Ryan Mack

Top health care companies in the Fortune 500: United Health: #3 CVS Health: #6 Cigna: #14 One way they did it? By buying up every part of the health care system—and squeezing you dry. You shouldn't have to worry about going broke when you get sick. Let's break up Big Medicine.

Ever wonder what's going on in US government? My project Civitas sets out to answer exactly that. It's a free single pane of glass to everything going on, on a daily basis. All the data is already available to citizens via official APIs, I just made it easier to find and read. civitas-research.org

NEW: Inflation data came in and Donald Trump’s failed economic agenda has raised prices for Americans by 5.9%. That means families are paying $3,772 more thanks to inflation under Trump.

The President vs. every member of Congress COMBINED. Guess who made more personal financial trades? Donald Trump — with 28,000+ trades. Stock trading by top government officials should be illegal—no owning, buying, or selling stocks.

With Election Day in the US coming up, it's a great time to check your registration and ballot. My project Civitas Research has election coverage, links to check your registration, and more. It's a great place to start, and it's all free without ads monetization. civitas-research.org/elections

If you're making an average paycheck in Worcester, what homes can you afford? I checked Zillow. Spoiler alert: not much. And it's not just Worcester, it's true all across America.

Republicans sent the Senate home this week without taking ANY real action to: - End Donald Trump's Iran war - Lower costs for American families - Regulate AI

Civitas now has a documented public API and MCP server. Hope it will be helpful to developers looking to integrate with political data. civitas-research.org/developers If you try it and have any suggestions, feel free to open issues on my GitHub and I will address them! github.com/kamoras/civi...

For anyone about to go "but but what about..." please go here first whatever.scalzi.com/2026/02/14/1...

The tech industry treats every line of code like a potential unicorn startup. We'd all be so much better off if we celebrated open-source contributors and digital stewards the same way we glorify founders.

In Worcester and across the nation, Congress's new housing law is sending a simple message: build more homes and stop private equity from buying up the ones we've got.

In 1965, CEOs were paid 21 times as much as a typical worker. Today, that number has spiked to 281. The system is rigged and it's time we level the playing field.

The richest 0.1% of Americans hold nearly as much wealth as the bottom 90% of families combined. We need a wealth tax now.

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Microsoft's AI data centers saw a 25% increase in carbon emissions in 2025 due to expansion, with the company pausing non-renewable energy use. https://civitas-research.org/issue/368

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, 71, passed away after a brief illness. A long-time ally of President Trump, Graham served for over two decades. He was praised as a 'true American patriot.' https://civitas.paramain.com/issue/312

Several U.S. news outlets, including The New York Times, are asking a judge to sanction OpenAI for allegedly withholding evidence in a copyright dispute with the ChatGPT maker. https://civitas.paramain.com/issue/346

Mr. President, sign the bill.

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) scores 74.0/100 on Civitas transparency, with a standout score of 91.0/100 for Funding Independence. This high score indicates strong independence in funding practices. https://civitas.paramain.com/scorecard?branch=senate&state=MA&senator=elizabeth-warren

This week in civic news, the United States faced escalating trade tensions with China, cybersecurity threats increased as a result of a major data breach, and technological advancements like AI and blockchain were discussed. https://civitas.paramain.com/timeline

Venezuela Earthquake: Rescue Efforts Continue Amidst Catastrophic Damage https://civitas.paramain.com/issue/206

Made a little arcade style browser game. Brought me back to the old days of playing browser games in the computer lab in elementary school surge.paramain.com

If Elon Musk paid my ultra-millionaire tax, we could fully cover free community college in America.

I took a stab at making a little daily music puzzle. Let me know if you like it! spliced.paramain.com

AI was trained on generations of human knowledge and work. Now Big Tech is making billions from it. It’s time to tax AI and make sure the American people benefit from what they helped build.

Memorial Day cookout. Beach trip. Visit with family. All of it costs more this year. That’s not an accident. Trump’s tariffs and war in Iran are driving up your costs.

Composer 2.5 made me rethink whether general-purpose AI models are the right bet. Frontier-level coding at a fraction of the cost. www.ryan-mack.dev/blog/compose...

The internet runs on software maintained by people you’ve never heard of. For years, that was an unfair but stable system. Now AI tools that can find vulnerabilities at scale are changing that - and the people maintaining the foundation don’t have access to them. www.ryan-mack.dev/blog/the-qui...

For decades, two things kept the internet safe: writing code was hard, and finding bugs was hard. AI just eliminated both barriers at once. Raffi Krikorian of Mozilla on what comes next. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/o...

Maine just banned big data centers. That might be exactly what AI needs. Hope more states follow this example and set responsible limits for how much of our land and resources companies can take. www.ryan-mack.dev/blog/maines-...

Software is a tool, but we’ve spent years conflating engineering with entrepreneurship. Too many engineers are taught to idolize billionaires who use technology to hoard power and feed their own greed. The problem isn’t the code. It’s how it’s being steered.

This is exactly the kind of conversation we need happening in government. Billionaires are not paying their fair share to the public. No single person needs over $200 billion - that's just greed.

AI doesn't remove the hard parts of software engineering. It just makes them harder to hide from. www.ryan-mack.dev/blog/beyond-...

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Hiya cuties! We are LIVE! Gonna start with some chats then get into the DLC for Still Wakes the Deep. We are also still fundraising for @Streamcause so GET IN HERE! We are creepin up on $400 ~ twitch.tv/Ashlinaa

I’ll see you guys at 3 pm EST, let me date you

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We are live with day 3 of our fundraiser for @Streamcause & getting SO CLOSE to $300! We’re gonna yap then get into either horror demos or DOOM ~ twitch.tv/Ashlinaa

Happy Pride babies! Trolls: here’s the bar, bring a ladder. It’s Piss Flap Friday #twitch

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And so kicks off my birthday week, buckle up! You’ll be seeing a lot of me this week!!

Smash or Pass on my recent reads!!!! Then cozy games, come hang www.twitch.tv/justanotherr...

Let's adjust to springing forwards together! Cozy vibes only www.twitch.tv/justanotherr...

Building Barcade, a witchy store and maybe some OW later Come vibe it's hump day! www.twitch.tv/justanotherr...