James D aka Kihp aka Number 4(Big and Tasty)

@jamesdor.bsky.social

Host of @kamenridewithme.bsky.social a podcast about fresh perspectives in Tokusatsu. Co-hosts are Stef and David of the Tokyo Fresh Podcast. People call me Kihp because I used to play a lot of Halo 2 Maps.

The “vibe shift” proclaimed Nov. 2024 - Jan. 2025 was just some elites—in business, media, law, and some higher ed admins—who kinda liked the fascism and gave themselves permission to accommodate it. That’s all it ever was. A close presidential election is not somehow a binding cultural referendum.

Personally, if I were one of the Third Way ghouls who helped to hollow out labor, vilify the poor (especially when they’re black), and lay the ground work for furthering private profit over public good, I would shut the fuck up when a new era of young politicians attempted to revive my party.

if I seem militant about AI it's because a lot of my friends are writers, concept artists, QA people, etc, and they are the ones who are currently having their careers obliterated by that shit. not speculatively. happening right now. I don't see a need to be soft towards ppl who shrug at that