Ryan Thoreson
@ryanthoreson.bsky.social
Law prof teaching human rights, law and sexuality, con law & torts. 26.2 x 24. ⚖️ 🏳️🌈 🏃
Pete, as a gay man I can assure you that there is precedent dictating whether or not the state can compel the Boy Scouts to change their values.
Breaking news: The Pentagon issued a warning to Scouting America, formerly known as the Boy Scouts, saying the organization risks losing its long-standing partnership with the U.S. military unless it rapidly implements “core value reforms.”
Pentagon warns Scouts to restore ‘core values’ or lose military support
The relationship dates back decades, but Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has criticized the organization for allowing girls to join and changing its name from Boy Scouts.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Pete, as a gay man I can assure you that there is precedent dictating whether or not the state can compel the Boy Scouts to change their values.
something something right to bear arms
Agent: These guys were all threatening us yesterday with hand guns.
...
Agent: *Hand* guns, like threatening to shoot us.
Reporter: You mean like with hand symbols?
A: Pulling them out, trying to engage us.
R: Pulling out literal guns?
A: No. Making... assuming we were going to do something.
...
Agent: *Hand* guns, like threatening to shoot us.
Reporter: You mean like with hand symbols?
A: Pulling them out, trying to engage us.
R: Pulling out literal guns?
A: No. Making... assuming we were going to do something.
February 3, 2026 at 4:21 PM
something something right to bear arms
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“HOW MANY BOOGERS ARE IN ME!?!?” - our toddler, frustrated after blowing her nose for the fourth time this morning
February 3, 2026 at 1:27 PM
“HOW MANY BOOGERS ARE IN ME!?!?” - our toddler, frustrated after blowing her nose for the fourth time this morning
I've criticized Heller and Bruen, but the only thing worse than an unfettered right to guns is an unfettered right to guns that's selectively extended or withheld by the state.
Pirro: "You bring a gun into the District, you mark my words, you're going to jail. I don't care if you have a license in another district and I don't care if you're a law abiding law owner somewhere else. You bring a gun into this District, count on going to jail. And that makes all the difference"
February 2, 2026 at 10:06 PM
I've criticized Heller and Bruen, but the only thing worse than an unfettered right to guns is an unfettered right to guns that's selectively extended or withheld by the state.
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10/10 ICE protest sign
January 31, 2026 at 10:20 PM
10/10 ICE protest sign
Here come the free speech absolutists, he typed, his fingers falling off from doing this infinity times
Texas Tech Cancels Abortion Rights Advocate’s Speech After TPUSA Pressure https://bit.ly/4k6QZTn
January 31, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Here come the free speech absolutists, he typed, his fingers falling off from doing this infinity times
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Texas A&M University announced Friday that it is eliminating its women’s and gender studies degree program.
Texas A&M eliminates women’s and gender studies degree program
University leaders also said six courses were canceled and 48 exceptions were granted under new rules on race and gender.
bit.ly
January 30, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Texas A&M University announced Friday that it is eliminating its women’s and gender studies degree program.
Somehow after this whole awful week this was what finally made me cry at my desk.
January 30, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Somehow after this whole awful week this was what finally made me cry at my desk.
There are artists who leave us something flawless, like Michelangelo creating David, and Catherine O’Hara was one of them.
January 30, 2026 at 6:51 PM
There are artists who leave us something flawless, like Michelangelo creating David, and Catherine O’Hara was one of them.
Perhaps start with the kids being torn from their families and incarcerated by the administration you’re aligned with?
January 29, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Perhaps start with the kids being torn from their families and incarcerated by the administration you’re aligned with?
It's contraception day in Gender, Sexuality, and the Law!
January 29, 2026 at 4:20 PM
It's contraception day in Gender, Sexuality, and the Law!
Someone should ask him his thoughts on TPUSA’s Professor Watchlist.
Tillis says he opposes ICE being barred from wearing masks: "I've seen people dox me. I've seen people take pictures and identify law enforcement officers and then put their families at risk. So, I think that's a step too far."
January 29, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Someone should ask him his thoughts on TPUSA’s Professor Watchlist.
Heated Rivalry (2025)
January 28, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Heated Rivalry (2025)
Our daughter dropped my phone in the toilet this morning and honestly in 2026 it's the most loving thing she could have done for me.
January 28, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Our daughter dropped my phone in the toilet this morning and honestly in 2026 it's the most loving thing she could have done for me.
I made the mistake of reassuring our two year old I had “lots of activities” for our storm weekend and she’s responded by yelling “ready for a new actibity!” every time she gets remotely bored.
January 26, 2026 at 4:08 AM
I made the mistake of reassuring our two year old I had “lots of activities” for our storm weekend and she’s responded by yelling “ready for a new actibity!” every time she gets remotely bored.
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The fact that he calls a poster a billboard is how I know this man has never been to a protest in his life
KARL: He was an ICU use who worked for the VA and there's no evidence he brandished the gun whatsoever
BESSENT: But he brought a gun
KARL: I mean, we do have a Second Amendment
BESSENT: I've been to a protest -- guess what? I didn't bring a gun. I brought a billboard
BESSENT: But he brought a gun
KARL: I mean, we do have a Second Amendment
BESSENT: I've been to a protest -- guess what? I didn't bring a gun. I brought a billboard
January 25, 2026 at 5:38 PM
The fact that he calls a poster a billboard is how I know this man has never been to a protest in his life
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unlike all the strident leftists who were correct too early, i am correct at exactly the right time
January 25, 2026 at 8:01 PM
unlike all the strident leftists who were correct too early, i am correct at exactly the right time
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I like that we do New Year's instead of holiday cards but it's very difficult to write anything besides "I understand if you don't, but against all odds we hope you have a happy new year."
January 25, 2026 at 4:57 PM
I like that we do New Year's instead of holiday cards but it's very difficult to write anything besides "I understand if you don't, but against all odds we hope you have a happy new year."
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There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
January 25, 2026 at 12:34 AM
There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
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You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
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Wow — Newly-released State Department documents show that the Trump-Vance-Rubio administration literally only abducted Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk because she co-wrote an op-ed urging Tufts to follow student resolutions to acknowledge genocide in Gaza & divest from companies tied to Israel.
January 23, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Wow — Newly-released State Department documents show that the Trump-Vance-Rubio administration literally only abducted Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk because she co-wrote an op-ed urging Tufts to follow student resolutions to acknowledge genocide in Gaza & divest from companies tied to Israel.
As far as I can tell the Venn diagram of the people who said it was tyranny to regulate gas stoves and the people enthusiastically defending warrantless home searches and the arrest of critics is a perfect circle.
January 23, 2026 at 9:28 PM
As far as I can tell the Venn diagram of the people who said it was tyranny to regulate gas stoves and the people enthusiastically defending warrantless home searches and the arrest of critics is a perfect circle.
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This must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges. This leaves in place a federal judge's ruling that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment and federal procedural rules. (Via AP) apnews.com/article/dei-... #ncpol #nced
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges
The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colle...
apnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:45 PM
This must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.