VRT
@virginiarthomas.bsky.social
Easy to please, hard to impress
"In my own lane, but I'm still stoppin traffic"
"In my own lane, but I'm still stoppin traffic"
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If Frank is willing to do this, just imagine the drivel that others are willing to cook up.
This is not in any way okay, and we need to be extremely vigilant — and we need to shame early, often, and loudly when we see it.
This is not in any way okay, and we need to be extremely vigilant — and we need to shame early, often, and loudly when we see it.
We are really entering a new era of not being able to trust any image posted online, and it’s very important that we all are highly suspect of everything we see.
Folks like @frankcalabrese.bsky.social are already using Google’s latest models to post political AI slop and it’s fooling everyone.
Folks like @frankcalabrese.bsky.social are already using Google’s latest models to post political AI slop and it’s fooling everyone.
November 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
If Frank is willing to do this, just imagine the drivel that others are willing to cook up.
This is not in any way okay, and we need to be extremely vigilant — and we need to shame early, often, and loudly when we see it.
This is not in any way okay, and we need to be extremely vigilant — and we need to shame early, often, and loudly when we see it.
You'd think I'm trying to buy heroin for my dog and not kidney prescription food...
I've been trying since Monday I've made over 20 phone calls to three different retailers four different vets...
still no food.
I've been trying since Monday I've made over 20 phone calls to three different retailers four different vets...
still no food.
November 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
You'd think I'm trying to buy heroin for my dog and not kidney prescription food...
I've been trying since Monday I've made over 20 phone calls to three different retailers four different vets...
still no food.
I've been trying since Monday I've made over 20 phone calls to three different retailers four different vets...
still no food.
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Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
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we have to go back. to warn them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
we have to go back. to warn them.
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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You know who else I’m thankful for?
Immigrants.
I have so much to say, but will leave it at this — they make our country better.
Immigrants.
I have so much to say, but will leave it at this — they make our country better.
November 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
You know who else I’m thankful for?
Immigrants.
I have so much to say, but will leave it at this — they make our country better.
Immigrants.
I have so much to say, but will leave it at this — they make our country better.
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Stephen Miller is of Jewish descent, yet he pushes the same “they won't assimilate” argument used by antisemites for millennia. Stephen Miller is a racist monster, and so is his boss.
November 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Stephen Miller is of Jewish descent, yet he pushes the same “they won't assimilate” argument used by antisemites for millennia. Stephen Miller is a racist monster, and so is his boss.
Doing my part by using my bartender touchtunes credits to play Propagandhi- Fuck the Border on jukeboxes all along the border. 💪
November 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Doing my part by using my bartender touchtunes credits to play Propagandhi- Fuck the Border on jukeboxes all along the border. 💪
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I'm ICE, boys. I love crashing cars, getting divorced, crashing cars, bargain bin jeans, texting while driving, crashing cars, OLD GLORY, and let's not forget my one true passion in life—crashing cars
ICE agents involved in another vehicle collision, this time in Mesa azmirror.com/briefs/ice-a...
ICE agents involved in another vehicle collision, this time in Mesa | Arizona Mirror
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents collided with a car driven by a person they were attempting to apprehend in a Mesa neighborhood.
azmirror.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I'm ICE, boys. I love crashing cars, getting divorced, crashing cars, bargain bin jeans, texting while driving, crashing cars, OLD GLORY, and let's not forget my one true passion in life—crashing cars
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
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In other NEWS: Masked agents took at least 15 street vendors from Chicago during Operation Midway Blitz. “Worst of the worst,” they aren’t. Story by @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social & @zareensyed.bsky.social about neighbors rallying to support culture under attack www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/25/c...
As ICE detains longtime Chicago street vendors with no criminal history, neighbors rally with emergency funds
As longtime vendors quietly disappear from the corners they’ve held for years, community organizations and neighbors are scrambling to support those taken, their families and those still working on…
www.chicagotribune.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
In other NEWS: Masked agents took at least 15 street vendors from Chicago during Operation Midway Blitz. “Worst of the worst,” they aren’t. Story by @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social & @zareensyed.bsky.social about neighbors rallying to support culture under attack www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/25/c...
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No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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ACAB
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
ACAB
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Fun fact: Infinite growth forever is also the business model of metastatic cancer!!
Google tells employees it must double capacity every 6 months to meet AI demand
Google’s AI infrastructure chief tells staff it needs thousandfold capacity increase in 5 years.
arstechnica.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Fun fact: Infinite growth forever is also the business model of metastatic cancer!!
anyone bought a refrigerator lately?
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
anyone bought a refrigerator lately?
If you're like me and de -Google -ing your life....the Tom Tom app is a great, privacy-focused, and free navigation app! #notsponsored
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
If you're like me and de -Google -ing your life....the Tom Tom app is a great, privacy-focused, and free navigation app! #notsponsored
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Let’s gooooooooooooooo
November 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Let’s gooooooooooooooo
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We need to stop influencers
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
We need to stop influencers
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Lies and student loans.
November 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Lies and student loans.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/w...
Even in Germany??!
Even in Germany??!
Germans Are Going Off Beer. That’s Forcing Brewers to Adapt or Go Bust.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/w...
Even in Germany??!
Even in Germany??!
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A solid start to my 2025 "what I'm thankful for" list
November 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A solid start to my 2025 "what I'm thankful for" list
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Wow, that's nuts.
The officer was "heading for duty" Wednesday night when his "weapon discharged and he accidentally shot himself in the testicles" in the station's parking lot, records show.
Off-duty Chicago cop accidentally shoots himself in groin outside police station in Gresham
chicago.suntimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Wow, that's nuts.