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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The State Violence Apologia Machine
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We have this structured and almost procedural cycle of protest violence in the United States a lot. It goes like this:
1. Grievances bubble up en masse, and people the...
the-haters-guide-to-international-politics.ghost.io
As we finish this first week in September I want to talk about my writing and ask for some help in keeping my blog going. I've been trying this summer to intentionally write things that could be useful for the months ahead the-haters-guide-to-international-politics.ghost.io/the-state-vi...
Marvel rivals people : (83858832996 sex jokes about Reed Richards and nothing else )
Me:
Me:
a man in a suit and tie is talking to another man and says `` i 'll kill you . ''
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is talking to another man and says `` i 'll kill you . ''
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November 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Marvel rivals people : (83858832996 sex jokes about Reed Richards and nothing else )
Me:
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The markets are staying afloat right now on the hope that AI will destroy American workers. What a bleak thing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
November 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The markets are staying afloat right now on the hope that AI will destroy American workers. What a bleak thing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
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also stuff for sale here!! cute frog stickers frog pin etc
November 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
also stuff for sale here!! cute frog stickers frog pin etc
I should work on my romance novel draft
November 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I should work on my romance novel draft
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So I've been teaching a themed intro to literature course on romance novels, and I want to set up a lending library in my office because my institution's romance holdings are terrible.
I'm hitting a used book store today to stock up. What is the one book I MUST add to my list?
I'm hitting a used book store today to stock up. What is the one book I MUST add to my list?
November 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
So I've been teaching a themed intro to literature course on romance novels, and I want to set up a lending library in my office because my institution's romance holdings are terrible.
I'm hitting a used book store today to stock up. What is the one book I MUST add to my list?
I'm hitting a used book store today to stock up. What is the one book I MUST add to my list?
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Universities are supposed to be protecting and promoting free thought and promoting the truth and education. They are not doing this when they continue to copitulate to liars and scam artists like those in our government. Those with power and money never fight back as they have too much to lose.
Northwestern University joins the growing list of schools functionally banning trans women.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Universities are supposed to be protecting and promoting free thought and promoting the truth and education. They are not doing this when they continue to copitulate to liars and scam artists like those in our government. Those with power and money never fight back as they have too much to lose.
Ok these thanksgiving marvel float skits have better choreography than like at least two mcu films
youtu.be/kPGNOuwp-Pc?...
youtu.be/kPGNOuwp-Pc?...
I Need a Hero
YouTube video by ladyelyria
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November 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Ok these thanksgiving marvel float skits have better choreography than like at least two mcu films
youtu.be/kPGNOuwp-Pc?...
youtu.be/kPGNOuwp-Pc?...
Gonna watch monsoon wedding tonight
November 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Gonna watch monsoon wedding tonight
I own some of these wonderful stamp stickers and washi. They’re beautiful
November 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I own some of these wonderful stamp stickers and washi. They’re beautiful
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Shop open from Nov. 20th to Dec. 6th!!!!!!
✨ The new Ghost Pokemon prints, Large Ticket posters are all in shop now!
✨ Also offering bundles that offer $70+ worth of merch for less than half the price
✨ If you love my work and would like to support , 'tis the season!
[ #nightmarket #merch ]
✨ The new Ghost Pokemon prints, Large Ticket posters are all in shop now!
✨ Also offering bundles that offer $70+ worth of merch for less than half the price
✨ If you love my work and would like to support , 'tis the season!
[ #nightmarket #merch ]
November 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Shop open from Nov. 20th to Dec. 6th!!!!!!
✨ The new Ghost Pokemon prints, Large Ticket posters are all in shop now!
✨ Also offering bundles that offer $70+ worth of merch for less than half the price
✨ If you love my work and would like to support , 'tis the season!
[ #nightmarket #merch ]
✨ The new Ghost Pokemon prints, Large Ticket posters are all in shop now!
✨ Also offering bundles that offer $70+ worth of merch for less than half the price
✨ If you love my work and would like to support , 'tis the season!
[ #nightmarket #merch ]
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It’s tiresome and repetitive but I think it may be imperative every time fascism tells this fundamentally antisemitic lie that every Jew who knows even a bit of what’s what—I know a bit—says explicitly “this isn’t for me. It’s against me & everyone human.”
Statement from U.S. AG Pam Bondi:
“Today’s settlement marks another victory in the Trump Administration’s fight to ensure that American educational institutions protect Jewish students and put merit first…
“Today’s settlement marks another victory in the Trump Administration’s fight to ensure that American educational institutions protect Jewish students and put merit first…
November 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
It’s tiresome and repetitive but I think it may be imperative every time fascism tells this fundamentally antisemitic lie that every Jew who knows even a bit of what’s what—I know a bit—says explicitly “this isn’t for me. It’s against me & everyone human.”
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at the the of the day, you can try to litigate and legislate lying, but you can’t force good faith and no amount of regulating the truth can fix society if its participants aren’t good faith members of the same project
the fact that dealing with rampant lying and its much worse downstream consequences involves cultivating values rather than just imposing formal frameworks or rules (legal or otherwise) is a tough pill to swallow for some. but it is indeed medicine
Pointing out that something is incorrect definitely isn't sufficient - the *culture* of "it is bad to make incorrect statements, good to promptly and clearly retract and apologize for them, and disqualifying to keep making them deliberately" is the framework needed for fact-checking to plug into.
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
at the the of the day, you can try to litigate and legislate lying, but you can’t force good faith and no amount of regulating the truth can fix society if its participants aren’t good faith members of the same project
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I can’t deal with the arrogance of it all. We are in serious trouble in this country and these two are wasting energy, attention and resources we cannot afford to waste.
Ppl need to get over Corbyn and move on. That party isn’t going anywhere.
I joined the Greens
Ppl need to get over Corbyn and move on. That party isn’t going anywhere.
I joined the Greens
Interviewer: Zarah Sultana is obviously another big voice in the party
Corbyn: Yes, she's here
Interviewer: Are you friends?
Corbyn: We're colleagues in parliament and we obviously communicate and we'll see each other tomorrow in the conference.
news.sky.com/story/jeremy...
Corbyn: Yes, she's here
Interviewer: Are you friends?
Corbyn: We're colleagues in parliament and we obviously communicate and we'll see each other tomorrow in the conference.
news.sky.com/story/jeremy...
Jeremy Corbyn declines to call Zarah Sultana a friend as Your Party holds first conference
Ms Sultana had previously claimed she was being "sidelined" by a "sexist boys' club" within the fledgling party.
news.sky.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I can’t deal with the arrogance of it all. We are in serious trouble in this country and these two are wasting energy, attention and resources we cannot afford to waste.
Ppl need to get over Corbyn and move on. That party isn’t going anywhere.
I joined the Greens
Ppl need to get over Corbyn and move on. That party isn’t going anywhere.
I joined the Greens
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Friendly reminder that there’s always a reason to buy a new notebook. 😊
November 29, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Friendly reminder that there’s always a reason to buy a new notebook. 😊
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Marjorie Taylor Greene was never going to change her stripes.
She’s still a hateful, spiteful racist.
Hegseth is committing actual war crimes, and MTG is calling for the prosecution of Dr Fauci.
She’s still a hateful, spiteful racist.
Hegseth is committing actual war crimes, and MTG is calling for the prosecution of Dr Fauci.
November 29, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene was never going to change her stripes.
She’s still a hateful, spiteful racist.
Hegseth is committing actual war crimes, and MTG is calling for the prosecution of Dr Fauci.
She’s still a hateful, spiteful racist.
Hegseth is committing actual war crimes, and MTG is calling for the prosecution of Dr Fauci.
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I feel like it is very hard to function on a daily basis if you think too hard about how many things in the US are completely falling apart and/or actively being destroyed right now, which is one upside to being recently laid off
November 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I feel like it is very hard to function on a daily basis if you think too hard about how many things in the US are completely falling apart and/or actively being destroyed right now, which is one upside to being recently laid off
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The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
V large artbook
November 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
V large artbook
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Watercolour painting of a cat called Peanut, along with the photo I did it from. #cats #catsofbluesky #petportraits #art #watercolour #painting
November 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Watercolour painting of a cat called Peanut, along with the photo I did it from. #cats #catsofbluesky #petportraits #art #watercolour #painting
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Doodles for Hong Kong 🇭🇰
In response to the tragic Tai Po fire, I'm doing charity commissions. Anyone who puts over £25/250HKD into "Feeding Hong Kong" or Hong Kong SPCA can request a coloured doodle of any prehistoric animal 🙏
In response to the tragic Tai Po fire, I'm doing charity commissions. Anyone who puts over £25/250HKD into "Feeding Hong Kong" or Hong Kong SPCA can request a coloured doodle of any prehistoric animal 🙏
November 29, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Doodles for Hong Kong 🇭🇰
In response to the tragic Tai Po fire, I'm doing charity commissions. Anyone who puts over £25/250HKD into "Feeding Hong Kong" or Hong Kong SPCA can request a coloured doodle of any prehistoric animal 🙏
In response to the tragic Tai Po fire, I'm doing charity commissions. Anyone who puts over £25/250HKD into "Feeding Hong Kong" or Hong Kong SPCA can request a coloured doodle of any prehistoric animal 🙏
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We have fascism. We have long covid and cognitive damage. And we have also destroyed structural motivation to do anything but deliver product and receive results. It began with standardized testing, and "AI" is just the nail in the coffin.
WE MUST FIGHT THIS.
Study must be meaningful.
WE MUST FIGHT THIS.
Study must be meaningful.
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 12:12 AM
We have fascism. We have long covid and cognitive damage. And we have also destroyed structural motivation to do anything but deliver product and receive results. It began with standardized testing, and "AI" is just the nail in the coffin.
WE MUST FIGHT THIS.
Study must be meaningful.
WE MUST FIGHT THIS.
Study must be meaningful.
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IMO if you’re into a hobby that children could also do a fun thing to do is buy entry level goodies for it and toss those suckers into a toy drive
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
IMO if you’re into a hobby that children could also do a fun thing to do is buy entry level goodies for it and toss those suckers into a toy drive
Cozy Friday
November 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Cozy Friday
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one insidious thing about gen AI is it's not just causing us to mistrust dodgy images, it's also making us mistrust images that look perfectly normal. this is gaslighting in a very literal sense bc the technology is undermining the trust we have in our own ability to perceive reality!
November 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
one insidious thing about gen AI is it's not just causing us to mistrust dodgy images, it's also making us mistrust images that look perfectly normal. this is gaslighting in a very literal sense bc the technology is undermining the trust we have in our own ability to perceive reality!