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Vlad @ Vertvolta Press

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Imprints: Extra:Solar, Hinton Publishing. Run by Vlad Verano, Designer/Publisher; part-time bookseller. Moonlights as artist/illustrator/astromech. Latest book; THREE ALARM FIRE (Hinton) https://vertvolta-design-press.square.site/product/Three_Alarm_Fire/3

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Vlad @ Vertvolta Press @vertvoltapress.bsky.social · Apr 11

Hello to all the new followers! It's been a while since I talked about Vertvolta, & an introductory thread is in order.
Vertvolta Press is a publishing house (some would say 'hybrid'). We publish books, contemporary & reprints, & offer consulting & design services to self-published authors (1/5)

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Vlad @ Vertvolta Press @vertvoltapress.bsky.social · 7h

Unhinged jaw is the best adaptation to all this chaos & atrocity 😓

Vlad @ Vertvolta Press @vertvoltapress.bsky.social · 7h

The context on this thread (for those outside of Seattle) is the incumbent mayor was at a debate his challenger couldn’t be at due to illness… he is saying this to a crowd of mindlessly cheering supporters.

Crazy-pants is in the room & the minds

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 14h

"I haven't done anything that I would consider punching down," Harrell said. He's claiming that Katie Wilson has only ever hired her campaign manager. (Everyone laughs). Now he's mocking her nonprofit, the Transit Riders Union. "I don't see that as punching down." "Good. Good," the MC says.

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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 18h

Diane Keaton had an amazing career, but this, to me, is her best scene, and also Beatty's best as a director.

And hey, now that we're talking about it, Reds is a movie screaming for a revival.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5Mt...

Reds - train station scene

YouTube video by sniem

www.youtube.com

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Vlad @ Vertvolta Press @vertvoltapress.bsky.social · 8h

If i know anything about Tiktok culture (which is next to nothing, tbh); Baron will be permanently roasted on the site by users.

Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 12h

Burn it all down.
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Glenn Fleishman @glennf.com · 9h

Image parodying image of Guy walking with woman and looking hungrily at woman in red dress. Man is labeled Atheists. His partner, Richard Dawkins. The woman in red, Catholic Church.

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Vlad @ Vertvolta Press @vertvoltapress.bsky.social · 8h

As a Gen Xer Diane Keaton was one of my earliest crushes in cinema, simply because (as i later learned as i got older) she managed to force a realism of women characters that exemplified this (plus knife-edge wit & more).
As I started to date it was Keaton-esque women I admired/was attracted to.

Bailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · 10h

Someone made a supercut on TikTok of Diane Keaton crashing out at some point in all of her movies and we really need a lot more female rage in the culture

Vlad @ Vertvolta Press @vertvoltapress.bsky.social · 9h

I liked the start & then struggled with the middle (because i forgot people start to make terrible choices that lead to atrocities [literally the baseline for every Alien movie] ) then the show refocuses as all the characters realize what power they have (or don’t have).

Vlad @ Vertvolta Press @vertvoltapress.bsky.social · 9h

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 15h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

Vlad @ Vertvolta Press @vertvoltapress.bsky.social · 9h

🎶Gotta meet that Stephen Miller quota;

Gotta claim that bounty bonus…🎶

Fucking ghouls: the level of predation on this man’s circumstance—the planning, the emails, the logistics to swoop in at an appointed time—just the worst humans

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 12h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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🖤Hollyween 🎃 @hollyconrad.bsky.social · 13h

So thankful to @pushpullseattle.bsky.social for letting me run my cursed Lafufu class. Look at these masterpieces! There’s another class in December if you wanna join!! www.simpletix.com/e/make-your-...

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Vlad @ Vertvolta Press @vertvoltapress.bsky.social · 9h

The Muppets Fight Fascism

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 14h

Portland 🔥

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Vlad @ Vertvolta Press @vertvoltapress.bsky.social · 9h

I dunno man, looks like the color of a TV tuned to a dead channel… or something 😉

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 11h

found exactly the one use of “evil recoils in the presence of Christ” I am willing to sign off on, HOOOOOOOOLY SHIT

Father Larry did not come here to fuck around

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 17h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Spooky Boo @spookyboo.bsky.social · 20h

Sorry, not sorry, neighbors.

Multiple plastic skeletons bow down on the grass or kneel with their palms up towards their god - the 12’ plastic skeleton standing behind the fence line

Two plastic skeletons bow on their knees in the grass while one has a single knee down and his palms outstretched towards their god - the 12’ plastic skeleton standing behind the wood fence

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 16h

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 13h

Highly recommend this 2023 @pbs.org doc, “Stripped for Parts.” It details the role of #AldenCapital and other VultureCap hedge funds that destroyed venerable local + regional Legit news orgs nationwide. Bonus: it features my former @bostonglobe.com mentor, Greg L. Moore www.pbs.org/video/stripp...

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 15h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 16h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Vlad @ Vertvolta Press @vertvoltapress.bsky.social · 14h

Even more interesting: Brewers used to be the Seattle Pilots long ago, so if the Brewers and the Mariners stay in, it's technically a Seattle-Seattle playoff

Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 14h

Cubs and Brewers in the playoffs is more interesting than the Yankees and Red Sox in the playoffs now.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 15h

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 18h

Diane Keaton could have directed Annie Hall but Woody Allen could NEVER have directed the music video for Belinda Carlisle's "Heaven is a Place on Earth"

Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth (Official HD Music Video)

YouTube video by Belinda Carlisle

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Vlad @ Vertvolta Press @vertvoltapress.bsky.social · 14h

This right here is a hard NO vote on Harrell, regardless of his other policy promised.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 15h

Like every mayor before him, Harrell wants arts and culture events downtown. The difference is that "you're going to see a lot of AI in it."

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 19h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 21h

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Vlad @ Vertvolta Press @vertvoltapress.bsky.social · 19h

In this economy these are pretty cut-throat prices.

Thank you i’ll see myself out

Dr. Rita McCracken, MD PhD🇨🇦 @ritamc.bsky.social · 7d

#Eastvan has a new butcher shop in case anybody’s looking for some feet or eyeballs.

#halloween2025

On the side of the road by the sidewalk, a wooden vendors table has assigned saying butcher shop and then a price list for pieces, including eyeballs ears, fingers, hands feet 100 mils of blood 30 mils of blood and then there’s some plastic and rubber human body pieces.

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 21h

I have a theory www.theverge.com/policy/79849...

American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming

The Frog is owning the president.

www.theverge.com

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