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Eric V @ericv.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Trump and Hegseth really aren't ready for the gnomes in Greenland. From Rien Poortvliet and Wil Huygen’s Secret of the Gnomes, my favorite childhood book by far.

A female troll pulling the heads off of sparrows from Rien Poortvliet and Wil Huygen’s Secret of the Gnomes

A troll trap where the troll punches itself in the face when it tries to stomp on a gnome. From Rien Poortvliet and Wil Huygen’s Secret of the Gnomes.

A deadfall troll trap.
From Rien Poortvliet and Wil Huygen’s Secret of the Gnomes.

A hand trap in a tree hole for stupid trolls.
From Rien Poortvliet and Wil Huygen’s Secret of the Gnomes.

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Eric V @ericv.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

After extensive research, I can sadly say these are the best laundry baskets on the market. Am I the only one who misses the classic Rubbermaid?

Yellow vintage Rubbermaid laundry basket

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Eric V @ericv.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

There are only two ways I know to harvest mistletoe: druid sickle and .22 rifle

Comic frame from Asterix showing the druid harvesting mistletoe in a tree.

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Eric V @ericv.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

What are you reading? What's on your list for next year? Any recommendations? Here's mine. Some gifts, some recommendations, a few written by friends, and a few old favorites pulled off the shelf. Excited to dig in.

Top row
The Anarchist's Workbench – Christopher Schwarz
Asylum – Edafe Okporo
Babel – R.F. Kuang
The Boy Lost in the Maze – Joseph Coelho
Capitalism – Sven Beckert
Context Collapse – Ryan Ruby
Democracy and Solidarity – James Davison Hunter
Dune (graphic novel) – Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson
Dungeon Master's Guide – Dungeons & Dragons
The Ephemerata – Carol Tyler
Exordia – Seth Dickinson
Middle row
Giant on the Shore – Alfonso Ochoa & Andrés López
Ginseng Roots – Craig Thompson
Hansel and Gretel – Stephen King & Maurice Sendak
An Honest Woman – Charlotte Shane
James – Percival Everett
The Melancholy of Untold History – Minsoo Kang
The Message – Ta-Nehisi Coates
Metaphors We Live By – George Lakoff & Mark Johnson
The Overstory – Richard Powers
Parable of the Sower (graphic novel) – Octavia E. Butler
Progress and Poverty – Henry George
Playing at the World – Jon Peterson
Bottom row
Rakesfall – Vajra Chandrasekera
The Rose Field – Philip Pullman
Radioactive – Lauren Redniss
The Seven Rules of Trust – Jimmy Wales
A Spectre, Haunting – China Miéville
The Stars My Destination – Alfred Bester
On Tyranny (graphic edition) – Timothy Snyder & Nora Krug
Vera, or Faith – Gary Shteyngart
Why Civil Resistance Works – Erica Chenoweth & Maria J. Stephan
The Work of Art – Adam Moss
Winners Take All – Anand Giridharadas
You Must Take Part in Revolution – Badiucao & Melissa Chan
What We Can Know – Ian McEwan

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Eric V @ericv.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Clever. US flag with stars scaled to population and location.

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Eric V @ericv.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Whitehouse renovations

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Eric V @ericv.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Meet the computer you can talk to.

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Eric V @ericv.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Ok these are great. Free land. Free trade. Free people.

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Eric V @ericv.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Saw him live in NYC years ago for my birthday. So damn good.

Seu Jorge vinyl albums, The Life Aquatic and "Seu Jorge and Almaz"

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Eric V @ericv.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

What a beautiful human being. Was lucky to meet her once twelve years ago. She'll be missed.

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Eric V @ericv.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Meanwhile, at the Pentagon...

The classic military war game of battleship

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Eric V @ericv.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Not sure this was the flex Hegseth thought it was.

General Patton in front of a giant American flag in the movie Patton.

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Eric V @ericv.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Say what you will about Stephen Miller, he was excellent in Rocky Horror Picture Show.

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Eric V @ericv.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

You gotta be fucking kidding me... Is this Fortnight or the World Cup?

Terrible FIFA World Cup Mascots, a moose named Maple, a Leopard named Zavu, and an eagle named Clutch.

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Eric V @ericv.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

They are as cartoonish and weird as DC's supervillains.

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Eric V @ericv.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Character arc: building my own PC from scratch on Linux for the first time...

Boris from GoldenEye shaking his computer yelling "speak to me"

Boris from GoldenEye with arms raised saying " I am invincible"

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Eric V @ericv.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Upper East Side really living up to their reputation as assholes.

Map of the democratic mayoral primary in NYC, showing the upper East side going heavily to Andrew Cuomo, a well known asshole.

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Eric V @ericv.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

No Kings in Pacifica California

Dog with sign reading "don't shoot me Kristi, I'm a good good dog"

Dog with Virginia flag reading "sic semper tyrannis"

Photo of a man with a Mexico shirt and a sign reading fuck ICE #nokings

Photo of people walking along route 1 with an American flag

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Eric V @ericv.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.