Ray Woodruff Music
@raywoodruff.com
Songwriter. Guitarist. Instrumentalist. Visuals. Lost writer.
Underdog Routing, Community Believing, Left Leaning (to the point of falling over). #RVA
https://www.raywoodruff.com
https://raywoodruff.bandcamp.com/
Underdog Routing, Community Believing, Left Leaning (to the point of falling over). #RVA
https://www.raywoodruff.com
https://raywoodruff.bandcamp.com/
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Ray Woodruff Music
@raywoodruff.com
· Dec 7
Ray Woodruff
Songwriter. Guitarist. Instrumentalist. Visuals. Lost writer.
raywoodruff.bandcamp.com
I’m mainly a singer/songwriter with the occasional divergence into improvised instrumental tone-poem-y kinds of stuff. Along the way, a lot of other interests come into play.
raywoodruff.bandcamp.com
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If we are going to use AI correctly, this is the way.
We built Jikipedia, a new wiki that compiles Jmail data into exhaustive reports on key figures in the Epstein scandal.
It lists all recorded visits to Epstein's estates, each person's possible knowledge of Epstein's crimes and laws that they may have violated.
It lists all recorded visits to Epstein's estates, each person's possible knowledge of Epstein's crimes and laws that they may have violated.
February 15, 2026 at 5:57 PM
If we are going to use AI correctly, this is the way.
A good point to aways remember that all the time, effort, and money that is spent on evil could do so much good if we weren’t lead by evil, worthless people.
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:40 PM
A good point to aways remember that all the time, effort, and money that is spent on evil could do so much good if we weren’t lead by evil, worthless people.
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For American democracy to survive, we must as a country learn to embrace the beauty, the awesomeness, the Americanness of our cities.
Homey little songs about how cities are amazing and you feel good when you wander around them and they're where you're from and you couldn't imaging living anywhere else are one of my favorite microgenres.
We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.
February 14, 2026 at 11:08 PM
For American democracy to survive, we must as a country learn to embrace the beauty, the awesomeness, the Americanness of our cities.
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Nothing about our current moment is comprehensible without understanding that:
1. Until 1965, white men decided who was president.
2. for the next four decades, every president elected was either a Republican or a white male Southerner.
3. Barack Obama was the first exception to the above.
1. Until 1965, white men decided who was president.
2. for the next four decades, every president elected was either a Republican or a white male Southerner.
3. Barack Obama was the first exception to the above.
February 14, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Nothing about our current moment is comprehensible without understanding that:
1. Until 1965, white men decided who was president.
2. for the next four decades, every president elected was either a Republican or a white male Southerner.
3. Barack Obama was the first exception to the above.
1. Until 1965, white men decided who was president.
2. for the next four decades, every president elected was either a Republican or a white male Southerner.
3. Barack Obama was the first exception to the above.
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My first Power Rankings vote of the 2026 MLS season!
It's not really a "vote," though, because now it's just me. Telling you who has the most POWER.
tacticsfreezone.ghost.io/my-first-pow...
It's not really a "vote," though, because now it's just me. Telling you who has the most POWER.
tacticsfreezone.ghost.io/my-first-pow...
My first Power Rankings vote of the 2026 MLS season
We're back, baby! Time to rank the POWER!!!
tacticsfreezone.ghost.io
February 13, 2026 at 2:53 PM
My first Power Rankings vote of the 2026 MLS season!
It's not really a "vote," though, because now it's just me. Telling you who has the most POWER.
tacticsfreezone.ghost.io/my-first-pow...
It's not really a "vote," though, because now it's just me. Telling you who has the most POWER.
tacticsfreezone.ghost.io/my-first-pow...
When they tell you who they are, believe them.
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 3:10 PM
When they tell you who they are, believe them.
I believe we have just found the plot to the Who Framed Roger Rabbit sequel. Happily, we know how it ends for Elon.
February 14, 2026 at 3:02 PM
I believe we have just found the plot to the Who Framed Roger Rabbit sequel. Happily, we know how it ends for Elon.
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This is blackout poetry to me
February 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM
This is blackout poetry to me
This is so insane to me. Pretending that a politician is just basically a passive opinion poll digesting and regurgitating machine seems a dark highway to very ineffective, milquetoast, corporate politicians at the mercy of career pundits.
A critique I hear of me sometimes is that I don’t believe in changing public opinion.
What I would say is that I don’t really think *working politicians* should be focused on changing opinion, that’s the job for everyone else — go out and persuade someone!
What I would say is that I don’t really think *working politicians* should be focused on changing opinion, that’s the job for everyone else — go out and persuade someone!
"Democratic politicians urgently need to adopt the GOP view of public opinion—that it’s movable, and it’s their job to move it." newrepublic.com/article/2058...
February 14, 2026 at 1:54 PM
This is so insane to me. Pretending that a politician is just basically a passive opinion poll digesting and regurgitating machine seems a dark highway to very ineffective, milquetoast, corporate politicians at the mercy of career pundits.
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"Previous estimates showed the US economy generated 584,000 jobs in 2025, the first year of Trump’s second term, which was deeply discouraging.
Now, the picture is far worse: The newly revised, final data shows that the U.S. economy actually added only 181,000 jobs..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Now, the picture is far worse: The newly revised, final data shows that the U.S. economy actually added only 181,000 jobs..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
February 13, 2026 at 1:47 AM
"Previous estimates showed the US economy generated 584,000 jobs in 2025, the first year of Trump’s second term, which was deeply discouraging.
Now, the picture is far worse: The newly revised, final data shows that the U.S. economy actually added only 181,000 jobs..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Now, the picture is far worse: The newly revised, final data shows that the U.S. economy actually added only 181,000 jobs..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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I just read a very affecting account of the relationship between Polish and Jewish socialists before and during the Holocaust. You see this exact dynamic from Poles at the time. They would say to Jews: “we support you, but we can’t condemn antisemitism because we need to recruit the working class”
I am so sick of these faux ‘left’ types laundering MAGA talking points by pretending that sensitivity to language politics is elitism incarnate. Guess what? Giving a shit about how you treat people is the foundation of a consistent politics oriented towards justice, including anti-capitalism.
February 13, 2026 at 2:13 AM
I just read a very affecting account of the relationship between Polish and Jewish socialists before and during the Holocaust. You see this exact dynamic from Poles at the time. They would say to Jews: “we support you, but we can’t condemn antisemitism because we need to recruit the working class”
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I am so sick of these faux ‘left’ types laundering MAGA talking points by pretending that sensitivity to language politics is elitism incarnate. Guess what? Giving a shit about how you treat people is the foundation of a consistent politics oriented towards justice, including anti-capitalism.
December 15, 2024 at 5:45 PM
I am so sick of these faux ‘left’ types laundering MAGA talking points by pretending that sensitivity to language politics is elitism incarnate. Guess what? Giving a shit about how you treat people is the foundation of a consistent politics oriented towards justice, including anti-capitalism.
I think the important part is:
When a bubble bursts in space…
No one is there to hear it scream.
When a bubble bursts in space…
No one is there to hear it scream.
How do you cool a datacenter in space, and what happens if a piece of dust or something needs to get removed, or a wire gets loose
February 13, 2026 at 2:08 AM
I think the important part is:
When a bubble bursts in space…
No one is there to hear it scream.
When a bubble bursts in space…
No one is there to hear it scream.
The redacted Trump is magnificent.
February 12, 2026 at 4:26 PM
The redacted Trump is magnificent.
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@mattdoyle.bsky.social is one of the best sports writers in our country. Full stop.
There's a special type of writer that makes you feel you're being told a story & investing into a narrative, while simultaneously helping you understand the game better through observation and data.
In basketball,
There's a special type of writer that makes you feel you're being told a story & investing into a narrative, while simultaneously helping you understand the game better through observation and data.
In basketball,
February 12, 2026 at 3:00 AM
@mattdoyle.bsky.social is one of the best sports writers in our country. Full stop.
There's a special type of writer that makes you feel you're being told a story & investing into a narrative, while simultaneously helping you understand the game better through observation and data.
In basketball,
There's a special type of writer that makes you feel you're being told a story & investing into a narrative, while simultaneously helping you understand the game better through observation and data.
In basketball,
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it's Zach Lowe. In football, it's Bill Barnwell. In soccer, it's Matt Doyle.
In fact, sometimes I wonder that society hasn't lost out a little bit by them choosing sports as their passion versus other topics. That's how good they are at their craft.
And yet, when I think of Matt Doyle, I
In fact, sometimes I wonder that society hasn't lost out a little bit by them choosing sports as their passion versus other topics. That's how good they are at their craft.
And yet, when I think of Matt Doyle, I
February 12, 2026 at 3:00 AM
it's Zach Lowe. In football, it's Bill Barnwell. In soccer, it's Matt Doyle.
In fact, sometimes I wonder that society hasn't lost out a little bit by them choosing sports as their passion versus other topics. That's how good they are at their craft.
And yet, when I think of Matt Doyle, I
In fact, sometimes I wonder that society hasn't lost out a little bit by them choosing sports as their passion versus other topics. That's how good they are at their craft.
And yet, when I think of Matt Doyle, I
Why stop there?
February 12, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Why stop there?
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Why did Pam Bondi alienate more Republican voters today?
Because the truth is far worse.
Because the truth is far worse.
February 11, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Why did Pam Bondi alienate more Republican voters today?
Because the truth is far worse.
Because the truth is far worse.
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what makes something "vulnerable to AI" is not the capacity of machines but the credulity of management.
Of course, it is also true that historians jobs may in practice be vulnerable to AI, because a lot of people who control the money for historian jobs probably haven’t thought much about where history comes from, either.
February 11, 2026 at 8:39 PM
what makes something "vulnerable to AI" is not the capacity of machines but the credulity of management.
Seems good advice, actually. I’ve always liked Michigan. Lovely state.
Michigan Senate candidates tell Washington Democrats: Show some spine
Michigan Senate candidates tell Washington Democrats: Show some spine
Three Senate candidates in Michigan are unified around demand for Democrats to stand their ground on shutdown fight
www.independent.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Seems good advice, actually. I’ve always liked Michigan. Lovely state.
Oh man, I don’t like to see this. I have hated the direction MLS has gone the past couple of years. They have managed to alienate the fans of the league while replacing it with… not much. But this is too much. Hoping the best for Matt and for all the crew that pulled me into the league.
Fifteen years ago, I got my dream job writing for MLSsoccer. Last week, that came to an end.
I'm off on my own, and it's time to build something new – with a little help from all of you.
tacticsfreezone.ghost.io/an-end-to-my...
I'm off on my own, and it's time to build something new – with a little help from all of you.
tacticsfreezone.ghost.io/an-end-to-my...
February 11, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Oh man, I don’t like to see this. I have hated the direction MLS has gone the past couple of years. They have managed to alienate the fans of the league while replacing it with… not much. But this is too much. Hoping the best for Matt and for all the crew that pulled me into the league.
It was always going to be something like this, wasn’t it? If it wasn’t a flash bang super secret discombobulator attack on Mexico, I mean.
El Paso Airport Closed After Military Shot Down Random Party Balloon
The Pentagon appeared to believe the balloon was a foreign drone.
newrepublic.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:01 PM
It was always going to be something like this, wasn’t it? If it wasn’t a flash bang super secret discombobulator attack on Mexico, I mean.
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This is El Paso, where the airspace has been shut down without explanation for ten days btw
We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
February 11, 2026 at 1:20 PM
This is El Paso, where the airspace has been shut down without explanation for ten days btw
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We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
February 10, 2026 at 6:47 PM
We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege