Reconstructionist
@unavaleable.bsky.social
alt history, legislative politics, american studies, and reconstruction | lots of typos | he/him | views my own, normal disclaimers | Double Victory (DVTL) is my book / worldbuilding project | opinions my own, etc normal disclaimers
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What is Double Victory
Welcome to an Alternative Future and a Changed Past
www.victoryvignettes.com
So what is (DVTL) Double Victory?
It is my world-building and alternative history project, intended to culminate in a series of full-length novels!
TLDR: The Final Countdown with zoomers, crank to 11, and mix in heaping doses of Matterhorn, Red Storm Rising, and the Death of Stalin.
It is my world-building and alternative history project, intended to culminate in a series of full-length novels!
TLDR: The Final Countdown with zoomers, crank to 11, and mix in heaping doses of Matterhorn, Red Storm Rising, and the Death of Stalin.
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I bet this'd be pretty solid it followed the Smallville formula where pretty teens have a monster-of-the-week adventure, then emotional resolution over a pop song montage, then it goes like eight years longer than it should. Also there's a sex cultist on the cast, and it's not the one you'd guess
🚨 BREAKING - New Star Trek: #StarfleetAcademy Poster!
The first season of the new #StarTrek live-action series premieres January 15th on Paramount+
🖖 Will YOU be watching?
The first season of the new #StarTrek live-action series premieres January 15th on Paramount+
🖖 Will YOU be watching?
December 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I bet this'd be pretty solid it followed the Smallville formula where pretty teens have a monster-of-the-week adventure, then emotional resolution over a pop song montage, then it goes like eight years longer than it should. Also there's a sex cultist on the cast, and it's not the one you'd guess
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Just philosophically opposed to doing ANY prep-work WHATSOEVER.
December 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Just philosophically opposed to doing ANY prep-work WHATSOEVER.
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I like how in the end the whole project of all the bizarre intellectual factions of the right was that boat dealership owners get to call their employees racial slurs and not obey any regulations or pay any taxes
Chris Rufo—a prominent anti-DEI crusader—-says the “idea that private companies should be able to prioritize hiring married men w/ families is completely within the bounds of rzbl debate, &…it's absurd that individuals cannot hire whomever they want [ie, discriminate] in their own companies…” 1/
December 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I like how in the end the whole project of all the bizarre intellectual factions of the right was that boat dealership owners get to call their employees racial slurs and not obey any regulations or pay any taxes
Just give a show about a notionally unremarkable captain in a middling ship in the Gamma Quadrant when the Dominion reappears
🚨 BREAKING - New Star Trek: #StarfleetAcademy Poster!
The first season of the new #StarTrek live-action series premieres January 15th on Paramount+
🖖 Will YOU be watching?
The first season of the new #StarTrek live-action series premieres January 15th on Paramount+
🖖 Will YOU be watching?
December 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Just give a show about a notionally unremarkable captain in a middling ship in the Gamma Quadrant when the Dominion reappears
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1) No "fight" because there is no armed conflict.
2) Even if there were an armed conflict and these men were once lawful targets, per this description the men sound shipwrecked.
3) Vessel was reportedly not headed for US but Trinidad in the first place & moreover had reportedly turned around for VZ.
2) Even if there were an armed conflict and these men were once lawful targets, per this description the men sound shipwrecked.
3) Vessel was reportedly not headed for US but Trinidad in the first place & moreover had reportedly turned around for VZ.
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
1) No "fight" because there is no armed conflict.
2) Even if there were an armed conflict and these men were once lawful targets, per this description the men sound shipwrecked.
3) Vessel was reportedly not headed for US but Trinidad in the first place & moreover had reportedly turned around for VZ.
2) Even if there were an armed conflict and these men were once lawful targets, per this description the men sound shipwrecked.
3) Vessel was reportedly not headed for US but Trinidad in the first place & moreover had reportedly turned around for VZ.
i do not think there has been a military action that Cotton didn't love
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), to reporters, after viewing video footage of the U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean on Sept. 2:
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
December 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
i do not think there has been a military action that Cotton didn't love
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Public smoking bans just got in under the wire, too. Younger folks might not realize how rare they used to be and how hard they were to enact.
it is MIRACULOUS that we got rid of lead paint and asbestos when we did. if we had tried that today, there would be people whining about how we're restricting their rights.
Bring back residential-use lead paint, you cowards.
December 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Public smoking bans just got in under the wire, too. Younger folks might not realize how rare they used to be and how hard they were to enact.
FOURTEEN????
📊 POLL | Labour drop to just **14%**
➡️ REF: 31% (-)
🔵 CON: 20% (+2)
🟢 GRN: 18% (+1)
🔴 LAB: 14% (-1)
🟠 LD: 11% (-1)
Via @FindoutnowUK, 3 Dec (+/- vs 26 Nov)
➡️ REF: 31% (-)
🔵 CON: 20% (+2)
🟢 GRN: 18% (+1)
🔴 LAB: 14% (-1)
🟠 LD: 11% (-1)
Via @FindoutnowUK, 3 Dec (+/- vs 26 Nov)
December 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
FOURTEEN????
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So they were vague about it in saying "tune in to the Game Awards to see the world reveal of our next major title" and like, there has been speculation about 40k, Star Wars and LOTR and I'd be fine with any of those but I feel like 40k is most likely given CA and GW's solid working relationship.
40k TOTAL WAR IS ABSOLUTELY GONNA BE ANNOUNCED AT THE GAME AWARDS MY ASS WILL BE GLUED TO THE SEAT
December 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So they were vague about it in saying "tune in to the Game Awards to see the world reveal of our next major title" and like, there has been speculation about 40k, Star Wars and LOTR and I'd be fine with any of those but I feel like 40k is most likely given CA and GW's solid working relationship.
you know sometimes i worry my writing is bad... and then i see stuff like this and feel much less bad
“bloo a bloo bloo a bloo” has to be a bit, right
December 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
you know sometimes i worry my writing is bad... and then i see stuff like this and feel much less bad
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The Utah Supreme Court is forcing Utah Republican lawmakers to comply with an anti-gerrymandering law that voters passed in 2018. In a wild coincidence, Utah Republican Governor Spencer Cox is suddenly VERY enthusiastic about adding justices to the Utah Supreme Court
Utah Republicans Are Declaring War On the Utah Supreme Court
Utah Republicans are responding to losses at the Utah Supreme Court by punishing the justices who keep standing in their way.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The Utah Supreme Court is forcing Utah Republican lawmakers to comply with an anti-gerrymandering law that voters passed in 2018. In a wild coincidence, Utah Republican Governor Spencer Cox is suddenly VERY enthusiastic about adding justices to the Utah Supreme Court
wait Issa was gonna run in Texas???
Darrell Issa: "California is my home. I told them I’m going to stay in Congress, and I don’t need to go to Texas for that." Issa one day ago: "One of my colleagues from Texas called me and told me, ‘We don’t have a good candidate. I understand your district has been made pretty close to impossible."
December 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
wait Issa was gonna run in Texas???
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The armed services are currently led by an alcoholic white nationalist who is murdering foreign civilians without a fig-leaf of congressional approval.
If we had an opposition party, they would be calling for his immediate removal from office and seeking to impeach him.
If we had an opposition party, they would be calling for his immediate removal from office and seeking to impeach him.
December 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The armed services are currently led by an alcoholic white nationalist who is murdering foreign civilians without a fig-leaf of congressional approval.
If we had an opposition party, they would be calling for his immediate removal from office and seeking to impeach him.
If we had an opposition party, they would be calling for his immediate removal from office and seeking to impeach him.
WE ARE SO BACK
Total War: MEDIEVAL III is now in early development!
This isn’t just a sequel; it’s the rebirth of historical Total War. And we're bringing you on the journey with us.
👀 youtu.be/qFKhUJTnC-E
This isn’t just a sequel; it’s the rebirth of historical Total War. And we're bringing you on the journey with us.
👀 youtu.be/qFKhUJTnC-E
December 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
WE ARE SO BACK
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Total War: MEDIEVAL III is now in early development!
This isn’t just a sequel; it’s the rebirth of historical Total War. And we're bringing you on the journey with us.
👀 youtu.be/qFKhUJTnC-E
This isn’t just a sequel; it’s the rebirth of historical Total War. And we're bringing you on the journey with us.
👀 youtu.be/qFKhUJTnC-E
December 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Total War: MEDIEVAL III is now in early development!
This isn’t just a sequel; it’s the rebirth of historical Total War. And we're bringing you on the journey with us.
👀 youtu.be/qFKhUJTnC-E
This isn’t just a sequel; it’s the rebirth of historical Total War. And we're bringing you on the journey with us.
👀 youtu.be/qFKhUJTnC-E
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WE'RE SO BACK
Total War: MEDIEVAL III is now in early development!
This isn’t just a sequel; it’s the rebirth of historical Total War. And we're bringing you on the journey with us.
👀 youtu.be/qFKhUJTnC-E
This isn’t just a sequel; it’s the rebirth of historical Total War. And we're bringing you on the journey with us.
👀 youtu.be/qFKhUJTnC-E
December 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
WE'RE SO BACK
no this can't be real
Whiskey Pete tried to attack the reliability of @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social by noting that there was one EXTRA text in what Whiskey Pete turned over, on top of what Goldberg published.
This was that text.
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
This was that text.
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
December 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
no this can't be real
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groyper staff writing trump tweets: A Foreign Menace is Sapping The Vitality of Our Great Nation and Contaminating its blood. We Need To Preserve Our Culture, Our Heritage, Our People, and Our Children's Homeland - Remigration Now!
trump writing trump tweets: the immigrants, they Are BAD!
trump writing trump tweets: the immigrants, they Are BAD!
December 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
groyper staff writing trump tweets: A Foreign Menace is Sapping The Vitality of Our Great Nation and Contaminating its blood. We Need To Preserve Our Culture, Our Heritage, Our People, and Our Children's Homeland - Remigration Now!
trump writing trump tweets: the immigrants, they Are BAD!
trump writing trump tweets: the immigrants, they Are BAD!
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Everyone waiting for Empire 2
December 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Everyone waiting for Empire 2
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Medieval: Total War 3 lets fucking GOOOOOOOOO!
December 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Medieval: Total War 3 lets fucking GOOOOOOOOO!
MEDIEVAL III CONFIRMED
NEW HISTORICAL TOTAL WAR
December 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
MEDIEVAL III CONFIRMED
NEW HISTORICAL TOTAL WAR
December 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
NEW HISTORICAL TOTAL WAR