VanVelding
@vanvelding.bsky.social
I sometimes make things on the internet. Battletech. Star Trek. US politics. Video games.
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If Patrick Stewart as Professor X dies in Doomsday, that means he’s died onscreen in 5 out of 9 movie appearances, which I actually think is very funny. I mean, Picard only died the one time and came back.
January 8, 2026 at 5:48 AM
If Patrick Stewart as Professor X dies in Doomsday, that means he’s died onscreen in 5 out of 9 movie appearances, which I actually think is very funny. I mean, Picard only died the one time and came back.
Still baffled someone thought, "This show takes place a thousand years after the latest Star Trek series. Of course they would venerate the name of Lieutenant Died on an Away Mission."
That is stupid. Having Nog on this list as a Lieutenant is lowkey infuriating.
That is stupid. Having Nog on this list as a Lieutenant is lowkey infuriating.
January 8, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Still baffled someone thought, "This show takes place a thousand years after the latest Star Trek series. Of course they would venerate the name of Lieutenant Died on an Away Mission."
That is stupid. Having Nog on this list as a Lieutenant is lowkey infuriating.
That is stupid. Having Nog on this list as a Lieutenant is lowkey infuriating.
Another good one. The Third Doctor maintains his spot just behind Nine, Ten, and Four. Also, a special award for "best episode with a speech about womens' lib that ends with a woman having her ear twisted like a child."
youtu.be/36jgmJEYptI
youtu.be/36jgmJEYptI
The Monster of Peladon | FULL EPISODES | Season 11 | Doctor Who: Classic
YouTube video by Doctor Who: Classic | FULL EPISODES
youtu.be
January 8, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Another good one. The Third Doctor maintains his spot just behind Nine, Ten, and Four. Also, a special award for "best episode with a speech about womens' lib that ends with a woman having her ear twisted like a child."
youtu.be/36jgmJEYptI
youtu.be/36jgmJEYptI
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ICE Vows To Restore Order Using Whatever Force Unnecessary
January 7, 2026 at 9:30 PM
ICE Vows To Restore Order Using Whatever Force Unnecessary
Nestle is gonna steal your kid and make him VP.
January 7, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Nestle is gonna steal your kid and make him VP.
Disappointing how quick these external walls are going up after YEARS of procrastination.
January 7, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Disappointing how quick these external walls are going up after YEARS of procrastination.
Oh right. I like playing Minecraft.
January 7, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Oh right. I like playing Minecraft.
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this is how every outlet should refer to X
January 6, 2026 at 5:11 PM
this is how every outlet should refer to X
Uh, MY Robin Hood is a sexy animated fox so this all seems weird. /s
(The movie looks okay.)
(The movie looks okay.)
January 6, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Uh, MY Robin Hood is a sexy animated fox so this all seems weird. /s
(The movie looks okay.)
(The movie looks okay.)
They're "trash collectors," not trash "hunter-gatherers."
I just learned someone took trash out of our can and threw it into a vacant lot 3 houses down.
Why trash is so hard when trash should be simple?
I just learned someone took trash out of our can and threw it into a vacant lot 3 houses down.
Why trash is so hard when trash should be simple?
January 6, 2026 at 3:34 PM
They're "trash collectors," not trash "hunter-gatherers."
I just learned someone took trash out of our can and threw it into a vacant lot 3 houses down.
Why trash is so hard when trash should be simple?
I just learned someone took trash out of our can and threw it into a vacant lot 3 houses down.
Why trash is so hard when trash should be simple?
Magneto: "...death comes for us all."
Old Patrick Stewart voice: "I got bettah!"
Old Patrick Stewart voice: "I got bettah!"
January 6, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Magneto: "...death comes for us all."
Old Patrick Stewart voice: "I got bettah!"
Old Patrick Stewart voice: "I got bettah!"
Oh. So it's gonna be BAD-bad.
January 6, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Oh. So it's gonna be BAD-bad.
Pips #142 Hard 🔴
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January 6, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Pips #142 Hard 🔴
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A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
January 6, 2026 at 12:40 PM
A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
Not a great episode, but a banger line and one that's relevant just now.
January 6, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Not a great episode, but a banger line and one that's relevant just now.
"The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common: they don't alter their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views."
-The Doctor
youtu.be/7EfqxJaROiU?...
-The Doctor
youtu.be/7EfqxJaROiU?...
The Face of Evil | FULL EPISODES | Season 14 | Doctor Who: Classic
YouTube video by Doctor Who: Classic | FULL EPISODES
youtu.be
January 6, 2026 at 2:54 AM
"The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common: they don't alter their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views."
-The Doctor
youtu.be/7EfqxJaROiU?...
-The Doctor
youtu.be/7EfqxJaROiU?...
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Spot the difference: Iraq vs. Venezuela
January 5, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Spot the difference: Iraq vs. Venezuela
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I wrote section 230 to protect user speech, not a company's own speech. I've long said AI chatbot outputs are not protected by 230 and that it is not a close call. Given that the Trump administration is going to the mat to protect pedophiles, states should step in to hold Musk and X accountable.
I am not a Section 230 expert but being that Twitter is creating and publishing these photos I wonder if they actually have any civil legal protection? @kenwhite.bsky.social ? @akivamcohen.bsky.social ?
What X is allowing Grok to do is unlawful or regulatory-illegal in multiple jurisdictions, creates clear DSA violations, and continues despite regulator scrutiny. The images do not need to be pornographic, non-consensual sexualised or intimate depictions are enough.
January 5, 2026 at 11:10 PM
I wrote section 230 to protect user speech, not a company's own speech. I've long said AI chatbot outputs are not protected by 230 and that it is not a close call. Given that the Trump administration is going to the mat to protect pedophiles, states should step in to hold Musk and X accountable.
Me: I live in a city. This is unacceptable.
The egret in the road who doesn't care that I'm honking at him:
The egret in the road who doesn't care that I'm honking at him:
January 5, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Me: I live in a city. This is unacceptable.
The egret in the road who doesn't care that I'm honking at him:
The egret in the road who doesn't care that I'm honking at him:
It's pretty good, yeah.
January 5, 2026 at 9:18 PM
It's pretty good, yeah.
I am sick of nerds glazing Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's "In the Pale Moonlight" simply because it's an edgy, poorly-written episode about Garak being cool as fuck.
January 5, 2026 at 5:14 AM
I am sick of nerds glazing Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's "In the Pale Moonlight" simply because it's an edgy, poorly-written episode about Garak being cool as fuck.
Who fucking cares that the Romulans, rational actors who are pursuing their own ends, are manipulated to help our goals? Why not throw the Praetor into a Federation prison? If we have the POWER and we're RIGHT, we can force other nations to do whatever we want. And mebbe cry about it after.
a bald man in a red shirt and black vest says i think i can live with it
Alt: Captain Sisko, says, "I think I can live with it."
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January 5, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Who fucking cares that the Romulans, rational actors who are pursuing their own ends, are manipulated to help our goals? Why not throw the Praetor into a Federation prison? If we have the POWER and we're RIGHT, we can force other nations to do whatever we want. And mebbe cry about it after.
It's the same kind of television that's conditioned us into believing that a little bit of remorse or turmoil on the behalf of a character who does something bad is the same as a negative consequence or that there's always an immediate karmic result.
January 5, 2026 at 5:09 AM
It's the same kind of television that's conditioned us into believing that a little bit of remorse or turmoil on the behalf of a character who does something bad is the same as a negative consequence or that there's always an immediate karmic result.
Television's impulse is always to provide a story whose actions, and consequences, are immediate. Even in a episodic story like DS9 with pretensions to serialization, the consequences of Sisko manipulating the Romulans into the Dominion War are never explored. There are none.
January 5, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Television's impulse is always to provide a story whose actions, and consequences, are immediate. Even in a episodic story like DS9 with pretensions to serialization, the consequences of Sisko manipulating the Romulans into the Dominion War are never explored. There are none.