Max Reiter

[NASA @NASA]

It's our home.

This Earth Day, see our planet as our Artemis II astronauts saw it with these new images from the mission.

[Reid Wiseman @astro_reid]

On the helicopter leaving the ship right now. This planet is impossibly beautiful from every altitude I’ve seen it…surface to 250,000 miles

[Reid Wiseman @astro_reid]

There are no words.

[NASA @NASA]

Liftoff.

The Artemis II mission launched from @NASAKennedy at 6:35pm ET (2235 UTC), propelling four astronauts on a journey around the Moon.

Artemis II will pave the way for future Moon landings, as well as the next giant leap — astronauts on Mars.

[Max Reiter @iamMaxReiter]

@TheAnthemDC @zaralarsson I did! They’re on the lookout. Sadly I’m afraid someone ran off with it

[Max Reiter @iamMaxReiter]

I left a Shokra face visor at @zaralarsson’s show last night under seat 202 in section BR (second floor) at @TheAnthemDC. If anyone found it or took it, could you please get in touch? Thank you!!

[Raphæl de la Ghetto @ilovesmick]

All these white people mad about Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl performance… I hope next year they get Bad Bunny performing the whole set in Spanish.

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

This video should unsettle anyone who takes the United States seriously as a nation.

Because it exposes something dangerous: the trivialization of the world's most consequential office. It shows how carelessly the power, credibility, and accumulated moral authority of a superpower can be squandered for a few seconds of viral attention.

In any other major democracy, this behavior from a head of state would trigger a constitutional crisis. Paris would burn. Berlin would convene emergency sessions. In the Nordic countries, resignation would follow within hours. Across functioning democracies, the public, institutions, and political class would recognize this for what it is: an assault on the dignity of the state itself. Leaders are not free to perform as entertainers without consequence. National honor is not personal property, it's held in trust.

But the United States is not just another country with a provocateur in charge. It is the linchpin of global order. It maintains formal alliances and security guarantees with forty to fifty nations. It underwrites the financial architecture, trade systems, and diplomatic frameworks that billions of people depend on daily. When the American president speaks—or posts—it doesn't land as satire, meme, or personal whim. It reads as a signal about what the country is becoming.

American power has never relied solely on carrier strike groups or economic output. It has rested on something more fragile and more valuable: trust. The belief that beneath domestic turbulence lies institutional seriousness, predictability, and a baseline commitment to dignity. That belief is now disintegrating in real time.

Millions of American companies operate globally. They negotiate multibillion-dollar contracts in environments where reputation is currency. Boardrooms in Frankfurt, Singapore, and Dubai aren't debating whether a post was clever—they're asking whether the United States remains a reliable partner. Whether agreements signed today will be honored tomorrow. Whether American leadership has devolved from institutional to purely theatrical.

Consider tourism, which sustains millions of American jobs—airlines, hotels, restaurants, museums, entire regional economies. Soft power isn't an abstraction. It materializes in flight bookings, conference locations, study-abroad programs, and decades of accumulated goodwill. A quiet, decentralized boycott doesn't require government action—only a collective sense that a nation no longer respects itself.

Now picture this image being studied by foreign ministers, central bank governors, defense strategists, and sovereign wealth fund managers. Picture them asking a coldly rational question: How do we write binding thirty-year agreements with a country whose public face will be this, relentlessly, for years to come? How do we plan for the long term when the tone is impulsive, mocking, and unbound by the gravity of office?

This is where the real calculus begins. Trillions in foreign capital depend on confidence that America is stable, credible, and rule-governed. That confidence is now being traded for what, exactly? Applause from an online mob? A dopamine rush from manufactured outrage? Content designed to dominate the news cycle rather than serve the national interest?

Every serious nation eventually confronts this choice: burn long-term credibility for short-term spectacle, or safeguard the reputation previous generations bled to build. The United States spent eighty years constructing an image of reliability, restraint, and leadership under pressure. That image wasn't born from perfection—it came from a visible commitment to standards that transcended impulse.

This isn't a partisan issue. Europeans who value democratic norms recognize something ominously familiar here. Americans—Democrat and Republican alike—who believe in responsibility and restraint should see it too. Power attracts scrutiny. Leadership demands discipline. A superpower cannot behave like a reality TV contestant without paying a price.

The presidency is not a personal broadcast channel. It's a symbol carried on behalf of 330 million people and countless international partners who never voted but whose lives are shaped by American decisions anyway. Every post either reinforces or erodes the idea that America can be counted on when it matters most.

So the question is no longer whether this is offensive. The question is whether this is who America chooses to be: a nation that trades a century of hard-won reputation for viral moments. A country that replaces statecraft with content creation. A republic governed like a season of reality television.

History offers a harsh lesson here. Great powers don't fall because enemies mock them. They collapse when they begin mocking themselves—publicly, proudly, and without grasping the cost until it's far too late.

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[Max Reiter @iamMaxReiter]

Does anyone else think that the Artemis II mission isn’t getting anywhere near the amount of press coverage it deserves? Like we’re about to send humans to the moon for the first time in 50+ years (!!!) and barely a whisper

[cory ❤️‍🔥 @CalmDownCory]

gotta give more credit to the supportive women who create safe spaces for men, especially in an era when coming out was still difficult

[Max Reiter @iamMaxReiter]

@initialtalk SAME

[Madonna @Madonna]

Almost 2 decades later - And it Feels like home with
Warner Records!

Back to music,
Back to the Dance Floor
Back to where it all began!
COADF- P. 2 🪩 2026

@warnerrecords

[Max Reiter @iamMaxReiter]

There better be some quality dance remixes this era… I’m talking re-recorded vocals, new arrangements, David Morales’ involvement, etc. 🙂‍↕️ @MariahCarey

[Mariah Carey @MariahCarey]

My new single Type Dangerous is out this Friday! Ahhhhh!!! https://t.co/49Kg0qSaAj

[Max Reiter @iamMaxReiter]

Buck’s loft in 9-1-1

[Mike 📺 @michaelcollado]

The NYC apartment of the character in a movie or show with no money

[Max Reiter @iamMaxReiter]

@MariahCarey What is your favorite dance remix from this era? #Mimi20

[Max Reiter @iamMaxReiter]

@KELLYROWLAND The Redline remix 🔥🔥🔥

[Max Reiter @iamMaxReiter]

@GibiOfficial It was INCREDIBLE. Favorite character’s story arc this season??

[Max Reiter @iamMaxReiter]

Castlevania Nocturne S2 15/10 for the eyes alone 🤤 @SamuelDeats @AdamDeats

[Max Reiter @iamMaxReiter]

@kristakastles Feeling the new album?

[Max Reiter @iamMaxReiter]

This album quite literally saved my life. Thank you for packaging this anthology with such intention & care. The spectacular presentation doesn’t go unnoticed 🙏🏻🥹

@aboveandbeyond @tonymcguinness @paavo_s @jonogrant @Anjunabeats @GarethJonesFTO