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
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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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)
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)
It me at every latino family i ever attended
Hahaha this is amazing
He goes over to wake up a kid sleeping on some chairs
There's always a kid sleeping in the corner at a real wedding
The details!!!!
He goes over to wake up a kid sleeping on some chairs
There's always a kid sleeping in the corner at a real wedding
The details!!!!
February 9, 2026 at 4:15 AM
It me at every latino family i ever attended
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#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow
February 9, 2026 at 1:58 AM
#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow
Is the MAGA half-time show live yet?
February 9, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Is the MAGA half-time show live yet?
Lol
for anyone unfamiliar with the town of Seattle it's sort of an American Vancouver
February 9, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Lol
A reminder too that the half-time artist is “paid in exposure”; the cost of putting together the show itself? I’m not sure.
That halftime show is what people mean when they say "joy is an act of resistance."
February 9, 2026 at 4:00 AM
A reminder too that the half-time artist is “paid in exposure”; the cost of putting together the show itself? I’m not sure.
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Do you wanna make sure you didn’t miss a single second of symbolism from Bad Bunny’s halftime show? This thread gotchu!
First shot: sugarcane
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
February 9, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Do you wanna make sure you didn’t miss a single second of symbolism from Bad Bunny’s halftime show? This thread gotchu!
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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance required 9,852 theatrical pyrotechnics, nearly 400 costumed extras, and a lot of ingenuity.
And yes, that was a real couple featured in the wedding.
www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...
And yes, that was a real couple featured in the wedding.
www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...
February 9, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance required 9,852 theatrical pyrotechnics, nearly 400 costumed extras, and a lot of ingenuity.
And yes, that was a real couple featured in the wedding.
www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...
And yes, that was a real couple featured in the wedding.
www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...
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Okay so a thing I LOVED about that is how, whereas so many halftime shows kind of elevate the star above the other dancers/extras—often literally—that was like the exact opposite, he was *with and among* the people around him
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Okay so a thing I LOVED about that is how, whereas so many halftime shows kind of elevate the star above the other dancers/extras—often literally—that was like the exact opposite, he was *with and among* the people around him
We just trank ‘em as they climb
February 9, 2026 at 3:46 AM
We just trank ‘em as they climb
Too mad at the spanish they completely missed the visual metaphors that made up the whole show
February 9, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Too mad at the spanish they completely missed the visual metaphors that made up the whole show
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The funny thing is if the game went another 2 minutes the refs would’ve brought another 5 penalties against the Seahawks.
That last minute was wild
That last minute was wild
February 9, 2026 at 3:26 AM
The funny thing is if the game went another 2 minutes the refs would’ve brought another 5 penalties against the Seahawks.
That last minute was wild
That last minute was wild
Most racists don’t know Sesame Street is in NYC. Sad for them & their ignorance
February 9, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Most racists don’t know Sesame Street is in NYC. Sad for them & their ignorance
It’s not a Seahawks-patriots game unless the refs make weirdo decisions against Seattle at a touchdown moment 🫠
February 9, 2026 at 3:18 AM
It’s not a Seahawks-patriots game unless the refs make weirdo decisions against Seattle at a touchdown moment 🫠
More importantly, Bad Bunny’s grammy speech was on the TV the family was watching, which is the real sneaky activist part
FYI: The little boy in Bad Bunny's #SuperBowl halftime show wasn't Liam Ramos as some have said, it was a child actor: Lincoln Fox www.instagram.com/the_lincfox/...
Instagram
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February 9, 2026 at 3:16 AM
More importantly, Bad Bunny’s grammy speech was on the TV the family was watching, which is the real sneaky activist part
Yet another super bowl where the commentators have to condescend to the Seahawks about dominating (yes i remember the 2015 game)
[also there was at least one illegal hold against a Seahawks wide receiver that was not called by refs, so: the usual shit]
[also there was at least one illegal hold against a Seahawks wide receiver that was not called by refs, so: the usual shit]
February 9, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Yet another super bowl where the commentators have to condescend to the Seahawks about dominating (yes i remember the 2015 game)
[also there was at least one illegal hold against a Seahawks wide receiver that was not called by refs, so: the usual shit]
[also there was at least one illegal hold against a Seahawks wide receiver that was not called by refs, so: the usual shit]
The idea the the Seahawks kicker may win the game against the patriots fills me with joy
February 9, 2026 at 2:57 AM
The idea the the Seahawks kicker may win the game against the patriots fills me with joy
This is WW2 Ghost Army-level genius
February 9, 2026 at 2:51 AM
This is WW2 Ghost Army-level genius
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time to remind everybody that the Super Bowl halftime show only exists in this grandiose fashion because a tv show called "In Living Color" stole the ratings from the NFL; the execs notoriously said, "get me Michael Jackson's agent" and thus began all the pomp
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘We stole the Super Bowl audience’: how In Living Color pulled off the greatest heist in US TV history
Turning Point USA is plotting its own half-time broadcast in defiance of Bad Bunny – but one of TV’s Blackest shows already perfected the alt-cast in 1992
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:40 AM
time to remind everybody that the Super Bowl halftime show only exists in this grandiose fashion because a tv show called "In Living Color" stole the ratings from the NFL; the execs notoriously said, "get me Michael Jackson's agent" and thus began all the pomp
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Peasant and Nestrobber, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1568
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Peasant and Nestrobber, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1568
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The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 AM
The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante
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Bad Bunny transformed Levi's Stadium into a vibrant homage to Puerto Rico during the Super Bowl halftime show, delivering a high-energy journey through the island's culture complete with a surprise appearance by Lady Gaga and a tribute from reggaeton pioneer Daddy Yankee reut.rs/4kodymT
Bad Bunny turns Super Bowl halftime into Puerto Rican love letter with Lady Gaga surprise
Bad Bunny transformed Levi's Stadium into a vibrant homage to Puerto Rico during Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show, delivering a high-energy journey through the island's culture complete with a surpri...
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February 9, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Bad Bunny transformed Levi's Stadium into a vibrant homage to Puerto Rico during the Super Bowl halftime show, delivering a high-energy journey through the island's culture complete with a surprise appearance by Lady Gaga and a tribute from reggaeton pioneer Daddy Yankee reut.rs/4kodymT
Long may it haunt them
I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
What a moment.
February 9, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Long may it haunt them
I FUCKING KNEW IT!!!
February 9, 2026 at 2:13 AM
I FUCKING KNEW IT!!!
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous