The Silvs
@thesilvs.bsky.social
Escaped from Twitter. Here to mainly post stuff about politics and The X-Files (if interested, you can check out Virtual Season 12 at virtualseasons.x-sites.org)
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Reminder - Mark Kelly is a space hero who believes in the #StarTrek vision of Gene Roddenberry trekmovie.com/2017/01/27/i...
INTERVIEW – Astronaut Mark Kelly Discusses Role Deciding Inaugural Roddenberry Foundation Prize
Commander Kelly and his fellow judges will be awarding five prizes totaling $1 million dollars to individuals and/or companies that are trying to make the world a better place in February.
trekmovie.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Reminder - Mark Kelly is a space hero who believes in the #StarTrek vision of Gene Roddenberry trekmovie.com/2017/01/27/i...
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"The Blessing Way" (1995.09.22)
S03|E01|3X01
Director: R.W. Goodwin
Writer: Chris Carter
Director of Photography: John S. Bartley
Art Director: Graeme Murray
#XFiles #TheXFiles
S03|E01|3X01
Director: R.W. Goodwin
Writer: Chris Carter
Director of Photography: John S. Bartley
Art Director: Graeme Murray
#XFiles #TheXFiles
November 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"The Blessing Way" (1995.09.22)
S03|E01|3X01
Director: R.W. Goodwin
Writer: Chris Carter
Director of Photography: John S. Bartley
Art Director: Graeme Murray
#XFiles #TheXFiles
S03|E01|3X01
Director: R.W. Goodwin
Writer: Chris Carter
Director of Photography: John S. Bartley
Art Director: Graeme Murray
#XFiles #TheXFiles
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NEWS: The criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James are gone. A federal judge ruled that the appointment of Lindsey Halligan as the lead prosecutor was illegal.
DOJ could try again, but there are other headwinds.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
DOJ could try again, but there are other headwinds.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
NEWS: The criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James are gone. A federal judge ruled that the appointment of Lindsey Halligan as the lead prosecutor was illegal.
DOJ could try again, but there are other headwinds.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
DOJ could try again, but there are other headwinds.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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"Anasazi" (1995.05.19)
S02|E25|2X25
Director: R.W. Goodwin
Writer: Chris Carter | David Duchovny
Director of Photography: John S. Bartley
Art Director: Graeme Murray
#XFiles #TheXFiles
S02|E25|2X25
Director: R.W. Goodwin
Writer: Chris Carter | David Duchovny
Director of Photography: John S. Bartley
Art Director: Graeme Murray
#XFiles #TheXFiles
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"Anasazi" (1995.05.19)
S02|E25|2X25
Director: R.W. Goodwin
Writer: Chris Carter | David Duchovny
Director of Photography: John S. Bartley
Art Director: Graeme Murray
#XFiles #TheXFiles
S02|E25|2X25
Director: R.W. Goodwin
Writer: Chris Carter | David Duchovny
Director of Photography: John S. Bartley
Art Director: Graeme Murray
#XFiles #TheXFiles
Courtesy of @kyouryokusenshi.bsky.social
X-Files Panel Monster Mania Con 2025
YouTube video by Kyouryoku Senshi
m.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Courtesy of @kyouryokusenshi.bsky.social
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The extremely mentally ill President of the United States just posted this on his money losing garbage Truth Social app.
November 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The extremely mentally ill President of the United States just posted this on his money losing garbage Truth Social app.
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thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
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This is…brilliant.
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This is…brilliant.
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No, Biden was not "like" Trump in a y way shape or form, Senator Slotkin, including and especially in his prudent and effective economic policies, which Trump has upended.
Slotkin: "He's trying to distract us from the big stories of last week, the Epstein files and economy. He's tweeting 'the economy is the best it's ever been' -- amazing considering the public isn't stupid. It reminded me of Joe Biden. Biden tried to tell us for a year that the economy was great."
November 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
No, Biden was not "like" Trump in a y way shape or form, Senator Slotkin, including and especially in his prudent and effective economic policies, which Trump has upended.
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The X-Files 2026 Wall Calendars have landed and they turned out great! I'll be shipping these out to folks this week. In the meantime, here's a special look at the calendar... 90s style.
November 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The X-Files 2026 Wall Calendars have landed and they turned out great! I'll be shipping these out to folks this week. In the meantime, here's a special look at the calendar... 90s style.
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My daughter's take on #TheXFiles #XFiles 😍
November 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
My daughter's take on #TheXFiles #XFiles 😍
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Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
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Doggett, Reyes, and Scully back together again! Robert Patrick shared photos of his reunion with Annabeth Gish and Gillian Anderson at Monster-Mania Con in Philadelphia! www.instagram.com/p/DRX4s3dD4I... #TheXFiles
November 23, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Doggett, Reyes, and Scully back together again! Robert Patrick shared photos of his reunion with Annabeth Gish and Gillian Anderson at Monster-Mania Con in Philadelphia! www.instagram.com/p/DRX4s3dD4I... #TheXFiles
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The US government has done a great many things, many of them in the decade or two after JFK, that rightly caused a sharp decline in public trust. But they didn't kill JFK and they didn't do anything to cover up or obfuscate who had killed JFK.
November 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The US government has done a great many things, many of them in the decade or two after JFK, that rightly caused a sharp decline in public trust. But they didn't kill JFK and they didn't do anything to cover up or obfuscate who had killed JFK.
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Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin said her home was targeted by a bomb threat on Friday night, prompting Michigan State Police to search the property. No explosives were found.
November 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin said her home was targeted by a bomb threat on Friday night, prompting Michigan State Police to search the property. No explosives were found.
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The baseline
Mayors: very unpopular
State legislators: somewhat popular
Governors: very popular
Members of Congress: somewhat popular (locally), very unpopular (nationally)
President: very unpopular
Mayors: very unpopular
State legislators: somewhat popular
Governors: very popular
Members of Congress: somewhat popular (locally), very unpopular (nationally)
President: very unpopular
November 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The baseline
Mayors: very unpopular
State legislators: somewhat popular
Governors: very popular
Members of Congress: somewhat popular (locally), very unpopular (nationally)
President: very unpopular
Mayors: very unpopular
State legislators: somewhat popular
Governors: very popular
Members of Congress: somewhat popular (locally), very unpopular (nationally)
President: very unpopular
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Every 2-4 years, a bunch of left-wing populists have the brilliant thought “Hey, what if people’s resentment of social minorities is actually just sublimated resentment for capitalist elites?” and then we get to spend 2-4 years once again learning that no, it’s very much the reverse
November 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Every 2-4 years, a bunch of left-wing populists have the brilliant thought “Hey, what if people’s resentment of social minorities is actually just sublimated resentment for capitalist elites?” and then we get to spend 2-4 years once again learning that no, it’s very much the reverse
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So Bezos is in them too then?
The Washington Post editorial board decided the Epstein files have “no public interest” before even seeing them. That’s a stunning position for any newsroom to take. Praising Clay Higgins as the lone ‘no’ vote, too? No wonder no one trusts legacy media. Absolutely disgusting.
November 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
So Bezos is in them too then?
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He meets with Mamdani one time and immediately tries to step his swag up
November 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
He meets with Mamdani one time and immediately tries to step his swag up
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If you're on this website get used to unhinged depressed people in your menchies trying to demoralize you
The deranged response to this makes me despair. There are so many educated, politically engaged people who are averse to thinking systematically. If you support LGBTQ rights, it is better, all else being equal, for the state to also support them.
I hate this sort of meme.
“The only difference between the parties is whether the power to destroy human civilization rests in the hands of leaders who think gays, women, and black people should have their rights acknowledged.”
Even if true, how is Rainbow B-52 not infinitely preferable?
“The only difference between the parties is whether the power to destroy human civilization rests in the hands of leaders who think gays, women, and black people should have their rights acknowledged.”
Even if true, how is Rainbow B-52 not infinitely preferable?
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
If you're on this website get used to unhinged depressed people in your menchies trying to demoralize you
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“The worst ten day period *so far*!”
November 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“The worst ten day period *so far*!”
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We have a word for people whose chief political commitment is antipathy to Democrats: “Republicans”
That meeting has so many people on here revealing that they don’t actually hate Trump and the Republican Party. It’s wild.
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
We have a word for people whose chief political commitment is antipathy to Democrats: “Republicans”
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Trump is incapable of resisting charm, (male) charisma, and - most importantly - celebrity. He has an unquenchable desire to be near it, has been chasing it his whole life.
That's mostly it. Forget all the "He's a populist!" bullshit from both the centrist commentariat and the anti-liberal Left.
That's mostly it. Forget all the "He's a populist!" bullshit from both the centrist commentariat and the anti-liberal Left.
Every article by a 'savvy' political analyst reads like a focus group transcript with a low-information voter.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
November 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Trump is incapable of resisting charm, (male) charisma, and - most importantly - celebrity. He has an unquenchable desire to be near it, has been chasing it his whole life.
That's mostly it. Forget all the "He's a populist!" bullshit from both the centrist commentariat and the anti-liberal Left.
That's mostly it. Forget all the "He's a populist!" bullshit from both the centrist commentariat and the anti-liberal Left.
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I find it eternally frustrating: Trump’s behavior is just the product of some very transparent, very disordered inner psychology. But for some reason that psychology is mostly taboo in the realm of political commentary; we have to pretend he has “beliefs” and “policy goals.” I assure you he does not
November 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I find it eternally frustrating: Trump’s behavior is just the product of some very transparent, very disordered inner psychology. But for some reason that psychology is mostly taboo in the realm of political commentary; we have to pretend he has “beliefs” and “policy goals.” I assure you he does not
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He senses Mamdani is important and popular among a large group of people; Mamdani was nice to Trump; therefore Trump is nice to Mamdani. Kim Jong Un did the same thing
November 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
He senses Mamdani is important and popular among a large group of people; Mamdani was nice to Trump; therefore Trump is nice to Mamdani. Kim Jong Un did the same thing