Ryan H.
@ryan.blacksky.app
Your friendly neighborhood abolitionist.
Educator/Activist/Artist and wildlife photographer. Building towards a care-based world in unarmed response, housing & social/racial justice; writing at https://creating.care
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Educator/Activist/Artist and wildlife photographer. Building towards a care-based world in unarmed response, housing & social/racial justice; writing at https://creating.care
(he/him) 💛🤍💜🖤 ♿ linktr.ee/rhenyard
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Ryan H.
@ryan.blacksky.app
· Nov 18
✨The 2025 Ryan's Community Giving Guide for Southeast Michigan is now live ✨
If you've ever wondered who is doing work that needs your support when #givingtuesday comes around, or you want to find folks doing vital work, the 6th annual guide is here to help. Grab the pdf at henyard.com/giving
If you've ever wondered who is doing work that needs your support when #givingtuesday comes around, or you want to find folks doing vital work, the 6th annual guide is here to help. Grab the pdf at henyard.com/giving
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There is something in here about how women organizing literally everything else is fine and expected but organizing opposition to a fascist government is a problem. Like what do you think we’re all doing when we set up phone trees for the a PTA? That’s community organizing you doorknobs
January 12, 2026 at 12:54 AM
There is something in here about how women organizing literally everything else is fine and expected but organizing opposition to a fascist government is a problem. Like what do you think we’re all doing when we set up phone trees for the a PTA? That’s community organizing you doorknobs
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Please understand this is happening in literally dozens of locations around the city simultaneously. If an ICE vehicle stops, community members materialize in seconds and do everything they can to stop the kidnappings. We are under siege and using every tool to fight back.
430k of us vs. 2k of them, we're gonna win this
Cedar & 31st I think
Cedar & 31st I think
January 11, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Please understand this is happening in literally dozens of locations around the city simultaneously. If an ICE vehicle stops, community members materialize in seconds and do everything they can to stop the kidnappings. We are under siege and using every tool to fight back.
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A bit less dystopian in some ways but terribly recognizable in others is Malka Older's Infomocracy! On the romance side I like the mercenary librarians series by kit rocha as well
January 11, 2026 at 7:35 PM
A bit less dystopian in some ways but terribly recognizable in others is Malka Older's Infomocracy! On the romance side I like the mercenary librarians series by kit rocha as well
(maybe a new poster? depends on how folks feel about it, might upload it to the shop if so)
January 11, 2026 at 5:17 PM
(maybe a new poster? depends on how folks feel about it, might upload it to the shop if so)
For years, my fighting game community folks have talked about how dangerous it is that so much community knowledge and connection are tied up in discord servers that can turn pretty quickly into petty fiefdoms, and thinking about what we lost from the forum age; that IPO is troubling for sure
January 11, 2026 at 5:10 PM
For years, my fighting game community folks have talked about how dangerous it is that so much community knowledge and connection are tied up in discord servers that can turn pretty quickly into petty fiefdoms, and thinking about what we lost from the forum age; that IPO is troubling for sure
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THIS BRAVE GIRL IS GONNA STAND UP IN FRONT OF THE NINE MOST HEARTLESS PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY WHILE THEY JUDGE WHETHER SHE CAN PLAY SPORTS WITH HER FRIENDS AND I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF HER AND DISGUSTED BY THEM
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court is going to hear West Virginia's effort to ban the state's only transgender athlete, 15-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson.
Win or lose, I need your help making sure Becky knows she's a hero for standing up for what's right
Win or lose, I need your help making sure Becky knows she's a hero for standing up for what's right
January 11, 2026 at 2:21 PM
THIS BRAVE GIRL IS GONNA STAND UP IN FRONT OF THE NINE MOST HEARTLESS PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY WHILE THEY JUDGE WHETHER SHE CAN PLAY SPORTS WITH HER FRIENDS AND I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF HER AND DISGUSTED BY THEM
Very true, though I think there's still hope. Regarding scale, I'm spending a lot of time thinking about how to empower those with my values to empower & impact their knitting group, Final Fantasy linkshell, fantasy football league, etc - rather than making a big new org to sign folks up to.
January 11, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Very true, though I think there's still hope. Regarding scale, I'm spending a lot of time thinking about how to empower those with my values to empower & impact their knitting group, Final Fantasy linkshell, fantasy football league, etc - rather than making a big new org to sign folks up to.
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They're threatening to kill more of us if we call them murderers. Only a murderer levels that kind of threat.
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 3:22 PM
They're threatening to kill more of us if we call them murderers. Only a murderer levels that kind of threat.
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I never made a decision to be an activist, I let it flow from wanting us to survive to a better world.
“I’m not an activist”
The Life We Are Living… This collective experience will activate us all
The Life We Are Living… This collective experience will activate us all
January 11, 2026 at 12:20 AM
I never made a decision to be an activist, I let it flow from wanting us to survive to a better world.
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And listen, even if things magically suddenly get better, this is how to get prepared to be a helper.
Get connected to folks BEFORE crisis hits so you don't have to waste valuable time trying to figure out who's down when the moment comes
Get connected to folks BEFORE crisis hits so you don't have to waste valuable time trying to figure out who's down when the moment comes
January 10, 2026 at 7:30 PM
And listen, even if things magically suddenly get better, this is how to get prepared to be a helper.
Get connected to folks BEFORE crisis hits so you don't have to waste valuable time trying to figure out who's down when the moment comes
Get connected to folks BEFORE crisis hits so you don't have to waste valuable time trying to figure out who's down when the moment comes
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Word to the wise: even if you aren't in a city under direct attack yet, you want to be developing these sorts of relationships NOW with sympathetic folks at local institutions.
You want to have those numbers in your phone ready for when you have to send exactly these sorts of texts.
You want to have those numbers in your phone ready for when you have to send exactly these sorts of texts.
Absolutely insane that my life has become texting with local church pastors to try and find a safe place to hold an emergency meeting for parents at my kid’s’ preschool to figure out how to respond to the federal government kidnapping neighbors.
January 10, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Word to the wise: even if you aren't in a city under direct attack yet, you want to be developing these sorts of relationships NOW with sympathetic folks at local institutions.
You want to have those numbers in your phone ready for when you have to send exactly these sorts of texts.
You want to have those numbers in your phone ready for when you have to send exactly these sorts of texts.
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Teacher friend gave us another way to help:
Rent Relief for South Minneapolis Families Impacted by Federal Immigration Operations
¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!
givebutter.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Teacher friend gave us another way to help:
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Watching figure skating now, and I cannot emphasize enough how special this group of U.S. women are. Amber Glenn and Alysa Liu can both win gold, but that's not even what makes them special. It's how they love and support each other. Figure skating is not usually like that! (con't)
January 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Watching figure skating now, and I cannot emphasize enough how special this group of U.S. women are. Amber Glenn and Alysa Liu can both win gold, but that's not even what makes them special. It's how they love and support each other. Figure skating is not usually like that! (con't)
Mission complete, and got to hug some of my comrades along the way
January 10, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Mission complete, and got to hug some of my comrades along the way
Do they have favorite historical clothing YouTubers? My spouse has a grip of recommendations I'm sure, curious if I can gift her a new one
January 10, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Do they have favorite historical clothing YouTubers? My spouse has a grip of recommendations I'm sure, curious if I can gift her a new one
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I don’t think they’re misreading them so much as they are terrified of the implications because it means the status quo has to break. there’s no incrementalism for this. mass radicalization of this scale scares Democrats more than anything Republicans could do and I mean that literally.
Kind of feel like a lot of politicians, even in Minnesota, are misreading the implications of this moment. I feel like the past three days have been tremendously radicalizing for so many people. I have witnessed it even in my own small communities, it goes beyond just incandescent rage.
January 10, 2026 at 4:13 PM
I don’t think they’re misreading them so much as they are terrified of the implications because it means the status quo has to break. there’s no incrementalism for this. mass radicalization of this scale scares Democrats more than anything Republicans could do and I mean that literally.
I dunno if I can build an entire functioning brainstate from cozy magical librarian romances but I'm damn sure trying
January 10, 2026 at 3:22 PM
I dunno if I can build an entire functioning brainstate from cozy magical librarian romances but I'm damn sure trying
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My family in St Paul says it feels like Trump is trying to destroy Minneapolis, like they’re literally being invaded by a hostile force
if you want to know what it is like in minneapolis, I don’t even have to scroll on facebook to find a horror story. it’s basically my whole feed.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
January 10, 2026 at 3:04 PM
My family in St Paul says it feels like Trump is trying to destroy Minneapolis, like they’re literally being invaded by a hostile force
Didn't feel up to a bird walk today, but going to deliver some more ICE whistles to Ypsi instead and see if I can find some peace birding solo.
January 10, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Didn't feel up to a bird walk today, but going to deliver some more ICE whistles to Ypsi instead and see if I can find some peace birding solo.
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Worth remembering, as Trump tries to brutalize blue states over alleged TANF fraud: Mississippi's former welfare director ran TANF as a private slush fund, routing tens of millions to churches, wrestlers, and celebrity pet projects (including Brett Favre's)—while rejecting over 90% of poor families.
NEW: Text messages reveal the strange relationship that John Davis, the former Mississippi official who directed millions in welfare dollars to sports celebrities, shared with WWE wrestlers Ted DiBiase Jr. and Brett DiBiase.
"It is me who tried to buy your love," he wrote in one text read in court.
"It is me who tried to buy your love," he wrote in one text read in court.
DiBiase Trial Spotlights Wrestlers' Odd Bond With Mississippi Welfare Scandal Mastermind
The odd relationship between the mastermind of the Mississippi welfare scandal and two ex-wrestlers was on display in Ted DiBiase Jr.’s trial.
www.mississippifreepress.org
January 10, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Worth remembering, as Trump tries to brutalize blue states over alleged TANF fraud: Mississippi's former welfare director ran TANF as a private slush fund, routing tens of millions to churches, wrestlers, and celebrity pet projects (including Brett Favre's)—while rejecting over 90% of poor families.