Victor Von Doomscroll
@redderbeanpaste.bsky.social
I look at politics in China and the United States. I will also yell about my cats and video games here. This is a private social media account
I talk about pens. 🖋️
I talk about pens. 🖋️
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A Crabby Guide to Politics
Guides, explainers and salty takes on American and Global Politics. No nonsense, except when there is. Crabby because I'm from Maryland
the-haters-guide-to-international-politics.ghost.io
Ok I’ve been picking up some followers so let me do an intro
I am an accounting student that used to work in international affairs. I freelance write and run a newsletter that is proudly not on substack on American and international politics the-haters-guide-to-international-politics.ghost.io
I am an accounting student that used to work in international affairs. I freelance write and run a newsletter that is proudly not on substack on American and international politics the-haters-guide-to-international-politics.ghost.io
I think a good romance series people should read is the Palace of Rogues by Julie Anne long because it is about people that try starting their lives again after setbacks. They’re all standalone but one of my favorites is My Season of Scandal
January 26, 2026 at 3:45 AM
I think a good romance series people should read is the Palace of Rogues by Julie Anne long because it is about people that try starting their lives again after setbacks. They’re all standalone but one of my favorites is My Season of Scandal
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Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
January 25, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
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tapping the sign
it is 2026. the information environment is as bad as it has ever been. why are you reposting unattributed screenshots from accounts that you know nothing about?
January 26, 2026 at 3:20 AM
tapping the sign
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I see that Iranians are getting acquainted with the segment of the western left that believes that only massacres committed by US allies are bad.
The way they're gaslighting victims while criticizing those who were doing the same elsewhere...Exactly the same as their right-winger counterparts.
The way they're gaslighting victims while criticizing those who were doing the same elsewhere...Exactly the same as their right-winger counterparts.
January 26, 2026 at 3:30 AM
I see that Iranians are getting acquainted with the segment of the western left that believes that only massacres committed by US allies are bad.
The way they're gaslighting victims while criticizing those who were doing the same elsewhere...Exactly the same as their right-winger counterparts.
The way they're gaslighting victims while criticizing those who were doing the same elsewhere...Exactly the same as their right-winger counterparts.
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The LA Rams have never won a superbowl since Nacua did the "greedy Jew" on a wildly bigoted twitch stream.
THE CURSE OF PUKA NACUA'S TWITCH STREAM
January 26, 2026 at 2:57 AM
The LA Rams have never won a superbowl since Nacua did the "greedy Jew" on a wildly bigoted twitch stream.
YouTube sometimes gives me random presents like
Cha cha slide in full armor
youtu.be/T4fq8agjNqY?...
Cha cha slide in full armor
youtu.be/T4fq8agjNqY?...
Cha Cha Slide in full armor
YouTube video by Dan Halliday
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January 26, 2026 at 2:23 AM
YouTube sometimes gives me random presents like
Cha cha slide in full armor
youtu.be/T4fq8agjNqY?...
Cha cha slide in full armor
youtu.be/T4fq8agjNqY?...
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i don’t think incompetence is the issue.
News: The Washington Post is preparing to slash upwards of 300 staffers, incl sports, metro and foreign desks @nataliekorach.bsky.social reports.
“The newsroom is being punished for absolute incompetence from the owner and publisher,” one staffer told @status.news
www.status.news/p/washington...
“The newsroom is being punished for absolute incompetence from the owner and publisher,” one staffer told @status.news
www.status.news/p/washington...
Post Parting Depression
Looming cuts at The Washington Post threaten to decimate key coverage areas as staffers question the motives and commitment of billionaire owner Jeff Bezos.
www.status.news
January 26, 2026 at 2:17 AM
i don’t think incompetence is the issue.
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I think about Elijah McClain a lot. How he was a sweet, lovely young soul who used to play the violin for stray cats. How brutally his young life ended and how the State sent riot police to interrupt the violin vigil in his name. The cruelty was always the point.
January 26, 2026 at 1:15 AM
I think about Elijah McClain a lot. How he was a sweet, lovely young soul who used to play the violin for stray cats. How brutally his young life ended and how the State sent riot police to interrupt the violin vigil in his name. The cruelty was always the point.
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I am very, very proud to be one of the Zoomers to have never installed TikTok. It has always been a national security threat, just not the way the clueless boomers in Congress think it is
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Revealed: how TikTok censors videos that do not please Beijing
Leak spells out how social media app advances China’s foreign policy aims
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:13 AM
I am very, very proud to be one of the Zoomers to have never installed TikTok. It has always been a national security threat, just not the way the clueless boomers in Congress think it is
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Unrivaled co-founder and WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart held up an “Abolish ICE” sign during player intros ahead of Mist’s game this afternoon.
Photo via @unrivaledwbb.bsky.social
Photo via @unrivaledwbb.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Unrivaled co-founder and WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart held up an “Abolish ICE” sign during player intros ahead of Mist’s game this afternoon.
Photo via @unrivaledwbb.bsky.social
Photo via @unrivaledwbb.bsky.social
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There was a protest yesterday at ICE’s children’s detention center:
“He heard what sounded like ‘hundreds of children’ shouting, with voices he described as ‘high-pitched’ and ‘urgent.’ He said he could see children streaming from dormitory areas behind a chain-link fence and chanting ‘Libertad.’”
“He heard what sounded like ‘hundreds of children’ shouting, with voices he described as ‘high-pitched’ and ‘urgent.’ He said he could see children streaming from dormitory areas behind a chain-link fence and chanting ‘Libertad.’”
Protest breaks out at Dilley immigration detention facility holding 5-year-old Liam Ramos
A protest broke out Saturday at the ICE-run South Texas family detention complex in Dilley, where five-year-old Liam Ramos is being detained.
www.tpr.org
January 26, 2026 at 1:52 AM
There was a protest yesterday at ICE’s children’s detention center:
“He heard what sounded like ‘hundreds of children’ shouting, with voices he described as ‘high-pitched’ and ‘urgent.’ He said he could see children streaming from dormitory areas behind a chain-link fence and chanting ‘Libertad.’”
“He heard what sounded like ‘hundreds of children’ shouting, with voices he described as ‘high-pitched’ and ‘urgent.’ He said he could see children streaming from dormitory areas behind a chain-link fence and chanting ‘Libertad.’”
Little lady
January 26, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Little lady
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This is the exact same garbage Chinese state media and Western tankies were peddling about Hong Kong in 2019.
The fact people can autonomously band together, pool resources, rally donations, and organise is truly unthinkable to some folks. Just because you couldn't do it doesn't mean others can't.
The fact people can autonomously band together, pool resources, rally donations, and organise is truly unthinkable to some folks. Just because you couldn't do it doesn't mean others can't.
I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.
January 26, 2026 at 1:17 AM
This is the exact same garbage Chinese state media and Western tankies were peddling about Hong Kong in 2019.
The fact people can autonomously band together, pool resources, rally donations, and organise is truly unthinkable to some folks. Just because you couldn't do it doesn't mean others can't.
The fact people can autonomously band together, pool resources, rally donations, and organise is truly unthinkable to some folks. Just because you couldn't do it doesn't mean others can't.
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I wore my Palestinian flag pin to a talk at UW & an ally asked me if I wasn’t worried & said she wouldn’t be comfortable doing the same. Meanwhile their Hillel had a huge Israeli flag in the window.
But you cant be a progressive (or reasonable) person & agree to take this job.
But you cant be a progressive (or reasonable) person & agree to take this job.
She’ll fit right in with Columbia’s approach to handling people protesting genocide
www.wmtv15news.com/2026/01/26/u...
www.wmtv15news.com/2026/01/26/u...
UW-Madison chancellor chosen to lead Columbia University
Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin is leaving UW-Madison to serve as Columbia University’s next president, WMTV confirmed with Universities of Wisconsin.
www.wmtv15news.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:03 AM
I wore my Palestinian flag pin to a talk at UW & an ally asked me if I wasn’t worried & said she wouldn’t be comfortable doing the same. Meanwhile their Hillel had a huge Israeli flag in the window.
But you cant be a progressive (or reasonable) person & agree to take this job.
But you cant be a progressive (or reasonable) person & agree to take this job.
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The @wsj.com in an editorial wrote today: "...Pretti attempted, foolishly, to assist a woman who had been pepper-sprayed by agents"
According to the WSJ, it's "foolish" for a nurse to assist a person in medical distress. Incredible
www.wsj.com/opinion/time... (gift link)
According to the WSJ, it's "foolish" for a nurse to assist a person in medical distress. Incredible
www.wsj.com/opinion/time... (gift link)
Opinion | Time for ICE to Pause in Minneapolis
Alex Pretti made a mistake, but he wasn’t a ‘domestic terrorist.’
www.wsj.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:27 PM
The @wsj.com in an editorial wrote today: "...Pretti attempted, foolishly, to assist a woman who had been pepper-sprayed by agents"
According to the WSJ, it's "foolish" for a nurse to assist a person in medical distress. Incredible
www.wsj.com/opinion/time... (gift link)
According to the WSJ, it's "foolish" for a nurse to assist a person in medical distress. Incredible
www.wsj.com/opinion/time... (gift link)
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"WHAT ARE WE? A BUNCH OF *WHITE* PEOPLE??"
This was just me making this comparison yesterday, but today the Korean news is calling Minnesota "America's Gwangju" and have human rights lawyers explaining how America is now living through the dictatorship Korea once had.
The Chun regime that my wife fought against in the 80s did the exact same thing. They needed a "crisis" that "only they could solve" to hoard more ill-gotten power, so they chose one city (Gwangju), declared its inhabitants enemies, sent trucks full of soldiers to violently attack and kill them.
January 26, 2026 at 12:03 AM
"WHAT ARE WE? A BUNCH OF *WHITE* PEOPLE??"
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More and more people are saying that the center-left political elite has its own omnicause reactionism problem centered around personal grievances against pro-Palestine students and transgender people.
the atlantic has been like this for a long time but man, it really blows that the flagship publication for american liberalism has abandoned *liberalism* wholesale because of trans athletes and woke student governments
International law no longer serves as an instrument of global stability—and the U.S. should use this moment to argue for a different approach to the rules of war, John Yoo argues.
January 25, 2026 at 9:47 PM
More and more people are saying that the center-left political elite has its own omnicause reactionism problem centered around personal grievances against pro-Palestine students and transgender people.
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It seems so obvious now but it really opened my eyes when I realized some opinion writers are paid specifically to flatter the preconceived ideas of the people paying them
January 25, 2026 at 10:05 PM
It seems so obvious now but it really opened my eyes when I realized some opinion writers are paid specifically to flatter the preconceived ideas of the people paying them
Liberals out here just lying instead of protecting the minority legislators that they owe an apology to
January 26, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Liberals out here just lying instead of protecting the minority legislators that they owe an apology to
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the people in the quote posts turning this into a khive support group... girl you missed the point. it flew right past you
All the anti-war and anti-occupation protestors were right. All the far leftists were right. All the “woke scolds” and your friend who’s “too woke” were right. They were somehow even more right than they may have realized at the time. But really, it was always obvious they were right.
January 25, 2026 at 8:55 PM
the people in the quote posts turning this into a khive support group... girl you missed the point. it flew right past you
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“The kidnapping hasn’t stopped in LA. The degrees of separation between neighbors you see to neighbors you know abducted by ICE is shrinking.”
ICE took the flower man in Echo Park 40 minutes ago. He’s at this corner every day. I’ve bought flowers from the man and woman here for anniversaries and birthdays. Lemmy loves to smell them whenever we walk by in the mornings. I was just at the street corner 15 minutes before it happened. Fuck.
January 25, 2026 at 8:26 PM
“The kidnapping hasn’t stopped in LA. The degrees of separation between neighbors you see to neighbors you know abducted by ICE is shrinking.”
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This is from the NYT masthead editorial about the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. The highlighted line invalidates not just the editorial, but the very idea of newspaper editorials crafted by the consensus of a board. Better to publish nothing at all than to publish a line like this.
!["The temperature in Minneapolis is dangerously high. There is an urgent need for the federal agents deployed to the city to step back and take a breath before more Americans are hurt or killed. [Highlighted]: Those protesting the Trump administration have an equal obligation to avoid violence.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zknk3rjsatent75sdbbopown/bafkreid6g5bmlf3gyxj2egzcy33hkwiaqgrzuoh3yhbpenmvdmvyyobfq4@jpeg)
January 25, 2026 at 8:08 PM
This is from the NYT masthead editorial about the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. The highlighted line invalidates not just the editorial, but the very idea of newspaper editorials crafted by the consensus of a board. Better to publish nothing at all than to publish a line like this.
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ADL's board of directors has a mass murderer on it
The ADL has elected Rev. Johnnie Moore, who led the Gaza Humanitarian Fund responsible for the "humanitarian shooting galleries" (tinyurl.com/27dftt42) which killed over 2,600 and wounded over 19,000 Palestinians (tinyurl.com/272lnumu), to its board of directors
Three New Members Elected to the ADL Board of Directors
www.adl.org
January 25, 2026 at 8:54 PM
ADL's board of directors has a mass murderer on it
@capitalweather.bsky.social what’s the current power outage risk in the area
January 25, 2026 at 8:53 PM
@capitalweather.bsky.social what’s the current power outage risk in the area