Neal Curtis
@nihilcurtis.bsky.social
Comics scholar, one-time critical theorist. Interested in science communication & graphic medicine. Enjoys SF. Concerned (to say the least) by climate emergency and fascism. Escaped UK for Aotearoa. Tangata Tiriti. He/him.
"imperialistic gangsterism"
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Opinion | Don’t Call It Regime Change. This Is Something Else Entirely.
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January 7, 2026 at 9:13 AM
"imperialistic gangsterism"
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When we asked legacy & social media to not platform bigots, it was because we knew it was the very thin end of a massive anti-democratic, pro-oligarchic, white supremacy movement that would ultimately co-opt & deploy the US state & its military to bend the world to its fascist will. Just sayin'.
January 6, 2026 at 10:47 PM
When we asked legacy & social media to not platform bigots, it was because we knew it was the very thin end of a massive anti-democratic, pro-oligarchic, white supremacy movement that would ultimately co-opt & deploy the US state & its military to bend the world to its fascist will. Just sayin'.
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Americans think Europeans are pathetic.
And sadly, I think that's what many Europeans think about themselves. That is how they're behaving.
Can any European leader say what they will do if the US openly prepares to take Greenland by force?
Ukrainians didn't surrender. Will Europeans?
And sadly, I think that's what many Europeans think about themselves. That is how they're behaving.
Can any European leader say what they will do if the US openly prepares to take Greenland by force?
Ukrainians didn't surrender. Will Europeans?
Europe has two months to decide whether it will defend Denmark from US attack
"We'll worry about Greenland in about two months" Trump says after invading Venezuela, as White House policy chief Stephen Miller's wife suggests US occupation of the Danish territory is coming "soon"
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January 6, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Americans think Europeans are pathetic.
And sadly, I think that's what many Europeans think about themselves. That is how they're behaving.
Can any European leader say what they will do if the US openly prepares to take Greenland by force?
Ukrainians didn't surrender. Will Europeans?
And sadly, I think that's what many Europeans think about themselves. That is how they're behaving.
Can any European leader say what they will do if the US openly prepares to take Greenland by force?
Ukrainians didn't surrender. Will Europeans?
Social media has played a major role in the collapse of democratic and international norms that we are now witnessing. I don't teach my social media course again until 2027 and I genuinely don't know where the world will be at that time. It is a very strange feeling.
January 6, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Social media has played a major role in the collapse of democratic and international norms that we are now witnessing. I don't teach my social media course again until 2027 and I genuinely don't know where the world will be at that time. It is a very strange feeling.
Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Denmark is a NATO member. Article 5 of the NATO treaty.
January 5, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Denmark is a NATO member. Article 5 of the NATO treaty.
We know how racist the security narrative is that we've consumed for the last 25 years, but maybe once Trump invades Greenland and its citizens that resist are called terrorists, a few more people might be able to see that.
January 5, 2026 at 10:21 PM
We know how racist the security narrative is that we've consumed for the last 25 years, but maybe once Trump invades Greenland and its citizens that resist are called terrorists, a few more people might be able to see that.
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My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
America Vs Venezuela - the oil war is on and they're no longer hiding it...
#Caricature #PoliticalCartoon #UsaVenezuela #USAOil
America Vs Venezuela - the oil war is on and they're no longer hiding it...
#Caricature #PoliticalCartoon #UsaVenezuela #USAOil
January 5, 2026 at 7:25 PM
My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
America Vs Venezuela - the oil war is on and they're no longer hiding it...
#Caricature #PoliticalCartoon #UsaVenezuela #USAOil
America Vs Venezuela - the oil war is on and they're no longer hiding it...
#Caricature #PoliticalCartoon #UsaVenezuela #USAOil
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Trump announces plan to invade Norway to ensure he is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this year.
January 5, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Trump announces plan to invade Norway to ensure he is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this year.
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One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.
January 5, 2026 at 5:37 PM
One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.
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I kinda think we should pay attention to the fact that nearly all of the imagery we use to depict punching nazis is of Fictitious Characters.
January 5, 2026 at 6:19 PM
I kinda think we should pay attention to the fact that nearly all of the imagery we use to depict punching nazis is of Fictitious Characters.
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Thatcher and Reagan
Bush and Blair
Trump and Putin
are like the three evolutionary stages of a Pokémon.
Bush and Blair
Trump and Putin
are like the three evolutionary stages of a Pokémon.
January 5, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Thatcher and Reagan
Bush and Blair
Trump and Putin
are like the three evolutionary stages of a Pokémon.
Bush and Blair
Trump and Putin
are like the three evolutionary stages of a Pokémon.
Starmer must be so pleased the UK is not in the EU. It makes it much easier to just go belly up to Trump.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on US imperialist aggression against Greenland,
"Threats, pressure and condescending speech. Even from our closest allies for a lifetime"
"About wanting to take over another country and another people, as if it were something you could buy and own"
"Threats, pressure and condescending speech. Even from our closest allies for a lifetime"
"About wanting to take over another country and another people, as if it were something you could buy and own"
January 5, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Starmer must be so pleased the UK is not in the EU. It makes it much easier to just go belly up to Trump.
In the future, when fresh water is scarce I wonder if NZers have thought about a military backed dictator like Trump just declaring they now own Aotearoa for some jumped up reason. #NZpol
January 5, 2026 at 9:21 AM
In the future, when fresh water is scarce I wonder if NZers have thought about a military backed dictator like Trump just declaring they now own Aotearoa for some jumped up reason. #NZpol
Yes, because that is true human nature. Our evolution is dependent upon mutual aid.
January 5, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Yes, because that is true human nature. Our evolution is dependent upon mutual aid.
You mean that ppl help each other? If so, yes. This is what conservatism must absolutely hide, deny, mask and obscure.
January 5, 2026 at 9:10 AM
You mean that ppl help each other? If so, yes. This is what conservatism must absolutely hide, deny, mask and obscure.
... and concentration camps
... and disenfranchised women
... and aristocracy
... and child labour
...
... and disenfranchised women
... and aristocracy
... and child labour
...
An aim of the global far-right is to rehabilitate and legitimize the colonial project.
On X, a senior U.S. Justice Department official is promoting a post that praises colonization as “one of the greatest things that ever happened to the backwards parts of the world.”👇
January 5, 2026 at 9:02 AM
... and concentration camps
... and disenfranchised women
... and aristocracy
... and child labour
...
... and disenfranchised women
... and aristocracy
... and child labour
...
At the heart of conservative philosophy is the idea that humans are inherently evil and violent creatures that need the order imposed by aristocracy but at no point have they been able to deal with or contain their own violence and tendency to destroy.
January 5, 2026 at 8:52 AM
At the heart of conservative philosophy is the idea that humans are inherently evil and violent creatures that need the order imposed by aristocracy but at no point have they been able to deal with or contain their own violence and tendency to destroy.
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Suburbia implementing Trump foreign policy.
January 5, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Suburbia implementing Trump foreign policy.