elias isquith
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senior editor for policy, politics, and ideas at vox.com / these are my personal opinions / reposts ≠ endorsements / i block doomers / trust the process / go 🦅 / delete posts ~ 1x per week
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In 2008 I was at a conference at Harvard watching him comment on a panel when he got a phone call, said “it’s the White House,” got up and started to leave. As he did, someone said rather loudly “ well now we’re all fucked.” that hits a bit harder now.
November 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
In 2008 I was at a conference at Harvard watching him comment on a panel when he got a phone call, said “it’s the White House,” got up and started to leave. As he did, someone said rather loudly “ well now we’re all fucked.” that hits a bit harder now.
discoursing very strongly
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 AM
discoursing very strongly
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Not me, I am built different
November 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Not me, I am built different
understand you are always one mildly pleasant shared coffee away from thinking the worst poster in the world isn’t so bad actually
November 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM
understand you are always one mildly pleasant shared coffee away from thinking the worst poster in the world isn’t so bad actually
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Robbie is very intentional about logging off and touching grass. He only owns a flip phones and his hobbies include swimming at the quarry with his buddies. Be like Robbie.
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Robbie is very intentional about logging off and touching grass. He only owns a flip phones and his hobbies include swimming at the quarry with his buddies. Be like Robbie.
i found the positive depiction of masculinity we have all been searching for. his name is robbie and he robs trap houses for fun with his buddies. he’s a loving father with dreams of giving his children a beautiful home full of comfort, safety, and natural splendor. his brother was in a biker gang.
November 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
i found the positive depiction of masculinity we have all been searching for. his name is robbie and he robs trap houses for fun with his buddies. he’s a loving father with dreams of giving his children a beautiful home full of comfort, safety, and natural splendor. his brother was in a biker gang.
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arent there like 40 million accounts on this website? youre asking for a level of collective action so significant that if it were possible this would be the least of our problems.
November 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
arent there like 40 million accounts on this website? youre asking for a level of collective action so significant that if it were possible this would be the least of our problems.
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Why don’t we, the largest group of people, not simply eat the powerful weirdos?
there's a lot of good reasons to think structurally and systemically.
but part of why we do this is because we don't want to admit that, at heart, a small group of weird people are able to wield so much unaccountable and unconscionable power because we, the vast larger group of people, allow it
but part of why we do this is because we don't want to admit that, at heart, a small group of weird people are able to wield so much unaccountable and unconscionable power because we, the vast larger group of people, allow it
“You have to see how the interests of capital steer it towards certain outcomes based on…“
Shut up, nerd. They all have meetings in Dr. Evil’s underground lair petting hairless cats and cackling.
Shut up, nerd. They all have meetings in Dr. Evil’s underground lair petting hairless cats and cackling.
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Why don’t we, the largest group of people, not simply eat the powerful weirdos?
there's a lot of good reasons to think structurally and systemically.
but part of why we do this is because we don't want to admit that, at heart, a small group of weird people are able to wield so much unaccountable and unconscionable power because we, the vast larger group of people, allow it
but part of why we do this is because we don't want to admit that, at heart, a small group of weird people are able to wield so much unaccountable and unconscionable power because we, the vast larger group of people, allow it
“You have to see how the interests of capital steer it towards certain outcomes based on…“
Shut up, nerd. They all have meetings in Dr. Evil’s underground lair petting hairless cats and cackling.
Shut up, nerd. They all have meetings in Dr. Evil’s underground lair petting hairless cats and cackling.
November 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
there's a lot of good reasons to think structurally and systemically.
but part of why we do this is because we don't want to admit that, at heart, a small group of weird people are able to wield so much unaccountable and unconscionable power because we, the vast larger group of people, allow it
but part of why we do this is because we don't want to admit that, at heart, a small group of weird people are able to wield so much unaccountable and unconscionable power because we, the vast larger group of people, allow it
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TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
guys, i cannot emphasize this enough:
DO NOT REPEAT THESE INSIGHTS
DO NOT REPEAT THESE INSIGHTS
November 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
guys, i cannot emphasize this enough:
DO NOT REPEAT THESE INSIGHTS
DO NOT REPEAT THESE INSIGHTS
that meme about weird nerds jumping in front of bullets for elon but the weird nerds are SCOTUS and elon is the economy
The Supreme Court just might save Trump from himself
And save you $1,000 in the process.
www.vox.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
that meme about weird nerds jumping in front of bullets for elon but the weird nerds are SCOTUS and elon is the economy
DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT
“the ideal subject of a totalitarian society”
too wordy?
too wordy?
We gotta have a clear term for people so cynical they become gullible.
November 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“the ideal subject of a totalitarian society”
too wordy?
too wordy?
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I think "cope" works equally well for doomer types
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I think "cope" works equally well for doomer types
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what’s the word for cope but you’re coping about how good news is actually meaningless (and therefore in a sense confirmation of bad news) because you’re terrified to feel hopeful again?
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
what’s the word for cope but you’re coping about how good news is actually meaningless (and therefore in a sense confirmation of bad news) because you’re terrified to feel hopeful again?
"When voters are read direct quotes from Platner’s since-deleted Reddit posts, he loses to Collins by double digits."
EMILYs List poll: Platner will lose Maine Senate race
The Maine Senate race is all but a must-win for Democrats looking to take back the Senate.
www.politico.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"When voters are read direct quotes from Platner’s since-deleted Reddit posts, he loses to Collins by double digits."
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Much as someone else pointed out on here, there's a difference between the Archie Bunker racism that America is comfortable with and the Nazi race science pervasive on the right
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Much as someone else pointed out on here, there's a difference between the Archie Bunker racism that America is comfortable with and the Nazi race science pervasive on the right
i think it will because there’s a difference between misogyny and patriarchal patrimonialism and while the two are often allies there are wedge points between them.
Raise your hand you think evidence of Trump’s involvement with Epstein’s abhorrent debauchery will meaningfully damage Trump?
November 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
i think it will because there’s a difference between misogyny and patriarchal patrimonialism and while the two are often allies there are wedge points between them.
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I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
so kings of leon are in their bowie phase i hear
November 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
so kings of leon are in their bowie phase i hear
i am going to make it / through this phase of yours / if it kills me
There is a Type of Guy whose entire personality is just “listens to The Mountain Goats.”
…and, chat, yeah, that’s me now. I have become that guy.
…and, chat, yeah, that’s me now. I have become that guy.
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
i am going to make it / through this phase of yours / if it kills me
very much. and in the film. LA as a vast expanse of haphazardly organized loneliness, with two little crew-families fighting within the social void.
it's right there in the script
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
very much. and in the film. LA as a vast expanse of haphazardly organized loneliness, with two little crew-families fighting within the social void.