VierLeger
@vierleger.bsky.social
Against my better judgment, I am posting. I collect conspiracy theories • I like historical fencing (but not for suspect reasons)
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if you're a Democratic leader in a blue state you're often Democrat by default rather than conviction *and* you often came up through dysfunctional, long-standing institutions. If you're in a red state you're much more likely to be a fighter and reformer.
January 6, 2026 at 8:13 PM
if you're a Democratic leader in a blue state you're often Democrat by default rather than conviction *and* you often came up through dysfunctional, long-standing institutions. If you're in a red state you're much more likely to be a fighter and reformer.
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I still have to use Windows for some things and it seems to be just about every day now I'm seeing complaints about it sucking in new ways. So here's a little list of tools I use to make Windows not suck by debloating virtually everything out of it that makes it bad and making it more usable. 🧵
January 6, 2026 at 7:10 PM
I still have to use Windows for some things and it seems to be just about every day now I'm seeing complaints about it sucking in new ways. So here's a little list of tools I use to make Windows not suck by debloating virtually everything out of it that makes it bad and making it more usable. 🧵
trying to disconnect and touch grass because everything is so stupid lately, but failing because I am also stupid
January 5, 2026 at 10:04 PM
trying to disconnect and touch grass because everything is so stupid lately, but failing because I am also stupid
It is very cool to see Karl essentially go all-in on Schmitt’s ideas about friend-enemy distinction and then have this characterized as “leftism” as though he doesn’t just wear politics as a costume to hide his constantly ballooning self-regard
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 AM
It is very cool to see Karl essentially go all-in on Schmitt’s ideas about friend-enemy distinction and then have this characterized as “leftism” as though he doesn’t just wear politics as a costume to hide his constantly ballooning self-regard
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Please root your masculinity in something other than dominance over others, Part 744
January 3, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Please root your masculinity in something other than dominance over others, Part 744
If we are going to do this whole circulation of elites thing can we at least circulate them faster? In a big centrifuge, for example, or that thing they put astronauts in.
So much of American history is just impulsive and extremely stupid elites, who don't believe in consequences because they have never personally experienced them, doing highly consequential stuff because they're bored or believe it might make them richer. I guess a lot of our culture, too.
January 3, 2026 at 7:55 PM
If we are going to do this whole circulation of elites thing can we at least circulate them faster? In a big centrifuge, for example, or that thing they put astronauts in.
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So much of American history is just impulsive and extremely stupid elites, who don't believe in consequences because they have never personally experienced them, doing highly consequential stuff because they're bored or believe it might make them richer. I guess a lot of our culture, too.
January 3, 2026 at 7:22 PM
So much of American history is just impulsive and extremely stupid elites, who don't believe in consequences because they have never personally experienced them, doing highly consequential stuff because they're bored or believe it might make them richer. I guess a lot of our culture, too.
It's me. I'm Neil Liberalism.
not to take a break from whatever i'm doing today that's probably cool and normal to dunk on this idiot and literal academic fraud but this is just accelerationism
January 3, 2026 at 7:39 PM
It's me. I'm Neil Liberalism.
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GOP Rep under a Dem administration: “The president attempting to appoint a moderate Republican as SCOTUS judge instead of a federalist society hack is a Marxist ploy to destroy liberty”
Hakeem Jeffries: Trump is an avatar of the American spirit. Please include us in the fascism next time sir
Hakeem Jeffries: Trump is an avatar of the American spirit. Please include us in the fascism next time sir
January 3, 2026 at 6:32 PM
GOP Rep under a Dem administration: “The president attempting to appoint a moderate Republican as SCOTUS judge instead of a federalist society hack is a Marxist ploy to destroy liberty”
Hakeem Jeffries: Trump is an avatar of the American spirit. Please include us in the fascism next time sir
Hakeem Jeffries: Trump is an avatar of the American spirit. Please include us in the fascism next time sir
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As always, tsk tsking about not following the rules, but legitimizing and justifying the act.
January 3, 2026 at 6:09 PM
As always, tsk tsking about not following the rules, but legitimizing and justifying the act.
Starting to feel like the medicalization of deviance can maybe sometimes be good, possibly.
January 3, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Starting to feel like the medicalization of deviance can maybe sometimes be good, possibly.
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Great (terrible) news (predictions), everyone, I've updated my awful blog with a post designed to make you, personally, feel very bad.
This is a relatively breezy overview of things to worry about in 2026 mostly related to the election, so check it out!
nocellara.beehiiv.com/p/2026-threa...
This is a relatively breezy overview of things to worry about in 2026 mostly related to the election, so check it out!
nocellara.beehiiv.com/p/2026-threa...
2026 Threat Roadmap
Elections, autocracy, memes, and AI loom over a long row to hoe.
nocellara.beehiiv.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Great (terrible) news (predictions), everyone, I've updated my awful blog with a post designed to make you, personally, feel very bad.
This is a relatively breezy overview of things to worry about in 2026 mostly related to the election, so check it out!
nocellara.beehiiv.com/p/2026-threa...
This is a relatively breezy overview of things to worry about in 2026 mostly related to the election, so check it out!
nocellara.beehiiv.com/p/2026-threa...
Two grammar schools and this poor sexagenarian still needs help parsing sentences
January 2, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Two grammar schools and this poor sexagenarian still needs help parsing sentences
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So much of current popular online history discourse is really just an aesthetic exercise urging us to reconsider modernity, by people who think homeschooling their kids in Latin would magically unlock the ability to interpret both cuneiform and the Almagest
January 2, 2026 at 12:49 PM
So much of current popular online history discourse is really just an aesthetic exercise urging us to reconsider modernity, by people who think homeschooling their kids in Latin would magically unlock the ability to interpret both cuneiform and the Almagest
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Cuomo was *supposed* to win and to set the stage for dozens of shitty editorials about how America had moved on.
January 2, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Cuomo was *supposed* to win and to set the stage for dozens of shitty editorials about how America had moved on.
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Most of the derangement about Mamdani is for the obvious reasons but part of it is also that a surprising amount of people were committed to the Cuomo rehabilitation project because they hated the idea that anything could have consequences for men of the right class.
January 2, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Most of the derangement about Mamdani is for the obvious reasons but part of it is also that a surprising amount of people were committed to the Cuomo rehabilitation project because they hated the idea that anything could have consequences for men of the right class.
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The fascist radicalization pipeline makes a lot more sense when you stop believing what fascists write about how they were radicalized.
December 31, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The fascist radicalization pipeline makes a lot more sense when you stop believing what fascists write about how they were radicalized.
Doing self-suck in public used to be illegal.
The perfect Yglesias post: declaring “billionaires are good, actually,” as if it was some bold, counterintuitive take.
December 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Doing self-suck in public used to be illegal.
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When you need to create content to draw people to your overpriced drop shipping supplements but you are avoiding any mention of the Epstein or Trump.
December 28, 2025 at 3:50 AM
When you need to create content to draw people to your overpriced drop shipping supplements but you are avoiding any mention of the Epstein or Trump.
“Talked to God. He actually told me I should be a bigger shitbag, would you believe it.”
Tommy Robinson says he found Jesus in prison. Churches disagree about how to respond
Tommy Robinson says he found Jesus in prison. Churches disagree about how to respond
C of E faces dilemma as far right claims Christianity to push agenda that often clashes with gospel message
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
“Talked to God. He actually told me I should be a bigger shitbag, would you believe it.”
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ICE’s occupation in Memphis, the largest Black-majority city in the country, has reshaped daily life, keeping kids out of school and parents from work, turning grocery shopping into a mission that risks one’s family being torn apart.
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
ICE’s occupation in Memphis, the largest Black-majority city in the country, has reshaped daily life, keeping kids out of school and parents from work, turning grocery shopping into a mission that risks one’s family being torn apart.
Also I saw an OKC bombing conspiracy theory in the wild today and feel like I time traveled back to 2007.
December 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Also I saw an OKC bombing conspiracy theory in the wild today and feel like I time traveled back to 2007.
the basement goop from the new knives out looks like it tastes good, melted mint chocolate chip ice cream vibes
December 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
the basement goop from the new knives out looks like it tastes good, melted mint chocolate chip ice cream vibes
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