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Ian Against the Machine

@alkalinian.bsky.social

Writer, editor, North American scum. 8647. Remember this: Try.

created August 20, 2023

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Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

Kansas ain’t sending their best.

2/9/2025, 3:48:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We’ll get the real announcement in two weeks

2/9/2025, 2:39:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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2/9/2025, 1:59:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If and when he takes over for the creature, JD Vance/James Donald Bowman/James David Hamel should get the full “Barry Soetoro” treatment. Demand his long-form birth certificate.

2/9/2025, 1:44:30 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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2/9/2025, 1:32:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

A skeet of skeets

2/9/2025, 12:18:14 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

Lenny Bruce is not afraid!

2/9/2025, 12:04:30 AM | 20 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

Media deserves a lot of credit (blame) for that.

1/9/2025, 10:51:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

“He killed a pope. He may have killed a president. When will JD Vance (not even his real name) kill again??”

1/9/2025, 7:02:31 PM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

Live on tv pls

1/9/2025, 4:52:12 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mtsw (@mtsw.bsky.social) reposted

"President Trump owes us answers about his health": weak, frames him as good-faith statesman, boring "What did JD Vance know about Trump's health and when did he know it?": interesting, carries implication Trump's health is fucked up as a given, implies scandal spreading throughout admin

1/9/2025, 4:42:35 PM | 1174 220 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

Scavino puppeteering a dead or dying man here.

1/9/2025, 4:27:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What is that, a time machine for ants?

1/9/2025, 2:50:58 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

I’ve been offering free vasectomies for Republicans since Roe was overturned. I’m not a surgeon, just a patriotic citizen with some scissors.

1/9/2025, 2:46:41 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

Auden is undefeated.

1/9/2025, 1:00:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

Just like Minneapolis and Portland have been smoking craters since 2020, right? These people think their voters are complete idiots.

31/8/2025, 3:26:20 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

The Years of Lead Paint

30/8/2025, 2:02:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

But at least we’ll never see him again.

30/8/2025, 5:49:16 AM | 47 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

“…whose army captured and enslaved at least several hundred black Americans during its invasion of a free American state…”

29/8/2025, 8:42:39 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David Combest (@decombest.bsky.social) reposted

Chicago keeping art alive:

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29/8/2025, 11:33:10 AM | 28288 5684 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

On live television

29/8/2025, 5:09:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fuck that eugenicist bastard.

29/8/2025, 4:01:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

Riot Fest campaign appearance pls. Bring Mr. Onion

29/8/2025, 2:36:47 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

The water spraying *through* the coffee table is another giveaway.

29/8/2025, 2:33:39 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

Another annoying thing is that he if he did take it, tens of millions of Americans would insist that all of his incorrect answers were right and should be taught as such in public schools.

29/8/2025, 1:11:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

The real curse was all the Kennedys we met along the way

29/8/2025, 4:34:32 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

Chucklefucks

28/8/2025, 7:59:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

See also: “Dad, I’m pregnant.” “Mom, I can’t keep this baby.” “Dad, I’m not your son, I’m your daughter.” “Mom, I don’t believe in God anymore.” “Dad, I’m not taking my kids to church.” Etc etc

28/8/2025, 6:28:45 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

Courtiers? Collaborators? Chumbucket?

28/8/2025, 6:12:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

Not the only ones at fault, but the most culpable. And maintaining normal diplomatic relations with either is also a form of culpability.

28/8/2025, 4:11:55 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

Every civilized country should be telling their American and Israeli ambassadors to pack their shit.

28/8/2025, 4:06:12 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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27/8/2025, 9:56:46 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is the way.

27/8/2025, 8:45:09 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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27/8/2025, 5:03:46 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

‽ TIL it had an actual character. Look at that thing! Absolute madlad.

27/8/2025, 4:39:10 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

So it goes.

27/8/2025, 4:37:23 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

Right?! (ooh there it is)

27/8/2025, 4:34:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social)

Everything these bastards claimed to fear from liberals was just them fantasizing about what they’d do with total control of government. And here we are.

27/8/2025, 4:33:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

There are no rules anymore. You’re free to wantonly split infinitives if you want.

27/8/2025, 4:30:03 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

I do try to avoid it for that reason, but I love the lil guy. Second-favorite punctuation mark after the interrobang.

27/8/2025, 4:26:14 PM | 42 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

The humble dash and the semicolon are due for a renaissance anyway.

27/8/2025, 4:15:50 PM | 38 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ¡matt! ✶✶✶✶ (@mattfromchicago.bsky.social) reposted

Hard not to connect the dots in a world run by these "born on 3rd base" eugenist tech bro shitheads who think mental health crises are a sign of weakness, telling their shitty AI therapy bots to nudge people who need real help over the edge Really depressing, dystopian stuff

26/8/2025, 4:36:42 PM | 6 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

Every accusation a confession, exhibit 7,492

26/8/2025, 5:51:29 PM | 1 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

Bangers, every single one of those scenes. Those are display pops.

26/8/2025, 5:46:46 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

Fortunately, history tells us exactly what to do with dictators and the people who want dictators.

26/8/2025, 5:30:28 PM | 2 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dinner is 6 pm (@internethippo.bsky.social) reposted

No amount of appearing reasonable and trying to avoid provoking them will stop them from escalating against you. The only thing you'll do is inspire revulsion in everyone else: if you won't even stand up for yourself how can you stand up for anyone else

Stephen Miller: The Democratic Party is a 'domestic, extremist organization'
26/8/2025, 4:11:17 PM | 10389 2610 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

Ironically, the positions that could be most easily replaced with LLMs in my opinion.

26/8/2025, 4:27:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

Miller being a fascist thug is hardly a story. The really alarming part of this is Fox putting this out there with this kind of framing - and they know exactly what they’re doing.

26/8/2025, 4:26:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

You’re absolutely right (to be fair, I never said it was a *good* likeness). My concern is not that LLMs are actually intelligent, but about the harm of marketing the counterfeit to the credulous and uninformed.

26/8/2025, 4:24:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

Does this cover the war through A Storm of Swords, or does it stop after A Clash of Kings? (I’m so sorry)

26/8/2025, 4:19:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

Meanwhile, Fox continues to audition for the eventual role of “Radio Rwanda” in this horrific story.

26/8/2025, 4:16:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bad news for the “Democrat party,” whatever that is.

26/8/2025, 4:14:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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bsky.app/profile/alka...

26/8/2025, 2:45:39 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Who could’ve foreseen giving the world’s most powerful job to a convicted fraudster would lead to an epidemic of fraud?

26/8/2025, 2:25:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

“Oops! All Scorpions”

26/8/2025, 5:19:17 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

Trying to remember the last time Aaron was relevant and 🎶it’s been awhile🎶

26/8/2025, 12:20:36 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

He and John Roberts are as responsible for all this as anyone is.

25/8/2025, 11:57:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m sure Sammy Alito would love a crack at those precedents.

25/8/2025, 11:50:35 PM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

“Jefferson Park Police Department” is more accurate, but not quite as catchy.

25/8/2025, 11:07:47 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

Should’ve called out his complicit (and drunk) lackey at the Pentagon too. Otherwise, no notes.

25/8/2025, 9:22:30 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

And the horde is ready to ride.

A picture of IL Governor JB Pritzker as Genghis Khan, riding a horse with a falcon on his arm.
25/8/2025, 9:05:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

If they bury the draft-dodging fascist at Arlington, I’ll vote for the candidate whose single-issue platform is digging him up and dumping him in the Potomac.

25/8/2025, 8:05:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Surely Tengri smiles on us this day 🙏

25/8/2025, 7:46:40 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Never thought I’d wish the DTs on anyone, but the thought of Hegseth waking up in a cell sweating and shaking does bring me a little joy in these grim times.

24/8/2025, 4:29:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

What exactly is negotiated in an “unconditional surrender?”

24/8/2025, 3:02:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This man thinks his voters are absolute idiots, and I suppose he has good reason to.

24/8/2025, 12:52:56 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Against the Machine (@alkalinian.bsky.social) reply parent

Turns out when you offer voters the choice of “Republican vs. Diet Republican,” a lot of them either go for the real thing or just stay home.

23/8/2025, 5:40:00 PM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Olyphant is cooking so far.

23/8/2025, 3:08:35 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The Years of Lead Paint

23/8/2025, 2:20:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Why did we stop calling these people weird

23/8/2025, 12:05:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They fall under “regime” and/or “minions.”

23/8/2025, 12:02:29 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is the way.

22/8/2025, 11:09:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Third Way is laundered conservatism and always has been.

22/8/2025, 10:49:32 PM | 8 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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This quote has been rattling around in my head since the election. This guilty land, indeed.

22/8/2025, 10:19:00 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Get that man across the Canadian border.

22/8/2025, 10:16:45 PM | 404 17 | View on Bluesky | view

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God’s own Mississippi: where a girl can marry an old man three years before she’s allowed to use the internet without supervision.

22/8/2025, 9:35:27 PM | 27 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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Being a kid just discovering superheroes during the DoS/Knightfall arcs was awesome, and I was mostly a Marvel kid.

22/8/2025, 9:21:40 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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bsky.app/profile/alka...

22/8/2025, 8:38:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Some 70 million of whom have Stockholm syndrome.

22/8/2025, 7:54:39 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Obeying their masters.

22/8/2025, 7:45:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We can all see Bezos’ hand up your ass while Trump’s hand is up his ass.

22/8/2025, 7:42:49 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The guiltiest-sounding person of all time.

22/8/2025, 6:55:47 PM | 10 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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True, but they don’t want tourism. They want a ring of steel around the presidential palace and a city of 700,000 hostages.

22/8/2025, 6:03:53 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oppositional defiance disorder and lots and lots of guns.

22/8/2025, 5:54:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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bsky.app/profile/alka...

22/8/2025, 5:51:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Applies to buildings and organizations as well as people. He’s not a man. He’s a contagious disease. bsky.app/profile/alka...

22/8/2025, 5:39:54 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oh buddy, your minions are NOT gonna like Chicago.

22/8/2025, 5:26:25 PM | 34 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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May his memory be a curse.

22/8/2025, 5:18:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Counterpoint: it’s not his fucking house.

22/8/2025, 5:15:22 PM | 394 18 | View on Bluesky | view

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22/8/2025, 4:26:29 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Besides not being high enough, the problem here is that those Republicans believe democracy is in danger because we allow people who aren’t them to vote and hold office.

22/8/2025, 4:24:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is why we ride with the Great Khan.

IL Governor JB Pritzker as Genghis Khan, mounted on a horse with a falcon on his arm
22/8/2025, 3:34:15 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sometimes only the fancy yikes will do

22/8/2025, 12:52:17 AM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“The Republicans are complaining about this move because they want open digital borders.”

21/8/2025, 6:53:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This man and Mitch McConnell gleefully dug the grave of American democracy.

21/8/2025, 6:28:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think there are 2 sources of vulnerability here: - Undiagnosed mental health issues previously masked - Ignorance of how LLMs work means people don’t protect themselves I think of how many people never showed signs of gambling addiction before online betting became widely legal and acceptable.

21/8/2025, 6:23:15 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind. Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind. Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.

21/8/2025, 5:26:15 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I don’t think it’s out of order to say that people who want Confederate monuments in public spaces because “history” while also censoring museum exhibits on slavery are, in fact, evil.

21/8/2025, 3:31:26 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Rest in piss, Jimbo.

21/8/2025, 2:44:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bezos wearing the corpse of a great American newspaper like a costume.

21/8/2025, 2:27:53 PM | 48 3 | View on Bluesky | view