Victor Raymond
@badger2305.bsky.social
Writer, game designer, social scientist, activist. More than the sum of the parts I've played.
Bisexual/Two Spirit, Multi-racial Native American.
Pronouns: he/him/his or they/them/theirs
Bisexual/Two Spirit, Multi-racial Native American.
Pronouns: he/him/his or they/them/theirs
Mid-morning thoughts: three big issues underlying the safety of our country are election integrity, gerrymandering, and Citizens United. We must ensure our elections aren't tampered with, in districts drawn without bias, and where the wealthy cannot buy loudspeakers and call it "free speech."
December 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Mid-morning thoughts: three big issues underlying the safety of our country are election integrity, gerrymandering, and Citizens United. We must ensure our elections aren't tampered with, in districts drawn without bias, and where the wealthy cannot buy loudspeakers and call it "free speech."
Late night thoughts: to be effective citizens of this country, we must work to be informed about current issues, and be ready to have our preconceptions challenged, and our thinking changed. Engaging in honest discussion with other people helps in this process. But we really *need* to be educated.
December 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Late night thoughts: to be effective citizens of this country, we must work to be informed about current issues, and be ready to have our preconceptions challenged, and our thinking changed. Engaging in honest discussion with other people helps in this process. But we really *need* to be educated.
Early morning thoughts: expecting to make a complete shift in a single election cycle to a progressive political outcome (e.g. Medicare for All) is unrealistic. That doesn't make it not worth fighting for. It just means it will take time and sustained effort and NOT STOPPING (or giving up).
December 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Early morning thoughts: expecting to make a complete shift in a single election cycle to a progressive political outcome (e.g. Medicare for All) is unrealistic. That doesn't make it not worth fighting for. It just means it will take time and sustained effort and NOT STOPPING (or giving up).
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December 2, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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And this is why the Humanities and Fine Arts are vital to maintain and to nurture. Also something that AI will never, ever even come close to.
December 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
And this is why the Humanities and Fine Arts are vital to maintain and to nurture. Also something that AI will never, ever even come close to.
Midnight thoughts: Dept. of Homeland Security, War on Terror (Mission Accomplished?), Authorizations for Use of Military Force, Guantanamo Bay, Extraordinary Rendition, waterboarding, enhanced interrogation techniques, drone strikes on civilians. Now ICE is a secret police in the U.S. Figure it out.
December 2, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Midnight thoughts: Dept. of Homeland Security, War on Terror (Mission Accomplished?), Authorizations for Use of Military Force, Guantanamo Bay, Extraordinary Rendition, waterboarding, enhanced interrogation techniques, drone strikes on civilians. Now ICE is a secret police in the U.S. Figure it out.
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Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites nbcmontana.com/news/local/g...
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
Late night thoughts: (1) Trump is abusing the presidency for his personal monetary gain, (2) the incompetence of Trump's appointees is mind-boggling, (3) the GOP is complicit in ALL of this, (4) I haven't even gotten to the Epstein class buying the country out from under us, and then charge us rent.
December 2, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Late night thoughts: (1) Trump is abusing the presidency for his personal monetary gain, (2) the incompetence of Trump's appointees is mind-boggling, (3) the GOP is complicit in ALL of this, (4) I haven't even gotten to the Epstein class buying the country out from under us, and then charge us rent.
Mid-morning thoughts: I've said this before - in 2016, Trump executed a hostile take-over of the GOP. In 2024, Trump executed a hostile take-over of the Federal government. To regain control of the government, we must oust Trump and his GOP cronies (Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger notwithstanding.)
December 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Mid-morning thoughts: I've said this before - in 2016, Trump executed a hostile take-over of the GOP. In 2024, Trump executed a hostile take-over of the Federal government. To regain control of the government, we must oust Trump and his GOP cronies (Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger notwithstanding.)
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World AIDS Day: Honour the Past, Power the Future.
On #WorldAIDSDay, we wear the red ribbon to remember tens of thousands of lives lost to AIDS-related illnesses in the UK, and to honour LGBT+ activists who built a response powered by community, love & courage. [1/7]
On #WorldAIDSDay, we wear the red ribbon to remember tens of thousands of lives lost to AIDS-related illnesses in the UK, and to honour LGBT+ activists who built a response powered by community, love & courage. [1/7]
December 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
World AIDS Day: Honour the Past, Power the Future.
On #WorldAIDSDay, we wear the red ribbon to remember tens of thousands of lives lost to AIDS-related illnesses in the UK, and to honour LGBT+ activists who built a response powered by community, love & courage. [1/7]
On #WorldAIDSDay, we wear the red ribbon to remember tens of thousands of lives lost to AIDS-related illnesses in the UK, and to honour LGBT+ activists who built a response powered by community, love & courage. [1/7]
Early morning thoughts: Steve Wittkoff isn't representing the U.S. government, he's representing the Trump Organization. This isn't about ending the war in Ukraine, it's about getting the best deal for oligarchs - Putin, Trump, others - and we're paying the price. (Citizens United makes it worse.)
December 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Early morning thoughts: Steve Wittkoff isn't representing the U.S. government, he's representing the Trump Organization. This isn't about ending the war in Ukraine, it's about getting the best deal for oligarchs - Putin, Trump, others - and we're paying the price. (Citizens United makes it worse.)
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Trump, long an enthusiastic advocate of extrajudicial killings and war crimes, "has been lusting for this kind of violence for years, maybe decades. And he has made no secret of it. This is what he wanted, and this is what he is doing right now. Expect much more." [@sykescharlie.bsky.social]
"The Order Was to Kill Everybody."
Pete Hegseth's murders. And our War Crimes President.
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November 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Trump, long an enthusiastic advocate of extrajudicial killings and war crimes, "has been lusting for this kind of violence for years, maybe decades. And he has made no secret of it. This is what he wanted, and this is what he is doing right now. Expect much more." [@sykescharlie.bsky.social]
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🧵A legal scholar finds the killing by special forces of survivors in the Navy attack on an alleged drug boat to be a war crime and murder.
"the currently governing DOD Manual in Section 5.9 states clearly that persons “placed hors de combat may not be made the object of attack.” ...
"the currently governing DOD Manual in Section 5.9 states clearly that persons “placed hors de combat may not be made the object of attack.” ...
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
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November 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
🧵A legal scholar finds the killing by special forces of survivors in the Navy attack on an alleged drug boat to be a war crime and murder.
"the currently governing DOD Manual in Section 5.9 states clearly that persons “placed hors de combat may not be made the object of attack.” ...
"the currently governing DOD Manual in Section 5.9 states clearly that persons “placed hors de combat may not be made the object of attack.” ...
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this guy is betting on a future with accountability for today’s crimes, so we should too
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
this guy is betting on a future with accountability for today’s crimes, so we should too
Noontime thoughts: if you are concerned that the Democratic party "isn't doing enough," but you object to progressive activists pushing Democratic values and "dragging the party to the left" you just might have some cognitive dissonance going on. If we want to win, we have to speak to shared values.
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Noontime thoughts: if you are concerned that the Democratic party "isn't doing enough," but you object to progressive activists pushing Democratic values and "dragging the party to the left" you just might have some cognitive dissonance going on. If we want to win, we have to speak to shared values.
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Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
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“A European intelligence agency distributed a hard-copy report in a manila envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials...inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the US had been pursuing with Russia, including jointly mining rare earths in the Arctic.”
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 AM
“A European intelligence agency distributed a hard-copy report in a manila envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials...inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the US had been pursuing with Russia, including jointly mining rare earths in the Arctic.”
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A Judge ruled that Donald Trump sent the National Guard to DC illegally and now a guard member has lost her life.
In April 2025 the killer was granted permanent asylum by the Trump regime.
Shouldn’t that be the headline?
In April 2025 the killer was granted permanent asylum by the Trump regime.
Shouldn’t that be the headline?
November 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
A Judge ruled that Donald Trump sent the National Guard to DC illegally and now a guard member has lost her life.
In April 2025 the killer was granted permanent asylum by the Trump regime.
Shouldn’t that be the headline?
In April 2025 the killer was granted permanent asylum by the Trump regime.
Shouldn’t that be the headline?
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Instead of doing a consumerism on "Black" Friday, consider supporting small businesses, dropping a few coins in someone's ko-fi or go fund me, sign up for their patreon instead.
Life is expensive, things are hard. Drop coins to humans, not AI, or big corporations today.
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Life is expensive, things are hard. Drop coins to humans, not AI, or big corporations today.
QRP with your links!
November 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Instead of doing a consumerism on "Black" Friday, consider supporting small businesses, dropping a few coins in someone's ko-fi or go fund me, sign up for their patreon instead.
Life is expensive, things are hard. Drop coins to humans, not AI, or big corporations today.
QRP with your links!
Life is expensive, things are hard. Drop coins to humans, not AI, or big corporations today.
QRP with your links!
Late night thoughts: saying "all politicians are liars," or "all of them are corrupt," is another way of losing faith in the political process. We can't afford that, not if we want to keep the republic. But we must hold politicians accountable, through our own participation in voting and governing.
November 29, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Late night thoughts: saying "all politicians are liars," or "all of them are corrupt," is another way of losing faith in the political process. We can't afford that, not if we want to keep the republic. But we must hold politicians accountable, through our own participation in voting and governing.
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Ukraine is facing its biggest wartime corruption scandal. The Kyiv Independent’s Dominic Culverwell explains how Ukraine's nuclear energy operator became a breeding ground for corruption during the war and what this crisis means for President Volodymyr Zelensky and the country.
How $100 million energy corruption scandal derailed Zelensky
YouTube video by Kyiv Independent
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November 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Ukraine is facing its biggest wartime corruption scandal. The Kyiv Independent’s Dominic Culverwell explains how Ukraine's nuclear energy operator became a breeding ground for corruption during the war and what this crisis means for President Volodymyr Zelensky and the country.
@glandsbergis.bsky.social was interviewed on CNN - he's absolutely correct: x.com/GLandsbergis...
Gabrielius Landsbergis🇱🇹 on X: "Using my appearance on US @CNN to remind viewers that the "peace plan" under discussion cannot produce the sustainable and fair peace which President Trump promised the world. https://t.co/nnEd7h3FKv" / X
Using my appearance on US @CNN to remind viewers that the "peace plan" under discussion cannot produce the sustainable and fair peace which President Trump promised the world. https://t.co/nnEd7h3FKv
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November 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
@glandsbergis.bsky.social was interviewed on CNN - he's absolutely correct: x.com/GLandsbergis...
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Let's drop the naivité and accept that this war will end on the battlefield after Ukraine achieves the necessary military strength, not in a conference room after a round of talks and a carafe of wine.
September 17, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Let's drop the naivité and accept that this war will end on the battlefield after Ukraine achieves the necessary military strength, not in a conference room after a round of talks and a carafe of wine.