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Joe Vandello

@jvandello.bsky.social

Social Psychologist studying manhood, masculinity, gender, lgbtq+ prejudice, underdogs. Amateur artist. Decent guitar player/bad singer. Aspiring optimist. Transgender ally.

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#TrumpIsAPathologicalLiar Mr. Peace President was a sham as was the Board of Peace each rogue leader and no European nations paying him $1Billion to join. #ResistanceUnited #NoWarInIran

28.02.2026 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1149    πŸ” 416    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 25
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This aged well. Note the author.

28.02.2026 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 16061    πŸ” 6217    πŸ’¬ 548    πŸ“Œ 359

There's no way President Buttigieg is using that ballroom for his upcoming inauguration.

26.02.2026 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"Why you've probably not even noticed the IRS agents not auditing the wealthy, or the environmental regulators not monitoring the air for pollutants, or the FDA administrators not inspecting your food, or the safety inspectors not monitoring our roads, bridges, and buildings!"

26.02.2026 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Of all the lies they tell about Trump to prop him up, the "hard-working" myth is the silliest. I mean, we can see with our own eyes him sleeping his way through meetings, golfing several times a week, and posting on his social meeting about whatever he is watching on TV all morning.

24.02.2026 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As soon as I read the NY Times piece, my first thought was "boy, I hope Erin Reed fact checks this. There is a lot of misinformation." Thanks! This is thorough and well-sourced.

24.02.2026 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The President should be irrelevant to the funding of the U.N. Congress authorizes and appropriates funding for the United Nations.

23.02.2026 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also, compared with other groups, lesbians expressed more comfort with and more likelihood of expressing direct verbal consent.

20.02.2026 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New paper alert w/ JJ Jordan. 2 studies examined barriers to communicating sexual consent. People believed their peers & partners are less likely to ask for consent & hold more negative attitudes about consent than they do. Men (straight & gay) expressed masculinity concerns. osf.io/preprints/ps...

20.02.2026 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Love AOC, but I don't think there's any way middle America is voting for a 38 year old, pretty Latina woman. I think Pete even has a better shot as a gay man.

20.02.2026 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
2024 Presidential Election Polls: Harris vs. Trump - 270toWin View the results of 2024 election polls.

But pre-election polling had Trump up by 1.3% over Harris, according to www.270towin.com/2024-preside...

18.02.2026 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

More than anything, Trump won because inflation was high. That's it. There was a pandemic, it screwed the world's economies, inflation skyrocketed around the globe, and leaders got voted out. Harris's gender and race didn't help her, but the incumbent white guy wasn't going to win either.

14.02.2026 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Can confirm.

12.02.2026 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pizza β€œIn a world of ready-made food, packaged to be tossed together by amateurs, pizza stands apartβ€”one dish, at least, which calls for time and skill.”

The Atlantic wrote a story in 1949 about this new dish that returning GIs were craving
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

12.02.2026 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You know who else represents our country and is constantly saying shitty things about it?

08.02.2026 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I haven't seen conservatives get this upset about a Superbowl halftime show since, I don't know...last year with Kendrick Lamar? Or 2023 with Rihanna? Or the 2022 rap medley? Or maybe Beyonce?

08.02.2026 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The U.S. anti-trans backlash has not let up. But the good news is that these bills are increasingly unpopular with the public. Polling shows that people think anti-trans Republicans have gone too far and by a large margin (+22, according to a Fox News poll) trust Democrats more on trans issues.

08.02.2026 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Is he drunk? For a guy who doesn't drink, he sounds very drunk.

05.02.2026 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Somewhere, A Trump administration official who has been tasked with planning Trump's dumb 4th of July UFC event at the White House is seeing this and starting to sweat.

05.02.2026 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I forget: what Cabinet position is Steve Bannon in these days?

04.02.2026 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There will come a day, perhaps soon, when we won't have a President who stays up until 2am every night rage-tweeting about trivial matters.

02.02.2026 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a great idea, actually. Perhaps people should start flooding the Kansas police with calls claiming everyone in bathrooms *might* be trans. Maybe they'd quickly realize how absurd and demeaning the whole exercise is.

31.01.2026 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Repeating the same stories over and over again is a sign of dementia, no?

29.01.2026 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There'd be no ICE murdering in the streets. No anti-vax lunatic running our Health policy. No Real World Cast members or Fox News morning show hosts in the Cabinet. USAid would still be saving lives around the world. Canada, Greenland, and Europe would still be our friends. To name a few things.

28.01.2026 12:03 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Is he referring to the billionaires?

28.01.2026 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What a coincidence. I was just wondering this morning what former cast members of MTV's Real World thought about all of this civil unrest. I'm glad we got one to weigh in.

26.01.2026 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't even understand the argument about being organized. You know what else was organized? MLK's Southern Christian Leadership Conference during the civil rights movement. That organization and discipline is what made it so effective.
Are protests only legitimate if they are spontaneous?

25.01.2026 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Jesus, read the room, dude.

25.01.2026 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I hope Rep. Crockett has a future in politics, somehow. Doesn't look like she's going to get the nomination for Senate.

21.01.2026 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My new favorite hobby is watching videos of restaurants refuse service to ICE agents.

14.01.2026 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0