Maximilian Ink
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Writer • Artist • Appreciator of the Good in Life • Storyteller • Dork
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🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug comic
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THE HEROIC TECH BILLIONAIRE LEX LUTHOR VS. THE EVIL "WOKE" ALIEN SUPERMAN!
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Brought to you by the super members of the Inner Hive, including long-time member RobbÜry415 and new member Bill Schaffner.
( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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Read it right here👇
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THE HEROIC TECH BILLIONAIRE LEX LUTHOR VS. THE EVIL "WOKE" ALIEN SUPERMAN!
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Brought to you by the super members of the Inner Hive, including long-time member RobbÜry415 and new member Bill Schaffner.
( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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Read it right here👇
July 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug comic
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THE HEROIC TECH BILLIONAIRE LEX LUTHOR VS. THE EVIL "WOKE" ALIEN SUPERMAN!
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Brought to you by the super members of the Inner Hive, including long-time member RobbÜry415 and new member Bill Schaffner.
( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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Read it right here👇
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THE HEROIC TECH BILLIONAIRE LEX LUTHOR VS. THE EVIL "WOKE" ALIEN SUPERMAN!
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Brought to you by the super members of the Inner Hive, including long-time member RobbÜry415 and new member Bill Schaffner.
( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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Read it right here👇
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I wrote about Mikie Sherrill, who is now the Democratic candidate for NJ governor, and Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic candidate for VA governor, last year
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Democrats’ Patriotic Vanguard
A small group of lawmakers with military or intelligence backgrounds prefigured Harris’s overtly patriotic campaign.
www.theatlantic.com
June 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I wrote about Mikie Sherrill, who is now the Democratic candidate for NJ governor, and Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic candidate for VA governor, last year
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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For those not following the drama earlier, it's for sharing this piece advocating for nonviolence (but not being judgy about how targeted people respond either). And saying some things about governmental/ institutional violence.
Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence
I think maybe it's begun, the bigger fiercer backlash against the Trump Administration which is itself a violent backlash against every good thing that's happened over the past several decades – the a...
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June 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
For those not following the drama earlier, it's for sharing this piece advocating for nonviolence (but not being judgy about how targeted people respond either). And saying some things about governmental/ institutional violence.
June 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I'd like to see someone make this into a video game.
"Stand Down: Voices of the Block"
You play as a neighborhood resident working to peacefully pressure government agents into retreating—using only words, crowd presence, and moral force.
“Nonviolence is your only weapon.”
"Stand Down: Voices of the Block"
You play as a neighborhood resident working to peacefully pressure government agents into retreating—using only words, crowd presence, and moral force.
“Nonviolence is your only weapon.”
San Diego neighborhood makes ICE agents retreat
June 5, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I'd like to see someone make this into a video game.
"Stand Down: Voices of the Block"
You play as a neighborhood resident working to peacefully pressure government agents into retreating—using only words, crowd presence, and moral force.
“Nonviolence is your only weapon.”
"Stand Down: Voices of the Block"
You play as a neighborhood resident working to peacefully pressure government agents into retreating—using only words, crowd presence, and moral force.
“Nonviolence is your only weapon.”
I’ve built a little playground where my ideas can breathe outside of these almighty algorithms.
If you’re into essays, history tangents, music meanderings, political ponderings, or peculiar side quests… this might be your kind of sandbox.
You’re welcome to swing on by anytime... 😉
is.gd/why_kofi
If you’re into essays, history tangents, music meanderings, political ponderings, or peculiar side quests… this might be your kind of sandbox.
You’re welcome to swing on by anytime... 😉
is.gd/why_kofi
🎈 So… Why Ko-fi?
Maximilian Ink published a post on Ko-fi
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June 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I’ve built a little playground where my ideas can breathe outside of these almighty algorithms.
If you’re into essays, history tangents, music meanderings, political ponderings, or peculiar side quests… this might be your kind of sandbox.
You’re welcome to swing on by anytime... 😉
is.gd/why_kofi
If you’re into essays, history tangents, music meanderings, political ponderings, or peculiar side quests… this might be your kind of sandbox.
You’re welcome to swing on by anytime... 😉
is.gd/why_kofi
Every now and then, we all need some guidance.
May 23, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Every now and then, we all need some guidance.
Maybe "The Gulf of Maximilian?"
It’ll always be Gulf of Max to me.
May 17, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Maybe "The Gulf of Maximilian?"
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Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR
Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting.
apnews.com
May 2, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR
Stephen Miller’s plan: teach kids to love America—or else. 🫡 Federal funding only for schools that pass the Patriotism Purity Test. 🇺🇸
Stalin’s ghost just shed a tear of pride. 🥹
Stalin’s ghost just shed a tear of pride. 🥹
Stephen Miller: "Children will be taught to love America. Children will be taught to be patriots. Children will be taught civic values for schools that want federal taxpayer funding ... we're gonna make sure these funds are not being used to promote communist ideology."
May 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Stephen Miller’s plan: teach kids to love America—or else. 🫡 Federal funding only for schools that pass the Patriotism Purity Test. 🇺🇸
Stalin’s ghost just shed a tear of pride. 🥹
Stalin’s ghost just shed a tear of pride. 🥹
...the AfD (is xenophobic and) “aims to exclude certain population groups from equal participation in society, to subject them to unconstitutional unequal treatment and thus to assign them a legally devalued status."
Hmmmmmm.... does that sound familiar?
Hmmmmmm.... does that sound familiar?
🚨 Just in: German authorities have formally designated the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a “right-wing extremist organisation” that poses a threat to democracy and the constitutional order.
Germany designates AfD as right-wing extremist organisation
Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has designated AfD as a right-wing extremist organisation, citing xenophobic stances as the reason. #EuropeNews
www.euronews.com
May 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
...the AfD (is xenophobic and) “aims to exclude certain population groups from equal participation in society, to subject them to unconstitutional unequal treatment and thus to assign them a legally devalued status."
Hmmmmmm.... does that sound familiar?
Hmmmmmm.... does that sound familiar?
The first 100 days of Trump stirred fierce resistance— @indivisible.org urges action this #MayDay in support of immigrants & workers. “We changed the political weather.” Oppose authoritarianism. Show up, speak out. #Indivisible #May1 #Resist #CivicAction
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maydaystrong.org
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maydaystrong.org
April 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
The first 100 days of Trump stirred fierce resistance— @indivisible.org urges action this #MayDay in support of immigrants & workers. “We changed the political weather.” Oppose authoritarianism. Show up, speak out. #Indivisible #May1 #Resist #CivicAction
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maydaystrong.org
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maydaystrong.org
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Pope Francis “was like an elder brother to me, showing the way,” one Winnipeg archbishop said after the pontiff’s death.
‘Thank God’ for Pope Francis: St. Boniface archbishop
Local Catholic leaders remember pontiff who ‘walked the talk’
www.winnipegfreepress.com
April 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Pope Francis “was like an elder brother to me, showing the way,” one Winnipeg archbishop said after the pontiff’s death.
“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.” —Elie Wiesel (1928–2016)
Whether we’re talking about genocide, racism, refugee crises, or immigration policies that dehumanize, Wiesel reminded us—
"Indifference lets it happen. Love interrupts it."
Whether we’re talking about genocide, racism, refugee crises, or immigration policies that dehumanize, Wiesel reminded us—
"Indifference lets it happen. Love interrupts it."
April 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.” —Elie Wiesel (1928–2016)
Whether we’re talking about genocide, racism, refugee crises, or immigration policies that dehumanize, Wiesel reminded us—
"Indifference lets it happen. Love interrupts it."
Whether we’re talking about genocide, racism, refugee crises, or immigration policies that dehumanize, Wiesel reminded us—
"Indifference lets it happen. Love interrupts it."
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What we saw today was two jumped up thugs and their bootlicking sychophants laughing at the US Constitution, the supreme court, and the idea that anyone can stop them from doing anything they want www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Constitutional Crisis Is Here
The Supreme Court told the Trump administration to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador’s infamous CECOT prison. So far, the administration is pretending to comply while re...
www.theatlantic.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
What we saw today was two jumped up thugs and their bootlicking sychophants laughing at the US Constitution, the supreme court, and the idea that anyone can stop them from doing anything they want www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Funny stuff!
Golly.... I hope no "anti-libtards" get triggered by these comics! 😂
Funny stuff!
Golly.... I hope no "anti-libtards" get triggered by these comics! 😂
April 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Funny stuff!
Golly.... I hope no "anti-libtards" get triggered by these comics! 😂
Funny stuff!
Golly.... I hope no "anti-libtards" get triggered by these comics! 😂
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Everything in the Trump governing playbook follows the broad dictates of reality TV programming, and yesterday’s announcement of a historic lurch back into the hoary dictates of 19th-century protectionism was no exception.
Trump’s Delusional Tariff Policy Is Already Wreaking Havoc
The economy took an immediate hit after the president’s “Liberation Day ”announcement.
www.thenation.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Everything in the Trump governing playbook follows the broad dictates of reality TV programming, and yesterday’s announcement of a historic lurch back into the hoary dictates of 19th-century protectionism was no exception.
James Smithson gave his fortune to foster the increase and diffusion of knowledge. Today’s wealthy seem devoted to the confusion and deletion of history.
April 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
James Smithson gave his fortune to foster the increase and diffusion of knowledge. Today’s wealthy seem devoted to the confusion and deletion of history.
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Musk Signals Willingness To Bid More Than $97 Billion To Acquire Respect theonion.com/musk-signals...
Musk Signals Willingness To Bid More Than $97 Billion To Acquire Respect
WASHINGTON—Stressing that he was open to going far higher to close the deal, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced Wednesday that he had made an unsolicited $97.4 billion offer to acquire respect. “This is a ...
theonion.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Musk Signals Willingness To Bid More Than $97 Billion To Acquire Respect theonion.com/musk-signals...
Way to go, @booker.senate.gov !!
I'm going to save Cory's speech as an mp3 and listen to it on repeat to pump me up!
I'm going to save Cory's speech as an mp3 and listen to it on repeat to pump me up!
Cory Booker breaking Strom Thurmond's record filibuster of the 1957 Civil Rights Act, 24 hours and 18 minutes, while talking about John Lewis is very appropriate.
April 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Way to go, @booker.senate.gov !!
I'm going to save Cory's speech as an mp3 and listen to it on repeat to pump me up!
I'm going to save Cory's speech as an mp3 and listen to it on repeat to pump me up!
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"Maher and Trump have a lot in common and that’s not a compliment to either. Whatever happens the night of the dinner they’ll both get what they wanted out of it and the world will be a little worse off..."
@ianboothby.bsky.social
"Maher and Trump have a lot in common and that’s not a compliment to either. Whatever happens the night of the dinner they’ll both get what they wanted out of it and the world will be a little worse off..."
March 31, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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@ianboothby.bsky.social
"Maher and Trump have a lot in common and that’s not a compliment to either. Whatever happens the night of the dinner they’ll both get what they wanted out of it and the world will be a little worse off..."
@ianboothby.bsky.social
"Maher and Trump have a lot in common and that’s not a compliment to either. Whatever happens the night of the dinner they’ll both get what they wanted out of it and the world will be a little worse off..."
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Jaw dropping ignorance. Witkoff knows nothing. Has no knowledge of the violence that Russians have used to suppress Ukrainians in Occupied Ukraine
It’s clear from this that the only difference between Steve Witkoff’s and Vladmir Putin’s views on the war in Ukraine is that Putin actually knows the names of all the five Ukrainian regions he wants to keep.
March 22, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Jaw dropping ignorance. Witkoff knows nothing. Has no knowledge of the violence that Russians have used to suppress Ukrainians in Occupied Ukraine
The news industry is vital to democracy, but paywalls block readers from key stories, especially investigative reports. To fix this, Wired makes articles based on public records from FOIA freely accessible, ensuring crucial government reporting remains available. @wired.com is.gd/lYyQhJ
March 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The news industry is vital to democracy, but paywalls block readers from key stories, especially investigative reports. To fix this, Wired makes articles based on public records from FOIA freely accessible, ensuring crucial government reporting remains available. @wired.com is.gd/lYyQhJ