Jon Virtes
@jonvirtes.bsky.social
Social Media & Digital Marketing Strategist specializing in healthcare & technology.
Love games, music, culture & animals. Previously at Flipboard, Activision, Pandemic Studios, Liquid Grids
Love games, music, culture & animals. Previously at Flipboard, Activision, Pandemic Studios, Liquid Grids
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Hi folks, I don’t usually post personal stuff here, this is mainly for news and snark. But here goes…
After a career in video games and tech, I’d specialized in healthcare marketing. I figured, hey, that’s a sensible choice if I’m to take my experience and forge a 2nd or 3rd chapter...
After a career in video games and tech, I’d specialized in healthcare marketing. I figured, hey, that’s a sensible choice if I’m to take my experience and forge a 2nd or 3rd chapter...
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This thread though
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 4:42 AM
This thread though
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I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 1:57 AM
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
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The absolute accuracy of this.
January 18, 2026 at 10:23 PM
The absolute accuracy of this.
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If you put pepper in your socks you’re a fucking dumbass
January 18, 2026 at 11:39 PM
If you put pepper in your socks you’re a fucking dumbass
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There’s nothing sallow children enjoy more after being forced to finish an enormous bowl of tallow-infused gruel than a cup of whole milk!
The department of agriculture posted this bizarre video on X of children who look like their in a period piece horror movie drinking milk under duress and like I just want to know why? Like what the fuck is this? Why are they being weird about milk? Who are these kids? Are they ok? What the fuck???
January 18, 2026 at 11:32 PM
There’s nothing sallow children enjoy more after being forced to finish an enormous bowl of tallow-infused gruel than a cup of whole milk!
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She is an expert on authoritarian regimes, in case you're wondering whether peaceful protests matter.
January 18, 2026 at 1:53 AM
She is an expert on authoritarian regimes, in case you're wondering whether peaceful protests matter.
This is turning into a volleyball game.
January 17, 2026 at 11:42 PM
This is turning into a volleyball game.
Still find myself in a bind after losing clients right before the holidays. Please help share this, and donate if you can, please. ❤️
Please help if you can. I’m a single dad with an awesome, kind, super smart 12 year old boy.
So, here’s the GoFundMe for the direct financial part. I also have Venmo (@jon-virtes), PayPal, Zelle – so any preferred method works.
gofund.me/9924638e1
So, here’s the GoFundMe for the direct financial part. I also have Venmo (@jon-virtes), PayPal, Zelle – so any preferred method works.
gofund.me/9924638e1
Donate to Jon needs our help., organized by Dion Brain
Hi All,
If you're on this thread then you know that Jon Virtes is starting the year challenged by j… Dion Brain needs your support for Jon needs our help.
gofund.me
January 17, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Still find myself in a bind after losing clients right before the holidays. Please help share this, and donate if you can, please. ❤️
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i think i’m fully in on “the white house is run by thirtysomething chuds who think grand strategy games are real life”
January 14, 2026 at 11:33 PM
i think i’m fully in on “the white house is run by thirtysomething chuds who think grand strategy games are real life”
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thanks caller i.d. for “useful” information as opposed to maybe: cow
January 13, 2026 at 10:18 PM
thanks caller i.d. for “useful” information as opposed to maybe: cow
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I’ve watched this 200 times today
January 14, 2026 at 12:25 AM
I’ve watched this 200 times today
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It was hard to get through this. I’m angry. It’s been a senseless week.
January 11, 2026 at 1:58 AM
It was hard to get through this. I’m angry. It’s been a senseless week.
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Please help if you can. I’m a single dad with an awesome, kind, super smart 12 year old boy.
So, here’s the GoFundMe for the direct financial part. I also have Venmo (@jon-virtes), PayPal, Zelle – so any preferred method works.
gofund.me/9924638e1
So, here’s the GoFundMe for the direct financial part. I also have Venmo (@jon-virtes), PayPal, Zelle – so any preferred method works.
gofund.me/9924638e1
Donate to Jon needs our help., organized by Dion Brain
Hi All,
If you're on this thread then you know that Jon Virtes is starting the year challenged by j… Dion Brain needs your support for Jon needs our help.
gofund.me
January 11, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Please help if you can. I’m a single dad with an awesome, kind, super smart 12 year old boy.
So, here’s the GoFundMe for the direct financial part. I also have Venmo (@jon-virtes), PayPal, Zelle – so any preferred method works.
gofund.me/9924638e1
So, here’s the GoFundMe for the direct financial part. I also have Venmo (@jon-virtes), PayPal, Zelle – so any preferred method works.
gofund.me/9924638e1
Hi folks, I don’t usually post personal stuff here, this is mainly for news and snark. But here goes…
After a career in video games and tech, I’d specialized in healthcare marketing. I figured, hey, that’s a sensible choice if I’m to take my experience and forge a 2nd or 3rd chapter...
After a career in video games and tech, I’d specialized in healthcare marketing. I figured, hey, that’s a sensible choice if I’m to take my experience and forge a 2nd or 3rd chapter...
January 11, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Hi folks, I don’t usually post personal stuff here, this is mainly for news and snark. But here goes…
After a career in video games and tech, I’d specialized in healthcare marketing. I figured, hey, that’s a sensible choice if I’m to take my experience and forge a 2nd or 3rd chapter...
After a career in video games and tech, I’d specialized in healthcare marketing. I figured, hey, that’s a sensible choice if I’m to take my experience and forge a 2nd or 3rd chapter...
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Wowwwwww
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
January 11, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Wowwwwww
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I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
January 11, 2026 at 2:44 AM
I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
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Here is a thread about a true police-shooting incident that I'm going to use to pose a fun little thought problem for anyone anywhere who think there ia a single justifiable reason to ever allow a law enforcement officer to use force on a citizen and remain anonymous. From my back pages:
January 9, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Here is a thread about a true police-shooting incident that I'm going to use to pose a fun little thought problem for anyone anywhere who think there ia a single justifiable reason to ever allow a law enforcement officer to use force on a citizen and remain anonymous. From my back pages:
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Here’s a comment for the people who are upset that MN hasn’t charged Jonathan Ross already:
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
January 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Here’s a comment for the people who are upset that MN hasn’t charged Jonathan Ross already:
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
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Good vs. ICE by the brilliant Jesse Welles...
January 8, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Good vs. ICE by the brilliant Jesse Welles...
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🇺🇸 MINNEAPOLIS VETERAN: "They are terrorizing the population, in Afghanistan we never wore masks.” (From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social )
January 8, 2026 at 9:16 PM
🇺🇸 MINNEAPOLIS VETERAN: "They are terrorizing the population, in Afghanistan we never wore masks.” (From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social )
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"President Trump seizes Nobel Peace Prize through military force" is a rejected Onion headline from 2012
I thought Trump would never get the Nobel Peace Prize. He's about to prove me wrong!
January 9, 2026 at 4:47 AM
"President Trump seizes Nobel Peace Prize through military force" is a rejected Onion headline from 2012
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Evolution doesn’t always take thousands or millions of years. Sometimes it happens right before our eyes.
Such is the case with the Anna’s hummingbird, a species that has undergone a dramatic transformation in a few generations, thanks to the advent of hummingbird feeders: https://scim.ag/3YMuQQu
Such is the case with the Anna’s hummingbird, a species that has undergone a dramatic transformation in a few generations, thanks to the advent of hummingbird feeders: https://scim.ag/3YMuQQu
January 6, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Evolution doesn’t always take thousands or millions of years. Sometimes it happens right before our eyes.
Such is the case with the Anna’s hummingbird, a species that has undergone a dramatic transformation in a few generations, thanks to the advent of hummingbird feeders: https://scim.ag/3YMuQQu
Such is the case with the Anna’s hummingbird, a species that has undergone a dramatic transformation in a few generations, thanks to the advent of hummingbird feeders: https://scim.ag/3YMuQQu
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the reality of what we’re really facing is starting to sink it. jesus fucking crisis.
January 4, 2026 at 12:27 AM
the reality of what we’re really facing is starting to sink it. jesus fucking crisis.
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At least Zelenskyy can make me smile today, albeit briefly, as an unchecked lunatic dares WW3 to start.
January 3, 2026 at 11:16 PM
At least Zelenskyy can make me smile today, albeit briefly, as an unchecked lunatic dares WW3 to start.
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Rep. Seth Moulton comes on CNN and starts by saying: "Is anyone going to just stop for a second and be honest? This is insane. What the hell are we doing? We've got a lot of problems in America today, and invading / occupying / running Venezuela does not solve any of them."
January 3, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Rep. Seth Moulton comes on CNN and starts by saying: "Is anyone going to just stop for a second and be honest? This is insane. What the hell are we doing? We've got a lot of problems in America today, and invading / occupying / running Venezuela does not solve any of them."