Chris Vermilion
@verm.me
Software nerd. Order Muppet. Recovering physicist. Not really that sad of a dad. https://verm.me
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semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
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This is quick and easy and another way to delete your Hilton Honors account.
Apparently they have a web page for this. www.hilton.com/en/hilton-ho...
www.hilton.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:40 AM
This is quick and easy and another way to delete your Hilton Honors account.
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I’ve been listening to Marketplace for 25 years now and Kai Ryssdal now posts like we post and I can’t help but worry that this means circumstances have broken him as much as they’ve broken us
Oh
And also wut
And also wut
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS OPEN PROBE INTO FED CHAIR POWELL – NYT
January 12, 2026 at 1:17 AM
I’ve been listening to Marketplace for 25 years now and Kai Ryssdal now posts like we post and I can’t help but worry that this means circumstances have broken him as much as they’ve broken us
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Maine showing up! Almost 5,000 people yesterday--just in our state--demanding ICE OUT FOR GOOD. More protests today, including here in Waterville. ❤🖇️
January 11, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Maine showing up! Almost 5,000 people yesterday--just in our state--demanding ICE OUT FOR GOOD. More protests today, including here in Waterville. ❤🖇️
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Only in Boston: swearing my oath to support & defend the Constitution on the 1782 Bible of the American Revolution
Congratulations to @mayorwu.boston.gov for celebrating her second inaugural yesterday!
We were honored to be a part of this historic moment, as she again chose the “Bible of the Revolution” from our Special Collections for her second swearing-in ceremony.
We were honored to be a part of this historic moment, as she again chose the “Bible of the Revolution” from our Special Collections for her second swearing-in ceremony.
January 11, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Only in Boston: swearing my oath to support & defend the Constitution on the 1782 Bible of the American Revolution
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gotta be some use for this at some point
January 9, 2026 at 8:54 PM
gotta be some use for this at some point
mental health currently supported entirely by the prospect of a new Robyn album in two months
January 9, 2026 at 12:57 AM
mental health currently supported entirely by the prospect of a new Robyn album in two months
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per my point about the mercator projection being the root of this whole thing
Why is Trump fixated on Greenland? @sbg1.bsky.social recalls what he told us in 2021: "I said, 'Why don’t we have that?' You take a look at a map...I love maps. And I always said 'Look at the size of this, it’s massive and that should be part of the United States.'" www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Why Donald Trump Wants Greenland (and Everything Else)
There’s no Trump Doctrine, just a map of the world that the President wants to write his name on in big gold letters.
www.newyorker.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:48 AM
per my point about the mercator projection being the root of this whole thing
No way, we’ve got green land at home
You got Greenland money? In this economy? Tuh.
Exclusive: Trump administration mulls payments to sway Greenlanders to join US
U.S. officials have discussed sending lump sum payments to Greenlanders as part of a bid to convince them to secede from Denmark and potentially join the United States, according to four sources famil...
www.reuters.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:51 PM
No way, we’ve got green land at home
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i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs
January 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM
i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs
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There are a bunch of fake pictures of protests among my friend networks on other sites. They are really, obviously AI, but I understand how in all the pressures at the moment you can see it, have a feeling, and hit share.
Instead: go to local news. Here’s my outlet I write for. There are others.
Instead: go to local news. Here’s my outlet I write for. There are others.
Live: Thousands gather to memorialize woman killed by ICE agent in Minneapolis
The mother of the deceased driver identified the woman as Renee Nicole Good, 37. Video of the shooting shows agents near the vehicle as Good reversed and then pulled forward. One agent appeared to fir...
www.startribune.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:17 PM
There are a bunch of fake pictures of protests among my friend networks on other sites. They are really, obviously AI, but I understand how in all the pressures at the moment you can see it, have a feeling, and hit share.
Instead: go to local news. Here’s my outlet I write for. There are others.
Instead: go to local news. Here’s my outlet I write for. There are others.
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There are a lot of half-formed notions of Renee Good circulating right now. This poem is the most accurate artifact of her we have access to; a piece of her soul that remains in the world. Read her words and become her for a moment; let her live in you. So long as men can breathe & eyes can see.
ON LEARNING TO DISSECT FETAL PIGS
By Renee Nicole Macklin Good
i want back my rocking chairs,
solipsist sunsets,
& coastal jungle sounds that are tercets from cicadas and pentameter from the hairy legs of
cockroaches.
i’ve donated bibles to thrift stores
By Renee Nicole Macklin Good
i want back my rocking chairs,
solipsist sunsets,
& coastal jungle sounds that are tercets from cicadas and pentameter from the hairy legs of
cockroaches.
i’ve donated bibles to thrift stores
January 8, 2026 at 11:50 AM
There are a lot of half-formed notions of Renee Good circulating right now. This poem is the most accurate artifact of her we have access to; a piece of her soul that remains in the world. Read her words and become her for a moment; let her live in you. So long as men can breathe & eyes can see.
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We’ve graduated from “abolish ICE is the moderate position” to “Nuremberg trials for the Trump regime and its Gestapo is the moderate position.”
January 7, 2026 at 8:44 PM
We’ve graduated from “abolish ICE is the moderate position” to “Nuremberg trials for the Trump regime and its Gestapo is the moderate position.”
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"I'm calling to demand the immediate dismantling of ICE for the murder of a woman in Minneapolis today and the impeachment of the President for his support of that murder" is the easiest call to my senators and representative I've ever made
January 7, 2026 at 10:08 PM
"I'm calling to demand the immediate dismantling of ICE for the murder of a woman in Minneapolis today and the impeachment of the President for his support of that murder" is the easiest call to my senators and representative I've ever made
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so ICE is just shooting people in the face in cold blood in the middle of the street now
abolish it and prosecute everyone involved, there can be no "looking forward" about this kind of shit
abolish it and prosecute everyone involved, there can be no "looking forward" about this kind of shit
Absolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis.
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 7, 2026 at 5:31 PM
so ICE is just shooting people in the face in cold blood in the middle of the street now
abolish it and prosecute everyone involved, there can be no "looking forward" about this kind of shit
abolish it and prosecute everyone involved, there can be no "looking forward" about this kind of shit
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Surreal seeing Trump sweat over the possibility of impeachment, and implore Republicans to win/cheat in the midterms not for any legislative agenda but to avoid getting impeached, while leading Democrats go "oh no, not that" when asked about impeachment in the face egregiously impeachable offenses.
If impeachment is so useless, why does Trump fear it?
January 7, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Surreal seeing Trump sweat over the possibility of impeachment, and implore Republicans to win/cheat in the midterms not for any legislative agenda but to avoid getting impeached, while leading Democrats go "oh no, not that" when asked about impeachment in the face egregiously impeachable offenses.
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A note that this was facilitated in many ways by the work of @adrishaw.bsky.social and the LGBTQ Game Archive, which you should also check out
lgbtqgamearchive.com/about/about-...
lgbtqgamearchive.com/about/about-...
January 7, 2026 at 3:06 PM
A note that this was facilitated in many ways by the work of @adrishaw.bsky.social and the LGBTQ Game Archive, which you should also check out
lgbtqgamearchive.com/about/about-...
lgbtqgamearchive.com/about/about-...
Apparently this game was briefly considered lost, but the author found some old floppies in 2017, they were resuscitated by a curator at the Strong National Museum of Play, and now you can play it online — museums rock.
January 7, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Apparently this game was briefly considered lost, but the author found some old floppies in 2017, they were resuscitated by a curator at the Strong National Museum of Play, and now you can play it online — museums rock.
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Which is to say Livy's figures, in all of their dry, boring beauty, offer evidence of the process by which the Romans are terraforming Italy into a heavy infantry generation machine, by reshaping landholding patterns to maximize infantry generation.
January 6, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Which is to say Livy's figures, in all of their dry, boring beauty, offer evidence of the process by which the Romans are terraforming Italy into a heavy infantry generation machine, by reshaping landholding patterns to maximize infantry generation.
In the alternate timeline where West Wing packed it in after 9/11 instead of jerking off a Very Special Episode and then running for fifteen more seasons, Two Cathedrals would have made a great finale.
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 7, 2026 at 2:44 AM
In the alternate timeline where West Wing packed it in after 9/11 instead of jerking off a Very Special Episode and then running for fifteen more seasons, Two Cathedrals would have made a great finale.
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So @tobymorton.bsky.social is a national treasure and Hilton is fucking up royally with this nonsense. www.hiltonice.com
cc: @kenwhite.bsky.social
cc: @kenwhite.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 1:48 AM
So @tobymorton.bsky.social is a national treasure and Hilton is fucking up royally with this nonsense. www.hiltonice.com
cc: @kenwhite.bsky.social
cc: @kenwhite.bsky.social