Michael Virks
@michaelvirks.bsky.social
The most British German you'll ever meet 😎 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦
A decidedly non-eclectic mix of wargaming, politics, Ukraine and memes.
BT once addressed me as "Dr Volts" so that is now my secret Cold-War Supervillain identity.
Rhubarb is not food and you know it 🥬👊
A decidedly non-eclectic mix of wargaming, politics, Ukraine and memes.
BT once addressed me as "Dr Volts" so that is now my secret Cold-War Supervillain identity.
Rhubarb is not food and you know it 🥬👊
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Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
Whenever our timeline seems to trend towards darkness, few things lift me up as much as Ursula's National Book Awards acceptance speech.
Elite choice for bookmarking and repeat viewing.
youtu.be/Et9Nf-rsALk
Elite choice for bookmarking and repeat viewing.
youtu.be/Et9Nf-rsALk
Ursula Le Guin
YouTube video by National Book
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Whenever our timeline seems to trend towards darkness, few things lift me up as much as Ursula's National Book Awards acceptance speech.
Elite choice for bookmarking and repeat viewing.
youtu.be/Et9Nf-rsALk
Elite choice for bookmarking and repeat viewing.
youtu.be/Et9Nf-rsALk
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if pluribus isn't your thing it isn't your thing but i find it very funny seeing the specific crimes of "it's too slow/methodical" being levelled at it like mike ehrmantraut didn't take an entire car apart and put it back together
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
if pluribus isn't your thing it isn't your thing but i find it very funny seeing the specific crimes of "it's too slow/methodical" being levelled at it like mike ehrmantraut didn't take an entire car apart and put it back together
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DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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dawg not the steakhouse wedding font
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
dawg not the steakhouse wedding font
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She’s lost control
November 2, 2025 at 8:34 AM
She’s lost control
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Great investigation of the Nazis, racists and criminals mobilising the flag-on-lamp-posts movement. This is the kind of journalism that the national media could and should have conducted:
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Great investigation of the Nazis, racists and criminals mobilising the flag-on-lamp-posts movement. This is the kind of journalism that the national media could and should have conducted:
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
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The view from Table Mountain tonight was wonderful..
November 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The view from Table Mountain tonight was wonderful..
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Watch out for Ea Nasir this Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Watch out for Ea Nasir this Halloween!
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Russian strikes on October 30 damaged substations vital to nuclear safety, causing South Ukraine and Khmelnitsky plants to lose one external power line each while Rivne plant reduced two reactor units, IAEA reported.
www.iaea.org/newscenter/p...
www.iaea.org/newscenter/p...
October 31, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Russian strikes on October 30 damaged substations vital to nuclear safety, causing South Ukraine and Khmelnitsky plants to lose one external power line each while Rivne plant reduced two reactor units, IAEA reported.
www.iaea.org/newscenter/p...
www.iaea.org/newscenter/p...
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Karoline Leavitt officially announced the "Launch of a large-scale investigation to find the people behind 'No Kings.'"
I've saved her some time.
I've saved her some time.
October 29, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Karoline Leavitt officially announced the "Launch of a large-scale investigation to find the people behind 'No Kings.'"
I've saved her some time.
I've saved her some time.
Post your grunts!
October 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Post your grunts!
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Man looks like he's about to have his face melted by the ark of the covenant
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Man looks like he's about to have his face melted by the ark of the covenant
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The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
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Not a fan of the new $20 bill…
October 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Not a fan of the new $20 bill…
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The ork Gundam is done!
My little Orktober project!
The STL is from Modulorka.
Video in the comments!
My little Orktober project!
The STL is from Modulorka.
Video in the comments!
October 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The ork Gundam is done!
My little Orktober project!
The STL is from Modulorka.
Video in the comments!
My little Orktober project!
The STL is from Modulorka.
Video in the comments!
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Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
October 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
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I can beat the medievalists! In 61 CE, revolting British natives attacked the Roman colony of Camulodunum (Colchester). In 2015, in a domestic space, archs found the remains of a whole box of coriander as well as fenugreek, poppy seeds, cumin, & other Indian spices. Homesick Roman women made curry.
I'm pretty sure there were Indian spices in England before potatoes.
The British Right are just in total freefall into savagery at this point
October 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I can beat the medievalists! In 61 CE, revolting British natives attacked the Roman colony of Camulodunum (Colchester). In 2015, in a domestic space, archs found the remains of a whole box of coriander as well as fenugreek, poppy seeds, cumin, & other Indian spices. Homesick Roman women made curry.
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If you want to read the trippiest thing I've ever written, I once interviewed Muslim gnostic Seyyed Hossein Nasr about Grant's work and whether or it is possible to be initiated into gnosticism via comic book. How I got him to agree to this interview, I will never know
bookshop.org/p/books/grav...
bookshop.org/p/books/grav...
Graven Images
Check out Graven Images - Comic books have increasingly become a vehicle for serious social commentary and, specifically, for innovative religious thought. Practitioners of both traditional religions ...
bookshop.org
October 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
If you want to read the trippiest thing I've ever written, I once interviewed Muslim gnostic Seyyed Hossein Nasr about Grant's work and whether or it is possible to be initiated into gnosticism via comic book. How I got him to agree to this interview, I will never know
bookshop.org/p/books/grav...
bookshop.org/p/books/grav...
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Reinforcements have been dispatched to Portland… 🤣🐸🤣
October 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Reinforcements have been dispatched to Portland… 🤣🐸🤣
Belated RaptureTok
September 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Belated RaptureTok
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Even back in the 70s and 80s when I could be hassled by the police for walking while trans, no one ever tried to stop me pissing in the Ladies or tried to make me change into my swimsuit among men.
There is no dignity or respect involved in taking away rights I have exercised freely for forty years
There is no dignity or respect involved in taking away rights I have exercised freely for forty years
September 25, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Even back in the 70s and 80s when I could be hassled by the police for walking while trans, no one ever tried to stop me pissing in the Ladies or tried to make me change into my swimsuit among men.
There is no dignity or respect involved in taking away rights I have exercised freely for forty years
There is no dignity or respect involved in taking away rights I have exercised freely for forty years