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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No, these are very serious comments.
ChatGPT has absolutely no goddamn place in graduate education. It steals from other authors, routinely gets major facts wrong, hallucinates sources, and generally makes the prose flat and boring as hell.
And if you shill for it in my mentions, I'll block you.
ChatGPT has absolutely no goddamn place in graduate education. It steals from other authors, routinely gets major facts wrong, hallucinates sources, and generally makes the prose flat and boring as hell.
And if you shill for it in my mentions, I'll block you.
January 17, 2026 at 11:16 PM
No, these are very serious comments.
ChatGPT has absolutely no goddamn place in graduate education. It steals from other authors, routinely gets major facts wrong, hallucinates sources, and generally makes the prose flat and boring as hell.
And if you shill for it in my mentions, I'll block you.
ChatGPT has absolutely no goddamn place in graduate education. It steals from other authors, routinely gets major facts wrong, hallucinates sources, and generally makes the prose flat and boring as hell.
And if you shill for it in my mentions, I'll block you.
Eagerly waiting for when I can use my death stare and white male privilege to full effect on social consequences for fascists, alas I am not very tall and still look quite young. Intimidation isn't quite there yet. Someday!
January 18, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Eagerly waiting for when I can use my death stare and white male privilege to full effect on social consequences for fascists, alas I am not very tall and still look quite young. Intimidation isn't quite there yet. Someday!
wary of why former *Republican* Congressman Tom Davis got an appointment to a Board of Visitors on day 1 from Spanberger
look I know he's... significantly different from your average Republican in 2026, but it is still concerning!
look I know he's... significantly different from your average Republican in 2026, but it is still concerning!
January 18, 2026 at 2:34 AM
wary of why former *Republican* Congressman Tom Davis got an appointment to a Board of Visitors on day 1 from Spanberger
look I know he's... significantly different from your average Republican in 2026, but it is still concerning!
look I know he's... significantly different from your average Republican in 2026, but it is still concerning!
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70% of all Harris voters in 2024 and 65% of all self identified Democrats believe Israel has committed genocide
60% of Democrats believe Israel kills children intentionally and whopping 77% overall have a negative view of Israel.
60% of Democrats believe Israel kills children intentionally and whopping 77% overall have a negative view of Israel.
January 17, 2026 at 8:48 PM
70% of all Harris voters in 2024 and 65% of all self identified Democrats believe Israel has committed genocide
60% of Democrats believe Israel kills children intentionally and whopping 77% overall have a negative view of Israel.
60% of Democrats believe Israel kills children intentionally and whopping 77% overall have a negative view of Israel.
We are one step closer to the 10D - 1R congressional map in Virginia...
January 16, 2026 at 7:27 PM
We are one step closer to the 10D - 1R congressional map in Virginia...
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pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
The middle finger is clearly a known WMD (in the minds of people who fetishize civility, maybe?)
imagine being more upset about this than the death machines carted around by the illegal and "legal" shooters within this country
imagine being more upset about this than the death machines carted around by the illegal and "legal" shooters within this country
Leavitt complains that protesters are pointing their middle fingers at ICE vehicles
January 16, 2026 at 7:17 PM
The middle finger is clearly a known WMD (in the minds of people who fetishize civility, maybe?)
imagine being more upset about this than the death machines carted around by the illegal and "legal" shooters within this country
imagine being more upset about this than the death machines carted around by the illegal and "legal" shooters within this country
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"Worse than Bush after Katrina" is a polling benchmark that I thought that partisan polarization had made impossible
Pollster: 58% of Americans say Trump's second term has been a failure. A year into term number two, Trump's numbers look worse than any other president. Trump is even worse than George W. Bush after Katrina and a long period in the Iraq War. This is really, really bad.
January 16, 2026 at 6:13 PM
"Worse than Bush after Katrina" is a polling benchmark that I thought that partisan polarization had made impossible
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Yesterday, Coinbase withdrew its support for the crypto market structure bill. Hours later, the Senate Banking Committee canceled the markup hearing. They’re not even trying to pretend anymore that this bill isn’t written by the industry, for the industry.
January 15, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Yesterday, Coinbase withdrew its support for the crypto market structure bill. Hours later, the Senate Banking Committee canceled the markup hearing. They’re not even trying to pretend anymore that this bill isn’t written by the industry, for the industry.
It's a very stupid thing to argue to suggest that Trump has any conceivable ability to stop elections from occuring
If you are working yourself into fear and terror over voter suppression in more broad terms, you aren't wrong, but you should probably log off for a bit, that's always been here.
If you are working yourself into fear and terror over voter suppression in more broad terms, you aren't wrong, but you should probably log off for a bit, that's always been here.
January 15, 2026 at 11:40 PM
It's a very stupid thing to argue to suggest that Trump has any conceivable ability to stop elections from occuring
If you are working yourself into fear and terror over voter suppression in more broad terms, you aren't wrong, but you should probably log off for a bit, that's always been here.
If you are working yourself into fear and terror over voter suppression in more broad terms, you aren't wrong, but you should probably log off for a bit, that's always been here.
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the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 4:29 PM
the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
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Charlie Kirk from The Charlie Kirk Show, Oct. 26, 2023:
January 15, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Charlie Kirk from The Charlie Kirk Show, Oct. 26, 2023:
there is a guy running for the Democratic nomination for Congress currently waxing nostalgically about the late 70s GOP, which directly led to the present situation, and a lot of people on here are stupid enough to believe he's some sort of ally or good person. incredible.
January 15, 2026 at 11:50 AM
there is a guy running for the Democratic nomination for Congress currently waxing nostalgically about the late 70s GOP, which directly led to the present situation, and a lot of people on here are stupid enough to believe he's some sort of ally or good person. incredible.
That first sentence lol
I wonder if he realizes just how much no one listening wants to hear that
I wonder if he realizes just how much no one listening wants to hear that
Hakeem Jeffries: "Clearly, significant reform needs to take place as it relates to the manner in which ICE is conducting itself. ICE is using taxpayer dollars to brutalize American citizens and to unnecessarily and viciously target law-abiding immigrant families and communities."
January 15, 2026 at 11:48 AM
That first sentence lol
I wonder if he realizes just how much no one listening wants to hear that
I wonder if he realizes just how much no one listening wants to hear that
The new Chief Justice when AOC appoints a socialist millennial (laudatory):
Pumpkin Spice Earl Warren
January 15, 2026 at 3:07 AM
The new Chief Justice when AOC appoints a socialist millennial (laudatory):
This is the consequence of radical centrism. Meaningless, useless ideas like this.
I am introducing the Quick Recognition (QR) Act, which requires ICE and CBP officers to wear uniforms featuring QR codes. When scanned, the code would generate a digital ID displaying the officer’s name, badge number, and law enforcement agency.
ICE should be unmasked both physically and digitally.
ICE should be unmasked both physically and digitally.
January 14, 2026 at 5:59 PM
This is the consequence of radical centrism. Meaningless, useless ideas like this.
I think the Dem leadership is mistaken to think that Ohio is such a top pickup opportunity for Senate compared to other options
Recall that Sherrod Brown has badly underperformed in both of his most recent two elections and that he couldn't even manage to defend Haitians against Vance's blood libel
Recall that Sherrod Brown has badly underperformed in both of his most recent two elections and that he couldn't even manage to defend Haitians against Vance's blood libel
January 14, 2026 at 2:35 PM
I think the Dem leadership is mistaken to think that Ohio is such a top pickup opportunity for Senate compared to other options
Recall that Sherrod Brown has badly underperformed in both of his most recent two elections and that he couldn't even manage to defend Haitians against Vance's blood libel
Recall that Sherrod Brown has badly underperformed in both of his most recent two elections and that he couldn't even manage to defend Haitians against Vance's blood libel
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virginia is about to be a one party democratic state again (laudatory)
Virginia Democrats look to decimate GOP seats in redistricting effort
Virginia Democrats look to decimate GOP seats in redistricting effort
But some Democrats warn that the effort may be more difficult than it looks.
dlvr.it
January 14, 2026 at 12:27 PM
virginia is about to be a one party democratic state again (laudatory)
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1/ I recently wrote about Frances Perkins—FDR’s Labor Secretary and first woman cabinet member. She is best known as the architect of the New Deal but she had a lesser-known achievement:
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
January 14, 2026 at 3:43 AM
1/ I recently wrote about Frances Perkins—FDR’s Labor Secretary and first woman cabinet member. She is best known as the architect of the New Deal but she had a lesser-known achievement:
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
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Final results in the Virginia #HD23 (Harris+35) special election:
Margaret Franklin (D)- 77.3%
Verndell Robinson (R)- 22.7%
A nearly 20 point overperformance from 2024, even doing better than Spanberger did here in November!
Margaret Franklin (D)- 77.3%
Verndell Robinson (R)- 22.7%
A nearly 20 point overperformance from 2024, even doing better than Spanberger did here in November!
January 14, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Final results in the Virginia #HD23 (Harris+35) special election:
Margaret Franklin (D)- 77.3%
Verndell Robinson (R)- 22.7%
A nearly 20 point overperformance from 2024, even doing better than Spanberger did here in November!
Margaret Franklin (D)- 77.3%
Verndell Robinson (R)- 22.7%
A nearly 20 point overperformance from 2024, even doing better than Spanberger did here in November!
my takeaway about that Ford worker is that he's a self-described independent who voted for some Republicans in the past, presumably a white man in the working class
The actual Platonic Ideal Swing Voter is *that* angry at Trump
While Beltway pundits want you to believe that Dems should be fascist
The actual Platonic Ideal Swing Voter is *that* angry at Trump
While Beltway pundits want you to believe that Dems should be fascist
January 14, 2026 at 3:13 AM
my takeaway about that Ford worker is that he's a self-described independent who voted for some Republicans in the past, presumably a white man in the working class
The actual Platonic Ideal Swing Voter is *that* angry at Trump
While Beltway pundits want you to believe that Dems should be fascist
The actual Platonic Ideal Swing Voter is *that* angry at Trump
While Beltway pundits want you to believe that Dems should be fascist
I'm still wondering why multiple people stopped me to ask for help the last time I was at Barnes & Noble
The only idea I heard that might make sense is that it was a somewhat cold day and I didn't have a coat with me? So people thought I'd been inside??? I was carrying books because I'm me!
The only idea I heard that might make sense is that it was a somewhat cold day and I didn't have a coat with me? So people thought I'd been inside??? I was carrying books because I'm me!
January 14, 2026 at 3:09 AM
I'm still wondering why multiple people stopped me to ask for help the last time I was at Barnes & Noble
The only idea I heard that might make sense is that it was a somewhat cold day and I didn't have a coat with me? So people thought I'd been inside??? I was carrying books because I'm me!
The only idea I heard that might make sense is that it was a somewhat cold day and I didn't have a coat with me? So people thought I'd been inside??? I was carrying books because I'm me!
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WILL CAIN: Joining me now is Democrat Florida congressman Maxwell Frost
FROST: It's "Democratic" congressman
FROST: It's "Democratic" congressman
January 13, 2026 at 9:28 PM
WILL CAIN: Joining me now is Democrat Florida congressman Maxwell Frost
FROST: It's "Democratic" congressman
FROST: It's "Democratic" congressman