Reconstructionist
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What is Double Victory
Welcome to an Alternative Future and a Changed Past
www.victoryvignettes.com
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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ICE has completely broken our social contract.
They manipulate social trust and are creating lasting damage to our most basic social foundations
They manipulate social trust and are creating lasting damage to our most basic social foundations
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 14, 2026 at 10:55 PM
ICE has completely broken our social contract.
They manipulate social trust and are creating lasting damage to our most basic social foundations
They manipulate social trust and are creating lasting damage to our most basic social foundations
also i think the dude with the PIAT might be wearing only a turban, its hard to tell from the clip but it doesn't look like a Brodie helmet
February 15, 2026 at 12:02 AM
also i think the dude with the PIAT might be wearing only a turban, its hard to tell from the clip but it doesn't look like a Brodie helmet
AAAAHHHHH
So our BGs think the 20th century was defined by small arms…we’re gonna lose the next war bad.
February 15, 2026 at 12:00 AM
AAAAHHHHH
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Degenerate gamblers is putting it kindly.
The only goal in the antebellum south was to be a planter. Every enterprise, all learning and skills, were acquired in the effort to become a planter.
Despite this, they were all terrible at running plantations with no-cost labor. Nigh universally in debt.
The only goal in the antebellum south was to be a planter. Every enterprise, all learning and skills, were acquired in the effort to become a planter.
Despite this, they were all terrible at running plantations with no-cost labor. Nigh universally in debt.
"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 10:20 PM
Degenerate gamblers is putting it kindly.
The only goal in the antebellum south was to be a planter. Every enterprise, all learning and skills, were acquired in the effort to become a planter.
Despite this, they were all terrible at running plantations with no-cost labor. Nigh universally in debt.
The only goal in the antebellum south was to be a planter. Every enterprise, all learning and skills, were acquired in the effort to become a planter.
Despite this, they were all terrible at running plantations with no-cost labor. Nigh universally in debt.
interesting
Just in time for discourse bait, Harris is leading the Focaldata primary poll that came out
First choice: Harris 39%, Newsom 21%, AOC 10%, Pete and Shapiro 7%
But the most interesting part is the RCV
First choice: Harris 39%, Newsom 21%, AOC 10%, Pete and Shapiro 7%
But the most interesting part is the RCV
February 14, 2026 at 11:43 PM
interesting
An aside idk how anyone uses Grindr. The few times I've used it, the UI has been genuinely incomprehensible. It honestly looks like malware or a cheap porn site
February 14, 2026 at 11:18 PM
An aside idk how anyone uses Grindr. The few times I've used it, the UI has been genuinely incomprehensible. It honestly looks like malware or a cheap porn site
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waow, you’re telling me the Archivist of the United States doesn’t run a tight ship in the NSC staff??
February 14, 2026 at 11:15 PM
waow, you’re telling me the Archivist of the United States doesn’t run a tight ship in the NSC staff??
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Kennedy only being at -4 is just so bleak.
Net favorability of how Americans view
Trump: -18
Hegseth: -15
Vance: -14
Rubio: -10
RFK Jr: -4
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Trump: -18
Hegseth: -15
Vance: -14
Rubio: -10
RFK Jr: -4
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
How Americans view key members of the Trump administration
A 58% majority say they have an unfavorable view of President Donald Trump, and 40% have a favorable view.
www.pewresearch.org
February 14, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Kennedy only being at -4 is just so bleak.
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i've got so many bottles on my vanity that its looking like Bev Aikins moved in with me
got even more Rx and now i'm in a new and interest phase of miserable (fuck up ear and awful cough)
Welp third visit to urgent care time
February 14, 2026 at 8:29 PM
i've got so many bottles on my vanity that its looking like Bev Aikins moved in with me
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I always like to tell this story but during WWII, a 23 year old PHD mathematician from Harvard was able to solve the 8th Air Force’s gunnery problem in like 2 months without spending a day in the military (turns out you have to lead your target)
Hegseth to US military: if you get into MIT, we won't let you attend because of the risk that you will be exposed to ideas hostile to MAGA when you study there.
February 14, 2026 at 10:06 PM
I always like to tell this story but during WWII, a 23 year old PHD mathematician from Harvard was able to solve the 8th Air Force’s gunnery problem in like 2 months without spending a day in the military (turns out you have to lead your target)
What an odd way to say that first sentence
February 14, 2026 at 10:28 PM
What an odd way to say that first sentence
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"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 2:28 PM
"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
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slavery is one of the rare things historically where the more you learn about it the more you realize your initial assessment was correct and it was in fact one of the most evil things ever to occur
Physically incapable of analyzing politics outside of this insipid frame.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
slavery is one of the rare things historically where the more you learn about it the more you realize your initial assessment was correct and it was in fact one of the most evil things ever to occur
i've got so many bottles on my vanity that its looking like Bev Aikins moved in with me
got even more Rx and now i'm in a new and interest phase of miserable (fuck up ear and awful cough)
Welp third visit to urgent care time
February 14, 2026 at 8:29 PM
i've got so many bottles on my vanity that its looking like Bev Aikins moved in with me
got even more Rx and now i'm in a new and interest phase of miserable (fuck up ear and awful cough)
Welp third visit to urgent care time
February 14, 2026 at 8:27 PM
got even more Rx and now i'm in a new and interest phase of miserable (fuck up ear and awful cough)
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white dudes in Callaway hats doing this are a five alarm fire for the GOP
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 7:08 PM
white dudes in Callaway hats doing this are a five alarm fire for the GOP
... what
I was so impressed with this story about measles in the Atlantic -- the depth of reporting it would take to weave in all these details so fluidly.
Turns out, it was a work of fiction. She researched the effects of measles, but lots of fiction writers do research. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-...
Turns out, it was a work of fiction. She researched the effects of measles, but lots of fiction writers do research. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-...
The Atlantic’s Elizabeth Bruenig on her “hypothetical,” heavily reported measles essay
"We were attracted to the idea of providing a play-by-play of the progression of measles in granular detail."
www.niemanlab.org
February 14, 2026 at 6:37 PM
... what
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oh my god
I was so impressed with this story about measles in the Atlantic -- the depth of reporting it would take to weave in all these details so fluidly.
Turns out, it was a work of fiction. She researched the effects of measles, but lots of fiction writers do research. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-...
Turns out, it was a work of fiction. She researched the effects of measles, but lots of fiction writers do research. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-...
The Atlantic’s Elizabeth Bruenig on her “hypothetical,” heavily reported measles essay
"We were attracted to the idea of providing a play-by-play of the progression of measles in granular detail."
www.niemanlab.org
February 14, 2026 at 6:17 PM
oh my god
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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 12:51 PM
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.
*looks at camera*
February 14, 2026 at 6:22 PM
*looks at camera*
Well I think I know what I need to buy my brother for his birthday
February 14, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Well I think I know what I need to buy my brother for his birthday
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Yes. This is it. Some people believe their politics; other people adopt politics as an excuse to hurt other people for fun and tell themselves it’s for a good cause and they can’t be blamed.
The internet has let all the people in the latter group find each other and make better rationalizations.
The internet has let all the people in the latter group find each other and make better rationalizations.
I often think the real ideological divide online is not really ideology by whether politics exists as a permission structure for behaviour or not
February 14, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Yes. This is it. Some people believe their politics; other people adopt politics as an excuse to hurt other people for fun and tell themselves it’s for a good cause and they can’t be blamed.
The internet has let all the people in the latter group find each other and make better rationalizations.
The internet has let all the people in the latter group find each other and make better rationalizations.
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it’s not too hard to understand the distinction between “that’s not who we are (aspirational)” and “that’s not who we are (historical)” especially when the latter is often worst-case historical; see also Langston Hughes on America
notice that in the video quoted here the person who said he is engaging in protest for the first time in his life says, with emotion, “that’s not who we are,” in reference to ICE terrorizing grade schoolers.
think about this person every time you see someone scolding someone else for saying that
think about this person every time you see someone scolding someone else for saying that
In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
February 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
it’s not too hard to understand the distinction between “that’s not who we are (aspirational)” and “that’s not who we are (historical)” especially when the latter is often worst-case historical; see also Langston Hughes on America
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In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 5:07 PM
In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
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It’s always Deutsche Bank.
A newly unsealed FBI interview shows an entire Deutsche Bank staff team internally tried to cut ties with Jeffrey Epstein in 2015, after seeing wires to young women. One compliance officer says she was later pushed out and fired after raising the issue. Management kept the accounts open.
February 14, 2026 at 5:58 PM
It’s always Deutsche Bank.