Father V. O'Blivion
@fatheroblivion.bsky.social
Traditional Wisconsin Progressive.
Of German, Belgian, and Ukrainian ancestry.
A devout follower of Saint Zaphod and Saint Alphonso.
Mostly harmless.
Tom Rush https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RkkUHP88pY&list=RD2RkkUHP88pY&start_radio=1
Panem et circenses.
Of German, Belgian, and Ukrainian ancestry.
A devout follower of Saint Zaphod and Saint Alphonso.
Mostly harmless.
Tom Rush https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RkkUHP88pY&list=RD2RkkUHP88pY&start_radio=1
Panem et circenses.
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Commented on this @nbcnews story on the chaos of the recent X location product rollout. As tempting as it is to dunk on the "United States" accounts posting from unexpected places, I would caution folks not to jump to conclusions. www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
X’s new location labels unmask users. Insiders say the idea was rejected for years.
A new feature meant to boost transparency on Elon Musk’s platform relies on data that researchers say can be inaccurate or easily spoofed.
www.nbcnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Commented on this @nbcnews story on the chaos of the recent X location product rollout. As tempting as it is to dunk on the "United States" accounts posting from unexpected places, I would caution folks not to jump to conclusions. www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
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Location data can be messy. It is a mix of VPNs, travelers, false positives, and yes—some bad actors. But an IP address alone is not proof of a foreign influence operation.
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Location data can be messy. It is a mix of VPNs, travelers, false positives, and yes—some bad actors. But an IP address alone is not proof of a foreign influence operation.
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"Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" was published in *1941.* People today do not have any conception of the level of ambient poverty, malnutrition, and just general backwardness that existed in the US prior to WWII. These are people who remember the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl.
November 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" was published in *1941.* People today do not have any conception of the level of ambient poverty, malnutrition, and just general backwardness that existed in the US prior to WWII. These are people who remember the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl.
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Oh dear,
When Country Music is Coming out with these lyrics, Republicans better watch out.
When Country Music is Coming out with these lyrics, Republicans better watch out.
November 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Oh dear,
When Country Music is Coming out with these lyrics, Republicans better watch out.
When Country Music is Coming out with these lyrics, Republicans better watch out.
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🇺🇸🤔 Irritated JD Vance and the Alternative Republican Position
‼️Now he accuses his Republican colleagues of ignoring U.S. domestic problems. He argues that they interfere with Trump’s attempts to “establish peace.”
Read more ⤵️
theukrainianreview.info/irritated-jd...
‼️Now he accuses his Republican colleagues of ignoring U.S. domestic problems. He argues that they interfere with Trump’s attempts to “establish peace.”
Read more ⤵️
theukrainianreview.info/irritated-jd...
Irritated JD Vance and the Alternative Republican Position
JD Vance has, from the beginning, pushed for stricter conditions on a peace plan. He also demands short deadlines for a peace deal. Now he accuses his Republica
theukrainianreview.info
November 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🇺🇸🤔 Irritated JD Vance and the Alternative Republican Position
‼️Now he accuses his Republican colleagues of ignoring U.S. domestic problems. He argues that they interfere with Trump’s attempts to “establish peace.”
Read more ⤵️
theukrainianreview.info/irritated-jd...
‼️Now he accuses his Republican colleagues of ignoring U.S. domestic problems. He argues that they interfere with Trump’s attempts to “establish peace.”
Read more ⤵️
theukrainianreview.info/irritated-jd...
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💥 Satellite images: destroyed A‑60, Il‑76, Beriev aircraft plant and furniture factory, - Radio Svoboda
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
💥 Satellite images: destroyed A‑60, Il‑76, Beriev aircraft plant and furniture factory, - Radio Svoboda
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🇺🇸🇺🇦 Negotiations between the US, Ukrainian and Russian delegations are ongoing in Abu Dhabi, — Axios
The Ukrainian team is headed by Budanov.
Negotiations were planned “on a different topic,” but the unexpected arrival of Driscoll there changed the situation.
The Ukrainian team is headed by Budanov.
Negotiations were planned “on a different topic,” but the unexpected arrival of Driscoll there changed the situation.
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🇺🇸🇺🇦 Negotiations between the US, Ukrainian and Russian delegations are ongoing in Abu Dhabi, — Axios
The Ukrainian team is headed by Budanov.
Negotiations were planned “on a different topic,” but the unexpected arrival of Driscoll there changed the situation.
The Ukrainian team is headed by Budanov.
Negotiations were planned “on a different topic,” but the unexpected arrival of Driscoll there changed the situation.
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💔 7 dead and 21 injured: emergency and rescue operations completed in Kyiv after Russian shelling, — State Emergency Service.
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
💔 7 dead and 21 injured: emergency and rescue operations completed in Kyiv after Russian shelling, — State Emergency Service.
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🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 US wants to sell weapons to EU even after war in Ukraine ends, - Whitaker
US ambassador to NATO said that the US must ensure that the European arms sales market can be preserved after the war in Ukraine ends.
US ambassador to NATO said that the US must ensure that the European arms sales market can be preserved after the war in Ukraine ends.
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 US wants to sell weapons to EU even after war in Ukraine ends, - Whitaker
US ambassador to NATO said that the US must ensure that the European arms sales market can be preserved after the war in Ukraine ends.
US ambassador to NATO said that the US must ensure that the European arms sales market can be preserved after the war in Ukraine ends.
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"The defense industrial base here in Europe cannot produce enough to supply Ukraine, and therefore the US has initiatives that I am working on personally," Whitaker said.
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"The defense industrial base here in Europe cannot produce enough to supply Ukraine, and therefore the US has initiatives that I am working on personally," Whitaker said.
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✈️💥 Confirmed: On the night of November 25, at the aircraft factory in Taganrog, the Defense Forces of Ukraine used drones to destroy an A-100LL flying laboratory based on an A-50EI aircraft, - Militarnyi
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
✈️💥 Confirmed: On the night of November 25, at the aircraft factory in Taganrog, the Defense Forces of Ukraine used drones to destroy an A-100LL flying laboratory based on an A-50EI aircraft, - Militarnyi
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🇨🇦🇺🇦 Zelensky: I had a good and important meeting with Canada’s Special Representative for the Reconstruction of Ukraine.
Key topics: Ukraine’s reconstruction, support in ensuring our energy resilience and restoring infrastructure.
We are counting on Canadian businesses' involvement.
Key topics: Ukraine’s reconstruction, support in ensuring our energy resilience and restoring infrastructure.
We are counting on Canadian businesses' involvement.
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
🇨🇦🇺🇦 Zelensky: I had a good and important meeting with Canada’s Special Representative for the Reconstruction of Ukraine.
Key topics: Ukraine’s reconstruction, support in ensuring our energy resilience and restoring infrastructure.
We are counting on Canadian businesses' involvement.
Key topics: Ukraine’s reconstruction, support in ensuring our energy resilience and restoring infrastructure.
We are counting on Canadian businesses' involvement.
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🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 Zelensky: USA is very active and Europe is very active, as are our other partners. Everyone has the same agenda, and only in Moscow does war against Ukraine remain their first priority.
Strikes like today confirm this. It is extremely important for all of us not to forget the real situation.
Strikes like today confirm this. It is extremely important for all of us not to forget the real situation.
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 Zelensky: USA is very active and Europe is very active, as are our other partners. Everyone has the same agenda, and only in Moscow does war against Ukraine remain their first priority.
Strikes like today confirm this. It is extremely important for all of us not to forget the real situation.
Strikes like today confirm this. It is extremely important for all of us not to forget the real situation.
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🤬 Footage of the enemy "shahed" being hit in the Central Park residential complex in the Pechersk district of Kyiv tonight
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
🤬 Footage of the enemy "shahed" being hit in the Central Park residential complex in the Pechersk district of Kyiv tonight
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🇸🇪🇺🇦 Sweden's military wants long-range cruise missiles able to strike targets deep inside other countries, a deterrent which the defence minister said was needed to match Russia's own long-range capabilities, - Reuters
Sweden wants weapon systems with a range of up to 2,000 km.
Sweden wants weapon systems with a range of up to 2,000 km.
November 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
🇸🇪🇺🇦 Sweden's military wants long-range cruise missiles able to strike targets deep inside other countries, a deterrent which the defence minister said was needed to match Russia's own long-range capabilities, - Reuters
Sweden wants weapon systems with a range of up to 2,000 km.
Sweden wants weapon systems with a range of up to 2,000 km.
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The draft dodging idiot posted a pic of this West Point plaque. It contains these words:
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The draft dodging idiot posted a pic of this West Point plaque. It contains these words:
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
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Retired 4-star Army General Barry McCaffrey said the Pentagon's threats to Sen. Mark Kelly are making the U.S. start to look like the government of North Korea.
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Retired 4-star Army General Barry McCaffrey said the Pentagon's threats to Sen. Mark Kelly are making the U.S. start to look like the government of North Korea.
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What do you think? 🤔🇺🇸🇺🇦
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
What do you think? 🤔🇺🇸🇺🇦
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On December 4, 2007, in the Usenet group “Friends of the Friendless,” someone wrote:
“Happy Friendsgiving Y’all!”
And that is the first recorded use of ‘Friendsgiving’ in print.
“Happy Friendsgiving Y’all!”
And that is the first recorded use of ‘Friendsgiving’ in print.
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
On December 4, 2007, in the Usenet group “Friends of the Friendless,” someone wrote:
“Happy Friendsgiving Y’all!”
And that is the first recorded use of ‘Friendsgiving’ in print.
“Happy Friendsgiving Y’all!”
And that is the first recorded use of ‘Friendsgiving’ in print.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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I'm wondering if Kegseth is hell-bent on going after Mark Kelly because he outranked him. Small men do that kind of thing.
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I'm wondering if Kegseth is hell-bent on going after Mark Kelly because he outranked him. Small men do that kind of thing.
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Mabel insisted on sitting with me when I got my haircut which hasn't happened since my grandma did the same thing when I was in kindergarten.
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Mabel insisted on sitting with me when I got my haircut which hasn't happened since my grandma did the same thing when I was in kindergarten.