this is ryan

Even the fox news host's face is like "c'mon man"

The US is not about to have a free and fair election. The state has put its thumb on the scale to favor the ruling party in multiple ways. It's a mostly free, somewhat unfair election. But still one where the ruling party can be overwhelmed by numbers. Hence the term "competitive authoritarianism."

Brazil’s results tonight are a big endorsement for the idea that every country should have a second “are you you sure about that” election a couple weeks after the first one for the important stuff

Lula Goes HARD

I used to love picking up old scifi paperbacks but anything from the 1950s-1970s you can't turn a page without reading slurs you forgot existed. Like the author predicted reality tv and video phones but assumed we'd still be openly racist.

”In the absence of any actual NBA basketball to watch, the blogscape is currently lousy with basketball-knowers furiously knowing basketball... Every shovel has a name, a job, and a hole that needs digging and filling repeatedly so that the shovelers can try to seem indispensable..."

Something I wish more people would realize.

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Go to your camera roll and post a picture of a boat you like.

Live your life in a way that doesn't inspire people to rapidly update your wiki like this

"understanding all political outcomes: the fivethirtyeight dot com story"

"Trans Lives are Real. Harry Potter is Not" Sticker spotted in NYC

Barack Obama just delivered a blistering rebuke of Trump's actions against Ilhan Omar. This is worth reading in full.

If you would try to win by abandoning trans people (or any targeted group) you can save this “we need to win” talk; there is no “we.” I am about solidarity, and you have chosen anti-solidarity. You are not any “we” I recognize. You are the enemy I’m trying to defeat. Beating you is how my “we” wins.

I’d say we will continue to have such boutique issues until we stop seeing human rights as a boutique issue—until the rest of us agree to stand in solidarity with all humans, instead of trying the morally and practically failed strategy of seeking the approval of those who would exclude some.

Something very important to figure out before Jan 20, 2029 is whether, when a new President is inaugurated, they will control the computer system at GSA (i.e. doors to federal buildings) and Treasury payments system or if those systems will be somehow in the hands of DOGE cronies

Not even one Scaramucci!

(in the drive thru) me - so read the code, they'll ask if this order is for sean and you'll say yes @thisryan.bsky.social - okay so when they they say 'for seen?' i will say yes me - it's funny, when people call me seen, i do not in fact feel seen the girl at the window - for shane? ryan - YES

I think all you need to know about Drazan is that her solution to Oregonians living on the street would be to "audit homeless spending" and establish "accountability and metrics" Kotek sucks and won't fund schools but audits aren't the solution to every problem

Very revealing moment for the press here. The unstated premise of this question is they cannot understand how Democrats are different from Republicans. That Democrats are capable of abstract, critical thought, and Republicans just use their mouths to reflexively echo.

What I would give to sleep like a little cat who cannot even fit the concept of university administration in her head

Some things I've been doing lately

A reminder for those at the back.

no wolfman no cry

Gotta order this in time for the premiere

Kind of a buried lede in the results of this Supreme Court approval rating poll from Marquette: Overall support for Supreme Court expansion, which even Democratic politicians were dismissing as "radical" just a few years ago, is now at 53 percent today.marquette.edu/2026/09/marq...

“Every member of this ethnic group is a criminal who needs to be imprisoned by the state” is just pure uncut Nazi shit

Yikes

Omg.

why would I need AI when my iphone already makes suggestions like "you set a lot of timers, do you want to set one now?"

But he's so nice

“You are infringing on the time and brainpower of people by pushing "your" content that little/no of your brainpower went into” is such a banger

y'know what, the advantage of saying "super intelligence" instead of "artificial intelligence" is everybody can tell how dumb it sounds and nobody will make the mistake of thinking the plagiarism machine has genuine thoughts or feelings

It's a pouty act of revenge. OpenAI clearly tried to solve every Millennium Problem and every "top ___ unsolved math problems" list, made a lot of genuine progress but couldn't get the brass rings, so they dumped their whole pile on the math community, snarling "you're so smart, you figure it out."

AI COMPANIES: “People who don’t use AI agents just aren’t aware of the vast power they possess to do anything.” NORMAL PEOPLE: “Wow, okay, wow. Sounds great. What can they do? Give me your top example.” AI COMPANIES: “The hardest task of all: Checking you into a flight!”

I do understand there are more uses than this. It’s just funny that every AI agent video is like, “All you have to do is give a bot all of your personal, banking, and medical information and soon you too will know when your kids have a little league game!” Sure, sounds great.

I just think they're selling personal assistants to folks who can't afford/don't want to pay a personal assistant. Thinking of every boss I ever had who couldn't be bothered to lift a finger to do anything normal, like making coffee or reading their own emails.

fun science fact! crabs look Like That because the appearance of their actual physical form overrides the human visual system, leaving a perfect hole in our perception which the brain fills with its ideal self-image. you have never seen a crab. you have only seen a reflection of your own desires

maybe instead of posting about baseball y’all should work on making sure the base goes to the ballot box

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