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Elliott Vanskike

@twonnet.bsky.social

liberal/progressive, union forever, writing (poetry, essays), reading, music, sports (Nottingham Forest, cycling, biathlon, and, um, Mets)

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how dumb is this dude? of COURSE dancing in inflatable suits fights fascism--mockery is a vital tool (Marx Bros, The Great Dictator)

10.10.2025 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

too scary

10.10.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Style Council - Internationalists (Live Aid 1985)
YouTube video by Live Aid The Style Council - Internationalists (Live Aid 1985)

for The Style Council it meant socialists who embrace racial diversity and human rights but I think FOXNews has something much creepier and antisemitic in mind www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ie8...

10.10.2025 12:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

was unaware, I think we’d fled the state before the book and presidential run debutedβ€”very nice to see Mari and George Will fall flat on their faces backing Walker

10.10.2025 03:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

did Thiessen actually write for Scooter?

10.10.2025 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

anti-union Michaels could only benefit from some recreational drug use

10.10.2025 01:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

speak for yourself! some of us are very cha-cha adroit

10.10.2025 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

when I lived there PDX seemed to care more about trees than people, but I see they've course corrected

10.10.2025 00:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

dictator years are different than human years

10.10.2025 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

there are Brooklyns in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and a Brooklyn Park in Minnesota but there's a moron in the prosecutor's chair

10.10.2025 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

calling it: ART!

10.10.2025 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In a Chicago suburb, Berwyn, IL, multiple ICE goons and a cameraman surrounded a resident who blew his horn and walked down the street in his own neighborhood. They demanded his ID and threatened to arrest him for impeding their audit.

08.10.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 679    πŸ” 411    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 47

Keep on Rollin’

09.10.2025 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

yeah, of course

09.10.2025 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

what was it? Kiss Off?

09.10.2025 00:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

or Crimson reporters could go to a local tech college and report on how students are affected by ICE raids or local businesses having to negotiate tariffs

09.10.2025 00:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m dead historically irony has killed me

09.10.2025 00:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it’s ok grandpa got confused

09.10.2025 00:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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WATCH: β€˜Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

06.10.2025 05:39 β€” πŸ‘ 9086    πŸ” 2301    πŸ’¬ 320    πŸ“Œ 965

reap the whirlwindβ€”big Trump donors

09.10.2025 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pritzker: "I think it's important to recognize that the Trump administration does not seem to respect any laws in the United States. They just do what they want to do and they'll keep doing it unless someone stops them. Here in Illinois we're stopping them."

08.10.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4714    πŸ” 1231    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 53

to quote Sec. Lanternjaw "not a good look"

08.10.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

a pre-dinner Sunday afternoon Experiment in Television--bold move, NBC!

08.10.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

oh yeah, watched that from my apartment in Brooklyn and loved every second

08.10.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

excellentβ€”1995 is one of my fondest Yankee memories, second only to 2001 WS

08.10.2025 02:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ha! I saw

08.10.2025 02:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

you’re a Man City fan AND a Yankee fan?!

08.10.2025 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

they can’t tho

08.10.2025 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

and then there’s E8 in Game 5 in 2024 when Yankees were up 5-0

08.10.2025 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

plainly, you are bereft of Craft Beer, stay strong

08.10.2025 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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