Max Carpenter

Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.

Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.

We have been sent here to fight for people.

Electro, by William Fields from the album FieldsOS

williamfields.bandcamp.com/track/electro

YouTube video by Charizard X ian curtis rides a rollercoaster

Wheeeeeeeee!

opening for autechre & mark broom at project house in leeds 💣 4_11_25

A headline from Mother Jones: Anti-Vax Groups Struggle to Explain How Tylenol Fits In With Their Whole Thing

A paragraph from that Mother Jones article: Since President Trump’s rambling Monday announcement about the supposed cause of autism and a purported new treatment, anti-vaccine groups have grappled with what the administration’s latest revelations mean for their movement. While some MAHA activists appeared to be overjoyed that the president had brought their cause to a national stage, others were frustrated that it was Tylenol, and not vaccines, that took the brunt of the blame.

Guys, if you can't pivot your entire worldview on a dime to accommodate the latest piece of incoherent cognitive dissonance, I have to question your commitment to even being a conspiracy theorist

Really interesting tidbits in this latest NYT focus group

best meme i ever made

I'm currently typesetting tonight's AVCX+ crossword, by hand, as I have for years. Other companies would call this an inefficiency and automate it. But we still do it this way because we like its human touch, and no corporation can force us otherwise.

I like this job. I'd like to keep doing it.

JD Twitch, esteemed Scottish DJ in duo Optimo, dies aged 57 The producer and DJ, real name Keith McIvor, had been diagnosed with an untreatable brain tumour earlier this year

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...

If you've never heard Optimo's (ambient-adjacent) Sleepwalk mix, I suggest you prioritize it in Keith's memory: www.mixcloud.com/pablodiscoba...

RIP to JD Twitch 😭. Undoubtedly one of the most inspiring souls in music, mixes, dancefloors. Gone far too soon. That we'll never get to see him spin again is deeply tragic, but he left us with so many riches. ♥️

We’re seeing right now (and the gen X in me is about to come out) that corporations can never be trusted.

If they’ll hold a pride event in a certain political climate, they’ll be just as apt to fire people for critiquing fascists in a different moment. There is no integrity there.

As we move toward our fall subscription drive, we hope you’ll consider supporting us in part bc we are an independent media company.

No, crosswords are not as vital as journalism. But yes, all content that we consume matters, and it should be as free as possible from corporate control.

Donald J. Trump t @realDonald Trump I am pleased to inform our many U.S.A. Patriots that I am designating ANTIFA, A SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER, AS A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. I will also be strongly recommending that those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices. Thank you for your attention to this matter! 966 ReTruths 2.91k Likes 9/17/25, 8:26 PM

BREAKING: Trump says he is designating “Antifa” as a “major terrorist organization.”

Such a step being taken this way would be concerning enough, given what it actually is, but, given that Trump sees “Antifa” hiding in every corner of opposition, this could be an extremely alarming escalation.

Beyond cancelling Kimmel's show are about 200 writers and crew members in LA who just lost their full time gig.

if Korn didn't get you through your teenage years, does that make you not a man?

What happened to Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez An immigration agent killed an unarmed 38-year-old father outside Chicago. The initial narrative was quickly disproven by witnesses.

ICE shot a man dead outside Chicago and then lied that he drove his car at agents. chicagoreader.com/news/ice-sho...

TIFF '25 Day Six A few words about Blue Heron

in today's TIFF dispatch, i write about finally getting to see my friend @sophyromvari.bsky.social's Blue Heron, a film that blew me away, and one i feel confident in calling one of the best feature debuts in years

After having my hands in it for only a few minutes, my fingers felt like eels, and began, as it were, to serpentine and spiralise.

yeah this made me chuckle

an All-England Summarize Proust Competition level of cohesion here

they should keep Columbus Day, but change it to be about Chris Columbus. think about it. the parade would be incredible. Home Alone floats. a marching band of Mrs. Doubtfires. an Adventures in Babysitting dance troupe. an emotional tribute to Bicentennial Man.

the devil is a curious chap, and a wicked one, I tell ye

and now I’ll read it off, straight out of the book

You gotta see this Tennis they’re playing in Queens, T

when the lumiere brothers split up and started doing individual films you could really tell that auguste was the train guy and louis was the funny one

Rather than just say “blue no matter who,” let’s take the time now to not only find someone whom we think could win but who also will not compromise on the rights of our citizens and who will not continue to fund and arm a genocide. There’s time!