Ian Ramjohn
@iramjohn.bsky.social
Wikipedia expert at @wikieducation.bsky.social.
Plant ecology Ph.D. 🇹🇹Trinbagonian in exile
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2910-0526 (if you want to verify my account's authenticity)
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Ian Ramjohn
@iramjohn.bsky.social
· Feb 19
Eulogy for my father, Ian Ramjohn (1931–2025)
YouTube video by Ian Ramjohn
youtu.be
I recorded this for my father's funeral today.
youtu.be/c6WWROsaCwY
youtu.be/c6WWROsaCwY
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Ring is first and foremost a scheme to charge Amazon customers to deter crime that costs Amazon (not the customers themselves) billions annually in refunds, returns, double shipping, and customer service overhead.
February 12, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Ring is first and foremost a scheme to charge Amazon customers to deter crime that costs Amazon (not the customers themselves) billions annually in refunds, returns, double shipping, and customer service overhead.
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I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I've run out of words.
RFK Jr's Nutrition Chatbot Recommends Best Foods to Insert Into Your Rectum
Realfood.gov will happily give you the worst possible advice.
www.404media.co
February 11, 2026 at 6:01 PM
I've run out of words.
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I’ve been exhausted for years so I’m pretty good at it.
February 11, 2026 at 1:47 PM
I’ve been exhausted for years so I’m pretty good at it.
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This can be read as the Pentagon refusing to deconflict airspace, so the FAA arguably is doing the right thing, though others who are more expert on this should weigh in. cc @faineg.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 1:31 PM
This can be read as the Pentagon refusing to deconflict airspace, so the FAA arguably is doing the right thing, though others who are more expert on this should weigh in. cc @faineg.bsky.social
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The Trump administration’s decision to remove the Pride Flag from the Stonewall National Monument is despicable.
This administration’s bigotry will not erase the history of Stonewall.
I'll always stand with our LGBTQ+ community.
This administration’s bigotry will not erase the history of Stonewall.
I'll always stand with our LGBTQ+ community.
Trump administration removes Rainbow Flag from Stonewall National Monument
The Trump administration removed a large Rainbow Flag from a flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument, the National Park Service confirmed to Gay City News
gaycitynews.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:21 PM
The Trump administration’s decision to remove the Pride Flag from the Stonewall National Monument is despicable.
This administration’s bigotry will not erase the history of Stonewall.
I'll always stand with our LGBTQ+ community.
This administration’s bigotry will not erase the history of Stonewall.
I'll always stand with our LGBTQ+ community.
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People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
February 10, 2026 at 9:55 AM
People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
I write things like this, and then halfway through I start to realise how profoundly *weird* I am.
It's much less severe for me than you, but I always struggled with the number stuff. Trigonometry and vectors made sense. Calculus was just plain fun.
But numbers? I can only safely handle them by converting them into shapes. Strings of digits do bad things like rearrange themselves.
But numbers? I can only safely handle them by converting them into shapes. Strings of digits do bad things like rearrange themselves.
February 11, 2026 at 4:59 AM
I write things like this, and then halfway through I start to realise how profoundly *weird* I am.
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“The husband & wife before this court are charged w/civil violations of our country's immigration laws. Civil. Not criminal. That distinction is not a technicality or a formality. It’s the line the law draws betwn regulation & punishment. Yet these working parents appear in unmistakable prison garb.
Another memorable ruling out of West Virginia, where Judge Goodwin — a Clinton appointee — excoriates the treatment of ICE detainees.
"This is not what civil enforcement looks like in a humane system of government under law."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"This is not what civil enforcement looks like in a humane system of government under law."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 11, 2026 at 3:32 AM
“The husband & wife before this court are charged w/civil violations of our country's immigration laws. Civil. Not criminal. That distinction is not a technicality or a formality. It’s the line the law draws betwn regulation & punishment. Yet these working parents appear in unmistakable prison garb.
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The Internet is so scary to authoritarians precisely because it allows people outside their reach to say things that they don't like.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
ICE List: the small European website exposing US immigration agents
Netherlands-based site uses public information and tips to reveal identities of agents involved in crackdowns across US
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:11 AM
The Internet is so scary to authoritarians precisely because it allows people outside their reach to say things that they don't like.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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No, AI written romance novels are not inevitable: aftermath.site/ai-romance-nov...
February 10, 2026 at 8:37 PM
No, AI written romance novels are not inevitable: aftermath.site/ai-romance-nov...
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HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
February 10, 2026 at 1:17 PM
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
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Gotcha beat. Dan Janzen could be pithy when he wanted to be.
February 10, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Gotcha beat. Dan Janzen could be pithy when he wanted to be.
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Chapelle Roan is taking stronger action towards people named in the Epstein files than the US government
Chappell Roan is leaving her talent agency led by Casey Wasserman after he appeared in the Epstein files.
February 10, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Chapelle Roan is taking stronger action towards people named in the Epstein files than the US government
The logical explanation here is that it's a typo, but at this point if someone made that claim I'd want to see it backed up by metadata.
The idea that this is possible sounds like crazy conspiracy nonsense. But the revelations continue to be filled with stuff that would be a hard sell as fiction.
The idea that this is possible sounds like crazy conspiracy nonsense. But the revelations continue to be filled with stuff that would be a hard sell as fiction.
February 10, 2026 at 5:17 AM
The logical explanation here is that it's a typo, but at this point if someone made that claim I'd want to see it backed up by metadata.
The idea that this is possible sounds like crazy conspiracy nonsense. But the revelations continue to be filled with stuff that would be a hard sell as fiction.
The idea that this is possible sounds like crazy conspiracy nonsense. But the revelations continue to be filled with stuff that would be a hard sell as fiction.
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"An executive of the Rio Grande Valley Builders Association observed flaws in newly lain sidewalk, saying the raids are leading to poor quality work because workers with decades of experience are arrested and contractors scramble for inexperienced replacements."
February 9, 2026 at 9:58 PM
"An executive of the Rio Grande Valley Builders Association observed flaws in newly lain sidewalk, saying the raids are leading to poor quality work because workers with decades of experience are arrested and contractors scramble for inexperienced replacements."
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"A CEO said his employees, who are all U.S. citizens or have legal work status, would frequently witness immigration raids when delivering products. Sometimes that meant builders were left with half-poured foundations that they would have to pay to rip out and redo as laborers were arrested mid-job"
February 9, 2026 at 9:56 PM
"A CEO said his employees, who are all U.S. citizens or have legal work status, would frequently witness immigration raids when delivering products. Sometimes that meant builders were left with half-poured foundations that they would have to pay to rip out and redo as laborers were arrested mid-job"
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They said If you screamed “Ricky!” during the halftime show, your AARP welcome packet is in the mail. 🤣🤣
Some people said they screamed “Menudo!”, which means your wheelchair 🦽 is on the way! 😩
Some people said they screamed “Menudo!”, which means your wheelchair 🦽 is on the way! 😩
February 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM
They said If you screamed “Ricky!” during the halftime show, your AARP welcome packet is in the mail. 🤣🤣
Some people said they screamed “Menudo!”, which means your wheelchair 🦽 is on the way! 😩
Some people said they screamed “Menudo!”, which means your wheelchair 🦽 is on the way! 😩
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Hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars have been spent on body cameras, sold as a revolution in transparency and accountability.
Instead, police departments routinely refuse to release footage — even when officers kill.
(Published 2023)
Instead, police departments routinely refuse to release footage — even when officers kill.
(Published 2023)
How Police Have Undermined the Promise of Body Cameras
Hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars have been spent on what was sold as a revolution in transparency and accountability. Instead, police departments routinely refuse to release footage — even whe...
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars have been spent on body cameras, sold as a revolution in transparency and accountability.
Instead, police departments routinely refuse to release footage — even when officers kill.
(Published 2023)
Instead, police departments routinely refuse to release footage — even when officers kill.
(Published 2023)
This is a totally neutral thing for the king, right? Nothing bad happened to the increasingly tyrannous, unhinged king, right?
Macbeth Act 5, Scene 4
the bushes were people 😂
February 9, 2026 at 3:50 AM
This is a totally neutral thing for the king, right? Nothing bad happened to the increasingly tyrannous, unhinged king, right?
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I think the ‘less obvious’ politics here is that the entire thing started off with workers in the fields and ended with community dancing and emerging in solidarity from the fields. I think it’s beautiful that he named every country and all the peoples voices rising up- AND-
Bad Bunny ends his Super Bowl halftime show in front of a sign reading "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE"
February 9, 2026 at 2:13 AM
I think the ‘less obvious’ politics here is that the entire thing started off with workers in the fields and ended with community dancing and emerging in solidarity from the fields. I think it’s beautiful that he named every country and all the peoples voices rising up- AND-
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Bad Bunny is telling the world that the people in Puerto Rico are American citizens and deserve reliable and resilient electricity and infrastructure investment from the U.S. government.
February 9, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Bad Bunny is telling the world that the people in Puerto Rico are American citizens and deserve reliable and resilient electricity and infrastructure investment from the U.S. government.
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power transformers mentioned in halftime show ⚡️
February 9, 2026 at 1:30 AM
power transformers mentioned in halftime show ⚡️
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Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they *could* that they didn't stop to think if they *should*.
Xfinity has just released its Jurassic Park-themed Super Bowl ad that features a digitally de-aged Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. https://bit.ly/4rmRhrK
February 3, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they *could* that they didn't stop to think if they *should*.
Of course Trump would attack community, wholesomeness.
Trump epitomises a world where all relationships are transactional, where the only children in parties are there for the sexual gratification of the powerful.
Trump epitomises a world where all relationships are transactional, where the only children in parties are there for the sexual gratification of the powerful.
February 9, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Of course Trump would attack community, wholesomeness.
Trump epitomises a world where all relationships are transactional, where the only children in parties are there for the sexual gratification of the powerful.
Trump epitomises a world where all relationships are transactional, where the only children in parties are there for the sexual gratification of the powerful.