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Ryan H. Walsh

@ryanhwalsh.bsky.social

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Hallelujah The Hills (the band) ✸ Astral Weeks (the book). writer/musician/artist. DECK—a 52 song project—out NOW --> linktr.ee/ryanhwalsh

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Ryan H. Walsh @ryanhwalsh.bsky.social · Jun 13

DECK is out now! 4 brand new Hills albums were just released worldwide, plus an actual deck of cards, a vinyl release of DIAMONDS, and the mysterious 2 JOKERS.

Visit www.HallelujahTheHills.com for all things DECK. Happy shuffling, happy listening!

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Ryan H. Walsh @ryanhwalsh.bsky.social · 13h

Now we’re talking. Cowabunga.

Ryan H. Walsh @ryanhwalsh.bsky.social · 14h

PROPOSAL TO START CLAIMING MAGA IS USING THE WORD “RADICAL”—AS IN “RADICAL FAR LEFT”—IN A TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES SENSE

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Ryan H. Walsh @ryanhwalsh.bsky.social · 18h

“with your folded arms and history books you glance…”

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 2d

the inflatable costume thing is an extremely smart tactic

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 2d

my father (a retired white engineer who has been in oklahoma for 40 years) is my weathervane for what normal people who just watch the news periodically think, and he was like “so, they want to call the guard out on a bunch of kids wearing frog suits? is that true?”, the admin is losing the PR war

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

WELKER: Are you looking at invoking the Insurrection Act?

VANCE: We have to remember we are talking about this bc crime has gotten out of control

W: Crime is down in both Chicago & Portland

V: Crime is down bc they are so overwhelmed at the local level they are not even keeping stats properly

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Ryan H. Walsh @ryanhwalsh.bsky.social · 2d

this guy lies like he's been hiding something his entire life.

Ryan H. Walsh @ryanhwalsh.bsky.social · 2d

There is a few for that absolutely haha

Ryan H. Walsh @ryanhwalsh.bsky.social · 2d

18 years of friendship and goofin’ around with the frontman of the rock fan’s rock band, Patrick Stickles of @titus-andronicus.bsky.social

Ryan H. Walsh @ryanhwalsh.bsky.social · 2d

Grim! Depressing!

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Ryan H. Walsh @ryanhwalsh.bsky.social · 2d

…it’s either an indicator that people are truly getting dumber, or that the paid bots have all been programmed to continue to erode trust in medical science. Or both.

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Ryan H. Walsh @ryanhwalsh.bsky.social · 2d

One observation about having a political post go viral on Instagram this week: almost all of the commenters who disagree are harping on vaccines like it’s 2020. “You bowed down when you took the shot!” Etc. Seems to me…

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Ryan H. Walsh @ryanhwalsh.bsky.social · 3d

Watching Willie ‘Loco’ Alexander gleefully watch Patrick @titus-andronicus.bsky.social Stickles cover “Centerfold” with @wesleystace.bsky.social & The English Uk was a moment of pure joy for me last night.

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 4d

Judges order more immigrants freed from #ICE clutches, including 13-year-old boy now locked up with men at ICE's office prison in Burlington
www.universalhub.com/2025/judges-...

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Ryan H. Walsh @ryanhwalsh.bsky.social · 3d

Great title!

Ryan H. Walsh @ryanhwalsh.bsky.social · 3d

"hues you don't even recognize twirl and swirl about you"

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Ryan H. Walsh @ryanhwalsh.bsky.social · 4d

Tonight!

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 6d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Ryan H. Walsh @ryanhwalsh.bsky.social · 4d

reading and a song backed by the house band (w/ a special guest joining me)

Ryan H. Walsh @ryanhwalsh.bsky.social · 4d

Tonight!

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kickpuncher.bsky.social @kickpuncher.bsky.social · 6d

Happy Rocktober! Some of my favorite eps every year, and some great Hot Picks here.

Ryan H. Walsh @ryanhwalsh.bsky.social · 6d

I'm the guest on this week's Who Charted with @howardkremer.bsky.social and @brettmorris.bsky.social. Lots of fun! Listen here -->
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Ryan H. Walsh @ryanhwalsh.bsky.social · 6d

...writes with that in mind. I wonder what she will do, writing wise, if her life becomes super stable, happy, and maybe a little boring?

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Ryan H. Walsh @ryanhwalsh.bsky.social · 6d

One of the most harmful myths about artists, and specifically musicians, is that if you're hurting or addicted or spiraling, you'll make the best art. It's life-ruining horseshit. The problem is, T.S. has trained her fans to find clues/glimpses into her life in all of her lyrics and it seems she...

Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social · 6d

Skill issue. PJ Harvey fell in love with a right-wing freak and then made Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea

Is Taylor Swift Too Happy to Make Good Music? by Tyler Foggatt

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Ryan H. Walsh @ryanhwalsh.bsky.social · 6d

I'm the guest on this week's Who Charted with @howardkremer.bsky.social and @brettmorris.bsky.social. Lots of fun! Listen here -->
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