Ryer Banta
@ryerb.bsky.social
Open Ed Librarian at community college. Film and music head. PNW living, world travelling.
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Lmao literally having a "we're rich" party while they cut SNAP is like cartoon level evil it's like the villain in a Dr. Seuss book
Per Danny Kemp via press pool
Trump is at the Halloween party at MAL
“Official theme is Gatsby and ‘a little party never killed nobody’, we’re told.”
Trump is at the Halloween party at MAL
“Official theme is Gatsby and ‘a little party never killed nobody’, we’re told.”
November 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Lmao literally having a "we're rich" party while they cut SNAP is like cartoon level evil it's like the villain in a Dr. Seuss book
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As with everything, the technology is not the thing. OpenAI is a financial instrument more than it is a tech company.
"Many of the deals OpenAI has struck — with chipmakers, cloud computing companies and others — are strangely circular. OpenAI receives billions from tech companies before sending those billions back to the same companies to pay for computing power and other services." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How OpenAI Uses Complex and Circular Deals to Fuel Its Multibillion-Dollar Rise
Here are seven unusual financial agreements helping to drive the ambitions of the poster child of the A.I. revolution.
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:12 AM
As with everything, the technology is not the thing. OpenAI is a financial instrument more than it is a tech company.
Got to join a class of adult English language learners this morning. Lovely people from all over the world, trying to make things better for themselves and their families. So many hard choices and sacrifices to be here.
Fuck right off to all the xenophobic anti-immigrant BS in this moment.
Fuck right off to all the xenophobic anti-immigrant BS in this moment.
families.so
May 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Got to join a class of adult English language learners this morning. Lovely people from all over the world, trying to make things better for themselves and their families. So many hard choices and sacrifices to be here.
Fuck right off to all the xenophobic anti-immigrant BS in this moment.
Fuck right off to all the xenophobic anti-immigrant BS in this moment.
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This is what organizing over 1,200 events in a few weeks looks like.
This is what democracy looks like.
Join the more than half a million of us who will be taking to the streets tomorrow to stand up against Trump’s unprecedented power grab: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i...
This is what democracy looks like.
Join the more than half a million of us who will be taking to the streets tomorrow to stand up against Trump’s unprecedented power grab: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i...
April 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This is what organizing over 1,200 events in a few weeks looks like.
This is what democracy looks like.
Join the more than half a million of us who will be taking to the streets tomorrow to stand up against Trump’s unprecedented power grab: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i...
This is what democracy looks like.
Join the more than half a million of us who will be taking to the streets tomorrow to stand up against Trump’s unprecedented power grab: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i...
So long to the great Michael Hurley. Feeling especially fortunate that last summer I got to see him play three times. Here's a video from a sweet festival show just outside of Olympia, WA. I know it's quiet, and far back, but hope it takes you there.
youtu.be/NVLaufr16dg?...
youtu.be/NVLaufr16dg?...
Michael Hurley at Northern Sky Festival, September 6, 2024. Just outside Olympia, WA.
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April 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
So long to the great Michael Hurley. Feeling especially fortunate that last summer I got to see him play three times. Here's a video from a sweet festival show just outside of Olympia, WA. I know it's quiet, and far back, but hope it takes you there.
youtu.be/NVLaufr16dg?...
youtu.be/NVLaufr16dg?...
Enjoying my score from last weekend's record show in Olympia. This one is soooo good. Longtime fave.
December 11, 2024 at 5:10 AM
Enjoying my score from last weekend's record show in Olympia. This one is soooo good. Longtime fave.
Exciting day! The World of Echo year-end zine/list "Hindsight" is published. Always lots of avant, left-field gems to discover. worldofechomusic.com/pages/hindsi...
Hindsight 2024
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worldofechomusic.com
November 27, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Exciting day! The World of Echo year-end zine/list "Hindsight" is published. Always lots of avant, left-field gems to discover. worldofechomusic.com/pages/hindsi...
Record of the day: KMVP "On the Cusp"
Contemporary weirdo punk, with maybe some psych elements from Nanaimo, B.C. Big, full sound here too. I caught them twice this summer in Olympia and they really bring it live too. They shared stories about getting too high to row the boat back from practice.
Contemporary weirdo punk, with maybe some psych elements from Nanaimo, B.C. Big, full sound here too. I caught them twice this summer in Olympia and they really bring it live too. They shared stories about getting too high to row the boat back from practice.
November 15, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Record of the day: KMVP "On the Cusp"
Contemporary weirdo punk, with maybe some psych elements from Nanaimo, B.C. Big, full sound here too. I caught them twice this summer in Olympia and they really bring it live too. They shared stories about getting too high to row the boat back from practice.
Contemporary weirdo punk, with maybe some psych elements from Nanaimo, B.C. Big, full sound here too. I caught them twice this summer in Olympia and they really bring it live too. They shared stories about getting too high to row the boat back from practice.