Ryan Aasen
@ryanaasen.bsky.social
art, research, education, image politics
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Matching Public Funds allowed for the possibility of a democratic outcome in this primary
June 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Matching Public Funds allowed for the possibility of a democratic outcome in this primary
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If you rank Zohran 1st you’re voting to make every New York Times Opinion writer insane for several years.
June 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
If you rank Zohran 1st you’re voting to make every New York Times Opinion writer insane for several years.
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You can't have an "adult" conversation about the federal budget if you ask us to think of the US like a household. That's how you have a childish conversation.
Chapter 1 of The Deficit Myth
Chapter 1 of The Deficit Myth
April 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
You can't have an "adult" conversation about the federal budget if you ask us to think of the US like a household. That's how you have a childish conversation.
Chapter 1 of The Deficit Myth
Chapter 1 of The Deficit Myth
news stories should be required to include a link to the primary documents they are reporting on
May 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
news stories should be required to include a link to the primary documents they are reporting on
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Trump is innovating on "corporations are people, my friend" 14 years after Mitt Romney made the remark.
Trump Just Pardoned ... a Corporation?
In what may be an American first, President Donald Trump pardoned to a company sentenced to $100 million in fines for breaking money laundering laws.
interc.pt
April 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Trump is innovating on "corporations are people, my friend" 14 years after Mitt Romney made the remark.
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If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us.
March 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us.
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Fossil fuel companies should be forced to pay the public trillions in damages for the costs of their planetary arson. Instead they are trying to shut down one of the most important and storied environmental groups in the world. It's shameless - and it's not over. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions over Dakota pipeline protests, says jury
Non-profit said in statement lawsuits like this aimed at ‘destroying the right to peaceful protest’
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Fossil fuel companies should be forced to pay the public trillions in damages for the costs of their planetary arson. Instead they are trying to shut down one of the most important and storied environmental groups in the world. It's shameless - and it's not over. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
FDA raided Double Scorpio
Hello, RFK Jr. thinks that poppers cause AIDS. There’s a whole chapter about it in his 2021 book.
March 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
FDA raided Double Scorpio
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"There is no going back from this point: President Donald Trump’s administration is trying to deport a man solely for his First Amendment-protected activity, without due process." interc.pt/3FkamYU
March 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"There is no going back from this point: President Donald Trump’s administration is trying to deport a man solely for his First Amendment-protected activity, without due process." interc.pt/3FkamYU
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JD Vance is proclaiming to the world that the US's AI industry will dominate, Elon Musk and DOGE are hollowing out the government with an AI-first strategy, and Silicon Valley's is stuck on a growth-at-all-costs AI approach.
As @katecrawford.bsky.social put it: 'AI is in its empire era'
As @katecrawford.bsky.social put it: 'AI is in its empire era'
'AI is in its empire era'
JD Vance's AI saber-rattling, DOGE's gutting of the government, and Silicon Valley's thirst for growth show how AI has become a tool for consolidating power.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
February 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
JD Vance is proclaiming to the world that the US's AI industry will dominate, Elon Musk and DOGE are hollowing out the government with an AI-first strategy, and Silicon Valley's is stuck on a growth-at-all-costs AI approach.
As @katecrawford.bsky.social put it: 'AI is in its empire era'
As @katecrawford.bsky.social put it: 'AI is in its empire era'
“Trump's official portrait was [Torok’s] first time using studio lighting. [He] took inspiration for the official portrait from Trump's 2023 mug shot.”
February 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
“Trump's official portrait was [Torok’s] first time using studio lighting. [He] took inspiration for the official portrait from Trump's 2023 mug shot.”
Since we’re sending people to Gitmo again, here are drawings by Abu Zubaydah of the US torture he's experienced while being held there for 22 years without charges. Instagram will not let me post these. No explanation why—they just disappear.
February 6, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Since we’re sending people to Gitmo again, here are drawings by Abu Zubaydah of the US torture he's experienced while being held there for 22 years without charges. Instagram will not let me post these. No explanation why—they just disappear.
I still think about this 2021 image from Kabul of someone painting over images of women in anticipation of the Taliban takeover.
January 31, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I still think about this 2021 image from Kabul of someone painting over images of women in anticipation of the Taliban takeover.
Hello, RFK Jr. thinks that poppers cause AIDS. There’s a whole chapter about it in his 2021 book.
January 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hello, RFK Jr. thinks that poppers cause AIDS. There’s a whole chapter about it in his 2021 book.