Ryan Van Loan
@ryanvanloan.bsky.social
Former infantry NCO turned fantasy/scifi author repped by DongWon Song. Proud Girl Dad.
THE SIN IN THE STEEL, THE JUSTICE IN REVENGE, & THE MEMORY IN THE BLOOD out now from Tor Books!
Eat. Lift. Travel. WRITE.
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https://bio.site/RyanVanLoan
THE SIN IN THE STEEL, THE JUSTICE IN REVENGE, & THE MEMORY IN THE BLOOD out now from Tor Books!
Eat. Lift. Travel. WRITE.
(he/him)
https://bio.site/RyanVanLoan
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Ryan Van Loan
@ryanvanloan.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Hey old friends from X & new followers! I'm a fantasy author. You can check out the link in my bio for my books which are about found friends overthrowing corrupt society along with magic, dead gods, & a lot of swashbuckling. I'm a former infantry NCO and polisci grad so politics comes up a lot 😅
When the caterer despises you and knows you'll never even clock the murder that has been done.
Karoline Leavitt's Thanksgiving spread. Please dissect.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
November 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
When the caterer despises you and knows you'll never even clock the murder that has been done.
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ICYMI newsletter + a short story for you 👇🏼
A lot to be thankful for, even (especially?) in 2025 - have a newsletter dropping with some free short fiction as a small thank you. You can grab that here:
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November 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICYMI newsletter + a short story for you 👇🏼
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Hey everyone. Hate that I have to post this. My dog was hit by a car tonight and suffered a shattered leg and damage to her intestines. Surgery and medical expenses are roughly $20,000. It’s been a rough year and anything helps.
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Donate to Surgery and recovery for Catcher, organized by Luke Tarzian
Hi everyone. My name is Luke. I’m starting this campaign for my dad and our dog. Catcher… Luke Tarzian needs your support for Surgery and recovery for Catcher
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November 25, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Hey everyone. Hate that I have to post this. My dog was hit by a car tonight and suffered a shattered leg and damage to her intestines. Surgery and medical expenses are roughly $20,000. It’s been a rough year and anything helps.
gofund.me/29fd98bcc
gofund.me/29fd98bcc
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Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
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National Guard soldiers didn't sign up to be deployed as local police indefinitely as part of someone else's political stunt.
They're not set up to be local police, they never should have been deployed.
They're not set up to be local police, they never should have been deployed.
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
National Guard soldiers didn't sign up to be deployed as local police indefinitely as part of someone else's political stunt.
They're not set up to be local police, they never should have been deployed.
They're not set up to be local police, they never should have been deployed.
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I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
ICYMI newsletter + a short story for you 👇🏼
A lot to be thankful for, even (especially?) in 2025 - have a newsletter dropping with some free short fiction as a small thank you. You can grab that here:
bit.ly/48zL3hB
bit.ly/48zL3hB
November 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICYMI newsletter + a short story for you 👇🏼
Reposted by Ryan Van Loan
A lot to be thankful for, even (especially?) in 2025 - have a newsletter dropping with some free short fiction as a small thank you. You can grab that here:
bit.ly/48zL3hB
bit.ly/48zL3hB
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A lot to be thankful for, even (especially?) in 2025 - have a newsletter dropping with some free short fiction as a small thank you. You can grab that here:
bit.ly/48zL3hB
bit.ly/48zL3hB
This is how it's done. Losers who try to commit insurrection should be behind bars.
Breaking news: Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has exhausted his appeals, the country’s Supreme Court ruled, and will begin his 27-year sentence for plotting a military coup to stay in power after his 2022 election loss.
Bolsonaro out of appeals; will start 27-year sentence for coup attempt
The former Brazilian president will begin his sentence in a specially prepared cell at federal police headquarters in Brasília.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This is how it's done. Losers who try to commit insurrection should be behind bars.
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“Seventy years ago, Mamie Till said, ‘Let them see.’ And today, with the preservation of the barn by the Emmett Till Interpretive Center, the world will see,” Shonda Rhimes said in a statement that the Emmett Till Interpretive Center given to the Mississippi Free Press on Nov. 24.
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Barn Where White Men Murdered Emmett Till to Be Preserved as a ‘Reverent, Sacred Site’
The barn in Drew, Miss., where two white men murdered 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955 will be preserved as a “sacred site.”
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“Seventy years ago, Mamie Till said, ‘Let them see.’ And today, with the preservation of the barn by the Emmett Till Interpretive Center, the world will see,” Shonda Rhimes said in a statement that the Emmett Till Interpretive Center given to the Mississippi Free Press on Nov. 24.
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You pull yourself up by your boostraps. Me? I DESERVE free money from the government, and so do my rich friends bsky.app/profile/cwar...
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
You pull yourself up by your boostraps. Me? I DESERVE free money from the government, and so do my rich friends bsky.app/profile/cwar...
A lot to be thankful for, even (especially?) in 2025 - have a newsletter dropping with some free short fiction as a small thank you. You can grab that here:
bit.ly/48zL3hB
bit.ly/48zL3hB
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A lot to be thankful for, even (especially?) in 2025 - have a newsletter dropping with some free short fiction as a small thank you. You can grab that here:
bit.ly/48zL3hB
bit.ly/48zL3hB
This.
When you draw a platoon leader like Hegseth, it’s your worst nightmare. You just ride it out until he’s gone and gets replaced by someone who isn’t a complete jackass. Only a fool like Trump would put one of them in charge of the entire defense department.
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This.
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literally the only thing cheney asked for was that harris win
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM
literally the only thing cheney asked for was that harris win
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i cannot imagine being so addicted to failure that you will not allow your enemies to deliver an unconditional surrender
The more important thing is that Mamdani is not the type of politician that Liz Cheney would want to campaign for. It was bad that Harris campaigned with her, it is even worse that she was someone Liz Cheney wanted to campaign for
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
i cannot imagine being so addicted to failure that you will not allow your enemies to deliver an unconditional surrender
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Illegal orders should not be followed. Period. But if anyone needs another reason - it's important to remember that this corrupt administration will begin to be out of power in January 2027 and us-willing, completely out of power in January 2029. Accountability will follow.
Ok, new Common Sense just released. It's timely and pithy and hopefully you think it worth your time (and mine).
We called it: "Who's the Boss?"
dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3...
We called it: "Who's the Boss?"
dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3...
dts.podtrac.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Illegal orders should not be followed. Period. But if anyone needs another reason - it's important to remember that this corrupt administration will begin to be out of power in January 2027 and us-willing, completely out of power in January 2029. Accountability will follow.
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In an effort to not just be politics all the time, have some pictures of a buckwheat field in late fall. If I can swing it, will have a newsletter dropping this week, too.
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
In an effort to not just be politics all the time, have some pictures of a buckwheat field in late fall. If I can swing it, will have a newsletter dropping this week, too.
In an effort to not just be politics all the time, have some pictures of a buckwheat field in late fall. If I can swing it, will have a newsletter dropping this week, too.
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
In an effort to not just be politics all the time, have some pictures of a buckwheat field in late fall. If I can swing it, will have a newsletter dropping this week, too.
Illegal orders should not be followed. Period. But if anyone needs another reason - it's important to remember that this corrupt administration will begin to be out of power in January 2027 and us-willing, completely out of power in January 2029. Accountability will follow.
Ok, new Common Sense just released. It's timely and pithy and hopefully you think it worth your time (and mine).
We called it: "Who's the Boss?"
dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3...
We called it: "Who's the Boss?"
dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3...
dts.podtrac.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Illegal orders should not be followed. Period. But if anyone needs another reason - it's important to remember that this corrupt administration will begin to be out of power in January 2027 and us-willing, completely out of power in January 2029. Accountability will follow.
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We talk of refusing unlawful orders, but really that's a very high bar. It's only for orders that are manifestly unlawful, something *obviously* illegal on the face of it. And the core example of that is refusing an order to wantonly murder noncombatants, which is exactly what they are doing.
Oddly enough, in media coverage of Dems' video warning against carrying out illegal orders, there's very little discussion of *whether it's actually reasonable to fear Trump is giving illegal commands or not.*
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
We talk of refusing unlawful orders, but really that's a very high bar. It's only for orders that are manifestly unlawful, something *obviously* illegal on the face of it. And the core example of that is refusing an order to wantonly murder noncombatants, which is exactly what they are doing.
I think for the moment we find ourselves, she's better than many currently serving to be a senator. She is not qualified for upper echelons of leadership (leader, whip, POTUS, etc. ) bc she swallows vibe lies too easily, is in the pocket of crypto (likely OK with Congress insider trading too), etc.
Once again, I remind you that this woman cannot be allowed anywhere near the strategy or leadership of the Democratic Party:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Also, stop it with this BS. Biden correctly said the economy in 2024 was good, because it was. Yes, no one believed it. That wasn't his fault.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Also, stop it with this BS. Biden correctly said the economy in 2024 was good, because it was. Yes, no one believed it. That wasn't his fault.
Slotkin: "He's trying to distract us from the big stories of last week, the Epstein files and economy. He's tweeting 'the economy is the best it's ever been' -- amazing considering the public isn't stupid. It reminded me of Joe Biden. Biden tried to tell us for a year that the economy was great."
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I think for the moment we find ourselves, she's better than many currently serving to be a senator. She is not qualified for upper echelons of leadership (leader, whip, POTUS, etc. ) bc she swallows vibe lies too easily, is in the pocket of crypto (likely OK with Congress insider trading too), etc.
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Sometimes I just want to grab certain elected Democrats and shake them silly while yelling "Norms aren't norms if you don't enforce them!"
Also "Norms aren't norms if you're the only one following them!"
Also "Norms aren't norms if you're the only one following them!"
November 23, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Sometimes I just want to grab certain elected Democrats and shake them silly while yelling "Norms aren't norms if you don't enforce them!"
Also "Norms aren't norms if you're the only one following them!"
Also "Norms aren't norms if you're the only one following them!"
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Breaking character: I am open to the idea the media's coverage of Biden's age and mental acuity was fair or perhaps not even tough enough. But the fact that it was so much tougher than the coverage of Trump's (more severe) mental decline is damning and I can't see how anyone could argue otherwise.
NYT isn’t worth reading because they are in the bag for Trump
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Breaking character: I am open to the idea the media's coverage of Biden's age and mental acuity was fair or perhaps not even tough enough. But the fact that it was so much tougher than the coverage of Trump's (more severe) mental decline is damning and I can't see how anyone could argue otherwise.
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"One of the homeless people, given a cake, began crying—explaining it was the first time they ever had a birthday cake in their life. They took out a gun and placed it next to the cake and said their plan had been to kill themselves on their birthday."
A Baker, a Pastor, and Charlotte’s Stand Against ICE
How everyday people are reminding the nation what it means to be American.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
"One of the homeless people, given a cake, began crying—explaining it was the first time they ever had a birthday cake in their life. They took out a gun and placed it next to the cake and said their plan had been to kill themselves on their birthday."
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The State of Illinois should charge Agent Charles Exum with attempted murder
abcnews.go.com/US/doj-drops...
abcnews.go.com/US/doj-drops...
Judge dismisses charges against 2 people accused of ramming vehicle of federal agents conducting Chicago immigration sweeps
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed the indictment against two people accused last month of "ambushing" federal agents conducting an immigration sweep in Chicago.
abcnews.go.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The State of Illinois should charge Agent Charles Exum with attempted murder
abcnews.go.com/US/doj-drops...
abcnews.go.com/US/doj-drops...