anarchyroll
@anarchyroll.bsky.social
Journalism-Inspired Writer | Visual Essayist
Short-Form Fire. Long-Form Roots
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Wisdom is Resistance
Short-Form Fire. Long-Form Roots
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Wisdom is Resistance
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An existential crisis can feel like losing your sense of self, purpose, or direction.
But sometimes what’s actually gone is the old map.
The territory changed.
The new map hasn’t been drawn yet.
#ExistentialCrisis #SelfDiscovery
But sometimes what’s actually gone is the old map.
The territory changed.
The new map hasn’t been drawn yet.
#ExistentialCrisis #SelfDiscovery
September 23, 2026 at 11:22 PM
An existential crisis can feel like losing your sense of self, purpose, or direction.
But sometimes what’s actually gone is the old map.
The territory changed.
The new map hasn’t been drawn yet.
#ExistentialCrisis #SelfDiscovery
But sometimes what’s actually gone is the old map.
The territory changed.
The new map hasn’t been drawn yet.
#ExistentialCrisis #SelfDiscovery
Algorithms didn't invent economic incentives. They gave them new capabilities.
“When the Algorithm Sets the Price” goes back to the roots of AnarchyJC’s Excess & Algorithms section: take complicated economics, strip away the jargon, and ask better questions.
anarchyjc.com/2026/09/09/w...
“When the Algorithm Sets the Price” goes back to the roots of AnarchyJC’s Excess & Algorithms section: take complicated economics, strip away the jargon, and ask better questions.
anarchyjc.com/2026/09/09/w...
When the Algorithm Sets the Price
What happens when the price of something stops being a decision and becomes an optimization? There was a time when pricing was relatively simple. A store decided what to charge. A landlord decided …
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September 9, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Algorithms didn't invent economic incentives. They gave them new capabilities.
“When the Algorithm Sets the Price” goes back to the roots of AnarchyJC’s Excess & Algorithms section: take complicated economics, strip away the jargon, and ask better questions.
anarchyjc.com/2026/09/09/w...
“When the Algorithm Sets the Price” goes back to the roots of AnarchyJC’s Excess & Algorithms section: take complicated economics, strip away the jargon, and ask better questions.
anarchyjc.com/2026/09/09/w...
Fascism is a real historical phenomenon.
“Fascist” is not supposed to mean “person I hate.”
When a historically specific political concept becomes a generalized insult, we lose some of our ability to recognize what the word was meant to describe.
anarchyjc.com/2026/09/03/f...
“Fascist” is not supposed to mean “person I hate.”
When a historically specific political concept becomes a generalized insult, we lose some of our ability to recognize what the word was meant to describe.
anarchyjc.com/2026/09/03/f...
Fascism Becomes Background Noise
What Happens When Everyone Becomes a Fascist? There is a word we have become remarkably comfortable using. Fascist. We use it for politicians, parties, governments, corporations, institutions, stra…
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September 3, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Fascism is a real historical phenomenon.
“Fascist” is not supposed to mean “person I hate.”
When a historically specific political concept becomes a generalized insult, we lose some of our ability to recognize what the word was meant to describe.
anarchyjc.com/2026/09/03/f...
“Fascist” is not supposed to mean “person I hate.”
When a historically specific political concept becomes a generalized insult, we lose some of our ability to recognize what the word was meant to describe.
anarchyjc.com/2026/09/03/f...
The latest campaign finance ruling is easy to debate.
The harder question is what it reveals.
Follow the money. Follow the law. Follow the incentives.
Then look at the pattern.
#AnarchyJC #SupremeCourt #Democracy
The harder question is what it reveals.
Follow the money. Follow the law. Follow the incentives.
Then look at the pattern.
#AnarchyJC #SupremeCourt #Democracy
September 2, 2026 at 5:53 PM
The latest campaign finance ruling is easy to debate.
The harder question is what it reveals.
Follow the money. Follow the law. Follow the incentives.
Then look at the pattern.
#AnarchyJC #SupremeCourt #Democracy
The harder question is what it reveals.
Follow the money. Follow the law. Follow the incentives.
Then look at the pattern.
#AnarchyJC #SupremeCourt #Democracy
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Economic crises rarely look the same.
Their aftermath often does.
This visual essay explores a recurring question: why do periods of instability so often end with greater concentration of wealth and power?
I'm less interested in blame than in patterns.
#Economics #Journalism #CriticalThinking
Their aftermath often does.
This visual essay explores a recurring question: why do periods of instability so often end with greater concentration of wealth and power?
I'm less interested in blame than in patterns.
#Economics #Journalism #CriticalThinking
July 8, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Economic crises rarely look the same.
Their aftermath often does.
This visual essay explores a recurring question: why do periods of instability so often end with greater concentration of wealth and power?
I'm less interested in blame than in patterns.
#Economics #Journalism #CriticalThinking
Their aftermath often does.
This visual essay explores a recurring question: why do periods of instability so often end with greater concentration of wealth and power?
I'm less interested in blame than in patterns.
#Economics #Journalism #CriticalThinking
Reposted by anarchyroll
What is a #psyop?
Psychological operations are real and documented. But that doesn't mean everything is a psyop.
This article traces the history, examines influence, perception, and offers four questions for navigating the information around us.
anarchyjc.com/2026/08/07/w...
Psychological operations are real and documented. But that doesn't mean everything is a psyop.
This article traces the history, examines influence, perception, and offers four questions for navigating the information around us.
anarchyjc.com/2026/08/07/w...
What Is a Psyop?
How Influence Became a Battlefield The most powerful battles aren’t always fought over territory. Sometimes they’re fought over perception. The word “psyop” is everywhere. S…
anarchyjc.com
August 8, 2026 at 9:37 PM
What is a #psyop?
Psychological operations are real and documented. But that doesn't mean everything is a psyop.
This article traces the history, examines influence, perception, and offers four questions for navigating the information around us.
anarchyjc.com/2026/08/07/w...
Psychological operations are real and documented. But that doesn't mean everything is a psyop.
This article traces the history, examines influence, perception, and offers four questions for navigating the information around us.
anarchyjc.com/2026/08/07/w...
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Sometimes the world isn't asking us to do anything.
A lake. A sunset. Trees. The sky.
Nothing to click. Nothing to optimize. Nothing to document.
Just something worth looking at.
A World Worth Looking At — a new ace.roll visual essay about nature, attention, and awe.
A lake. A sunset. Trees. The sky.
Nothing to click. Nothing to optimize. Nothing to document.
Just something worth looking at.
A World Worth Looking At — a new ace.roll visual essay about nature, attention, and awe.
September 1, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Sometimes the world isn't asking us to do anything.
A lake. A sunset. Trees. The sky.
Nothing to click. Nothing to optimize. Nothing to document.
Just something worth looking at.
A World Worth Looking At — a new ace.roll visual essay about nature, attention, and awe.
A lake. A sunset. Trees. The sky.
Nothing to click. Nothing to optimize. Nothing to document.
Just something worth looking at.
A World Worth Looking At — a new ace.roll visual essay about nature, attention, and awe.
#TBT to the first visual essay I made.
It brought together two things I’ve always loved: art and journalism.
Taking an idea, researching it, writing about it, and then figuring out how to communicate that idea visually was difficult—but it was also deeply satisfying.
It brought together two things I’ve always loved: art and journalism.
Taking an idea, researching it, writing about it, and then figuring out how to communicate that idea visually was difficult—but it was also deeply satisfying.
August 27, 2026 at 7:39 PM
#TBT to the first visual essay I made.
It brought together two things I’ve always loved: art and journalism.
Taking an idea, researching it, writing about it, and then figuring out how to communicate that idea visually was difficult—but it was also deeply satisfying.
It brought together two things I’ve always loved: art and journalism.
Taking an idea, researching it, writing about it, and then figuring out how to communicate that idea visually was difficult—but it was also deeply satisfying.
New AnarchyJC visual essay:
Manufactured Outrage: The Business of Keeping Us Divided
Attention becomes perception.
Perception becomes priority.
Priority becomes power.
And the question worth asking is:
What disappeared from view while everyone was looking here?
Manufactured Outrage: The Business of Keeping Us Divided
Attention becomes perception.
Perception becomes priority.
Priority becomes power.
And the question worth asking is:
What disappeared from view while everyone was looking here?
August 27, 2026 at 7:07 PM
New AnarchyJC visual essay:
Manufactured Outrage: The Business of Keeping Us Divided
Attention becomes perception.
Perception becomes priority.
Priority becomes power.
And the question worth asking is:
What disappeared from view while everyone was looking here?
Manufactured Outrage: The Business of Keeping Us Divided
Attention becomes perception.
Perception becomes priority.
Priority becomes power.
And the question worth asking is:
What disappeared from view while everyone was looking here?
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There is a strange space between what was and what will be.
The old life is gone. The new one hasn't arrived yet.
We often mistake that uncertainty for failure.
Maybe you don't need the whole future figured out.
You just need the next piece.
New visual essay: Between What Was and What Will Be.
The old life is gone. The new one hasn't arrived yet.
We often mistake that uncertainty for failure.
Maybe you don't need the whole future figured out.
You just need the next piece.
New visual essay: Between What Was and What Will Be.
August 25, 2026 at 11:36 PM
There is a strange space between what was and what will be.
The old life is gone. The new one hasn't arrived yet.
We often mistake that uncertainty for failure.
Maybe you don't need the whole future figured out.
You just need the next piece.
New visual essay: Between What Was and What Will Be.
The old life is gone. The new one hasn't arrived yet.
We often mistake that uncertainty for failure.
Maybe you don't need the whole future figured out.
You just need the next piece.
New visual essay: Between What Was and What Will Be.
Nobody has to tell you to be quiet.
Sometimes we learn what not to say because we've already calculated the cost of disagreeing.
The Courage to Dissent examines when integrity requires us to accept that cost & why responsible dissent matters to civic culture.
anarchyjc.com/2026/08/23/t...
Sometimes we learn what not to say because we've already calculated the cost of disagreeing.
The Courage to Dissent examines when integrity requires us to accept that cost & why responsible dissent matters to civic culture.
anarchyjc.com/2026/08/23/t...
The Courage to Dissent
When integrity becomes a civic responsibility There is a quiet moment that happens before most acts of conformity. Someone says something you disagree with. You know you disagree. You might even kn…
anarchyjc.com
August 24, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Nobody has to tell you to be quiet.
Sometimes we learn what not to say because we've already calculated the cost of disagreeing.
The Courage to Dissent examines when integrity requires us to accept that cost & why responsible dissent matters to civic culture.
anarchyjc.com/2026/08/23/t...
Sometimes we learn what not to say because we've already calculated the cost of disagreeing.
The Courage to Dissent examines when integrity requires us to accept that cost & why responsible dissent matters to civic culture.
anarchyjc.com/2026/08/23/t...
We usually ask: "What are my choices?"
Maybe the better question is: "Who decided these were my choices?"
This visual essay looks at how markets, politics, media, and human psychology can create the appearance of abundant choice while alternatives narrow underneath.
Not conspiracy. Incentives.
Maybe the better question is: "Who decided these were my choices?"
This visual essay looks at how markets, politics, media, and human psychology can create the appearance of abundant choice while alternatives narrow underneath.
Not conspiracy. Incentives.
August 21, 2026 at 6:08 PM
We usually ask: "What are my choices?"
Maybe the better question is: "Who decided these were my choices?"
This visual essay looks at how markets, politics, media, and human psychology can create the appearance of abundant choice while alternatives narrow underneath.
Not conspiracy. Incentives.
Maybe the better question is: "Who decided these were my choices?"
This visual essay looks at how markets, politics, media, and human psychology can create the appearance of abundant choice while alternatives narrow underneath.
Not conspiracy. Incentives.
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Sometimes the hardest part of rebuilding is the space between what was and what will be.
The old life is gone. The new one isn't here yet. And uncertainty can feel a lot like failure.
But maybe you don't need the whole map.
Maybe you just need the next piece.
A new ace.roll essay.
The old life is gone. The new one isn't here yet. And uncertainty can feel a lot like failure.
But maybe you don't need the whole map.
Maybe you just need the next piece.
A new ace.roll essay.
Between What Was and What Will Be
The strange space of rebuilding when the old life is gone, and the new one hasn’t arrived yet.
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August 13, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Sometimes the hardest part of rebuilding is the space between what was and what will be.
The old life is gone. The new one isn't here yet. And uncertainty can feel a lot like failure.
But maybe you don't need the whole map.
Maybe you just need the next piece.
A new ace.roll essay.
The old life is gone. The new one isn't here yet. And uncertainty can feel a lot like failure.
But maybe you don't need the whole map.
Maybe you just need the next piece.
A new ace.roll essay.
Reposted by anarchyroll
We assume other people see what we see. They don't. And neither do we.
Every mind is working with a different collection of memories, experiences, expectations, and predictions.
This visual essay explores that strange human habit.
Maybe understanding begins when certainty becomes curiosity.
Every mind is working with a different collection of memories, experiences, expectations, and predictions.
This visual essay explores that strange human habit.
Maybe understanding begins when certainty becomes curiosity.
August 18, 2026 at 4:12 PM
We assume other people see what we see. They don't. And neither do we.
Every mind is working with a different collection of memories, experiences, expectations, and predictions.
This visual essay explores that strange human habit.
Maybe understanding begins when certainty becomes curiosity.
Every mind is working with a different collection of memories, experiences, expectations, and predictions.
This visual essay explores that strange human habit.
Maybe understanding begins when certainty becomes curiosity.
Reposted by anarchyroll
We didn't only build nature away.
We also learned how to look past what remained.
A new ace.roll essay about sunsets, the Cosmic Sublime, attention, and the strange miracle of being here to see any of it.
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We also learned how to look past what remained.
A new ace.roll essay about sunsets, the Cosmic Sublime, attention, and the strange miracle of being here to see any of it.
medium.com/@ace.roll/a-...
A World Worth Looking At
When What is All Around Us is More Awe-Inspiring Than the Technology in Our Hands.
medium.com
August 18, 2026 at 8:36 PM
We didn't only build nature away.
We also learned how to look past what remained.
A new ace.roll essay about sunsets, the Cosmic Sublime, attention, and the strange miracle of being here to see any of it.
medium.com/@ace.roll/a-...
We also learned how to look past what remained.
A new ace.roll essay about sunsets, the Cosmic Sublime, attention, and the strange miracle of being here to see any of it.
medium.com/@ace.roll/a-...
#Woke didn't always mean what it means today.
Its history runs through Black American vernacular, music, activism, popular culture, and eventually the culture war.
So what happened to the word?
I took a closer look.
anarchyjc.com/2026/08/17/w...
Its history runs through Black American vernacular, music, activism, popular culture, and eventually the culture war.
So what happened to the word?
I took a closer look.
anarchyjc.com/2026/08/17/w...
When “Woke” Changed Meaning
The life, transformation, and political afterlife of a word Few words in American politics can change the temperature of a conversation as quickly as woke. For some, it means awareness. For others,…
anarchyjc.com
August 17, 2026 at 11:15 PM
#Woke didn't always mean what it means today.
Its history runs through Black American vernacular, music, activism, popular culture, and eventually the culture war.
So what happened to the word?
I took a closer look.
anarchyjc.com/2026/08/17/w...
Its history runs through Black American vernacular, music, activism, popular culture, and eventually the culture war.
So what happened to the word?
I took a closer look.
anarchyjc.com/2026/08/17/w...
Democratic socialism is having a political moment.
But the more interesting question may be why it has become politically thinkable again.
I take a closer look at that question in my new article: The Politics of the Commons.
anarchyjc.com/2026/08/13/t...
But the more interesting question may be why it has become politically thinkable again.
I take a closer look at that question in my new article: The Politics of the Commons.
anarchyjc.com/2026/08/13/t...
The Politics of the Commons
What happens when a society starts asking whether everything should have a price? For most of the last century, socialism carried a particular weight in American politics. It was less a political p…
anarchyjc.com
August 13, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Democratic socialism is having a political moment.
But the more interesting question may be why it has become politically thinkable again.
I take a closer look at that question in my new article: The Politics of the Commons.
anarchyjc.com/2026/08/13/t...
But the more interesting question may be why it has become politically thinkable again.
I take a closer look at that question in my new article: The Politics of the Commons.
anarchyjc.com/2026/08/13/t...
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The internet gave us unlimited access to information.
But increasingly, information reaches us through systems optimized for attention rather than understanding.
This visual essay explores how that happened—and why it matters.
#AttentionEconomy #Algorithms #MediaLiteracy
But increasingly, information reaches us through systems optimized for attention rather than understanding.
This visual essay explores how that happened—and why it matters.
#AttentionEconomy #Algorithms #MediaLiteracy
July 14, 2026 at 6:32 PM
The internet gave us unlimited access to information.
But increasingly, information reaches us through systems optimized for attention rather than understanding.
This visual essay explores how that happened—and why it matters.
#AttentionEconomy #Algorithms #MediaLiteracy
But increasingly, information reaches us through systems optimized for attention rather than understanding.
This visual essay explores how that happened—and why it matters.
#AttentionEconomy #Algorithms #MediaLiteracy
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The screen goes dark.
So why does it still feel like it's with you?
Our work, creativity, and relationships increasingly happen through illuminated glass—but our bodies and minds are still human.
A new ace.roll essay exploring #ScreenTime and #Health
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So why does it still feel like it's with you?
Our work, creativity, and relationships increasingly happen through illuminated glass—but our bodies and minds are still human.
A new ace.roll essay exploring #ScreenTime and #Health
📖 medium.com/@ace.roll/be...
Beyond the Glass
What does it mean to be human in an age where so much of our work, creativity, and connection happens through a sheet of illuminated glass?
medium.com
August 5, 2026 at 12:19 AM
The screen goes dark.
So why does it still feel like it's with you?
Our work, creativity, and relationships increasingly happen through illuminated glass—but our bodies and minds are still human.
A new ace.roll essay exploring #ScreenTime and #Health
📖 medium.com/@ace.roll/be...
So why does it still feel like it's with you?
Our work, creativity, and relationships increasingly happen through illuminated glass—but our bodies and minds are still human.
A new ace.roll essay exploring #ScreenTime and #Health
📖 medium.com/@ace.roll/be...
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When life feels loud, don't start by fighting every thought.
Start by noticing your #breath.
This visual essay explores how #philosophy, #meditation, and #neuroscience all point toward the same quiet truth:
Sometimes changing your state comes before changing your mind.
Start by noticing your #breath.
This visual essay explores how #philosophy, #meditation, and #neuroscience all point toward the same quiet truth:
Sometimes changing your state comes before changing your mind.
July 24, 2026 at 6:13 PM
When life feels loud, don't start by fighting every thought.
Start by noticing your #breath.
This visual essay explores how #philosophy, #meditation, and #neuroscience all point toward the same quiet truth:
Sometimes changing your state comes before changing your mind.
Start by noticing your #breath.
This visual essay explores how #philosophy, #meditation, and #neuroscience all point toward the same quiet truth:
Sometimes changing your state comes before changing your mind.
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Screens show collapse.
Streets show connection.
My new ace.roll visual essay:
Through Screens or Through Streets — about perception, presence, and finding optimism in a noisy world.
Streets show connection.
My new ace.roll visual essay:
Through Screens or Through Streets — about perception, presence, and finding optimism in a noisy world.
December 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Screens show collapse.
Streets show connection.
My new ace.roll visual essay:
Through Screens or Through Streets — about perception, presence, and finding optimism in a noisy world.
Streets show connection.
My new ace.roll visual essay:
Through Screens or Through Streets — about perception, presence, and finding optimism in a noisy world.
Reposted by anarchyroll
Reposted by anarchyroll
We spend more time behind illuminated glass than any generation before us.
This visual essay isn't about rejecting technology.
It's about understanding the quiet ways it shapes our minds, our bodies, and our relationship with ourselves.
Beyond the Glass.
#MentalHealth #Psychology #ScreenTime
This visual essay isn't about rejecting technology.
It's about understanding the quiet ways it shapes our minds, our bodies, and our relationship with ourselves.
Beyond the Glass.
#MentalHealth #Psychology #ScreenTime
August 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
We spend more time behind illuminated glass than any generation before us.
This visual essay isn't about rejecting technology.
It's about understanding the quiet ways it shapes our minds, our bodies, and our relationship with ourselves.
Beyond the Glass.
#MentalHealth #Psychology #ScreenTime
This visual essay isn't about rejecting technology.
It's about understanding the quiet ways it shapes our minds, our bodies, and our relationship with ourselves.
Beyond the Glass.
#MentalHealth #Psychology #ScreenTime
What is a #psyop?
Psychological operations are real and documented. But that doesn't mean everything is a psyop.
This article traces the history, examines influence, perception, and offers four questions for navigating the information around us.
anarchyjc.com/2026/08/07/w...
Psychological operations are real and documented. But that doesn't mean everything is a psyop.
This article traces the history, examines influence, perception, and offers four questions for navigating the information around us.
anarchyjc.com/2026/08/07/w...
What Is a Psyop?
How Influence Became a Battlefield The most powerful battles aren’t always fought over territory. Sometimes they’re fought over perception. The word “psyop” is everywhere. S…
anarchyjc.com
August 8, 2026 at 9:37 PM
What is a #psyop?
Psychological operations are real and documented. But that doesn't mean everything is a psyop.
This article traces the history, examines influence, perception, and offers four questions for navigating the information around us.
anarchyjc.com/2026/08/07/w...
Psychological operations are real and documented. But that doesn't mean everything is a psyop.
This article traces the history, examines influence, perception, and offers four questions for navigating the information around us.
anarchyjc.com/2026/08/07/w...