Neil Nadelman (Currently clean on OPSEC)

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Anime translator, general buttinsky. Keeper of the great library of Totally Lame Anime.

In a scene from the 2019 anime Carol and Tuesday, two officers of Mars Immigration and Customs Enforcement (MICE) stand in front of a cell holding three Black men who have been arrested as illegal refugees from Earth. One officer is holding a phone to allow a large man wearing a yellow jumpsuit to live stream a protest song.
A fortune cookie fortune reading "A store of good luck will find you later today".
Lord Farquaad from the movie Shrek addresses his troops, saying "Some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make."
Still image from the film Total Recall showing Arnold Schwarzenegger on the surface of Mars. His eyes are bugging out and he's screaming in pain from a very inaccurate portrayal of being in a low pressure atmosphere.
A Chinese snack food pouch featuring a grinning red crab riding atop a google-eyed fish. A yellow label identifies the food as "filled sea sedge". An ad line below proclaims "Gently a crisp and violent walk". When run through Google Translate, the Chinese text reads "Seaweed Sandwich Crackers." The ad line translates as "With one light bite, the flavor explodes!"
In a parody of the popular meme, Nancy poses in front of the gravestone of Dilbert. She is flashing the peace sign and looking happy.
A dark blue GM Spartan model on a white action base. It has a red face visor and is reaching back to draw a combat knife from its backpack.
A sealed package of stick on molding. A large label advises what to do "When not sticky ".
A vending machine which dispenses White Castle sliders.
A fortune cookie fortune which reads "You will soon be crossing desert sands for a fun vacation."
Facebook Marketplace ad for a free microphone from a company called "Dschlzy".
A display of two model kits, one in robotic mobile suit form, the other one in its flight mode. The larger of the two is the Zeta Gundam, a red, white and blue mobile suit from the 1985 anime series. Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. It is 1/100 scale And is posed holding its gun as if to fire with one leg outstretched and the other tucked behind it as though flying through space. The smaller of the two models is the Zeta Gundam in its Wave Rider flight mode. It looks a bit like a jet fighter, and is posed as though zooming along to the side of its alternate form.
Bob the Angry Flower presents "Grand Theft America". A bloated caricature of Dick Cheney drives a monstrous black convertible festooned with an American flag and a cross hood ornament. He is speeding at the reader, knocking other cars out of the way. "Who's in the driver's seat now?" he yells. "That's right! Muthafukkin Cheney!" He floors the accelerator and speeds on, knocking more cars from his path as he screams "More! Faster!"and laughs maniacally. He ends by driving off a cliff, spiralling to his doom as he screams "FU--" In the corner of the final panel: "Ah... Good times."
Gihren Zabi, supreme leader of Zeon in the original Mobile Suit Gundam anime series, stands in front of a huge portrait of his slain brother Garma. He holds one fist in the air as he exhorts those listening to renew their war efforts against the Earth Federation.
A Fortune.com article reads "A tech founder says his son spurned the ivy league as" unfun, judgy, and biased against white boys. He's one of many headed south for college instead." A photo of a young girl at a sporting event wearing a Tennessee University t-shirt, her face painted orange and white, is shown.
A plate of frozen shrimp with the headline "FDA warns public not to eat possibly radioactive shrimp sold at Walmart."
A 1915 political cartoon portraying the home of an indulgent mother. A mother with her young son stands atop a staircase, each step labeled. The labels range from the top step of piecing between meals (Another word for snacking), followed by patent medicines and soothing syrups. It then goes down to plenty of pickles and pork, mexicanized dishes and pepper sauces, candies and rich pastries, tea coffee and coca, sodas pop and ginger ale, tobacco and cigarettes, cards dice and pool, liquor and strong drink, and finally leads to a drunkard's grave at the bottom.
Photo of me and my mom in Spain this past March, set into what appears to be a wooden frame.
Officers of Mars Immigration and Customs Enforcement (MICE) from the anime Carol & Tuesday stand before a jail cell full of markedly darker-skinned prisoners.