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Elliott Vanskike

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

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 9h
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Tim Robinson: Oh My God, He Admit It!
ALT: Tim Robinson: Oh My God, He Admit It!
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Gov. nominee Byron Donalds promises a Florida Republican voter "his word" that he will work on a 'grandparents' rights' law so her daughter stops estranging her
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 10h
Trump’s ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle reportedly asked a donor for $100,000 in exchange for political favours, telling him the payment “won’t show up anywhere.” Her lawyer disputes the messages; the donor says they are real and has the texts.
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Before Greece post, Guilfoyle sought $100k from MAGA donor Eric Deters while lobbying IRS chief on his behalf
Kimberly Guilfoyle asked donor Eric Deters to pay her $100,000 Amex bill on 3 July 2025, six days before her Senate hearing, while lobbying the IRS chief for him. Her lawyer disputes the messages. Con...
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 17h
load-bearing "of course"
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
my dad bought and fixed up a used Ranchero--it had a gigantic stick shift that went straight to the floor with a large plastic ball as the hand grip
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
there's no topping these (of course!) but I'll just toss in: My man looks like a turnip got its wish to be a Real Boy
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
no El Ranchero? boooooo!
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Megyn Kelly: "Why do we have to go right to she's a victim?" because she said she was raped, dummy
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
not how it's done--let the public health folks handle this one, champ
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I thought so!
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
what size and color is this jug?
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
that's good!
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
who the fuck cares what he has to say??
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
THANK YOU! YES
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
she pissed me off so much--all of Jill Stein's antivax bullshit in 2016 just paved the way for thousands of avoidable COVID deaths and all the the vaccine hesitancy and resistance we see now
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just a reminder that these Haitian immigrants in Springfield -- who came here legally, did everything they were asked to do and more -- became a target of federal crackdowns because the white nationalist vice president shamelessly spread racist lies about them.
rollingstone.com
J.D. Vance Defends False Claims Against Haitians: 'If I Have to Create Stories… That's What I'm Going to Do'
J.D. Vance defended his debunked claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
is that Mike Farrell?
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
well, except for supporting Jill Stein and saying the Trump’s election might “bring the revolution,” sure
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/10/2026
We're continuing to report on sports betting apps, and we need your help. ProPublica is looking for at least 250 people who use DraftKings and FanDuel to share their data with us and help us understand how the apps respond to user behavior. ➡️ How to help: projects.propublica.org/sports-betti...
A neon green tracker shows that ProPublica has received 28 people's sports betting data, just over 10% of the way towards its goal of 250. Text below reads: If you’re one of millions of Americans who have placed an online bet on a sporting event, you know how quickly you can go from celebrating your wins to feeling like the odds are stacked against you.

ProPublica is trying to understand how sports betting apps incentivize users to keep playing and when they warn users to pump the brakes. To do that, we need your help: We’re aiming for at least 250 people to upload their gambling history from apps like FanDuel and DraftKings. We’re not quite there yet, so if you’ve used these apps, you can help our journalists. If you’ve worked in the industry, you can also help us by answering a few questions. (You can also reach us on Signal.)
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
kerning was the least of them
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Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Oh yeah that’s the good stuff
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“walking over fields where a million fascists died” is my dream vacation
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Serendipity @serendipityinfl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🤣
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
get in, kids, we’re dragging Elon
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
fine! I’ll post my adze poem, geeez!
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
except—inexplicably—they say “differential”
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
so she should fashion some new ones!
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The term “remigration” is associated with the extreme right and only came into widespread usage in 2023-4. Even Germany’s AfD avoided using the term in 2024 for fear of scaring away voters. Today the US government is celebrating the “victories” it’s racked up in the “ethnic cleansing” column.
Department of Homelan... • Follow •.• X
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Net negative migration for the first time in HALF a CENTURY.
Americans are amassing victories NEVER seen before thanks to President Trump.
We will continue to grow our efforts to fulfill the mandate given to this administration.
REMIGRATION REPORT
94%)
3.3+
MILLION REMOVALS
INCLUDING DEPORTATIONS AND VOLUNTARY REMOVALS
ASYLUM DENIAL AT 94%
250,000
VISAS REVOKED
REVOKED
TRAVEL BANNED
FROM 39 COUNTRIES
2,600+
287(G)
AGREEMENTS
NATURALIZATIONS
DOWN
75%
1.3K
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The Great Pumpkinsquatch - Scott Kelley Ernest 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @mxscottkernest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals youtu.be/GwqOZ0eaoDI?...
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BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Cute Kitten Raises Paw
ALT: Cute Kitten Raises Paw
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
tl;dr does she not own bootstraps?
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
or just get the ghost of Patton--or even George C. Scott--to storm the stage and kick his ass
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
get cultured, man! that's a perfectly mediocre Jeff Koons sculpture
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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sting gets a lot of stick but I’ll forgive him for most things because of this impromptu rendition of The Flintstones theme with Branford Marsalis, Omar Hakim & Kenny Kirkland youtu.be/9ImmEXJfi34?...
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Flintstones (Sting, Branford Marsalis, Omar Hakim, Kenny Kirkland)
YouTube video by ケースケ
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
wake up! beware of the dirt bike! brainwashing dirt bike! soul-crushing dirt bike! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jltu...
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They Might Be Giants - Dirt Bike (Official Audio)
YouTube video by ParticleMen
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
but how? how do you do this?!
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
let they who have not spent the night sleeping next to trash cans throw up first
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A picture showing Sen. Schmitt on the left and Jack Smith on the right from the recent U.S. Senate hearing. Text says, "Why do you insist on standing beneath the spreading chestnut tree?" "Senator, that was the village smithy."
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𝓢𝓬𝓸𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓣𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓹 @scootertramp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm not sure who saw this coming, but so far nearly all the jobs created during the second Trump administration have gone to women.
Line chart titled "So far during Trump's second term, just 8% of all job growth has gone to men" showing change in employment by gender since January 2025. Total nonfarm employment grew by 776,000 jobs through September 2026, with women gaining 711,000 positions (92% of growth) while men added only 65,000 jobs (8% of growth). Women's employment gains accelerated sharply through 2026, reaching 711,000 by September, while men's employment growth remained flat with brief periods of decline, including a drop of 96,000 jobs in February 2026.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 02/10/2026
good news
starting tomorrow everything is going to be OKAY!!
they just announced it
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
probably more a function of old people + decreased healthcare access
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Economist analysis of more than 3,000 US counties finds that in reliably GOP counties, annual deaths now exceed births by 0.4 per 1k residents, while in reliably Democratic counties, births exceed deaths by 2.8 per 1k. Population growth in the GOP counties is largely driven by internal migration.
economist.com
In MAGA-land people are dying faster than they are being born
Our analysis suggests Trump country is only growing because of migration
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
not sure JD thought this through--get his ass
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
get in, we’re dragging entitled idiots
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
keeper
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"You're probably wondering why I've gathered all of you here"
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
and then to join a barbershop quartet
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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
glad it wasn't just me
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