Randy Ford
@ranman.bsky.social
TN native, politics alum, comms guy living in DC. 🏳️🌈🥃📺🍝
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I feel very strongly that Baltimore might be the best place on earth.
January 1, 2026 at 4:12 AM
I feel very strongly that Baltimore might be the best place on earth.
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2026 won’t be much better
December 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
2026 won’t be much better
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Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
December 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
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I don't actively use AI but to the extent it's thrust upon me in searches and such, I find it does a decent job of summarizing something when sources with complete and accurate info are easy to find anyway. when things are less clear cut (i.e. when AI would theoretically be helpful), it's a mess.
December 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I don't actively use AI but to the extent it's thrust upon me in searches and such, I find it does a decent job of summarizing something when sources with complete and accurate info are easy to find anyway. when things are less clear cut (i.e. when AI would theoretically be helpful), it's a mess.
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RFK: “Where did all this autism come from? It never existed when I was a kid!”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
December 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
RFK: “Where did all this autism come from? It never existed when I was a kid!”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
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Christ on a bike, this is brilliant.
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
December 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Christ on a bike, this is brilliant.
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
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if you know eight or nine reindeer by name we are living very different lives my dude, now sing the song or don't. doesn't matter to me
December 25, 2025 at 4:09 AM
if you know eight or nine reindeer by name we are living very different lives my dude, now sing the song or don't. doesn't matter to me
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told my landlord he no longer has to apologize for being white and he lowered my rent by 25%. told the grocer it's now the trump kennedy center and he sold me potatoes for $1. told PG&E it's a christian nation now and electricity is free. try it sometime
December 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
told my landlord he no longer has to apologize for being white and he lowered my rent by 25%. told the grocer it's now the trump kennedy center and he sold me potatoes for $1. told PG&E it's a christian nation now and electricity is free. try it sometime
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In 1984, Martha O’Hayer won $25,000 on the Pyramid and told Dick she was lived in SF and was studying for her real estate license.
Looks like she got it, and 40 years later, she still lives in the Bay Area.
Looks like she got it, and 40 years later, she still lives in the Bay Area.
December 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM
In 1984, Martha O’Hayer won $25,000 on the Pyramid and told Dick she was lived in SF and was studying for her real estate license.
Looks like she got it, and 40 years later, she still lives in the Bay Area.
Looks like she got it, and 40 years later, she still lives in the Bay Area.
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“Bari Weiss” sounds like a failed Leinenkugel's seasonal
December 18, 2025 at 4:25 AM
“Bari Weiss” sounds like a failed Leinenkugel's seasonal
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david duke probably wouldn't have shut down most of the CDC
there is really no difference between the current administration and having the country run by david duke
On that last post: I genuinely cannot think of any good-faith reason to bar international adoptions from those 39 countries. Under this new ban, consulates will refuse adoption visas for any baby from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Nigeria, or any of the 39 other countries.
December 17, 2025 at 3:42 AM
david duke probably wouldn't have shut down most of the CDC
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
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The reason you think A.I. can be therapy is that you’ve never had a good therapist, sorry that someone tricked you into eating Soylent before you tried bread
December 4, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The reason you think A.I. can be therapy is that you’ve never had a good therapist, sorry that someone tricked you into eating Soylent before you tried bread
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TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
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i'd say the midterm-level turnout for a special election is even more ominous than the swing
December 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
i'd say the midterm-level turnout for a special election is even more ominous than the swing
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Well, they’re always calling us, “woke”. I guess this is their ideal opposite.
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Well, they’re always calling us, “woke”. I guess this is their ideal opposite.
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I’ll see #Wicked: For Good, and I’ll love it. But I’ll still never stop watching this “For Good” duet for random smiles. Anybody else? youtu.be/qxKjiJ2qwtU?...
Kristin Chenoweth and Sarah Horn, For Good—Three Camera
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November 26, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I’ll see #Wicked: For Good, and I’ll love it. But I’ll still never stop watching this “For Good” duet for random smiles. Anybody else? youtu.be/qxKjiJ2qwtU?...
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A roundtrip LAX-JFK flight in the late 60s was around $3K in today’s dollars. The people who wore suits on those flights were the people who regularly wore suits. Complaining about informally-dressed fliers is complaining that the wrong sorts of people are flying today.
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A roundtrip LAX-JFK flight in the late 60s was around $3K in today’s dollars. The people who wore suits on those flights were the people who regularly wore suits. Complaining about informally-dressed fliers is complaining that the wrong sorts of people are flying today.
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Be extra kind to yourself these next few days.
Drink water. You’re dehydrated.
Drink water. You’re dehydrated.
November 24, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Be extra kind to yourself these next few days.
Drink water. You’re dehydrated.
Drink water. You’re dehydrated.
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I say “I’m fine” a lot for someone who is grinding their teeth into chalk dust.
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I say “I’m fine” a lot for someone who is grinding their teeth into chalk dust.
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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Anyone posted this one yet?
November 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Anyone posted this one yet?