Hyde T. Voltyge
@hydevoltyge.bsky.social
he/him
Virginian Wikipedia enthusiast
I still support marginalized communities
I have only contempt for transphobes
Pritzker 2028 for now
Virginian Wikipedia enthusiast
I still support marginalized communities
I have only contempt for transphobes
Pritzker 2028 for now
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Hyde T. Voltyge
@hydevoltyge.bsky.social
· Mar 17
😐 Hey @hydevoltyge.bsky.social! You're walking the middle path in your online conversations. Your sentiment score is -0.01 (perfectly balanced). Neither overly critical nor excessively sweet - the Switzerland of Bluesky!
I'm framing this
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Yeah sorry seeing that Olivia Nuzzi was making songs about being "jailbait" at 16 and no parent stepped in, that she was scooped up by a MUCH older and MUCH more powerful man when she was concerningly young...
This seems like a much sadder story than the current discourse on it suggests
This seems like a much sadder story than the current discourse on it suggests
November 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Yeah sorry seeing that Olivia Nuzzi was making songs about being "jailbait" at 16 and no parent stepped in, that she was scooped up by a MUCH older and MUCH more powerful man when she was concerningly young...
This seems like a much sadder story than the current discourse on it suggests
This seems like a much sadder story than the current discourse on it suggests
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the personal is political, the political is personal, all art is political, all art is the product of collective labor and history and culture and context, all art is a speech act, and as a speech act all art has illocutionary and perlocutionary force, art says something about both artist & audience
November 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
the personal is political, the political is personal, all art is political, all art is the product of collective labor and history and culture and context, all art is a speech act, and as a speech act all art has illocutionary and perlocutionary force, art says something about both artist & audience
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Clay Higgins was the only member of the House to vote against releasing the Epstein files.
His record also includes allegedly putting a gun to the head of one of his ex-wives, voting for a neo-Nazi, and assaulting an unarmed Black man while working as a cop.
@nlanard.bsky.social's post from Sept:
His record also includes allegedly putting a gun to the head of one of his ex-wives, voting for a neo-Nazi, and assaulting an unarmed Black man while working as a cop.
@nlanard.bsky.social's post from Sept:
Rep. Clay Higgins’ racist tweet is only the tip of the iceberg
His record includes allegedly putting a gun to the head of one his three ex-wives, voting for a neo-Nazi, and assaulting an unarmed Black man.
www.motherjones.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Clay Higgins was the only member of the House to vote against releasing the Epstein files.
His record also includes allegedly putting a gun to the head of one of his ex-wives, voting for a neo-Nazi, and assaulting an unarmed Black man while working as a cop.
@nlanard.bsky.social's post from Sept:
His record also includes allegedly putting a gun to the head of one of his ex-wives, voting for a neo-Nazi, and assaulting an unarmed Black man while working as a cop.
@nlanard.bsky.social's post from Sept:
Is the lesson of human history the commonality of all people across the world and our shared interest in opposing all forms of hatred and bigotry and the way that we all deserve a free and fair life?
Some people apparently don't agree with that. I just can't fathom how that quote was meant to go.
Some people apparently don't agree with that. I just can't fathom how that quote was meant to go.
I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
From the JewsOfConscience community on Reddit: Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz speaking to the Jewish Federation and lamenting that young people are learning the wrong lessons from Holocaust e...
Explore this post and more from the JewsOfConscience community
www.reddit.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Is the lesson of human history the commonality of all people across the world and our shared interest in opposing all forms of hatred and bigotry and the way that we all deserve a free and fair life?
Some people apparently don't agree with that. I just can't fathom how that quote was meant to go.
Some people apparently don't agree with that. I just can't fathom how that quote was meant to go.
A lesson in political context:
I was born in the year 2001. I remember 2008 as "Obama is good and it was a big win."
I followed 2012 somewhat and thought Obama would win despite most people around me.
In 2014 I remember feeling grim at the Senate flipping.
In 2015, Bernie Sanders excited me.
I was born in the year 2001. I remember 2008 as "Obama is good and it was a big win."
I followed 2012 somewhat and thought Obama would win despite most people around me.
In 2014 I remember feeling grim at the Senate flipping.
In 2015, Bernie Sanders excited me.
November 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A lesson in political context:
I was born in the year 2001. I remember 2008 as "Obama is good and it was a big win."
I followed 2012 somewhat and thought Obama would win despite most people around me.
In 2014 I remember feeling grim at the Senate flipping.
In 2015, Bernie Sanders excited me.
I was born in the year 2001. I remember 2008 as "Obama is good and it was a big win."
I followed 2012 somewhat and thought Obama would win despite most people around me.
In 2014 I remember feeling grim at the Senate flipping.
In 2015, Bernie Sanders excited me.
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it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
Oh
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
you ever just see a take online and words fail you at how wrong it is
November 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
you ever just see a take online and words fail you at how wrong it is
I remember when Joe Biden was slightly dismissive of a certain Fox News hack (who is notably a MAN) and everyone clutched their pearls. No outcry for this rank misogyny from a known rapist and rather generally grotesque man.
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
people.com/donald-trump...
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I remember when Joe Biden was slightly dismissive of a certain Fox News hack (who is notably a MAN) and everyone clutched their pearls. No outcry for this rank misogyny from a known rapist and rather generally grotesque man.
Remember when Ed Case, US House Democrat from Hawaii, voted against married women being able to vote?
That was this year. 2025.
That was this year. 2025.
November 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Remember when Ed Case, US House Democrat from Hawaii, voted against married women being able to vote?
That was this year. 2025.
That was this year. 2025.
Seems like a problem that many Dems still rely upon and subscribe to the content of many obviously right-wing media outlets masquerading as centrist or even supposedly "left." I think this might be improving somewhat with voters, but oof the politicians especially.
November 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Seems like a problem that many Dems still rely upon and subscribe to the content of many obviously right-wing media outlets masquerading as centrist or even supposedly "left." I think this might be improving somewhat with voters, but oof the politicians especially.
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“Gen Z has the lowest racial resentment of any generation ever studied.”
Important work from @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social that offers a clear explanation of why there is an intense push to change school curricula to make them more white supremacist
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
Important work from @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social that offers a clear explanation of why there is an intense push to change school curricula to make them more white supremacist
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
The Shocking Truth About Gen Z Voters Is That They’re Pretty Great
Stop panicking: They are the most progressive generation ever, especially on race. If that surprises you, you’ve been listening to the wrong story.
newrepublic.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“Gen Z has the lowest racial resentment of any generation ever studied.”
Important work from @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social that offers a clear explanation of why there is an intense push to change school curricula to make them more white supremacist
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
Important work from @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social that offers a clear explanation of why there is an intense push to change school curricula to make them more white supremacist
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
So what's the deal with Iowa
Ann Selzer was wrong, which is never supposed to happen, and now Iowa is looking very blue in the leadup to 2026, seemingly vindicating her... but that's not how things went! So is there something wrong in polling there or did she truly premiere a massive shift?
Ann Selzer was wrong, which is never supposed to happen, and now Iowa is looking very blue in the leadup to 2026, seemingly vindicating her... but that's not how things went! So is there something wrong in polling there or did she truly premiere a massive shift?
November 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
So what's the deal with Iowa
Ann Selzer was wrong, which is never supposed to happen, and now Iowa is looking very blue in the leadup to 2026, seemingly vindicating her... but that's not how things went! So is there something wrong in polling there or did she truly premiere a massive shift?
Ann Selzer was wrong, which is never supposed to happen, and now Iowa is looking very blue in the leadup to 2026, seemingly vindicating her... but that's not how things went! So is there something wrong in polling there or did she truly premiere a massive shift?
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You have discovered a planet. A moose-like being lives there and drinks cinnamon cakes. It is too far, yet near.
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
You have discovered a planet. A moose-like being lives there and drinks cinnamon cakes. It is too far, yet near.
Under the Woke Socialism regime we are going to replace all podcast bros with Eric Adams and he's going to have the highest ratings you've ever seen. Curtis Sliwa can do the Captain America pep talk video from Spider-Man: Homecoming.
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Under the Woke Socialism regime we are going to replace all podcast bros with Eric Adams and he's going to have the highest ratings you've ever seen. Curtis Sliwa can do the Captain America pep talk video from Spider-Man: Homecoming.
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youre asking chatgpt. im asking my discord full of autistic people that i keep in my back pocket. we are not the same.
November 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
youre asking chatgpt. im asking my discord full of autistic people that i keep in my back pocket. we are not the same.
Listing JP Morgan and Chase separately, nice.
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Listing JP Morgan and Chase separately, nice.
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I think it’s great that our media elites have decided that men in their 30s saluting Hitler are just rambunctious kids who got carried away, while 16-year old girls being trafficked and raped by billionaires are “underage women” making informed choices. Definitely reflects well on us as a society.
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I think it’s great that our media elites have decided that men in their 30s saluting Hitler are just rambunctious kids who got carried away, while 16-year old girls being trafficked and raped by billionaires are “underage women” making informed choices. Definitely reflects well on us as a society.
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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for the record, this is how the @nytimes.com covered Bloomberg, a man elected to the same office as Katie Wilson with the exact same amount of experience in public office as Katie Wilson, but whom the paper did not view with obvious contempt www.nytimes.com/2001/11/07/n...
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
for the record, this is how the @nytimes.com covered Bloomberg, a man elected to the same office as Katie Wilson with the exact same amount of experience in public office as Katie Wilson, but whom the paper did not view with obvious contempt www.nytimes.com/2001/11/07/n...
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
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“...Time, irresistible, ever moving, carries off & bears away all things...History is a great bulwark against this stream of Time...it holds in a tight grasp whatever it can seize floating on the surface & will not allow it to slip away into the depths of Oblivion.”
- Anna Komnena, The Alexiad
- Anna Komnena, The Alexiad
November 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM
“...Time, irresistible, ever moving, carries off & bears away all things...History is a great bulwark against this stream of Time...it holds in a tight grasp whatever it can seize floating on the surface & will not allow it to slip away into the depths of Oblivion.”
- Anna Komnena, The Alexiad
- Anna Komnena, The Alexiad
Side note: I don't trust you if you support Platner but not Abughazaleh. The model is right there for a sincere left-wing candidate who believes in and lives their values. And no Nazi tattoos are present.
It was very disturbing to learn all this stuff about Platner, very saddening honestly, I hope this polling that he's toast against Collins though motivates us all to either cheer on someone else against Mills or just... cope. Demand that she support getting rid of the filibuster in 2029.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Side note: I don't trust you if you support Platner but not Abughazaleh. The model is right there for a sincere left-wing candidate who believes in and lives their values. And no Nazi tattoos are present.
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the only thing democrats should be saying today is “the entire republican party is engaged in a coverup of the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history”
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
the only thing democrats should be saying today is “the entire republican party is engaged in a coverup of the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history”
Luria is going to crush Kiggans in VA-02, especially with it likely resembling the old VA-02 more after redistricting. But even with these lines I'd give her the advantage.
November 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Luria is going to crush Kiggans in VA-02, especially with it likely resembling the old VA-02 more after redistricting. But even with these lines I'd give her the advantage.