civic duty to tell these guys they are embarrassing worms if you see them patrolling a supermarket to arrest people that the government is intentionally starving
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The optics of Trump building a ballroom that 99.9% of Americans will never set foot in while millions line up for food banks are worth more than any policy paper or economic proposal. This image is a visceral punch in the mouth that needs no words. It should haunt the GOP for a generation.
a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom
October 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The optics of Trump building a ballroom that 99.9% of Americans will never set foot in while millions line up for food banks are worth more than any policy paper or economic proposal. This image is a visceral punch in the mouth that needs no words. It should haunt the GOP for a generation.
I’ve fallen off as an MLB fan due to living outside the White Sox TV market, but putting a pennant elimination game on fucking Fox Sports One still strikes me as a war crime.
October 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I’ve fallen off as an MLB fan due to living outside the White Sox TV market, but putting a pennant elimination game on fucking Fox Sports One still strikes me as a war crime.
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> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
October 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
My kind of town.
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
October 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
My kind of town.
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Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
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War ravaged Portland
September 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
War ravaged Portland
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Recent emmy-winning Andor writer Dan Gilroy just penned a column about the current Trumpian assault on free speech:
deadline.com/2025/09/ando...
deadline.com/2025/09/ando...
‘Andor’ Writer Dan Gilroy On Disney Suspending Jimmy Kimmel & Hollywood Facing “Venomous Evil”: “This Isn’t A Skirmish. It’s A Siege” – Guest Column
'Andor' Writer Dan Gilroy On Trump's Jimmy Kimmel Pressure Campaign: "Artists Are Censored First Because They Fear Us Most" -- Guest Column
deadline.com
September 20, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Recent emmy-winning Andor writer Dan Gilroy just penned a column about the current Trumpian assault on free speech:
deadline.com/2025/09/ando...
deadline.com/2025/09/ando...
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HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED
September 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED
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they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by the process of law.
they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by violence.
the only lever by which they can obtain obedience is fear.
do not offer it to them.
they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by violence.
the only lever by which they can obtain obedience is fear.
do not offer it to them.
September 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM
they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by the process of law.
they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by violence.
the only lever by which they can obtain obedience is fear.
do not offer it to them.
they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by violence.
the only lever by which they can obtain obedience is fear.
do not offer it to them.
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it really is astonishing how quickly it goes from “civil war” and “blood in the streets” to “wow guys it’s just a sad tragedy” when it becomes inconvenient
September 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
it really is astonishing how quickly it goes from “civil war” and “blood in the streets” to “wow guys it’s just a sad tragedy” when it becomes inconvenient
Once again wondering exactly how many people have to suffer and die so that American conservatives can work out their psychological issues in public.
September 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Once again wondering exactly how many people have to suffer and die so that American conservatives can work out their psychological issues in public.
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It is hard to think of a more explicit directive to the radical right than “I don’t care what you do, and in fact I agree with your motivation.”
He’s already pardoned violent extremists and this is a promise to pardon more.
He’s already pardoned violent extremists and this is a promise to pardon more.
EARHARDT: We have radicals on the right as well. How do we fix this country?
TRUMP: I'll tell you something that's gonna get me in trouble but I couldn't care less. The radicals on the right oftentimes are radical because they don't want to see crime. The radicals on the left are the problem.
TRUMP: I'll tell you something that's gonna get me in trouble but I couldn't care less. The radicals on the right oftentimes are radical because they don't want to see crime. The radicals on the left are the problem.
September 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It is hard to think of a more explicit directive to the radical right than “I don’t care what you do, and in fact I agree with your motivation.”
He’s already pardoned violent extremists and this is a promise to pardon more.
He’s already pardoned violent extremists and this is a promise to pardon more.
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The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
September 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
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"President Trump owes us answers about his health": weak, frames him as good-faith statesman, boring
"What did JD Vance know about Trump's health and when did he know it?": interesting, carries implication Trump's health is fucked up as a given, implies scandal spreading throughout admin
"What did JD Vance know about Trump's health and when did he know it?": interesting, carries implication Trump's health is fucked up as a given, implies scandal spreading throughout admin
September 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"President Trump owes us answers about his health": weak, frames him as good-faith statesman, boring
"What did JD Vance know about Trump's health and when did he know it?": interesting, carries implication Trump's health is fucked up as a given, implies scandal spreading throughout admin
"What did JD Vance know about Trump's health and when did he know it?": interesting, carries implication Trump's health is fucked up as a given, implies scandal spreading throughout admin
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Chicago keeping art alive:
August 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Chicago keeping art alive:
Everything these bastards claimed to fear from liberals was just them fantasizing about what they’d do with total control of government. And here we are.
In 2015, Alex Jones spent a year spinning paranoid stories of US troops planning to enact martial law, assist a Chinese invasion, and execute dissenters in "death domes."
In 2025, troops are in the streets, and Alex Jones couldn't be happier.
themikerothschild.com/2025/08/27/j...
In 2025, troops are in the streets, and Alex Jones couldn't be happier.
themikerothschild.com/2025/08/27/j...
Jade Helm 15, Ten Years Later
Ten years ago, the far right conspiracy world went bonkers over the supposed military takeover of Jade Helm 15. Turns out that they were for it the whole time.
themikerothschild.com
August 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Everything these bastards claimed to fear from liberals was just them fantasizing about what they’d do with total control of government. And here we are.
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Hard not to connect the dots in a world run by these "born on 3rd base" eugenist tech bro shitheads who think mental health crises are a sign of weakness, telling their shitty AI therapy bots to nudge people who need real help over the edge
Really depressing, dystopian stuff
Really depressing, dystopian stuff
August 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Hard not to connect the dots in a world run by these "born on 3rd base" eugenist tech bro shitheads who think mental health crises are a sign of weakness, telling their shitty AI therapy bots to nudge people who need real help over the edge
Really depressing, dystopian stuff
Really depressing, dystopian stuff
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Self care is a pyramid scheme. First you care for yourself, then you care for others… where does it end? A better world?
August 21, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Self care is a pyramid scheme. First you care for yourself, then you care for others… where does it end? A better world?
I think someone in this bar put $100 on Britney Spears in the juke and at least half of it on the track “Lucky.”
August 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I think someone in this bar put $100 on Britney Spears in the juke and at least half of it on the track “Lucky.”
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Get in loser, we’re building a popular front
August 18, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Get in loser, we’re building a popular front
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DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
LET’S CIRCLE BACK
AND GET ON THE SAME PAGE
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL
METRICS TO GAUGE
SOMEONE WILL SAY
TURN THIS IN
BY THE END OF THE DAY
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
YOU DON’T NEED MY SIGN-OFF
AT THIS STAGE
LET’S CIRCLE BACK
AND GET ON THE SAME PAGE
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL
METRICS TO GAUGE
SOMEONE WILL SAY
TURN THIS IN
BY THE END OF THE DAY
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
YOU DON’T NEED MY SIGN-OFF
AT THIS STAGE
July 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
LET’S CIRCLE BACK
AND GET ON THE SAME PAGE
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL
METRICS TO GAUGE
SOMEONE WILL SAY
TURN THIS IN
BY THE END OF THE DAY
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
YOU DON’T NEED MY SIGN-OFF
AT THIS STAGE
LET’S CIRCLE BACK
AND GET ON THE SAME PAGE
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL
METRICS TO GAUGE
SOMEONE WILL SAY
TURN THIS IN
BY THE END OF THE DAY
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
YOU DON’T NEED MY SIGN-OFF
AT THIS STAGE