Victoria Zunitch
@vickizun.bsky.social
Writer, Editor, Journalist
Science Recognizer
President Criticizer
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Science Recognizer
President Criticizer
In for a penny, in for a pound.
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Joyce Carol Oates currently leading authors in the 100-Words-Or-Fewer "Elon Musk Should Touch Grass" Essay Contest. Looking forward to reading the other entries.
NVM. Found it.
bsky.app/profile/itsj...
bsky.app/profile/itsj...
For reference. I might print this out and hang it in my house:
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Joyce Carol Oates currently leading authors in the 100-Words-Or-Fewer "Elon Musk Should Touch Grass" Essay Contest. Looking forward to reading the other entries.
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When she passes away, Oates is going to volunteer to go to hell so she can keep roasting Musk when he gets there.
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 AM
When she passes away, Oates is going to volunteer to go to hell so she can keep roasting Musk when he gets there.
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When Gore Vidal said the three most frightening words in the English language are “Joyce Carol Oates,” I don’t think he meant it as a prophecy, but that’s how it’s turned out for Elon Musk.
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
When Gore Vidal said the three most frightening words in the English language are “Joyce Carol Oates,” I don’t think he meant it as a prophecy, but that’s how it’s turned out for Elon Musk.
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“Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon Musk on his own app. Now he’s mad, and the memes are great.
Strange beef, but OK.”
mashable.com/article/elon...
Strange beef, but OK.”
mashable.com/article/elon...
Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon Musk. Now he’s mad online.
Elon Musk is beefing with Joyce Carol Oates on social media, and it's hilariously strange.
mashable.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 AM
“Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon Musk on his own app. Now he’s mad, and the memes are great.
Strange beef, but OK.”
mashable.com/article/elon...
Strange beef, but OK.”
mashable.com/article/elon...
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Joyce Carol Oates: Pretty odd that the richest man on earth doesn't have a favorite color
Elon Musk: Hey thumbs up if you like puce
Elon Musk: Hey thumbs up if you like puce
November 11, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Joyce Carol Oates: Pretty odd that the richest man on earth doesn't have a favorite color
Elon Musk: Hey thumbs up if you like puce
Elon Musk: Hey thumbs up if you like puce
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“Musk-Oates Beef” sounds like something RFK would recommend for breakfast
November 11, 2025 at 5:31 AM
“Musk-Oates Beef” sounds like something RFK would recommend for breakfast
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Joyce Carol Oates to Musk
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Joyce Carol Oates to Musk
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Today the Supreme Court granted review in an important case for the outcome of the 2026 elections. At stake is the fate of tens or even hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots. No one is covering this as completely as Democracy Docket. Please support its work by subscribing today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Today the Supreme Court granted review in an important case for the outcome of the 2026 elections. At stake is the fate of tens or even hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots. No one is covering this as completely as Democracy Docket. Please support its work by subscribing today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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November 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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I know, everybody should leave X, but I think an exception should be made solely for Joyce Carol Oates so she can keep wounding Musk's withered soul on his own site and he can't do a thing about it.
![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I know, everybody should leave X, but I think an exception should be made solely for Joyce Carol Oates so she can keep wounding Musk's withered soul on his own site and he can't do a thing about it.
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An explanation is required from @jay.bluesky.team
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 AM
An explanation is required from @jay.bluesky.team
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She is suspended from bsky, what the fuck???
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 AM
She is suspended from bsky, what the fuck???
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To be perfectly clear, this is a highly notable figure in literature of the social sciences, and should not be removed from any platform without due process and specific reasons for doing so. Bluesky should consider themselves blessed to have her.
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
To be perfectly clear, this is a highly notable figure in literature of the social sciences, and should not be removed from any platform without due process and specific reasons for doing so. Bluesky should consider themselves blessed to have her.
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In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
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as Howard Cosell once wittily observed about boxing, though it is equally applicable to politics: "You can't wash mud."
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
October 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
as Howard Cosell once wittily observed about boxing, though it is equally applicable to politics: "You can't wash mud."
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Yes, one of these 10,000 flights was mine; not sure if I will ever get home.
Total strangers talking together frightened of what T***p will do next to disrupt the lives of US citizens. We seem to have no protection against him. He doesn’t even care if he hurts people who’d voted for him now.
Total strangers talking together frightened of what T***p will do next to disrupt the lives of US citizens. We seem to have no protection against him. He doesn’t even care if he hurts people who’d voted for him now.
This and the airline industry lobbyists are what did it. Not Americans starving and paying twice as much for healthcare.
www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
More than 10,000 flights delayed in worst day of disruptions since shutdown
More than 2,800 flights were canceled Sunday, while Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy said the shutdown’s impact on airports is “only going to get worse.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Yes, one of these 10,000 flights was mine; not sure if I will ever get home.
Total strangers talking together frightened of what T***p will do next to disrupt the lives of US citizens. We seem to have no protection against him. He doesn’t even care if he hurts people who’d voted for him now.
Total strangers talking together frightened of what T***p will do next to disrupt the lives of US citizens. We seem to have no protection against him. He doesn’t even care if he hurts people who’d voted for him now.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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I think tonight shows why “moderate to win elections” is a real risk
the big divide in the Dem caucus, as many have noted, has been less moderate vs progressive than fight versus don’t fight
but it’s not a coincidence that basically everyone in the “don’t fight” camp is a moderate
the big divide in the Dem caucus, as many have noted, has been less moderate vs progressive than fight versus don’t fight
but it’s not a coincidence that basically everyone in the “don’t fight” camp is a moderate
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I think tonight shows why “moderate to win elections” is a real risk
the big divide in the Dem caucus, as many have noted, has been less moderate vs progressive than fight versus don’t fight
but it’s not a coincidence that basically everyone in the “don’t fight” camp is a moderate
the big divide in the Dem caucus, as many have noted, has been less moderate vs progressive than fight versus don’t fight
but it’s not a coincidence that basically everyone in the “don’t fight” camp is a moderate
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Kaine, who has experienced Long Covid, is abandoning those with Long Covid who have to work as contractors who are too sick to work full-time.
Rosen makes 7 Dem Caucus yes votes, joining ->
Cortez Masto
Shaheen
Hassan
Durbin
Kaine
King
If Fetterman is here and full GOP attendance minus Rand, gets to 60
Cortez Masto
Shaheen
Hassan
Durbin
Kaine
King
If Fetterman is here and full GOP attendance minus Rand, gets to 60
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Kaine, who has experienced Long Covid, is abandoning those with Long Covid who have to work as contractors who are too sick to work full-time.
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An agreement to agree to do a later vote is NOT an enforceable contract so what in the actual hell are Americans getting out of this deal??
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
An agreement to agree to do a later vote is NOT an enforceable contract so what in the actual hell are Americans getting out of this deal??
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I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really
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Agree.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Agree.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
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And I'll say it again:
If we had believed children and women, none of this would be happening.
He'd be in jail, and she'd be President.
If we had believed children and women, none of this would be happening.
He'd be in jail, and she'd be President.
November 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
And I'll say it again:
If we had believed children and women, none of this would be happening.
He'd be in jail, and she'd be President.
If we had believed children and women, none of this would be happening.
He'd be in jail, and she'd be President.