DISASTER X
@disasterx.substack.com
Anthropology of cinema, with a focus on how Hollywood imagines/images pandemics. Also interested in the national security state, rule by permanent emergency, and authoritarianism. Opposed to all political parties and ideologies.
Whatever "Western culture" or "Western civilization" might be--if it even exists--it is something that the WORLD helped to make. We learned at least that much from the first generation of post-colonial studies in the 1990s.
#anthropology
#anthropology
Did DeSantis ban #anthropology too? Because if he knew any, he might not be making the ignorant assumption that cultures thrive in isolation only. "Western culture" would never have been born in the cross-cultural Mediterranean crucible, had isolation been the norm.
x.com/RonDeSantis/...
x.com/RonDeSantis/...
November 17, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Whatever "Western culture" or "Western civilization" might be--if it even exists--it is something that the WORLD helped to make. We learned at least that much from the first generation of post-colonial studies in the 1990s.
#anthropology
#anthropology
Which is why junior--if he believed this--would now be telling his father NOT to remove those tariffs on hundreds of items. They are such a "success" after all, right?
Also: they did not read the full paper, which details how tariffs increase unemployment and drops in production.
Also: they did not read the full paper, which details how tariffs increase unemployment and drops in production.
November 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Which is why junior--if he believed this--would now be telling his father NOT to remove those tariffs on hundreds of items. They are such a "success" after all, right?
Also: they did not read the full paper, which details how tariffs increase unemployment and drops in production.
Also: they did not read the full paper, which details how tariffs increase unemployment and drops in production.
Did DeSantis ban #anthropology too? Because if he knew any, he might not be making the ignorant assumption that cultures thrive in isolation only. "Western culture" would never have been born in the cross-cultural Mediterranean crucible, had isolation been the norm.
x.com/RonDeSantis/...
x.com/RonDeSantis/...
November 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Did DeSantis ban #anthropology too? Because if he knew any, he might not be making the ignorant assumption that cultures thrive in isolation only. "Western culture" would never have been born in the cross-cultural Mediterranean crucible, had isolation been the norm.
x.com/RonDeSantis/...
x.com/RonDeSantis/...
It's astounding what a cesspit of suppression plus selective right-wing boosting that X has become. Even Grok says the suppression is worse now and the platform is degraded compared to pre-Musk Twitter.
November 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It's astounding what a cesspit of suppression plus selective right-wing boosting that X has become. Even Grok says the suppression is worse now and the platform is degraded compared to pre-Musk Twitter.
When the #Trump regime tells media that #Venezuela "may" be attacked within "the coming weeks," it's the typical Trump head fake. That means the attack *will* be in *the next few days*. Trump is a perverse ghoul, so watch for an attack on Halloween night.
October 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
When the #Trump regime tells media that #Venezuela "may" be attacked within "the coming weeks," it's the typical Trump head fake. That means the attack *will* be in *the next few days*. Trump is a perverse ghoul, so watch for an attack on Halloween night.
Asserting that its forces will attack "drug labs" in #Venezuela, when #Trump has linked to the entire state to drug trafficking, means they will attack all kinds of political targets and then retroactively call them "drug labs".
October 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Asserting that its forces will attack "drug labs" in #Venezuela, when #Trump has linked to the entire state to drug trafficking, means they will attack all kinds of political targets and then retroactively call them "drug labs".
Typical US propaganda ploys here: robing yourself in borrowed "innocence," to look "humanitarian". The US military has a history of visual imperialism where it casts itself as the global father, doctor, baby sitter, and chief.
#Venezuela #Trinidad #TrinidadandTobago #anthropology #imperialism
#Venezuela #Trinidad #TrinidadandTobago #anthropology #imperialism
October 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Typical US propaganda ploys here: robing yourself in borrowed "innocence," to look "humanitarian". The US military has a history of visual imperialism where it casts itself as the global father, doctor, baby sitter, and chief.
#Venezuela #Trinidad #TrinidadandTobago #anthropology #imperialism
#Venezuela #Trinidad #TrinidadandTobago #anthropology #imperialism
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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The president announces an arbitrary price hike on Americans because his feelings are hurt by an ad accurately quoting Ronald Reagan’s criticism of tariffs
October 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The president announces an arbitrary price hike on Americans because his feelings are hurt by an ad accurately quoting Ronald Reagan’s criticism of tariffs
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Congress basically doesn’t exist at this point
October 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Congress basically doesn’t exist at this point
It's now three times that my account on #Twitter has been locked. I have never seen this degree of censorship before. What an awful, hypocritical platform, run to uphold the official delusions of a tyrant.
October 26, 2025 at 7:02 AM
It's now three times that my account on #Twitter has been locked. I have never seen this degree of censorship before. What an awful, hypocritical platform, run to uphold the official delusions of a tyrant.
Everybody is talking about everything except the fact that we are on the eve of a monumental new #war, this one by #Trump against #Venezuela. That war will not be contained and will become regional. People in #TrinidadandTobago should take cover.
October 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Everybody is talking about everything except the fact that we are on the eve of a monumental new #war, this one by #Trump against #Venezuela. That war will not be contained and will become regional. People in #TrinidadandTobago should take cover.
First #TrinidadandTobago agrees to support US military intervention in the #Caribbean, and then #Belize agrees to host deportees from the US. What a terrible, squalid time this region is experiencing, with pliant and corrupt leaders who ignore their own people's interests.
October 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
First #TrinidadandTobago agrees to support US military intervention in the #Caribbean, and then #Belize agrees to host deportees from the US. What a terrible, squalid time this region is experiencing, with pliant and corrupt leaders who ignore their own people's interests.
#CostaRica ordered that all migrants deported there from the US had to be released, as they were being detained illegally & in violation of their human rights. That failed, so #Trump's stupid #MAGA imperialists went sniffing after #Belize as a substitute.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Costa Rican court orders release of migrants deported from US
The migrants were deported to Costa Rica in February after the two countries struck a deal.
www.bbc.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
#CostaRica ordered that all migrants deported there from the US had to be released, as they were being detained illegally & in violation of their human rights. That failed, so #Trump's stupid #MAGA imperialists went sniffing after #Belize as a substitute.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Just insane. #Belize has signed a "Safe Third Country Agreement" with the #Trump regime, so migrants in the US can be deported...to a country that can't feed or house them, and where they will be detained illegally.
www.breakingbelizenews.com/2025/10/19/b...
www.breakingbelizenews.com/2025/10/19/b...
Belize set to become a “Safe Third Country” under new US agreement
Belize is preparing to enter into an agreement with the United States to serve as a “Safe Third Country” for asylum seekers, a move that has stirred national discussion and raised questions about migration policy and capacity. The announcement came from Minister of Foreign Affairs Francis Fonseca, who detailed the government’s position and safeguards included in the draft agreement.
www.breakingbelizenews.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Just insane. #Belize has signed a "Safe Third Country Agreement" with the #Trump regime, so migrants in the US can be deported...to a country that can't feed or house them, and where they will be detained illegally.
www.breakingbelizenews.com/2025/10/19/b...
www.breakingbelizenews.com/2025/10/19/b...
If I were to ever teach a university course again, of my own design, it would be titled: THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE. It would be all about agency, ethics, (ir)rationality, and trying to learn what makes you a human individual.
October 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
If I were to ever teach a university course again, of my own design, it would be titled: THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE. It would be all about agency, ethics, (ir)rationality, and trying to learn what makes you a human individual.
A key insight, that I wish I had learned long ago:
***If it's a difficult choice, it's the wrong choice.***
That applies to almost everything: buying a house; marriage; choice of subject area in university; I have an almost endless list of examples.
***If it's a difficult choice, it's the wrong choice.***
That applies to almost everything: buying a house; marriage; choice of subject area in university; I have an almost endless list of examples.
October 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A key insight, that I wish I had learned long ago:
***If it's a difficult choice, it's the wrong choice.***
That applies to almost everything: buying a house; marriage; choice of subject area in university; I have an almost endless list of examples.
***If it's a difficult choice, it's the wrong choice.***
That applies to almost everything: buying a house; marriage; choice of subject area in university; I have an almost endless list of examples.
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“Stabilizing Argentina is ‘America First’.”
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October 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
“Stabilizing Argentina is ‘America First’.”
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History has taught us that Americans will tolerate government overreach when the economy is good.
The question now is: will they tolerate fascism while eggs are $8, healthcare costs go up, and no one can get a job?
The question now is: will they tolerate fascism while eggs are $8, healthcare costs go up, and no one can get a job?
October 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
History has taught us that Americans will tolerate government overreach when the economy is good.
The question now is: will they tolerate fascism while eggs are $8, healthcare costs go up, and no one can get a job?
The question now is: will they tolerate fascism while eggs are $8, healthcare costs go up, and no one can get a job?
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The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”
October 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”
Does Everybody Hate Free Speech?
Perhaps the experiment with democracy has reached its limits.
disasterx.substack.com/p/does-every...
#FreeSpeech #democracy #totalitarianism
Perhaps the experiment with democracy has reached its limits.
disasterx.substack.com/p/does-every...
#FreeSpeech #democracy #totalitarianism
Does Everybody Hate Free Speech?
Perhaps the experiment with democracy has reached its limits
disasterx.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Does Everybody Hate Free Speech?
Perhaps the experiment with democracy has reached its limits.
disasterx.substack.com/p/does-every...
#FreeSpeech #democracy #totalitarianism
Perhaps the experiment with democracy has reached its limits.
disasterx.substack.com/p/does-every...
#FreeSpeech #democracy #totalitarianism
I remember a time when I said, somewhere, that I would choose Lucifer riding a horse made of flaming human excrement, over Hillary Clinton.
Little did I know that the former is exactly what we would be getting.
Little did I know that the former is exactly what we would be getting.
October 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I remember a time when I said, somewhere, that I would choose Lucifer riding a horse made of flaming human excrement, over Hillary Clinton.
Little did I know that the former is exactly what we would be getting.
Little did I know that the former is exactly what we would be getting.
It really is a grim time of darkness in the US. The #MAGA period will be known as The Great Darkness at some point. Almost everything that could be wrong, and go wrong, is now happening.
October 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It really is a grim time of darkness in the US. The #MAGA period will be known as The Great Darkness at some point. Almost everything that could be wrong, and go wrong, is now happening.