vortmax
@vortmax81.bsky.social
he/him
Authentic Southern Hospitality from the Heart of Arkansas
I ain't the "tolerant left" you're looking for
I'm too old for this shit.
Neurodivergent disaster
Stairs, house, protected, etc
America delenda est
Authentic Southern Hospitality from the Heart of Arkansas
I ain't the "tolerant left" you're looking for
I'm too old for this shit.
Neurodivergent disaster
Stairs, house, protected, etc
America delenda est
Pinned
Bless your heart - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bless_y...
"Bless your heart" is a phrase common to the Southern United States. The phrase has multiple meanings and is used to express [...] condescension, derision, or contempt.
"Bless your heart" is a phrase common to the Southern United States. The phrase has multiple meanings and is used to express [...] condescension, derision, or contempt.
I said I was going to avoid doomscrolling today, which has been *mostly* successful, but I have not posted any videos I like. So I'll start with this one. Yes, it's three hours. But it's an opera singer who analyzes vocal performances watching Rocky Horror for the very first time and it's *amazing*.
I've Never Seen Rocky Horror Picture Show Before, And Y'all Get To Watch It w/ Me For The First Time
YouTube video by The Charismatic Voice
www.youtube.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:35 AM
I said I was going to avoid doomscrolling today, which has been *mostly* successful, but I have not posted any videos I like. So I'll start with this one. Yes, it's three hours. But it's an opera singer who analyzes vocal performances watching Rocky Horror for the very first time and it's *amazing*.
Can't believe it took me until yesterday to set up a Proton Mail account
January 18, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Can't believe it took me until yesterday to set up a Proton Mail account
Holy shit this won all kinds of awards how did I not hear of it before Dan Olson posted about it???
Expedition 33 is kinda weird in that your characters are constantly running around splattered with gore as they hang out with the cast of Jim Henson’s Labyrinth.
January 18, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Holy shit this won all kinds of awards how did I not hear of it before Dan Olson posted about it???
No it's not radiation stop saying it radiation oh my god you don't understand how radiation works (but Kyle Hill does)
[NEW VIDEO] An update on the dogs we take care of in Chernobyl, featuring brand new photos and videos: youtu.be/vd9j_4xtZTk?...
Chernobyl’s Viral “Blue Dogs” Explained
YouTube video by Kyle Hill
youtu.be
January 18, 2026 at 9:44 PM
No it's not radiation stop saying it radiation oh my god you don't understand how radiation works (but Kyle Hill does)
I said no doomscrolling today, so here I present some positive news.
fwiw these are unionized hotels and their local sent a formal request to employers not to accept ICE bookings or allow ICE to use their facilities www.facebook.com/share/p/1aV9...
ICE agents at a hotel in St. Paul woke up this morning to news that they’re getting kicked out of their hotel today at noon.
January 18, 2026 at 9:43 PM
I said no doomscrolling today, so here I present some positive news.
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Hahaha I just crusted all your Uncrustables, you said it couldn’t be done but I did it!!
January 18, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Hahaha I just crusted all your Uncrustables, you said it couldn’t be done but I did it!!
Tomorrow I shall spend the day *not* doomscrolling and instead posting videos I find enjoyable. I hope you will find them pleasant.
January 18, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Tomorrow I shall spend the day *not* doomscrolling and instead posting videos I find enjoyable. I hope you will find them pleasant.
SAY IT LOUDER
Abigail Spanberger was told to throw trans youth under the bus during her campaign. She refused to do so.
She won the election by 15 percent. A dominant victory. A landslide.
She was just sworn-in as the 75th Governor of Virginia, the first woman to lead the state.
She won the election by 15 percent. A dominant victory. A landslide.
She was just sworn-in as the 75th Governor of Virginia, the first woman to lead the state.
January 18, 2026 at 1:54 AM
SAY IT LOUDER
Turns out the future *is* made of virtual insanity
Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity (Official Video)
YouTube video by JamiroquaiVEVO
www.youtube.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Turns out the future *is* made of virtual insanity
California needs to secede anyway.
More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
January 17, 2026 at 11:47 PM
California needs to secede anyway.
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Yeah, it's already well-documented on Wikipedia, including Simon's talk page. Rosenberg not only demonstrates a feeble understanding of how Wikipedia works, but he tries to pull rank on an earnest editor: "[Y]ou acting way outside of your authority right now."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_ta...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_ta...
![In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See
Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.
Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Badbluebus (talk) 21:30, 29 January 2025 (UTC) [reply]
Content you added was copied from another website, and thus was a violation of Wikipedia's copyright policy. Please don't
add copyright material to Wikipedia. Diannaa (talk) 21:47, 30 January 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
Friend, we need to have a conversation about what you took down from my page. It is literally just my official bio, and everything I put down were things I had done, from my own life. There is no conflict of interest. I am literally stunned that it is possible for someone to override my own description of my own life as this my page. SimonWDC (talk) 19:01, 13 March 2025 (UTC) [ reply ]
You have a wp:Conflict of interest; you should not be editing Simon Rosenberg. Please use a p:Edit request; see wp:Simple conflict of interest edit request. The page Simon Rosenberg is about you, but it is not yours, it's Wikimedia's. Just like this Atlantic article ' is Atlantic's. Adakiko (talk) 19:34, 13 March 2025 (UTC) [reply ]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qtxlb5qhfuxkendfdzqm3h3f/bafkreihqurwsjyx46kenlegdk3qe3bn73abyhng2caf3hpn6xd6lo33boq@jpeg)
![March 2025 [edit]
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i Hello, I'm Adakiko. I wanted to let you know that one or more external links you added to Simon Rosenberg have been removed because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. Take a look at our guidelines about external links. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Adakiko (talk)
19:28, 13 March 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
• Don't add links such as [https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/ Hopium Chronicles]. That is considered p:Spam. The source following your change "...shuttered NDN in March 2024" is dated February 2023. So the source does not support your edit. See help:referencing for beginners. Adakiko (talk) 19:28, 13 March 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
I shut the organization down in March 2023 and moved my work to a new Substack Hopium Chronicles. This is not something that is in dispute. Please put it back. ou acting way outside of your authority right now, and spreading false and wrong information that I have tried to correct. SimonWDC (talk) 22:46, 13 March 2025 (UTC) [reply 1
So, you undid all of my changes, which all attempted to correct mistakes and omissions that were there? SimonWDC (talk) 22:47, 13 March 2025 (UTC) [reply ]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qtxlb5qhfuxkendfdzqm3h3f/bafkreihtab5vmhir6tkvlovqqn7eimylcgwzwxdnvueb7c4vdbc5l6obja@jpeg)
April 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Yeah, it's already well-documented on Wikipedia, including Simon's talk page. Rosenberg not only demonstrates a feeble understanding of how Wikipedia works, but he tries to pull rank on an earnest editor: "[Y]ou acting way outside of your authority right now."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_ta...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_ta...
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I caught Dem consultant Simon Rosenberg (the "hopium" guy) editing incriminating stuff from his own Wikipedia page. He's also too old and too rich for that kind of amateur hour horseshit! It's both hilarious and sad. bsky.app/profile/inep...
Holy shit. Simon Rosenberg, the longtime Dem lobbyist for Silicon Valley, has been trying to edit his own Wikipedia page under the user handle SimonWDC. Specifically, on March 13, 2025, he tried to delete this politically damaging paragraph from his biography:
April 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I caught Dem consultant Simon Rosenberg (the "hopium" guy) editing incriminating stuff from his own Wikipedia page. He's also too old and too rich for that kind of amateur hour horseshit! It's both hilarious and sad. bsky.app/profile/inep...
A thing of beauty and a joy forever
He gave a bunch of Nazi salutes and out came the super soakers (pic from Mpls subreddit)
January 17, 2026 at 11:24 PM
A thing of beauty and a joy forever
Always be [s]punching[/s] throwing water on Nazis in sub-freezing weather
January 17, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Always be [s]punching[/s] throwing water on Nazis in sub-freezing weather
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Simon gets really tetchy when you point out his origin story, too. In fact, he was caught trying to take those paragraphs out of his own Wikipedia page, in violation of Wikipedia ethics rules.
bsky.app/profile/inep...
bsky.app/profile/inep...
I caught Dem consultant Simon Rosenberg (the "hopium" guy) editing incriminating stuff from his own Wikipedia page. He's also too old and too rich for that kind of amateur hour horseshit! It's both hilarious and sad. bsky.app/profile/inep...
Holy shit. Simon Rosenberg, the longtime Dem lobbyist for Silicon Valley, has been trying to edit his own Wikipedia page under the user handle SimonWDC. Specifically, on March 13, 2025, he tried to delete this politically damaging paragraph from his biography:
January 17, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Simon gets really tetchy when you point out his origin story, too. In fact, he was caught trying to take those paragraphs out of his own Wikipedia page, in violation of Wikipedia ethics rules.
bsky.app/profile/inep...
bsky.app/profile/inep...
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Abolish ICE? No, reform ICE! Also, don't prosecute people in the Epstein Files. Retrain their penises!
January 17, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Abolish ICE? No, reform ICE! Also, don't prosecute people in the Epstein Files. Retrain their penises!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bless_y...
"Bless your heart" is a phrase common to the Southern United States. The phrase has multiple meanings and is used to express [...] condescension, derision, or contempt.
"Bless your heart" is a phrase common to the Southern United States. The phrase has multiple meanings and is used to express [...] condescension, derision, or contempt.
Bless your heart - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 17, 2026 at 11:19 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bless_y...
"Bless your heart" is a phrase common to the Southern United States. The phrase has multiple meanings and is used to express [...] condescension, derision, or contempt.
"Bless your heart" is a phrase common to the Southern United States. The phrase has multiple meanings and is used to express [...] condescension, derision, or contempt.
My favorite people who attract accounts to block in the comments:
@frankconniff.bsky.social
@billcorbett.bsky.social
@techconnectify.bsky.social
@frankconniff.bsky.social
@billcorbett.bsky.social
@techconnectify.bsky.social
January 17, 2026 at 10:42 PM
My favorite people who attract accounts to block in the comments:
@frankconniff.bsky.social
@billcorbett.bsky.social
@techconnectify.bsky.social
@frankconniff.bsky.social
@billcorbett.bsky.social
@techconnectify.bsky.social
Boeing Knew About Flaws in UPS Plane That Crashed in Louisville, N.T.S.B. Says
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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The study as leaked — no maternal screening, impossible endpoints, 7,000 unvaccinated infants — appears to be dead. Whatever emerges will be a different trial. That’s what sustained international pressure can do.
Great reporting by @melodyschreiber.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Great reporting by @melodyschreiber.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled
$1.6m project drew outrage over ethical questions about withholding vaccines proven to prevent disease
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:39 PM
The study as leaked — no maternal screening, impossible endpoints, 7,000 unvaccinated infants — appears to be dead. Whatever emerges will be a different trial. That’s what sustained international pressure can do.
Great reporting by @melodyschreiber.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Great reporting by @melodyschreiber.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Interesting concept, but hiding it behind a paywall is entirely unhelpful.
New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Interesting concept, but hiding it behind a paywall is entirely unhelpful.
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I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
January 9, 2026 at 4:20 AM
I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
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Absolutely BEAUTIFUL work here:
ice.0x0.boo
It's a tracker for the number of blocks. They're averaging about 200/minute right now. 🤣
ice.0x0.boo
It's a tracker for the number of blocks. They're averaging about 200/minute right now. 🤣
January 17, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL work here:
ice.0x0.boo
It's a tracker for the number of blocks. They're averaging about 200/minute right now. 🤣
ice.0x0.boo
It's a tracker for the number of blocks. They're averaging about 200/minute right now. 🤣
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Anyone who has been in an abusive relationship recognizes the "Look what you made me do!/Fighting back will only make it worse for you!" logic that runs through all of these admonishments.
January 16, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Anyone who has been in an abusive relationship recognizes the "Look what you made me do!/Fighting back will only make it worse for you!" logic that runs through all of these admonishments.
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It happened to this lucky man and it could happen to you! Anyone can become a Publishers Clearing House winner!
January 16, 2026 at 5:09 PM
It happened to this lucky man and it could happen to you! Anyone can become a Publishers Clearing House winner!