Daniel Isaiah Elder ✡️🌈
@tumblehawk.bsky.social
Navigator at Corporeal Writing // a bisexual bookseller // Jewish cat enthusiast
every time someone posts their Spotify Wrapped, a military drone gets its wings
December 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
every time someone posts their Spotify Wrapped, a military drone gets its wings
or: why I can't subscribe to most substacks
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
or: why I can't subscribe to most substacks
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The sticky truth about self-promotion during THESE TIMES is that my family, and the families of all working artists and freelancers, still need to eat under fascism.
August 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The sticky truth about self-promotion during THESE TIMES is that my family, and the families of all working artists and freelancers, still need to eat under fascism.
I know times are tough and we all find joy where we can, but watching people get excited about Gavin Newsom is painful.
August 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I know times are tough and we all find joy where we can, but watching people get excited about Gavin Newsom is painful.
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[worst possible stuff happening everywhere] man why do I feel bad
July 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
[worst possible stuff happening everywhere] man why do I feel bad
Interlocutor. What a word!
July 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Interlocutor. What a word!
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You are not a "pessimist" or "cynic" if you look at the state of modern tech and find yourself disgusted. Conversely, being defensive of OpenAI or Anthropic doesn't make you an optimist - it makes you a propagandist working for the powerful.
www.wheresyoured.at/make-fun-of-them/
www.wheresyoured.at/make-fun-of-them/
June 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
You are not a "pessimist" or "cynic" if you look at the state of modern tech and find yourself disgusted. Conversely, being defensive of OpenAI or Anthropic doesn't make you an optimist - it makes you a propagandist working for the powerful.
www.wheresyoured.at/make-fun-of-them/
www.wheresyoured.at/make-fun-of-them/
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New in PN: Adam Serwer on America's "new dark age"
"They see this as a long-term investment in a more ignorant population reliant on sources of information they can control — a docile population that can be easily manipulated." — @adamserwer.bsky.social
"They see this as a long-term investment in a more ignorant population reliant on sources of information they can control — a docile population that can be easily manipulated." — @adamserwer.bsky.social
Adam Serwer on America's "new dark age"
"They see this as a long-term investment in a more ignorant population reliant on sources of information they can control."
www.publicnotice.co
June 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
New in PN: Adam Serwer on America's "new dark age"
"They see this as a long-term investment in a more ignorant population reliant on sources of information they can control — a docile population that can be easily manipulated." — @adamserwer.bsky.social
"They see this as a long-term investment in a more ignorant population reliant on sources of information they can control — a docile population that can be easily manipulated." — @adamserwer.bsky.social
has Roger Waters ever been to therapy
June 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
has Roger Waters ever been to therapy
it would be funny watching these two horrible man-children feud with each other as we all predicted they eventually would, but for the sense that we’re all gonna be worse off for it in the end
June 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
it would be funny watching these two horrible man-children feud with each other as we all predicted they eventually would, but for the sense that we’re all gonna be worse off for it in the end
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People have focused on the kook aspects of RFK Jr in a way that obscured his authoritarianism and cruelty.
But he’s genuinely an enemy of freedom and basic decency. He’s a narcissist, a eugenicist, and a predator.
But he’s genuinely an enemy of freedom and basic decency. He’s a narcissist, a eugenicist, and a predator.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that he could bar government scientists from publishing in the world’s leading medical journals, instead proposing the creation of “in-house” publications by his agency.
RFK Jr. says he may bar scientists from publishing in top medical journals
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took aim at reputed journals such as the Lancet and said the agency will create “in-house” publications instead.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
People have focused on the kook aspects of RFK Jr in a way that obscured his authoritarianism and cruelty.
But he’s genuinely an enemy of freedom and basic decency. He’s a narcissist, a eugenicist, and a predator.
But he’s genuinely an enemy of freedom and basic decency. He’s a narcissist, a eugenicist, and a predator.
the whole standing ovation thing at Cannes is cringe
May 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
the whole standing ovation thing at Cannes is cringe
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💥 NEWS: McDonald's shareholders voted Tues. to reject an anti-DEI proposal, 99-1 percent. McDonald's Board said the proposal "unduly interferes" with the company's "flexibility and judgment." MCD: "Our success in the future builds on our history of embracing diversity as a competitive advantage."
May 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
💥 NEWS: McDonald's shareholders voted Tues. to reject an anti-DEI proposal, 99-1 percent. McDonald's Board said the proposal "unduly interferes" with the company's "flexibility and judgment." MCD: "Our success in the future builds on our history of embracing diversity as a competitive advantage."
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Just as chanting “free Palestine” does not make something antisemitic, yelling it doesn’t magically mean that targeting a Jewish professionals event in a Jewish space isn’t antisemitic (or violent, or senseless, or craven).
May 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Just as chanting “free Palestine” does not make something antisemitic, yelling it doesn’t magically mean that targeting a Jewish professionals event in a Jewish space isn’t antisemitic (or violent, or senseless, or craven).
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bookseller thought: now and then publishers raise the prices of individual books. recently Pema Chodron's When Things Fall Apart was raised from $16.95 to $18.95. then, just a few weeks later, it was raised to $19.95! which, given the state of Things Falling Apart Now, seems rather predatory to me!
May 21, 2025 at 2:07 AM
bookseller thought: now and then publishers raise the prices of individual books. recently Pema Chodron's When Things Fall Apart was raised from $16.95 to $18.95. then, just a few weeks later, it was raised to $19.95! which, given the state of Things Falling Apart Now, seems rather predatory to me!
bookseller thought: now and then publishers raise the prices of individual books. recently Pema Chodron's When Things Fall Apart was raised from $16.95 to $18.95. then, just a few weeks later, it was raised to $19.95! which, given the state of Things Falling Apart Now, seems rather predatory to me!
May 21, 2025 at 2:07 AM
bookseller thought: now and then publishers raise the prices of individual books. recently Pema Chodron's When Things Fall Apart was raised from $16.95 to $18.95. then, just a few weeks later, it was raised to $19.95! which, given the state of Things Falling Apart Now, seems rather predatory to me!
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So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
May 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
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this guy hates this country, its laws and its traditions
Stephen Miller says they are “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which is only allowed when the US has been invaded or during an insurrection, which would not allow people to challenge their incarceration in court if they are arrested and detained.
May 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
this guy hates this country, its laws and its traditions
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In a democracy, the agents of the state should not be able to conceal their identity. The entire purpose of these actions is to escape accountability.
Federal agents' seemingly universal adoption of neck gaiters worn just below the eyes like they're robbing the railroad is emblematic of this time in the US
🚨 ICE activity reports for 5/9:
Activity reported at
- Fort Totten Dr & Gallatin St NE at 8:00AM
- 5 officers - 3 ATF, others federal police
- 4 unmarked black cars with VA tags
- At least one person detained
Activity reported at
- Fort Totten Dr & Gallatin St NE at 8:00AM
- 5 officers - 3 ATF, others federal police
- 4 unmarked black cars with VA tags
- At least one person detained
May 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
In a democracy, the agents of the state should not be able to conceal their identity. The entire purpose of these actions is to escape accountability.
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who called it woke pope and not Opus DEI
May 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
who called it woke pope and not Opus DEI
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I’ve known Robert Prevost for years as one of the main figures in online TMNT fandom, where no one has a bad word to say about him. He probably won’t have as much time to contribute to Turtles wikis with his new gig but I though his choice of “Pope Leo” was a lovely nod to the community
May 9, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I’ve known Robert Prevost for years as one of the main figures in online TMNT fandom, where no one has a bad word to say about him. He probably won’t have as much time to contribute to Turtles wikis with his new gig but I though his choice of “Pope Leo” was a lovely nod to the community
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It’s weird to live in a time when basic principles like cruelty is wrong, cheating is empty & the idea that curiosity, generosity, originality, the satisfaction of earned accomplishments & loving intimacy are the center of a good life feel like countercultural concepts
May 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It’s weird to live in a time when basic principles like cruelty is wrong, cheating is empty & the idea that curiosity, generosity, originality, the satisfaction of earned accomplishments & loving intimacy are the center of a good life feel like countercultural concepts
I am here for Lilly Dancyger's war on AI. O Captain, My Captain.
May 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I am here for Lilly Dancyger's war on AI. O Captain, My Captain.
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“I asked ChatGPT,” well I asked your mom and she said you’ve always been a disappointment
May 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
“I asked ChatGPT,” well I asked your mom and she said you’ve always been a disappointment
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Except for one key difference: using GenAI doesn't make you look cool, it makes you look like a dork-ass loser
It's time people see that using GenAI is the same as lighting a cigarette. It's both addictive and unhealthy.
May 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Except for one key difference: using GenAI doesn't make you look cool, it makes you look like a dork-ass loser