Ryan_in_Oregon
@ryanoregon.bsky.social
New England born, veteran, hiker, angler, adult onset hunter. Books, coffee, cured meats & music. Homicide, missing person and cold cases. SSE / forensics. Just another ghost walking the hills.
I have read Penthouse letters more credible than this
Of all the things in the history of the world that definitely did not happen - this is the pinnacle.
February 3, 2026 at 5:37 AM
I have read Penthouse letters more credible than this
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Terrific story about community.
February 1, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Terrific story about community.
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"The evolution of the White House into a palace, and of court politics at the heart of a modern mass-media democracy, is of enormous interest to the historian, not least because it illustrates the only facet of early-modern politics not understood by the Founding Fathers."- forthcoming J.G.A. Pocock
February 1, 2026 at 9:27 AM
"The evolution of the White House into a palace, and of court politics at the heart of a modern mass-media democracy, is of enormous interest to the historian, not least because it illustrates the only facet of early-modern politics not understood by the Founding Fathers."- forthcoming J.G.A. Pocock
A straight heater from the 6th Century
February 3, 2026 at 4:55 AM
A straight heater from the 6th Century
A straight heater from the 6th Century
February 3, 2026 at 4:55 AM
A straight heater from the 6th Century
Just the regular WR
February 3, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Just the regular WR
“No man is rich who shakes and groans convinced he needs more.” Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy, Book II
February 3, 2026 at 2:11 AM
“No man is rich who shakes and groans convinced he needs more.” Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy, Book II
Cribbed from the feed, but this tracks the quoted sentiment.
February 3, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Cribbed from the feed, but this tracks the quoted sentiment.
I did a blind test of Woodford Reserve KSB and Evan Williams Bottled in Bond. The results, with the $21/ 750ml Evan Williams being the preferred, was a shock.
February 3, 2026 at 1:44 AM
I did a blind test of Woodford Reserve KSB and Evan Williams Bottled in Bond. The results, with the $21/ 750ml Evan Williams being the preferred, was a shock.
I genuinely feel some sadness for people so divorced from their own humanity that they believe a computer exceeds the human mind.
February 3, 2026 at 1:41 AM
I genuinely feel some sadness for people so divorced from their own humanity that they believe a computer exceeds the human mind.
Already feeling relevant
February 2, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Already feeling relevant
Starting this tonight
February 2, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Starting this tonight
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The state quarters was a neat way of making art and currency cross paths
February 1, 2026 at 8:33 PM
The state quarters was a neat way of making art and currency cross paths
I won’t say I won the lottery, but there will be signs
Listening to my plow guy scrape the driveway, I was wondering why we don’t see more useful contractor vehicles in the USA.
This Moggie would be worth having just to park in the drive.
This Moggie would be worth having just to park in the drive.
February 1, 2026 at 7:28 PM
I won’t say I won the lottery, but there will be signs
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I always tell students that university is a rare opportunity to study things that are interesting rather than useful.
The five classes trend is fun to see the value of liberal arts education.
You can see that the most meaningful/impactful classes for folks typically don’t have anything to do with basic training for some job.
You can see that the most meaningful/impactful classes for folks typically don’t have anything to do with basic training for some job.
January 31, 2026 at 3:17 PM
I always tell students that university is a rare opportunity to study things that are interesting rather than useful.
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All hail liberal-arts studies, and I'll do the five-classes thing too:
1. Writing for the Theatre
2. Principles of Paleontology
3. Contemporary Africa
4. Literature of Confinement (gulags, camps, cheerful stuff)
5. Organic Chemistry (great teachers, *loved* it)
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1. Writing for the Theatre
2. Principles of Paleontology
3. Contemporary Africa
4. Literature of Confinement (gulags, camps, cheerful stuff)
5. Organic Chemistry (great teachers, *loved* it)
🟣 🐄
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Marine Biology (we got to go out on a boat!)
2. The History of the Holocaust
3. Logic and Critical Thinking
4. Eastern Religions
5. The French Revolution
1. Marine Biology (we got to go out on a boat!)
2. The History of the Holocaust
3. Logic and Critical Thinking
4. Eastern Religions
5. The French Revolution
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Origins of Nazism
2. Dante’s Divine Comedy
3. Behavioral Ecology & Conservation Biology
4. Principles of Evolution
5. Thinking and Speaking About Thinking and Speaking
1. Origins of Nazism
2. Dante’s Divine Comedy
3. Behavioral Ecology & Conservation Biology
4. Principles of Evolution
5. Thinking and Speaking About Thinking and Speaking
January 31, 2026 at 5:39 PM
All hail liberal-arts studies, and I'll do the five-classes thing too:
1. Writing for the Theatre
2. Principles of Paleontology
3. Contemporary Africa
4. Literature of Confinement (gulags, camps, cheerful stuff)
5. Organic Chemistry (great teachers, *loved* it)
🟣 🐄
1. Writing for the Theatre
2. Principles of Paleontology
3. Contemporary Africa
4. Literature of Confinement (gulags, camps, cheerful stuff)
5. Organic Chemistry (great teachers, *loved* it)
🟣 🐄
Other great classes I took
19th Century American Lit (so much Melville!)
The Old Testament: Sources and Analysis (this was fascinating)
Latin (3 semesters and I still use it)
The Classical World and its Influence on the American Founding
Medieval English Literature
19th Century American Lit (so much Melville!)
The Old Testament: Sources and Analysis (this was fascinating)
Latin (3 semesters and I still use it)
The Classical World and its Influence on the American Founding
Medieval English Literature
January 31, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Other great classes I took
19th Century American Lit (so much Melville!)
The Old Testament: Sources and Analysis (this was fascinating)
Latin (3 semesters and I still use it)
The Classical World and its Influence on the American Founding
Medieval English Literature
19th Century American Lit (so much Melville!)
The Old Testament: Sources and Analysis (this was fascinating)
Latin (3 semesters and I still use it)
The Classical World and its Influence on the American Founding
Medieval English Literature
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Shakespeare, The Tragedies
Post-Modern American Literature
Ethics: Morality and Duty
Fine Arts and Western Civilization
The American Experience in Vietnam
Bonus- Post WWI Germany and the Rise of the Third Reich
Shakespeare, The Tragedies
Post-Modern American Literature
Ethics: Morality and Duty
Fine Arts and Western Civilization
The American Experience in Vietnam
Bonus- Post WWI Germany and the Rise of the Third Reich
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Theory of Affect and Emotions
Gender and Jewish History
Madness & Madmen in Russian Lit
Nationalism
The French Revolution
Theory of Affect and Emotions
Gender and Jewish History
Madness & Madmen in Russian Lit
Nationalism
The French Revolution
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Race and Romanticism
Shakespeare
Jackie Robinson
Modernism
Holocaust and Film
Race and Romanticism
Shakespeare
Jackie Robinson
Modernism
Holocaust and Film
January 31, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Shakespeare, The Tragedies
Post-Modern American Literature
Ethics: Morality and Duty
Fine Arts and Western Civilization
The American Experience in Vietnam
Bonus- Post WWI Germany and the Rise of the Third Reich
Shakespeare, The Tragedies
Post-Modern American Literature
Ethics: Morality and Duty
Fine Arts and Western Civilization
The American Experience in Vietnam
Bonus- Post WWI Germany and the Rise of the Third Reich
100 pounds of yeast and some copper line
January 30, 2026 at 10:25 PM
100 pounds of yeast and some copper line
I have loved this song since the first time I heard it.
January 30, 2026 at 10:25 PM
I have loved this song since the first time I heard it.
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Is that John Lee Pettimore
January 30, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Is that John Lee Pettimore
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Thanks to @thefnl.bsky.social this exceptionally rare Tudor map of Kingsbridge in Devon has been acquired for public research at the Devon Heritage Centre, after more than four centuries in private hands.
January 30, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Thanks to @thefnl.bsky.social this exceptionally rare Tudor map of Kingsbridge in Devon has been acquired for public research at the Devon Heritage Centre, after more than four centuries in private hands.
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30th of January 1894, and the Adelaide-bound Loch Shiel attempted to take shelter in Milford Haven, jiggered it up, and sank with 7,000 bottles of whisky (according to the manifest) or absolutely no bottles at all, never seen 'em, if you looked official and asked the inevitably inebriated locals...
January 30, 2026 at 7:54 PM
30th of January 1894, and the Adelaide-bound Loch Shiel attempted to take shelter in Milford Haven, jiggered it up, and sank with 7,000 bottles of whisky (according to the manifest) or absolutely no bottles at all, never seen 'em, if you looked official and asked the inevitably inebriated locals...
