All three sides, and this, my dear readers, is the problem.

A photo from the No Kings protest shows one person holding a sign referencing the Handmaids Tale while someone nearby waves the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the country that the book was based off of. Beyond parody.

"Disney is now in talks with over a dozen companies to implement AI."

We should have listened to the pussy-hat wearing, resist liberal wine moms when they warned us about how violently racist and misogynistic Bernie Bros were. Just like they were right about Russia, Tulsi Gabbard, etc. they were right about this too.

Iranians are the dictionary definition of stuck between a rock and a hard place, trapped on all sides by three governments that have their own agendas and do not care about Iran and its people.

Being a 1st gen Iranian-American Millennial is weird. Growing up in the 2000s and even in the 2010s, the racism I'd face was from people on the right. But now, in 2026, I also see that from people on the "left". I don't think I've ever felt more unwelcome, even more than in the post 9/11 era.

Being a contrarian doesn't make you a "free thinker". Rejecting one form of propaganda in favor of another is not critical thought. If you were actually immune to propaganda, you wouldn't have to keep telling people you were.

Tankies just 3 months ago: "The Israel-backed Jolani is attacking Kurds, we told you he was bad!" Tankies now (based off an unverified claim that the CIA is arming Kurds to fight the Islamic Republic):

Lemme get this straight. By your logic, Graham Platner is an innocent snowflake who did a whoopsie by platforming an actual Nazi and Kat Abughazaleh is history’s greatest monster for thinking Putin shouldn’t be allowed to shove Ukraine into a woodchipper. Do I have that right?

People who spent the past two months engaging in atrocity denial regarding Iran and downplaying the violence and oppression of the Islamic Republic are now pretending they care about Iranian lives.

There is no "right way" to advocate for Iran's liberation against the brutally oppressive Islamic Republic in the eyes of Caitlin Johnstone and other "anti-imperialists" like her. I've never posted anything pro-Israel or pro-war in Iran, and I still get accused of being a "Zionist warmonger".

Before there was Epstein, before there was Diddy, there was Khomeini.

Post-rain sunset.

this is a subject that's near and dear to my heart 1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks 2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections

We don’t owe them anything. They spent a decade ignoring obvious evidence implicating the most guilty while fabricating insane accusations against the innocent.

Today's unusual sky.

The Islamic Regime rules with Sharia in Iran, while their children live westernized lives in western countries, all on wealth stolen from the Iranian people. Art by @siavashbuffi on Instagram

Bad Bunny is one hundred times the American that Trump is.

When Tankies say that the Islamic Republic must remain in power in Iran because they're "fighting western imperialism" even though they're massacreing Iranian citizens in the thousands.

Same sky. Same time. Different corner.

This was me at the Free Iran rally in Los Angeles last Sunday. This past week has been difficult as an Iranian in the diaspora. Iran needs liberation, we cannot let the deaths of those we have lost (est 12,000 so far, probably more) to go to vain. FREE IRAN 🟢⚪️🦁⚪️🔴

Today, this artist, Noval Noir, was painting a stunning portrait of Renee Good at the site of where she was killed

Far Right: Supports ICE but opposes the Basij (Iranian version of ICE) Far Left: Opposes ICE but supports the Basij Two sides of the same coin.

A reminder to certain leftists when talking about Iran 👇

Complete the pilot animatic for the indie-animated project that I started working on in 2025 (see pinned post for details).

Yeah, what kind of democratic socialist shops w/ a brand that (checks notes) owns their supply chain, reduces their carbon footprint, & teaches workers how to handcraft quality goods for a fair wage. Why isn't she wearing $40 pleather boots glued together by slaves who sleep on the factory floor?

Wrapping up 2025 with a big announcement: I've been working on my own original, indie-animated project! I plan to have an animatic pilot done by either this upcoming summer or the following spring (depending on how long it takes to make).

Tiananmen Square 1989 Iran 2025

Contestants on America's Next Top Model when Tyra would tell them to emote with their eyes but it didn't come naturally to them:

Trump is trying to incite a pogrom against Somali Americans.

If you ever expressed support for the government of Iran or any of its proxies (like Hezbollah), you do NOT get to express outrage at the terrorist attack that happened in Bondi Beach without acknowledging your complicity in normalizing antisemitism.

I found this drawing I did of Vileplume and "Butterfree" from the 1st grade.

I feel it should already be obvious to many people that it's possible to acknowledge Maduro is a corrupt dictator who oppresses his own people and oppose a US invasion of Venezuela too. But sadly geopolitical discourse has gotten so much dumber since the early 2000s.

Kyle: "How dare the US do diplomacy with Syria when it's run by Islamist extremists!" Also Kyle: "The US should do diplomacy with Iran." One of the many reasons why watching him became unbearable (as a former fan).

Accidentally discovered this stunning reflection from a balloon weight on my table.

I was supposed to go to a Halloween party tonight dressed as Brandon Lee in The Crow. Instead, I get sick. F in the chat.

The Iranian version of "I didn't think the leopards would eat my face".

my friend Grace is the woman who stood up to the guy in the Nazi SS uniform in those viral videos youve probably seen- he broke her nose with a beer stein - please share & donate and give her a hand with medical expenses, recovery and potential expenses gofund.me/72cb1a415

This is what oligarchy looks like: Trump gave corporate America a $920 billion tax break. Now, corporations like Amazon, Meta, Apple, Google & Lockheed Martin are returning the favor by giving Trump $300 million for a fancy ballroom. That’s a pretty good return on investment.

Tuesday's sunset *chef's kiss*

I'm going to be so fr rn, but "restorative justice" is losing me these days because it never seems to be implemented for people who actually deserve it, but instead used as a cover for not holding evil men like this demon-spawn accountable.

Human artists?! Use one piece to convince people to follow you!

Whoa

Not so fun fact about this guy: a while ago he posted a video on Youtube in which he attempted to "own" Atheists by claiming that without god telling them not to, there's nothing stopping them from drinking their own dad's sperm.

Maga: "Liberals & leftists are fat and ugly!" Also maga:

"It's so dumb that people are trying to cancel Hasan over his dog." You're right, he should've instead been canceled over his brazen support of Islamist terror groups, his spreading of Russian propaganda regarding Ukraine, and his frat-bro misogyny that his stans would've canceled anyone else over.

Tonight's sunset was SURREAL.

Remember in 2024, when Mahmoud Pezeshkian was elected president of Iran as a "progressive" and the Islamic Republic's useful idiots in the west claimed that things would improve? This year alone, Iran has seen a record number of executions in three decades.

the sacred text 😔