vortmax 🌀🌪️

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Authentic Southern Hospitality from the Heart of Arkansas he/him cis gay tired middle-aged man Democratic Socialist I ain't the "tolerant left" you're looking for America delenda est (profile img by @sirpaintalot.bsky.social)

WeatherBug 4:25PM 104°F Feels Like: 114° Hi: 104° | Lo: 80° [a light blue circle with a hazy sun icon and a saguaro cactus icon inside it] Very Hot
A screenshot from the WeatherBug app showing local weather information. The time at the upper right is circled in red and shows 11:12 PM. On the left side, the temperature is shown as 85°F in large text, and under that in smaller font the "feels like" is 96°F. Under that, it says the high temperature forecast for the day was 99°F and a low of 82°F. On the right It shows a circle with a crescent moon and stars inside for the current conditions. Under that it says "Warm and Humid". There is a starry background.
A mostly black and orange cat lying against a yellow parking block thing (?) with front paws folded under it and back paws with white fur stretched out. It lives outside the Waffle House.
When people say, "we have made it through worse before" by Clint Smith all I hear is the wind slapping against the gravestones of those who did not make it, those who did not survive to see the confetti fall from the sky, those who did not live to watch the parade roll down the street. I have grown accustomed to a lifetime of aphorisms meant to assuage my fears, pithy sayings meant to convey that everything ends up fine in the end. There is no solace in rearranging language to make a different word tell the same lie. Sometimes the moral arc of the universe does not bend in a direction that will comfort us. Sometimes it bends in ways we don't expect & there are people who fall off in the process. Please, dear reader, do not say I am hopeless, I believe there is a better future to fight for, I simply accept the possibility that I may not live to see it. I have grown weary of telling myself lies that I might one day begin to believe. We are not all left standing after the war has ended. Some of us have become ghosts by the time the dust has settled.
President Pedophile behind a podium, in front of a G7 Summit press conference background. His small hands are spread wide, palms facing the audience, with an expression that seems to say "Oops, I did it again!"
Two cave salamanders on a rock wall at the exit to the cave. They are red and shiny with little black spots all over them. They're long and skinny with a long tail. They have black eyes. One is at the bottom facing left, and one is near the top facing upward and to the left.
A taxidermied brown bear, approximately two years old when it died, is posed on a stand of fake rock. The bear's front paws are on a larger rock on the left side. A black-framed sign on the floor says PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH THE BEAR
Post by vortmax (@)vortmax81.bsky.social: Another problem from Diaper Donnie's Mad Mideast Misadventures [Removed by author] 36 minutes ago Reply from battlestar selectrica (@)selectric.space: do you have to call him that [sic] 10:17PM - Jun 8, 2026 Reply from vortmax: Yes. 2 minutes ago
A short wooden walkway with metal railings leads down from a gravel area to a wooden platform resting on muddy land. Water begins several yards away. The muddy land, dotted with plants, extends along the edge of the water into the distance. Far away there are trees along what was the lake's shore.
A generated title screen from Star Trek: The Next Generation featuring the Enterprise D with the curved edge of a blue planet in the background. The text reads "Maybe It Will Happen Today"
A generated title card for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It features a closer shot of the station's middle ring and center, with the title "It's all true. Especially the lies."
An orange tabby cat on the left side and a calico cat on the right side are smooshed against each other in a pet carrier, viewed from above. The tabby is looking out the mesh window at the front, and the calico is hiding her face in the corner of the carrier, pretending this isn't happening.
An image showing three rows of windows on a building. The right-most window on the middle row is tilted at about a 45° angle. There's a sign for a Best Western Hotel to the right of the windows and perpendicular to the building. There is text at the top and bottom of the image reading "Windows has encountered an illegal error"
A cross-stitch piece in a wooden hoop. There's a bee on the upper right in shades of peach, golden yellow, and sage green. There are splotches of yellow stitching down and to the left of the bee, which will be flowers when the other colors are added. If one looks closely, the stretched holes in the aida fabric from the previous undone work is visible. Part of the cross-stitch pattern is visible above and to the right of the hoop.
An image from a browser-based sprite game about Diaper Donnie and Iran. Trump has run into Vice President Couch Fucker outside the Oval Office. There's a dialog box at the bottom with a detailed pixel image of Vance (based on the infamous meme) on the left. He's saying "I love couch."
A stack of about three dozen small newspapers full of American Evangelical Christian nonsense titled "Christian Ranchman" published by "Cowboys for Christ" with the sub-header "We're not trying to build an organization. We're trying to fill the Kingdom of God." The center of the front page above the fold features a picture of a young woman, a horse, and an older woman, captioned "Elizabeth, Zi, & Chaplain Amy Stroble"
A man wearing glasses is seated in a chair, visible from about the chest up, with a box fan and some colored lights in a lamp behind him. An old calico cat is laying across his chest, held up on the left side by the man's arm. Her front paw is on his other arm, which is stretched out to take the photo. Only the underside of her head is visible, mouth and nose and whiskers and one ear, because she is rubbing her forehead on the man's face.
A browser window open to infowars dot com. It's just the text "Off Air" in tiny black text on a white background.
CK's profile starting with "Drunkard and Citizen of the World. I sometimes do" and the image cuts off there
A small plastic figure of a smiling White Jesus (long straight brown hair & a beard) wearing a robe with a sash that reads "JESUS [heart] YOU", standing in a small hole in a wall where some wood is missing
A close-up shot of the base of the New Glenn booster on the landing ship Jacklyn. The landing legs are extended holding it upright. There's a lot of white vapor (venting fuel or oxidizer from the rocket) partially obscuring the view.
A WHOLE CIVILIZATION WILL DIE TONIGHT My son needs lunch, and I have to put his backpack together, but a whole civilization will die tonight, so I'm wondering if they've closed the schools. Like a snow day, maybe, except instead of snow it's "keep your children home so if you die, you die together" -- instead of "we'll open back up once the plows have cleared" it's "we don't know if we'll be here tomorrow, hold your babies tight." It's just "talk" I'm told, which I've been told before. "It's how the president makes his deals." But I've never heard anyone talk about other human beings this way, and I'm not certain I can look my son in the eyes if we all agree to stomach it one more time. A civilization will die tonight, but as I zip up his backpack and kiss him off to school I think: [in italics] if this is what we call leadership then I'm not entirely sure ours isn't already dead. [end italics] Michael F Dubois @michaelfdubois
When people say, "we have made it through worse before" by Clint Smith all I hear is the wind slapping against the gravestones of those who did not make it, those who did not survive to see the confetti fall from the sky, those who did not live to watch the parade roll down the street. I have grown accustomed to a lifetime of aphorisms meant to assuage my fears, pithy sayings meant to convey that everything ends up fine in the end. There is no solace in rearranging language to make a different word tell the same lie. Sometimes the moral arc of the universe does not bend in a direction that will comfort us. Sometimes it bends in ways we don't expect & there are people who fall off in the process. Please, dear reader, do not say I am hopeless, I believe there is a better future to fight for, I simply accept the possibility that I may not live to see it. I have grown weary of telling myself lies that I might one day begin to believe. We are not all left standing after the war has ended. Some us of have become ghosts by the time the dust has settled.
Highlighted text from the Bible, Leviticus chapter 19 verses 33 and 34: "Do not mistreat foreigners living in your country, but treat them just as you treat your own citizens. Love foreigners as you love yourselves, because you were foreigners one time in Egypt. I am the LORD your God."
An adorable old calico cat curled up asleep with her back legs stretched out and pink & black paw pads visible 😸
The Top 5 Blocked list from opensky: 1) JD Vance official account with 180,854 accounts blocking it 2) attie.ai with 130,170 3) Trump White House official account with 122,832 4) ICE official account with 112,655 5) go4know dot com with 88,749
Top half of the image: Bilbo Baggins from the start of The Fellowship of The Ring looking at a cellphone in his hand. (In place of the One Ring.) Bottom half of the image: A shot of the phone's screen, showing a ChatGPT interface. Bilbo has entered "After all, why not? Why shouldn't I keep it?" ChatGPT responds "You're absolutely right -- you found it, it's been with you for a long while, and it's only natural to feel fond of something that's served you so well, especially when someone like Gandalf suddenly seems to want it for himself."
A 3 by 3 grid of the covers of nine games, from left to right and top to bottom they are: Myst, Riven, Myst III Exile, Myst IV Revelation, Myst V End of Ages, Uru Complete Chronicles, Myst Online: Uru Live, Obduction, and Firmament
A 3 by 3 grid of the covers of nine games, from left to right and top to bottom they are: Myst, Riven, Uru Complete Chronicles, Silent Hill, Final Fantasy VII, Katamari Damacy, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and Super Mario All Stars with Super Mario World
An image with the Capital One bank logo at the top. Under that it says "⚠️ Something went wrong The Federal Reserve is experiencing issues with certain transactions. We're closely monitoring the situation."
A calico cat curled up sleeping on a blue blanket. The toe beans on her back feet are visible.
A shot glass made of fired clay as seen from above. On either side of the rim are hands with fingers on the inside and thumbs pointing down. Yes there is a ring on the third finger of the left hand. The bottom of the glass has a pinkish tint.
A piece of paper with what looks like handwritten text. It was found folded in half in the back of the instruction booklet. It reads: I am glad this totem has found you, but fearful for your task ahead. The people of Riven are too afraid of Gehn to leave their homes. Take this talisman to Riven -- show it to the villagers and tell them of Gehn's capture. It is the only way they will follow us to Tay. Hurry, time is so short! Catherine
A completed (unofficial) LEGO kit of the Moiety Dagger from Riven, standing on a black base that includes the jagged edges of the Star Fissure under the dagger, and the text "RIVEN" and "MOIETY DAGGER" on the front of the base. It's on the left of the image, next to the box for the kit on the right. The box looks like a standard LEGO kit, but with the Cyan logo at the top, and the D'ni number for 18 in the recommended ages. There is a laptop in the background with an image of some nebula on the screen.
State of the Union BINGO (with a picture of Trump next to the title). The boxes read as such from left to right, top to bottom, in the standard 5x5 BINGO grid: Claims the 2020 election was stolen Claims he ended "X" number of wars Bashes SCOTUS Says the phrase "Transgender for Everyone" Mentions Nicki Minaj Hints at refund checks Mumbles something incoherent Mentions Greenland Hints at war with Iran Calls Melania a "movie star" Says the phrase "fake news" Rambles about China Mentions Joe Biden (FREE) Claims Epstein is a hoax Talks about a woman's body part Claims fraud in California Pushes the SAVE Act Lies about the economy Bashes Canada Says "nobody's ever seen anything like it" Claims poll numbers are fake Mentions Obama Praises tariffs Claims prescriptions are down by over 100% Mentions the Olympics
A translated announcement from evangelion.jp about a new Evangelion series written by Yoko Taro. It reads as follows: 2026-02-23 Production of a completely new Evangelion series begins The first news about the production of a brand new "Evangelion" series was announced during the Final Program on Monday, February 23rd (National Holiday), the final day of the "EVANGELION:30+; 30th ANNIVERSARY OF EVANGELION" festival celebrating the 30th anniversary of "Evangelion." Series composition and script by Yoko Taro Directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki and Toru Yatabe Music by Keiichi Okabe Production Studio Khara × CloverWorks
A box for the Riven Moiety Dagger Lego kit from Cyan Worlds
A logo inspired by the Rebel Alliance logo from Star Wars. It features a Northern Mockingbird (Arkansas state bird) inside a white circle with wings raised and head looking up and to the right. Below the wings and to either side of the tail are red areas, each featuring a white star. Above the head is a field of blue. At the top of the circle is a diamond, outlined in white, filled with blue, featuring another white star. The entire design is outlined in red.
The January 28 2026 cover of Charlie Hebdo. It features a pile of dead bodies dressed in blue, with red lines coming from the pile and running off the page, resembling an American flag. At the bottom is a man with a crew-cut in a POLICE ICE vest carrying a handgun in one hand and using the other to drag another dead body toward the pile, adding another red line. All the bodies clearly have been shot.
A cross-stitch piece in a round hoop of a black and yellow bee, with yellow stitches seemingly placed randomly around it, meant to be the centers of flowers later.
The cover of the book Our Long National Nightmare by Tom Tomorrow
A screenshot from the Amtrak site: Explore the country with the USA Rail Pass The USA Rail Pass is your ticket to tour the country. Take 10 rides (segments) over 30 days to your choice of over 500 destinations. At just $499, that’s less than $50 per segment. Craving some adventure for semester breaks or vacation? Hop from town to town across the country. Or maybe you just want to spend your long weekends away. Go from downtown to out-of-town as soon as the workday ends. Whether you’re looking to discover hidden gems or just want to visit some friends in the next city over, the USA Rail Pass makes it easy to get more getaways. Other terms and conditions apply. 1 Traveler USA Rail Pass 10 Segments, 30 Days Pass is valid for 120 days after purchase (30 days after first segment is traveled). Coach travel only. Coach Pass Price | $499
A graph titled "Every Graph About the US". The x-axis is labeled "Some metric" and the y-axis is unlabeled. About two-thirds down the x-axis is a dotted vertical line labeled "Ronald Reagan". There is a green line that starts high on the y-axis, then hits the Reagan line and plummets. Conversely there's a red line that starts low on the y-axis and goes up after hitting the Reagan line. The lines cross each other shortly past the Reagan line. At the bottom is a key showing the green line is "Good thing" and the red line is "Bad thing".
A lot of text about this being part of the NTSB Titan submersible investigation, but the important part is this: Interview of [redacted] Co-designer / Pilot Deepsea Challenger
A list of audio news sources in Google Assistant: BBC news summary Reuters 5-minute news briefing (global) CBC news: world report Global's newsroom DW newsbrief Al Jazeera RNZ headlines
We used to be a shining city on a hill. Now we're great again. by @allinhaiku on Facebook
An image capcha asking to select all squares with STAIRS. The image is the front porch of a house with brick steps leading up to the porch.
A plastic skeleton in the passenger seat of a car, wearing a seat belt, with its right arm and hand raised as if waving, left hand resting on left knee, and jaw hanging open (in a smile?). The eye sockets have unlit LEDs.
Garry Kasparov's verified account @Kasparov63 on Twitter replying to a post about FCC commissioner Brandon Carr's recent comments that "there's going to be additional work for the FCC ahead" : "Time again to remind that an early sign of Putin's autocratic ambitions was the cancellation of a puppet show that regularly parodied him."
Blocks of color made from multiple rows of stitching. Orange, then red, then purple, and the a few stitches in blue. The stripes are diagonal in the photo. (It's going to be the original rainbow Apple computers logo.)
A post by @middleageriot On this horrible day of senseless political violence it is important to remember that Donald Trump raped children.
A scratched and worn Pebble Time watch with the backlight on, showing the Multifunction 7 Segment watch face, on some white guy's wrist.
A Tesla Cybertruck on a random city street
A post from Middle Age Riot @middleageriot source unknown: On this horrible day of senseless political violence it is important to remember that Donald Trump raped children.
WeatherBug observation at 3:45PM: 104°F Sunny, Hot and Humid Feels like 113°F Predicted high/low: 104°F/78°F
A photo of John Waters with the text "Remember, pornographers have always been on our side. Brave, ready to fight for our rights. Smut is our friend."
A distorted picture of the unlit heater inside the hut on the Rime Age with a pink wavy cloud around the edges
"Mercury is in Gatorade and I'm realigning my chimichangas" above a cartoon of a bottle of orange Gatorade next to two chimichangas stacked on each other
A picture of the front of the Firmament soundtrack on vinyl, with the cassette case and the CD case on top of it