Zach Rabiroff
@zachrabiroff.com
Writer for the Comics Journal, Flaming Hydra, Polygon, io9, etc.
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The eyes of Zach Rabiroff; David Roth, cinéaste, shares rare holiday films
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This Christmas, I lost my job, lost my sight, and had some thoughts about Napoleon. A new essay for @flaminghydra.com called "Blind Spots."
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He looks like he's in the beginning of the music video for Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody," which is appropriate, because I am unsure whether this is the real life or is this just fantasy.
January 12, 2026 at 6:02 AM
He looks like he's in the beginning of the music video for Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody," which is appropriate, because I am unsure whether this is the real life or is this just fantasy.
Swear to God, I got a glimpse of my mom's group of facebook friends, and they're quoting Gramsci to each other.
I am blessed to know some extremely cool American women in their 50s and 60s, and I'm not allowed to post anything they've said to me in the last 72 hours.
January 12, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Swear to God, I got a glimpse of my mom's group of facebook friends, and they're quoting Gramsci to each other.
One problem we have getting out of all this is that it's sort of exposed how thoroughly every vital aspect of American society had been previously rotted to its core.
January 12, 2026 at 5:22 AM
One problem we have getting out of all this is that it's sort of exposed how thoroughly every vital aspect of American society had been previously rotted to its core.
Literally anyone with power anywhere needs to step up
January 12, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Literally anyone with power anywhere needs to step up
Build barracks for the troops expelled from Rammstein, one presumes
January 12, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Build barracks for the troops expelled from Rammstein, one presumes
Do you know if there's any source reporting individual senators involved? I'm seeing rumors that Murkowski is among the delegation, but can't find an article confirming it (but I don't read Danish).
January 11, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Do you know if there's any source reporting individual senators involved? I'm seeing rumors that Murkowski is among the delegation, but can't find an article confirming it (but I don't read Danish).
What Britain needs right now is a modern version of Churchill, which is to say an otherwise irredeemably obnoxious crank who nevertheless spent the past 20 years relentlessly hating America, and now can suddenly have a time to shine.
January 11, 2026 at 9:52 PM
What Britain needs right now is a modern version of Churchill, which is to say an otherwise irredeemably obnoxious crank who nevertheless spent the past 20 years relentlessly hating America, and now can suddenly have a time to shine.
America is basically experiencing a real-life version of the Jane Elliot blue eyes/brown eyes elementary school experiment right now.
January 11, 2026 at 9:41 PM
America is basically experiencing a real-life version of the Jane Elliot blue eyes/brown eyes elementary school experiment right now.
Still so upsetting to me that we never got that Theodore Roosevelt season.
January 11, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Still so upsetting to me that we never got that Theodore Roosevelt season.
The Sunday shows are where people who have done indefensible things for the past 7 days go on TV to say things that make it even worse while professional journalists think of ways to defend them.
January 11, 2026 at 5:42 PM
The Sunday shows are where people who have done indefensible things for the past 7 days go on TV to say things that make it even worse while professional journalists think of ways to defend them.
Homan's argument isn't incoherent, it's just based in a different moral universe. He's telling individuals, "Keep quiet and obey orders, and chances are you won't be a target." Good and her fellow protestors are saying, "We, collectively, are already your targets no matter what."
January 11, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Homan's argument isn't incoherent, it's just based in a different moral universe. He's telling individuals, "Keep quiet and obey orders, and chances are you won't be a target." Good and her fellow protestors are saying, "We, collectively, are already your targets no matter what."
Not only does Kristol believe in things, but he has experienced real cost in losing them, and this makes one of him worth more than all the Cosplay Castros of bluesky.
January 11, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Not only does Kristol believe in things, but he has experienced real cost in losing them, and this makes one of him worth more than all the Cosplay Castros of bluesky.
It's literally just what happened in the last world war. We just keep doing this.
January 11, 2026 at 6:31 AM
It's literally just what happened in the last world war. We just keep doing this.
The way to look at this is that they tested the elite leadership in the US, and found to their satisfaction that no meaningful number would resist. Now they are testing the leadership in Europe, and the answer has yet to be seen.
January 11, 2026 at 5:10 AM
The way to look at this is that they tested the elite leadership in the US, and found to their satisfaction that no meaningful number would resist. Now they are testing the leadership in Europe, and the answer has yet to be seen.
No! Public pressure was actually one of the reasons the Tsar's ministers pushed for entrance into the war.
January 11, 2026 at 5:09 AM
No! Public pressure was actually one of the reasons the Tsar's ministers pushed for entrance into the war.
Sow the wind, etc., etc.
January 11, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Sow the wind, etc., etc.
Against everything else, I will at least appreciate the elegant irony that the result of the tech fascists putting Trump in power is the thoroughgoing destruction of American tech hegemony
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Against everything else, I will at least appreciate the elegant irony that the result of the tech fascists putting Trump in power is the thoroughgoing destruction of American tech hegemony
Our version of "13 Days" is that now Trump gets to trigger his own version of the Cuban Missile Crisis every 13 days.
Modal expectation is that the Greenland thing doesn’t wind up happening, but “bluster they never intended to act on” nothing is way different from “they get backed down by credible threats of enormous sanctions from Europe” nothing.
January 11, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Our version of "13 Days" is that now Trump gets to trigger his own version of the Cuban Missile Crisis every 13 days.
If the US banking sector is cut off, things here start looking more like Iran than anyone is comfortable with.
January 11, 2026 at 4:21 AM
If the US banking sector is cut off, things here start looking more like Iran than anyone is comfortable with.
Absolutely. I think at the point this happens, he probably does get the support of about 1/3 of the country. Which, to be clear, is still absolutely unprecedented as a level of support while launching an intercontinental war.
January 11, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Absolutely. I think at the point this happens, he probably does get the support of about 1/3 of the country. Which, to be clear, is still absolutely unprecedented as a level of support while launching an intercontinental war.
Right, that's insane the thing: it's Hitler launching World War II, but with the approval that Hitler had on the *other* side.
January 11, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Right, that's insane the thing: it's Hitler launching World War II, but with the approval that Hitler had on the *other* side.
Personally, I'm investing now in letters of transit for French Morocco
January 11, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Personally, I'm investing now in letters of transit for French Morocco
Just checked: as a sign of where we are, historically-speaking, Stars and Stripes did a story on this three days ago that has support for military invasion at 8%, so you were close. The 30% support is for a purchase, not world war.
Most Americans are against potential US military takeover of Greenland, poll shows
A new poll finds that most Americans oppose a U.S. military takeover of Greenland and also show little interest in buying the Arctic island.
www.stripes.com
January 11, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Just checked: as a sign of where we are, historically-speaking, Stars and Stripes did a story on this three days ago that has support for military invasion at 8%, so you were close. The 30% support is for a purchase, not world war.
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It is also very weird to have a world war where everybody presumably posts through it.
January 11, 2026 at 3:48 AM
It is also very weird to have a world war where everybody presumably posts through it.
It is also very weird to have a world war where everybody presumably posts through it.
January 11, 2026 at 3:48 AM
It is also very weird to have a world war where everybody presumably posts through it.