Gus Orviston
@orviston.bsky.social
Bibliophile, perpetual grad student, fan of democracy, cats, and the Oxford comma. Episcopalian, but not great at it. Foxes over hedgehogs.
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Gus Orviston
@orviston.bsky.social
· Nov 7
Do not stop trying to be a good person just because you see bad people winning. Virtue matters.
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Personally, I think that this is an excellent title of a US History book for high school students, although this may present a barrier to getting said textbook approved in many Southern states
"the elite of the antebellum South were degenerate gamblers who financed their lifestyles with industrialized rape and would kill you for pointing this out" is a straightforwardly accurate statement
February 14, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Personally, I think that this is an excellent title of a US History book for high school students, although this may present a barrier to getting said textbook approved in many Southern states
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I served. It's severely damaging to the nonpartisan reputation of our armed forces.
I realize media doesn’t think it’s a big deal that Trump, Vance & Hegseth continue to give partisan political speeches to troops, evidenced by the fact that they are never asked about it nor are members of Congress, but it is one of the most dangerous things happening right now.
February 14, 2026 at 8:12 PM
I served. It's severely damaging to the nonpartisan reputation of our armed forces.
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The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
February 14, 2026 at 4:12 PM
The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
Humanity is just weird and fascinating, tbh
February 14, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Humanity is just weird and fascinating, tbh
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The pro-life movement spreading measles across the land is a bit on the nose.
Florida law says colleges have to allow an opt-out on mandatory vaccinations.
And so the measles that came back on the buses from DC in January are currently ripping through Ave Maria University in Florida.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/w...
And so the measles that came back on the buses from DC in January are currently ripping through Ave Maria University in Florida.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/w...
Measles Outbreak Hits Florida College
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:18 PM
The pro-life movement spreading measles across the land is a bit on the nose.
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"I have searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet vetted on this subject, and will be presenting an irrefutable one in the very near future."
I have climbed the highest mountains
I have run through the fields
And I still haven't found what I'm looking for
I have climbed the highest mountains
I have run through the fields
And I still haven't found what I'm looking for
February 14, 2026 at 3:07 PM
"I have searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet vetted on this subject, and will be presenting an irrefutable one in the very near future."
I have climbed the highest mountains
I have run through the fields
And I still haven't found what I'm looking for
I have climbed the highest mountains
I have run through the fields
And I still haven't found what I'm looking for
This needs to happen.
I’m just going to leave this here
February 13, 2026 at 7:18 PM
This needs to happen.
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This is very bad! This is bad!!!!!
Meta's plan for launching glasses that people can use to secretly identify strangers on the street is to do it "during a dynamic political environment" when people who care about why that's bad are "focused on other concerns."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:43 PM
This is very bad! This is bad!!!!!
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In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
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there's fierce competition, but this is one of the most stomach-turning things I've read in some time
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
there's fierce competition, but this is one of the most stomach-turning things I've read in some time
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forgot the most important of the genre
February 12, 2026 at 11:31 PM
forgot the most important of the genre
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This is a huge issue. Russia did something similar between 2010 and 2016.
Russia is engineering a migration bomb for Europe. Disinformation on local airwaves in Mali and Niger pushes desperate youth toward deadly routes; Russian paramilitaries guard traffickers in Libya. Endgame? Chaos at EU gates, fractured politics. Europe ignores this at its peril.
February 13, 2026 at 2:52 AM
This is a huge issue. Russia did something similar between 2010 and 2016.
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Agreed. We’ve got to investigate Hunter Biden and hold him accountable for his major government role in … ok, wait a minute, standby, I’m hearing this is not about Hunter Biden.
As we dig into this scandal, can we revisit the question about why the president's son-in-law, who has no formal role in this administration, keeps showing up at high-level negotiations with actual world leaders?
Breaking WSJ:
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
February 12, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Agreed. We’ve got to investigate Hunter Biden and hold him accountable for his major government role in … ok, wait a minute, standby, I’m hearing this is not about Hunter Biden.
I don't see how this is a tenable position for anyone that has read anything that Douglass wrote.
Bluesky "leftist": "Frederick Douglass wasn't literate enough to read and understand the Constitution. I am very smart and woke."
Doing great folks, just great.
Doing great folks, just great.
February 12, 2026 at 8:54 PM
I don't see how this is a tenable position for anyone that has read anything that Douglass wrote.
With apologies to Mitch: he still does, but he used to, too.
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 12, 2026 at 8:48 PM
With apologies to Mitch: he still does, but he used to, too.
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Joe Biden passed the biggest climate package in history and nobody cared and now we’re here
BREAKING: The EPA revokes scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger the public health, removing a key basis for the climate change fight.
Live updates: Trump's EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change
The Trump administration revoked a scientific finding at the center of U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, a significant rollback of regulations.
bit.ly
February 12, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Joe Biden passed the biggest climate package in history and nobody cared and now we’re here
This is such an obvious lie that I'm wondering if he actually believes it.
February 12, 2026 at 7:11 PM
This is such an obvious lie that I'm wondering if he actually believes it.
Ooof.
OpenAI Introduces Premium Video Generator For White House Advisors Manipulating Trump https://theonion.com/openai-introduces-premium-video-generator-for-white-house-advisors-manipulating-trump/
February 12, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Ooof.
Wait, the Bulwark is doing book reviews now? Good.
"It is frequently funny, and it is occasionally beautiful, but after reaching the end of the novel, one is left with the inescapable sense that there must have been a better way to spend one’s time."
Are You Experienced? Are You Confused?
Patricia Lockwood’s latest novel is full of amusing episodes but refuses to cohere into a larger whole.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Wait, the Bulwark is doing book reviews now? Good.
"If no one accurately reported on what we were doing, then we'd be able to just get away with it"
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons: "Sometimes the media is our biggest enemy."
February 12, 2026 at 6:50 PM
"If no one accurately reported on what we were doing, then we'd be able to just get away with it"
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CATO: “.. The whole idea that Trump tariffs would ‘protect US manufacturing jobs’ was all lies then, and it is all lies now.”
@cato.org @scottlincicome.bsky.social
www.cato.org/blog/trumps-...
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www.cato.org/blog/trumps-...
February 12, 2026 at 4:32 PM
CATO: “.. The whole idea that Trump tariffs would ‘protect US manufacturing jobs’ was all lies then, and it is all lies now.”
@cato.org @scottlincicome.bsky.social
www.cato.org/blog/trumps-...
@cato.org @scottlincicome.bsky.social
www.cato.org/blog/trumps-...