Evergreen analyst of most of what Trump utters.
07.02.2026 20:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@robsalk.bsky.social
Author, educator, consultant, Eisner Award nominated writer and sayer of things about comics and pop culture, Senior Media/Entertainment contributor for Forbes
Evergreen analyst of most of what Trump utters.
07.02.2026 20:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0He was a cool young rabbi used to dealing with wiseass precocious kids, and it was a Reform congregation, so not as bad as it could have been. Something about "some people believe those stories are true and calling them 'myths' is impolite." He did not disagree that Hercules would kick Sampson's ass
07.02.2026 19:34 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0As a myth-obsessed kid, I particularly remember the time (age 8or 9) I asked the rabbi at our congregation if Bible stories were just Jewsβ less cool take on Greek myths.
07.02.2026 18:58 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Itβs at least 5 administrations beyond that. Congress should have moved as soon as GHW Bush let the Iran Contra people off the hook.
07.02.2026 18:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"The sexual politics of the nameless castle in SalΓ² (or Epstein Island) become the actual politics of society once those people manage to seize the machinery of the state." Some disturbing parallels between life and one of the most shocking films ever made. www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
05.02.2026 16:37 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 150 years later, one of the darkest and most shocking movies ever made provides some of the clearest insights into the connections between Epstein, oligarchy and fascism, today at Forbes. www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
05.02.2026 16:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Itβs about showing people whoβs boss. Since they are utterly incapable of earning respect, it is the only actual thing MAGA wants, and itβs the one thing democratic politics canβt offer them.
04.02.2026 19:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0MAGA clowns, realizing that taking over elite, legitimate institutions does not make them either elite or legitimate, have decided to destroy them. We have met the barbarians and they are us.
04.02.2026 18:23 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Paul Allen's sister seems ok too. I dread what pile of human garbage or Borg-like sovereign wealth fund buys the Seahawks from her, although it sounds like the money will go somewhere good.
04.02.2026 15:56 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I know it's naive to expect this, but does a single person in our current generation of oligarchs consider public interest for its own sake, rather than some instrumental means of power or reputational whitewashing? When you have that much money, maybe occasionally just do something good?
04.02.2026 15:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Just did an interview with NHK on the impact of AI in the anime industry, including issues around IP, copyright, the Disney deal and more. www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
03.02.2026 21:17 β π 9 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0Yes. Policing how we express disgust with an objectively disgusting regime strikes me as a bad use of time.
02.02.2026 18:15 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Yeah, it was on indie cinema from about 1968-77. Bonnie and Clyde, McCabe & Mrs Miller, Mean Streets, 5 Easy Pieces, The Last Detail, Nashville, etc.
31.01.2026 15:13 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university.
Politics of International Relations (Brzezinski)
Civil War & Reconstruction (Foner)
Intro to World Cinema (Sarris)
Philosophy of Art (Danto)
Asian Humanities & Lit (de Bary)
After that, nothing intellectually intimidated me.
Colleges cling to the ideal that we should resolve problems through inquiry and debate but students see how today's America works: by asserting power in support of ideology. Nobody wins a debate. They win the fight or they lose it. We are educating students in de-civilization, and they are learning.
30.01.2026 23:24 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0When decency and conscience conflict with their sense of tribal identity, it's almost always resolved in favor of the identity. Otherwise, they have to accept they've become something they've been taught to define themselves in opposition to.
30.01.2026 16:58 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Give a toddler an army and sooner or later, everyone who tells him no is an aggressor.
30.01.2026 16:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Iβm feeling a Joey goal if this score holds up
30.01.2026 05:05 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Any law enforcement officer who isn't proud enough of what they're doing to display their face and badge probably shouldn't be a law enforcement officer.
29.01.2026 18:44 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 070s Bob was definitely animated by specific cases of injustice - Hurricane, George Jackson, Joey (if we must...). And I saw him perform very impassioned, pointed versions of "Masters of War" and "God on Our Side" about 2 weeks after 9/11. But who ever knows what he'll do?
29.01.2026 04:13 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I mean, "Hurricane" had its moments.
29.01.2026 03:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0"Everyone who disagrees with us should shut up, go away or die, and if you won't do the first two, we're here to help with the third." That's America to these people. They've talked themselves into believing that the country won't thrive until we've purged all empathy and tolerance.
29.01.2026 03:44 β π 7 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0One thing we learned last night is that itβs never too late to call a penalty
29.01.2026 01:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0They started hearing from their scarier constituents, I assume
28.01.2026 21:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Continuing to presume any of this is happening in good faith is a huge part of the problem. Dem position needs to be to burn it all down and build back anything we legitimately need on a legitimate basis.
28.01.2026 21:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A teaching moment for people who can only learn the hard way.
28.01.2026 21:31 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Also, the squishes are usually first against the wall in a revolution. If those so-called moderate Republicans think this will work out ok for them, they should read some history. Even if they have no spine and a deep disdain for liberals like EW, they should worry about their own safety.
28.01.2026 21:30 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0More like βtroublemaker should have kept his mouth shut.β
28.01.2026 16:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Love when the scoreboard lines up with the eye test. Wish we'd had this game against the Ducks though.
28.01.2026 04:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It's amazing how all the negative impacts of AI are showing up immediately, but all the promised benefits remain hypothetical.
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