vgvikdal.bsky.social
@vgvikdal.bsky.social
Eternal lurker, never poster
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Finally, we have found the ultimate American politician quote about housing.
Tell me how this works
January 9, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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It's very funny how the ideology and propaganda of the Trump administration is all about male-coded, macho work returning to the US, but manufacturing is shriveling and the only thing growing is care work
January 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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January 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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Having worked with children a few times over the years, there's a specific body language of people who have a true, innate love for children that just pours off of them.

If seeing these two people doesn't fill your heart with something affirming and warm, I don't know what to tell you.
This morning, Ms. Rachel and I visited District 2 Pre-K Center, where we sang and read with the wonderful students and educators. We also discussed universal childcare - and how we're making it happen for NYC!
January 9, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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Aiden is a decorated professor in the magical arts, but he is quite unforgiving
January 8, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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AND LISTEN TO LOCAL AND ESTABLISHED ORGANIZERS.

Los Angeles is not Chicago. New York City is not Philadelphia. Local leaders who've been out there doing the work...will know best. Listen. to. them.

Stay frosty.
They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time.

Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.

Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.

Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
"The Department of Homeland Security plans to pause operations in Chicago — where Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official, has led controversial arrest efforts — to support the immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota."
January 8, 2026 at 10:38 PM
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it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI
January 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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I always thought the dumb shit that pops up when you use "Justify War Goal" in HOI 4 ("Alf Landon Condemns Canadian Aggression") was a low-effort way to implement an arcadey mechanic.

Clearly I was mistaken.
trump: "we want to annex canada"

canada: "no and we will defend themselves"

these vatnik motherfuckers: "we must defend ourselves against this deep-rooted canadian aggression against america"

defenseanalyses.org/work/our-can...
Our Canadian Problem
Managing an increasingly divergent northern neighbor.
defenseanalyses.org
January 9, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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Oh god reading this immediately reminded me of the horrifying Daniel Shaver shooting (which I regrettably watched because I felt I needed to expose myself to this stuff) which people still justified because a terrified man afraid of being shot was terrified.
It’s very convenient: No matter what she did, you can claim she was disobeying police orders. Which in the minds of a depressing number of people with a taste for boot leather, merits summary execution.
Officer 1: “Get out of the car!”
<simultaneously>
Officer 2: “Get out of here!”

The confusion is not surprising. The shooting officer had his phone out too.

This deserves a clear and fair investigation
January 9, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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I wrote a book about ancient Christian martyrdom and this is really sticking with me

the stories of martyrs emphasized their righteousness and self-control in the face of state authorities who lacked both

early Christians sought to train themselves to replicate that way of being from the stories
January 9, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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baby beluga swam so wild and swam so free that now he’s leading a liberation army. he grew up and he has a rocket launcher now.
they've got Raffi calling for regime change. something has shifted.
January 9, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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Yeah. I think misogyny is an essential part of this story.
When I saw the visibly queer woman confidently standing up to Ross in the video, a piece of the puzzle fell into place for me.
🚨 NEW VIDEO 👇🏽This puts an end to all the lies. Horrific.

They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.

Stop the lies.
January 9, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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honestly do not like the raw simmering rage and disgust that i experience day to day
January 9, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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[Vintage TV] Fall 1990 Nickelodeon (Nick Jr) Bumps : 3s
January 9, 2026 at 4:30 AM
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hitchhiking
January 8, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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me to my enemies once we get a good soup going
January 9, 2026 at 5:02 AM
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January 9, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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If I were on a jury, and the victim of a crime was an ICE agent, I would nullify. you can fill in the blanks of this sentence however you'd like. I'd nullify
January 8, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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January 8, 2026 at 2:35 AM
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me doing what I can: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!

others inevitably making me suffer what I must: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
some people love quoting "the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must." That was Athens saying that at the height of its empire. Few of those people seem to remember what happened to Athens the very next year.
January 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Important to remember that the president, despite being primarily motivated by vindictive malice, is also a squeamish coward.

He does not like to see bad things on TV. It has always made him uncomfortable.
man, did the viziers in the WH not actually show him the actual video?
January 8, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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I am very comfortable saying that Miller & Vance are leagues of evil above the rest of them, who are mostly morons sucking up to Trump
In a lot of ways Trump is ironically probably the least freakish person in this administration
January 8, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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Infighting isn’t activism. It’s a purely egoistic and self-enriching practice. Bringing people together is hard. Dividing them is lazy and self indulgent.

Beware people who always seem to be looking for the next person to mock or criticize while never lifting a finger to work.
January 8, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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I've met people who I thought had solidarity only for them to try to get into posting pissing matches because their goal is to be seen as The Most Pure Person because they hate themselves and want to be better than you.

Fight for a better world, not posting supremacy.
neither posting nor consumption count as doing politics and websites like this are a machine that turns obvious political solidarity into a black hole of endless discourse. that includes this post. you can’t out-post it by finding the right smart words you can only log off
January 8, 2026 at 5:53 AM
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.

This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM