Ray Radlein
@radlein.bsky.social
Old. "Atlanta." He/Him.
Cats, SF/Fandom, Women's Soccer, Cats, ME/CFS, Politics, Cats
I Wear a Kitten Now. Kittens Are Cool.
Cats, SF/Fandom, Women's Soccer, Cats, ME/CFS, Politics, Cats
I Wear a Kitten Now. Kittens Are Cool.
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I've harped on congressional war powers for a long time and we do need to fix all that, but threatening to invade Greenland while ranting at Norway about the Nobel Peace Prize and imposing trade sanctions on NATO is more the kind of thing you can only fix by not having a literally insane president.
January 19, 2026 at 8:35 AM
I've harped on congressional war powers for a long time and we do need to fix all that, but threatening to invade Greenland while ranting at Norway about the Nobel Peace Prize and imposing trade sanctions on NATO is more the kind of thing you can only fix by not having a literally insane president.
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it is not the most important thing here but how much of this “8 wars” stuff is just him mindlessly repeating what his handlers tell him when they hand him stuff to sign
Not the sort of letter committed to paper by a well man. "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 11:32 AM
it is not the most important thing here but how much of this “8 wars” stuff is just him mindlessly repeating what his handlers tell him when they hand him stuff to sign
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“Because you didn’t give me a peace prize I’m going to start WW III” - a very sane person who is definitely fit for office
January 19, 2026 at 1:26 PM
“Because you didn’t give me a peace prize I’m going to start WW III” - a very sane person who is definitely fit for office
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Some of you know Cookie an outdoor catto we thought had a home. We've learned he does not. Today we're getting him inside.Traps are set.Then the 3-3-3 begins. 3 days to destress. 3 wks to feel safe. 3 mths to adapt to indoor life. Vet care of course. Fingers crossed. 🩷😸
January 18, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Some of you know Cookie an outdoor catto we thought had a home. We've learned he does not. Today we're getting him inside.Traps are set.Then the 3-3-3 begins. 3 days to destress. 3 wks to feel safe. 3 mths to adapt to indoor life. Vet care of course. Fingers crossed. 🩷😸
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I feel like America plotting to annex Greenland while masked state goons terrorise their own communities at will should encourage British press and politicians to reflect on what happens when you act like "far right" is an unfair slur rather than a necessary descriptor of a real political position.
January 19, 2026 at 8:26 AM
I feel like America plotting to annex Greenland while masked state goons terrorise their own communities at will should encourage British press and politicians to reflect on what happens when you act like "far right" is an unfair slur rather than a necessary descriptor of a real political position.
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"When we say ICE is lawless, this is what they mean."
Another person taken today in Northeast. ICE left their car out in the road and pepper sprayed legal observers, directly violating a federal judge’s orders from earlier this week.
January 19, 2026 at 2:09 AM
"When we say ICE is lawless, this is what they mean."
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I’m just not convinced about the need for a monochrome street camera. petapixel.com/2026/01/14/r...
Ricoh GR IV Monochrome Review: Black and White Comes at a Premium
Why buy a dedicated monochromatic camera to take black and white photos? The Ricoh GR IV makes a strong case, if not for the cost.
petapixel.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:12 AM
I’m just not convinced about the need for a monochrome street camera. petapixel.com/2026/01/14/r...
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there hasn't been much good direct light during this soft box of a winter. when there was it sought to illuminate, well, #birdbutts #winterlight #birdoftheday
January 19, 2026 at 11:55 AM
there hasn't been much good direct light during this soft box of a winter. when there was it sought to illuminate, well, #birdbutts #winterlight #birdoftheday
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Quite a quote from Texans LB Azeez Al-Shaair, who was asked about his STOP THE GENOCIDE eye black after today’s game
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
January 19, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Quite a quote from Texans LB Azeez Al-Shaair, who was asked about his STOP THE GENOCIDE eye black after today’s game
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
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“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.”
-MLK Jr, Letter from a Birmingham Jail
-MLK Jr, Letter from a Birmingham Jail
January 19, 2026 at 1:05 PM
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.”
-MLK Jr, Letter from a Birmingham Jail
-MLK Jr, Letter from a Birmingham Jail
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He would be marching against ICE.
Honor Dr King’s legacy and fight for what is right.
Make good trouble.
Honor Dr King’s legacy and fight for what is right.
Make good trouble.
January 19, 2026 at 12:04 PM
He would be marching against ICE.
Honor Dr King’s legacy and fight for what is right.
Make good trouble.
Honor Dr King’s legacy and fight for what is right.
Make good trouble.
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News from Lyme Regis, 17 January 1831: 'Miss Anning has again made a discovery of a grand fossil animal ... Geologists are now very numerous: perhaps much more than at any former period'. Then at the height of her fame, #MaryAnning and her discoveries attracted droves of fossil collectors to Lyme.
January 17, 2026 at 10:50 AM
News from Lyme Regis, 17 January 1831: 'Miss Anning has again made a discovery of a grand fossil animal ... Geologists are now very numerous: perhaps much more than at any former period'. Then at the height of her fame, #MaryAnning and her discoveries attracted droves of fossil collectors to Lyme.
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you will never be as cool as any of these fucking nerds were in 1966
January 19, 2026 at 1:07 PM
you will never be as cool as any of these fucking nerds were in 1966
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for reasons not totally clear to me, in the 60s, the annual chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee (the 2026 edition is going on right now!) was covered by Dutch press photographer who all went insanely hard on it
January 19, 2026 at 1:04 PM
for reasons not totally clear to me, in the 60s, the annual chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee (the 2026 edition is going on right now!) was covered by Dutch press photographer who all went insanely hard on it
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the best one is actually this one from the 1960 tournament of the chefs at the hotel following along. i love this so fucking much
January 19, 2026 at 1:09 PM
the best one is actually this one from the 1960 tournament of the chefs at the hotel following along. i love this so fucking much
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1️⃣ He didn't say that.
2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him.
3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling.
4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it.
5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented.
6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.
2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him.
3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling.
4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it.
5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented.
6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.
January 19, 2026 at 10:34 AM
1️⃣ He didn't say that.
2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him.
3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling.
4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it.
5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented.
6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.
2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him.
3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling.
4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it.
5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented.
6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.
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This is deranged in so many ways.
1) he’s admitting he only cares about peace bc of a prize
2) Norway doesn’t actually give the award
3) he ended zero wars
4) he’s bombed 7 countries
I’ll never forgive anyone who has ever helped this weird old asshole
1) he’s admitting he only cares about peace bc of a prize
2) Norway doesn’t actually give the award
3) he ended zero wars
4) he’s bombed 7 countries
I’ll never forgive anyone who has ever helped this weird old asshole
Not the sort of letter committed to paper by a well man. "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 1:16 PM
This is deranged in so many ways.
1) he’s admitting he only cares about peace bc of a prize
2) Norway doesn’t actually give the award
3) he ended zero wars
4) he’s bombed 7 countries
I’ll never forgive anyone who has ever helped this weird old asshole
1) he’s admitting he only cares about peace bc of a prize
2) Norway doesn’t actually give the award
3) he ended zero wars
4) he’s bombed 7 countries
I’ll never forgive anyone who has ever helped this weird old asshole
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The quote really should have been like, evil triumphs when good men fuck about with useless and purely symbolic opposition thinking they're actually doing something.
Look at all the dems, they're like "we're not doing nothing, we are drafting a bill that'll put QR codes on the guy shooting you"
Look at all the dems, they're like "we're not doing nothing, we are drafting a bill that'll put QR codes on the guy shooting you"
January 19, 2026 at 1:14 PM
The quote really should have been like, evil triumphs when good men fuck about with useless and purely symbolic opposition thinking they're actually doing something.
Look at all the dems, they're like "we're not doing nothing, we are drafting a bill that'll put QR codes on the guy shooting you"
Look at all the dems, they're like "we're not doing nothing, we are drafting a bill that'll put QR codes on the guy shooting you"
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Ah we see your Blue Monday and raise you a Moo Blunday
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Ah we see your Blue Monday and raise you a Moo Blunday
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Unable to work for the rest of today, as i got up to put the kettle on and a cat stole my chair
January 19, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Unable to work for the rest of today, as i got up to put the kettle on and a cat stole my chair
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Currently watching 'Genesis of the Daleks' on I-Player. You can certainly tell that people working on it, had been familiar with the Nazi regime. Terry Nation had been 15 when the war ended. Lots of messages that have reinvigorated relevance today.
January 19, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Currently watching 'Genesis of the Daleks' on I-Player. You can certainly tell that people working on it, had been familiar with the Nazi regime. Terry Nation had been 15 when the war ended. Lots of messages that have reinvigorated relevance today.
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"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace."
January 19, 2026 at 12:17 PM
"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace."
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I am a novelist. I have published both decent and bestselling work. All of my bestsellers were written while I was drunk and depressed. Since I've been sober and happier, I've not had a single bestseller.
January 19, 2026 at 1:20 PM
I am a novelist. I have published both decent and bestselling work. All of my bestsellers were written while I was drunk and depressed. Since I've been sober and happier, I've not had a single bestseller.