Louis S. Ramirez
@lsr312.bsky.social
I once identified as many things. Now I simply accept what I am – a simple man, navigating a confusing and fallen world that wounded me deeply. Now, with Christ as my guide, I can finally chart a better path forward.
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Louis S. Ramirez
@lsr312.bsky.social
· Sep 6
Lord, please help tend the flame of hope within me, let it persist through the howling winds and bitter cold racing to scour these lands, for without it I am but another ruin in the barrens.
Let me be the warmth, the shelter, the light that calls out to other weary travelers.
Amen.
Let me be the warmth, the shelter, the light that calls out to other weary travelers.
Amen.
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Serious question -
By continuing to give Trump cover for all of the criminality, which now includes murder on the high seas and possibly piracy AND starting an illegal war, could certain members of SCOTUS be held liable for being accomplices for the crimes while Trump is immune?
By continuing to give Trump cover for all of the criminality, which now includes murder on the high seas and possibly piracy AND starting an illegal war, could certain members of SCOTUS be held liable for being accomplices for the crimes while Trump is immune?
The US Govt — which bombed the Houthis for seizing ships that were enabling the Gaza genocide — has now seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.
The 2001 "war on terror" was a war for oil.
The 2025 "war on narco terror" is a war for oil.
This your "America First" POTUS. Are we great yet?🤔
The 2001 "war on terror" was a war for oil.
The 2025 "war on narco terror" is a war for oil.
This your "America First" POTUS. Are we great yet?🤔
December 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Serious question -
By continuing to give Trump cover for all of the criminality, which now includes murder on the high seas and possibly piracy AND starting an illegal war, could certain members of SCOTUS be held liable for being accomplices for the crimes while Trump is immune?
By continuing to give Trump cover for all of the criminality, which now includes murder on the high seas and possibly piracy AND starting an illegal war, could certain members of SCOTUS be held liable for being accomplices for the crimes while Trump is immune?
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Israel’s genocide on Palestinians has 8% support from Democrats but 71% support from MAGAs
If you’re an elected Dem still taking AIPAC $ or still silent on genocide—you’re on the wrong side of history, or a MAGA
You dont get to claim you condemn Trump’s fascism while embracing Netanyahu’s genocide
If you’re an elected Dem still taking AIPAC $ or still silent on genocide—you’re on the wrong side of history, or a MAGA
You dont get to claim you condemn Trump’s fascism while embracing Netanyahu’s genocide
December 11, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Israel’s genocide on Palestinians has 8% support from Democrats but 71% support from MAGAs
If you’re an elected Dem still taking AIPAC $ or still silent on genocide—you’re on the wrong side of history, or a MAGA
You dont get to claim you condemn Trump’s fascism while embracing Netanyahu’s genocide
If you’re an elected Dem still taking AIPAC $ or still silent on genocide—you’re on the wrong side of history, or a MAGA
You dont get to claim you condemn Trump’s fascism while embracing Netanyahu’s genocide
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What's funny is this is clearly good. End the war on drugs, full stop. But it's just going to further piss off factions of his fracturing coalition.
🍃 SCOOP 🍃
President Trump is preparing to order his administration to dramatically loosen restrictions on MARIJUANA.
The order would reclassify cannabis from Schedule I — the same level as heroin — to Schedule III — the same level as Tylenol and codeine and some steroids.
President Trump is preparing to order his administration to dramatically loosen restrictions on MARIJUANA.
The order would reclassify cannabis from Schedule I — the same level as heroin — to Schedule III — the same level as Tylenol and codeine and some steroids.
Trump seeks to cut restrictions on marijuana through planned order
The president is expected to attempt to classify marijuana similar to some common prescription painkillers and other drugs.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:45 AM
What's funny is this is clearly good. End the war on drugs, full stop. But it's just going to further piss off factions of his fracturing coalition.
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People keep acting surprised when all these entertainment industry people make passionate anti-AI statements and like… you realize they like their jobs and want to keep them, right?
December 12, 2025 at 3:18 AM
People keep acting surprised when all these entertainment industry people make passionate anti-AI statements and like… you realize they like their jobs and want to keep them, right?
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I think it’s also true that loneliness among women has historically been treated as an individual problem, while loneliness among men is treated as a societal problem. That, in turn, comes from an assumption that women are supposed to earn the company of others while men are entitled to it.
men’s loneliness gets “more airtime”?
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
December 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think it’s also true that loneliness among women has historically been treated as an individual problem, while loneliness among men is treated as a societal problem. That, in turn, comes from an assumption that women are supposed to earn the company of others while men are entitled to it.
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TEACH YOUR SONS ABOUT CONSENT, COERCION, SAFE SEX (BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY) WHILE THEY ARE YOUNG!!! INGRAIN IT IN THEM SO WHEN THEY SEE THEIR PEERS DOING SOMETHING WRONG THEY CAN IDENTIFY IT!
December 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
TEACH YOUR SONS ABOUT CONSENT, COERCION, SAFE SEX (BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY) WHILE THEY ARE YOUNG!!! INGRAIN IT IN THEM SO WHEN THEY SEE THEIR PEERS DOING SOMETHING WRONG THEY CAN IDENTIFY IT!
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This is a dangerously broad and generalizing statement and thus perilous to make as a historian, but a good rule of thumb is to disbelieve anyone saying “people in the past had it better” in almost any regard other than very specific things like “worries about nuclear war.”
A good example of why direct inflation adjustment of this sort is more deceptive than clarifying when applied over very long stretches of time where consumption patterns are very different.
Basic foods (bread/grain) probably devours a third of Cratchet's income, but not the modern worker's.
Basic foods (bread/grain) probably devours a third of Cratchet's income, but not the modern worker's.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This is a dangerously broad and generalizing statement and thus perilous to make as a historian, but a good rule of thumb is to disbelieve anyone saying “people in the past had it better” in almost any regard other than very specific things like “worries about nuclear war.”
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“We are targeting Venezuela because of DRUGS, not OIL, which is why we are blowing up boats without any drugs and stealing a tanker full of oil.”
December 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“We are targeting Venezuela because of DRUGS, not OIL, which is why we are blowing up boats without any drugs and stealing a tanker full of oil.”
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Friendly reminder that there is no “War on Christmas” and you can still say “Merry Christmas” if you want. (Though we should point out that “Happy Holidays” literally means “Happy Holy Days” so it’s still a very Christian thing to say!)
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December 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Friendly reminder that there is no “War on Christmas” and you can still say “Merry Christmas” if you want. (Though we should point out that “Happy Holidays” literally means “Happy Holy Days” so it’s still a very Christian thing to say!)
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If every Muslim voter in Dearborn voted for Harris, she still would have lost Michigan.
If she had won Michigan, she STILL WOULD HAVE LOST THE ELECTION.
If you want to blame voters for current conditions, feel free to blame the actual demographic responsible for Trump and that is WHITE PEOPLE.
If she had won Michigan, she STILL WOULD HAVE LOST THE ELECTION.
If you want to blame voters for current conditions, feel free to blame the actual demographic responsible for Trump and that is WHITE PEOPLE.
December 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
If every Muslim voter in Dearborn voted for Harris, she still would have lost Michigan.
If she had won Michigan, she STILL WOULD HAVE LOST THE ELECTION.
If you want to blame voters for current conditions, feel free to blame the actual demographic responsible for Trump and that is WHITE PEOPLE.
If she had won Michigan, she STILL WOULD HAVE LOST THE ELECTION.
If you want to blame voters for current conditions, feel free to blame the actual demographic responsible for Trump and that is WHITE PEOPLE.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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This is basic mafia and street gang stuff. Get the foot soldiers to do crimes that will send them away for life and then they have no easy way out
December 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This is basic mafia and street gang stuff. Get the foot soldiers to do crimes that will send them away for life and then they have no easy way out
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The Venezuela boat murders are meant to be a gateway drug to domestic murders. The “you can’t let this MAGA regime out of power now because you military are going to jail if we leave” is a powerful cooption technique but not atypical for authoritarian regimes
December 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The Venezuela boat murders are meant to be a gateway drug to domestic murders. The “you can’t let this MAGA regime out of power now because you military are going to jail if we leave” is a powerful cooption technique but not atypical for authoritarian regimes
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Word.
December 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Word.
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This is disturbing, but also, how do we stop it? Consumers basically have no rights in this country. Our right to privacy is a joke. We are being profiled constantly.
From More Perfect Union: "We found that Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items. The scary part? It's not just online.
Our months-long investigation with Consumer Reports and Groundwork Collaborative found it could cost families $1,200/year."
Our months-long investigation with Consumer Reports and Groundwork Collaborative found it could cost families $1,200/year."
We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You.
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This is disturbing, but also, how do we stop it? Consumers basically have no rights in this country. Our right to privacy is a joke. We are being profiled constantly.
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I enjoyed reading Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think about Abortion, by Gabrielle Blair
The library had it available and the audio version's good.
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/gabri...
The library had it available and the audio version's good.
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/gabri...
January 23, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I enjoyed reading Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think about Abortion, by Gabrielle Blair
The library had it available and the audio version's good.
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/gabri...
The library had it available and the audio version's good.
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/gabri...
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WHICH MESSAGE WILL RESONATE WITH DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY VOTERS?
"Better angels of our nature"
OR
"Behold, the day of the Lord comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger... I will punish the wicked for their iniquity; I will put an end to the pomp of the arrogant, and lay low the pomp of the ruthless."
"Better angels of our nature"
OR
"Behold, the day of the Lord comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger... I will punish the wicked for their iniquity; I will put an end to the pomp of the arrogant, and lay low the pomp of the ruthless."
Once again, for 2028 I'm a single issue voter and that issue is post-Trump lustration. GTFO with "better angels of our nature" for once.
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
December 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
WHICH MESSAGE WILL RESONATE WITH DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY VOTERS?
"Better angels of our nature"
OR
"Behold, the day of the Lord comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger... I will punish the wicked for their iniquity; I will put an end to the pomp of the arrogant, and lay low the pomp of the ruthless."
"Better angels of our nature"
OR
"Behold, the day of the Lord comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger... I will punish the wicked for their iniquity; I will put an end to the pomp of the arrogant, and lay low the pomp of the ruthless."
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Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
![Statement on Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Genocide Denial at the Israel Hayom Summit
December 9, 2025
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security feels called to point out that former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s recent remarks at the Israel Hayom Summit on 2 December amount to outright genocide denial.
During her remarks, the Secretary correctly noted that the recent deterioration of Israel’s standing among U.S. voters is not a “Republican versus Democrat kind of divide” but rather a generational one. Nevertheless, she incorrectly diagnosed the reasons for the shift as a matter purely of optics, stating that “Israel [has] the worst PR of any group” and accusing social media, particularly TikTok, of presenting “pure propaganda” that American youth are uncritically ingesting.
Secretary Clinton’s framing is not at all an accurate reflection of why Americans are growing more critical of Israel. Young Americans of all political stripes have not fallen prey to propaganda, though that is always a legitimate concern. Rather, they have consumed two years of videos depicting Israel’s genocide against Palestinians that have been uploaded by Palestinian journalists, ordinary people trying to survive in Gaza, IDF soldiers, and ordinary Israelis themselves. There has been no convincing refutation of the sheer amount of raw evidence of genocide coming out of Palestine. Young people in the U.S. are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well.
Secretary Clinton appears not to be bothered by the reality of genocidal violence – in fact, she did not mention anything about it. Her concern is, rather, in her words, “the narrative” – the fact that these crimes are no longer hidden and are now being live-streamed and documented in real time, making it harder for her and others to control it. TikTok cannot be blamed for the fact that many members of Gen Z understand that Israel is …](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pwsjq3xnal6auzgeqho4ecw7/bafkreiafbjju65esvo6htynkkl6or6muv4qqhwo5fghkkbyvclgnxxmchy@jpeg)
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
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Just. Throw. Money. At. It.
China in the early 2000s built 50,000km of high speed rail with a GDP the size of Switzerland's. You can find the money for heavy rail in the couch cushions.
I am so sick of all these penny-wise pound-foolish policies that end with worse results for more money spent.
China in the early 2000s built 50,000km of high speed rail with a GDP the size of Switzerland's. You can find the money for heavy rail in the couch cushions.
I am so sick of all these penny-wise pound-foolish policies that end with worse results for more money spent.
It’s reminiscent of how wonks view US transit investment, where the “answer” to exorbitant infrastructure costs for heavy rail is always Cheaping Out by building infrastructure poor countries build out of necessity (BRT, light rail) instead of building up the necessary industrial capacity.
December 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Just. Throw. Money. At. It.
China in the early 2000s built 50,000km of high speed rail with a GDP the size of Switzerland's. You can find the money for heavy rail in the couch cushions.
I am so sick of all these penny-wise pound-foolish policies that end with worse results for more money spent.
China in the early 2000s built 50,000km of high speed rail with a GDP the size of Switzerland's. You can find the money for heavy rail in the couch cushions.
I am so sick of all these penny-wise pound-foolish policies that end with worse results for more money spent.
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it's a fucking pin in support of lynching
🔴 Top Israeli Ministers Proudly Adorn a Global Symbol of Racial Terror
Israeli Nat'l Security Min. Itamar Ben-Gvir & allies were photographed wearing gold noose pins in public to signal support for executing Palestinian detainees. Also visible in the image is Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu...
Israeli Nat'l Security Min. Itamar Ben-Gvir & allies were photographed wearing gold noose pins in public to signal support for executing Palestinian detainees. Also visible in the image is Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu...
December 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
it's a fucking pin in support of lynching
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The practical effect of overturning Humphrey’s will be that Republican presidents can stack the formerly independent agencies with their copartisans and SCOTUS will be cool with everything they do but when a Dem POTUS does the same Roberts et al will declare all those agencies’ actions unlawful.
In a memo John Roberts wrote just 4 yrs out of law school, he said the “time may be ripe to reconsider the existence” of independent agencies & bring them back into the executive branch. Now he’s poised to end what he has long called “a constitutional anomaly.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
Conservative Project at Supreme Court Meets Trump’s Push to Oust Officials
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The practical effect of overturning Humphrey’s will be that Republican presidents can stack the formerly independent agencies with their copartisans and SCOTUS will be cool with everything they do but when a Dem POTUS does the same Roberts et al will declare all those agencies’ actions unlawful.
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More and more research is showing that in the US, extreme weather exacerbates quality of life disparities more than anyone previously was accounting for. It’s going to get worse.
"Our analysis shows that in the aftermath of extreme weather events, lower-income neighbourhoods are less likely to rebuild and do not return to their pre-disaster state, whereas higher-income areas rebuild and tend to improve...highlighting increasing disparities in their built environments."
Nature research paper: Built environment disparities are amplified during extreme weather recovery
go.nature.com/3YcD2ZS
go.nature.com/3YcD2ZS
December 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
More and more research is showing that in the US, extreme weather exacerbates quality of life disparities more than anyone previously was accounting for. It’s going to get worse.
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Yall still answering security questions?!
Your porn name is your middle name + the street you grew up on. Mine is Keith Lincoln. What's yours?
December 8, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Yall still answering security questions?!