Armin Tamzarian
@kinell23.bsky.social
Londoner.
If you follow me it's probably best to subscribe to the Quiet Posters feed.
He/him
If you follow me it's probably best to subscribe to the Quiet Posters feed.
He/him
Reposted by Armin Tamzarian
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
Reposted by Armin Tamzarian
subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz353bs
February 9, 2026 at 11:06 PM
subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz353bs
Reposted by Armin Tamzarian
still one of the most incredible videos of all time. wellness influencers doing woo encountering an indigenous shaman in the jungles of ecuador and he's like "I need your medicine, the tiger balm" and the guy is just like "no you need to get fucking penicillin moron"
www.youtube.com/shorts/ecOsp...
www.youtube.com/shorts/ecOsp...
Indigenous jungle shaman tells us we need antibiotics…?!
YouTube video by Xiaomanyc 小马在纽约
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:45 AM
still one of the most incredible videos of all time. wellness influencers doing woo encountering an indigenous shaman in the jungles of ecuador and he's like "I need your medicine, the tiger balm" and the guy is just like "no you need to get fucking penicillin moron"
www.youtube.com/shorts/ecOsp...
www.youtube.com/shorts/ecOsp...
Reposted by Armin Tamzarian
The defining strategy of all modern, right wing movements has been to reduce the likelihood of critical information (in both the meanings of that word) penetrating the view of info-poor people.
From gutting local papers, to controlling TV news and Facebook news.
From gutting local papers, to controlling TV news and Facebook news.
January 25, 2026 at 9:43 AM
The defining strategy of all modern, right wing movements has been to reduce the likelihood of critical information (in both the meanings of that word) penetrating the view of info-poor people.
From gutting local papers, to controlling TV news and Facebook news.
From gutting local papers, to controlling TV news and Facebook news.
This.
Plus the commentators and supporters in other countries (I heard one on the radio yesterday here in the UK) are just beyond contempt. He's not even your sodding leader!
Plus the commentators and supporters in other countries (I heard one on the radio yesterday here in the UK) are just beyond contempt. He's not even your sodding leader!
I'm honestly less mad at the President, who is clearly not well, that I am at his outriders and enablers.
They see messages like this and then, with straight faces, go on television or write op-eds retroactively constructing grand strategy justifications.
Pathetic.
They see messages like this and then, with straight faces, go on television or write op-eds retroactively constructing grand strategy justifications.
Pathetic.
Unhinged
January 19, 2026 at 8:52 AM
This.
Plus the commentators and supporters in other countries (I heard one on the radio yesterday here in the UK) are just beyond contempt. He's not even your sodding leader!
Plus the commentators and supporters in other countries (I heard one on the radio yesterday here in the UK) are just beyond contempt. He's not even your sodding leader!
13/10 @weratedogs.com
Look after yourself because, although from the other side of the Atlantic I can see this is a warning not a threat, the regime probably won't
Look after yourself because, although from the other side of the Atlantic I can see this is a warning not a threat, the regime probably won't
The ground zero guy for hecking doggo social media gaming is talking like this now
“ICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy
January 16, 2026 at 7:58 AM
13/10 @weratedogs.com
Look after yourself because, although from the other side of the Atlantic I can see this is a warning not a threat, the regime probably won't
Look after yourself because, although from the other side of the Atlantic I can see this is a warning not a threat, the regime probably won't
Reposted by Armin Tamzarian
Fascinating story about how genome-based theories of disease clouded our understanding of exposome-based explanations of disease and how those errors are now slowly being corrected.
“Your exposome is the sum of your own personal environmental exposures, from the womb to the casket.”
“Your exposome is the sum of your own personal environmental exposures, from the womb to the casket.”
“No one knows exactly how much of the world’s drinking water is laced with TCE. The CDC reckons the water supply of 4-18% of Americans is contaminated… In Silicon Valley, where TCE was integral to manufacturing of early transistors, a necklace of underground plumes…”
www.wired.com/story/scient...
www.wired.com/story/scient...
Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
www.wired.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Fascinating story about how genome-based theories of disease clouded our understanding of exposome-based explanations of disease and how those errors are now slowly being corrected.
“Your exposome is the sum of your own personal environmental exposures, from the womb to the casket.”
“Your exposome is the sum of your own personal environmental exposures, from the womb to the casket.”
Reposted by Armin Tamzarian
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
Slightly diminish a band.
They Might Be Quite Tall
The Four Bottoms
Frankie Goes to Brentwood
They Might Be Quite Tall
The Four Bottoms
Frankie Goes to Brentwood
Slightly diminish a band
Status Quo Ante
Status Quo Ante
Slightly diminish a band
Four and a Half Inch Nails
Tin Maiden
The Golf Carts
Slightly Discounted Trick
Four and a Half Inch Nails
Tin Maiden
The Golf Carts
Slightly Discounted Trick
January 10, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Slightly diminish a band.
They Might Be Quite Tall
The Four Bottoms
Frankie Goes to Brentwood
They Might Be Quite Tall
The Four Bottoms
Frankie Goes to Brentwood
I got some of my computer games in a book. I keyed the code and any I liked I saved on an audio cassette.
Also, I recorded stuff at home on cassettes 😃
Also, I recorded stuff at home on cassettes 😃
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
January 9, 2026 at 11:05 AM
I got some of my computer games in a book. I keyed the code and any I liked I saved on an audio cassette.
Also, I recorded stuff at home on cassettes 😃
Also, I recorded stuff at home on cassettes 😃
Reposted by Armin Tamzarian
ICE killed a Black man, Keith Porter, 7 days before Renee Good, and I hadn't heard about it until today. His vigils went unnoticed. His life came and gone and America forgot to blink.
Two Americas.
Two Americas.
January 8, 2026 at 8:06 PM
ICE killed a Black man, Keith Porter, 7 days before Renee Good, and I hadn't heard about it until today. His vigils went unnoticed. His life came and gone and America forgot to blink.
Two Americas.
Two Americas.
I had to look up 2003 releases as I'm old, but GTA Vice City is head and shoulders above everything else
Quote this with your favourite game NOW that was released in 2003, and what your favourite was THEN (if you had one)
Localisations*/early access count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend.
Two-way ties count.
*('03 was the NA release of Wind Waker)
Refresher list: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
Localisations*/early access count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend.
Two-way ties count.
*('03 was the NA release of Wind Waker)
Refresher list: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
December 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I had to look up 2003 releases as I'm old, but GTA Vice City is head and shoulders above everything else
Great thread, thanks for starting it. Especially on a day when so many will be wound up by petty gripes IRL
Let’s air those grievances. I want to hear your pettiest gripes on this the holiest of days.
December 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Great thread, thanks for starting it. Especially on a day when so many will be wound up by petty gripes IRL
Reposted by Armin Tamzarian
They don’t even look like this any more but I don’t care I’m reposting it again 9 years on
December 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
They don’t even look like this any more but I don’t care I’m reposting it again 9 years on
Reposted by Armin Tamzarian
I think this is my favourite. It's certainly the one that pops into my head the most
This was a beloved friend's favorite Larson cartoon. I remember him whenever I see it.
I have cat-loving friends who always write CAT FUD for cat food.
I have cat-loving friends who always write CAT FUD for cat food.
December 13, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I think this is my favourite. It's certainly the one that pops into my head the most
Reposted by Armin Tamzarian
Reposted by Armin Tamzarian
Quote post a Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a GIF.
Hard mode, no Star Wars, Star Trek, LoTR or Marvel
Hard mode, no Star Wars, Star Trek, LoTR or Marvel
December 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Quote post a Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a GIF.
Hard mode, no Star Wars, Star Trek, LoTR or Marvel
Hard mode, no Star Wars, Star Trek, LoTR or Marvel
Reposted by Armin Tamzarian
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Armin Tamzarian
My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
Reposted by Armin Tamzarian
A chart from "The British General Election of 2024" (out soon!) which is relevant to this debate - here's what voters wanted (black line) and what they though Labour (red) and Cons (blue) would do on tax and spend during the campaign. Higher figures = "put them up". Some important lessons here 1/?
November 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
A chart from "The British General Election of 2024" (out soon!) which is relevant to this debate - here's what voters wanted (black line) and what they though Labour (red) and Cons (blue) would do on tax and spend during the campaign. Higher figures = "put them up". Some important lessons here 1/?
Reposted by Armin Tamzarian
I think Michael Rosen nailed it
October 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I think Michael Rosen nailed it