Ian Against the Machine
@alkalinian.bsky.social
Writer, editor, North American scum.
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Slothrust @ Riot Fest. This is a Leah Wellbaum stan account
September 18, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Slothrust @ Riot Fest. This is a Leah Wellbaum stan account
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*cake doing play-by-play of a football game* hes torn his meniscus
August 17, 2026 at 12:21 AM
*cake doing play-by-play of a football game* hes torn his meniscus
Watching Independence Day (1996), and the best line-read in the movie is still the one grunt in the ruins of Houston who goes, “Target remains…”
July 5, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Watching Independence Day (1996), and the best line-read in the movie is still the one grunt in the ruins of Houston who goes, “Target remains…”
At 250 years old, the Declaration of Independence remains a fundamentally radical document, and one that is fundamentally incompatible with American movement conservatism.
The right-wing attack on birthright citizenship is not just about birthright citizenship itself. As MAGA’s reaction to the Supreme Court ruling proves, it is part of their opposition to a broader ideal, that “All men are created equal.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
July 3, 2026 at 4:57 PM
At 250 years old, the Declaration of Independence remains a fundamentally radical document, and one that is fundamentally incompatible with American movement conservatism.
Our grandchildren will never believe we had to go to school and work on Prime Day.
June 23, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Our grandchildren will never believe we had to go to school and work on Prime Day.
Animated Animorphs TV show done in the style of Invincible or X-Men ‘97.
What’s your white whale tv/film adaptation that needs to happen
Trying to do a daily dumb little prompt to not think about The Horrors
June 6, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Animated Animorphs TV show done in the style of Invincible or X-Men ‘97.
*Steve Perry voice* 🎶 The meal in the sky keeps on turnin’ 🎶
June 5, 2026 at 2:42 PM
*Steve Perry voice* 🎶 The meal in the sky keeps on turnin’ 🎶
THERAPIST: try writing longhand to help with focus and executive function
ME: *laughs maniacally surrounded by a dozen empty bottles of white-out*
ME: *laughs maniacally surrounded by a dozen empty bottles of white-out*
June 3, 2026 at 12:56 AM
THERAPIST: try writing longhand to help with focus and executive function
ME: *laughs maniacally surrounded by a dozen empty bottles of white-out*
ME: *laughs maniacally surrounded by a dozen empty bottles of white-out*
History nerd achievement unlocked: saw where they did the (second (third)) Defenestration of Prague
May 21, 2026 at 10:08 PM
History nerd achievement unlocked: saw where they did the (second (third)) Defenestration of Prague
introduce yourself with 10 bands you've seen live:
Metallica
The Flaming Lips
Alkaline Trio
Foxy Shazam
Gogol Bordello
GWAR
Haim
Jimmy Eat World
Ludo
Tegan and Sara
Metallica
The Flaming Lips
Alkaline Trio
Foxy Shazam
Gogol Bordello
GWAR
Haim
Jimmy Eat World
Ludo
Tegan and Sara
introduce yourself with 10 bands you've seen live:
Morrissey
Andy Prieboy
Concrete Blonde
James
They Might Be Giants
Sparks
Roger Waters
Weird Al Yankovic
Peter Murphy
Psychedelic Furs
Morrissey
Andy Prieboy
Concrete Blonde
James
They Might Be Giants
Sparks
Roger Waters
Weird Al Yankovic
Peter Murphy
Psychedelic Furs
Introduce yourself with 10 bands you've seen live
Foo Fighters
The Wonder Years
My Chemical Romance
Coheed and Cambria
As Tall As Lions
Steely Dan
The Who
The Offspring
Everclear
Every Time I Die
Foo Fighters
The Wonder Years
My Chemical Romance
Coheed and Cambria
As Tall As Lions
Steely Dan
The Who
The Offspring
Everclear
Every Time I Die
May 21, 2026 at 7:35 AM
introduce yourself with 10 bands you've seen live:
Metallica
The Flaming Lips
Alkaline Trio
Foxy Shazam
Gogol Bordello
GWAR
Haim
Jimmy Eat World
Ludo
Tegan and Sara
Metallica
The Flaming Lips
Alkaline Trio
Foxy Shazam
Gogol Bordello
GWAR
Haim
Jimmy Eat World
Ludo
Tegan and Sara
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"the maga party is the last breath of the confederacy, and i'll be happy to see gen z and millennials bury y'all."
Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end.
Speak your truth, fight and believe.
Speak your truth, fight and believe.
May 14, 2026 at 1:07 AM
"the maga party is the last breath of the confederacy, and i'll be happy to see gen z and millennials bury y'all."
Resurrect him and give him a Battlemech.
Happy birthday to John Brown, who knew exactly how to handle the south’s “Peculiar Institution”
May 9, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Resurrect him and give him a Battlemech.
As is tradition 🎶✊🚫👑
May 1, 2026 at 8:06 PM
As is tradition 🎶✊🚫👑
As a committed ASOIAF nerd, I’d campaign on an “Hour of the Wolf” presidency. Stay in the job for like two weeks future-proofing and dispensing justice, then resign and fuck off back home.
Part of my presidential campaign pitch: give me a willing Congress, and on Day One I will (a) join the ICC and (b) send this entire administration to The Hague.
April 27, 2026 at 3:16 PM
As a committed ASOIAF nerd, I’d campaign on an “Hour of the Wolf” presidency. Stay in the job for like two weeks future-proofing and dispensing justice, then resign and fuck off back home.
Getting closer! 🙏
My sources are reporting that right-wing American Catholics will be convening on Staten Island to name Cardinal Dolan as the first American antipope.
April 13, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Getting closer! 🙏
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it’s giving crusades it’s giving Avignon papacy
hot medieval summer
April 13, 2026 at 2:14 AM
it’s giving crusades it’s giving Avignon papacy
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Are you a writer? Do you own:
*Piles of notebooks that you'll never throw out or open again
*A book on how to write a book a family member gave you
*Mug of pens with the clips broken off
*An oxford comma hot take
*Rejection collection
*Trauma over an unrecoverable lost project
*Imposter syndrome
*Piles of notebooks that you'll never throw out or open again
*A book on how to write a book a family member gave you
*Mug of pens with the clips broken off
*An oxford comma hot take
*Rejection collection
*Trauma over an unrecoverable lost project
*Imposter syndrome
May 11, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Are you a writer? Do you own:
*Piles of notebooks that you'll never throw out or open again
*A book on how to write a book a family member gave you
*Mug of pens with the clips broken off
*An oxford comma hot take
*Rejection collection
*Trauma over an unrecoverable lost project
*Imposter syndrome
*Piles of notebooks that you'll never throw out or open again
*A book on how to write a book a family member gave you
*Mug of pens with the clips broken off
*An oxford comma hot take
*Rejection collection
*Trauma over an unrecoverable lost project
*Imposter syndrome
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Nuremberg 2.0. go nurembrrrrrrrrr
The DNC Resolutions Committee has passed my resolution to hold Trump Administration officials legally accountable for their crimes.
Assuming the whole packet passes on Friday, it will become the official position of the national Democratic Party.
Assuming the whole packet passes on Friday, it will become the official position of the national Democratic Party.
April 9, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Nuremberg 2.0. go nurembrrrrrrrrr
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bugs bunny would wipe the floor with Q from star trek
April 8, 2026 at 12:59 AM
bugs bunny would wipe the floor with Q from star trek
The people who voted for this are the most irresponsible people on the planet.
The people who voted for this voted for death.
The people who voted for this voted for destruction.
The people who voted for this voted for insanity.
The people who voted for this voted for a monster.
The people who voted for this enabled a sexual predator to start a war to distract from his crimes.
The people who voted for this voted for destruction.
The people who voted for this voted for insanity.
The people who voted for this voted for a monster.
The people who voted for this enabled a sexual predator to start a war to distract from his crimes.
April 7, 2026 at 3:07 PM
The people who voted for this are the most irresponsible people on the planet.
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technically, this is a selfie
April 6, 2026 at 10:37 PM
technically, this is a selfie
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they literally renamed the entire company after this
Meta is shutting down its VR metaverse on June 15th.
March 18, 2026 at 4:24 PM
they literally renamed the entire company after this
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He was certainly afraid of Vietnam-style combat in Vietnam.
March 18, 2026 at 12:18 AM
He was certainly afraid of Vietnam-style combat in Vietnam.