Victoria Waters
@vicwat.bsky.social
Brit 🇬🇧 living in Germany 🇩🇪. Ardent remainer. Loves dogs and running for fun. Fully paid-up member of the Guardian reading wokerati anti-growth alliance. Dislikes tofu.
Nailed it
There are only three political positions in America today
1) I like the fascism
2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc)
3) I oppose the fascism
The rest is details
1) I like the fascism
2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc)
3) I oppose the fascism
The rest is details
June 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Nailed it
A powerful and important watch. “There is no such thing as an unsinkable ship”.
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
Video: Opinion | We Study Fascism, and We’re Leaving the U.S.
The decision by these three Yale professors to move to Canada is both a warning and a call to action.
www.nytimes.com
June 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
A powerful and important watch. “There is no such thing as an unsinkable ship”.
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
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once again I must tap my own sign
June 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
once again I must tap my own sign
One step away from the Hunger Games. Kristi Noem as presenter in fatigues? Grotesque.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump officials reportedly consider TV gameshow with US citizenship as prize
Homeland security department reviewing ‘out-of-the-box’ pitch in which immigrants would compete for citizenship
www.theguardian.com
May 17, 2025 at 6:42 AM
One step away from the Hunger Games. Kristi Noem as presenter in fatigues? Grotesque.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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My daughter asked me what I use to play on the iPad as a kid. I told her, I use to talk into a fan to sound like a robot.
April 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
My daughter asked me what I use to play on the iPad as a kid. I told her, I use to talk into a fan to sound like a robot.
Embarrassing is the only word
Wearing a bright blue suit, texting, and then sleeping at Pope Francis’s funeral. What an embarrassing mess.
April 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Embarrassing is the only word
Truly appalling behaviour from a Member of Congress. What a disgrace.
This is an elected representative, ladies and gentlemen.
Nancy Mace Has Unhinged Meltdown After Voter Asks Her About Town Halls In Bonkers Video
An elected representative, ladies and gentlemen.
www.comicsands.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Truly appalling behaviour from a Member of Congress. What a disgrace.
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Clause 39, Magna Carta, June 1215
“The past is never dead. It's not even past"
William Faulkner
“The past is never dead. It's not even past"
William Faulkner
April 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Clause 39, Magna Carta, June 1215
“The past is never dead. It's not even past"
William Faulkner
“The past is never dead. It's not even past"
William Faulkner
Exactly this. Actual astronauts.
Maybe we should honor the women who were real astronauts.
From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.
From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.
April 19, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Exactly this. Actual astronauts.
It’s even worse than it looks when you read the utter vacuous nonsense they spouted.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What’s more vacuous than an endless vacuum? It’s Lauren Sánchez and Katy Perry’s party in space | Marina Hyde
The all-female Blue Origin flight on Monday broke boundaries and set records in the spouting of girlboss gibberish, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
April 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
It’s even worse than it looks when you read the utter vacuous nonsense they spouted.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A beautiful piece of writing.
I can just about imagine the profoundness (and sadness) of his experience.
I can just about imagine the profoundness (and sadness) of his experience.
Seeing as some rich people went up in a rocket for a coffee break, I thought it was a good opportunity to repost William Shatner’s reflections on the experience; I genuinely think it is one of the most powerful pieces of environmental writing that I’ve read. variety.com/2022/tv/news...
William Shatner: My Trip to Space Filled Me With ‘Overwhelming Sadness’ (EXCLUSIVE)
In an excerpt from William Shatner's new book, 'Boldly Go,' the 'Star Trek' actor reflects on his voyage into space on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space shuttle on Oct. 13, 2021.
variety.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A beautiful piece of writing.
I can just about imagine the profoundness (and sadness) of his experience.
I can just about imagine the profoundness (and sadness) of his experience.
Thanks @susiedent.com On point as always!
Word of the day is ‘bugiard’ (17th century): one who distorts the truth beyond all recognition to fit their own agenda.
April 16, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Thanks @susiedent.com On point as always!
It has happened before and it’s happening again
I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
April 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM
It has happened before and it’s happening again
Every American should read this and pay attention
"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
State Terror
A brief guide for Americans
snyder.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Every American should read this and pay attention
Anyone interested in the supernatural - believer or sceptic - who hasn’t listened to this yet, you should!
Pleased to say that my 8 part, real-life supernatural thriller THE WITCH FARM will be repeated on BBC Radio 4- starting this evening with Episode 1 at 23.00. All the episodes on
@bbcsounds
Perfect spooks for those new to the Uncannyverse! If you have already heard it, dare you listen again?👻👻👻
@bbcsounds
Perfect spooks for those new to the Uncannyverse! If you have already heard it, dare you listen again?👻👻👻
April 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Anyone interested in the supernatural - believer or sceptic - who hasn’t listened to this yet, you should!
Scary stufff
April 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Scary stufff
Another outrage in the making…
The acting head of the Internal Revenue Service resigned after the Treasury Department and Homeland Security reached an agreement to share tax data from some immigrants living in the country without legal status.
(via @wbur.org)
(via @wbur.org)
'Federal government will be damaged': Former IRS official on plan to share immigrant data with ICE
The acting head of the Internal Revenue Service resigned after the Treasury Department and Homeland Security reached an agreement to share tax data from some immigrants living in the country without l...
www.wbur.org
April 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Another outrage in the making…
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Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford on her victory, and to the people of Wisconsin for electing a judge who believes in the rule of law and protecting our freedoms.
April 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford on her victory, and to the people of Wisconsin for electing a judge who believes in the rule of law and protecting our freedoms.
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May today hold beautiful moments for you. Good morning Blue Sky
March 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
May today hold beautiful moments for you. Good morning Blue Sky
Gobsmackingly shocking.
powerful detailed account of ICE captivity
"To put things into perspective: I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family and even politicians advocating for me...Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"To put things into perspective: I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family and even politicians advocating for me...Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Gobsmackingly shocking.
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I remember it being unpleasant & a lot less fudge-y.
March 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I remember it being unpleasant & a lot less fudge-y.
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Donold is now classifying protests at Tesla dealerships as ‘domestic terrorism.’
Protest at a Tesla dealership and you get arrested as a terrorist.
But attack the Capitol and you get a pardon.
Protest at a Tesla dealership and you get arrested as a terrorist.
But attack the Capitol and you get a pardon.
March 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Donold is now classifying protests at Tesla dealerships as ‘domestic terrorism.’
Protest at a Tesla dealership and you get arrested as a terrorist.
But attack the Capitol and you get a pardon.
Protest at a Tesla dealership and you get arrested as a terrorist.
But attack the Capitol and you get a pardon.
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Quite the sight after a few years of such deeply partisan politics
March 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Quite the sight after a few years of such deeply partisan politics