RalphBo
@ralphbo.bsky.social
Drums, runs, games with friends. Software tools product manager in my spare time.
Posting from the burning hellscape of Portland 🐸
Posting from the burning hellscape of Portland 🐸
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over a year ago, i gave a talk at the xoxo conference about a mural, a mcdonald’s, and a man. (but it was also secretly about life, and legacy, and meaning.)
finally, i’m blogging the full story, with behind-the-scenes details, and a video of the talk.
enjoy. cabel.com/wes-cook-and...
finally, i’m blogging the full story, with behind-the-scenes details, and a video of the talk.
enjoy. cabel.com/wes-cook-and...
Wes Cook and the Centralia McDonald's Mural
A personal story about discovering a mural in a McDonald's, an unknown artist named Wes Cook, saving the mural, and a conference talk about the whole thing.
cabel.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
over a year ago, i gave a talk at the xoxo conference about a mural, a mcdonald’s, and a man. (but it was also secretly about life, and legacy, and meaning.)
finally, i’m blogging the full story, with behind-the-scenes details, and a video of the talk.
enjoy. cabel.com/wes-cook-and...
finally, i’m blogging the full story, with behind-the-scenes details, and a video of the talk.
enjoy. cabel.com/wes-cook-and...
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EXCLUSIVE: A whistleblower tells @thebarbedwire.com he spent years burying radioactive fracking waste, which melted the bones in his neck and jaw. Then a residential community — and an elementary school — was built on top. 🧵
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/11/a...
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/11/a...
Whistleblower Says Radioactive Fracking Waste Site Melted His Jaw. Now There’s an Elementary School There.
Then an elementary school was built on top of it.
thebarbedwire.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:05 PM
EXCLUSIVE: A whistleblower tells @thebarbedwire.com he spent years burying radioactive fracking waste, which melted the bones in his neck and jaw. Then a residential community — and an elementary school — was built on top. 🧵
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/11/a...
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/11/a...
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
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The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
They're Coming for Our Daughters
The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures
jessica.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:22 PM
The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
Looking for a role that sits at the intersection
February 9, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Looking for a role that sits at the intersection
Right-wingers mad about Bad Bunny’s message of love and unity because it’s in Spanish but Green Day did a song called American Idiot
February 9, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Right-wingers mad about Bad Bunny’s message of love and unity because it’s in Spanish but Green Day did a song called American Idiot
I yelled at the teevee when that crypto company showed its name on the karaoke ad smh
February 9, 2026 at 3:53 AM
I yelled at the teevee when that crypto company showed its name on the karaoke ad smh
Just one brown person and you can have your dog back
I tell you what, Ring figured out exactly how to weaponize white people’s empathy in service to a corporately controlled surveillance state.
Tell them it will find your dog.
Tell them it will find your dog.
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Just one brown person and you can have your dog back
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Some people can't afford the cost of a Real ID, or a copy of their birth certificate, which is why it's important for those of us who can help to help. Even helping just one person goes a long way.
This is about preparation for any foolishness while we continue to fight for our right to vote.
This is about preparation for any foolishness while we continue to fight for our right to vote.
Games are being played with your right to vote. I know it's not possible for everyone, but I'm making sure I got all my paper work in order. Voter registration, certified copies of my birth certificate, Real ID, and U.S. passport.
And the start of early voting is marked on my calendar. No excuses.
And the start of early voting is marked on my calendar. No excuses.
February 8, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Some people can't afford the cost of a Real ID, or a copy of their birth certificate, which is why it's important for those of us who can help to help. Even helping just one person goes a long way.
This is about preparation for any foolishness while we continue to fight for our right to vote.
This is about preparation for any foolishness while we continue to fight for our right to vote.
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Nowhere do I find the social pressure to conform more intense than the TSA screening line. Resistance is a practice and it matters
February 7, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Nowhere do I find the social pressure to conform more intense than the TSA screening line. Resistance is a practice and it matters
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it is absolutely wild that random people on the internet have kept thousands and thousands of minnesota families housed this month
my friend and followers helped pay around maybe 130-140 people’s rent in the past 6 days? like. so much of it was just you guys. it is insane to me, this platform.
my friend and followers helped pay around maybe 130-140 people’s rent in the past 6 days? like. so much of it was just you guys. it is insane to me, this platform.
February 7, 2026 at 5:10 AM
it is absolutely wild that random people on the internet have kept thousands and thousands of minnesota families housed this month
my friend and followers helped pay around maybe 130-140 people’s rent in the past 6 days? like. so much of it was just you guys. it is insane to me, this platform.
my friend and followers helped pay around maybe 130-140 people’s rent in the past 6 days? like. so much of it was just you guys. it is insane to me, this platform.
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"One of the Germans replied that this was done by, quote, 'a few people, and you cannot blame all of us'."
They were standing in liberated Buchenwald - or, as this gentleman said, "you might call a detention center."
They were standing in liberated Buchenwald - or, as this gentleman said, "you might call a detention center."
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 6:31 PM
"One of the Germans replied that this was done by, quote, 'a few people, and you cannot blame all of us'."
They were standing in liberated Buchenwald - or, as this gentleman said, "you might call a detention center."
They were standing in liberated Buchenwald - or, as this gentleman said, "you might call a detention center."
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Full on concentration camps. "We don't know half of what's going on in the camps, but we know enough" is echoing from 85 years ago.
Kelly Vargas writes about what happened to her, her husband, and their 6yo daughter in the family camp in Texas.
Filth, illness, medical abuse—her child has lasting complications from being injured by a staff member.
We don't know the half of what's happening in the camps, but we know enough.
Filth, illness, medical abuse—her child has lasting complications from being injured by a staff member.
We don't know the half of what's happening in the camps, but we know enough.
My Daughter Lived the Liam Ramos Nightmare. It Turned Out Worse for Us.
The constant threats took a toll on my health. My daughter’s health deteriorated even faster.
slate.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Full on concentration camps. "We don't know half of what's going on in the camps, but we know enough" is echoing from 85 years ago.
You’re laughing but this is a serious violation of WalMart’s trademark rights under Florida law
February 4, 2026 at 1:34 AM
You’re laughing but this is a serious violation of WalMart’s trademark rights under Florida law
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The economic term for this kind of behavior where you're stealing other people's wealth and not generating new wealth is rent seeking.
The thing is that many of these models don't have to be this exploitative. The food apps are a good example. They do provide an actual service /1
The thing is that many of these models don't have to be this exploitative. The food apps are a good example. They do provide an actual service /1
The main business model of Silicon Valley from Uber to AirBnB to Spotify is: skim profit off others' goods and labor. Often in ways that are exploitative of individuals or destructive of larger forces (as with Amazon and the retail that kept people heading out in public).
Mamdani Forces Delivery Apps to Pay Back $4.6 Million Cheated From Drivers
New York City's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has already scored a major win for deliveristas working for three delivery giants.
futurism.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:33 PM
The economic term for this kind of behavior where you're stealing other people's wealth and not generating new wealth is rent seeking.
The thing is that many of these models don't have to be this exploitative. The food apps are a good example. They do provide an actual service /1
The thing is that many of these models don't have to be this exploitative. The food apps are a good example. They do provide an actual service /1
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As for other scoops in here and Mace’s role in the Epstein vote, make sure you read right until the very end nymag.com/intelligence...
Nancy Mace Is Not Okay
“Something’s broken. The motherboard’s fried. We’re short-circuiting somewhere.”
nymag.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:13 PM
As for other scoops in here and Mace’s role in the Epstein vote, make sure you read right until the very end nymag.com/intelligence...
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Rep. Kelly Morrison, is a practicing M.D. Her description of conditions in the Whipple detention facility are horrifying.
Here is a rough transcript of the video she just posted. @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social
Rep. Kelly Morrison, is a practicing M.D. Her description of conditions in the Whipple detention facility are horrifying.
Here is a rough transcript of the video she just posted. @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social
February 1, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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Rep. Kelly Morrison, is a practicing M.D. Her description of conditions in the Whipple detention facility are horrifying.
Here is a rough transcript of the video she just posted. @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social
Rep. Kelly Morrison, is a practicing M.D. Her description of conditions in the Whipple detention facility are horrifying.
Here is a rough transcript of the video she just posted. @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social
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We encourage anyone with video footage or eyewitness accounts of unlawful actions by federal agents to report them to the Oregon Department of Justice at www.doj.state.or.us/oregon-depar...
February 1, 2026 at 11:11 PM
We encourage anyone with video footage or eyewitness accounts of unlawful actions by federal agents to report them to the Oregon Department of Justice at www.doj.state.or.us/oregon-depar...
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Quilicura, Chile, one of the communities I wrote about in EMPIRE OF AI, has launched a brilliant initiative to inspire more responsible AI prompting. Today, don't use AI; ask the townspeople instead: quili.ai. So heartened to see this creative act of resistance.
January 31, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Quilicura, Chile, one of the communities I wrote about in EMPIRE OF AI, has launched a brilliant initiative to inspire more responsible AI prompting. Today, don't use AI; ask the townspeople instead: quili.ai. So heartened to see this creative act of resistance.
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Duke’s student newspaper is all over this. Neither Ariely nor the university are saying anything so far www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
Duke professor Dan Ariely had longstanding friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, newly released files show
Ariely is named in 636 of the some 3 million newly released files. He was a prominent professor at Duke over the course of his correspondence with Epstein.
www.dukechronicle.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Duke’s student newspaper is all over this. Neither Ariely nor the university are saying anything so far www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
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I really appreciate the solidarity I'm seeing from local small businesses in the Portland area today.
Many are unable to close for the day but are donating 25% of their proceeds to Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition (PIRC).
Does anyone have a list going?
Many are unable to close for the day but are donating 25% of their proceeds to Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition (PIRC).
Does anyone have a list going?
January 30, 2026 at 5:24 PM
I really appreciate the solidarity I'm seeing from local small businesses in the Portland area today.
Many are unable to close for the day but are donating 25% of their proceeds to Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition (PIRC).
Does anyone have a list going?
Many are unable to close for the day but are donating 25% of their proceeds to Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition (PIRC).
Does anyone have a list going?
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I wrote about Clawdbot/Moltbot/OpenClaw and Moltbook, the fascinating, weird and sometimes even useful social network for digital assistants to swap tips and gossip with each other simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/30/...
Moltbook is the most interesting place on the internet right now
The hottest project in AI right now is Clawdbot, renamed to Moltbot, renamed to OpenClaw. It’s an open source implementation of the digital personal assistant pattern, built by Peter Steinberger …
simonwillison.net
January 30, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about Clawdbot/Moltbot/OpenClaw and Moltbook, the fascinating, weird and sometimes even useful social network for digital assistants to swap tips and gossip with each other simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/30/...
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John Hollister is retired from being in sales for giant banking companies. He moved to Portland, to the Pearl District, because he read in some stupid magazine that it's one of the top ten neighborhoods in the country. So this filthy rich guy moves here and is upset because he sees poor people. 1/
January 30, 2026 at 5:12 AM
John Hollister is retired from being in sales for giant banking companies. He moved to Portland, to the Pearl District, because he read in some stupid magazine that it's one of the top ten neighborhoods in the country. So this filthy rich guy moves here and is upset because he sees poor people. 1/
Moltbook, the nothing app
January 30, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Moltbook, the nothing app