Brandon Ruth
@brandonruth.bsky.social
Sports, Music, Life, & Humor
🎗 AML Survivor & Fighter
Rock N’ Roller; Media Professional; SAR
From the geocities and angelfire era
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🎗 AML Survivor & Fighter
Rock N’ Roller; Media Professional; SAR
From the geocities and angelfire era
Exclusive to Bluesky
#Baltimore
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Brandon Ruth
@brandonruth.bsky.social
· May 12
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I joined Bluesky not only for an outlet to blab my thoughts into the ether, but to also chronicle my battle w/ #AML & to bring awareness to this disease. Today, my amazing oncologist let me know that I am officially in remission again after a relapse in January and I am now moving to BMT.
I joined Bluesky not only for an outlet to blab my thoughts into the ether, but to also chronicle my battle w/ #AML & to bring awareness to this disease. Today, my amazing oncologist let me know that I am officially in remission again after a relapse in January and I am now moving to BMT.
Rich People Crash Out Over Zohran’s Win
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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June 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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We must not throw 16 million low-income and working class Americans off of the health care they have in order to give massive tax breaks to billionaires.
That is obscene.
That is obscene.
June 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
We must not throw 16 million low-income and working class Americans off of the health care they have in order to give massive tax breaks to billionaires.
That is obscene.
That is obscene.
As I surrender to the uncertainty, I am in control, I am safe, and I am guided #DontDespair
June 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
As I surrender to the uncertainty, I am in control, I am safe, and I am guided #DontDespair
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Why did folks stop talking about grocery prices?
I just left the store and OMFG…
I just left the store and OMFG…
June 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Why did folks stop talking about grocery prices?
I just left the store and OMFG…
I just left the store and OMFG…
It’ll be interesting to see how this works. With a program, you can make it have bias. But an AI should be able to resist such a thing. Constantly manipulating it could make it react in certain ways, ya know, that whole “AI can be dangerous” stuff we’ve been hearing about.
June 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
It’ll be interesting to see how this works. With a program, you can make it have bias. But an AI should be able to resist such a thing. Constantly manipulating it could make it react in certain ways, ya know, that whole “AI can be dangerous” stuff we’ve been hearing about.
Saw an interesting comment earlier:
In America, renters live paycheck to paycheck, landlords live rent check to rent check, homeowners live mortgage payment to mortgage payment, banks live bailout to bailout, and the US Government lives war to war.
In America, renters live paycheck to paycheck, landlords live rent check to rent check, homeowners live mortgage payment to mortgage payment, banks live bailout to bailout, and the US Government lives war to war.
June 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Saw an interesting comment earlier:
In America, renters live paycheck to paycheck, landlords live rent check to rent check, homeowners live mortgage payment to mortgage payment, banks live bailout to bailout, and the US Government lives war to war.
In America, renters live paycheck to paycheck, landlords live rent check to rent check, homeowners live mortgage payment to mortgage payment, banks live bailout to bailout, and the US Government lives war to war.
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Happy Juneteenth To All !!
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June 18, 2025 (Wednesday)
Tomorrow is the federal holiday honoring Juneteenth, the celebration of the announcement in Texas on June 19th, 1865, that enslaved Americans were free.
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June 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Happy Juneteenth To All !!
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Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
June 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
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This is a glaring display of cruelty.
50% of LGBTQI+ young people who wanted mental health care in 2023 were unable to get it. Ripping away a lifeline in their darkest moment is unimaginable.
This action will cost lives.
50% of LGBTQI+ young people who wanted mental health care in 2023 were unable to get it. Ripping away a lifeline in their darkest moment is unimaginable.
This action will cost lives.
June 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is a glaring display of cruelty.
50% of LGBTQI+ young people who wanted mental health care in 2023 were unable to get it. Ripping away a lifeline in their darkest moment is unimaginable.
This action will cost lives.
50% of LGBTQI+ young people who wanted mental health care in 2023 were unable to get it. Ripping away a lifeline in their darkest moment is unimaginable.
This action will cost lives.
American leadership literally only cares about money. They do not care about human life. They do not care about the horrors of war. THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOU.
June 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
American leadership literally only cares about money. They do not care about human life. They do not care about the horrors of war. THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOU.
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DOGE affiliates Kenneth Jackson and Nate Cavanaugh “disabled and restricted access to the Institute's FOIA system, terminated the employees responsible for processing FOIA requests, and restricted the use of Institute financial resources.”
Happy FOIAFriday the 13th! NEW issue of my newsletter is out.
In March, I filed a #FOIA request with the US Institute of Peace just as DOGE was taking over the agency. This week USIP sent me the most incredible response to a #FOIA request I have ever received.
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In March, I filed a #FOIA request with the US Institute of Peace just as DOGE was taking over the agency. This week USIP sent me the most incredible response to a #FOIA request I have ever received.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
June 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
DOGE affiliates Kenneth Jackson and Nate Cavanaugh “disabled and restricted access to the Institute's FOIA system, terminated the employees responsible for processing FOIA requests, and restricted the use of Institute financial resources.”
I’ve collected sports cards over the years & I enjoy telling stories about famous rookie cards or errors I’ve collected. With that said, I came across this video by the Mangini Collection about card addiction. It’s similar to problem gambling & its effects can be devastating
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Addiction is Real. Is Breaking an Illegal Scam?
YouTube video by The Mangini Collection
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June 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I’ve collected sports cards over the years & I enjoy telling stories about famous rookie cards or errors I’ve collected. With that said, I came across this video by the Mangini Collection about card addiction. It’s similar to problem gambling & its effects can be devastating
youtu.be/MIvaLZISylI?...
youtu.be/MIvaLZISylI?...
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“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.”
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
June 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.”
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
Governor Newsom off the top rope!
Don’t let the billionaire media industrial complex fool you, anyone who looks up the crime data on their own will find the southern states make up the top 10 in most dangerous places to live. Mass poverty is the main problem, but leadership doesn’t want to solve it.
Don’t let the billionaire media industrial complex fool you, anyone who looks up the crime data on their own will find the southern states make up the top 10 in most dangerous places to live. Mass poverty is the main problem, but leadership doesn’t want to solve it.
June 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Governor Newsom off the top rope!
Don’t let the billionaire media industrial complex fool you, anyone who looks up the crime data on their own will find the southern states make up the top 10 in most dangerous places to live. Mass poverty is the main problem, but leadership doesn’t want to solve it.
Don’t let the billionaire media industrial complex fool you, anyone who looks up the crime data on their own will find the southern states make up the top 10 in most dangerous places to live. Mass poverty is the main problem, but leadership doesn’t want to solve it.
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You know what’s actually newsworthy and deserves a weekly editorial takedown? The unprecedented nature of Elon Musk owning a major communications platform while paying people to vote for Trump and then working in an unofficial official capacity in the White House.
June 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
You know what’s actually newsworthy and deserves a weekly editorial takedown? The unprecedented nature of Elon Musk owning a major communications platform while paying people to vote for Trump and then working in an unofficial official capacity in the White House.
The billionaire media industrial complex is laser focused on showing working class people protesting because they want them to be the enemy. And they are completely ignoring the Epstein files. Not a mention of it since Musk last week. They want us to hate each other. To fight with each other.
June 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The billionaire media industrial complex is laser focused on showing working class people protesting because they want them to be the enemy. And they are completely ignoring the Epstein files. Not a mention of it since Musk last week. They want us to hate each other. To fight with each other.
Where is Qanon?
Where is Alex Jones?
Where is Alex Jones?
Just to be clear: the President has mobilized the Marines on American soil because people are protesting masked, secret police kidnapping people with no due process and shipping them to foreign death camps.
It’s not a misunderstanding or an oversight.
That is all it is.
There is no other side.
It’s not a misunderstanding or an oversight.
That is all it is.
There is no other side.
June 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Where is Qanon?
Where is Alex Jones?
Where is Alex Jones?
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Something worth noting is how the press is leaning into the framing that what’s happening in LA is a both sides issue or that they are riots. Even when the LAPD is saying it’s under control, suddenly for the first time in their lives the press is willing to ignore them
June 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Something worth noting is how the press is leaning into the framing that what’s happening in LA is a both sides issue or that they are riots. Even when the LAPD is saying it’s under control, suddenly for the first time in their lives the press is willing to ignore them
Worst leadership in American history and it isn’t even close
The Trump administration’s plan for FEMA is to fuck over the states and then blame Democratic governors
June 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Worst leadership in American history and it isn’t even close
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ICYMI: National Guard troops were sent to LA with no federal funding for food, water, fuel, equipment, or a place to stay.
“Wildly unprepared” is the phrase being used. All courtesy of Trump and Hegseth.
“Wildly unprepared” is the phrase being used. All courtesy of Trump and Hegseth.
June 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
ICYMI: National Guard troops were sent to LA with no federal funding for food, water, fuel, equipment, or a place to stay.
“Wildly unprepared” is the phrase being used. All courtesy of Trump and Hegseth.
“Wildly unprepared” is the phrase being used. All courtesy of Trump and Hegseth.
While Taco distracts us with the LA riots he’s instigating, let us not forget that when Joe Rogan asked FBI director Kash Patel about how Elon Musk would know what was in the Epstein files, Patel didn't say Musk was wrong. The only thing he said was he didn’t know how Musk would have seen them.
June 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
While Taco distracts us with the LA riots he’s instigating, let us not forget that when Joe Rogan asked FBI director Kash Patel about how Elon Musk would know what was in the Epstein files, Patel didn't say Musk was wrong. The only thing he said was he didn’t know how Musk would have seen them.