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Ryan, of the Rapture @ryrapture.bsky.social · Feb 15

2025 Reading List

1.) Martyr, Kaveh Akbar

5/5 - I couldn’t put this book down. The whole thing was thought provoking, meaningful, and the ending had me running to Reddit to see what others thought.

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Ryan, of the Rapture @ryrapture.bsky.social · 4h

Decided to kill gortash, once you knock him prone he’s easy. On to the brain. Gale, you’re up

Ryan, of the Rapture @ryrapture.bsky.social · 8d

Orin dead in 2 turns, I’ve been sleeping on Arcane Synergy. Now, do I betray Gortash or take the easy way out to the brain

Ryan, of the Rapture @ryrapture.bsky.social · 6h

Oh sorry, the honor mode and campaign comments were about BG3

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Ryan, of the Rapture @ryrapture.bsky.social · 6h

Yeah! I wanna know what people think 😊

Ryan, of the Rapture @ryrapture.bsky.social · 8h

Has anyone played Ghost of Yotei? I’m about to finish my honor mode run and need a new game before I start a 6th campaign

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Ryan, of the Rapture @ryrapture.bsky.social · 10h

Hey everyone look at my new shirt

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Ryan, of the Rapture @ryrapture.bsky.social · 11h

Doing my warm up sets - hamstring curls, hip abduction etc, getting ready to DL and someone just comes in off the street and raw dogs 310# no warm up 😭

Ryan, of the Rapture @ryrapture.bsky.social · 12h

Pussy Riot

Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 13h

Which praise and worship band would Mike Johnson prefer to do the Super Bowl halftime show, wrong answers only

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Ryan, of the Rapture @ryrapture.bsky.social · 18h

Wait should I play Legion Remix

Ryan, of the Rapture @ryrapture.bsky.social · 1d

I ate too many potatoes

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1d

“Who was president in 2020?” is the question of our time

Senator Jim Banks V
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The 2020 Census was a fraud. The Biden admin used a shady "privacy" formula that scrambled the data and miscounted 14 states.
It included illegal immigrants and handed
Democrats extra seats. Americans deserve a fair count and l'm fighting to fix it.
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Consus data plays a crucial role in allocating political roprescntation and goverment funding
Under the Constitution, cach state gets Congressional represcotutives and Electoeal College votes- based on "the whole number of persons" within the state." The number of persoes is in
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Diffcrcntial privacy is opaque and liable to mistakcn count totals. Sure cnough, the 2020 Ccnsus ovarocunted the noculation in cicht states and undercounted it in six." Tihe most extrcmi andercount was Arkansas, at 5.04%, and the larg…

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Ryan, of the Rapture @ryrapture.bsky.social · 1d

Did @jaketapper.bsky.social cover this in his “text interview” with Trump?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We call them the water drugs. The drugs that come in through water. They're not coming. There are no boats anymore. Frankly, there are no fishing boats. There are no boats out there period, if you want to know the truth. Does anybody go fishing anymore?"

Ryan, of the Rapture @ryrapture.bsky.social · 1d

I’m reading Babel right now and it’s great

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 1d

Feel free to attribute the following to a former OMB General Counsel: The supposed "new legal analysis" is, to use a technical legal term, horseshit. What the law actually says is that when Congress enacts a law ending a lapse, furloughed employees get paid at the earliest date possible. Period.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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Eyes on the Fright 🎃 @eyesontheright.bsky.social · 2d

Look at what they have to face

Person dressed in a silly looking frog costume at a protest.

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Ryan, of the Rapture @ryrapture.bsky.social · 1d

I fucking hate this administration from top to bottom more than I thought possible.

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Ryan, of the Rapture @ryrapture.bsky.social · 1d

Me: I just got this new pair of scissors, they are really sharp and great for cutting things I need to cut

Bluesky: DONT RUN WITH THEM PLEASE BE SAFE (SORRY IM A PARENT)

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

note: i have been using a cargo ebike for half a decade. and i have been riding my bikes my whole life. (don’t need reminders to wear a helmet, i got it)

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Ryan, of the Rapture @ryrapture.bsky.social · 1d

Free Palestine

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Ryan, of the Rapture @ryrapture.bsky.social · 2d

Are You Afraid of the Dark, specifically the one with the guy who lives in the tree

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Ryan, of the Rapture @ryrapture.bsky.social · 2d

I Saw The TV Glow

Ryan, of the Rapture @ryrapture.bsky.social · 2d

The Past:

alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 2d

link

Ryan, of the Rapture @ryrapture.bsky.social · 2d

Not a single positive comment in this thread so obviously this will go to the floor and get passed

Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 4d

What do people think about giving working class Americans a $2000 tariff relief check for the unfair tax that has driven their grocery and housing prices up?

Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Representative Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, is proposing $2,000 payments to Americans making under $100,000

Ryan, of the Rapture @ryrapture.bsky.social · 2d

Because it’s a good idea, Bob

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Ryan, of the Rapture @ryrapture.bsky.social · 2d

This is so fucking stupid

Ryan, of the Rapture @ryrapture.bsky.social · 2d

You known what I want? A chicken Caesar doughnut

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Ryan, of the Rapture @ryrapture.bsky.social · 2d

How your email finds me

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