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Andy Vitek

@avitek.bsky.social

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Political science professor. Teacher/researcher of terrorism and extremism with a focus on the far-right. Posting through it. #BillsMafia

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Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · Feb 28

I seem to have gotten an influx of new followers. Welcome friends! To those hoping for sober and insightful academic analysis: I am so sorry.

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Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 13h

I hate to break it to you, mate, but the Epstein files will never be what people on the left want them to be. Even if they're released and directly implicate Trump, it won't end him. Being a gross slimeball as been baked in since day 1.

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Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 13h

Of all the players in the NFL that I want to be continually embarrassed on national TV, Harrison Butker is definitely in the top 5. Keep up!

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Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 17h

I was being polite, which is more than I can say of you.

Be well.

Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 17h

Penn State opting to pay a 50 million dollar buyout to fire their football coach while fighting both faculty and staff unionization campaigns is certainly a choice.

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Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 17h

Friend, you've made your point and I've made mine. Not sure what else there is to say.

Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 18h

Judge me if you wish. Like I said, I make no excuse for it.

Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 18h

Hey we all have problematic favs :P

Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 18h

HOW BOUT THEM COWBOYSSSSSSSSS 🤣

a man wearing a black under armour tank top

ALT: a man wearing a black under armour tank top

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Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 18h

Oh I make no excuses for football. It's pure bloodsport, and an exploitative one at that. But I love it...

Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 19h

In some cases that makes them better at football.

Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 19h

So are any NFL teams actually good right now?

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Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 21h

If they trade Hall to KC I'm gonna scream.

Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 21h

I love it.

Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 22h

That is the quote of an Arendt-pilled pontiff. You love to see it.

Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 22h

The Broncos beating the defending SB champs and then losing to the Jets a week later would be incredibly fitting for this insane season.

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Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 1d

'Gargoyles' went harder than it had any solitary right to.

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Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 1d

I've been telling my perplexed students: if you don't like this shit, you don't like James Franklin football.

Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 1d

Penn State football is reaching new levels of ass this season.

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Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 1d

Damn. One of the all time legends of film.

Rest easy queen.

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
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Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 2d

Trump being convinced to nuke Juarez by his loli chatbot named Ivanka

Krieger from the show Archer loving his digital waifu.

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Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 2d

Rolling Stone has truly mastered the art of rage baiting with lists.

Also the only song that actually belong here is 'Toxic.'

Don't @me with your objectively wrong opinions.

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Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 2d

It's my belief that human consciousness would shatter in the face of true immortality. Like I feel like most people think of immortality as just being there for all of history. Oh no buddy, we're talking literal eternity. Billions of years of watching everything you know fall to dust as you endure.

Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 2d

It seems innocuous but people’s answers to this question are gonna keep me single by choice forever. it’s not just because of people choosing option 3, it’s my allergy to stupid hallmark sentiments in lieu of a developed personal philosophy or actually reckoning with one’s own mortality

Hinge poll I made for the “would you rather” prompt. The options are:

- Live forever with no option to opt-out
- Be mortal
- Coward's option (they're forcing 3 answers, don't choose this one)

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Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 2d

Correct on all fronts.

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Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 2d

So for those following along at home: attempting an authoritarian consolidation while paying the security forces with IOUs and taking a buzzsaw to the entire federal bureaucracy is not what the kids would call "big brain gaming."

NPR @npr.org · 2d

JUST IN: The Trump administration says it has started the process of issuing reduction-in-force notices to federal employees. It’s not clear how many workers are affected.

White House says 'substantial' layoffs of federal workers have begun, with few details

The Trump administration says it has started the process of issuing reduction-in-force notices to federal employees. It’s not clear how many workers are affected.

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Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 2d

She's several posts into a full-on crash out over this btw.

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 2d

Toldya.

Trump has lost Islamophobe Loomer on this.

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