eric anders

"Short answer: Well, no..." Reflections on surveillance, photographing bystanders, and First Amendment Auditors

Wrote something about why I find “Did you get permission to take these photos?” comments not only condescending toward both me and the protesters, but a manifestation of active denial about the surveillance state we live in.

Read here! open.substack.com/pub/partsofa...

this is extraordinary. too many people in my profession have circled the wagons around someone who lacks the moral sense of a child

Saw FRANKENSTEIN again, followed by a Q&A with Jacob Elordi!!

Talking about crafting his (Oscar-worthy!!) performance as the Creature, he points out that hands have always been important in Guillermo del Toro films, going back to CRONOS.

Oh, Hi! (Featuring Eric Langberg) – Piecing It Together Podcast On the 493rd episode of Piecing It Together, Eric Langberg joins me to talk about Oh, Hi! This funny anti-rom-com thriller stars an absolutely game Molly Gordon and takes you to places you'd never exp...

Oh, Hi! Our latest episode was OH, HI!. Featuring @ericanders.bsky.social. It's a fun one. www.piecingpod.com/home/oh-hi-f...

several jump scares on my Spotify Wrapped

Oh is this what Sunday Scaries are? It’s been a while

I feel like this week is gonna be one for the books

Someone on Reddit said these photos I took at a protest outside Jimmy Kimmel Live in September were probably AI because they were “too gay, even for LA” 🙃

"I only have one question..." Reflections on photographing the 48th International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

I spent yesterday in Downtown Los Angeles photographing the 48th International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

As I've done many times this year, I shared my photos on Reddit.

This time, I found myself on the wrong end of the algorithm.

open.substack.com/pub/partsofa...

A quiet army protecting immigrant families. Inside Los Angeles’ anti-ICE patrols A huge American city has been a hub of grassroots resistance to Donald Trump's mass-deportation plans. Some of it involves late-night driving patrols looking for ICE.

A quiet army protecting immigrant families. Inside Los Angeles’ anti-ICE patrols

Star contributor Katherine Laze Berz reports from L.A.

still more photos from today’s rally and march through Downtown Los Angeles for the 48th International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

More photos from today’s rally and march through Downtown Los Angeles for the 48th International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

A thread of photos from today’s rally and march through Downtown Los Angeles for the 48th International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

Please please please please

This movie is nuts I am obsessed

how is there a whole Kate Hudson / Elisabeth Moss body horror showbiz satire that’s been out a month and I’m just finding out about it

The Meaning of a Photograph Eric Langberg argues we are experiencing a massive breakdown in the way humans process communication and the very act of meaning-making." Webworm with David Farrier

For the past few months, I’ve attended dozens of protests and taken thousands of photos, to the tune of something like 42 million views online and a whole lot of comments.

David Farrier let me write about my main takeaway from this year, which is: Uh oh!!

www.webworm.co/meaningofaph...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken directive, according to two people with direct knowledge of the operation. "The order was to kill everybody," one of them said. A missile screamed off the Trinidad coast, striking the vessel and igniting a blaze from bow to stern. For minutes, commanders watched the boat burning on a live drone feed. As the smoke cleared, they got a jolt: Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack - the opening salvo in the Trump administration's war on suspected drug traffickers in the Western Hemisphere — ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth's instructions, two people familiar with the matter said. The two men were blown apart in the water.

This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

YUP YUP YUP

West Virginia Governor now saying that oops, he’s actually not sure whether the National Guardsmen were killed.

Unreal.

this is a nonsensical way to approach an analysis of disinformation and the collapse of modern meaning-making.

The AI starts summarizing my position as “this single image reveals the whole authoritarian state” and “every ambiguous police image proves authoritarianism”

My piece **is explicitly about how pretending that’s what I’m saying lets you dodge the broader context!**

www.webworm.co/meaningofaph...

Someone used my article as a jumping-off point for an “AI Bible Study” about hermeneutic corruption, and he pushes & pushes the AI to look for problems “on both sides,” evidently not realizing that the AI starts replicating the issues my piece is about!! homaibiblestudy.wordpress.com/2025/11/22/i...

"...How to Protest." Reflections on art shows, Stranger Things, Beyoncé, vibes, and a diversity of tactics

This past weekend, two of my protest photos were in an art show.

I kinda wish they hadn't been.

partsofanovelimdoing.substack.com/p/how-to-pro...

I had a very good time at THE RUNNING MAN, a movie that sits aesthetically somewhere between SPEED RACER and TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES II: SECRET OF THE OOZE

Thunder and lightning in Los Angeles!!

The Meaning of a Photograph Eric Langberg argues we are experiencing a massive breakdown in the way humans process communication and the very act of meaning-making." Webworm with David Farrier

For the past few months, I’ve attended dozens of protests and taken thousands of photos, to the tune of something like 42 million views online and a whole lot of comments.

David Farrier let me write about my main takeaway from this year, which is: Uh oh!!

www.webworm.co/meaningofaph...

How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.

"I just say, ‘You know, it’s hard for me to care about Riley Gaines tying for fifth when my swim coach is accused of raping my teammates.”

Gaines never talks about her teammates who were raped by her coach that she supported.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I think if you start your podcast about incels with your leading expert saying “It really exploded on the scene when Netflix had their documentary series ADOLESCENCE,” I probably am not gonna listen to the rest of your show!

600 Americans were fired in the wake of Charlie Kirk's killing

This is easily an order of magnitude larger than the number of firings in the entire years-long 'cancel culture' panic.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...