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Vernster™️

@vernster.bsky.social

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Patriot, veteran (USAF), former Fed Manager (NNPP). I've been around awhile, learned some things, have opinions, and a low tolerance for bullshit. 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇳🇿 🇲🇽 PNW OGAntifa WokeAF (He/Him)

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Vernster™️ @vernster.bsky.social · Feb 16

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Nov 23

Lesson 1: Do not obey in advance.
Thread of lessons from my book #OnTyranny. Written in 2016.

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Tom Leykis @tomleykis.bsky.social · 1h

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TheSnarkTank @thesnarktank.bsky.social · 1h

Not all heroes are mammals.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8h

Excellent paper!

Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 9h

🧵 I'm excited to share that my article "Democratic Backsliding and the Limits of Civilian Control of the Military" has been accepted @thejop.bsky.social.

It answers the question "how ought militaries act when civilian leaders turn on democratic institutions?"

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#CivMilSky #PolTheory

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Vernster™️ @vernster.bsky.social · 1d

My favorite Rye was Crown Royal Northern Harvest from Canada.

Vernster™️ @vernster.bsky.social · 1d

When I used to consume, I drank Rye and Scotch. Because Bourbon is sickly sweet and mostly comes from slave states.

David Pepper @davidpepperoh.bsky.social · 1d

This is a map of Kentucky’s bourbon trail.

All the distilleries across the Commonwealth. Touring them is a big draw for tourists.

But now, it’s also a map of Trump’s economic wreckage.

Because his tariffs and ceaseless attacks on Canada are crushing bourbon exports.

Vernster™️ @vernster.bsky.social · 1d

Dave knows his right wing stuff. A 🧵:

David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 1d

This has always been part of the GOP playbook: Downplay incidents of right-wing violence, and then repurpose them as supposed acts of leftist terrorism for public consumption. They first did this in 2020.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

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wesmontgomery.bsky.social @wesmontgomery.bsky.social · 1d

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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 1d

Belly up.

Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 1d

I am deceased

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BlueUtah 🇺🇲🇺🇦🇨🇦🇩🇰 @blueutah.bsky.social · 1d

Whelp. This makes sense.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 1d

Happy pride, Atlanta!

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“During the darkest days of the AIDS crisis we buried our friends in the morning, we protested in the afternoon, and we danced all night, and it was the dance that kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for.” – Dan Savage

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Phoenix Rising @62walterp.bsky.social · 1d

😬😬 🤮 🤮

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White Rose Resistance @whiteroseresistance.org · 1d

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america.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 1d

😱😂😂😂😂

#Portland

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Vernster™️ @vernster.bsky.social · 1d

Obviously, I could go on and on. This is exactly what I've waited about 20 years. Electric, simple, capable, robust, no tech, knobs and hand crank windows too! lol

Ford made an electric CA version of my truck long ago and destroyed them all.

New stuff is stupidly complex and spies on you ($).

Vernster™️ @vernster.bsky.social · 1d

It has a black box and a back-up camera - req by Fed reg. That's it. You supply the infotainment. I'm going to install a CD player and some speakers. Everything on the truck comes apart with a single allen wrench. 240m range. I'm worried it won't get built, bc it's so disruptive to the OEMs.

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 1d

When Donald Trump keeps complaining that Portland is rebuilding itself out of "plywood," I think he might be referring to this? If so, horrors!

Forest to Frame: Why Portland's Airport is a New Milestone for Mass Timber - Metropolis

ZGF Architects recently completed an all mass timber airport in Portland, Oregon

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 2d

Here's the reality: On any given day the President might impose an effective embargo on trade with China. This is the second time he's done it *this year*. They may patch it up again, but the pattern has been set, and it will shape expectations for the rest of his term.

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Vernster™️ @vernster.bsky.social · 2d

He's obviously enthusiastically licking Orange Shitstain's worn out sphincter. He's a cardiologist for fucks sake.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Dr Oz: "Drugs for lung diseases are discounted massively. The president highlighted 650%. Significant discounts ... "

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t think we can call it “pedocon *theory*” anymore, the evidence is in, the hypothesis has been proven, the peer reviews are in

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d

JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child.

Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.

Covenant Eyes Cofounder Helps Post Bond for Adult Stepson, Who Is Charged With Felony Child Sex Abuse

In August, Thomas Wideman, an adult stepson of Covenant Eyes cofounder Ron DeHaas, was arrested during a CSAM sting operation.

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Burma-Gram @burmagram.bsky.social · 2d

WHO’S THE TARGET

OF NEXT TRUMP ATTACK?

FOLLOW THIS PATTERN:

FEMALE AND BLACK

~ BURMA-GRAM

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 2d

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 2d

Charlie Kirk was a terrible person, but his prowess at organizing was astonishing.

Democrats, progressive and moderate, are using tactics from the 1970s.

Republicans spend hundreds of millions on networking, jobs, and outreach every year. Democrats waste their money on obsolete stuff.

flux.community @flux.community · 2d

Charlie Kirk was a religious extremist and an advocate for mass censorship of academics he hated.

But as a political organizer and creator of opportunities for his comrades, there's much that can be learned from what he did. @matthewboedy.bsky.social discusses on the latest Theory of Change

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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 2d

We should just call him Bill Burrka now.

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Vernster™️ @vernster.bsky.social · 2d

Good! Wake me when the Dow's at ~10k or so.

Vernster™️ @vernster.bsky.social · 2d

Former Navy Nuc here. No one with a profit motive should be anywhere near a reactor plant.

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 2d

The US may have as many as 10 large nuclear power plants under construction within five years, meeting a goal set by President Donald Trump, according to Bechtel, one of the industry’s top builders.

Bechtel Expects 10 US Reactor Projects With New Shared-Risk Model

The US may have as many as 10 large nuclear power plants under construction within five years, meeting a goal set by President Donald Trump, according to Bechtel Group Inc., one of the industry’s top builders.

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Vernster™️ @vernster.bsky.social · 2d

Attn: @emilyrandallwa.bsky.social

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Every single Democrat in Congress should’ve already had a post up by now about the Trump admin approving a Qatari air base inside the US.