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Ryan H.
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Your friendly neighborhood abolitionist.

Educator/Activist/Artist and wildlife photographer. Building towards a care-based world in unarmed response, housing & social/racial justice; writing at https://creating.care

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end the ICE age 🪶🙏🏾
outside agitator poster - a red winged blackbird singing on top of a cattail covered in hoarfrost, its breath visible in the cold air. the text of the poster says 'END THE ICE AGE'
January 11, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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Mission complete, and got to hug some of my comrades along the way
A table at the monthly Pull Over Prevention and mutual aid fair at St. Luke's in Ypsilanti, featuring a basket of free ice whistles alongside menstrual products, know your rights pamphlets, narcan and other harm reduction items
January 10, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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Lots of great stuff in the #AGDQ collection on @theyetee.com , but hard not to crack up at this Mario Kart design by Glenn O'Neil
mario kart shirt design from theyetee.com - penguin drivin a kart in black and white, with the words 'born to drift, world is a kart, <blue> Shell Em All 2025, I am last place racer, 210,757,864,530 LI'L DUMPIES
January 8, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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A pair of reminders for this moment, courtesy of Audre, Angela & the birds 🪶
Post Ryan H. ‪@ryan.blacksky.app‬ since the organizers kindly reminded that GNC folx are included under the #IAmNonbinary umbrella, sharing some of my fine feathered propaganda pieces; prints of these are available for sale; proceeds sent to vital mutual aid efforts in SE Michigan rhenyard.darkroom.com/collections/... ALT ALT ALT ALT ‪AmaraJLynn🧜🐚mermara‬ ‪@amaralynn.bsky.social‬ · 6mo In one week, on July 14th, join me for #IAmNonbinary! All content creators under the non-binary umbrella are welcome to share your creativity and celebrate each other! Use the hashtag and share your name, images of your work, links. #writesky #artsky #contentcreators #streamers #artists #writers July 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM 10 reposts 1 quote 36 likes 8 political poster by me - Outside Agitator (Blackbird) - featuring a red-winged blackbird singing in front of a pale moon, with text in front quoting Audre Lorde. Full quote reads: "To face the realities of our lives is not a reason for despair-despair is a tool of your enemies. Facing the realities of our lives gives us motivation for action. For you are not powerless... You know why the hard questions must be asked. It is not altruism, it is self-preservation-survival" political poster by me - Outside Agitator (Bluebird) - featuring an eastern bluebird on an orange boundary sign with a quote from Angela Y. Davis; full quote reads: "No potential victim of the fascist terror should be without the knowledge that the greatest menace to racism and fascism is unity!"
January 7, 2026 at 10:58 PM
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Frodo sailing away into the undying lands where Michigan people can stop being fucking weirdos
December 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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right there with you. if he's available you get him and don't look back
Shaq meme, reading 'U-M needs to quit its obsession with the Ravens Defense (i sleep) and 'Chance to hire the Ravens OC' (real shit)
December 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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I don't play MtG but seeing the Yuna cards gave me an intrusive thought and I'm so glad it exists 😭🙏🏾
rules Text Landfall - Whenever a land you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. 5 : This enchantment becomes a 7/7 Beast creature in addition to its other types. Flavor Text "Ride ze shoopuf? All aboards!"
December 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 20 is an Eastern Wood Pee-Wee that decided to serenade me this summer at Waterloo State Park 🪶📷🧪
An Eastern Wood Pee-Wee, small grey and white flycatcher, singing in a bright green tree canopy An Eastern Wood Pee-Wee looking down to see if his audience approves of his repertoire
December 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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still waiting on my powers
a 'winter soulstice' diagram graphic, with an afro pick sticking out of the dark hemisphere of the earth
December 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Jake Paul waking up with that Goldeneye Mouth
Pierce Brosnan on the cover of Goldeneye for the N64; the art positioning his hand on the gun makes his mouth look like it's extra long, demonstrated in the photoshop bashup on the right
December 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 19 is a Red Tailed Hawk, our most common raptor! I love seeing the fluffy murder pantaloons fully extended in this pose, talons at the ready 🪶📷
A red tailed hawk captured against a bright blue sky - you can see their fluffy murder pantaloons clearly The same red tailed hawk looking back over it's shoulder, annoyed at your intrepid photographer
December 20, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Tim Tebow inexplicably in a Mao style beige jacket, with the mercedes benz halftime report text reading "OU: Let a hundred flowers bloom; ALA: let a hundred schools of thought contend"
December 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Post Greg Pak ‪@gregpak.net‬ also too: "nanopatticles" ‪Brendel‬ ‪@brendelbored.bsky.social‬ · 42m I am taking the opportunity to once again remind you of the time Naomi Wolf thought Apple invented time machines run by vaccines December 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM 3 reposts 60 likes ‪Greg Pak‬ ‪@gregpak.net‬ · 6m teeny teeny tiny little peppermint patties ‪@jilltataraworld.bsky.social‬ ‪@jilltataraworld.bsky.social‬ · 1m the "not kidding" at the end is hilarious. ‪Scott Hussey - Open To Work‬ ‪@designerscott.bsky.social‬ · 10m Is she from Boston? ‪KB‬ ‪@sorrykb.bsky.social‬ · 8m Cute lil nanopatticles ‪Martin Z‬ ‪@pxtl.ca‬ · 7m Is she sure it was Manhattan and not Boston? 8 Greg Pak also too: "nanopatticles" ‪Brendel‬ ‪@brendelbored.bsky.social‬ · 42m I am taking the opportunity to once again remind you of the time Naomi Wolf thought Apple invented time machines run by vaccines Alt text describes images for blind and low-vision users, and helps give context to everyone. 300 Hannah Rose Woods @hannahrosewoods Is it possible you misheard And the it’s Naomi Wolf o @naomirwolf Terrifying. Also confirms/explains the conversation I overheard in a restaurant in Manhattan 2yrs ago in which an Apple employee was boasting about attending a top secret demo: they had a new tech to deliver vaccines w nanopatticles that let you travel back in time. Not kidding Time Machine Software Time Machine is a backup software application distributed as part of macOS, the desktop operating system developed by Apple. The software is designed to work with external storage devices and most commonly used with external disk drives, It was first introduced in Mac OS X Leopard. Wikipedia Developer: Apple Operating system: macOS 10.5 or newer Matt Damon Bostoning very Bostonly
December 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 18 is a skywalking sandhill crane; there are a not insignificant number of great shots I've captured from parking my car on the side of the road. I always bring this up so that people recognize they can enjoy birding without the physical ability to hike super far 🪶📸
a Sandhill Crane dancing in a fallow field, with a large tree in the background; its wings are floating forward and its beak is open mid-trill
December 19, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 17 is another fun weather series, this time of a Forster's Tern; I was so surprised to see it at my favorite local preserve that I tried to get some shots in the driving rain, with pretty spectacular results 🥰 🪶📸
A Forster's Tern, captured in profile with its wings on the downbeat; the background is filled with late-summer greenery and frozen raindrops a handsome Forster's Tern spreading its wings in profile, dodging through raindrops frozen by the high shutter speed a closeup of the Forster's Tern on another pass, where you can see it's black cap and tipped beak more closely our tern friend resting on a Wildlife Refuge - no entry sign
December 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 16 is a bit of a throwback; was looking at some of my old land & cityscapes and reminiscing on how awesome it was to travel back then. I really do miss Japan, and hope I get to go back sooner than later 📸 Which of these do you like best, nature or city? Curious to find out!
landscape shot of the mountains behind Kiyomizudera in Kyoto, Japan; a ray of sunlight breaks through rolling clouds to land directly on the walking path up the mountain, with a red pagoda visible in the far distance landscape shot of the Seto Inland Sea off of Miyajima, outside Hiroshima; the sea and the sky blend together in the mists, while the tip of a small submerged island peak is visible through the still waters panoramic cityscape of Tokyo, taken from the observation deck at Tokyo Tower. Lots of rays of sunlight bathing the metropolis in a golden hue Cyber City Sapporo, a neon-tinged nightscape in Hokkaido taken from atop the JR Rail Station; the grid style city planning lends itself to long vanishing points of lively streets stretching all the way to the mountains
December 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 15 is for my local tree swallows; they compete with bluebirds for nesting boxes, so every spring involves checking out the avian housing market 😂 love the iridescent blue of their wings and how fun they are to capture in flight 🪶📷
A nearly full grown tree swallow fledgeling yelling for food from a parent that's clearly over it An upward profile shot of a tree swallow with it's bright iridescent blue feathers catching sunlight A tree swallow in flight against a golden blurred backdrop; they fly so fast and acrobatically it's always a fun challenge to capture them in flight A tree swallow catching a bug on the surface of a lake, with it's reflection visible against the seamless blue
December 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Jensen Huang and Nvidia are just running an infinite money glitch on the world's economy
youtube screenshot of a 'GTA 5 Story Mode Money Glitch (infinite money)
December 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 14 is pulling from the cuteness vault to help us all out today; these Sandhill Crane colts were super adorable, and I enjoyed getting some of these unique interactions on camera from an ethical distance 🪶📸 rhenyard.darkroom.com/products/rad...
Tiny Dinos! A closeup photo (taken from a respectful distance) of a pair of Sandhill Crane Colts and their parent; one of the colts is nuzzling the parent's beak Followed Footsteps, a photo by me of one of the Sandhill Crane colts hurrying after their parent, who is only seen as a moving wing in the foreground. (Don't worry, they catch up just fine!)
December 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Remembering his tours in China and how him being silly and relaxed 'China Klay' was (and still is probably) a whole phenomenon overseas. Meg's probably enjoying playing dressup, Klay is malleable after all 😂
the China Klay era, with him wearing a straw hat and a shirt with a chinese character on it among a bunch of happy fans Klay Thompson with a chinese folding fan next to a pair of his ANTA brand sneakers
December 13, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 13 is A Limber Landing; some shots are the result of serendipity or fortune and others are the fruit of careful planning; noticing an angle that catches the light in the marsh just so, knowing where they like to sing at you from. 🎶🪶📸 rhenyard.darkroom.com/products/lig...
A Limber Landing, photo by me at Trinkle Marsh in SE Michigan of a Red-Winged Blackbird landing on a ripened cattail, with all of the fluffy seeds flying off into the golden hour; you can see the feathers still in motion and his talons finding purchase
December 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 12 is a noble Red-Winged Blackbird, singing a farewell at the end of the season atop cattails covered in hoarfrost; you can see his breath in the cold morning 🪶📸
a red-winged blackbird singing among cattails coated with hoarfrost; its breath is visible in the icy air
December 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 11 is an eagle, because they have been absolutely thriving here in Washtenaw County over the past few years, and they deserve better than to be associated with raggedy American politics 📷🪶
A Bald Eagle spreading her wings and descending from her perch on top of an evergreen; you can see the driving snow around her as she launches into the wind
December 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Everybody else is on the coaching carousel and we're on the fucking Belle Isle giant slide trying not to break a vertebrae
riders/victims of the Giant Slide on Belle Isle in Detroit; one woman is already perpendicular to the slide, completely horizontal and knocked out, while two teens surf down normally
December 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 10 is one of my personal favorites, A Misty Descent; I captured this image of a Great Blue Heron just about to land at Halfmoon Lake, with the morning fog giving it an ethereal quality; it's been mistaken for a painting multiple times! 🪶 📸 rhenyard.darkroom.com/products/exh...
'A Misty Descent' - photo by me of a Great Blue Heron, wings outstreched, about to land on the surface of a mist-covered lake. The image has a painterly quality that I deeply enjoy
December 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM