Lindsay Ballant
@lballant.bsky.social
⬛️⬜️🟥 Here we go again. Art director & designer for hire. Former: The Baffler, The New Republic, Foreign Policy, The Forum, etc. Rooting for a proletariat revolution or an O's world series win, whichever comes first. lindsayballant.com
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Lindsay Ballant
@lballant.bsky.social
· Sep 18
Hate to be *that* person but—this was a (yes, “guerrilla”) project I made in my senior year of art school, back in 2004…
Tonight proves two things: he's irrelevant, and therefore, he's replaceable.
Q: It's election day in NYC. Did you vote for Mamdani or Cuomo?
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
November 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Tonight proves two things: he's irrelevant, and therefore, he's replaceable.
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Two of the most significant politics editors in Teen Vogue’s history were working class trans people from Ohio and Philly, and their tireless, fearless work is a huge part of why so many people are mourning its demise now. @satansjacuzzi.bsky.social and @leximcmenamin.com you will always be famous
November 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Two of the most significant politics editors in Teen Vogue’s history were working class trans people from Ohio and Philly, and their tireless, fearless work is a huge part of why so many people are mourning its demise now. @satansjacuzzi.bsky.social and @leximcmenamin.com you will always be famous
I made these circa 2005, just out of art school. Been waiting 20 years to post…
November 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I made these circa 2005, just out of art school. Been waiting 20 years to post…
I'm telling you once we dislodge wine moms from the waning influence of the Dem Party establishment losers and deploy them against that same establishment, the world is ours
October 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I'm telling you once we dislodge wine moms from the waning influence of the Dem Party establishment losers and deploy them against that same establishment, the world is ours
Glad everyone is discovering how great Becca Rothfeld, the writer of that scathing book review is—she used to write for @thebaffler.com! Back in 2018 she wrote about the toxicity of positivity/self-help/liberal feminism—one of my fave pieces ever to art direct.
Support indie publications, folks
Support indie publications, folks
October 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Glad everyone is discovering how great Becca Rothfeld, the writer of that scathing book review is—she used to write for @thebaffler.com! Back in 2018 she wrote about the toxicity of positivity/self-help/liberal feminism—one of my fave pieces ever to art direct.
Support indie publications, folks
Support indie publications, folks
I’m supposed to immediately cancel the anti-establishment economic populist with a checkered past as working class dude but I’m supposed to excuse Biden, the president/party leader who enacted some of the most racist, sexist, zionist, corporate enabling policy of the past 40 years. Got it.
October 22, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I’m supposed to immediately cancel the anti-establishment economic populist with a checkered past as working class dude but I’m supposed to excuse Biden, the president/party leader who enacted some of the most racist, sexist, zionist, corporate enabling policy of the past 40 years. Got it.
Every night I sleep in a big bed with my boyfriend, and it’s not connected to the internet
October 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Every night I sleep in a big bed with my boyfriend, and it’s not connected to the internet
Platner is literally going in the opposite direction of Fetterman, but to Democratic Party consultants and fanboys “normal looking guy” is all the same to them, which is one of the main reasons the party has been shedding this particular voter base for a decade
I really believe we deserve Senators who are neither Diane Feinstein nor John Fetterman but I’m not sure the universe agrees
Really gonna have to be good at politics!
October 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Platner is literally going in the opposite direction of Fetterman, but to Democratic Party consultants and fanboys “normal looking guy” is all the same to them, which is one of the main reasons the party has been shedding this particular voter base for a decade
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Yes, let’s congratulate one of main guys who started this mess. That makes so much sense. 😑
October 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Yes, let’s congratulate one of main guys who started this mess. That makes so much sense. 😑
You should not be able to automatically subscribe me to a substack I’ve never heard of written by a person I never heard of and had to look up to realize that I’ve had them blocked them on Twitter. Where do these people get their email lists from and why is mine on there
October 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
You should not be able to automatically subscribe me to a substack I’ve never heard of written by a person I never heard of and had to look up to realize that I’ve had them blocked them on Twitter. Where do these people get their email lists from and why is mine on there
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first day on the job at cbs news. they're sending me to oberlin with a $20 a day stipend to find out what college students think about zohran mamdani's facial hair. i paid $125k for a journalism degree from columbia
October 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
first day on the job at cbs news. they're sending me to oberlin with a $20 a day stipend to find out what college students think about zohran mamdani's facial hair. i paid $125k for a journalism degree from columbia
A Night to Remember at the Boy Zoo
The Dodgers' bullpen after Shohei's homer
October 18, 2025 at 2:58 AM
A Night to Remember at the Boy Zoo
Mother of God
Shohei Ohtani
October 18, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Mother of God
Life doesn’t get much better than your team hitting a go-ahead grand slam in the championship series
October 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Life doesn’t get much better than your team hitting a go-ahead grand slam in the championship series
presented without comment
October 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
presented without comment
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Palestine is everywhere
Earlier today I was listening to one of the hosts from Here and Now repeatedly ask a resident from Southeast Chicago whether throwing rocks at ICE was justified. And finally she just said, "They invaded our community. They have machine guns."
October 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Palestine is everywhere
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Just an incredible opening to this NYT interview with Zohran Mamdani:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/p...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/p...
October 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Just an incredible opening to this NYT interview with Zohran Mamdani:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/p...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/p...
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It's launch day!
We are collaborating with @cmmonwealth.bsky.social to on this
new research center that will investigate the US & UK military industrial complexes as threats to economic, climate and geopolitical stability.
Find out more. 👇
We are collaborating with @cmmonwealth.bsky.social to on this
new research center that will investigate the US & UK military industrial complexes as threats to economic, climate and geopolitical stability.
Find out more. 👇
While the US & Europe ramp up military spending, millions live in poverty.
Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵
transitionsecurity.org
Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵
transitionsecurity.org
Transition Security Project
transitionsecurity.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
It's launch day!
We are collaborating with @cmmonwealth.bsky.social to on this
new research center that will investigate the US & UK military industrial complexes as threats to economic, climate and geopolitical stability.
Find out more. 👇
We are collaborating with @cmmonwealth.bsky.social to on this
new research center that will investigate the US & UK military industrial complexes as threats to economic, climate and geopolitical stability.
Find out more. 👇
Welcome back, 2011
Flights grounded, public transport disrupted as 80,000 people take to the streets of the Belgian capital.
Tens of thousands rally in Brussels to protest austerity plans
Flights grounded, public transport disrupted as 80,000 people take to the streets of the Belgian capital.
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October 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Welcome back, 2011
If you're a millennial into "music"—like, just MUSIC at all—all roads intersected with D'Angelo at some point. Even if you didn't listen to him (and you probably did). To be *so good* that you redefine an entire genre and then that style reverberates upon all other genres? What an incalculable loss.
October 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
If you're a millennial into "music"—like, just MUSIC at all—all roads intersected with D'Angelo at some point. Even if you didn't listen to him (and you probably did). To be *so good* that you redefine an entire genre and then that style reverberates upon all other genres? What an incalculable loss.
Right wing grifters grifting each other down an infinite spiral of grift will never not be funny
October 14, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Right wing grifters grifting each other down an infinite spiral of grift will never not be funny