@qvidtvm.bsky.social
Art historian, professor.
New York City | Cape Cod.
This is my personal account, views my own, etc.
New York City | Cape Cod.
This is my personal account, views my own, etc.
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When America is gone, remember NYT headlines like this and never again ask what role corporate media played in normalizing the most dangerous man on Earth
August 23, 2026 at 11:25 PM
When America is gone, remember NYT headlines like this and never again ask what role corporate media played in normalizing the most dangerous man on Earth
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"A bunch of people would rather post on Race War Now Dot Swastika rather than Bluesky because you keep making fun of their imaginary computer friend" is a RESOUNDING endorsement for the concept of hostility.
August 20, 2026 at 11:51 PM
"A bunch of people would rather post on Race War Now Dot Swastika rather than Bluesky because you keep making fun of their imaginary computer friend" is a RESOUNDING endorsement for the concept of hostility.
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i'm at the heat wave
i'm at the canadian wildfire smoke
i'm at the diarrhea lettuce
i'm at the combination heat wave canadian wildfire smoke diarrhea lettuce
i'm at the canadian wildfire smoke
i'm at the diarrhea lettuce
i'm at the combination heat wave canadian wildfire smoke diarrhea lettuce
July 15, 2026 at 3:24 PM
i'm at the heat wave
i'm at the canadian wildfire smoke
i'm at the diarrhea lettuce
i'm at the combination heat wave canadian wildfire smoke diarrhea lettuce
i'm at the canadian wildfire smoke
i'm at the diarrhea lettuce
i'm at the combination heat wave canadian wildfire smoke diarrhea lettuce
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New York City is the most perfectly "American" place in the nation, just one wave of newcomers after another, gradually building up the culture, one remarkable cultural collision after another.
MAGA chuds hate NYC not because it's awful but because it disproves every lie they tell about immigration
MAGA chuds hate NYC not because it's awful but because it disproves every lie they tell about immigration
The Bengali Knicks poet and the Sikh dholi guys combined forces for a follow-up!
Now we just need the sewing machine guy and the ride a bike with stuff on his head guy to meet.
Now we just need the sewing machine guy and the ride a bike with stuff on his head guy to meet.
June 14, 2026 at 6:37 PM
New York City is the most perfectly "American" place in the nation, just one wave of newcomers after another, gradually building up the culture, one remarkable cultural collision after another.
MAGA chuds hate NYC not because it's awful but because it disproves every lie they tell about immigration
MAGA chuds hate NYC not because it's awful but because it disproves every lie they tell about immigration
Was it a fever dream, or did the Law & Order I just watched on the bike star Ann-Margret, Jaclyn Smith, Morgan Fairchild, Susan Anton, and Renée Taylor?
June 11, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Was it a fever dream, or did the Law & Order I just watched on the bike star Ann-Margret, Jaclyn Smith, Morgan Fairchild, Susan Anton, and Renée Taylor?
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Someday, with luck and hard work, she will have a name too.
Wife of LA Clippers owner and billionaire Steve Ballmer steps in to save NPR with $80M
Wife of LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer steps in to save NPR’s future with $80M gift
NPR also received an anonymous $33 million donation in April
www.independent.co.uk
April 19, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Someday, with luck and hard work, she will have a name too.
More of this, please
A nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the enforcement surge in Minnesota.
ICE agent charged with two felonies for pointing his gun at motorists during Operation Metro Surge
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said a nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the surge.
bit.ly
April 16, 2026 at 7:57 PM
More of this, please
New music from Massive Attack + Tom Waits, Madonna is going to heal us.
Boots on the Ground by Massive Attack & Tom Waits on Apple Music
Song · 2026 · Duration 4:21
music.apple.com
April 16, 2026 at 7:27 PM
New music from Massive Attack + Tom Waits, Madonna is going to heal us.
This is really the funniest thing in months
April 15, 2026 at 6:28 PM
This is really the funniest thing in months
Just saw a bald eagle casually hanging out in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.
April 9, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Just saw a bald eagle casually hanging out in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.
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losing contact with the earth for 40 minutes sounds nice
April 6, 2026 at 11:08 PM
losing contact with the earth for 40 minutes sounds nice
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I think the reason AI propagandists are so flustered by the fact that no real writer wants to use their idiotic tools is that they themselves don't enjoy writing. They see it as a boring arduous chore to be avoided, while real writers actually enjoy writing and actually care about the quality of it.
April 2, 2026 at 8:14 PM
I think the reason AI propagandists are so flustered by the fact that no real writer wants to use their idiotic tools is that they themselves don't enjoy writing. They see it as a boring arduous chore to be avoided, while real writers actually enjoy writing and actually care about the quality of it.
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may this define her for the rest of her life.
she was willing to stoop this low and still got fired.
girl, bye.
she was willing to stoop this low and still got fired.
girl, bye.
April 2, 2026 at 5:31 PM
may this define her for the rest of her life.
she was willing to stoop this low and still got fired.
girl, bye.
she was willing to stoop this low and still got fired.
girl, bye.
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the great @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social has called AI a permission structure for fascism
Does it surprise anyone that body cam footage caught an agent using ChatGPT to compile an incident report?
March 18, 2026 at 9:33 PM
the great @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social has called AI a permission structure for fascism
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AI company: we trained this dog to talk. It doesn’t actually understand language, but it kinda sounds like it’s having a conversation by mimicking the sound of human speech.
CEO: awesome, I’ve fired my entire staff, how quickly can it start diagnosing medical disorders
CEO: awesome, I’ve fired my entire staff, how quickly can it start diagnosing medical disorders
April 2, 2024 at 6:00 PM
AI company: we trained this dog to talk. It doesn’t actually understand language, but it kinda sounds like it’s having a conversation by mimicking the sound of human speech.
CEO: awesome, I’ve fired my entire staff, how quickly can it start diagnosing medical disorders
CEO: awesome, I’ve fired my entire staff, how quickly can it start diagnosing medical disorders
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How many ways can you say “We used ChatGPT” without actually saying “We used ChatGPT”?
March 15, 2026 at 3:02 AM
How many ways can you say “We used ChatGPT” without actually saying “We used ChatGPT”?
Even the small tragedies hurt.
Why the Pumpernickel Bagel Is Disappearing
At shops around town, a once-standard flavor has become an endangered species.
www.grubstreet.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Even the small tragedies hurt.
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literally Trump is not the President. his TV calls the shots
January 27, 2026 at 12:51 AM
literally Trump is not the President. his TV calls the shots
Bovino fired and maybe eventually Noem et al too is only step 1. There need to be criminal charges against the ICE agents as well as against the leadership that conspired to create this situation and its tragedies.
January 27, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Bovino fired and maybe eventually Noem et al too is only step 1. There need to be criminal charges against the ICE agents as well as against the leadership that conspired to create this situation and its tragedies.
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Saying there must be trials isn't just an emotive aspiration.
Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction
It can be done.
Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction
It can be done.
January 25, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Saying there must be trials isn't just an emotive aspiration.
Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction
It can be done.
Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction
It can be done.
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and additionally, this is why all the warnings about normalizing white supremacy and violent rhetoric were so prescient and it should be a lifelong stain on those who ignored it
January 25, 2026 at 2:03 PM
and additionally, this is why all the warnings about normalizing white supremacy and violent rhetoric were so prescient and it should be a lifelong stain on those who ignored it
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Disbanding ICE and prosecuting every agent and leader of the agency in Minnesota is a bare minimum moral stance and any politician who falls short, Republican or Democrat, should be run out of office.
January 24, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Disbanding ICE and prosecuting every agent and leader of the agency in Minnesota is a bare minimum moral stance and any politician who falls short, Republican or Democrat, should be run out of office.
And yet here we are. Throw in those statistics about how much more of the population is represented by Democrats in Congress (in the Senate, it’s something like 50 million).
The system is so broken.
The system is so broken.
(R) H.W. Bush 1888: 7.7ppt
(D) Clinton 1992: 5.5ppt
(D) Clinton 1996: 8.5ppt
(R) W. Bush 2000: -.5ppt
(R) W. Bush 2004: 2.4ppt
(D) Obama 2008: 7.2ppt
(D) Obama 2022: 3.9ppt
(R) Trump 2016: -2.1ppt
(D) Biden 2020: 4.5ppt
(R) Trump 2024: 1.5ppt
R+ Total: 9ppt
D+ Total: 29.6ppt
Actually embarrassing.
(D) Clinton 1992: 5.5ppt
(D) Clinton 1996: 8.5ppt
(R) W. Bush 2000: -.5ppt
(R) W. Bush 2004: 2.4ppt
(D) Obama 2008: 7.2ppt
(D) Obama 2022: 3.9ppt
(R) Trump 2016: -2.1ppt
(D) Biden 2020: 4.5ppt
(R) Trump 2024: 1.5ppt
R+ Total: 9ppt
D+ Total: 29.6ppt
Actually embarrassing.
January 7, 2026 at 4:08 PM
And yet here we are. Throw in those statistics about how much more of the population is represented by Democrats in Congress (in the Senate, it’s something like 50 million).
The system is so broken.
The system is so broken.