Reconstructionist
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alt history, legislative politics, american studies, and reconstruction | lots of typos | he/him | views my own, normal disclaimers | Double Victory (DVTL) is my book / worldbuilding project | opinions my own, etc normal disclaimers
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So what is (DVTL) Double Victory?
It is my world-building and alternative history project, intended to culminate in a series of full-length novels!
TLDR: The Final Countdown with zoomers, crank to 11, and mix in heaping doses of Matterhorn, Red Storm Rising, and the Death of Stalin.
It is my world-building and alternative history project, intended to culminate in a series of full-length novels!
TLDR: The Final Countdown with zoomers, crank to 11, and mix in heaping doses of Matterhorn, Red Storm Rising, and the Death of Stalin.
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The most interesting thing about Trump, contra Kat Rosenfeld, is that he shows no loyalty to anyone and keeps selling out everyone he steps on to get where he wants and whenever one of his stepping stones like MTG get the temerity to think they have a reciprocal relationship they're all surprised!
December 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The most interesting thing about Trump, contra Kat Rosenfeld, is that he shows no loyalty to anyone and keeps selling out everyone he steps on to get where he wants and whenever one of his stepping stones like MTG get the temerity to think they have a reciprocal relationship they're all surprised!
I think broadly the two most likely scenarios for American politics are a continued enshitification ratchet or a lockout realignment
yeah i think the issue here is now not so much a successful consolidation under Trump/Vance (short of a Yoon moment, I don't think they have the juice): it's the fact that the underlying energy behind Trumpism is likely going to turn the future GOP into even more of a nightmare
One bad post-Trump future is that there are no longer free elections. Another, and much more likely, bad future is that elections continue to be held under more or less the same rules as before and Dems win about half of them, but the essential elements of Trumpism become bipartisan consensus.
December 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I think broadly the two most likely scenarios for American politics are a continued enshitification ratchet or a lockout realignment
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one decade of donald j. trump, politician 😐
In 2028, it will be the first non trump presidential election for everyone under 35!
December 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
one decade of donald j. trump, politician 😐
Would be interesting to see how the seating math works out with ACV with "just" 13 seats I guess means you need extra Vics to carry HQs and weapons team
December 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Would be interesting to see how the seating math works out with ACV with "just" 13 seats I guess means you need extra Vics to carry HQs and weapons team
Tummy horts but I'm being brave about it
December 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Tummy horts but I'm being brave about it
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gotta be the time I enjoyed cheese
December 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
gotta be the time I enjoyed cheese
i feel like the story of this moment is that tail risks are real risks and its best to spend upfront to reduce them, but no one really wants to do that
Just to build on this, I don’t think we are hurdling towards a crisis in the near term, the US has a decade (if not *much* more) fiscal space available to it, but I also don’t think that $77/2wks is a particularly high price for people to pay to future-proof the USD’s exorbitant privilege
Some people are responding to this with "actually we can keep borrowing at high levels with no adverse consequences because we've been doing so forever," but I think they are missing 1. how high the levels have gotten & 2. how difficult that makes it to deal with a real economic emergency these days
December 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
i feel like the story of this moment is that tail risks are real risks and its best to spend upfront to reduce them, but no one really wants to do that
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Just to build on this, I don’t think we are hurdling towards a crisis in the near term, the US has a decade (if not *much* more) fiscal space available to it, but I also don’t think that $77/2wks is a particularly high price for people to pay to future-proof the USD’s exorbitant privilege
Some people are responding to this with "actually we can keep borrowing at high levels with no adverse consequences because we've been doing so forever," but I think they are missing 1. how high the levels have gotten & 2. how difficult that makes it to deal with a real economic emergency these days
So, of these four options, we have:
1. Economic collapse
2. financial engineering (that probably won’t work, and even if it does still wouldn’t be great)
3. Eliminate at least part of the American welfare state
4. Increase the average families taxes by $77 every two weeks ($5.50 a day).
hard choice
1. Economic collapse
2. financial engineering (that probably won’t work, and even if it does still wouldn’t be great)
3. Eliminate at least part of the American welfare state
4. Increase the average families taxes by $77 every two weeks ($5.50 a day).
hard choice
December 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Just to build on this, I don’t think we are hurdling towards a crisis in the near term, the US has a decade (if not *much* more) fiscal space available to it, but I also don’t think that $77/2wks is a particularly high price for people to pay to future-proof the USD’s exorbitant privilege
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2 party systems are bad but it’s not great that people think that a multiparty system would be “there will be a boutique party that agrees with you on most issues” rather than “coalition management becomes more explicit between a left and right wing coalition”
December 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
2 party systems are bad but it’s not great that people think that a multiparty system would be “there will be a boutique party that agrees with you on most issues” rather than “coalition management becomes more explicit between a left and right wing coalition”
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“Mr. President. This is a covert action finding. It means you cannot disclose the involvement of the United States in this activity to anyone or it will gravely harm US national security”
A random used car salesman with a talk show at 7 am in the morning:
A random used car salesman with a talk show at 7 am in the morning:
December 30, 2025 at 2:17 AM
“Mr. President. This is a covert action finding. It means you cannot disclose the involvement of the United States in this activity to anyone or it will gravely harm US national security”
A random used car salesman with a talk show at 7 am in the morning:
A random used car salesman with a talk show at 7 am in the morning:
thats a lot of missile
USAF MQ-9A Reapers are Carrying Up to Ten AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles in the Caribbean
At least nine MQ-9s are deployed to Puerto Rico’s Rafael Hernández Airport, each carrying between six and ten AGM-114 Hellfire missiles.
Story: theaviationist.com/2025/12/29/u...
At least nine MQ-9s are deployed to Puerto Rico’s Rafael Hernández Airport, each carrying between six and ten AGM-114 Hellfire missiles.
Story: theaviationist.com/2025/12/29/u...
USAF MQ-9A Reapers are Carrying Up to Ten AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles in the Caribbean
At least nine MQ-9s are deployed to Puerto Rico’s Rafael Hernández Airport, each carrying between six and ten AGM-114 Hellfire missiles. U.S. Air Force
theaviationist.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
thats a lot of missile
this too is DVcore
December 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
this too is DVcore
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The Niimiipuu patches up battle damage after the battle with the Romulan warbirds. There's still some floaty-ness to one of the characters walk cycle that I need to fix, and I still need to tweak some of the workbee animation, as well as adding welding animations to the hull plate repairs.
December 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The Niimiipuu patches up battle damage after the battle with the Romulan warbirds. There's still some floaty-ness to one of the characters walk cycle that I need to fix, and I still need to tweak some of the workbee animation, as well as adding welding animations to the hull plate repairs.
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This is one of my favorite paintings, from any painter, ever.
Not only is she crushing Mein Kampf, but the arc of her rivet gun's cable also evokes a serpent being crushed under her heel - even while the rivet gun herself is laid on her apron like Christ on the lap of the Virgin Mary.
Not only is she crushing Mein Kampf, but the arc of her rivet gun's cable also evokes a serpent being crushed under her heel - even while the rivet gun herself is laid on her apron like Christ on the lap of the Virgin Mary.
I didn’t know until now that in the original Rosie the Riveter painting, she is crushing a copy of Mein Kampf under her foot. Happy feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, remembering all the women who crush the serpents of Satan under their heel.
August 17, 2025 at 5:31 AM
This is one of my favorite paintings, from any painter, ever.
Not only is she crushing Mein Kampf, but the arc of her rivet gun's cable also evokes a serpent being crushed under her heel - even while the rivet gun herself is laid on her apron like Christ on the lap of the Virgin Mary.
Not only is she crushing Mein Kampf, but the arc of her rivet gun's cable also evokes a serpent being crushed under her heel - even while the rivet gun herself is laid on her apron like Christ on the lap of the Virgin Mary.
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eric adams corruption ai randomizer
December 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
eric adams corruption ai randomizer
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before i left was talking to a coworker directly managed by a GOOG VP about the Issues and she told me that it was like being managed by a Dark Souls boss: couldn't get anything out of him other than incoherent and mournful sentence fragments about why he was obliged to do something plainly evil.
December 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
before i left was talking to a coworker directly managed by a GOOG VP about the Issues and she told me that it was like being managed by a Dark Souls boss: couldn't get anything out of him other than incoherent and mournful sentence fragments about why he was obliged to do something plainly evil.
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Extremely excited to bring everyone the revised edition of The Business of Risk, complete with new art, revised chapters, corrections and some great news bonus content!
The first time Peter Toussaint saw a D7 Battlecruiser was in December 2257, when it tried to kill him.
The Remastered edition of The Edge of Midnight Book 1: The Business of Risk. Coming soon to @tranquilitypress.bsky.social
The Remastered edition of The Edge of Midnight Book 1: The Business of Risk. Coming soon to @tranquilitypress.bsky.social
December 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Extremely excited to bring everyone the revised edition of The Business of Risk, complete with new art, revised chapters, corrections and some great news bonus content!
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Wait, it was EMIL BOVE who was told about the Tom Homan investigation during the transition?!?!?
www.ms.now/news/border-...
www.ms.now/news/border-...
December 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Wait, it was EMIL BOVE who was told about the Tom Homan investigation during the transition?!?!?
www.ms.now/news/border-...
www.ms.now/news/border-...
You don't hear much about a wide stance anymore
December 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
You don't hear much about a wide stance anymore
QUINCY
December 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
QUINCY