Zach Rabiroff
@zachrabiroff.com
Writer for the Comics Journal, Flaming Hydra, Polygon, io9, etc.
www.zachrabiroff.com
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The eyes of Zach Rabiroff; David Roth, cinéaste, shares rare holiday films
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This Christmas, I lost my job, lost my sight, and had some thoughts about Napoleon. A new essay for @flaminghydra.com called "Blind Spots."
flaminghydra.com/issue-468/
flaminghydra.com/issue-468/
It would be nice, even now, if groups like the ADL would raise the alarm about the mainstreaming of an overt Nazi Holocaust apologist as a presidential candidate, but I suppose the important thing is that some undergrads at Northwestern got yelled at.
Joe Rogan wants you to regard him as a passive observer just talking to buds but he knows he was key to the Trump campaign and will be key to the future Fuentes campaign.
Joe Rogan and Shane Gillis on Nick Fuentes running for president one day.
Rogan: “He could probably win in a few years. Listen, he couldn’t have existed before, right? Ten, twenty years ago, couldn’t have existed. Now, super popular. What’s twenty years from now look like?”
Rogan: “He could probably win in a few years. Listen, he couldn’t have existed before, right? Ten, twenty years ago, couldn’t have existed. Now, super popular. What’s twenty years from now look like?”
December 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM
It would be nice, even now, if groups like the ADL would raise the alarm about the mainstreaming of an overt Nazi Holocaust apologist as a presidential candidate, but I suppose the important thing is that some undergrads at Northwestern got yelled at.
The president just started a war in Nigeria on Christmas. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump Announces Christmas Day Strike Against ISIS in Nigeria
The president has previously said he would move to protect the country’s Christian population
www.wsj.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The president just started a war in Nigeria on Christmas. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Meanwhile, the review copies crew at Fantagraphics coming through in the clutch with a hell of a Christmas present
December 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Meanwhile, the review copies crew at Fantagraphics coming through in the clutch with a hell of a Christmas present
Reposting for the Christmas Day crowd, because I still mean it
It's schmaltzy, but it's Christmas: this has been a rough month for me, and a rough year for everyone. And the generosity and love I've gotten from my friends (here and offline) has been greater than I ever expected, and better than I deserved. Thank you to all of you. I'm pretty lucky, all told.
December 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Reposting for the Christmas Day crowd, because I still mean it
It's schmaltzy, but it's Christmas: this has been a rough month for me, and a rough year for everyone. And the generosity and love I've gotten from my friends (here and offline) has been greater than I ever expected, and better than I deserved. Thank you to all of you. I'm pretty lucky, all told.
December 25, 2025 at 6:36 AM
It's schmaltzy, but it's Christmas: this has been a rough month for me, and a rough year for everyone. And the generosity and love I've gotten from my friends (here and offline) has been greater than I ever expected, and better than I deserved. Thank you to all of you. I'm pretty lucky, all told.
Huh. Imagine that.
The Chinese general who defied orders to lead his troops into Tiananmen Square and crush the 1989 student protesters said during his trial (a video of which was just released) that he refused because he did not want to become “a sinner in history."
Rare footage from trial of Chinese general who defied Tiananmen crackdown order leaked online
Video shows Gen Xu Qinxian explaining why he refused to deploy troops to crush 1989 student-led demonstrations
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Huh. Imagine that.
Incredible that when all is said and done, the most normal person to have ever owned an island was Marlon Brando
December 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Incredible that when all is said and done, the most normal person to have ever owned an island was Marlon Brando
The Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Chain of Command" aired on December 14 and 21, 1992. Ergo, Christmas movie.
December 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Chain of Command" aired on December 14 and 21, 1992. Ergo, Christmas movie.
Reposted by Zach Rabiroff
ALSO TODAY: NEWS ON FIRE, featuring @samthielman.com and @zachrabiroff.com. flaminghydra.com/r/5fdc665a?m...
Mug shot
Trevor Alixopulos vs. modern life
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December 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
ALSO TODAY: NEWS ON FIRE, featuring @samthielman.com and @zachrabiroff.com. flaminghydra.com/r/5fdc665a?m...
I get it, I found an extra dish in the sink I had to wash this morning, these things sneak up on you
The Justice Department said it found over a million more pages of Jeffrey Epstein documents, extending the time it will take for a full release. A law passed by Congress gave the department a deadline of last Friday to release the files. nyti.ms/49rG0QL
A Million More Epstein Documents Have Been Found, Justice Dept. Says
Democratic lawmakers, who had criticized the Justice Department’s release of the material, accused the Trump administration of violating the law mandating the release of the files.
nyti.ms
December 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I get it, I found an extra dish in the sink I had to wash this morning, these things sneak up on you
Reposted by Zach Rabiroff
I love this one.
This Christmas, I lost my job, lost my sight, and had some thoughts about Napoleon. A new essay for @flaminghydra.com called "Blind Spots."
flaminghydra.com/issue-468/
flaminghydra.com/issue-468/
Vision blurred / Seeing good
The eyes of Zach Rabiroff; David Roth, cinéaste, shares rare holiday films
flaminghydra.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I love this one.
Reposted by Zach Rabiroff
I'm going to go out on a wild, speculative limb and say he watched himself on CBS tonight, got an adrenaline rush and stayed up for Colbert, and ended up with a monologue of Epstein jokes.
December 24, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I'm going to go out on a wild, speculative limb and say he watched himself on CBS tonight, got an adrenaline rush and stayed up for Colbert, and ended up with a monologue of Epstein jokes.
At Flaming Hydra, a Christmas story about going blind, going broke, and wrestling with Tolstoy. All this and @davidjroth.bsky.social, too, for the low, low subscription price of $3. A perfect stocking-stuffer!
December 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
At Flaming Hydra, a Christmas story about going blind, going broke, and wrestling with Tolstoy. All this and @davidjroth.bsky.social, too, for the low, low subscription price of $3. A perfect stocking-stuffer!
This Christmas, I lost my job, lost my sight, and had some thoughts about Napoleon. A new essay for @flaminghydra.com called "Blind Spots."
flaminghydra.com/issue-468/
flaminghydra.com/issue-468/
Vision blurred / Seeing good
The eyes of Zach Rabiroff; David Roth, cinéaste, shares rare holiday films
flaminghydra.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This Christmas, I lost my job, lost my sight, and had some thoughts about Napoleon. A new essay for @flaminghydra.com called "Blind Spots."
flaminghydra.com/issue-468/
flaminghydra.com/issue-468/
Some men see a booming economy and ask "why?" He sees great depressions that still could be and asks "why not?"
“A Nation can never be Economically GREAT if ‘eggheads’ are allowed to do everything within their power to destroy the upward slope.”
December 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Some men see a booming economy and ask "why?" He sees great depressions that still could be and asks "why not?"
Just an extremely funny night for the president to be MC-ing an televised awards show.
December 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Just an extremely funny night for the president to be MC-ing an televised awards show.
It's the moment you've been waiting for this holiday season: @comicsjournal.bsky.social is out with a mega-compilation of the best comics and graphic novels of the year. Join me and 30+ other TCJ contributors as we tell you what last-minute books to thrust at people.
www.tcj.com/the-best-com...
www.tcj.com/the-best-com...
The best comics of 2025, as chosen by our contributors - The Comics Journal
We asked our contributors what they thought were the best comics of 2025 were. Here's what they said.
www.tcj.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It's the moment you've been waiting for this holiday season: @comicsjournal.bsky.social is out with a mega-compilation of the best comics and graphic novels of the year. Join me and 30+ other TCJ contributors as we tell you what last-minute books to thrust at people.
www.tcj.com/the-best-com...
www.tcj.com/the-best-com...
JD Vance posting from the president's phone again with hope in his heart
“…I am hosting the event. Tell me what you think of my ‘Master of Ceremony’ abilities. If really good, would you like me to leave the Presidency in order to make ‘hosting’ a full time job?”
December 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
JD Vance posting from the president's phone again with hope in his heart
This is what's known as an "October Surprise," which is when you have career-ending evidence about a presidential candidate, so you secretly take it to the FBI in the hope that the president's own party might order it unsealed 6 years later.
The DOJ is not even trying to hide that it functions as Trump's personal law firm
December 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This is what's known as an "October Surprise," which is when you have career-ending evidence about a presidential candidate, so you secretly take it to the FBI in the hope that the president's own party might order it unsealed 6 years later.
The Presidency of Poasters dies as it lived
So everyone's watching the 60 Minutes that was supposed to be banned and everyone who knows how PDFs work can unredact the Epstein files, it's like the Christmas spirit has irony poisoning this year
December 23, 2025 at 6:12 AM
The Presidency of Poasters dies as it lived
52% disapproval among white people seems like a notable problem for a party with a one-issue platform of white supremacy.
![Gallup poll | 12/1-12/15
President Trump approval crosstabs (%)
🟥Overall (59/36 disapprove) [-23]
🟥Democratic (93/3 disapprove) [-90]
🟩Republican (89/8 approve) [+81]
🟥Independent (68/25 disapprove) [-43]
🟥18-34 (68/25 disapprove) [-43]
🟥35-54 (59/36 disapprove) [-23]
🟥55+ (53/43 disapprove) [-10]
🟥No college (55/37 disapprove) [-18]
🟥College graduate (59/37 disapprove) [-22]
🟥Male (53/42 disapprove) [-11]
🟥Female (64/30 disapprove) [-34]
🟥White (52/46 disapprove) [-6]
🟥Non-white (71/21 disapprove) [-50]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreifnv6vxufu6icjvsd5toirz3lmqkzertdpdnlqh7q44momevhfjqq@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
52% disapproval among white people seems like a notable problem for a party with a one-issue platform of white supremacy.
Reposted by Zach Rabiroff
ALSO TODAY: please make sure you’re reading our NEWS ON FIRE news roundups, today featuring @zachrabiroff.com and Nathan Munn! flaminghydra.com/r/6d5d9806?m...
Happening now
Cultural reckonings in a new short story by Sam Thielman
flaminghydra.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:33 AM
ALSO TODAY: please make sure you’re reading our NEWS ON FIRE news roundups, today featuring @zachrabiroff.com and Nathan Munn! flaminghydra.com/r/6d5d9806?m...
Worth saying, by the way, that the spiked 60 Minutes CECOT segment is thorough and brave, and you really should watch it if only to remember the human lives our government tortured for cruelty alone.
December 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Worth saying, by the way, that the spiked 60 Minutes CECOT segment is thorough and brave, and you really should watch it if only to remember the human lives our government tortured for cruelty alone.
Congrats to Bari Weiss for achieving the highest ratings for the 18-49 demo in 60 Minutes history
December 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Congrats to Bari Weiss for achieving the highest ratings for the 18-49 demo in 60 Minutes history
