Ranamar
@ranamar.bsky.social
When did I go from grudgingly creating a Twitter account so I could upload some pictures to actively making a Bluesky account?
I almost certainly won't follow you back unless you're someone I know, but don't let that stop you.
(he/him)
I almost certainly won't follow you back unless you're someone I know, but don't let that stop you.
(he/him)
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Predictable but still amazing to watch people who spent literally years accusing every librarian, teacher, and trans person they could find of sexually grooming children suddenly throw themselves in with "actually it's ephebophilia"
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Predictable but still amazing to watch people who spent literally years accusing every librarian, teacher, and trans person they could find of sexually grooming children suddenly throw themselves in with "actually it's ephebophilia"
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oh my god they really are doing the ephebophilia defense
November 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
oh my god they really are doing the ephebophilia defense
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you can't not be annoyed by people. i am annoyed by people all the time. i try not to make this my intellectual north star
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
you can't not be annoyed by people. i am annoyed by people all the time. i try not to make this my intellectual north star
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*supervillain with a heart of gold voice* Well well well
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
*supervillain with a heart of gold voice* Well well well
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the path forward is clear: we must elect pro-transit mayors in an unbroken string of municipalities from NYC to Seattle, and finally get that high-speed rail line built. forget the feds, forget the states even
🚨🚨 Just in: Katie Wilson has expanded her lead in the Seattle mayor race. She is now leading by 1,976 votes, which means that the race is no longer in automatic recount territory.
🚨🚨 Just in: Katie Wilson has expanded her lead in the Seattle mayor race. She is now leading by 1,346 votes.
November 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
the path forward is clear: we must elect pro-transit mayors in an unbroken string of municipalities from NYC to Seattle, and finally get that high-speed rail line built. forget the feds, forget the states even
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It really does seem like there's a decent chance that these senators screwed us because they don't want their personal Thanksgiving plans to be disrupted.
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
It really does seem like there's a decent chance that these senators screwed us because they don't want their personal Thanksgiving plans to be disrupted.
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The photos crossed our radar first and we genuinely thought they were faked but nope! The Pope hates Illinois Nazis! www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
Tales of Pope Leo, the Blues Brothers fan ‘on a mission from God’
Friends and family of the young Robert Prevost share tales of his Chicago antics before he became head of the Catholic church
www.thetimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The photos crossed our radar first and we genuinely thought they were faked but nope! The Pope hates Illinois Nazis! www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
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As of this morning, I realize the only modern American analogue for the Epstein story is Watergate, except:
1) the rot runs through the entire GOP, not just the White House
2) if the truth is ever going to see daylight, it'll be thanks to rogue congressional Democrats, not a dogged political press
1) the rot runs through the entire GOP, not just the White House
2) if the truth is ever going to see daylight, it'll be thanks to rogue congressional Democrats, not a dogged political press
Trump did the thing, everyone knows he did the thing, and he's got an entire political party and associated media apparatus trying to cover up his clear involvement in the thing. One of the sickest, most sordid chapters in an especially sick and sordid period of modern American history.
November 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
As of this morning, I realize the only modern American analogue for the Epstein story is Watergate, except:
1) the rot runs through the entire GOP, not just the White House
2) if the truth is ever going to see daylight, it'll be thanks to rogue congressional Democrats, not a dogged political press
1) the rot runs through the entire GOP, not just the White House
2) if the truth is ever going to see daylight, it'll be thanks to rogue congressional Democrats, not a dogged political press
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It's the problem of Reconstruction all over again.
November 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
It's the problem of Reconstruction all over again.
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Man. Back when I worked in AI we had a system designed to do conference planning. At one point it decided the optimal conference would have every talk be in the same room, one minute long each. (They'd all have great seating and AV access, you see!) Glad to see the state of the art hasn't improved.
Just saw a similar anecdote on Reddit. Poster's company had decided to use an "AI assistant" to schedule interviews, so that they'd be evenly distributed throughout the week. All 50 applicants were, you guessed it, called up on the same day, at the same time.
November 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Man. Back when I worked in AI we had a system designed to do conference planning. At one point it decided the optimal conference would have every talk be in the same room, one minute long each. (They'd all have great seating and AV access, you see!) Glad to see the state of the art hasn't improved.
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Started watching MURDERBOT and now I don't wanna go to work, I just want to watch MURDERBOT, which is pretty much the plot of MURDERBOT.
November 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Started watching MURDERBOT and now I don't wanna go to work, I just want to watch MURDERBOT, which is pretty much the plot of MURDERBOT.
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I love this.
My pet theory ever since Timothy Dalton was cast as Rassilon has been that Bond is in fact Rassilon, who crashed in the UK in the 40s with amnesia after the Time War, sort of a Corwin of Amber situation
My pet theory ever since Timothy Dalton was cast as Rassilon has been that Bond is in fact Rassilon, who crashed in the UK in the 40s with amnesia after the Time War, sort of a Corwin of Amber situation
Alternate idea: Bond is literally the incarnation of Cold War excess and paranoia, a kind of god a la @maxgladstone.bsky.social 's LAST EXIT. Movie is from someone else's POV as an immortal, flickery Bond turns ordinary situations into international conspiracy by his very presence
November 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I love this.
My pet theory ever since Timothy Dalton was cast as Rassilon has been that Bond is in fact Rassilon, who crashed in the UK in the 40s with amnesia after the Time War, sort of a Corwin of Amber situation
My pet theory ever since Timothy Dalton was cast as Rassilon has been that Bond is in fact Rassilon, who crashed in the UK in the 40s with amnesia after the Time War, sort of a Corwin of Amber situation
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I'd sooner believe that Trump would Charles-the-First himself into Congress in pursuit of the Five Members than that he'd resign.
But to be clear, this is an investigation into extremely serious criminality by major politicians; it deserves to be brought out for its own sake.
But to be clear, this is an investigation into extremely serious criminality by major politicians; it deserves to be brought out for its own sake.
look i’m not saying this will happen and i agree it’s unlikely but let’s just indulge for a second
can you imagine if this just somehow put things over the edge and the president resigned because the conspiracy was exposed
can you imagine if this just somehow put things over the edge and the president resigned because the conspiracy was exposed
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I'd sooner believe that Trump would Charles-the-First himself into Congress in pursuit of the Five Members than that he'd resign.
But to be clear, this is an investigation into extremely serious criminality by major politicians; it deserves to be brought out for its own sake.
But to be clear, this is an investigation into extremely serious criminality by major politicians; it deserves to be brought out for its own sake.
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the republican party is engaged in a cover up to keep the american people from learning whether president trump is president pedo
A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
the republican party is engaged in a cover up to keep the american people from learning whether president trump is president pedo
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This won't make but a ripple here, but I'm not sure how you can read this except that the preponderance of the evidence is that Trump knew about Epstein's crimes and participated in them.
The president is a notorious sex criminal. Seems impeachable to me - when will the moral majority get on that?
The president is a notorious sex criminal. Seems impeachable to me - when will the moral majority get on that?
A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This won't make but a ripple here, but I'm not sure how you can read this except that the preponderance of the evidence is that Trump knew about Epstein's crimes and participated in them.
The president is a notorious sex criminal. Seems impeachable to me - when will the moral majority get on that?
The president is a notorious sex criminal. Seems impeachable to me - when will the moral majority get on that?
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yeah part of why I’m not a fan of the “oh we’re doomed because Dems will never change” attitude is because we literally just saw a major political party taken over and remade from the inside
it was the Republican one
it was the Republican one
I don't think people have ever hated the Democratic party's values, they've just hated the people who rise to the top of the Democratic pile.
In this the Republicans were pretty far ahead of us with getting Trump and his goons to replace the much-maligned Neocons. Jeb Bush is/was their Schumer.
In this the Republicans were pretty far ahead of us with getting Trump and his goons to replace the much-maligned Neocons. Jeb Bush is/was their Schumer.
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
yeah part of why I’m not a fan of the “oh we’re doomed because Dems will never change” attitude is because we literally just saw a major political party taken over and remade from the inside
it was the Republican one
it was the Republican one
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people as things, that’s where it starts
if you really internalize this one it will keep you on the right track
if you really internalize this one it will keep you on the right track
Discworld QOTD, from Carpe Jugulum
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
people as things, that’s where it starts
if you really internalize this one it will keep you on the right track
if you really internalize this one it will keep you on the right track
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Weird that we have a planet-wide magnetic defense system that self activates when the sun decides to attack but it is very pretty
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Weird that we have a planet-wide magnetic defense system that self activates when the sun decides to attack but it is very pretty
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I desperately wish I had learned to study before a crash course in almost failing out of college
November 11, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I desperately wish I had learned to study before a crash course in almost failing out of college
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as someone with two children who are talented at math and need (especially the younger one) a lot of help with social and emotional stuff this makes me want to scream
please help your children learn to interact with the world, it will make their lives (and everyone else’s!) so much easier
please help your children learn to interact with the world, it will make their lives (and everyone else’s!) so much easier
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM
as someone with two children who are talented at math and need (especially the younger one) a lot of help with social and emotional stuff this makes me want to scream
please help your children learn to interact with the world, it will make their lives (and everyone else’s!) so much easier
please help your children learn to interact with the world, it will make their lives (and everyone else’s!) so much easier
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Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
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Paging @maxgladstone.bsky.social of "Deconstruction of Falling Star Wars"--I mean, "Galactic History, or Galactic Folk Tale?"
www.maxgladstone.com/2015/10/gala...
www.maxgladstone.com/2015/10/gala...
November 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Paging @maxgladstone.bsky.social of "Deconstruction of Falling Star Wars"--I mean, "Galactic History, or Galactic Folk Tale?"
www.maxgladstone.com/2015/10/gala...
www.maxgladstone.com/2015/10/gala...
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Tesla engineer was concerned about known thermal runaway problems in the batteries, elon and his head of security concoted a mass shooter threat pretending to be him, leaked it to the press and got a bolo issued to tried to get him swatted, Elon then stiffed his head of security
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Tesla engineer was concerned about known thermal runaway problems in the batteries, elon and his head of security concoted a mass shooter threat pretending to be him, leaked it to the press and got a bolo issued to tried to get him swatted, Elon then stiffed his head of security
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.