Stephen Ist

@stephenist

Gen-Xer, living in the world punk and dystopian sf warned me was on the horizon. Focused on detrumpifying the planet. he/him

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Stephen Ist@stephenist· May 23

Photograph by Noboru Ueki

An avant-garde artistic photograph that appears to be sepia-and-black as opposed to black-and-white. The majority of the right 2/3s of the photograph are taken up by what appears to be a sloping wood-like element. Or maybe it’s ripped and torn pages of a book close-up. Running from top to bottom there are stratifications within that right 2/3 element. The left side appears to be a staged and constructed abstract landscape. At the top, isolated on a black horizon, are two sepia colored clouds. In the lower left-hand corner, there is a desert-like sand element that reaches to the black horizon. In the lowermost left is a spiral of displaced sand. Closer to the horizon are what might be three pumpkin-like beads. One sits on the sand and the other two are held aloft by abstract elements. The closest one could be decayed or burned organic material with a bead sitting on the top and behind it is a doglegged sculptural element like a branchless tree trunk that ends in a claw. The claw is topped by another bead.

Surreal, abstract, unreality, weird

From https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Two-Studies/37E2907DA7CDD76728001714C4F52715

Stephen Ist@stephenist· May 17

Practically anything from Guy Maddin would qualify.

A black and white photograph featuring a man wearing sunglasses and a hat, alongside a woman with dark lipstick and a vintage hairstyle, both appearing in a dreamy or surreal context with an ornamented pair of scissors in the foreground.

Stephen Ist@stephenist· Apr 8

Ah, well, nevertheless… Though I stand by “who knows what another week may bring.” 😵‍💫

USA TODAY

BREAKING NEWS: Strait of Hormuz sealed off, Iran state media says, in response to Israeli strikes on Lebanon. The move could jeopardize the ceasefire.

Stephen Ist@stephenist· Apr 8

Hmm 🤔 This post seems to be aging well. Maybe not besties yet but who knows what another week may bring.

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@jonkarl
This morning, I asked President Trump if he's okay with the Iranians charging a toll for all ships that go through the Strait of Hormuz, he told me there may be a Joint US-Iran venture to charge tolls:
"We're thinking of doing it as a joint venture. It's a way of securing it — also securing it from lots of other people."
"It's a beautiful thing"
4:22 AM • Apr 8, 2026 • 1.6M Views

Stephen Ist@stephenist· Apr 2

Not side-splitting funny, but I think about this one a lot.

Tweet: Avery Edison @aedison

I wrote "I am alive" on a piece of paper, and placed it into a photocopier. What I saw next has shocking implications

7:53 AM • Mar 24, 2023 • 2.5M Views

Stephen Ist@stephenist· Feb 28

Jesus Christ to the apocalypse instigators: You did what?!? Did you not understand anything I said?!? *Starts pointing at them one by one* Goat, goat, goat, goat… stop celebrating Hegseth, it’s not that kind of goat.

A painting of Jesus Christ leaning against a boulder with his right hand in the air. The raised hand and the expression on his face give the impression of incredulity. #Iran

Stephen Ist@stephenist· Feb 28

The proverbial Nazi bar on a crowded evening.
Lots of random people milling about, waiting for tables or watching the goings on. The tables are occupied by men wearing Nazi armbands with the stylized X of X-Twitter replacing the swastika.
They each have a beer in front of them. A woman at the bar is speaking to a man: "Wow! This place is busy. So everyone here is a Nazi?" She asks. He replies, "No. Us journalists come here to cover this important topic. The Nazis get the good seats... and service." A man nearby, overhearing the conversation, adds "And they get paid to be here."

Stephen Ist@stephenist· Feb 25

Seeing how the state of the union is complete and utter shit, it seems an appropriate moment to repost this.

Cartoon illustration of Donald Trump with yellow hair and a red tie, depicted as an orange pile of excrement, with the text "NOT THIS SHIT AGAIN" on a blue background.

Stephen Ist@stephenist· Feb 24

Share A Videogame GIF

Stephen Ist@stephenist· Feb 19

#olympics #figureskating

Stephen Ist@stephenist· Feb 12

Looks close to that. And what is up with this dude? www.gettyimages.com/detail/video...

Stephen Ist@stephenist· Feb 11

This is good news but it reminds me of the orphan-crushing machine post.

Famous post by pookleblinky that reads “Anosognosiogenesis
@pookleblinky
Every heartwarming human interest story in america is like ‘he raised $20,000 to keep 200 orphans from being crushed in the orphan-crushing machine’ and then never asks why an orphan-crushing machine exists or why you'd need to pay to prevent it from being used.”

Stephen Ist@stephenist· Feb 11

#Raleigh #Measles

Stephen Ist@stephenist· Jan 19

FT confirms Nick Schifrin’s scoop.

Støre confirmed on Monday morning that he had received the message in reply to a text he had sent Trump protesting against the move to impose tariffs on Norway and other European countries for sending troops to Greenland. PBS News first reported the text.

Stephen Ist@stephenist· Dec 31

How I'm walking out of 2025

Stephen Ist@stephenist· Dec 25

Christmas lights

Stephen Ist@stephenist· Dec 22

“G̶e̶t̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶s̶,̶ ̶l̶o̶s̶e̶r̶s̶!̶ ̶V̶R̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶h̶a̶p̶p̶e̶n̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶w̶h̶e̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶l̶i̶k̶e̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶o̶r̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶!̶!̶1̶!̶” 🗓️ … … “Get with the times, losers! AI is happening whether you like it or not!!1!”