Ranamar
@ranamar.bsky.social
When did I go from grudgingly creating a Twitter account so I could upload some pictures to actively making a Bluesky account?
I almost certainly won't follow you back unless you're someone I know, but don't let that stop you.
(he/him)
I almost certainly won't follow you back unless you're someone I know, but don't let that stop you.
(he/him)
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BREAKING: A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration cannot block federal money for child care and other social service funding to five states for now.
Judge says Trump administration can’t block child care, other program money for 5 states for now
A judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot block child care and other federal social service money from flowing to five states for now.
bit.ly
January 10, 2026 at 12:19 AM
BREAKING: A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration cannot block federal money for child care and other social service funding to five states for now.
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Just some bangers from the COIN Manual that informed so many of our experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The level of restraint we expect from our soldiers and Marines, even in a COIN environment, is remarkable.
Such professionalism should be expected of every American we trust to bear arms.
The level of restraint we expect from our soldiers and Marines, even in a COIN environment, is remarkable.
Such professionalism should be expected of every American we trust to bear arms.
January 9, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Just some bangers from the COIN Manual that informed so many of our experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The level of restraint we expect from our soldiers and Marines, even in a COIN environment, is remarkable.
Such professionalism should be expected of every American we trust to bear arms.
The level of restraint we expect from our soldiers and Marines, even in a COIN environment, is remarkable.
Such professionalism should be expected of every American we trust to bear arms.
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The concern I have is that these goons, like most dumb fascists in history, will respond to these incidents by escalating violence - by shooting more innocent mothers in the street - as if they issue is simply that they haven't murdered enough polite mothers-of-three or orphaned enough children.
January 10, 2026 at 1:45 AM
The concern I have is that these goons, like most dumb fascists in history, will respond to these incidents by escalating violence - by shooting more innocent mothers in the street - as if they issue is simply that they haven't murdered enough polite mothers-of-three or orphaned enough children.
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January 10, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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How many ICE agents does it take to change a lightbulb?
Two:
One to shoot the bulb and the other to tell everyone that the bulb was a terrorist and that at least darkness isn't woke.
One to shoot the bulb and the other to tell everyone that the bulb was a terrorist and that at least darkness isn't woke.
January 10, 2026 at 12:01 AM
How many ICE agents does it take to change a lightbulb?
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the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
January 9, 2026 at 6:48 AM
the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
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He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
January 9, 2026 at 11:50 AM
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
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He has sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people
He has kept among us Standing Armies without Consent of our legislatures
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us
For protecting them from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States
He has kept among us Standing Armies without Consent of our legislatures
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us
For protecting them from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States
January 9, 2026 at 11:40 AM
He has sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people
He has kept among us Standing Armies without Consent of our legislatures
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us
For protecting them from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States
He has kept among us Standing Armies without Consent of our legislatures
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us
For protecting them from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States
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/2 In light of that, I am in awe and deep respect of the people who are still showing up to monitor the ICE Gestapo, protect and defend their neighbors, do whatever they can to hold ICE to account and call out their lawlessness. What incredible bravery.
January 9, 2026 at 3:46 PM
/2 In light of that, I am in awe and deep respect of the people who are still showing up to monitor the ICE Gestapo, protect and defend their neighbors, do whatever they can to hold ICE to account and call out their lawlessness. What incredible bravery.
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RIGHT NOW in 1776, the Continental Navy and Marines are sailing to Nassau where in March they will capture a British outpost and supplies. Also rum.
They’re flying the Gadsen Flag.
They’re flying the Gadsen Flag.
January 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
RIGHT NOW in 1776, the Continental Navy and Marines are sailing to Nassau where in March they will capture a British outpost and supplies. Also rum.
They’re flying the Gadsen Flag.
They’re flying the Gadsen Flag.
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So to return to this: Mussolini had 200,000 blackshirts for the March on Rome in a country of ~35m. Hitler had 400,000 brownshirts in 1932 in Germany for a population of ~60m.
So around 0.6% of the population.
0.6% of 340m Americans is just over 2 million.
They do not have enough goons.
So around 0.6% of the population.
0.6% of 340m Americans is just over 2 million.
They do not have enough goons.
In 1932, on the eve of seizing power, the Nazi goon army - the Sturmabteiling or SA - numbered 400,000 members. By 1933, it was over two *million.*
DHS has 240,00 employees and lot of those are non-goons who have, you know, real jobs.
DHS has 240,00 employees and lot of those are non-goons who have, you know, real jobs.
January 9, 2026 at 6:45 PM
So to return to this: Mussolini had 200,000 blackshirts for the March on Rome in a country of ~35m. Hitler had 400,000 brownshirts in 1932 in Germany for a population of ~60m.
So around 0.6% of the population.
0.6% of 340m Americans is just over 2 million.
They do not have enough goons.
So around 0.6% of the population.
0.6% of 340m Americans is just over 2 million.
They do not have enough goons.
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my take is that I have never done cocaine but seeing “Vance’s twisted and wrongheaded view of Christianity has been repudiated by two popes” printed in one of the country’s largest Catholic publications hits like I imagine cocaine feels
@clairewillett.bsky.social would love to hear your take on this!
Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
January 9, 2026 at 4:20 AM
my take is that I have never done cocaine but seeing “Vance’s twisted and wrongheaded view of Christianity has been repudiated by two popes” printed in one of the country’s largest Catholic publications hits like I imagine cocaine feels
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it is now 2026 and this kid has been featured in every nintendo email game survey since at least 2017; almost certainly this kid has gone to college and gotten a job and possibly had kids and i really want to know how they're doing
people are rightfully mad about Disney excising the transness of a new show's character; meanwhile Nintendo have been happily using the same gender-ambiguous blue-haired kid as part of their default customer satisfaction survey for long enough that the kid is probably 23 by now
January 9, 2026 at 7:01 AM
it is now 2026 and this kid has been featured in every nintendo email game survey since at least 2017; almost certainly this kid has gone to college and gotten a job and possibly had kids and i really want to know how they're doing
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People who think that there are paid crisis actors protesting are out of their fucking minds. First of all, there are a lot of really terrible actors out there. Second, if an actor really did get a job as a protestor, people would know about it. They’d be hashtagging that shit.
January 8, 2026 at 7:57 PM
People who think that there are paid crisis actors protesting are out of their fucking minds. First of all, there are a lot of really terrible actors out there. Second, if an actor really did get a job as a protestor, people would know about it. They’d be hashtagging that shit.
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"The Party tells you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. Critics say that's dangerous advice. Is the truth somewhere in between?"
good that they got coverage away from the politics team (chronic bothsiders) and to visual investigations (consistently excellent)
The New York Times states it plainly in display type:
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
January 8, 2026 at 8:49 PM
"The Party tells you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. Critics say that's dangerous advice. Is the truth somewhere in between?"
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This thread resulted in Google's AI function telling people that my cat was a real human woman who came to media prominence during the Britpop era and once ran a successful high-end interior design business. I've written about that - and some other stuff - here: www.tom-cox.com/thinking-abo...
January 8, 2026 at 9:53 AM
This thread resulted in Google's AI function telling people that my cat was a real human woman who came to media prominence during the Britpop era and once ran a successful high-end interior design business. I've written about that - and some other stuff - here: www.tom-cox.com/thinking-abo...
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Wait what?? God so much is happening I don't even know what this is or how long the extensions are for or that it was even happening
Tonight — thanks to all of YOU — House Democrats did something many thought impossible.
We forced the Republican-controlled House to vote on extending healthcare tax credits for working families.
And it PASSED.
The Senate must now do the same.
We forced the Republican-controlled House to vote on extending healthcare tax credits for working families.
And it PASSED.
The Senate must now do the same.
January 8, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Wait what?? God so much is happening I don't even know what this is or how long the extensions are for or that it was even happening
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Call me crazy, but if someone actually were trying to run you over, shooting them to death doesn't actually remove the threat. It just means their now-dead leg weight is still on the accelerator but there's no control over the steering.
These shootings are plainly retaliatory, and always have been.
These shootings are plainly retaliatory, and always have been.
January 8, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Call me crazy, but if someone actually were trying to run you over, shooting them to death doesn't actually remove the threat. It just means their now-dead leg weight is still on the accelerator but there's no control over the steering.
These shootings are plainly retaliatory, and always have been.
These shootings are plainly retaliatory, and always have been.
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For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
January 8, 2026 at 5:35 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
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Sometimes I wish the Admiral Adama quote wasn't from a scifi show because it's the exact example of what happens
January 7, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Sometimes I wish the Admiral Adama quote wasn't from a scifi show because it's the exact example of what happens
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Discworld QOTD, from Snuff
January 7, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Snuff
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cropped sc because tensions are running high so no need to start unnecessary beef, but this is something literally no country on earth has, and it’s fucking annoying when people act superior to you because you’re grappling with this shit as it actually exists rather than airly imaging utopias.
January 8, 2026 at 1:23 AM
cropped sc because tensions are running high so no need to start unnecessary beef, but this is something literally no country on earth has, and it’s fucking annoying when people act superior to you because you’re grappling with this shit as it actually exists rather than airly imaging utopias.
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This is 100% true for whatever value of "the video". My guide to avoiding traumatizing media and how to do it more psychologically safely if you absolutely *must* watch it: synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/803314.html
January 8, 2026 at 2:48 AM
This is 100% true for whatever value of "the video". My guide to avoiding traumatizing media and how to do it more psychologically safely if you absolutely *must* watch it: synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/803314.html
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lord, give me the strength to not argue at people who basically agree with me
January 7, 2026 at 7:02 PM
lord, give me the strength to not argue at people who basically agree with me