Valastrius
@valastrius.bsky.social
BRD specializing in ska and cackles, most often in the direction of Crumbling Muscovy.
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It does look like Molotov-Ribbentrop all over again, in that clearly nobody checked with Poland. "European fighter jets will be stationed in Poland." The Polish air force may be surprised to learn that was ever in question, seeing as they are, uh, Europeans with fighter jets stationed in Poland.
Dmitriev-Witkoff pact
November 22, 2025 at 5:14 AM
It does look like Molotov-Ribbentrop all over again, in that clearly nobody checked with Poland. "European fighter jets will be stationed in Poland." The Polish air force may be surprised to learn that was ever in question, seeing as they are, uh, Europeans with fighter jets stationed in Poland.
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mtg spent like ten years making enemies on the left and that seemed fine with her. she spent ten days making enemies on the right, had to hire security, and then had to quit altogether.
November 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
mtg spent like ten years making enemies on the left and that seemed fine with her. she spent ten days making enemies on the right, had to hire security, and then had to quit altogether.
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‼️ Russia: “Three-quarters of Russian coal companies have become unprofitable.”
✅ It got worse
www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/11/21/t...
✅ It got worse
www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/11/21/t...
November 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
‼️ Russia: “Three-quarters of Russian coal companies have become unprofitable.”
✅ It got worse
www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/11/21/t...
✅ It got worse
www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/11/21/t...
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every year someone does a study that’s like “we gave 100 homeless ppl money and their lives improved” and every year the government kills that guy
November 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
every year someone does a study that’s like “we gave 100 homeless ppl money and their lives improved” and every year the government kills that guy
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Far right getting whiplash
November 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Far right getting whiplash
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why, what is thi--
GOD IS DEAD AND WE ARE JUST SUFFERING THE PSYCHIC AFTERSHOCKS OF A DYING UNIVERSE
GOD IS DEAD AND WE ARE JUST SUFFERING THE PSYCHIC AFTERSHOCKS OF A DYING UNIVERSE
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 AM
why, what is thi--
GOD IS DEAD AND WE ARE JUST SUFFERING THE PSYCHIC AFTERSHOCKS OF A DYING UNIVERSE
GOD IS DEAD AND WE ARE JUST SUFFERING THE PSYCHIC AFTERSHOCKS OF A DYING UNIVERSE
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Sometimes there really are weeks when decades happen
November 22, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Sometimes there really are weeks when decades happen
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I'm sorry, are you telling me that the ancient Greek battle cry has more in common with the Native American battle cry and/or Rebel Yell than with anything in 300? Because that's hysterical.
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I'm sorry, are you telling me that the ancient Greek battle cry has more in common with the Native American battle cry and/or Rebel Yell than with anything in 300? Because that's hysterical.
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Mangin (to support why France needed to politically integrate its West African holdings) attacked the idea of West African innate inferiority by linking "civilization" primarily to access to the Mediterranean cultural space and arguing that France was equally backward until linked in through Rome.
November 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Mangin (to support why France needed to politically integrate its West African holdings) attacked the idea of West African innate inferiority by linking "civilization" primarily to access to the Mediterranean cultural space and arguing that France was equally backward until linked in through Rome.
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Plus the general claiming of the Greeks as "western" when they really were part of the Mesopotamian-Mediterranean cultural continuum. One of the neat quirks about the French integration-forward nationalists of the early 20th century (e.g. men like Mangin) was how open they were about this.
November 22, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Plus the general claiming of the Greeks as "western" when they really were part of the Mesopotamian-Mediterranean cultural continuum. One of the neat quirks about the French integration-forward nationalists of the early 20th century (e.g. men like Mangin) was how open they were about this.
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Another example of what I want to call the 'Marine Corps-ification' of hoplites, where the agoge becomes boot camp and hoplite values idealized Marine values and all of the uniqueness of Greek martial culture is drained away and replaced with a self-flattering conception of American 'warfighters.'
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Another example of what I want to call the 'Marine Corps-ification' of hoplites, where the agoge becomes boot camp and hoplite values idealized Marine values and all of the uniqueness of Greek martial culture is drained away and replaced with a self-flattering conception of American 'warfighters.'
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Of course ululating battle cries - and high-pitched 'keening' battle cries generally - are associated in 'foreign' 'eastern' armies and I suppose it 'wouldn't do' to suppose that Greek hoplites charging into battle shouted like Syrian or Iraqi fighters today.
But also, like, they probably did.
But also, like, they probably did.
November 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Of course ululating battle cries - and high-pitched 'keening' battle cries generally - are associated in 'foreign' 'eastern' armies and I suppose it 'wouldn't do' to suppose that Greek hoplites charging into battle shouted like Syrian or Iraqi fighters today.
But also, like, they probably did.
But also, like, they probably did.
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I AM GOING TO HANG DEMOCRATIC SENATORS FOR TREASON THIS IS SEDITION
A random thirty-something socialist from New York City with an aloof art school wife:
A random thirty-something socialist from New York City with an aloof art school wife:
November 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I AM GOING TO HANG DEMOCRATIC SENATORS FOR TREASON THIS IS SEDITION
A random thirty-something socialist from New York City with an aloof art school wife:
A random thirty-something socialist from New York City with an aloof art school wife:
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god trump so clearly thinks mamdani is an alpha and is ingratiating himself
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
god trump so clearly thinks mamdani is an alpha and is ingratiating himself
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There is a very simple solution to Hemedti, Kagame, the Tatmadaw, Netanyahu, and their ilk
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
There is a very simple solution to Hemedti, Kagame, the Tatmadaw, Netanyahu, and their ilk
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For big problems, you occasionally have to use more than one.
November 22, 2025 at 3:41 AM
For big problems, you occasionally have to use more than one.
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Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
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speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
Kempsville High School assistant principal charged for threats against police, ICE
Virginia Beach assistant principal John Bennett and Mark Bennett charged for conspiring threats against police and ICE agents. Both are held without bond.
www.13newsnow.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
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Yr mouth open awaiting my harvest
November 22, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Yr mouth open awaiting my harvest
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His extremes are the tell...from Quiet, Piggy, to a grinning child so excited to meet the celebrity. Accelerating emotional deregulation.He won't be in public much longer without a caregiver.
November 22, 2025 at 4:07 AM
His extremes are the tell...from Quiet, Piggy, to a grinning child so excited to meet the celebrity. Accelerating emotional deregulation.He won't be in public much longer without a caregiver.
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C'mon "a million pieces"?? That's ridiculous & totally unbelievable.
Please in the future try to constrain yourself to more appropriate figures like "百“ & ”万“ & ”百万. “ Something people will believe.
Please in the future try to constrain yourself to more appropriate figures like "百“ & ”万“ & ”百万. “ Something people will believe.
The Han dynasty came to an end, and China split into a million pieces, eventually consolidating into three kingdoms: Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu.
The year was 225. The kingdom of Shu Han had been dealing with a rebellion by the Nanman people, in the region of Nanzhong, for two years
The year was 225. The kingdom of Shu Han had been dealing with a rebellion by the Nanman people, in the region of Nanzhong, for two years
November 22, 2025 at 4:31 AM
C'mon "a million pieces"?? That's ridiculous & totally unbelievable.
Please in the future try to constrain yourself to more appropriate figures like "百“ & ”万“ & ”百万. “ Something people will believe.
Please in the future try to constrain yourself to more appropriate figures like "百“ & ”万“ & ”百万. “ Something people will believe.
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One thing the Trump/Mamdani meeting drives home for me is how little input Trump actually has in running the country right now. It's all Vought and Miller. Trump has no fucking clue what's going on. I'm pretty sure the sedition post was all Miller. Trump is growing weaker by the day.
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
One thing the Trump/Mamdani meeting drives home for me is how little input Trump actually has in running the country right now. It's all Vought and Miller. Trump has no fucking clue what's going on. I'm pretty sure the sedition post was all Miller. Trump is growing weaker by the day.