Visual storyteller and film/video IT. Documentary shooter. Background in the humanities (German lit, medieval studies).https://bsky.app/profile/metaiconic.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/metaiconic.com/post/3mkrn7lhmjk2lToday is May 1st. Consider taking part in the nationwide general strike: No work, no school and no shopping. Maybe you can’t not show up to work, but try not shopping and getting the word out to your coworkers. This is a practice run for resisting future election fuckery. https://indivisible.org/campaigns/may-day-participation-guide/01 May 2026 07:47 +0000at://did:plc:igccmshpsyn2yf276km2xsz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrn7lhmjk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/metaiconic.com/post/3mjzytvbbr22jAnybody who wants to start its own secret society throughout the T14 law schools and the judiciary to counter the Federalist Society's influence let me know where to send the check. It's about time we set up a career pipeline for getting liberal students from law school to internships to judgeships.21 Apr 2026 22:11 +0000at://did:plc:igccmshpsyn2yf276km2xsz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzytvbbr22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/metaiconic.com/post/3miwuzbxgts2vIf the previous proposal is any indication, the "10-point peace plan" is in Iran's favor and includes the lifting of sanctions. Trump will spin this as a win, but all the murdering and chaos he's wrought has resulted in him in a weaker position. Trump's a loser. Don't let him convince you otherwise. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/world/middleeast/iran-10-point-proposal.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZFA.ayY6.KmBgmodFeMal&smid=url-share07 Apr 2026 23:00 +0000at://did:plc:igccmshpsyn2yf276km2xsz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwuzbxgts2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/metaiconic.com/post/3miwjfwyuec2tThe entire Democratic House caucus needs to be in DC now. No excuses. A quorum in the House with three vacancies is 217 members. Dems account for 214 members. Surely there are three Republicans they can call to start things up again.07 Apr 2026 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:igccmshpsyn2yf276km2xsz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwjfwyuec2thttps://bsky.app/profile/metaiconic.com/post/3miaeaz6n5k2xGreat turnout for Oakland's No Kings III yesterday!30 Mar 2026 00:01 +0000at://did:plc:igccmshpsyn2yf276km2xsz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3miaeaz6n5k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/metaiconic.com/post/3mhswmjmtls26Is it a good practice to hold your holstered gun like that when there’s no threats around? Dude’s using his service weapon as a fidget spinner. Get ICE out of our airports. Please.24 Mar 2026 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:igccmshpsyn2yf276km2xsz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhswmjmtls26https://bsky.app/profile/metaiconic.com/post/3mft4sx6vb224Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Feb 2026 06:53 +0000at://did:plc:igccmshpsyn2yf276km2xsz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mft4sx6vb224https://bsky.app/profile/metaiconic.com/post/3mettdxncik2jI was in line in the new Japanese supermarket in a Bay Area mall listening to two middle-school boys talk about some situation that day that caused one to have a “cortisol spike.” Gen Z is developing a new phenomenology. What my gen would have called “anxiety” they reduce to the purely biochemical.14 Feb 2026 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:igccmshpsyn2yf276km2xsz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mettdxncik2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/metaiconic.com/post/3mepjdgh7oc2eIs it just me, or does pretty much every day herald some new instance of pushback against this regime? When this story broke, it was disheartening how the entire gov't apparatus seemed to back DHS's story. But now we're seeing that our justice system isn't having it. It's encouraging news. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/us/prosecutor-dismiss-charges-men-shot-by-ice.html?unlocked_article_code=1.L1A.wL8a.29FsGewn4ZiP&smid=url-share13 Feb 2026 03:01 +0000at://did:plc:igccmshpsyn2yf276km2xsz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mepjdgh7oc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/metaiconic.com/post/3me3qyslb6c2oThe feds in Minneapolis are using mortars to fire tear gas into civilian crowds. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Feb 2026 06:25 +0000at://did:plc:igccmshpsyn2yf276km2xsz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3me3qyslb6c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/metaiconic.com/post/3me3ewabcwk2hOligarchs are decapitating their news outlets to kneecap negative Trump coverage. But you can bet they’re going to restart the whole oversight machine when Dems are back in and call it a win for journalism: Endless coverage of and op-eds on higher taxes, regulations and firings of Trump officials.05 Feb 2026 02:49 +0000at://did:plc:igccmshpsyn2yf276km2xsz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3me3ewabcwk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/metaiconic.com/post/3mdhksrj4cc24Shades of Stasi chief Erich Mielke trying to justify his and his organization's brutalities: "I love everyone, all people!" It was 1989, and the East German People's Chamber just became free to form new political parties. They laughed and jeered at him. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jan 2026 05:41 +0000at://did:plc:igccmshpsyn2yf276km2xsz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdhksrj4cc24https://bsky.app/profile/metaiconic.com/post/3md7wzhe4w22bThis is the dude who ICE shot like a dog in the street. He’s holding a memorial for one of the patients he cared for. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jan 2026 04:58 +0000at://did:plc:igccmshpsyn2yf276km2xsz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3md7wzhe4w22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/metaiconic.com/post/3md7otvrlp22rGood turnout for the San Francisco protest against ICE.25 Jan 2026 02:32 +0000at://did:plc:igccmshpsyn2yf276km2xsz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3md7otvrlp22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/metaiconic.com/post/3mcrdzqbubs23Two days ago, he threatened to sue his own news network, CBS. It was a paranoid, delusional turn believing his minions were conspiring against him. Now this. Even for him, this is off the charts insane. People call him "crazy" so often, so it's hard to raise an alarm about something like this... [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Jan 2026 09:41 +0000at://did:plc:igccmshpsyn2yf276km2xsz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcrdzqbubs23https://bsky.app/profile/metaiconic.com/post/3mcows4ndhk2gAbsolute outright lies by DHS. They just made everything up to justify shooting someone. The man they shot was running away from them. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jan 2026 10:39 +0000at://did:plc:igccmshpsyn2yf276km2xsz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcows4ndhk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/metaiconic.com/post/3mciifniduc2jI'm sorry, but the Democratic Party leadership has lost the plot. By not acknowledging the protests, they're losing credibility with voters whom Trump's goons are pushing over to their side. It's political malpractice. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jan 2026 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:igccmshpsyn2yf276km2xsz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mciifniduc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/metaiconic.com/post/3mcie753zgk2gMiller is using the FBI as his personal secret police. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jan 2026 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:igccmshpsyn2yf276km2xsz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcie753zgk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/metaiconic.com/post/3mch3t5qews2mPitch for a series: Group of international elite soldiers are sent to Nuuk to act as a tripwire force to prevent a clownish dictator's invasion. Within three seasons, they learn to value small town life, find love with the locals, and among each other. Think Northern Exposure but with commandos.15 Jan 2026 07:48 +0000at://did:plc:igccmshpsyn2yf276km2xsz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mch3t5qews2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/metaiconic.com/post/3mcgwax5zfc2iA challenge coin found by protesters in a vehicle abandoned by federal agents in Minneapolis bears the inscription FBI CE-2, referring possibly to an FBI counterespionage division. Stellmacher pointed out in an earlier version of my post that the stream’s since been deleted. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jan 2026 06:08 +0000at://did:plc:igccmshpsyn2yf276km2xsz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcgwax5zfc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/metaiconic.com/post/3mbqqsaclfk2iI take issue with a lot in my Catholic education. But the one thing that I’m grateful for is how my Catholic high school made a point to invite a Holocaust survivor to speak every two years. They were unsettling, transformative accounts. They introduced me to the moral possibilities of oral history.06 Jan 2026 10:32 +0000at://did:plc:igccmshpsyn2yf276km2xsz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbqqsaclfk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/metaiconic.com/post/3mbn3zvtug22kI guess we're doing gunboat diplomacy again. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jan 2026 23:42 +0000at://did:plc:igccmshpsyn2yf276km2xsz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbn3zvtug22khttps://bsky.app/profile/metaiconic.com/post/3mblt3eimr22pTrump’s going to be dust before they start producing oil in Venezuela: “If Trump et al can produce a peaceful transition with little resistance, then in 5 to 7 years there is a significant oil-production ramp up as infrastructure is repaired and investments get sorted out.” https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/no-quick-wins-tapping-venezuelas-oil-reserves-2026-01-04/04 Jan 2026 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:igccmshpsyn2yf276km2xsz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mblt3eimr22phttps://bsky.app/profile/metaiconic.com/post/3mblkbf4wy22wThe US intelligence apparatus is looking pretty threadbare at the moment. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jan 2026 08:52 +0000at://did:plc:igccmshpsyn2yf276km2xsz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mblkbf4wy22whttps://bsky.app/profile/metaiconic.com/post/3mblinlsclc2wObviously this was the deal all along with Putin: Russia gets Ukraine, and the US gets Venezuela. Only problem with this sort of realpolitik is that 1) the citizens of Ukraine and Venezuela don’t want it and 2) Russia/US are ill equipped to provide the security necessary to maintain stability. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jan 2026 08:23 +0000at://did:plc:igccmshpsyn2yf276km2xsz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mblinlsclc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/metaiconic.com/post/3mbkout4ad22vDemocrats are falling into the Iraq War trap of half-supporting a war. The party needs to call for impeachment and protest nonstop. They must go on record of opposing this absolutely before it becomes the disaster it obviously will. If they do it when it’s obvious, their opposition is meaningless.04 Jan 2026 00:41 +0000at://did:plc:igccmshpsyn2yf276km2xsz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbkout4ad22v