Ryan Randall
@ryanpatrickrandall.com
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Instructional design, humanities/Cultural Studies, pedagogy, open ed (OER/OA), library work, accessibility, ADHD.
https://www.ryanpatrickrandall.com/
https://hcommons.social/@ryanrandall
Instructional design, humanities/Cultural Studies, pedagogy, open ed (OER/OA), library work, accessibility, ADHD.
https://www.ryanpatrickrandall.com/
https://hcommons.social/@ryanrandall
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Ryan Randall
@ryanpatrickrandall.com
· Apr 25
Gentle reminder that there's no such thing as a "TERF".
The term you were looking for is "Feminism-Appropriating Reactionary Transphobe".
The term you were looking for is "Feminism-Appropriating Reactionary Transphobe".
I'll see your "guerrilla gardening" and raise you one "propaganda of the seed."
January 9, 2026 at 2:50 PM
I'll see your "guerrilla gardening" and raise you one "propaganda of the seed."
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I feel like "academic hiring" discourse is always kind of downstream of the fact that in the 50s we started building a giant public system to make a college education almost universally available and in the 80s and 90s we started taking it apart to go back to the only-the-rich model
December 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I feel like "academic hiring" discourse is always kind of downstream of the fact that in the 50s we started building a giant public system to make a college education almost universally available and in the 80s and 90s we started taking it apart to go back to the only-the-rich model
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You know, this would even be great as an interlude in our proposed Muppets Moby Dick. Just go off the deep end with this shit. It fits. 🐋
A friend once suggested that if there was a prestige TV Moby Dick series, "Cetology" be handled by hiring David Attenborough to recite incorrect whale facts over a bunch of stock footage for an entire episode.
January 9, 2026 at 6:30 AM
You know, this would even be great as an interlude in our proposed Muppets Moby Dick. Just go off the deep end with this shit. It fits. 🐋
Now that I've read up to that detail, I can't help but wonder how many disability studies papers / essays / etc have already been written about Ahab. (Gonna keep reading instead of actually looking that up, at least for now!) 🐋
Ahab uses the same (but inverted) mechanism as action figures on a stand, and the question whirling through my mind is whether this is something Melville saw somewhere or if he invented it on his own. 🐋
January 9, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Now that I've read up to that detail, I can't help but wonder how many disability studies papers / essays / etc have already been written about Ahab. (Gonna keep reading instead of actually looking that up, at least for now!) 🐋
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MAHA cranks: we didn't have ADHD and autism and all these other non-neurotypical conditions in the olden days
Herman Melville: here is a new taxonomy for whales that is based on book printing formats. I also have many other whale facts to share! First... 🐋
Herman Melville: here is a new taxonomy for whales that is based on book printing formats. I also have many other whale facts to share! First... 🐋
January 8, 2026 at 2:52 PM
MAHA cranks: we didn't have ADHD and autism and all these other non-neurotypical conditions in the olden days
Herman Melville: here is a new taxonomy for whales that is based on book printing formats. I also have many other whale facts to share! First... 🐋
Herman Melville: here is a new taxonomy for whales that is based on book printing formats. I also have many other whale facts to share! First... 🐋
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🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7
January 8, 2026 at 9:13 PM
🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7
Fun facts about your pet word association tool:
It knows nothing & cannot* be responsible for the consequences of treating its output as having any meaningful overlap with the material world.
Substituting convenience for understanding or expertise is a Bad Move.
*Until laws change profoundly.
It knows nothing & cannot* be responsible for the consequences of treating its output as having any meaningful overlap with the material world.
Substituting convenience for understanding or expertise is a Bad Move.
*Until laws change profoundly.
January 8, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Fun facts about your pet word association tool:
It knows nothing & cannot* be responsible for the consequences of treating its output as having any meaningful overlap with the material world.
Substituting convenience for understanding or expertise is a Bad Move.
*Until laws change profoundly.
It knows nothing & cannot* be responsible for the consequences of treating its output as having any meaningful overlap with the material world.
Substituting convenience for understanding or expertise is a Bad Move.
*Until laws change profoundly.
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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
Very much in the spirit of "Let a website be a worry stone", ended up adding a recommended MLA citation to some of my blog posts (conditional inclusion logic being deterministic & ∴ calming).
Let a website be a worry stone. — ethanmarcotte.com
One turn deserves another.
ethanmarcotte.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Very much in the spirit of "Let a website be a worry stone", ended up adding a recommended MLA citation to some of my blog posts (conditional inclusion logic being deterministic & ∴ calming).
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the face she makes as she walks away before giving him a chance to answer is the energy I wish every Democrat would give to Fox News. "got anything to say? no? didn't think so. please choke. bye."
Fox Producer: Jesse Watters would like to invite you on his show
AOC: He has sexualized and harassed me on his show.
FP: That’s not true
AOC: He accused me of wanting to sleep with Stephen Miller. So why don’t you tell me what you think is acceptable to tell a woman.
AOC: He has sexualized and harassed me on his show.
FP: That’s not true
AOC: He accused me of wanting to sleep with Stephen Miller. So why don’t you tell me what you think is acceptable to tell a woman.
January 8, 2026 at 1:29 AM
the face she makes as she walks away before giving him a chance to answer is the energy I wish every Democrat would give to Fox News. "got anything to say? no? didn't think so. please choke. bye."
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in comparison, in 2020, multiple states gave lighter sentences to motorists who drove into protesters, while charging protesters charged by cars with misdemeanors for "blocking traffic." some police unions backed immunity for people who drove into protesters
Noem: "People need to stop using their vehicles as weapons ... it's clear that it's being coordinated. People are being trained"
January 8, 2026 at 1:12 AM
in comparison, in 2020, multiple states gave lighter sentences to motorists who drove into protesters, while charging protesters charged by cars with misdemeanors for "blocking traffic." some police unions backed immunity for people who drove into protesters
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I refuse to stay silent while Secretary Noem breaks the rule of law and terrorizes our communities. I am introducing Articles of Impeachment against her for violating the public trust, obstructing Congress, and self-dealing. Read my full statement: robinkelly.house.gov/media-center...
Rep. Kelly announces plans to impeach Secretary Kristi Noem
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) announced plans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem following the fatal shooting by an ICE officer in Minneapolis.
robinkelly.house.gov
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I refuse to stay silent while Secretary Noem breaks the rule of law and terrorizes our communities. I am introducing Articles of Impeachment against her for violating the public trust, obstructing Congress, and self-dealing. Read my full statement: robinkelly.house.gov/media-center...
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Abolish and prosecute ICE. They did a murder in broad daylight today. Imagine what they're doing in the closed facilities we're somehow not even allowed to see.
January 7, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Abolish and prosecute ICE. They did a murder in broad daylight today. Imagine what they're doing in the closed facilities we're somehow not even allowed to see.
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this could be the floor
Who will be the first member of Congress to introduce legislation named after Renee Good that abolishes DHS?
January 7, 2026 at 11:11 PM
this could be the floor
My sibling in MarioKart, the question is not "what will we do with 20,000+ armed white supremacists if we shut down that agency?"
The question is much closer to "how has America allowed these white supremacists, 165 years after the Civil War supposedly ended, to be an armed agency of the state?"
The question is much closer to "how has America allowed these white supremacists, 165 years after the Civil War supposedly ended, to be an armed agency of the state?"
January 7, 2026 at 10:58 PM
My sibling in MarioKart, the question is not "what will we do with 20,000+ armed white supremacists if we shut down that agency?"
The question is much closer to "how has America allowed these white supremacists, 165 years after the Civil War supposedly ended, to be an armed agency of the state?"
The question is much closer to "how has America allowed these white supremacists, 165 years after the Civil War supposedly ended, to be an armed agency of the state?"
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........ do not give the evil owned theft machine your medical records
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
But it’s “not intended for diagnosis or treatment.”
buff.ly
January 7, 2026 at 9:48 PM
........ do not give the evil owned theft machine your medical records
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this is all of law enforcement
i will never forget the time a friend of a friend was charged with felony "assault" because they bled onto the uniform of a cop who smashed their face in with a baton
i will never forget the time a friend of a friend was charged with felony "assault" because they bled onto the uniform of a cop who smashed their face in with a baton
ICE and CBP have a habit of turning themselves into victims in cases where they're the ones wielding violence
January 7, 2026 at 9:07 PM
this is all of law enforcement
i will never forget the time a friend of a friend was charged with felony "assault" because they bled onto the uniform of a cop who smashed their face in with a baton
i will never forget the time a friend of a friend was charged with felony "assault" because they bled onto the uniform of a cop who smashed their face in with a baton
One of the goals is minimizing trauma, not misrepresenting trauma as obligatory.
If you've managed to retain enough humanity that you're against murder (even / especially by the state), you're under zero moral obligation to witness a videotaped murder.
If you've managed to retain enough humanity that you're against murder (even / especially by the state), you're under zero moral obligation to witness a videotaped murder.
January 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM
One of the goals is minimizing trauma, not misrepresenting trauma as obligatory.
If you've managed to retain enough humanity that you're against murder (even / especially by the state), you're under zero moral obligation to witness a videotaped murder.
If you've managed to retain enough humanity that you're against murder (even / especially by the state), you're under zero moral obligation to witness a videotaped murder.
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Abolition of ICE is literally the mildest moral position one can take in the wake of this violence.
"A doctor at the scene attempted to help the woman who was shot, but was kept away by federal agents. When an ambulance finally arrived, it was blocked from reaching her by law-enforcement vehicles, and paramedics had to reach her on foot. The woman has died." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
A Deadly Shooting in Minnesota
A federal immigration agent’s killing of a woman driving an SUV fits into a tragic pattern.
www.theatlantic.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Abolition of ICE is literally the mildest moral position one can take in the wake of this violence.
Again, the "I don't care to learn about computers, I just want to believe in an overly-simplistic article of faith" people are making up fables that disparage those of us who care enough to learn magic incantations like `alt+0151`.
"em dashes are AI" i didn't memorize alt+0151 and option+shift+hyphen to be accused of such treachery
January 7, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Again, the "I don't care to learn about computers, I just want to believe in an overly-simplistic article of faith" people are making up fables that disparage those of us who care enough to learn magic incantations like `alt+0151`.
Have already seen (and reported, and blocked) new accounts that are spreading disinformation about today's shooting.
January 7, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Have already seen (and reported, and blocked) new accounts that are spreading disinformation about today's shooting.
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Don't blame Grok: We need to move beyond the idea that generative AI models are just data, models & prompts. That frame places AI companies as passive observers of their own products - but they're the sole deciders of how models are optimized & to what goals. From me in @techpolicypress.bsky.social:
Why Musk is Culpable in Grok's Undressing Fiasco | TechPolicy.Press
Grok’s functionality is not a black box, but the result of specific design decisions made by executives and engineers at xAI, writes Eryk Salvaggio.
www.techpolicy.press
January 7, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Don't blame Grok: We need to move beyond the idea that generative AI models are just data, models & prompts. That frame places AI companies as passive observers of their own products - but they're the sole deciders of how models are optimized & to what goals. From me in @techpolicypress.bsky.social:
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If the DNC had a sophisticated and strategic digital comms/advo operation they’d be launching multi channel online and offline blitz targeting every Republican (the party of Epstein) electeds and candidates to give back their money from Musk.
This shouldn’t be difficult Dems.
This shouldn’t be difficult Dems.
BREAKING: X’s chatbot Grok isn’t just making AI porn deepfakes, it’s now making Nazi AI porn deepfakes, undressing women and showing them wearing “swastika bikinis”. Many of these women are Jewish, including a recently deceased Holocaust survivor.
Elon Musk’s “Grok” is undressing women and showing them in swastika bikinis
One woman targeted is a Jewish Holocaust survivor
decoherence.media
January 7, 2026 at 1:24 PM
If the DNC had a sophisticated and strategic digital comms/advo operation they’d be launching multi channel online and offline blitz targeting every Republican (the party of Epstein) electeds and candidates to give back their money from Musk.
This shouldn’t be difficult Dems.
This shouldn’t be difficult Dems.
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I know there's terrible breaking news and these pictures say so much more than what I'm about to say, but as someone who studied sheriffs' responses to COVID, it is just remarkable how suddenly law enforcement can all wear coverings above their noses.
January 7, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I know there's terrible breaking news and these pictures say so much more than what I'm about to say, but as someone who studied sheriffs' responses to COVID, it is just remarkable how suddenly law enforcement can all wear coverings above their noses.