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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 · 6h

Don’t look left or right… just stare straight ahead.

Everything is fine
*points fingers*

High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 6h

everybody just stay cool

An upsetting number of antifa members have streamed forth from a small car, to be confronted with actual clowns. (Photo by Fabian Bimmer, via the AP.)

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Vlad @ Vertvolta Press @vertvoltapress.bsky.social · 6h

Literally, where is the lie?

All the videos & all the atrocities filmed where this happened —this cartoon is. 🎯

Needs more inflatable frog, imo

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 7h

Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune

Vlad @ Vertvolta Press @vertvoltapress.bsky.social · 6h

Ferris is the fascist in the room

Vlad @ Vertvolta Press @vertvoltapress.bsky.social · 6h

I hate that ALL “A.I.” is the kid in school that is mad they can’t claim all the collaboration class project for themselves (when their partner did all the work)

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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

Theresa—not the point here 😅

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

Celebrate the AirCore Antifa Creatures!

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Push/Pull Seattle @pushpullseattle.bsky.social · 1d

The Northern Lights fountain pen inks from September's mystery boxes are on the shelves now btw! Wonder what the October inks will be? 🤔

Six fountain pen inks based on northern lights in our display of store-made inks. Colors include a pale pink (Aurora), a bright reddish orange (Troposphere), a medium purple (Afterglow), a medium blue (Borealis), an emerald green (Galileo), and a yellowish green (Gassendi).

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

One of the only times i will ever respect sunroofs ✊🏽

The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social · 7h

There is no single way to resist; only the courage to invent one. 👍

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

*Florida college plebs stock up on red paint*

Pabst Blue Ronin @pabstblueronin.bsky.social · 11h

The law further specified it be a "major artery"

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

YIKKES
😬

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h

Certainly fits a pattern there.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14h

Here's a thread on ways Jack Posobiec has been normalized in mainstream media since Charlie Kirk's death:

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 27d

I'd list all the things Jack Posobiec is known for, but I think it would get me banned on Bluesky in the current environment of automated moderation.

Let's just say he has an extensive page at the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Anyway, CBS News is talking with Posobiec about his friend Charlie Kirk.

YouTube screenshot of Face the Nation from CBS News: Jack Posobiec reflects on the life of his friend Charlie Kirk

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

Seattle’s King5 is apparently trying to stir up “CARJACKING CHAOS”with unsubstantiated articles online.

I tried to look up *any* of these instances online & found nothing related to 2024-2025. 🫠

www.king5.com/article/news...

Seattle mother shares harrowing carjacking attempt as city sees string of attacks

One victim of a carjacking attempt wants others to stay safe by remembering to always keep their doors locked, even while driving.

www.king5.com

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

“Dressed up like”
Really?! Fuck that journalist; what a softball question

They’re really gonna construct a blame on antifascists dressing up by the thousands to cause J6?

I’m so fucking tired

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Q: There's compelling proof that antifa did infiltrate on January 6 dressed up like Trump supporters and incited violence. Is that something you'd like the new J6 committee to look at?

TRUMP: Well I've heard that. Yeah. We will be acting on some of that.

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

“For a city where Black residents face widening wealth gaps and shrinking opportunity, Harrell's words sound less like tough love than a reminder of who's expected to compete from behind.”

@mhgreen3000.bsky.social for the @soseaemerald.bsky.social

southseattleemerald.org/voices/2025/...

COLUMN | What This Mayoral Election Owes 'Black Seattle'

From City Hall to the Central District, Seattle's mayoral race raises deeper questions: Who speaks for "Black Seattle," and what does real representation look like beyond the ballot? Marcus Harrison G...

southseattleemerald.org

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 8h

Turning Point USA is a domestic terrorism organization, and unlike "Antifa," it's an organization that actually exists, with leaders and funders and members and everything—people who can eventually all be tracked down and prosecuted for their crimes.

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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

Thank you for your service

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

I know i’m gonna draw ire for this but Cameron is antifa; Ferris is Silicon Valley Techbro

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

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 14h

Dizzying how some of the biggest doofuses who skulked around the most feverish, fetid corners of the internet now whisper in the ears of the people who run the government.

Ten years ago, Posobiec was an Infowars clown who was throwing out 1488s and parenthesizing Jews on Twitter.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 14h

Antisemitic, pro-Putin, in league with white nationalists, promoted the Pizzagate conspiracy theory - and now being platformed by the president of the United States

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 15h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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

Her & Rufo & Choe— the homegrown damage to vulnerable groups & democracy across the nation because of them is depressing.
Blue state, blue city, we are not.

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

Habeas Corpus, the founder of antifa

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 10h

“The girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

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

*Charlie Day waving arms in front of a red string conspiracy wall dot gif*

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

Sudden realizing Miller is Mr Businessman from Bojack Horseman if he were a fascist (three kids in a trenchcoat)

Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 10h

I honestly think Stephen Miller being such a shrill little bitch is a major obstacle to wearing down the people’s morale, people dont get intimidated into shutting up when Big Brother is furiously screeching that he’s not three apples tall

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10h

It’s so funny that we finally got confirmation it was an accident and even funnier that we didn’t know for sure because he tweets such crazy, criminal shit all the time

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 11h

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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