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Brandon Ruth

@brandonruth.bsky.social

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Sports, Music, Life, & Humor 🎗 AML Survivor & Fighter Rock N’ Roller; Media Professional; SAR From the geocities and angelfire era Exclusive to Bluesky #Baltimore

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Brandon Ruth @brandonruth.bsky.social · May 12

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I joined Bluesky not only for an outlet to blab my thoughts into the ether, but to also chronicle my battle w/ #AML & to bring awareness to this disease. Today, my amazing oncologist let me know that I am officially in remission again after a relapse in January and I am now moving to BMT.

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Brandon Ruth @brandonruth.bsky.social · Jun 29

No Kings!

Brandon Ruth @brandonruth.bsky.social · Jun 27

The rich people don’t like what they’re seeing in New York! #ClassWar

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Rich People Crash Out Over Zohran’s Win

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · Jun 25

We must not throw 16 million low-income and working class Americans off of the health care they have in order to give massive tax breaks to billionaires.

That is obscene.

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Brandon Ruth @brandonruth.bsky.social · Jun 25

Great documentary on Iran by Rick Steves Europe.

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Rick Steves' Iran (2009)

YouTube video by Rick Steves' Europe

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Brandon Ruth @brandonruth.bsky.social · Jun 22

As I surrender to the uncertainty, I am in control, I am safe, and I am guided #DontDespair

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · Jun 21

Why did folks stop talking about grocery prices?

I just left the store and OMFG…

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Brandon Ruth @brandonruth.bsky.social · Jun 21

It’ll be interesting to see how this works. With a program, you can make it have bias. But an AI should be able to resist such a thing. Constantly manipulating it could make it react in certain ways, ya know, that whole “AI can be dangerous” stuff we’ve been hearing about.

Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · Jun 21

Elon Musk is big mad that Grok tells the truth.

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Brandon Ruth @brandonruth.bsky.social · Jun 20

Thanks and vetted!

Brandon Ruth @brandonruth.bsky.social · Jun 19

Saw an interesting comment earlier:
In America, renters live paycheck to paycheck, landlords live rent check to rent check, homeowners live mortgage payment to mortgage payment, banks live bailout to bailout, and the US Government lives war to war.

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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · Jun 19

Happy Juneteenth To All !!
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June 18, 2025 (Wednesday)

Tomorrow is the federal holiday honoring Juneteenth, the celebration of the announcement in Texas on June 19th, 1865, that enslaved Americans were free.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · Jun 18

Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.

Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · Jun 18

Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event

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Rosa DeLauro @delauro.house.gov · Jun 18

This is a glaring display of cruelty.

50% of LGBTQI+ young people who wanted mental health care in 2023 were unable to get it. Ripping away a lifeline in their darkest moment is unimaginable.

This action will cost lives.

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Brandon Ruth @brandonruth.bsky.social · Jun 14

No kings.

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Brandon Ruth @brandonruth.bsky.social · Jun 13

American leadership literally only cares about money. They do not care about human life. They do not care about the horrors of war. THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOU.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · Jun 13

DOGE affiliates Kenneth Jackson and Nate Cavanaugh “disabled and restricted access to the Institute's FOIA system, terminated the employees responsible for processing FOIA requests, and restricted the use of Institute financial resources.”

Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · Jun 13

Happy FOIAFriday the 13th! NEW issue of my newsletter is out.

In March, I filed a #FOIA request with the US Institute of Peace just as DOGE was taking over the agency. This week USIP sent me the most incredible response to a #FOIA request I have ever received.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Dear Mr. Leopold,
This letter is in response to your correspondence to the United States Institute of Peace (USIP or the Institute) regarding a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
We understand that your request was submitted on March 18, 2025. As you may know, at the time of your request, USIP was operating under the control of Mr. Kenneth Jackson and Mr. Nate Cavanaugh of the United States Department of Government Efficiency. Mr. Jackson and Mr. Cavanaugh disabled and restricted access to the Institute's FOIA system, terminated the employees responsible for processing FOIA requests, and restricted the use of Institute tinancial resources. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia declared all actions taken by Mr. Jackson and Mr. Cavanaugh to be null, void, and without legal effect" and affirmed USIP's current leadership on May 19, 2025. USIP leadership regained control of the Institute's FOIA system on June 4, 2025. Accordingly, we received your request on June 4, 2025. We regret any confusion caused by Mr. Jackson's and Mr. Cavanaugh's actions.

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Brandon Ruth @brandonruth.bsky.social · Jun 13

I’ve collected sports cards over the years & I enjoy telling stories about famous rookie cards or errors I’ve collected. With that said, I came across this video by the Mangini Collection about card addiction. It’s similar to problem gambling & its effects can be devastating
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Addiction is Real. Is Breaking an Illegal Scam?

YouTube video by The Mangini Collection

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Jun 13

“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.”

@cbsaustin @velez_tx

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Brandon Ruth @brandonruth.bsky.social · Jun 13

Governor Newsom off the top rope!
Don’t let the billionaire media industrial complex fool you, anyone who looks up the crime data on their own will find the southern states make up the top 10 in most dangerous places to live. Mass poverty is the main problem, but leadership doesn’t want to solve it.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · Jun 11

You know what’s actually newsworthy and deserves a weekly editorial takedown? The unprecedented nature of Elon Musk owning a major communications platform while paying people to vote for Trump and then working in an unofficial official capacity in the White House.

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Brandon Ruth @brandonruth.bsky.social · Jun 11

The billionaire media industrial complex is laser focused on showing working class people protesting because they want them to be the enemy. And they are completely ignoring the Epstein files. Not a mention of it since Musk last week. They want us to hate each other. To fight with each other.

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Brandon Ruth @brandonruth.bsky.social · Jun 10

Where is Qanon?
Where is Alex Jones?

Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · Jun 10

Just to be clear: the President has mobilized the Marines on American soil because people are protesting masked, secret police kidnapping people with no due process and shipping them to foreign death camps.

It’s not a misunderstanding or an oversight.

That is all it is.

There is no other side.

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · Jun 10

No notes.

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Ripperoni @ripperoni.com · Jun 10

Something worth noting is how the press is leaning into the framing that what’s happening in LA is a both sides issue or that they are riots. Even when the LAPD is saying it’s under control, suddenly for the first time in their lives the press is willing to ignore them

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Brandon Ruth @brandonruth.bsky.social · Jun 10

Worst leadership in American history and it isn’t even close

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 10

The Trump administration’s plan for FEMA is to fuck over the states and then blame Democratic governors

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