Jonathan Howe

Computer programmer, pianist, DIY, board games

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

Saving LA - Phase III

[Congressman Brandon Gill @RepBrandonGill]

Somalis rank among the most welfare-dependent groups in the United States, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, and Sweden.

Six countries. Same result. Every single time.

This is a pattern, and American taxpayers are paying for it.

81% of Somali immigrant households receive welfare. Even after being in the US for 10 years or longer, 78% are still on welfare. For native households, that number is 21%.

They aren’t living the American dream. They are getting free stuff. And we are all paying for it.

Moreover, mass Somali immigration is making our communities less safe. According to researchers writing in City Journal, Somali immigrant men have an incarceration rate more than twice that of men born in the United States.

An immigration system that endangers our own people is one that needs thorough reform.

Last week, my Task Force held its first hearing on Ohio’s Medicaid fraud scandal. I asked a Democrat State Senator one question:

“Has Somali immigration been good for Ohio?”

She said my question almost brought her to tears because of the hateful rhetoric.

Democrats don’t have an argument against the facts, so they attack the people who find them.

Luke Rosiak testified that 100% of the suspect Medicaid fraud companies he investigated had Somali, Bhutanese, or other African origin names. 100%.

The facts are clear: mass Somali immigration has been a catastrophic failure for American taxpayers, American communities, and American safety.

That is exactly why I introduced legislation to ban immigration from Somalia.

[Jonathan Howe @JonathanHowe]

@brian_sack Say hi to lunchbox Joe for us!

[Jonathan Howe @JonathanHowe]

@davidpaulregier Very cool! Reminds me of guys like Will Ackerman

[Glenn Beck @glennbeck]

Remarkable work nate.

[Smash Baals @smashbaals]

Down Syndrome babies are created in the image of God and have a right to be born

[Jonathan Howe @JonathanHowe]

@brian_sack They even commemorate this on today's release of Notepad++ for the geeks out there. I didn't realize Bing had once censored searches for tank guy but it's working now.

[Glenn Beck @glennbeck]

Did you hear what The View's Sunny Hostin just said? She called Maine's Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner "a cheater, an antisemite, a liar, a racist, and a homophobe."

Then she paused and said something very telling: “BUT...” the Democrats need "to win that seat in Maine" to stop Trump.

This once again proves that the Left has no moral code and will do anything to seize back power.

Here's something we all need to remember: Everything before you say “but” is what you actually believe. Everything after is what you’re willing to trade it for.

The Left is willing to trade exactly what they’ve been claiming to fight just to regain a little bit of power. All the harping about racism, sexism, and homophobia means nothing if they’ll compromise their beliefs for 'the collective good.'

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

I’m making a show about buildings.

The concept is simple: do for the man-made world what Planet Earth did for the natural world.

But, when I pitched the idea, the answer was that nobody would watch it.

So I released a pilot episode on YouTube. It’s got 5.4 million views, 379k likes, and 23k comments.

People are interested, and now it’s time to make the full show.

Six episodes, filming in the UK, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, and the USA, and releasing on a streaming service like HBO, Netflix, or Prime.

Why does this show matter?

First: we’re surrounded by buildings all the time. Look around yourself, right now… what do you see? Buildings are the logical conclusion of everything a society believes in. That’s the real focus of this show: not the buildings themselves, but what they say about us.

Second: there’s global dissatisfaction with modern architecture. This feeling gets written about online, but nobody’s given a voice to it on film or TV. That’s what this show will be. But this isn’t just about criticising modernity. That’s easy. This is about learning from the past in order to understand and improve the present, for everybody.

Third: there’s a drought of high-quality culture shows. When I spoke to film executives they said that only documentaries about sports, music, or true crime get funded. That’s a colossal missed opportunity. Galleries are always full, content about architecture goes viral online all the time, and people spend their precious holidays visiting beautiful cities.

Why no shows about architecture, then?

Tourists flock in their millions to see (for example) the buildings of Antoni Gaudí in Barcelona. But, if you asked those same people if they’re interested in “architecture”, they’d probably say no.

To put that another way: not many people want to watch “a show about architecture”, but lots of people want to watch a show that illuminates the real world they’re living in, each and every day.

What will the show be like?

Six episodes, going chronologically through history and arriving at the present, each focussing on the architecture and design of a specific period:

1. Middle Ages
2. Renaissance
3. Enlightenment
4. The Nineteenth Century
5. Art Nouveau & Art Deco
6. Present Day

But, in each case, the point isn’t just to learn about that era; the point is to learn about our modern world through those eras and what they’ve left behind. If you watch the pilot episode (included below) you’ll see what I mean.

So the show’s not really “about” the past; it’s about the twenty-first century.

That’s why it’s called The Modern World.

When you think of a typical history show there are loads of interviews, stock footage, archive photos, historical recreations, and graphics. We’re doing none of that. Everything will be filmed on location, because we’re telling our story only through the real world that exists right now. And, rather than going to the most obvious places, we’ll focus on buildings that aren’t well-known but should be more famous.

But that’s all big picture; what will it be like on screen?

Buildings used to look different in every country, and now they look the same. Why? Because the weather is different everywhere, and buildings were always a way of dealing with that weather, using local materials. Now we have air conditioning and we ship concrete around the world, so we don’t need to design our buildings with regard to local weather or rely on local materials.

Look at really old clocks and you’ll notice something: they don’t have a second hand… because it was only invented 300 years ago! Then you look at the present and you realise we’re surrounded by timers, by seconds ticking down and ticking up relentlessly. If we’re looking for a cause of our anxiety-inducing culture, that might be it.

When you spend time with the sun-softened bricks and time-warped timbers of old cities you notice that synthetic materials like plastic have taken over. When we’re surrounded by things that feel temporary, how do you think it makes us feel?

It’s only by seeing 19th century train stations, designed like cathedrals, that you realise tradition and technology aren’t enemies. New things don’t have to look boring: if the Victorians had designed AI data centres, they’d look like Medieval castles.

In the 1920s, at the zenith of Art Deco, people believed technology would uplift humanity. That’s why they decorated their buildings with statues inspired by electricity. Only by seeing their enthusiasm can we realise our own cynicism, and perhaps begin to fix it.

All of that… and much, much more.

But, above all else, this show is about a way of seeing. If you want to understand any society then you need to look at what it creates, not what it says about itself.

There’s a worldview in every single object; our skyscrapers are designed the same way as our phones. Learn to look at this world, to notice its details, and everything else starts to make sense.

What now?

I’ve been quiet online recently because I’ve been researching and working on scripts for six full-length episodes. Production begins when we’ve raised the funding.

The Modern World is coming.

[Jonathan Howe @JonathanHowe]

@brian_sack How about 9/11 or the gay frogs?

[TPUSA Rapid Response @TPUSARapidRep]

.@FrontlinesTPUSA Reporter Rowena Ortiz to @VP: "There has been an uptick in religious violence across the country. What's your message to protect people across all states in America?"

His answer:

[Steve Deace @SteveDeaceShow]

Apparently it’s easier to get a ceasefire with Iran than it is Democrats.

[Jonathan Howe @JonathanHowe]

@davidnevue That's a pretty good idea. It would also encourage cleaning up the music room since it's been a dumping ground for "stuff" after cleaning out my mom's house a few years ago.

[Gad Saad @GadSaad]

There it is. There is your Suicidal Empathy.

[Jonathan Howe @JonathanHowe]

@brian_sack Shouldn't you get a credit for recycling instead?

[Jonathan Howe @JonathanHowe]

@Not_the_Bee Who called this on @SteveDeaceShow ?

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 NOW: This trio of BLOODTHIRSTY WOMEN were granted PRESS PASSES by Mayor Mamdani — only to go support the m*rder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson by Luigi Mangione

Will Cain just ERUPTED on them 🔥

The psychos said: "I don't give a flying f--k he's dead!"

"His children are better off without him...enjoy the blood money, kids!"

WILL CAIN: "You should know this WALKS AMONGST YOU. This dresses in colorful hair...this is dressed like people who think they're cool, think they're NORMAL, think YOU are the one who's insane."

"They have SANCTIONED M*RDER...they glorify M*RDER. This is where we are!"

"The only question is: what do we do with fellow citizens who have gotten to thus place in their mind?!"

They straight-up used their press platform to support the *EXECUTION* of a father in NYC

@willcain

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

Chicago woman mocks Democrats by speaking in a squeaky, high-pitched voice, who say black people's voting rights are in danger.

The woman also called out the commissioners one by one to their faces.

"I'm 63 years old. I've been voting since I was 18. I have never had a problem voting..."

"So now you're all gonna drag black people in here, definitely some senior citizens, and gonna have them come up here and talk about how they're scared to vote... all that junk, when you know it's not true."

[Turning Point USA @TPUSA]

CORRECTED: Female Athlete Forced to Share First Place With a Biological Male in a GIRLS’ Track-and-Field Event