@danielmarcus33.bsky.social
Professor of Media Arts and Studies, Goucher College, Baltimore USA.
Sandwich guy trial:
Defense begins, “This case, ladies and gentlemen, is about a sandwich. A sandwich that according to Agent Lairmore somehow both exploded on his chest in a spray of mustard and onions but also landed intact on the ground still in its Subway wrapper.”
American Vandal, Season Three
Defense begins, “This case, ladies and gentlemen, is about a sandwich. A sandwich that according to Agent Lairmore somehow both exploded on his chest in a spray of mustard and onions but also landed intact on the ground still in its Subway wrapper.”
American Vandal, Season Three
November 6, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Sandwich guy trial:
Defense begins, “This case, ladies and gentlemen, is about a sandwich. A sandwich that according to Agent Lairmore somehow both exploded on his chest in a spray of mustard and onions but also landed intact on the ground still in its Subway wrapper.”
American Vandal, Season Three
Defense begins, “This case, ladies and gentlemen, is about a sandwich. A sandwich that according to Agent Lairmore somehow both exploded on his chest in a spray of mustard and onions but also landed intact on the ground still in its Subway wrapper.”
American Vandal, Season Three
The reports that Trump may designate Antifa as a foreign terrorist group reminds me of Voltaire's dig at the Holy Roman Empire -- It was neither holy nor Roman nor an empire. Antifa is not foreign, is not terrorist, and is not a group.
October 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The reports that Trump may designate Antifa as a foreign terrorist group reminds me of Voltaire's dig at the Holy Roman Empire -- It was neither holy nor Roman nor an empire. Antifa is not foreign, is not terrorist, and is not a group.
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Sure you, a pessimist, sees blatant Nazi propaganda, but me, an optimist, sees a promise of full employment for closeted 50’s matinee idols.
I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
October 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Sure you, a pessimist, sees blatant Nazi propaganda, but me, an optimist, sees a promise of full employment for closeted 50’s matinee idols.
The Minutemen understood that showing a President bombing Americans was not a good look for the President in question. Trump's superpower is indeed his shamelessness, but he's losing traction and just keeps on getting weirder. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDr2...
Minutemen - This Ain't No Picnic
YouTube video by Samguitar27
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October 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The Minutemen understood that showing a President bombing Americans was not a good look for the President in question. Trump's superpower is indeed his shamelessness, but he's losing traction and just keeps on getting weirder. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDr2...
Task: I never knew murderous bikers listen to a lot of Richard and Linda Thompson. And not even "1952 Vincent Black Lightning"!
September 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Task: I never knew murderous bikers listen to a lot of Richard and Linda Thompson. And not even "1952 Vincent Black Lightning"!
And beyond Hegseth's clear belief in white supremacy, he must also fear that black soldiers will be less willing to do Trump's dirty if and when push comes to shove.
September 22, 2025 at 2:05 AM
And beyond Hegseth's clear belief in white supremacy, he must also fear that black soldiers will be less willing to do Trump's dirty if and when push comes to shove.
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No real reason to do this unless you want to drive Black soldiers out of the armed forces.
Pentagon says troops can only be exempt from shaving their facial hair for a year
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that troops who need an exemption from shaving their facial hair for longer than a year should now be kicked out of the service.
apnews.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
No real reason to do this unless you want to drive Black soldiers out of the armed forces.
The new podcast episode is out: CAPITALISM’S ADDICTIONS! Daniel Marcus and Oliver Vodeb discuss ideas from the chapter we co-wrote in Radical Intimacies, showing how capitalism hasn’t just shaped addiction—it actively relies on it to grow. 🎧 Listen here: tinyurl.com/459u4mzu
Daniel Marcus and Oliver Vodeb: Capitalism's Addictions
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September 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The new podcast episode is out: CAPITALISM’S ADDICTIONS! Daniel Marcus and Oliver Vodeb discuss ideas from the chapter we co-wrote in Radical Intimacies, showing how capitalism hasn’t just shaped addiction—it actively relies on it to grow. 🎧 Listen here: tinyurl.com/459u4mzu
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Call me old-fashioned, but I ask you:
WHY do we let the tech industry do whatever the fuck it wants?
I, for one, don’t WANT the future Silicone Valley is shoving down our throats.
NO to strangers being able to dox me as I walk down the street.
NO to them being able to do it to my daughters.
WHY do we let the tech industry do whatever the fuck it wants?
I, for one, don’t WANT the future Silicone Valley is shoving down our throats.
NO to strangers being able to dox me as I walk down the street.
NO to them being able to do it to my daughters.
September 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Call me old-fashioned, but I ask you:
WHY do we let the tech industry do whatever the fuck it wants?
I, for one, don’t WANT the future Silicone Valley is shoving down our throats.
NO to strangers being able to dox me as I walk down the street.
NO to them being able to do it to my daughters.
WHY do we let the tech industry do whatever the fuck it wants?
I, for one, don’t WANT the future Silicone Valley is shoving down our throats.
NO to strangers being able to dox me as I walk down the street.
NO to them being able to do it to my daughters.
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So to recap, the current US administration is erasing the 20th century in order to restage the 19th century with 21st century technology.
September 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
So to recap, the current US administration is erasing the 20th century in order to restage the 19th century with 21st century technology.
Trump told the fossil fuel industry that if they fund his campaign, he'll do everything for them. Putting his funders above his voters, as the GOP always does.
The Trump admin clawed back $62M in federal aid to bolster solar energy across Utah, derailing projects for rural towns, tribes and families.
Trump admin pulls nearly $62M in solar grants from Utah, leaving rural towns in the dark
The Trump admin clawed back $62M in federal aid to bolster solar energy across Utah, derailing projects for rural towns, tribes and families.
www.sltrib.com
August 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Trump told the fossil fuel industry that if they fund his campaign, he'll do everything for them. Putting his funders above his voters, as the GOP always does.
I thought 2025 would see vigilante militias parading through mid-sized cities in Red states, intimidating Trump opponents. Like the Freikorps militias of Weimar Germany, which morphed into the Nazis. I didn't think it through enough. Trump actually deputized them, and they're now in blue cities.
July 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I thought 2025 would see vigilante militias parading through mid-sized cities in Red states, intimidating Trump opponents. Like the Freikorps militias of Weimar Germany, which morphed into the Nazis. I didn't think it through enough. Trump actually deputized them, and they're now in blue cities.
For a taste of the potential for abuse, look at the Florida sugar industry's use of the special H-2 designation to mistreat immigrant workers. See Alec Wilkinson's book Big Sugar and Stephanie Black's amazing documentary H-2 Worker. 2 of 2
July 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
For a taste of the potential for abuse, look at the Florida sugar industry's use of the special H-2 designation to mistreat immigrant workers. See Alec Wilkinson's book Big Sugar and Stephanie Black's amazing documentary H-2 Worker. 2 of 2
Trump's floating of a plan to tie immigrant workers to specific employers has rightly been denounced as a form of slavery, making the vulnerability of workers to abuse even greater than faced currently. 1 of 2
July 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Trump's floating of a plan to tie immigrant workers to specific employers has rightly been denounced as a form of slavery, making the vulnerability of workers to abuse even greater than faced currently. 1 of 2
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Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
To protect the border, we must reopen the Alamo.
May 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
To protect the border, we must reopen the Alamo.
My annual reminder in my Intro Media Studies course that if you're not paying for media services, that means you're not the customer, you're the product. Freaked them out a bit. One student said I was being "harsh."
March 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
My annual reminder in my Intro Media Studies course that if you're not paying for media services, that means you're not the customer, you're the product. Freaked them out a bit. One student said I was being "harsh."
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an unhinged Stephen Miller on Fox News: "Andrew Weissmann is an absolute moron. He's a moron and he's a fool and he's a degenerate."
March 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
an unhinged Stephen Miller on Fox News: "Andrew Weissmann is an absolute moron. He's a moron and he's a fool and he's a degenerate."
Two books to elucidate the present moment. How we got here: David Neiwert, The Eliminationists: How hate talk radicalized the American Right. Where we might be heading: William Sheridan Allen, The Nazi Seizure of Power.
February 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Two books to elucidate the present moment. How we got here: David Neiwert, The Eliminationists: How hate talk radicalized the American Right. Where we might be heading: William Sheridan Allen, The Nazi Seizure of Power.
It has often been said that the US government is essentially an insurance company with an army, because most federal spending goes to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the military. Now it's a real estate developer with an army.
February 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
It has often been said that the US government is essentially an insurance company with an army, because most federal spending goes to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the military. Now it's a real estate developer with an army.