Ray Pride
@raypride.bsky.social
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"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
“Mike” collects Covenant Eyes wherever he goes
One way to keep yourself off the porn
Johnson says "probably 100,000 people" have his cell number and yet not a one of them is brave enough to leak it to me so I can do something hilarious
November 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
“Mike” collects Covenant Eyes wherever he goes
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Writer hack: Instead of telling your children bedtime stories, tell them the story you are working on and when you reach a "how" or a "why" that you haven't figured out yet, just ask them: What do you think should happen next?
They will probably come up with a solution you haven't thought of yet.
They will probably come up with a solution you haven't thought of yet.
November 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Writer hack: Instead of telling your children bedtime stories, tell them the story you are working on and when you reach a "how" or a "why" that you haven't figured out yet, just ask them: What do you think should happen next?
They will probably come up with a solution you haven't thought of yet.
They will probably come up with a solution you haven't thought of yet.
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Trump rarely fires people for doing exactly what he hired them to do. Not since Mike Flynn.
In a normal U.S. administration, Steve Witkoff “would be fired immediately” for working on behalf of an American adversary, @anneapplebaum writes. But now the revelation that the aide helped Russia negotiate a favorable peace deal will go unpunished: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Does Steve Witkoff Keep Taking Russia’s Side?
Trump’s envoy isn’t promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin.
www.theatlantic.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Trump rarely fires people for doing exactly what he hired them to do. Not since Mike Flynn.
Ladies and gentlemen, George F. Will at the Calliope… Again
November 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Ladies and gentlemen, George F. Will at the Calliope… Again
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Here’s a list of people that should be in jail.
November 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Here’s a list of people that should be in jail.
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The Criminal tries to explain what he sees as a "Crime"
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The Criminal tries to explain what he sees as a "Crime"
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Another day of not feeling bad about no longer submitting work to The Washington Post.
November 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Another day of not feeling bad about no longer submitting work to The Washington Post.
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I want off this ride...
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I want off this ride...
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Is anyone else bothered that our president is calling for the execution of folk in Congress who served in the military for encouraging folk to defend the constitution? I can't remember the last time a U.S. president did this and I've been around for a long time.
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Is anyone else bothered that our president is calling for the execution of folk in Congress who served in the military for encouraging folk to defend the constitution? I can't remember the last time a U.S. president did this and I've been around for a long time.
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MGT has seen her networth jump from $700k to $25 million since joining Congress in 2021. And she served juuust long enough to get a lifetime tax payer-funded pension.
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Came So Close to Getting the Joke
What the Georgia representative learned in Washington
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
MGT has seen her networth jump from $700k to $25 million since joining Congress in 2021. And she served juuust long enough to get a lifetime tax payer-funded pension.
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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infuriating video about all the fantastic design work in Wicked 2 that got smothered by however the hell they shot, graded, and applied VFX to the thing
How ‘Wicked: For Good’ Rebuilt Oz, from Yellow Brick Road to Dorothy’s House | Architectural Digest
YouTube video by Architectural Digest
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November 27, 2025 at 2:15 AM
infuriating video about all the fantastic design work in Wicked 2 that got smothered by however the hell they shot, graded, and applied VFX to the thing
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absolutely harrowing description of adx supermax in colorado boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
absolutely harrowing description of adx supermax in colorado boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
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Back in the day 🔙
#ThrowbackThursday to 1968. This image depicts a van de Graaff generator with its tank removed and top terminal exposed, being prepared for shipment to the University of Swansea
#ThrowbackThursday to 1968. This image depicts a van de Graaff generator with its tank removed and top terminal exposed, being prepared for shipment to the University of Swansea
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Back in the day 🔙
#ThrowbackThursday to 1968. This image depicts a van de Graaff generator with its tank removed and top terminal exposed, being prepared for shipment to the University of Swansea
#ThrowbackThursday to 1968. This image depicts a van de Graaff generator with its tank removed and top terminal exposed, being prepared for shipment to the University of Swansea
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I'm extremely proud of the fact that the hardcover of Dreyer's English remains in print nearly seven years after it went on sale, and if you'd like signed copies (they make great holiday gifts!) and to support a local bookstore, head to the Signed Copies tab here:
Benjamin Dreyer
Benjamin Dreyer, author of the New York Times bestseller Dreyer’s English, is the retired copy chief and managing editor of Random House.
www.benjamindreyer.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I'm extremely proud of the fact that the hardcover of Dreyer's English remains in print nearly seven years after it went on sale, and if you'd like signed copies (they make great holiday gifts!) and to support a local bookstore, head to the Signed Copies tab here:
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The death of two national guardsmen is a horrific tragedy.
It is also an orchestrated tragedy by a president hellbent on creating a tinder box environment across the country.
It is also an orchestrated tragedy by a president hellbent on creating a tinder box environment across the country.
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The death of two national guardsmen is a horrific tragedy.
It is also an orchestrated tragedy by a president hellbent on creating a tinder box environment across the country.
It is also an orchestrated tragedy by a president hellbent on creating a tinder box environment across the country.
“Let me tell you about zzas and zzis. They are different from you and me.“
If my partner were in the media and doing wildly unethical stuff for years I probably wouldn’t sit on it until I could use it to boost newsletter subscriptions.
November 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
“Let me tell you about zzas and zzis. They are different from you and me.“
“Top-top-toppermost OpSec, baby,” “Mike” blurted
November 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
“Top-top-toppermost OpSec, baby,” “Mike” blurted
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No idea why an Afghan refugee shot National Guard soldiers within walking distance of the White House, but this new USCIS directive was revealed on Monday. Worth noting.
The folks at @afghanevac.bsky.social have in hand a new USCIS directive which largely targets Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal in 2021.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
No idea why an Afghan refugee shot National Guard soldiers within walking distance of the White House, but this new USCIS directive was revealed on Monday. Worth noting.
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Sure, but the government was forced into this because their programme is so disastrously unpopular, even their party’s most timid and compliant MPs felt they had to draw a line somewhere. The lesson taken from all this is going to be: better things are not possible, it’s the glue farm for the poor.
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Sure, but the government was forced into this because their programme is so disastrously unpopular, even their party’s most timid and compliant MPs felt they had to draw a line somewhere. The lesson taken from all this is going to be: better things are not possible, it’s the glue farm for the poor.