Sander Antoniades

@s4ra8s.bsky.social

Sailor on the seas of fate, rockin' the great filter, likes some subset of retro computers, comics, and mass culture. Densha otaku.

If you think Stavros from the diner doesn’t see himself exactly as Matt Damon and wouldn’t throw his life away in a second to a) go fight for Lupita Nyong’ and b) make a series of an increasingly-bad decisions on the drive home for no real reason, you’ve never met an actual Greek.

VINTAGE LUNCHBOX MEGATHREAD! There is something deeply, nostalgic about the artwork on old lunchboxes. They meet at the crossroads of childhood, food, pop culture, & school/friends. Every day, for as long as I feel like, I'll be adding a new lunchbox to this thread! TMNT-1989 (My first lunchbox!)

A white thermos with Ninja Turtle Raphael and a red lid, next to a red plastic lunchbox featuring the image of the Ninja Turtles beating up the Foot Clan in a dark, NYC street

A history of the top marginal tax rates on the wealthiest Americans: 1940: 81% 1950: 84% 1960: 91% 1970: 72% 1980: 70% 1990: 28% 2000: 40% 2010: 35% For 50 years, corporate backed politicians in Congress have slashed taxes to line the pockets of their wealthy donors.