Ed VanDyke
@edv42.bsky.social
Ret PacNW native
Bleeding-heart-on-sleeve lib/prog, cisM, Scientific Pantheish
#TBI #H2G2
We are but ideas of the Universe.
Go forth and be a good idea.
Bleeding-heart-on-sleeve lib/prog, cisM, Scientific Pantheish
#TBI #H2G2
We are but ideas of the Universe.
Go forth and be a good idea.
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Reposted by Ed VanDyke
🚨BREAKING: Puerto Rico has been part of the United States since 1898, and people still act confused that Puerto Ricans are American.
States that joined after Puerto Rico:
• Oklahoma — 1907
• New Mexico — 1912
• Arizona — 1912
• Alaska — 1959
• Hawaii — 1959
Yet somehow this is still news to folks.
States that joined after Puerto Rico:
• Oklahoma — 1907
• New Mexico — 1912
• Arizona — 1912
• Alaska — 1959
• Hawaii — 1959
Yet somehow this is still news to folks.
February 10, 2026 at 4:36 AM
🚨BREAKING: Puerto Rico has been part of the United States since 1898, and people still act confused that Puerto Ricans are American.
States that joined after Puerto Rico:
• Oklahoma — 1907
• New Mexico — 1912
• Arizona — 1912
• Alaska — 1959
• Hawaii — 1959
Yet somehow this is still news to folks.
States that joined after Puerto Rico:
• Oklahoma — 1907
• New Mexico — 1912
• Arizona — 1912
• Alaska — 1959
• Hawaii — 1959
Yet somehow this is still news to folks.
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February 10, 2026 at 6:25 AM
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Reposted by Ed VanDyke
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𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐉𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢 — 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
#FeedMinneapolis is doing the work — funding trusted local food shelves and community kitchens with an urgent goal of feeding 10,000 people in just two weeks.
#FeedMinneapolis is doing the work — funding trusted local food shelves and community kitchens with an urgent goal of feeding 10,000 people in just two weeks.
Minneapolis residents are facing a growing food crisis. Fear from ICE is keeping families—especially elders, parents, and the homebound from groceries.
Feed Minneapolis funds trusted local food shelves and kitchens, with a goal of feeding 10,000 people in 2 weeks.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fe...
Feed Minneapolis funds trusted local food shelves and kitchens, with a goal of feeding 10,000 people in 2 weeks.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fe...
February 10, 2026 at 2:54 AM
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Give Arizona back to Mexico.
February 10, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Give Arizona back to Mexico.
So far, the most fortunate and enduring fascist in history died an excruciating death by gangrene.
Most don't make it that long, nor die in their beds. 🤨
Most don't make it that long, nor die in their beds. 🤨
February 9, 2026 at 8:40 PM
So far, the most fortunate and enduring fascist in history died an excruciating death by gangrene.
Most don't make it that long, nor die in their beds. 🤨
Most don't make it that long, nor die in their beds. 🤨
They’re in Minnesota because even standing around in a California desert was too much for those fat fcks in all that gear.🤭
February 9, 2026 at 1:55 PM
They’re in Minnesota because even standing around in a California desert was too much for those fat fcks in all that gear.🤭
As far as he’s concerned, he IS the country. And anything short of exaltation is a personal attack against his fragile ego, at which he must tantrump like a spoiled child.🤏
February 9, 2026 at 1:51 PM
As far as he’s concerned, he IS the country. And anything short of exaltation is a personal attack against his fragile ego, at which he must tantrump like a spoiled child.🤏
Reposted by Ed VanDyke
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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February 9, 2026 at 2:05 AM
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Well, EBT dropped today. It went from $180ish per month to $24.
I guess I'll need ti tighten some belts. 🤨
I guess I'll need ti tighten some belts. 🤨
February 8, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Well, EBT dropped today. It went from $180ish per month to $24.
I guess I'll need ti tighten some belts. 🤨
I guess I'll need ti tighten some belts. 🤨
Reposted by Ed VanDyke
No worries. This year is just 250th anniversary of some Founders declaring anarchy.
USA took another 12 years.
USA took another 12 years.
a man with a beard and a hat that looks like uncle sam
ALT: a man with a beard and a hat that looks like uncle sam
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:39 PM
No worries. This year is just 250th anniversary of some Founders declaring anarchy.
USA took another 12 years.
USA took another 12 years.
No deal.🤢
I’m still figuring out what to rename dominant suits in card games.
I’m still figuring out what to rename dominant suits in card games.
February 8, 2026 at 3:21 PM
No deal.🤢
I’m still figuring out what to rename dominant suits in card games.
I’m still figuring out what to rename dominant suits in card games.
TRUTH-
It’s just less work. Let reality cover for you. 😎🤙
It’s just less work. Let reality cover for you. 😎🤙
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ALT: a person is laying in a hammock on a beach with the word peru tour on the bottom left
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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It’s just less work. Let reality cover for you. 😎🤙
It’s just less work. Let reality cover for you. 😎🤙
I don’t like tax dollars going to a personal suit stretcher for P**OTUS.
February 8, 2026 at 3:04 AM
I don’t like tax dollars going to a personal suit stretcher for P**OTUS.
Not that there's anything wrong with that...
February 8, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Not that there's anything wrong with that...
Always terrifying to imagine how he’ll make a popular event about himself, when he’s too chickenshit to go. 😬🤞
The real reason the president is skipping the Super Bowl is because he knows he’d be drowned in a sea of 69,000 boos. Advisers privately warned him that the chances he’d be jeered were high, making lots of fodder for viral clips, according to four sources familiar with the conversations.
Trump Will Skip Super Bowl After Embarrassing Warning From His Team
President Trump and his team know exactly how unpopular he is.
newrepublic.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Always terrifying to imagine how he’ll make a popular event about himself, when he’s too chickenshit to go. 😬🤞
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February 7, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Just gonna drop this photo of January 6 insurrectionist Jake Lang destroying a "Prosecute ICE" sculpture in Minneapolis. He's been arrested for this, btw.
February 6, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Just gonna drop this photo of January 6 insurrectionist Jake Lang destroying a "Prosecute ICE" sculpture in Minneapolis. He's been arrested for this, btw.
Bigoted trolling can't unrape children, (nor free them from disease and suffering infested concentration camps).
Keep your eye on the ball.
Keep your eye on the ball.
This is what being “restrained only by your own morality” looks like.
February 6, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Bigoted trolling can't unrape children, (nor free them from disease and suffering infested concentration camps).
Keep your eye on the ball.
Keep your eye on the ball.
Reposted by Ed VanDyke
DHS must provide answers about what is happening to children at this facility.
No child should be detained in these conditions.
No child should be detained in these conditions.
BREAKING: A young girl in immigration detention reportedly attempted to take her own life, at the same Texas facility experiencing a measles outbreak and where Liam Ramos was detained.
February 6, 2026 at 8:20 PM
DHS must provide answers about what is happening to children at this facility.
No child should be detained in these conditions.
No child should be detained in these conditions.