The Masked Tortilla
@vtlozano.bsky.social
Writer. 59. AF kid. Pub/Corp librarian. Sysadmin @ UT In ATX (‘83-‘24) A new life in PDX w Alyssa.
Ages 14-18: 60 miles daily bw a cotton town of 600 & a bougie Cath high in Corpus. Escaped to local segregated graveyard, read “Time” mags. Remember it all
Ages 14-18: 60 miles daily bw a cotton town of 600 & a bougie Cath high in Corpus. Escaped to local segregated graveyard, read “Time” mags. Remember it all
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ProPublica’s @andykroll.bsky.social spent months chronicling Russ Vought’s rise from the Senate mailroom to one of the most influential players in the current Trump administration, where he has tried to fulfill his desire to put federal workers “in trauma.”
Russell Vought: The Shadow President
YouTube video by ProPublica
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November 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
ProPublica’s @andykroll.bsky.social spent months chronicling Russ Vought’s rise from the Senate mailroom to one of the most influential players in the current Trump administration, where he has tried to fulfill his desire to put federal workers “in trauma.”
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We are all in trauma. 😳
ProPublica’s @andykroll.bsky.social spent months chronicling Russ Vought’s rise from the Senate mailroom to one of the most influential players in the current Trump administration, where he has tried to fulfill his desire to put federal workers “in trauma.”
Russell Vought: The Shadow President
YouTube video by ProPublica
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
We are all in trauma. 😳
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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“The Department of Homeland Security spent $220M but has kept at least one beneficiary of the nine-figure ad deal a secret, records and interviews show: a Republican consulting firm with long-standing personal and business ties to Kristi Noem and her senior aides at DHS.”
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“The Department of Homeland Security spent $220M but has kept at least one beneficiary of the nine-figure ad deal a secret, records and interviews show: a Republican consulting firm with long-standing personal and business ties to Kristi Noem and her senior aides at DHS.”
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Sen. Schiff: "Alex Padilla, on the ground, face to the ground, and in handcuffs — if you were looking for an image of our democracy in handcuffs, look no further."
June 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Sen. Schiff: "Alex Padilla, on the ground, face to the ground, and in handcuffs — if you were looking for an image of our democracy in handcuffs, look no further."
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Fear has a way of being contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
April 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Fear has a way of being contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
Palate cleanser. Portland spring. #pdxspring
April 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Palate cleanser. Portland spring. #pdxspring
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Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
February 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
Palate cleanser. A study in reds and rhymes.
February 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Palate cleanser. A study in reds and rhymes.
Palate cleanser.
February 12, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Palate cleanser.
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“These times demand our attention, yes. But they also require our emotional discipline. That means not allowing ourselves to be outraged by every single intolerable action of Trump and his regime…” www.americaamerica.news/p/how-are-yo...
How Are You Managing the Trump Overload?
A Saturday prompt
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February 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
“These times demand our attention, yes. But they also require our emotional discipline. That means not allowing ourselves to be outraged by every single intolerable action of Trump and his regime…” www.americaamerica.news/p/how-are-yo...
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In a sentence never before uttered by humans, I am delighted to share that an alligator stole my conservation instructor’s hat by jauntily walking into the water while wearing it 🐊
February 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
In a sentence never before uttered by humans, I am delighted to share that an alligator stole my conservation instructor’s hat by jauntily walking into the water while wearing it 🐊
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WIRED is tracking numerous reports of Musk-related shenanigans across the federal govt.
We're looking for fed employees open to discussing the activity they're seeing or to help confirm other reports. Anonymity offered.
Please use @signal.org (contact dell.3030). Do not use work networks/devices.
We're looking for fed employees open to discussing the activity they're seeing or to help confirm other reports. Anonymity offered.
Please use @signal.org (contact dell.3030). Do not use work networks/devices.
February 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
WIRED is tracking numerous reports of Musk-related shenanigans across the federal govt.
We're looking for fed employees open to discussing the activity they're seeing or to help confirm other reports. Anonymity offered.
Please use @signal.org (contact dell.3030). Do not use work networks/devices.
We're looking for fed employees open to discussing the activity they're seeing or to help confirm other reports. Anonymity offered.
Please use @signal.org (contact dell.3030). Do not use work networks/devices.
A late afternoon still life.
February 3, 2025 at 2:42 AM
A late afternoon still life.
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but when you watch Casablanca, you're rooting *for* Humphrey Bogart.
February 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but when you watch Casablanca, you're rooting *for* Humphrey Bogart.
January 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Palate cleanser.
January 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Palate cleanser.
Palette cleanser. A sunny winter afternoon walk in Portland, Oregon.
January 19, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Palette cleanser. A sunny winter afternoon walk in Portland, Oregon.
What I forgot to add about my last post: I tend to believe that this ejaculation of violence will last on the shorter rather than the longer side. Because: 80-year-old man already hollowed out by anger. The rest is how quickly all of the other erections around him Grow soft.
This, I firmly believe.
This, I firmly believe.
January 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
What I forgot to add about my last post: I tend to believe that this ejaculation of violence will last on the shorter rather than the longer side. Because: 80-year-old man already hollowed out by anger. The rest is how quickly all of the other erections around him Grow soft.
This, I firmly believe.
This, I firmly believe.
Here is my prediction for the next two years:
one. There will be a brief spurt of violence. And real damage. And real consequences to those who resist the incoming administration.
Two. It will be the world’s shortest ejaculation of violence. Or maybe not. Because:
one. There will be a brief spurt of violence. And real damage. And real consequences to those who resist the incoming administration.
Two. It will be the world’s shortest ejaculation of violence. Or maybe not. Because:
January 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Here is my prediction for the next two years:
one. There will be a brief spurt of violence. And real damage. And real consequences to those who resist the incoming administration.
Two. It will be the world’s shortest ejaculation of violence. Or maybe not. Because:
one. There will be a brief spurt of violence. And real damage. And real consequences to those who resist the incoming administration.
Two. It will be the world’s shortest ejaculation of violence. Or maybe not. Because:
Like Jack Handy I believe: there is hope.
There is hope because as our battery technologies, get more efficient and smaller, so will people.
People will get physically smaller.
And our collective carbon footprint will shrink to that of a circle of laughing lawn gnomes in Portland, Oregon.
There is hope because as our battery technologies, get more efficient and smaller, so will people.
People will get physically smaller.
And our collective carbon footprint will shrink to that of a circle of laughing lawn gnomes in Portland, Oregon.
January 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Like Jack Handy I believe: there is hope.
There is hope because as our battery technologies, get more efficient and smaller, so will people.
People will get physically smaller.
And our collective carbon footprint will shrink to that of a circle of laughing lawn gnomes in Portland, Oregon.
There is hope because as our battery technologies, get more efficient and smaller, so will people.
People will get physically smaller.
And our collective carbon footprint will shrink to that of a circle of laughing lawn gnomes in Portland, Oregon.
Drake. You smooth clown. Stay in Canada and help protect it.
January 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Drake. You smooth clown. Stay in Canada and help protect it.
Friends still on IG and Facebook:
If my accts appear to still be there till mid Feb, it’s bc Meta offers users who want to quit the final bullshit of processing acct wipes f an entire month.
They offer dopamine addicted users for one more chance at a hit.
If my accts appear to still be there till mid Feb, it’s bc Meta offers users who want to quit the final bullshit of processing acct wipes f an entire month.
They offer dopamine addicted users for one more chance at a hit.
January 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Friends still on IG and Facebook:
If my accts appear to still be there till mid Feb, it’s bc Meta offers users who want to quit the final bullshit of processing acct wipes f an entire month.
They offer dopamine addicted users for one more chance at a hit.
If my accts appear to still be there till mid Feb, it’s bc Meta offers users who want to quit the final bullshit of processing acct wipes f an entire month.
They offer dopamine addicted users for one more chance at a hit.