Isaac Cates
“Lecturer” (UVM English) in poetry, comics, writing, etc.; sometime drawer and editor of comics, sometime writer of poems; trying to return to the world
Some projects here:
#DailyKrazyDetail
#FourActorFactor
#OrwellVsChatGPT
#NearbyNature2025
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- Has Uncle Ben taught us NOTHING?
- I watched Black Widow to get ready for Thunderbolts*, and something struck me that I haven’t seen anyone talking about. Red Guardian talks about having FOUGHT CAPTAIN AMERICA DURING THE COLD WAR. IIRC Natasha even challenges his facts on this, and he reasserts it. This raises four possibilities:
- Reposted by Isaac CatesThanks to y’all, our campaign food drive for Evanston Community Fridges was a huge success! We were able to completely stock the empty pantry, provide frozen and refrigerated food for the community, and (least importantly) give out some campaign yard signs while we were at it!
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- Reposted by Isaac Cates1/ The US government has ordered the Swedish city of Stockholm to end its diversity, inclusivity and equality (DEI) programmes within 10 days. The city authorities say the demand is "bizarre" and they won't be complying. ⬇️
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- Reposted by Isaac CatesJust a reminder that Andor S2 was written in 2022. If this show sounds sooooooo much like current events, it's just that the writers have drawn on centuries of histories of authoritarianism and injustices. The series is a mirror showing just how much ugliness we've allowed to become normal.
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- Reposted by Isaac Catesno joke, I’ve been working on embroidering a pair of overalls top to bottom with little stuff in my life and Heater is the whole front pocket :)
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- Reposted by Isaac CatesI don't 'refuse to use' AI, I just don't use AI; in the same way that I don't shoplift, or plagiarise other people's books - it requires no effort of will, it's just not something I would think of doing
- Bizarrely framed article about the people (all women) who ‘refuse to use AI’. And a #philosophy professor who says “The moment to opt out of #AI has already passed”. Oh well. That’s that then. 🤷♂️ #AIEthics www.bbc.com/news/article...
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- If you see this, post a sword. (My drawing of Trondheim & Sfar’s Hyacinthe and Herbert, from the Donjon series.) satisfactorycomics.blogspot.com/2012/07/alph...
- If you see this, post a sword. (My drawing of Trondheim & Sfar’s Hyacinthe and Herbert, from the Donjon series.) satisfactorycomics.blogspot.com/2012/07/alph...
- Reposted by Isaac CatesI had never seen this before and it delights me
- Reposted by Isaac CatesPlease. Someone. Tell him what’s in the fuckin’ Constitution. The courts came out of nowhere IN HIS MIND. Because he has NO IDEA OR CONCERN FOR THE CONSTITUTION… For our democratic republic... Or for us.
- Reposted by Isaac CatesYou forgot to mention she resigned in protest in January after you killed her cartoon about your plutocrat owner.
- The Pulitzer Prize for illustrated reporting and commentary goes to @anntelnaes.bsky.social, for various works that appeared in The Washington Post. This is her third Pulitzer recognition.
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- Reposted by Isaac CatesNever meet your heroes
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- Reposted by Isaac CatesYes, let’s just ask Americans to wear a mask in public for a few months to keep old and immunocompromised people alive and see what happens
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- Reposted by Isaac CatesCurious about the tackification of the Oval Office, I skimmed the official White House photo feed. As it turns out, the gold elements in the room were added slowly, not all at once. Photos in my (free to read) newsletter. s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...
- You would want the President to know what “national security” means, and to be able to rationally distinguish between things that are and aren’t threats to national security. Just seems like, y’know, a good skill for someone to have in that job
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- Lynda Barry once told me that I draw “kickass demons!”
- Also, good luck charging a fucking TARIFF on a movie Who imports them? Which port do they move through?
- Reposted by Isaac CatesThe articles of impeachment write themselves
- Reposted by Isaac CatesHanding over academic institutional leadership to a roving class of elite administrators, none remaining in place long, just climbing ladders and cashing checks … was a mistake,
- Just listened to the new @natedimeo.bsky.social Memory Palace, and I have never been more moved by the word “ballast.” It’s so good. Memory Palace is always so good. thememorypalace.us/on-dexter-av...
- Reposted by Isaac Cateswhy doesn't Darth Vader ever fiddle with the buttons on his chest? he's got built-in fidget buttons but he always acts like he's too cool to press 'em. he's not
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- Reposted by Isaac CatesProof this guy is full of SITH.
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- Reposted by Isaac CatesThings the president of the United States said on meet the press today: He doesn’t know if he has to follow the constitution He’s fine with a recession Americans can do with less Small businesses are just “a couple of little businesses”
- Reposted by Isaac CatesDonald Trump has no idea what a gallon of gas costs.
- Reposted by Isaac CatesThis statistic blew my mind
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- I think this might be the most Starwars I’ve drawn. Just a little drawing of an IG-88 toy that never really existed. Gotta love those IG droids
- Reposted by Isaac CatesTrump on Russia-Ukraine: "We're closer with one party and maybe not as close with the other, but we'll have to see. I'd like to not say which one we're closer to."
- Reposted by Isaac CatesYou can have 5 pencils
- Reposted by Isaac CatesA meme for May 4th
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- Reposted by Isaac CatesIf you're a grad student or an undergrad interested in research I need to you listen to me very carefully. You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers. Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.
- Reposted by Isaac CatesI always thought the Antichrist would be more subtle about it
