Vlad @ Vertvolta Press

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Imprints: Extra:Solar, Hinton Publishing. Run by Vlad Verano, Designer/Publisher; part-time bookseller. Moonlights as artist/illustrator/astromech. Latest book; THREE ALARM FIRE (Hinton) https://vertvolta-design-press.square.site/product/Three_Alarm_Fire/3

Nascar logo generator with the text “maybe it will happen today”
Photo taken in Ballard as the sun sets; a steady fluff of cloud cover scatters across the sky, obscuring the sun. At the bottom of the image are cars & a parking lot. I used to take pictures like this all the time after i bought my first digital camera. Pre social media i had joined flickr early & relished the ease of sharing my discoveries in such a loose manner. Techbro brunch lords ruined it.
A scanning electron microscope image of a tardigrade playing a microscopic violin.
Brief video of Alki beach in west seattle, on the 4th of July. Sunset & people enjoying the day
Potato mash mixture for croquettes
Screenshot of shitty a.i. slop image of a fake handshake between Lee & Grant, showing slop fingers like a rat-king of bullshit
Cropped, grunged up image of original trailcam photo of a doe? / buck? In near-darkness. Mocked up to look like a fake Mogwai album cover “young bucks”
Knicks orange & blue logo generator, with the words "maybe it will happen today"
Jumbotron at a fan rally. Marshawn Lynch on the far right, next to author/activist/soccer fan John Green.
Photo taken from a bus. In the foreground is the Duwamish River & industrial buildings lining it. In the background is Mt Rainier, slightly hazing, snow-capped, ever-present. Our dormant volcanic neighbor. Bright blue skies & light clouds.
Screenshot from instagram: C.j. Hess Frohock PLEASE SHARE As most of my close friends know, Jasper left 5 weeks ago on a journey across Florida on his bike. We have not heard from him in 10 days! His phone is off and his last known location was Port St Lucie on June 5th. We have filed a state wide missing persons report. If y'all could share this post especially with friends in South Florida that would help tremendously. If anyone sees him please contact the local police or me or Johnny directly. Hopefully he's just disconnecting from his phone, fishing and skating but we are without a doubt worried about his wellbeing. Photo below it is of a young white male ginger goatee standing in front of his black touring bike in bright daylight .
Photo of a dog mid-blur on a grassy area. The dog is a short-hair tan mix.
Photo of a telephone pole, with a strip of poster still attached. “NEWS GETTING YOU FOWN?” It says. The test of the poster is missing, just remnant of staples & bits of paper covering the pole below.
Photo of an e-ink grocery store label for a vegetable that says “[random numbers & barcode] DEVICE NOT IN USE” I trust you to be fair to me, Safeway! *melt face emoji *
Screenshot of a post on IMDB for the movie The Terminal : Text: The movie was inspired by the story of Mehran Karimi Nasseri. He landed at Charles De Gaulle Airport near Paris in 1988, after being denied entry into England because his Iranian passport and United Nations refugee certificate had been stolen. French authorities wouldn't let him leave the airport, so he remained in Terminal One, a stateless person with nowhere else to go. He was eventually granted permission to either enter France or return to Iran, but he chose to live in the terminal and tell his story to anyone who would listen. Reportedly, his mental health deteriorated over the years. When given the opportunity to live in France, he refused because the documents did not identify him as "Sir Alfred", and he claimed to have forgotten his native Persian. He left the terminal in August 2006 to be hospitalized for an unspecified illness. Afterward, he lived in a hotel on the money received from the film (DreamWorks reportedly paid him $250,000 for the use of his biography). Nasseri moved back to Charles de Gaulle airport in October 2022. He died in terminal 2F on November 12, 2022.
A tumblr post: Dracofidus If you EVER think Anthony Head is anything less than an angel then you'd best remember that I have always been a huge fan of his and we've always had a little contact over the years and he heard I'd come out as Trans and was having a hard time and that I was kind of sad that the photos I had from conventions with him were of me with long hair and no binder and they were all signed to "Sarah" and so he invited me to spend the day with him at his farm and he picked me up from the station and we just hung out and had lunch and he insisted on paying and took loads of photos and had them printed on photo paper the same day so he could sign them to Jay, along with other photos of him as Giles and Uther and he literally spent five hours chatting with me and got all of the pronoun stuff right every time and then he dropped me off at the station, gave me a final massive hug, waved me through the ticket barrier and insisted I message him when I got home so he knew I got back safe. (More HERE)
Photo of someone wearing orthopedic braces on their feet in a waiting room. The braces fit around from below the knee to ankle, a band that holds support material along the length of the lower leg.
Screenshot from reddit: r/todayilearned TIL that some of the only survivors of the Jonestown massacre on November 18, 1978 were the People's Temple Basketball Team, who were playing an away game in Georgetown, Guyana during the mass suicide event. Jim Jones radioed the team demanding they commit "revolutionary suicide," but they refused.
Screenshot from an Associated Press article : Demonstrators outside Delaney Hall Friday had mixed reactions to the new safety measures. Rachel Cohen said she was concerned police were being sent to silence demonstrators "who are showing up for their neighbors, exercising their First Amendment right." "It is not helpful to quell protest for the sake of a false peace," she said. "There is no peace while we are torturing our neighbors on government dime inside this facility."
Opening title scene from Star Trek Next Generation, with the Enterprise pointed towards the viewer, flying through space. Yellow text above it says: a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away…”
Crow in profile on a railing in daylight. It’s crown is ruffled up, its wings are loose & not tucked in.
NEW YORK TIMES FB post Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who has been diagnosed with pneumonia, is applying for free medical care through a Sept. 11 emergency worker program, according to his lawyer. [image of Rudi a wheelchair surrounded by “aides” people who sacrifice decency for access to “power “ we wish him all the karmic blowback ]
A scanning electron microscope image of a tardigrade playing a microscopic violin.
Scene from the Wicker Man— Christopher Lee, wearing a mustard turtleneck & brown suit, wild hair, arms raised, palms forward in praise. Behind him is a wicker man statue made of wood, ready to burn a candidate . I added “billionaires welcome!” Between his upraised hands. It’s either the wicker, or the guillotine , rich bros…
promo image for THE POWER OF THE RIVER. Image of the front cover is on the right of the image. Text, from the top: Ed Taylor's Riveting memoir out now! Order from your favorite bookstore or other retailers. "When this book came into my hands, it held me for the better part of a day. Unsettling and uplifting at once, its cadence is almost musical in the way it carries you forward. -Dr. Constance Rice, President, Very Strategic, University of Washington Board of Regents (Emerita)" www.hintonpublishing.com
Bluesky devs innovation is… a “what’s happening prompt at the top of your feed? Cool. Image: Screencap of the top of a feed showing a bluesky prompt with two most recent posts in this feed.
Crappy smartphone pic of a slightly cloudy night, with the moon shining through. Somewhere there are astronauts lurking in it
Dune 3 poster generator, with the text saying MAYBE IT WILL HAPPEN TODAY (Paul Atreides and Chani standing in front of a setting sun)
Photo of graffiti on a bus, text: DON’T BELIEVE EVERYTHING THAT YOU BREATHE [with what looks like a laugh-crying skull drawing]
Photo of a snowy day in Seattle—view from a bridge over a tree lined ravine, tankers in the sound & downtown hidden in snow
Some rando set up a “Henry Kissinger” Bluesky account: @henrykisdinger72.bksy.social 11 followers; 1 following; 914 posts [god i wish bluesky would show when accounts join—on twitter it was vital to thwarting bots & malicious nation agents & trolls]
Screenshot of a product description that calls this angel divination “non-fiction “ Image shows text: More books for 9-10 year olds CATEGORIES Activity Non-fiction
Screenshot from GANGS OF NEW YORK by Martin Scorcese (2002). 1862, Bill the Butcher in the center surrounded by his gang of violent white guys ready to murder & terrorize the populace & fight other white guys. Blades, bludgeons, & stove pipe hats really bring the sacrosanct white American history to life. (Sarcasm)
Photo of President Biden’s SOTU where Boebert & Marjorie Taylor Green heckled the president during his speech. Pictured left to right: Rep. Boebert, Rep. Byron Donalds and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Zoomed in picture of a small red-gold haired dog on its owner’s lap. It is looking at the person in the seat behind it. It’s tongue is perpetually poking out for maximum cuteness, or cutemaxxing, as the kids seem to say these days.
Electron microscope image of a tardigrade playing a violin
Two Seattle Times newspapers laid over each other, enough to show the main headlines, 1 day apart. The newspaper in the back is dated Feb 16, 2026. Main headline: FEARING A WEALTH EXODUS, STATE DEMS CONSIDER ESTATE TAX RETREAT newspaper in front is dated Feb 17th, 2026 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2026 Main headline: SALARIES OF STATE’S CEOs SKYROCKET, AND SHOW NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN.
Bullet point in the article : • Bin Sulayem's name was redacted in some emails in the Epstein files, but Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., named him as the recipient of an email Epstein wrote, telling him he "loved the torture video."
Screenshot of two paragraphs from the article, text: In Monterey Park, concerns over the proposed datacenter are primarily about its economic, environmental and public health impact. The facility would employ 14 onsite diesel generators, which researchers said produce "ambient air pollutants", such as nitrogen oxide, that are linked to a host of respiratory illnesses, including asthma and lung cancer. Organizer Hrag Balian said No in Data Center Monterey Park took inspiration from other communities' organizing, including protests in Virginia and Pennsylvania that have stalled projects. "None of us had experience doing this, so seeing patterns and parallels have been tremendously helpful."
Screenshot from the opening ceremonies in Milan, Mariah Carey, wearing a glittering white dress, stands & sings at the center of a group of dancers in multicolored outfits. The subtitles are translating her words: BLU DIPINTO DI BLU FAYE. LEE. CHAD SALMELA.
From Machiavelli's perspective, Trump is courting catastrophe by trying to steer an impossible middle course -a common error for most politicians. Trump has excited and animated his enemies without making them fear him. Machiavelli would say that this error comes from trying to be bold, but not being bold enough. Trump's enemies call him a fascist and deride ICE agents as Gestapo troops, knowing that this charge is entirely performative. Confronted with real SS stormtroopers, the ridiculous wine moms in Minneapolis would fall into a dead faint, or flee in terror. No German citizen in the 1930s and '40s ever dared to spit in the face of a Gestapo officer, or run one over with her car. The result, as everyone knew, would have been an agonizing death by torture. Trump recognizes that the country is facing a critical inflection point: if we don't deport Biden's army of invaders now, we never will. Trump sees this; yet his attachment to the ordinary expectations of republican principles and the rule of law restrains him from doing what is required. He is unwilling to be what Machiavelli called "wholly bad." It "very rarely happens," the Florentine tells us, that a bad man will use his power for good ends. But it is just as rare for a good man to embrace "bad ways, even though…
Photo of a hand holding up the three books mentioned in the skeet; in the background is an art galley with framed art.
Screenshot of a music video of a white man, Jimmy Barnes, wearing cowboy gear & hat, singing, ghosted large over a landscape.
Screenshot text: “Streicher's major antisemitic innovation was his accusation of Jewish sex crimes. Before Streicher, the idea that the Jew was raping innocent women across Europe was not a prevalent focus amongst antisemites. In 1938, the Nuremberg Chief of Police gifted Streicher with this propaganda album titled "Jewish Criminals," a photographic collection of Jewish men and women accused of the sexual crimes about which he consistently warned Germany.”
Gareth Marenghi, a famous author from the 1980s (white guy with slicked-back hair, wearing tinted glasses, black shirt, red tie, leather jacket ) holds his finger up lecturing. A hand painted speech bubble takes up the bottom edge of the photo.
Photo of a snow & ice-strewn street; evening light. In the foreground you have a man wearing a hand-made mask of a hand showing a middle finger poking above his head. He is dressed for the cold. Behind him there is a line of law enforcement vehicles, & on the extreme left of the photo are the mass of protesters — the whole scene taken together proving ICE & local cops are bumbling brutish thugs.
Photo taken on a bus. The passenger in front has a fluffy black & white dog in a backpack. The dog is looking out the window, it’s head in profile.
Screenshot of a zoom in on the image of A.I. George Washington— Hands clasped on a table except the fingers are all woven together like celtic knotwork.
The sweaty guy two button meme except first frame is two buttons— one button is ‘deport’ the other button is ‘patriot missile’ Second frame is sweaty swole white guy mopping his forehead
Ai architecture image: @JMMcgorchuk Architects are cooked. Al is coming for you. Prepare accordingly. Image: Architectural plan [i won’t describe the relative size of the rooms because that way lies madness; just the room designations] A 4 bedroom(?) 6 bathroom(?!) house architectural drawing. From top left first row of rooms: Wide 2-car garage [looks like tye size of one car] / mudroom & laundry featuring coatcloset / bedroom 2 [featuring 3 wall closets & no bed] / bedroom 3 [shows a bed; the most normal looking of the design] Next row left to right: Powder room […, wat? Um] /gallery halll [sic] / gourmet kitchen / bedroom hallway [which is short & breaks off into : Jack & Jil Fuh Buh #2 [sic] & bathroom #4 Full Bsth43 [sic] / Guest Bath [normal looking and except no bath] Middle of the house is a giant open soace designated : Great Halll , Gourmet Kitchen, Hige Walk /Guest Suite [not a separate room] , Family Room, Great Room On the left side of the house we have (going down): Master Roksn [sic] Main Foyer [a tiny corridor] Huge Walkniin Closet Coat Bath R Suite [the only other normal looking room that takes up 1/5th of the house ] Bottom (south) side of the house is a series of thin rooms surrounded by glass that look like a Squid Game or SAW murder set, bit is probably the sliding door design laid flat. If you use A.i. yo design your building it’s like using gremlins to create your own haunted (deathtrap) house.
Screenshot of a bluesky account Name: Elizabeth Sofia (multiple emoji) [actual account: skippjon1.bsky.com ] 23.9k followers 30.7k following [the big giveaway here] 15.2k posts. Bio: Proud Pacific Northwest Democrat. Lover of animals, books, politics, beauty and the tropics.
Screenshot inset of previous poster’s screenshot. It’s the designations of the symbols on the left of the original image. Image/text: Text: Vote share shift direction (Arrow pointing upper right) Harrell (Arrow pointing upper left) Wilson Text: Vote shift direction (Blue box [all incumbents got that]) Harrell (Orange box [all challengers got that]) Wilson
Screenshot from the movue Johnny Mnemonic. Johnny (Keanu Reeves, in suit, strapped into a chair, his head half covered with complex wires & electronics Attached to a supercomputer) is having data extracted directly from his brain (or at least they are trying to). [Every day, like this on socials and the apps]
Meme photo of Pope Francis (white man, silver hair, white skull cap, white papal vestments (clothing), eyes closed singing (?) into a microphone he is holding in his two hands. Behind him are a gaggle of cardinals & other clergy like Beyonce’s back-up dancers. [bluesky is just filling the timeline with supposed lyrics for the lulz]
Screenshot of an iPhone notification screen— Instagram logo next to the words “for you Because of your interests “ Image to the right is unrecognizable. [instagram trying everything to pull me back into its shout factory… & failing]
Painting of Saint Teresa of Avila by Joseph-Marie Vien— a nun seated next to a table, open book & quill to her tight. She has her arms splayed wide, her face turned up in ecstasy.
A wall in an art gallery—it is filled with small hand-made ornaments.
Photo by the water, puget Sound in the rain, grey skies, old poles in the background in the water, a few birds perched on them. In the foreground is a post on the shore with a sign — DO NOT FEED THE BIRDS, with a crow perched on top of it.