Victor Von Doomscroll
@redderbeanpaste.bsky.social
I look at politics in China and the United States. I will also yell about my cats and video games here. This is a private social media account
I talk about pens. 🖋️
I talk about pens. 🖋️
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The State Violence Apologia Machine
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We have this structured and almost procedural cycle of protest violence in the United States a lot. It goes like this:
1. Grievances bubble up en masse, and people the...
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As we finish this first week in September I want to talk about my writing and ask for some help in keeping my blog going. I've been trying this summer to intentionally write things that could be useful for the months ahead the-haters-guide-to-international-politics.ghost.io/the-state-vi...
Can’t wait to get some sleep this weekend
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Can’t wait to get some sleep this weekend
Cha bu duo
Trump says China's Xi 'more or less agreed' to accelerate purchases of US goods reut.rs/3KlRUlo
Trump says China's Xi 'more or less agreed' to accelerate purchases of US goods
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he pressed Chinese President Xi Jinping to accelerate and increase Beijing's purchases of U.S. goods during a phone call on Monday, and the Chinese leader had "more or less agreed."
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November 26, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Cha bu duo
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Make sure you have tortillas on hand for Friday Leftovers Burritos.
November 26, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Make sure you have tortillas on hand for Friday Leftovers Burritos.
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Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
heated.world
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
Idk why people think they can just go up and say oh yeah no I just downloaded your stuff off the internet and just expect a zero percent chance of getting popped in the mouth. Like it’s not a hundred but it’s not zero
November 26, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Idk why people think they can just go up and say oh yeah no I just downloaded your stuff off the internet and just expect a zero percent chance of getting popped in the mouth. Like it’s not a hundred but it’s not zero
In addition to being clueless about money you did not read my post. I said if you go up to someone and say you pirated their book. Say. They should be allowed to hit you with a brick
If book is good it well sell anyway.
No amount of piracy will make it unprofitable.
No amount of piracy will make it unprofitable.
November 26, 2025 at 2:14 AM
In addition to being clueless about money you did not read my post. I said if you go up to someone and say you pirated their book. Say. They should be allowed to hit you with a brick
Ok Jean tossing this and just going by her name. I get it.
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Ok Jean tossing this and just going by her name. I get it.
Jean throwing a bunch of ice cubes while being thirsty is incredible incredible work
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Jean throwing a bunch of ice cubes while being thirsty is incredible incredible work
Yea he would say indubitably yours
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Yea he would say indubitably yours
I’m just gonna keep using this reaction image
November 26, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I’m just gonna keep using this reaction image
Hit em with the sincerely yours
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Hit em with the sincerely yours
Bobby that is not what a la mode means unless you can make ice cream
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Bobby that is not what a la mode means unless you can make ice cream
Continuity
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Continuity
There is no way they ever intended for Bobby drake to be heterosexual right
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
There is no way they ever intended for Bobby drake to be heterosexual right
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Related: I feel like a lot of the piracy vs buying discourse (🤢 that this is even a thing) gets framed as stealing money from individual authors vs. stealing from faceless corporate publishers when for most authors it’s about whether or not they’ll get to publish another book.
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Related: I feel like a lot of the piracy vs buying discourse (🤢 that this is even a thing) gets framed as stealing money from individual authors vs. stealing from faceless corporate publishers when for most authors it’s about whether or not they’ll get to publish another book.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I’m on roast potato duty now
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I’m on roast potato duty now
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@redderbeanpaste.bsky.social
Damn you....my cats saw this and demanded one. 😸 I got the last one at the store closest to me, can't beat the price. Though I should do a contest to see how quickly my cats destroy it.
Damn you....my cats saw this and demanded one. 😸 I got the last one at the store closest to me, can't beat the price. Though I should do a contest to see how quickly my cats destroy it.
November 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
@redderbeanpaste.bsky.social
Damn you....my cats saw this and demanded one. 😸 I got the last one at the store closest to me, can't beat the price. Though I should do a contest to see how quickly my cats destroy it.
Damn you....my cats saw this and demanded one. 😸 I got the last one at the store closest to me, can't beat the price. Though I should do a contest to see how quickly my cats destroy it.
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Remember that flashy new Chinese law about fining influencers 100k RMB for spreading bad information? It doesn't exist, it was made up by a Facebook page called Enséñame de Ciencia and @wenhao.bsky.social has a great breakdown of why you *think* it does
A new Chinese law regulating influencer speech has gotten applause from social media users and commentators who want similar policies in their own countries. But the truth is far from what's in the news and it's a sad reflection of our internet and media space.
wenhao.substack.com/p/anatomy-of...
wenhao.substack.com/p/anatomy-of...
Anatomy of a Fake Story
A new Chinese law aimed at reducing misinformation set off global discussion. But nobody got it right.
wenhao.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Remember that flashy new Chinese law about fining influencers 100k RMB for spreading bad information? It doesn't exist, it was made up by a Facebook page called Enséñame de Ciencia and @wenhao.bsky.social has a great breakdown of why you *think* it does
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IMO you just do not need to be speculating about strangers’ sex lives. Ever. At all!
Having a larger account public career when you’re a minority doesn’t give white people of any gender or sexuality to make up weird bullshit about you
ya know, maybe, just maybe, a trans person would have different reasons for deleting a post that a big account was dunking on. like a thread with no likes by a 300 follower account deserves to have their name blasted? for what, being weirdly parasocial? love a lil social murder in the morning
November 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
IMO you just do not need to be speculating about strangers’ sex lives. Ever. At all!
Umm that white person that was stirring racially coded shit about you was trans
Ok then I will correctly gender them when I tell them to fuck off into a dumpster
Ok then I will correctly gender them when I tell them to fuck off into a dumpster
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Umm that white person that was stirring racially coded shit about you was trans
Ok then I will correctly gender them when I tell them to fuck off into a dumpster
Ok then I will correctly gender them when I tell them to fuck off into a dumpster
Never be nice to people that overreach and think you are public and have power because x amount of social followers. Like. Lmao. That’s not the same as like being a senator or something. The fuck
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Never be nice to people that overreach and think you are public and have power because x amount of social followers. Like. Lmao. That’s not the same as like being a senator or something. The fuck
Having a larger account public career when you’re a minority doesn’t give white people of any gender or sexuality to make up weird bullshit about you
ya know, maybe, just maybe, a trans person would have different reasons for deleting a post that a big account was dunking on. like a thread with no likes by a 300 follower account deserves to have their name blasted? for what, being weirdly parasocial? love a lil social murder in the morning
AHT! AHT! We not deleting after you finally got me to address this. You got your statement. Live with it.
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Having a larger account public career when you’re a minority doesn’t give white people of any gender or sexuality to make up weird bullshit about you
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AHT! AHT! We not deleting after you finally got me to address this. You got your statement. Live with it.
November 25, 2025 at 12:47 AM
AHT! AHT! We not deleting after you finally got me to address this. You got your statement. Live with it.