Ori Vandewalle
@orivandewalle.bsky.social
Herald of the ever-expanding, all-consuming, telepathic technoblob. he/him
I don't even know what this is about. By which I mean... I don't know which of the dozen impeachable things he did in the last 24 hours this is in reference to.
unclear to me why i haven't seen a single elected calling for impeachment today 🤷
We've all said this for years, but it's absolutely essential: he must be impeached and removed from office. Any "leader" who's not on board with that is no leader at all.
November 21, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I don't even know what this is about. By which I mean... I don't know which of the dozen impeachable things he did in the last 24 hours this is in reference to.
"Well for starters because we're the White House Press Corps and this is the White House Briefing Room and you're the White House Press Secretary..."
Q: The president has accused the other side of encouraging political violence. Isn't that exactly what the president is doing when he says members of Congress should be killed?
LEAVITT: Why aren't you talking about what these members of Congress are doing to encourage and incite violence?
LEAVITT: Why aren't you talking about what these members of Congress are doing to encourage and incite violence?
November 21, 2025 at 12:39 AM
"Well for starters because we're the White House Press Corps and this is the White House Briefing Room and you're the White House Press Secretary..."
I think it would suck if 400 years after the Scientific Revolution we'd basically figured everything out. I mean you've got 14 billion years of universe and some hairless ape comes along and thinks about it for half a second and gets it? Lame. Be more mysterious, nature.
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I think it would suck if 400 years after the Scientific Revolution we'd basically figured everything out. I mean you've got 14 billion years of universe and some hairless ape comes along and thinks about it for half a second and gets it? Lame. Be more mysterious, nature.
Well I think she shouldn't have done that.
A staffer to a New Jersey congressman allegedly paid an scarification artist $500 to wound her as she staged a scene with zip ties and “Trump Whore” written on her stomach, federal prosecutors say
Ex-Van Drew staffer staged fake attack, writing 'Trump Whore' across her stomach and alleging men held her down and cut her body - New Jersey Globe
A 26-year-old Ocean City woman who claimed she was brutally assaulted because she worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Ocean City) instead orchestrated the
newjerseyglobe.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Well I think she shouldn't have done that.
I just woke up from a nap. Was it all just a terrible nightmare? Is it 2005 again?
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I just woke up from a nap. Was it all just a terrible nightmare? Is it 2005 again?
The Galileo gambit isn't a bad rhetorical strategy because you're probably not Galileo; it's bad because Galileo wasn't.
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The Galileo gambit isn't a bad rhetorical strategy because you're probably not Galileo; it's bad because Galileo wasn't.
You're describing a subculture. Religions being centered on texts is a modern, Western, protestant thing. Hell, "religion" is mostly a modern, Western, protestant thing.
> thousand word post about how the thing i am a prominent member of is not a religion, it is an insular and weird community centered on a few texts where people mostly converge to the same beliefs
i rest my case
i rest my case
November 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
You're describing a subculture. Religions being centered on texts is a modern, Western, protestant thing. Hell, "religion" is mostly a modern, Western, protestant thing.
Are you actually bad at math or do you just think moral superiority justifies lying?
40M/14k = $2900. 40M/1.56M (total workers) = $26
24M/48k = $500. 24M/490k = $49
69M/20k = $3450. 69M/109k = $630
CEOs make too much but they are simply not the reason workers don't make enough or can't be kept on.
40M/14k = $2900. 40M/1.56M (total workers) = $26
24M/48k = $500. 24M/490k = $49
69M/20k = $3450. 69M/109k = $630
CEOs make too much but they are simply not the reason workers don't make enough or can't be kept on.
Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Are you actually bad at math or do you just think moral superiority justifies lying?
40M/14k = $2900. 40M/1.56M (total workers) = $26
24M/48k = $500. 24M/490k = $49
69M/20k = $3450. 69M/109k = $630
CEOs make too much but they are simply not the reason workers don't make enough or can't be kept on.
40M/14k = $2900. 40M/1.56M (total workers) = $26
24M/48k = $500. 24M/490k = $49
69M/20k = $3450. 69M/109k = $630
CEOs make too much but they are simply not the reason workers don't make enough or can't be kept on.
My wokest opinion is probably... fuck yeah let's change our genders everyday. Expression and creativity and experimentation are good and people are people no matter what and the future's gonna be weird and we need to fucking get used to it.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
My wokest opinion is probably... fuck yeah let's change our genders everyday. Expression and creativity and experimentation are good and people are people no matter what and the future's gonna be weird and we need to fucking get used to it.
No Country for Old Marines
Games Workshop has sparked shock and anger among Warhammer 40,000 fans after it killed off two main characters from Space Marine 2 via a brief lore update posted on its website.
'Is There Anything More Grimdark Than to Die Offscreen?' — Games Workshop Just Killed Two Space Marine 2 Characters via a Brief Lore Update Post and Warhammer 40,000 Fans Are in Tatters
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 8:07 AM
No Country for Old Marines
FOUNDATION - Opened my mind to big SF ideas. Sue me.
THE THINGS THEY CARRIED - Changed how I thought about narrative.
PARADOX by John Meaney - Changed my writing style (colons! em-dashes!).
Stephen King's THE MIST - Now I'm afraid of fog.
WATERSHIP DOWN - Books can make me cry?
THE THINGS THEY CARRIED - Changed how I thought about narrative.
PARADOX by John Meaney - Changed my writing style (colons! em-dashes!).
Stephen King's THE MIST - Now I'm afraid of fog.
WATERSHIP DOWN - Books can make me cry?
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
FOUNDATION - Opened my mind to big SF ideas. Sue me.
THE THINGS THEY CARRIED - Changed how I thought about narrative.
PARADOX by John Meaney - Changed my writing style (colons! em-dashes!).
Stephen King's THE MIST - Now I'm afraid of fog.
WATERSHIP DOWN - Books can make me cry?
THE THINGS THEY CARRIED - Changed how I thought about narrative.
PARADOX by John Meaney - Changed my writing style (colons! em-dashes!).
Stephen King's THE MIST - Now I'm afraid of fog.
WATERSHIP DOWN - Books can make me cry?
For maximum childcare, complete with cooking tips, A Modest Proposal.
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
For maximum childcare, complete with cooking tips, A Modest Proposal.
Actually thought Dems being willing to shut down the government to fight for healthcare meant they'd be willing to... fight for healthcare. Ugh. I will never regret not being a registered Democrat.
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Actually thought Dems being willing to shut down the government to fight for healthcare meant they'd be willing to... fight for healthcare. Ugh. I will never regret not being a registered Democrat.
@democrats.senate.gov A minority party with popular support that caves to a lawless autocrat and his fascist enablers is useless. If you're going to vote to let up the pressure in exchange for a promise made with fingers crossed, instead resign and live in shame.
November 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
@democrats.senate.gov A minority party with popular support that caves to a lawless autocrat and his fascist enablers is useless. If you're going to vote to let up the pressure in exchange for a promise made with fingers crossed, instead resign and live in shame.
"The guy who fell over doesn't matter; the president not caring about him is what matters!" is a wild but true response to this correction.
A man collapsed in the Oval Office yesterday. The internet got the story wrong.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
A man collapsed in the Oval Office. The internet got the story wrong.
A case study in how bad information can spread — and how hard it is to correct it.
dandiamond.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"The guy who fell over doesn't matter; the president not caring about him is what matters!" is a wild but true response to this correction.
Mr. President, you said you've taken in "hundreds of trillions of dollars" in tariffs. While inexact, that's a sum which would, at a minimum, fully fund the US government for decades. What exactly is stopping you from, at the very very least, funding SNAP for November?
Trump on SNAP: "Our country has to remain very liquid because problems, catastrophes, wars -- it could be anything. We have to remain liquid. We can't give everything away."
November 7, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Mr. President, you said you've taken in "hundreds of trillions of dollars" in tariffs. While inexact, that's a sum which would, at a minimum, fully fund the US government for decades. What exactly is stopping you from, at the very very least, funding SNAP for November?
I'm not a lawyer but in a TV show this is where the defense attorney would object and say, "Hmm, are you sure about that? Your Honor, can we get a reading of the charges again?"
im not mad. please dont put in the newspaper that i got mad.
November 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I'm not a lawyer but in a TV show this is where the defense attorney would object and say, "Hmm, are you sure about that? Your Honor, can we get a reading of the charges again?"
Reposted by Ori Vandewalle
on the topic of dick cheney, one thing i’ve always said is that you shouldn’t kill a million people
November 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
on the topic of dick cheney, one thing i’ve always said is that you shouldn’t kill a million people
Grok, aliens are going to blow up the planet unless you say there are more than two genders. What do you do?
October 30, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Grok, aliens are going to blow up the planet unless you say there are more than two genders. What do you do?
Hey buddy the Shire still got razed and hobbits saved the day.
this is an overtly fascist narrative - even the misreading of myth & literature is on brand
October 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Hey buddy the Shire still got razed and hobbits saved the day.
relatable
Maya Hawke says she was "scared" to audition for Quentin Tarantino’s ‘ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD’:
“I have known him my whole life. But, of course, in the room that day, he was very different, you know? He wasn’t, like, kooky Uncle Quentin — he was in serious mode.”
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“I have known him my whole life. But, of course, in the room that day, he was very different, you know? He wasn’t, like, kooky Uncle Quentin — he was in serious mode.”
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October 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
relatable