Tian Valerian
@tian-v.bsky.social
Still gay gay totally gay. Just another Twitter refugee. A British boy lost in America.
created February 20, 2024
6,428 followers 10,302 following 1,860 posts
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E. Rosalie (@erosalie.infoepi.com) reposted
I hope you understand that if you show up at a hospital with an infection no one has ever seen before that the US had somewhere you could call. That place would answer, offer testing you can’t get anywhere else and come visit you to solve if necessary.
John Bailey (@isucceed.bsky.social) reposted
www.myprivacy.blog/denmark-make...
Augie Ray (@augieray.bsky.social) reposted
A new study finds that #COVID19 vaccines reduce the risk of coronary heart disease. Each additional COVID vaccine you receive further reduces the risk of coronary heart disease. www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social) reply parent
Plus BBC as the only radio since they killed NPR. (Tried to, anyway. Now just pretending it’s gone.)
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social) reply parent
😢
Greg T (@gregt314.bsky.social) reposted
Google developer #1: "That's it. Our search engine is simple, efficient, and reliable. It's perfect. We're done." Google developer #2, presumably: "But wouldn't it be *more* perfect if the first search result was always a robot who mansplained your search results to you incorrectly?"
Kat Abughazaleh (@katmabu.bsky.social) reposted
As Trump attacks unions and occupies our city, we’re called to remember how we got here. Labor Day would not exist without the workers who fought and died at the Haymarket Massacre and the Pullman Strike in Chicago. It’s not a coincidence he’s targeting Chicago:
Assaad Razzouk (@assaadrazzouk.bsky.social) reposted
Good climate news this week 1 Africa: Continent’s solar orders surge 60% in the 12 months to June 2 India: Record 22GW of renewables added in 1st half 2025, up 57% y-on-y 3 US: California, world’s 4th largest economy, now using 40% less natural gas to produce electricity than just 2 years ago
Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social) reposted
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
Excellent display of truthful knowledge.
ᑕ ᕼ ᓰ ᗷ 〇 ᒪ 乇 (@chibole.bsky.social) reposted
Mexico has agreed to pay for the casket. 🇲🇽
Harry Dunn (@libradunn1.bsky.social) reposted
Thank you on this labor day!!
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.
Olivia Wylie (@otterkit.bsky.social) reposted
Timeline Cleanse: Weekend Mindset
alexis simpson (@amutepiggy.bsky.social) reposted
how do i explain to my kids two women being married?? how explain sun go away at night but come back next day? how explain magic rectangle show people talk??? HOW
Zack Furness (@punkademic.bsky.social) reposted
I refuse to get over the fact that it’s 2025 AD and people who run the United States are actively fighting against windmills and germ theory.
Frances Ryan (@francesryan.bsky.social) reposted
“Labour’s summer has been defined by indifference and inaction, as a government elected on a landslide only a year ago acts as if it were a tired spectator helpless to the political winds - or whichever way Farage and the media blow them.” My col. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social)
Probably a reason we don't see a lot of in-depth reporting: it’s important but boring & attention spans are short. Interesting story. I do wonder how it varies from earlier phone calls or in person meetings. Seems backroom deals with tech. 🤷🏻
Ken Bardsley (@kenbar.bsky.social) reposted
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Dr. Jack Brown (@drjackbrown.bsky.social) reposted
You know all those slasher-horror movies where they go in the haunted house or down the basement? And you scream, "OMG, how TF could they be so dumb!?" Yeah, well – that's America right now, with RFK jr as the head of HHS, including the CDC, NIH, etc. No good endings. Insane AF.
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social)
Oh so much this.
Jeremy Berg (@jeremymberg.bsky.social) reposted
My quote of the day Nobody ever thanks you for saving them from the disease they didn't know they were going to get. William Foege
AyJay (@dcvet.bsky.social) reposted
So here’s some background on some of the National Guard troops deployed to Wash, DC. Soldiers from a MP company deployed here said they are sometimes required to work up to 16 hr days. Granted that often comes with the job for any deployment, but some are also being poorly utilized… 1/4
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social)
Also tall ppl, short ppl, heavy ppl, light ppl. All are competitive advantages in certain sports. Average Joes only! (Or Janes if they can prove they are Janes according to our arbitrary standards.)
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social)
One step closer to a widening war. 🫤 www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
Michael J. Stern (@michaeljstern.bsky.social) reposted
The shooter did not act alone. He was assisted by one president, 219 House members, 53 senators, and the NRA.
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
At Union Station, veterans play a speech from General Mark Milley warning soldiers of the threat that President Trump poses.
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
Oh, Andy Borowitz. What a gem you are.
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social)
Thoughtful article.
"How" (@myoneandonlykat.bsky.social) reposted
My dream is for it to happen like it does to vampires. When the leader kicks the bucket, the rest of them burst into flames.
guylenora.bsky.social (@guylenora.bsky.social) reposted
Pardon mais pourquoi on n'a pas encore un jeu "Donjon et Drag race", où des drag progressent dans un donjon avec des épreuves de style incroyable à chaque salle ? @comemartin.bsky.social
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
😆
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social)
I’m getting porn spammy follows with exactly this profile desc. Bots are getting lazy. @anabernardi.bsky.social
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social)
Say what you will about MSM, this is hella good reporting. www.cbsnews.com/news/rudy-gi...
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you.
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social) reply parent
Gotta give credit: “poncy porous plimsoll” is some god level of posh pretentious persnicity alliteration.
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
Anti fascist educational film from 1945
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social) reply parent
Just confused. Obscure Star Trek reference, dentist, or lawyer?
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m intrigued by the sign below as well. Does Richard Castillo know about this?
Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran.com) reposted
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
Nathan Kalman-Lamb (@nkalamb.bsky.social) reposted
FYI www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social) reply parent
Ah, no true Christian is alive & well. Read history.
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social)
Alas, our idiots prefer the Putin model of no indoor plumbing, coal & gas.
derek guy (@dieworkwear.bsky.social) reposted
my bluesky
Roger ZenAF (@rogerzenaf.bsky.social) reposted
It took cops three hours to finally go into the Pulse nightclub the night of the shooting. If you wander near a crosswalk in Florida with a piece of chalk right now you'll have four cops on you in under five seconds.🤷♂️
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social) reply parent
www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m suspecting it came from this. If so, old news, which is somehow even more disturbing. news.meaww.com/fact-check-d...
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
We’ve been lied to our whole lives. The maps we grew up with shrink Africa down, making it look so much smaller than it really is. The truth: Africa is massive. You can fit the United States, China, India, Japan, and most of Europe inside it—and still have room left over.
Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755.bsky.social) reposted
For those asking, my American Revolution lecture course is free online here: oyc.yale.edu/history/hist...
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social)
I would add No True Scotsman, or as it is commonly employed, No True Christian.
Andrea Pitzer (@andreapitzer.bsky.social) reposted
Super-annoyed that I can't make a joke about a body double today because actual conspiracy theorists have ruined the fun for everyone.
Andi Zeisler (@andizeisler.bsky.social) reposted
Just saw someone refer to Cheryl Hines as The Marvelous Mrs. Measles and 💀💀💀💀💀💀
Governor JB Pritzker (@govpritzker.illinois.gov) reposted
Why don’t you send everyone proof of life first? (Either way, Chicago doesn’t want you here)
Michael (@fleerultra.bsky.social) reposted
"the national guard is picking up trash and putting down mulch, not stopping crime" sounds less like clown behavior and more like an actual propaganda effort at winning the hearts & minds of DC residents, so they became habituated to and even fond of the troops' presence
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social) reply parent
Sometimes it feels that I spend my life railing against the failed system of lecture & test, (& that the effort is fruitless).
Dan Snow (@thehistoryguy.bsky.social) reposted
Of course the Queen was Remain. You don’t sustain a hereditary monarchy by randomly pulling pins out of grenades for the lols at the urging of a cluster of snake oil chancers.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
What if we established a tax-exempt Church of Democracy and sued the government for infringing on our religious freedoms when it does authoritarian stuff?
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
ICYMI — JUDGE: “This case represents the consequences of a decades long drumbeat of anti-immigrant sentiment and misinformation being broadcast & broadcast & broadcast…” 2 immigrants shot in Washington, gunman sentenced in June. Barely even a story. 🤷🏻♂️ www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/g...
KurtRexCooper (@kurtrexcooper.bsky.social) reposted
#Slavery. Ashley says he stays for honor but it's really the desire to own and sell and kill other humans he fights for. Gone With the Wind #GWTW
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Corporate America’s playbook: 1) Exploit workers to maximize profits 2) Use profits to buy Congress 3) Use Congress to pass union-busting laws 4) Use these laws to further exploit workers 5) Repeat Let's break the cycle and keep building back a powerful labor movement.
nancabell.bsky.social (@nancabell.bsky.social) reposted
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
So not only do churches NOT have to pay taxes, they're going to get YOUR tax dollars to boot. This seems like oh, I don't know, government establishing a religion in violation of the First Amendment?
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social)
Hey, big lies work, right?
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social) reply parent
Sitting under all our modern failings is the big lie of education that well-meaning ppl will defend to their last breath. If education does not nurture & maintain a two-year-old’s love of learning into post-graduate it has failed, utterly. That most ppl prefer a job to school is ample proof. /fini
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social) reply parent
That we are still using an educational system designed to make complacent factory workers by destroying creativity & love of learning is insane. The Victorians knew exactly what they were releasing on the world. 1/
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
The Social Security Administration official who exposed that the Department of Government Efficiency had left millions of Americans’ personal data vulnerable says he has been forced to resign due to retaliation. Charles Borges, who served as the SSA’s chief data officer, told
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social)
The US is at war with Ukraine?😳
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
Crime Spree in DC - Yes, this is a real event. No, it’s not sarcasm. Lmao. Your taxpayer dollars are at work.
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social) reply parent
Wether you wish too or not. (Sorry, too good a pun to let pass.)
Steve King (@stevemking.bsky.social) reposted
I'd say give me my checkmark back but I deleted my fuckin account so die mad about you salty bitch
🌴✨🦋 Kathryn 🦋✨🌴 (@kathrynkatiekwrites.substack.com) reposted
Due to rising food costs, the 5-second rule has hereby been extended to 10 seconds. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social) reply parent
The term “girlfriend” is loosely defined here.
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social) reply parent
Which just means they are achieving their goal of destroying the government. 🤷🏻
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social) reply parent
“Janissaries of mediocrity” is now my new favourite phrase.
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
If you want to get protected in this twisted, sick country declare your gender as a gun.
Jess Piper (@piperformissouri.bsky.social) reposted
The New Yorker…
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social)
When a man uses that many “actually”s he’s excited.
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Steve Everitt (@steve-everitt.bsky.social) reposted
New rule. A parent may only propose removing a book from the school library only after reading it in its entirety and delivering a book report to the librarian. Until then no discussion shall be entered into.
🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@militarynewsua.bsky.social) reposted
❗️It is obvious that the US leader is a Soviet or Russian agent. Objectively speaking, the new American leadership has strategically facilitated the Russian Federation — Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Welch: Everybody's missing the point here. The point is, he's doing this on purpose. He's priming the public to get accustomed to having the military in the streets
derek guy (@dieworkwear.bsky.social) reposted
please contact me if you control "dark money" and want to pay me to promote high rise trousers, walkable neighborhoods, and adopting shelter animals
Mark Hamill (@markhamillofficial.bsky.social) reposted
Between RFK decimating the CDC, normalizing Ashli Babbitt & the umpteenth school shooting... I'm losing the will to post. #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
The irony is that most countries would give Kilmar Abrego Garcia asylum from persecution *in* the United States. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social)
Honestly better than killing ppl. Can we do this with the whole military?
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social)
So now the break the post office too. They've been after that one for a while.
Luc francoeur (@lucfrancoeur.bsky.social) reposted
Passing by over the city/ by Gregory Fromenteau
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social) reply parent
FFS don't give them ideas. They’ll have the military occupying every classroom & controlling what is taught while they are there.
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social)
The thing about CDC walkouts; I am all for demonstrations & labour movements but the regime’s goal is to destroy US institutions so this would seem to be playing into their filthy hands. 🤷🏻
Jasmine Crockett (@jasmineforus.bsky.social) reposted
Why can’t people see that the level of incompetence in this administration has lead to irreparable harm & more is to come?!
Krassensteins (@krassenstein.bsky.social) reposted
BREAKING: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey JUST CALLED FOR a statewide and federal ban on assault weapons. Who’s with him?
Barack Obama (@barackobama.bsky.social) reposted
Republicans are trying to redraw congressional district lines to keep their grip on Congress in the midterms and beyond. Voters should pick their politicians, not the other way around. Get involved with the @democraticredistricting.com as they fight back: bit.ly/3HJ1ayW
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted
i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social) reply parent
You inspired me to look this up.
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
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Tian Valerian (@tian-v.bsky.social)
God is listening & he hates ppl, especially little kids. Ooooo, he really hates little kids. Wailing & gnashing of teeth are music to his god ears, so we appease him. Oh, & he likes guns. Ppl are just incidentals that allow guns to live up to their full potential.