Vlad @ Vertvolta Press
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Imprints: Extra:Solar, Hinton Publishing.
Run by Vlad Verano, Designer/Publisher; part-time bookseller. Moonlights as artist/illustrator/astromech. Latest book; THREE ALARM FIRE (Hinton) https://vertvolta-design-press.square.site/product/Three_Alarm_Fire/3
Run by Vlad Verano, Designer/Publisher; part-time bookseller. Moonlights as artist/illustrator/astromech. Latest book; THREE ALARM FIRE (Hinton) https://vertvolta-design-press.square.site/product/Three_Alarm_Fire/3
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Hello to all the new followers! It's been a while since I talked about Vertvolta, & an introductory thread is in order.
Vertvolta Press is a publishing house (some would say 'hybrid'). We publish books, contemporary & reprints, & offer consulting & design services to self-published authors (1/5)
Vertvolta Press is a publishing house (some would say 'hybrid'). We publish books, contemporary & reprints, & offer consulting & design services to self-published authors (1/5)
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Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino tries to blame the rise of measles cases in the U.S. on “illegal aliens,” an extremely common strategy among fascists historically.
November 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino tries to blame the rise of measles cases in the U.S. on “illegal aliens,” an extremely common strategy among fascists historically.
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I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
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Past is prologue.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Past is prologue.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
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Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
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Check their replies (which are just reposts mostly)
The name vs the bluesky name? 👎🏽
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November 30, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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I reskeeted this a little while ago & it popped up in my feed again, & now i think it is the best photo of fall 2025.
Sledding amongst skyscrapers in #Chicago on an incredibly snowy Novemeber day
November 30, 2025 at 7:07 AM
I reskeeted this a little while ago & it popped up in my feed again, & now i think it is the best photo of fall 2025.
Two things i learned this week:
Douchebro musicians call cocaine “nose beers”
& uses for fanny packs now include concealing your gun. 🫠
Douchebro musicians call cocaine “nose beers”
& uses for fanny packs now include concealing your gun. 🫠
November 30, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Two things i learned this week:
Douchebro musicians call cocaine “nose beers”
& uses for fanny packs now include concealing your gun. 🫠
Douchebro musicians call cocaine “nose beers”
& uses for fanny packs now include concealing your gun. 🫠
What’s fucked up is this is the usual report about American Violence but now it needs to compete with ICE/CBP atrocities for a sliver of public attention.
a children’s birthday party.
BREAKING: Four people are dead and 10 are hospitalized after a shooting at a banquet hall in Stockton, California, officials say.
November 30, 2025 at 6:59 AM
What’s fucked up is this is the usual report about American Violence but now it needs to compete with ICE/CBP atrocities for a sliver of public attention.
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Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
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"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
Hmm,
I wonder what's next in the recipe... 🤔
I wonder what's next in the recipe... 🤔
turning this mfer into a crepe
France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
November 30, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Hmm,
I wonder what's next in the recipe... 🤔
I wonder what's next in the recipe... 🤔
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
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With a translation:
This image shows the same star field as Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) without cleaning.
In just 15 minutes of acquisition, we counted 1,659 satellite trails (about 400 individual ones).
Words cannot describe the pollution of near space.
This image shows the same star field as Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) without cleaning.
In just 15 minutes of acquisition, we counted 1,659 satellite trails (about 400 individual ones).
Words cannot describe the pollution of near space.
3/4. En esta imagen se muestra el mismo campo estelar del Cometa C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) sin limpiar.
En solo 15 minutos de adquisición, contamos 1659 trazas de satélites (unos 400 individuales).
Sobran las palabras para describir la contaminación del espacio cercano.
En solo 15 minutos de adquisición, contamos 1659 trazas de satélites (unos 400 individuales).
Sobran las palabras para describir la contaminación del espacio cercano.
November 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
With a translation:
This image shows the same star field as Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) without cleaning.
In just 15 minutes of acquisition, we counted 1,659 satellite trails (about 400 individual ones).
Words cannot describe the pollution of near space.
This image shows the same star field as Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) without cleaning.
In just 15 minutes of acquisition, we counted 1,659 satellite trails (about 400 individual ones).
Words cannot describe the pollution of near space.
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ICE convoy retreats from Manhattan's Chinatown after hundreds of New Yorkers confront them.
Around two dozen car/vans have sped out of the garage, with NYPD officers clearing the path. One guys tries to stop them, NYPD officers come chasing.
November 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
ICE convoy retreats from Manhattan's Chinatown after hundreds of New Yorkers confront them.
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Rosencrantz: Do you think Death could possibly be a boat?
Guildenstern: No, no, no... Death is "not." Death isn't. Take my meaning? Death is the ultimate negative. Not-being. You can't not be on a boat.
R: I've frequently not been on boats.
G: No, no... What you've been is not on boats.
Guildenstern: No, no, no... Death is "not." Death isn't. Take my meaning? Death is the ultimate negative. Not-being. You can't not be on a boat.
R: I've frequently not been on boats.
G: No, no... What you've been is not on boats.
November 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Rosencrantz: Do you think Death could possibly be a boat?
Guildenstern: No, no, no... Death is "not." Death isn't. Take my meaning? Death is the ultimate negative. Not-being. You can't not be on a boat.
R: I've frequently not been on boats.
G: No, no... What you've been is not on boats.
Guildenstern: No, no, no... Death is "not." Death isn't. Take my meaning? Death is the ultimate negative. Not-being. You can't not be on a boat.
R: I've frequently not been on boats.
G: No, no... What you've been is not on boats.
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Okay, I think that's enough sentences for one civilisation. Time to shut it down.
Tomorrow Grimes will DJ a livestream of immortality influencer Bryan Johnson tripping on shrooms to determine its effect on longevity. Mr. Beast and the CEO of Salesforce will be there too.
Grimes DJing Immortality Influencer's Shroom Trip With Special Guest Mr. Beast
Grimes is a fan of Bryan Johnson, the multimillionaire and immortality influencer who spends his time trying to fight death. He is perhaps best known for undergoing plasma transfusions with donations ...
stereogum.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Okay, I think that's enough sentences for one civilisation. Time to shut it down.
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Keep it up, my fellow Americans. Lock arms and hold tight.
New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
November 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Keep it up, my fellow Americans. Lock arms and hold tight.
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Shout out to u/BuffaloCrapSmeller on the retro anime subreddit for posting this, I had no idea where this meme came from until today!
Anime: The Brave of Sun Fighbird, 1991.
Anime: The Brave of Sun Fighbird, 1991.
November 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Shout out to u/BuffaloCrapSmeller on the retro anime subreddit for posting this, I had no idea where this meme came from until today!
Anime: The Brave of Sun Fighbird, 1991.
Anime: The Brave of Sun Fighbird, 1991.
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‘Remigration’ is a term that comes out of the European far right. Its use by the DHS account is a sign of democratic and epistemic collapse
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
‘Remigration’ is a term that comes out of the European far right. Its use by the DHS account is a sign of democratic and epistemic collapse
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Can you all stop using Substack already? If you were mad about Bari Weiss becoming editor-in-chief of CBS News, why are you willing to hand over actual substantial support — your time, money, and energy — to the platform that literally partnered with her in December? www.theverge.com/2024/12/17/2...
Substack partners with Bari Weiss to launch an ‘enterprise offering’ website builder.
[Link: The new media, powered by Substack | https://on.substack.com/p/the-new-media-powered-by-substack? | on.substack.com]
This expansion is described as capable of supporting a “fully-fledged ...
www.theverge.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Can you all stop using Substack already? If you were mad about Bari Weiss becoming editor-in-chief of CBS News, why are you willing to hand over actual substantial support — your time, money, and energy — to the platform that literally partnered with her in December? www.theverge.com/2024/12/17/2...
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OK, who narced?
November 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
OK, who narced?
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If you use Gmail, here's a nifty free app from the Google Workspace Marketplace--it scans emails for AI-generated content. I installed and tested it myself; it's not 100%, but works pretty well. If you're being bombarded by AI scam spams, it's a helpful tool. workspace.google.com/marketplace/...
scanE - Google Workspace Marketplace
Instantly scans emails to determine if they were AI-generated.
workspace.google.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
If you use Gmail, here's a nifty free app from the Google Workspace Marketplace--it scans emails for AI-generated content. I installed and tested it myself; it's not 100%, but works pretty well. If you're being bombarded by AI scam spams, it's a helpful tool. workspace.google.com/marketplace/...