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Ryan @geognome.bsky.social · 7d

Somebody: What have you been up to?
Me (internally): Please, don't ask for an elevator pitch. I am in a Deweyan space of discomfort, suspending any judgement, and feeling the discomfort of each moment.
Me (externally): I'm just taking things one day at a time.

Ryan @geognome.bsky.social · 8d

Including social media in the daily routine. Using the sleep setting at night, especially the one that makes the screen grayscale. If this app becomes more increasingly more like Meta, I might uninstall it off my phone and have limited access on desktop.

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Ryan @geognome.bsky.social · 9d

Endiiiiiive will always...
Love youuu

a woman singing into a microphone with the words eeeee will always love you

ALT: a woman singing into a microphone with the words eeeee will always love you

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 10d

Apropos of nothing, I would like to point out that large companies whose business model is "serve words to the public" will typically pay between US $.10 and $3.00 per word. So when you give words to a company for free, you are in fact paying them a LOT of money.

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How To Topple Tyrants @charlotteenfrance.bsky.social · 15d

well, I guess it could be worse, hey 🤷🏼‍♀️ #hegseth #kegsbreath #usmilitary #djt

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angel 💙 @pup-yebs.bsky.social · Dec 11

nothing gets me horny like properly designed and ran public health and harm reduction services

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Ryan @geognome.bsky.social · 19d

TIL a flapjack is a chewy granola bar

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Ryan @geognome.bsky.social · 19d

How do y'all balance processing the chaos with remaining gregarious or convivial to those who have yet to come under our umbrella of resistance?

I'm finding it difficult to put down my indignance and resentment for family and folks who voted GOP or who didn't vote at all.

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Ryan @geognome.bsky.social · 19d

How do y'all balance processing the chaos with remaining gregarious or convivial to those who have yet to come under our umbrella of resistance?

I'm finding it difficult to put down my indignance and resentment for family and folks who voted GOP or who didn't vote at all.

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Ryan @geognome.bsky.social · 19d

I'm feeling indignant about systems of power today. If you need me, I'll be watering my house plants and watching GBBO.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 20d

Excellent reporting from Heated and Atmos.

It looks like some of the biggest investors in the anti-trans movement are fossil fuel billionaires who are trying to use trans issues to ensure that Republicans pass policies favorable to their industry.

heated.world/p/fossil-fue...

Fossil fuel billionaires are bankrolling the anti-trans movement

An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos and HEATED finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.

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Ryan @geognome.bsky.social · 19d

John Duncan @johntheduncan.bsky.social · 19d

NEW VIDEO out now!!! A short addition to last week's video on global care chains focusses on how specifically right i am

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I was Right! An addendum to my video on global care chains

YouTube video by JohntheDuncan

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Ryan @geognome.bsky.social · 19d

Original video, and I will attach the addendum where the screenshot is from below.

John Duncan @johntheduncan.bsky.social · 26d

NEW VIDEO!!! Global Care Chains - neoliberalism, migration, and border fascism

Give it a watch, give it a share and all that

youtu.be/ktvZlMcPqPk

Global Care Chains - Neoliberalism, migration, and border fascism

YouTube video by JohntheDuncan

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Ryan @geognome.bsky.social · 19d

Quote from Alberto Toscano that's particularly relevant to what we are seeing from the GOP. The role of women (i.e. Erika Kirk) in fascism.

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Ryan @geognome.bsky.social · 21d

My brain read this as grapes, no joke.

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Ryan @geognome.bsky.social · 21d

I'm voting: Knowledge (Lore, Learning and Worldbuilding), Light (Truth, Revelation and Illumination), and Trickery (Illusion, Subversion and Challenging the status quo)

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Ryan @geognome.bsky.social · 21d

He nominated pick-me and unqualified people so he could say this

Ryan @geognome.bsky.social · 21d

Quote this post with your biggest pet peeve about driving:

Merging lanes without using blinkers.
Lazy road signage and bad design decisions. The cost of maintaining roads after they're built.
Lastly, insurance is collecting geographic data to sell and train AI (black-box) models for dynamic pricing

intelligentwat 🇹🇹 @zinrock.bsky.social · 21d

speed up on the on-ramp. if you're merging into a 65+mph, you're supposed to match speed as to not cause a goddamn accident.

Thee Spooky BlackSky👨🏾‍🍳 @xavierbeloved.blacksky.app · 21d

Ayo serious Question
Quote this with your biggest pet peeve about Driving

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Yesterqueers @yesterqueers.com · 21d

Hermann Kallenbach was perhaps the single most important figure in Gandhi’s life during his time in South Africa. He has been described as Gandhi’s “white brother” and as his “soulmate,” but was their relationship purely platonic?

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