Isaac Meister

SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26

NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%

The fascism is killing us, some faster than others, but nearly all of us either way.

It is so damning of US news media that so many outlets refuse to just straight up say that Senator Tim Sheehy assaulted an activist.

He did not "help" Capitol police. They did not need his help. He wanted to assault the guy and did. He should resign.

“But what about the need to teach students to be literate in AI?” In 33 yrs of journalism & 15 of teaching, I’ve learned that there are any number of lawyers, doctors, politicians, generals, & CEOs—& yes “elite” students—who are only semiliterate in their native tongue. Let’s worry about that.

A screenshot of the Polymarket website showing a prediction market titled "Nuclear weapon detonation by...?" under the Geopolitics and Ukraine categories. The market displays three betting options with their current probabilities and "Buy Yes" or "Buy No" prices: "March 31" at 5%, "June 30" at 12%, and "Before 2027" at 22%. The total trading volume shown is over $843,000.

Polymarket has created a betting market on the use of nuclear weapons. Everyone involved in this should be put in prison for life.

Patrick Blanchfield always gets right to the heart of the matter with painful eloquence. Read him!

mesa erasure smdh

i don't think it's good for news organizations to partner with organizations they should be investigating as avenues of public corruption

this is basically a classified information eruv

*me dying in a nuclear war* this isn’t going to work on me, I’m too focused

With due respect, if you aren’t bitching at your representatives when they’re doing something wrong, you aren’t doing it right. It’s *because* we blame and are furious with the Republicans that we’re mad at Democrats not going as hard as they should.

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done

- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy

I will simply reiterate what I have said for years, namely that whatever their utility when it comes to individual psychopathology, the ideas of repetition compulsions and the death drive are super clarifying when it comes to the libidinal economies of settler colonial imperial violence

its cool and reassuring how the only actual rule in the rules based international order is “get nukes as fast as possible”

probably too much to ask but I would simply like to live in a world not run by psychopaths perverts and idiots intent on justifying their opportunism and evil by appeals to reenacting primordial cosmological Battle Myths of which the ultimate and most archetypal is the end of the world itself

We will not be forgiven for this.

the way "preemptive" strike is more meaningless than it's ever been, an obvious fig leaf daring anyone to say the emperor has no clothes, feels so dangerous

Every so often there’s a thread full of tangible joy and whimsy on here. This is one of them.

I'm begging my fellow politicians, Illinoisans, and Americans to realize that right now, we aren't fighting over policy or political party.

We're fighting over whether we're going to be a country rooted in empathy and kindness — or one rooted in cruelty and rage.

Almost 20 percent of trans people in America have had to move because of an organized program of government persecution. “Let that sink in” is a vintage quip, but apposite here.

Community meme: I CAN EXCUSE FASCISM. BUTI DRAW THE LINE AT MERCANTILISM.

The Supreme Court:

The family resemblance is so cute

Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.

More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...

Home Office @ukhomeoffice Follow Illegal migrants living in hotels have been banned from using taxpayer-funded taxis for medical appointments. Under new rules, taxi use for medical journeys will be restricted to individuals with physical disabilities and serious or chronic illnesses. ... TP + ILLEGAL MIGRANTS BANNED FROM USING TAXIS FOR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS

Home Offi... @ukhomeoffi... • Feb 6 The largest number of illegal migrants and foreign criminals have been removed or deported off British soil in a decade. - NEARLY - 60000 ILLEGAL MIGRANTS CRIMINALS REMOVED OR DEPORTED

Any time I look to see what the Labour government is up to in the UK it turns out to be things like making posters that Alfonso Cuarón put in the background of the long tracking shot that opens “Children of Men”.

Protecting Our Right to Sue Federal Agents Who Violate the Federal agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have descended into utter lawlessness, most recently in Minnesota. The violence is shocking. So

We need effective judicial remedies to guaranty our digital liberties. This requires federal and state legislation to guaranty our right to sue federal agents for damages when they violate the U.S. Constitution. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.

CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?

DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.

C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?

DR: Now look

I did not have ICE attempting to violate the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and nearly causing a diplomatic incident on my risk register and you know what, that’s on me.

Three faces that have been in my mind all month, and will likely never leave—and sadly, there will likely be more. People need to start thinking really hard about what’s going on, and as an artist there’s a lot we can do.

Abolish ICE!!!

The really cool and good people list

this is completely insane and more people need to say that doing this is completely insane