Sam
@soapboxhero.bsky.social
Just taking a groovy ride on Starship Earth 🌹
“Hey man that yogurt expired four days ago. I wouldn’t eat it if I were you,” my roommate says, frowning.
I feel the probiotics quickening, grasping, wrapping its tendrils around my nerves and bones. Making me stronger. Making me stranger.
“Nah bro it tastes fine,” we answer.
I feel the probiotics quickening, grasping, wrapping its tendrils around my nerves and bones. Making me stronger. Making me stranger.
“Nah bro it tastes fine,” we answer.
January 21, 2026 at 12:50 AM
“Hey man that yogurt expired four days ago. I wouldn’t eat it if I were you,” my roommate says, frowning.
I feel the probiotics quickening, grasping, wrapping its tendrils around my nerves and bones. Making me stronger. Making me stranger.
“Nah bro it tastes fine,” we answer.
I feel the probiotics quickening, grasping, wrapping its tendrils around my nerves and bones. Making me stronger. Making me stranger.
“Nah bro it tastes fine,” we answer.
I’m doodling a new sketch series about cute anthropomorphic creatures struggling with existential crises. It’s going very well
January 14, 2026 at 2:04 AM
I’m doodling a new sketch series about cute anthropomorphic creatures struggling with existential crises. It’s going very well
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
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The world's 500 richest people added a record $2.2 trillion to their collective fortunes in 2025, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which found just eight billionaires accounted for about a quarter of those gains.
January 2, 2026 at 12:21 PM
The world's 500 richest people added a record $2.2 trillion to their collective fortunes in 2025, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which found just eight billionaires accounted for about a quarter of those gains.
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Ocean heating defies all earlier projections. We are on the worst possible track. Yet this has completely vanished as a topic of conversation in America.
December 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Ocean heating defies all earlier projections. We are on the worst possible track. Yet this has completely vanished as a topic of conversation in America.
I’m getting all my body’s microplastics removed and melted down into little Lego Sams 🤠
December 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I’m getting all my body’s microplastics removed and melted down into little Lego Sams 🤠
Don’t threaten me with a good time! Don’t threaten me with a bad time either! As a rule of thumb this is a threat-free environment!
December 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Don’t threaten me with a good time! Don’t threaten me with a bad time either! As a rule of thumb this is a threat-free environment!
We could try constitutional reform via annual national referendums. After a few dozen amendments to restore governance we start doing fun ones. New anthem, something catchy. CFPB but for products that are annoying. Chemtrail ban
November 22, 2025 at 5:06 AM
We could try constitutional reform via annual national referendums. After a few dozen amendments to restore governance we start doing fun ones. New anthem, something catchy. CFPB but for products that are annoying. Chemtrail ban
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Sorry to do litmus tests but I want candidates who understand and say out loud that the big tech industry is a hive of evil charlatans who get rich pumping poison into the world
November 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Sorry to do litmus tests but I want candidates who understand and say out loud that the big tech industry is a hive of evil charlatans who get rich pumping poison into the world
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We need to address the fact that the LAPD - which is not ICE and at least nominally under the control of a liberal Democrat -- is violent and out of control and violating human rights just like the feds are
Cops going aggro on Sunset near Echo Park in LA after the Dodgers Win. Shooting people with less lethals from point blank range, horses running people and press down. Literally minutes before, fireworks in the street
November 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We need to address the fact that the LAPD - which is not ICE and at least nominally under the control of a liberal Democrat -- is violent and out of control and violating human rights just like the feds are
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Portland ICE facility now.
October 19, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Portland ICE facility now.
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can also run this backwards: we watched the development of mass incarceration, waves of repression of anti-police brutality protests, and a spiraling post 9/11 surveillance and detention apparatus. we shouldn't wonder how a president in 2025 could decide the guys with guns can do whatever they want
I can’t understand the mindset of a person who sees masked snatch squads disappearing people off the street and thinks “This will never affect me.” How do you convince yourself that once it finishes with all the Bad People the state’s paramilitary kidnapping function is going to disband itself.
August 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
can also run this backwards: we watched the development of mass incarceration, waves of repression of anti-police brutality protests, and a spiraling post 9/11 surveillance and detention apparatus. we shouldn't wonder how a president in 2025 could decide the guys with guns can do whatever they want
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1. @abenewman.bsky.social and I have a new piece in @wired.com on the enshittification of American power. It repurposes arguments from our book, Underground Empire amzn.to/3PbIyqX , and Cory Doctorow's idea of enshittification to explain how the Trump administration is trying to remake the world.
The Enshittification of American Power
First Google and Facebook, then the world. Under Trump 2.0, US statecraft is starting to mimic the worst tendencies of Big Tech.
www.wired.com
July 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
1. @abenewman.bsky.social and I have a new piece in @wired.com on the enshittification of American power. It repurposes arguments from our book, Underground Empire amzn.to/3PbIyqX , and Cory Doctorow's idea of enshittification to explain how the Trump administration is trying to remake the world.
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At least John McCain died and went to rot in hell before he got to see his lifelong dream realized
June 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
At least John McCain died and went to rot in hell before he got to see his lifelong dream realized
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Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
June 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
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I spent five weeks talking to federal workers about knowledge loss and brain drain across the federal government, and its implications, both right now and for decades to come. Their stories are frightening, but I think it's important to know what we're facing: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
When it comes to Trump's brain drain, “the damage is already done”
How the DOGE-triggered attack on government research left America in the dark.
www.motherjones.com
May 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I spent five weeks talking to federal workers about knowledge loss and brain drain across the federal government, and its implications, both right now and for decades to come. Their stories are frightening, but I think it's important to know what we're facing: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
It took me 15 whole minutes of going “Wow Thunderbolts is insanely violent! Lotta F-bombs too” to realize I’d sat down in the Final Destination: Bloodlines theater by mistake. 10/10 movie! Marvel’s done it again!
May 21, 2025 at 2:32 AM
It took me 15 whole minutes of going “Wow Thunderbolts is insanely violent! Lotta F-bombs too” to realize I’d sat down in the Final Destination: Bloodlines theater by mistake. 10/10 movie! Marvel’s done it again!
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one of the tasks of the American left is to explain to retail and service workers that this is the future that America has planned for them
April 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
one of the tasks of the American left is to explain to retail and service workers that this is the future that America has planned for them
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THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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They called the targeting of brown people of another faith and erosion of civil liberties the “patriot” act so you would feel guilty or fearful for being against it. So you would adopt an us versus them mindset. You were being groomed for autocratic rule all along.
April 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
They called the targeting of brown people of another faith and erosion of civil liberties the “patriot” act so you would feel guilty or fearful for being against it. So you would adopt an us versus them mindset. You were being groomed for autocratic rule all along.
Me: If you think about it sleep is kinda like a mini vacation for ur brain haha
The sleep paralysis demon I’m in a toxic codependent relationship with: Ima paralyze the shit outta you tonight
The sleep paralysis demon I’m in a toxic codependent relationship with: Ima paralyze the shit outta you tonight
January 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Me: If you think about it sleep is kinda like a mini vacation for ur brain haha
The sleep paralysis demon I’m in a toxic codependent relationship with: Ima paralyze the shit outta you tonight
The sleep paralysis demon I’m in a toxic codependent relationship with: Ima paralyze the shit outta you tonight