WmRyland
@wmryland.bsky.social
Extremely online, for a better world, somehow.
I love evil pop music, leftwing politics, Atlanta people, New Orleans parties, and SF community.
I love evil pop music, leftwing politics, Atlanta people, New Orleans parties, and SF community.
The same ppl who have sternly intoned “taxation is theft” are out here clutching their pearls at descriptions of masked armed men snatching ppl off the street without stated cause as “kidnapping”
January 10, 2026 at 8:50 PM
The same ppl who have sternly intoned “taxation is theft” are out here clutching their pearls at descriptions of masked armed men snatching ppl off the street without stated cause as “kidnapping”
I’m reminded that the Nazis took copious video of the Warsaw ghetto, thinking they’d turn it into propaganda showing their power and the patheticness of their victims, but even they knew the footage looked awful and buried it.
So ICE and the White House have been scrambling to pump out meme videos of clashes with protesters and "epic takedowns" and then an ICE agent recording video with his phone shoots a woman dead www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
We read thousands of internal ICE chats. They show how officials make raids go viral
Thousands of internal ICE messages show how its public affairs team has coordinated with the White House to satisfy Trump administration demands for viral arrest videos
www.washingtonpost.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:41 PM
I’m reminded that the Nazis took copious video of the Warsaw ghetto, thinking they’d turn it into propaganda showing their power and the patheticness of their victims, but even they knew the footage looked awful and buried it.
The biggest pussies in America refer to Minneapolis as Mogadishu. That’s a fact jack
January 10, 2026 at 4:32 PM
The biggest pussies in America refer to Minneapolis as Mogadishu. That’s a fact jack
The entire Trump administration apparently:
January 9, 2026 at 11:01 PM
The entire Trump administration apparently:
Being MAGA requires you to be scared all the time, to be a coward. This is an objective truth and we need to say it
If you find this threatening, forget being an ICE agent, you shouldn't own a gun
January 9, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Being MAGA requires you to be scared all the time, to be a coward. This is an objective truth and we need to say it
If it plays out that the only viable use case for AI is replacing programmers, that’ll be some real chickens roosting shit, like you mfers created this thing
January 9, 2026 at 7:41 PM
If it plays out that the only viable use case for AI is replacing programmers, that’ll be some real chickens roosting shit, like you mfers created this thing
If the murderer was in the military, then he should know about rules of engagement and use of force SOPs. As such, he wasn’t just an untrained Joe but a blood thirsty freak looking for any excuse
ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who shot and killed an unarmed civilian, flew a don't-tread-on-me Gadsden flag at his house, per the Daily Mail.
January 9, 2026 at 5:11 PM
If the murderer was in the military, then he should know about rules of engagement and use of force SOPs. As such, he wasn’t just an untrained Joe but a blood thirsty freak looking for any excuse
Random but I hate when ppl say that mayflies, for instance, only live a few hours. NO. They fly around, mate, and die in a few hours, but they’ve already been living for up to a YEAR as aquatic nymphs. Same of butterflies and moths, like ppl forget what caterpillars are
January 9, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Random but I hate when ppl say that mayflies, for instance, only live a few hours. NO. They fly around, mate, and die in a few hours, but they’ve already been living for up to a YEAR as aquatic nymphs. Same of butterflies and moths, like ppl forget what caterpillars are
Conservatism equals cowardice, example one billion
Trump on DC: "I don't know you, but to me those soldiers standing there look so good. I'm not gonna feel safe walking down the street without them. I don't think you would either."
January 6, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Conservatism equals cowardice, example one billion
Yes this is incredibly stupid but it’s also funny how he put his name under Beautiful, like he’s our most vain and effete president in my lifetime easily
Department of Interior says if you put a sticker over Trump's face on your national park entrance pass, the pass will be invalidated.
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
DOI cracks down on stickers covering Trump's face on national park passes
Park passes with protest stickers are facing new scrutiny.
www.sfgate.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Yes this is incredibly stupid but it’s also funny how he put his name under Beautiful, like he’s our most vain and effete president in my lifetime easily
Can I bet that the Maduro case falls apart / doesn’t result in conviction?
January 6, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Can I bet that the Maduro case falls apart / doesn’t result in conviction?
Reminds me of the guy at a destination wedding, in a communal bunk room, wakes everyone at 3 am with “WHO THE FUCK SHIT MY BED!?!?” and wouldn’t take “you did” as an answer from his gf… we didn’t see him again
members of congress love to put out statements that are like “We must demand answers regarding the turds in my pants.”
January 4, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Reminds me of the guy at a destination wedding, in a communal bunk room, wakes everyone at 3 am with “WHO THE FUCK SHIT MY BED!?!?” and wouldn’t take “you did” as an answer from his gf… we didn’t see him again
Famously casinos crack down HARD on cheating at their games bc it costs them money. Do prediction markets not have access to baseball bats and nail guns?
one wonders if it was someone in a decision making capacity making this bet www.axios.com/2026/01/03/m...
Someone made $400K by predicting Maduro's capture. Here's what happened
The winnings come as the rules governing prediction markets are still evolving.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Famously casinos crack down HARD on cheating at their games bc it costs them money. Do prediction markets not have access to baseball bats and nail guns?
Will someone ask how VZ oil revenue is supposed to offset US military spending? Is it gonna be a US government-owned oil company doing the extracting? Is Exxon gonna donate its profits to the US Treasury?
CNN: Are you okay with the US running Venezuela when there are a lot of problems that Americans are complaining about here? Trump says he's going to spend billions of dollars in Venezuela
REP. CARLOS GIMENEZ: Yeah, but Venezuela has billions of dollars of resources
REP. CARLOS GIMENEZ: Yeah, but Venezuela has billions of dollars of resources
January 3, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Will someone ask how VZ oil revenue is supposed to offset US military spending? Is it gonna be a US government-owned oil company doing the extracting? Is Exxon gonna donate its profits to the US Treasury?
As I understand it, the FARC are still active in Venezuela. It sure would be a shame if <redacted>
And there ya have it…
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Finance Industry Eyes Investment Opportunities in Venezuela
Some on Wall Street are already considering possible investment opportunities in Venezuela following the capture of Nicolás Maduro, according to Charles Myers, chairman of consulting firm Signum Globa...
www.wsj.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:21 PM
As I understand it, the FARC are still active in Venezuela. It sure would be a shame if <redacted>
Truly hard to imagine a recent political movement more thoroughly and objectively vindicated than the anti-Iraq War protesters, so of course the dumbest administration in several lifetimes is gonna speed run a repeat
January 3, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Truly hard to imagine a recent political movement more thoroughly and objectively vindicated than the anti-Iraq War protesters, so of course the dumbest administration in several lifetimes is gonna speed run a repeat
To state the obvious, if Maduro was a brutal dictator who silenced dissent w violence, facilitated drugs flowing to the US, and ruled his ppl w an iron fist for the benefit of US oil companies, he’d get Trump’s unwavering support.
January 3, 2026 at 8:32 PM
To state the obvious, if Maduro was a brutal dictator who silenced dissent w violence, facilitated drugs flowing to the US, and ruled his ppl w an iron fist for the benefit of US oil companies, he’d get Trump’s unwavering support.
Darkly funny that they put maduro in the sensory deprivation mask/earmuffs, like a hostage who might figure out where they’re going otherwise, like he’s gonna find a way to contact his family and say “help I’m on the USS Iwa Jima come rescue me”
January 3, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Darkly funny that they put maduro in the sensory deprivation mask/earmuffs, like a hostage who might figure out where they’re going otherwise, like he’s gonna find a way to contact his family and say “help I’m on the USS Iwa Jima come rescue me”
So we’re gonna get forever war mounting casualties and costs at the same time Americans’ health insurance premiums rise, all explicitly bc of GOP policy
January 3, 2026 at 7:16 PM
So we’re gonna get forever war mounting casualties and costs at the same time Americans’ health insurance premiums rise, all explicitly bc of GOP policy
1) they already are/were on the ground, dumbass—Maduro didn’t get on that helicopter on his own. 2) how the fuck are we gonna run things in the meantime without anyone being there??
GOP Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks: "We don't want to have troops on the ground. Iowans don't want that, Americans don't want that. We do not want nation building. This is not what's going to occur."
January 3, 2026 at 6:42 PM
1) they already are/were on the ground, dumbass—Maduro didn’t get on that helicopter on his own. 2) how the fuck are we gonna run things in the meantime without anyone being there??
For any children out there who may not know yet, like the WaPo Ed Board:
Also if anyone is interested in the history of the United States' attempts to topple leaders in South America and install more friendly dictators then you can - and I'm not joking here - download the files from the CIA website.
January 3, 2026 at 5:36 PM
For any children out there who may not know yet, like the WaPo Ed Board:
So we’re doing a regime change, some nation building, and running the place in the meantime, all for oil… so Iraq war shit… without even lip service to a casus belli, within striking distance of us shores, all but guaranteed to generate chaos in the Caribbean
January 3, 2026 at 5:29 PM
So we’re doing a regime change, some nation building, and running the place in the meantime, all for oil… so Iraq war shit… without even lip service to a casus belli, within striking distance of us shores, all but guaranteed to generate chaos in the Caribbean
Ever strike you that new year’s day is the only holiday that aligns with its own hangover?
January 1, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Ever strike you that new year’s day is the only holiday that aligns with its own hangover?
I wonder if it’s dawning on them how popular this shit is now that it’s a midterm year, or if they’re just too lazy and incompetent to continue the legal machinations
President Donald Trump announced that he will back off his plans to use #NationalGuard troops in the Democratic-led cities of Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.
Via @statesnewsroom.com
Via @statesnewsroom.com
Trump gives up on National Guard deployment in 3 cities • South Dakota Searchlight
President Donald Trump announced that he will back off his plans to use National Guard troops in the Democratic-led cities.
buff.ly
January 1, 2026 at 3:42 AM
I wonder if it’s dawning on them how popular this shit is now that it’s a midterm year, or if they’re just too lazy and incompetent to continue the legal machinations