ryan
@rynrrck.bsky.social
Family guy w/ appetite for comfort food, craft beer, coffee, baseball, theme parks & “old man music.” #PGH native, #CLT resident.
Nate silver is spare parts
OP says that Trump’s approvals on immigration have nosedived. Nate says not really and then tweets a graph showing a -15 point swing… seems like a nosedive (especially when we are only 11 months in)
December 14, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Nate silver is spare parts
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
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I don't really think it's appropriate for Forbes to call Flock "a startup," implying that it's a smoll bean Andreessen Horowitz VC corp valued at $7.5B billion that is giving cops worldwide the ability to stalk and hunt and surveil us even more than they usually can, in this dick sucking PR piece
AI Startup Flock Thinks It Can Eliminate All Crime In America
With more than 80,000 AI-powered cameras across the U.S., Flock Safety has become one of cops’ go-to surveillance tools. Now CEO Garrett Langley has both police tech giant Axon and Chinese drone maker...
www.forbes.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I don't really think it's appropriate for Forbes to call Flock "a startup," implying that it's a smoll bean Andreessen Horowitz VC corp valued at $7.5B billion that is giving cops worldwide the ability to stalk and hunt and surveil us even more than they usually can, in this dick sucking PR piece
Remember that this legendary gif arrives at the end of a great rant before the pilot’s first commercial break. This show rules.
December 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Remember that this legendary gif arrives at the end of a great rant before the pilot’s first commercial break. This show rules.
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Scientists now believe that the human brain--a magic goo for worrying--can also be used to do other things
December 8, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Scientists now believe that the human brain--a magic goo for worrying--can also be used to do other things
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Congrats to Hall of Famer Jeff Kent, who was on Survivor in 2012 and said this after he was kicked off. It should be noted that the top marginal tax rate in 2012 was 35%, unchanged from the last 6 years of the Bush era. Which makes you wonder whether maybe the tax rate was not his beef with Obama.
December 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Congrats to Hall of Famer Jeff Kent, who was on Survivor in 2012 and said this after he was kicked off. It should be noted that the top marginal tax rate in 2012 was 35%, unchanged from the last 6 years of the Bush era. Which makes you wonder whether maybe the tax rate was not his beef with Obama.
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I'd love for each member of that voting committee to stand in front of a camera and say, "why yes, I would've much rather had Jeff Kent's career than Dale Murphy or Don Mattingly's. Kent is who, if I were putting a team together, I'd rather have than Murphy or Mattingly."
December 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I'd love for each member of that voting committee to stand in front of a camera and say, "why yes, I would've much rather had Jeff Kent's career than Dale Murphy or Don Mattingly's. Kent is who, if I were putting a team together, I'd rather have than Murphy or Mattingly."
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and the powers that be chose to put the inferior white player on this committee’s ballot over the superior black player. as it was, so shall it be.
Annual reminder that Lou Whitaker has a WAR 20 points higher than Jeff Kent and is not in the HOF.
December 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
and the powers that be chose to put the inferior white player on this committee’s ballot over the superior black player. as it was, so shall it be.
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They could've voted in a seven-time MVP, a seven-time Cy Young/one-time MVP winner. They could've voted in guys like Murphy (2 MVPs) or Mattingly (1) who, for at least a brief time, were plausibly the best players in the game. But we get Jeff Kent who was never even once the best player on his team.
December 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
They could've voted in a seven-time MVP, a seven-time Cy Young/one-time MVP winner. They could've voted in guys like Murphy (2 MVPs) or Mattingly (1) who, for at least a brief time, were plausibly the best players in the game. But we get Jeff Kent who was never even once the best player on his team.
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pretty much all the problems of humanity are caused by people stubbornly pretending that their particular cultural features are unique to them rather than being but one variation on a universal theme. we're at our best when we recognize that we're all the same in the ways that actually matter.
December 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
pretty much all the problems of humanity are caused by people stubbornly pretending that their particular cultural features are unique to them rather than being but one variation on a universal theme. we're at our best when we recognize that we're all the same in the ways that actually matter.
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Did you know Liberty was the preseason favorite to win Conference USA, which was instead won by Kennesaw State? In fact Liberty went 4-8. One of the country's biggest disappointments. Also disappointing at football
December 6, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Did you know Liberty was the preseason favorite to win Conference USA, which was instead won by Kennesaw State? In fact Liberty went 4-8. One of the country's biggest disappointments. Also disappointing at football
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Couldn’t Sam Altman just ask ChatGPT how to make itself profitable
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Couldn’t Sam Altman just ask ChatGPT how to make itself profitable
The cruelty is forever the point. Fuck every single person who made this happen. You’re all vile assholes who insult everything your agency stands for.
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The cruelty is forever the point. Fuck every single person who made this happen. You’re all vile assholes who insult everything your agency stands for.
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cool that the official position of the administration appears to be that black people don’t really count as americans
"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
cool that the official position of the administration appears to be that black people don’t really count as americans
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The United States deserves complete and total humiliation re: the World Cup and the Olympics. We're a toxic country and we're actively harming the international order while committing breathtaking human rights violations at home and abroad. I hope the world stays home. bsky.app/profile/lavi...
Ahead of today’s World Cup draw, articles in Italy’s La Repubblica & Spain’s El País on how there may be immigration raids at games & people who posted a social media message that Trump administration didn’t like could face deportation.
www.repubblica.it/esteri/2025/...
elpais.com/us/migracion...
www.repubblica.it/esteri/2025/...
elpais.com/us/migracion...
Agenti anti immigrazione negli stadi e visti blindati: negli Usa mondiali di calcio da regime
Il capo della task force della Casa Bianca: ingressi vietati ai tifosi di Iran e Haiti e controlli negli stadi a caccia di clandestini
www.repubblica.it
December 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The United States deserves complete and total humiliation re: the World Cup and the Olympics. We're a toxic country and we're actively harming the international order while committing breathtaking human rights violations at home and abroad. I hope the world stays home. bsky.app/profile/lavi...
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Because you're an adult you fucking muppet. You gotta pay the magic forward.
December 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Because you're an adult you fucking muppet. You gotta pay the magic forward.
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i'm actually struck by how pete hegseth isn't just a cowardly man but a capital-c Coward. a guy who gets off on abusing and hurting people he thinks are weaker than him and then tries to run and hide when there might be consequences
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
i'm actually struck by how pete hegseth isn't just a cowardly man but a capital-c Coward. a guy who gets off on abusing and hurting people he thinks are weaker than him and then tries to run and hide when there might be consequences
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like a man divorcing his wife but still acting extremely married to her while openly dating other women, which would be cra-ohhhhhhhh
Kirk Herbstreit implores Ole Miss administrators to allow Lane Kiffin to coach the Rebels — if he leaves for LSU — and let him finish what he and his players started.
November 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
like a man divorcing his wife but still acting extremely married to her while openly dating other women, which would be cra-ohhhhhhhh
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I think Sean Duffy should promote a dress code for Trump rally attendees. Perhaps they would behave better.
Sean Duffy: "Dressing with respect -- whether it's a pair of jeans and a decent shirt, I would encourage people to maybe dress a little better which encourages us to maybe behave a little better. Let's try not to wear slippers and pajamas as we come to the airport."
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I think Sean Duffy should promote a dress code for Trump rally attendees. Perhaps they would behave better.
SOMEONE GET @bobbatzjr.bsky.social A LARGE BEER
This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
November 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
SOMEONE GET @bobbatzjr.bsky.social A LARGE BEER
You’ll be visited by 3 spirits.
The three spirits
The three spirits
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
You’ll be visited by 3 spirits.
The three spirits
The three spirits
A boombox is not a toy
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A boombox is not a toy
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“We can’t afford players because we’re in debt because we took all the money fans gave us and bought property to enrich ourselves.”
But don’t blame us! Blame the teams that re-invests money the team earns back into the organization via free agency and player development. They are the real villains!
But don’t blame us! Blame the teams that re-invests money the team earns back into the organization via free agency and player development. They are the real villains!
Did you know that some MLB owners take out loans against future season ticket sales and then use that money to buy themselves mansions/yachts etc? With the added bonus of being able to whine to fans that the team is actually carrying a lot of debt?
Last dodger owners did this!
Last dodger owners did this!
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
“We can’t afford players because we’re in debt because we took all the money fans gave us and bought property to enrich ourselves.”
But don’t blame us! Blame the teams that re-invests money the team earns back into the organization via free agency and player development. They are the real villains!
But don’t blame us! Blame the teams that re-invests money the team earns back into the organization via free agency and player development. They are the real villains!
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You gotta hand it to them for pretending to almost spend money
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
You gotta hand it to them for pretending to almost spend money