Ryan_in_Oregon
@ryanoregon.bsky.social
New England born, veteran, hiker, angler, adult onset hunter. Books, coffee, cured meats & music. Homicide, missing person and cold cases. SSE / forensics. Just another ghost walking the hills.
The Bezos editorial board y’all
The Washington Post, everyone
December 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The Bezos editorial board y’all
I just finished this and my blood ran cold. Whether it’s from the unintentional bungling of corrupt amateurs, or something far worse than I care to think out loud, we are blinding ourselves and tying our hands in the face of an actual threat from a nation state.
The most uncomfortable read you'll encounter this weekend.
It's 6:30am on December 7, 1941 and the commander of the Pacific Fleet continues to insist the primary threat to Pearl Harbor is sabotage.
Park the fighters closer together, take down the useless torpedo nets, Japanese can't fly, anyway.
It's 6:30am on December 7, 1941 and the commander of the Pacific Fleet continues to insist the primary threat to Pearl Harbor is sabotage.
Park the fighters closer together, take down the useless torpedo nets, Japanese can't fly, anyway.
The FBI Spent a Generation Relearning How to Catch Spies. Then Came Kash Patel.
As China’s spies grow more aggressive, the FBI is distracted and off-balance.
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I just finished this and my blood ran cold. Whether it’s from the unintentional bungling of corrupt amateurs, or something far worse than I care to think out loud, we are blinding ourselves and tying our hands in the face of an actual threat from a nation state.
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The most uncomfortable read you'll encounter this weekend.
It's 6:30am on December 7, 1941 and the commander of the Pacific Fleet continues to insist the primary threat to Pearl Harbor is sabotage.
Park the fighters closer together, take down the useless torpedo nets, Japanese can't fly, anyway.
It's 6:30am on December 7, 1941 and the commander of the Pacific Fleet continues to insist the primary threat to Pearl Harbor is sabotage.
Park the fighters closer together, take down the useless torpedo nets, Japanese can't fly, anyway.
The FBI Spent a Generation Relearning How to Catch Spies. Then Came Kash Patel.
As China’s spies grow more aggressive, the FBI is distracted and off-balance.
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The most uncomfortable read you'll encounter this weekend.
It's 6:30am on December 7, 1941 and the commander of the Pacific Fleet continues to insist the primary threat to Pearl Harbor is sabotage.
Park the fighters closer together, take down the useless torpedo nets, Japanese can't fly, anyway.
It's 6:30am on December 7, 1941 and the commander of the Pacific Fleet continues to insist the primary threat to Pearl Harbor is sabotage.
Park the fighters closer together, take down the useless torpedo nets, Japanese can't fly, anyway.
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Art by Gérard DuBois
www.gdubois.com
www.gdubois.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Art by Gérard DuBois
www.gdubois.com
www.gdubois.com
I had to double check the name, because my WWII sailor grandfather was ecstatic that night. Literally called me and said he can die happy that he saw the Red Sox win the series, after coming from behind and beating the Yankees to get there.
Man, I’m really glad this WWII sailor lived to see the 2004 Red Sox Reverse The Curse.
#WreathsAcrossAmerica
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#WreathsAcrossAmerica
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December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I had to double check the name, because my WWII sailor grandfather was ecstatic that night. Literally called me and said he can die happy that he saw the Red Sox win the series, after coming from behind and beating the Yankees to get there.
I have been up since 345 with an arthritic flair, and I’m more convinced than ever that my body chose this winter to just fold up. I can barely walk today. Plus side, I’m getting a lot of reading done.
December 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I have been up since 345 with an arthritic flair, and I’m more convinced than ever that my body chose this winter to just fold up. I can barely walk today. Plus side, I’m getting a lot of reading done.
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There’s no true love of country in this sordid movement.
There’s love of a M&A exit paid for by the taxpayer.
There’s love of a price floor paid by the taxpayer.
There’s love of regulatory relief paid by the taxpayer.
They wrap themselves in a flag to shield their actions & selves from scrutiny.
There’s love of a M&A exit paid for by the taxpayer.
There’s love of a price floor paid by the taxpayer.
There’s love of regulatory relief paid by the taxpayer.
They wrap themselves in a flag to shield their actions & selves from scrutiny.
December 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
There’s no true love of country in this sordid movement.
There’s love of a M&A exit paid for by the taxpayer.
There’s love of a price floor paid by the taxpayer.
There’s love of regulatory relief paid by the taxpayer.
They wrap themselves in a flag to shield their actions & selves from scrutiny.
There’s love of a M&A exit paid for by the taxpayer.
There’s love of a price floor paid by the taxpayer.
There’s love of regulatory relief paid by the taxpayer.
They wrap themselves in a flag to shield their actions & selves from scrutiny.
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George V Higgins “Cogan’s Trade”
This is just pitch perfect
This is just pitch perfect
December 13, 2025 at 4:13 AM
George V Higgins “Cogan’s Trade”
This is just pitch perfect
This is just pitch perfect
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Celebrate wisely.
December 13, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Celebrate wisely.
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…”you may fly over a land forever; you may bomb it, atomize it, pulverize it and wipe it clean of life—but if you desire to defend it, protect it and keep it for civilization, you must do this on the ground, the way the Roman legions did, by putting your young men in the mud.”
T.R. Fehrenbach
T.R. Fehrenbach
December 13, 2025 at 1:54 AM
…”you may fly over a land forever; you may bomb it, atomize it, pulverize it and wipe it clean of life—but if you desire to defend it, protect it and keep it for civilization, you must do this on the ground, the way the Roman legions did, by putting your young men in the mud.”
T.R. Fehrenbach
T.R. Fehrenbach
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#FromTheArchives
Another "came across this while looking for some other photo" photo.
Steller's Jays excel at that sweet/haughty expression.
#birds #becurious 🪶
Another "came across this while looking for some other photo" photo.
Steller's Jays excel at that sweet/haughty expression.
#birds #becurious 🪶
December 13, 2025 at 2:03 AM
#FromTheArchives
Another "came across this while looking for some other photo" photo.
Steller's Jays excel at that sweet/haughty expression.
#birds #becurious 🪶
Another "came across this while looking for some other photo" photo.
Steller's Jays excel at that sweet/haughty expression.
#birds #becurious 🪶
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Dark buddy comedy:
December 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Dark buddy comedy:
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The Church has outlasted emperors, inquisitors, reformers, and tyrants—it’s not about to crumble under a few decades of culture-war cosplay.
pedalsandpages.com/the-schism-b...
pedalsandpages.com/the-schism-b...
The Schism between White Christian Nationalism and the Catholic Church
A fascinating showdown is unfolding before our eyes — a widening rift between the populist currents of American politics and the longstanding traditions of Catholic social teaching.
pedalsandpages.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The Church has outlasted emperors, inquisitors, reformers, and tyrants—it’s not about to crumble under a few decades of culture-war cosplay.
pedalsandpages.com/the-schism-b...
pedalsandpages.com/the-schism-b...
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Give it a few seconds, trust me.
December 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Give it a few seconds, trust me.
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
Current crime read and Higgins is just a master portrait artist of grimy Boston.
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Current crime read and Higgins is just a master portrait artist of grimy Boston.
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Just discovered an insane new form of co-intelligence where you briefly share the mind of a great thinker in history and then a portion of their mind travels in yours for the rest of your life. Calling it a "book."
December 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Just discovered an insane new form of co-intelligence where you briefly share the mind of a great thinker in history and then a portion of their mind travels in yours for the rest of your life. Calling it a "book."
The line up once I finish Geoffrey of Monmouth
December 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The line up once I finish Geoffrey of Monmouth
Getting wound up about font choice is big autistic O-4 energy, so I’m shocked it’s Rubio and not Hegs
December 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Getting wound up about font choice is big autistic O-4 energy, so I’m shocked it’s Rubio and not Hegs
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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