ishmael
@ishmael
Journalist in NYC: digital editor for @democracynow.org and engagement editor for northsouthnotes.org
Was reminded of this guy today. Funny to think back to the discourse about him at the time, which cast him as some kind of tribune of the masses. They even made "Rich Men North of Richmond" a focus of the first 2024 GOP presidential debate!
I truly have no idea how the war in Ukraine is going. For all the talk of how "Kyiv is turning the tide" it seems like things are still pretty dire. Ukraine left exposed as Patriot launchers run empty www.ft.com/content/6448...
I must have wildly misjudged how popular Tim Pool was on the right. He's getting fewer YouTube views than Charlie Kirk.
I'll bet you could convince people to start purposely getting the diarrhea parasite if you just called it "raw lettuce"
I'm cheering for whichever team has more Ishmaels playing. Currently that's Morocco.
You'd think that building a lot of solar power would be a climate success story. But rates have fallen dramatically in Spain and investors are trying to get out because they're not making enough. Some are even trying to build data centers to use up more power. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
I was blessed this morning by the appearance of a shiny K train celebrating the Knicks
“The city of Lawrence just made it a real priority to embrace Algeria. Go past City Hall, and there are Algerian flags flying. Local businesses, bars, even Walmart and McDonald’s have signs up for Algeria. They’re all in.” africasacountry.com/2026/06/rock...
"Thinking just got a big upgrade" is basically the pitch for most AI chatbots
Something very funny happening in this California congressional race. apnews.com/article/cali...
"It Was Just An Accident" I thought it was a great movie at first, but then I learned more about it on the Adobe blog and realized the movie was made only for video editors who love to optimize their Premiere Pro workflows. Felt like a total idiot after that.
Great piece by Efthimios Karayiannides examining Elon Musk's parasitic role in the global economy, building on some of the arguments in the book MUSKISM by @quinnslobodian.com & @bentarnoff.com. www.northsouthnotes.org/p/finding-el...
worth taking a look at your Instagram reels algorithm. I fucking love Podcast Season 3
I've tried two different brands of trash bags and they all have tears in the plastic. Is this because of the Strait of Hormuz?
Pro-Israel protest outside the New York Times building just now, presumably about the Nick Kristof article.
Bahrain saw some of the worst repression during the "Arab Spring," when a peaceful movement for reform was brutally crushed by the monarchy with help from the Saudis. Now there's a new crackdown taking place amid the Iran war. www.northsouthnotes.org/p/the-view-f...
An unexpected impact of the Iran war: The cost of synthetic rubber gloves (made from crude oil byproduct) has risen by around 40% and supplies could dwindle at hospitals around the world as the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
The Iran war is now as unpopular in the U.S. as Iraq and Vietnam at the height of those conflicts. 61% of Americans say using military force against Iran was a mistake. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"More than 24 apes have died so far as a result of the conflict …The true death toll is probably higher." www.wsj.com/us-news/ngog...
not sure what I expected but the Wikipedia illustration of a strait leaves a lot to be desired en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait