Ron
@ronsering.bsky.social
Writer, runner, reader, hiker, sipper of wine. Lover of mountains, books, and music. He/Him.
I vet everyone I follow or who follows me. If I don't know you personally,
haven't heard of you, or you look bottish, sorry/not sorry, I'm gonna block you.
I vet everyone I follow or who follows me. If I don't know you personally,
haven't heard of you, or you look bottish, sorry/not sorry, I'm gonna block you.
Looking for a Spanish translation of "Sellout," I get either "agotado" or "tracion."
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Machado Presents Trump With Her Nobel Peace Prize Medal
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January 16, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Looking for a Spanish translation of "Sellout," I get either "agotado" or "tracion."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/w...
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Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
www.propublica.org
January 16, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
Nostalgia used to mean affection for a perceived better time.
Now we're using it to gauge relative degrees of suckage...
Now we're using it to gauge relative degrees of suckage...
Social-media users insist “2026 is the new 2016.” But it seems the internet is being selectively nostalgic about a year we never truly left behind.
Who Would Want to Relive This?
Social-media users insist “2026 is the new 2016.” But it seems the internet is being selectively nostalgic about a year we never truly left behind.
www.thecut.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Nostalgia used to mean affection for a perceived better time.
Now we're using it to gauge relative degrees of suckage...
Now we're using it to gauge relative degrees of suckage...
I'll leave you to draw your own conclusions from this full transcript of T*ump's interview with the NYT. I'm too exhausted from reading it...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
Two Hours, Scores of Questions, 23,000 Words: Our Interview With President Trump
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:40 PM
I'll leave you to draw your own conclusions from this full transcript of T*ump's interview with the NYT. I'm too exhausted from reading it...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
"He does not intend to give up power in 2028."
The Powell witch-hunt is not about revenge. It’s not about monetary policy. It’s about power. As is ICE. As is Venezuela. As is the fact that he does not intend to give up power in 2028.
January 12, 2026 at 3:16 PM
"He does not intend to give up power in 2028."
Anything I added to this would be unnecessary, so I'll just post it.
Because it's absolutely true: if there's no point in doing anything at all, why would you do it? It's humans who make meaning. The events are just events. We make them mean something. What that is is entirely up to us. Story is uniquely human. Story is our one superpower.
January 12, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Anything I added to this would be unnecessary, so I'll just post it.
I believe I will take this advice, today and every day.
You know what? I encourage you to write today.
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I encourage you to write today
I do.
gabinoiglesias.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 6:13 PM
I believe I will take this advice, today and every day.
"One thing they all agree on: The world we know is ending. Something new has begun."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Opinion | Trump Broke the World Order. Now What? (Gift Article)
With the president’s actions in Venezuela, we’re entering a new era. Here’s what it could look like.
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 4:20 PM
"One thing they all agree on: The world we know is ending. Something new has begun."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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As usual, I've lost five minutes of my life that I'll never get back reading a Ross Douthat column. The guy must weep into his beer every night for the end of his Neocon wet dream...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/o...
Opinion | The ICE Shooting Displays the Need for Equilibrium. But How?
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January 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM
As usual, I've lost five minutes of my life that I'll never get back reading a Ross Douthat column. The guy must weep into his beer every night for the end of his Neocon wet dream...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/o...
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CNN in Minneapolis: You can literally see someone is playing on the drum set right here outside the entrance of the hotel right now.
January 10, 2026 at 4:18 AM
CNN in Minneapolis: You can literally see someone is playing on the drum set right here outside the entrance of the hotel right now.
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “ICE Out For Good Chaffee County” - sign up now to join me or locate an event in your area!
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ICE Out For Good Chaffee County · Mobilize
Wednesday, January 7th, an American citizen was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity...
www.mobilize.us
January 9, 2026 at 6:32 PM
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “ICE Out For Good Chaffee County” - sign up now to join me or locate an event in your area!
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minneapolis shooting at DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo. Privacy, Simplified.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Trump uses his first veto to kill a unanimous bill to bring pure drinking water to 50K Coloradoans.
Revenge for Lauren Boebert's refusal to cave on the Epstein files? Welp, the water *is* supposed to go to her district...Irony abounds.
www.msn.com/en-us/politi...
Revenge for Lauren Boebert's refusal to cave on the Epstein files? Welp, the water *is* supposed to go to her district...Irony abounds.
www.msn.com/en-us/politi...
MSN
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December 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Trump uses his first veto to kill a unanimous bill to bring pure drinking water to 50K Coloradoans.
Revenge for Lauren Boebert's refusal to cave on the Epstein files? Welp, the water *is* supposed to go to her district...Irony abounds.
www.msn.com/en-us/politi...
Revenge for Lauren Boebert's refusal to cave on the Epstein files? Welp, the water *is* supposed to go to her district...Irony abounds.
www.msn.com/en-us/politi...
Doonesbury continues to be a cultural milestone.
The daily strip has been in rerun for quite a few years now, and has reached the time of the second Iraq War. The run shows where we were headed...it's often uncomfortable reading.
www.washingtonpost.com/doonesbury/
The daily strip has been in rerun for quite a few years now, and has reached the time of the second Iraq War. The run shows where we were headed...it's often uncomfortable reading.
www.washingtonpost.com/doonesbury/
Doonesbury Comic Strips by Garry Trudeau - December 30, 2025
Welcome to Doonesbury's web site, which features not only each day's strip (easily enlargeable for your easy-viewing pleasure), but also the daily SayWhat? quote, a constant flow of reader Blowback, a...
www.washingtonpost.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Doonesbury continues to be a cultural milestone.
The daily strip has been in rerun for quite a few years now, and has reached the time of the second Iraq War. The run shows where we were headed...it's often uncomfortable reading.
www.washingtonpost.com/doonesbury/
The daily strip has been in rerun for quite a few years now, and has reached the time of the second Iraq War. The run shows where we were headed...it's often uncomfortable reading.
www.washingtonpost.com/doonesbury/
Covid is and has been a blind spot for an otherwise brilliant man.
saw one other soul masking today and my first thought was “thank you,” but that’s also because I already spend too much time pissed off about the state of the ongoing pandemic, and I don’t only think about that when I see masked people, and I would never take it out on them/us
Wrote about how disappointing it is that Jon Stewart punched down on people masking at @motherjones.com, when people should mind their own business and leave mask wearers be. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
December 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Covid is and has been a blind spot for an otherwise brilliant man.
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Horror is once again enjoying a critical and commercial moment...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/m...
The 25 Most Notable Movies of 2025
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December 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Horror is once again enjoying a critical and commercial moment...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/m...
The story just keeps getting worse...
December 15, 2025 at 5:19 AM
The story just keeps getting worse...
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Another handbag for justice. Another purse against fascism. The famous clobber-a-Nazi image from Sweden 40 years ago.
The image that won’t go away
A photo taken in 1985 has resurfaced this week. Kelly Grovier looks at the power of a figure pushed to breaking point.
www.bbc.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Another handbag for justice. Another purse against fascism. The famous clobber-a-Nazi image from Sweden 40 years ago.
I'm often disappointed by my home state, but in this case they have made me proud.
www.mediaite.com/politics/jus...
www.mediaite.com/politics/jus...
Indiana Senate Votes Against Trump-Backed Redistricting Plan
The Indiana State Senate voted against the Trump-backed plan to redraw the state's district map and give Republicans more congressional seats.
www.mediaite.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I'm often disappointed by my home state, but in this case they have made me proud.
www.mediaite.com/politics/jus...
www.mediaite.com/politics/jus...
He came home from war with a chest full of medals and was not allowed to vote...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Charles Norman Shay, Tribal Elder and World War II Hero, Dies at 101
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
He came home from war with a chest full of medals and was not allowed to vote...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
The only thing I regret about following this game is I missed all the real time skeeting. I'll know better next time.
November 2, 2025 at 5:30 AM
The only thing I regret about following this game is I missed all the real time skeeting. I'll know better next time.