Ryan Teague Beckwith
@ryanbeckwith.bsky.social
Newsletter editor at MS NOW. Part-time journalism teacher at
Georgetown School of Continuing Studies. Creator of Your First Byline. http://yourfirstbyline.substack.com (Teague is my middle name so I should be Beckwith on second reference.)
Georgetown School of Continuing Studies. Creator of Your First Byline. http://yourfirstbyline.substack.com (Teague is my middle name so I should be Beckwith on second reference.)
This really is one simple trick www.ms.now/opinion/rank...
Opinion | Ranked-choice voting worked in New York. It could also fix the presidential primary chaos.
Ryan Teague Beckwith: Presidential primary fields eventually have to be winnowed. Ranked-choice voting would solve two big problems facing Democrats.
www.ms.now
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This really is one simple trick www.ms.now/opinion/rank...
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@ryanbeckwith.bsky.social very kindly invited me to participate in his My First Byline series. Fun to think back on, and features a @johnalight.bsky.social cameo
"I happily accepted an inflatedly fancy title for a garbage salary and a lot of work." yourfirstbyline.substack.com/p/my-first-b...
My First Byline: Allegra Kirkland
Deputy editor for audience and strategy, Talking Points Memo
yourfirstbyline.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
@ryanbeckwith.bsky.social very kindly invited me to participate in his My First Byline series. Fun to think back on, and features a @johnalight.bsky.social cameo
A golden age of civility
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 AM
A golden age of civility
Elmer's glue makes good gravy
I wonder how many people are gonna catastrophically fuck up thanksgiving by using chatgpt for their recipes
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Elmer's glue makes good gravy
"I happily accepted an inflatedly fancy title for a garbage salary and a lot of work." yourfirstbyline.substack.com/p/my-first-b...
My First Byline: Allegra Kirkland
Deputy editor for audience and strategy, Talking Points Memo
yourfirstbyline.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"I happily accepted an inflatedly fancy title for a garbage salary and a lot of work." yourfirstbyline.substack.com/p/my-first-b...
one of the pardoned turkeys has been picked up by police for unlawful possession of a firearm after a routine traffic stop
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
one of the pardoned turkeys has been picked up by police for unlawful possession of a firearm after a routine traffic stop
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It's much simpler than that. The Boy Scouts aren't maximally cruel to trans kids and so Republicans believe it should be destroyed.
Hegseth is very very terrified, deep deep down of something to do with maleness www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It's much simpler than that. The Boy Scouts aren't maximally cruel to trans kids and so Republicans believe it should be destroyed.
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As an Eagle Scout and a Vigil Honor member (iykyk) I can’t tell you how much better Scouting America has become by including girls and becoming more inclusive than when I was a kid.
Scouting was never about being “masculine.” It has always been about helping other people though.
Scouting was never about being “masculine.” It has always been about helping other people though.
Hegseth is very very terrified, deep deep down of something to do with maleness www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
As an Eagle Scout and a Vigil Honor member (iykyk) I can’t tell you how much better Scouting America has become by including girls and becoming more inclusive than when I was a kid.
Scouting was never about being “masculine.” It has always been about helping other people though.
Scouting was never about being “masculine.” It has always been about helping other people though.
Which of these Scouting values applies to the Trump administration:
Trustworthy
Loyal
Helpful
Friendly
Courteous
Kind
Obedient
Cheerful
Thrifty
Brave
Clean
Reverent
Trustworthy
Loyal
Helpful
Friendly
Courteous
Kind
Obedient
Cheerful
Thrifty
Brave
Clean
Reverent
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts n.pr/3M48mr2
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. Military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formally known as the Boy Scouts
n.pr
November 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Which of these Scouting values applies to the Trump administration:
Trustworthy
Loyal
Helpful
Friendly
Courteous
Kind
Obedient
Cheerful
Thrifty
Brave
Clean
Reverent
Trustworthy
Loyal
Helpful
Friendly
Courteous
Kind
Obedient
Cheerful
Thrifty
Brave
Clean
Reverent
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Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts n.pr/3M48mr2
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. Military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formally known as the Boy Scouts
n.pr
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts n.pr/3M48mr2
It was the kids history book about a time traveling dog that helps on 9/11 that did me in
Both of my kids have had school assignments, in high school and in college, in which they're asked to talk to someone who was alive/adult when x, y, z event happened and get their take on the event in question. I don't remember having such assignments in my day, but woof, it makes me feel old.
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
It was the kids history book about a time traveling dog that helps on 9/11 that did me in
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What time do you get in?
Officially moving to Chicago tomorrow. I assume JB Pritzker will be waiting for me at the airport
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
What time do you get in?
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Players are roleplaying in Fortnite to teach each other their rights when encountering ICE officials
“I would slip [the warrant] under the door, but there’s no space under the door,” the agent says.
The civilian pauses. “Well. Sounds like a personal problem.”
www.404media.co/ice-defense-...
“I would slip [the warrant] under the door, but there’s no space under the door,” the agent says.
The civilian pauses. “Well. Sounds like a personal problem.”
www.404media.co/ice-defense-...
Inside an ICE Defense Training on Fortnite
A group of immigrant rights organizers are helping people use Fortnite to practice what to do if they encounter ICE agents in the wild.
www.404media.co
November 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Players are roleplaying in Fortnite to teach each other their rights when encountering ICE officials
“I would slip [the warrant] under the door, but there’s no space under the door,” the agent says.
The civilian pauses. “Well. Sounds like a personal problem.”
www.404media.co/ice-defense-...
“I would slip [the warrant] under the door, but there’s no space under the door,” the agent says.
The civilian pauses. “Well. Sounds like a personal problem.”
www.404media.co/ice-defense-...
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In legislative races this year, both special and regular, Dems have flipped 24 seats from the GOP across the country. Republicans, well... docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
November 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
In legislative races this year, both special and regular, Dems have flipped 24 seats from the GOP across the country. Republicans, well... docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Updated James Carville: IT'S THE MOTHERF---ING ECONOMY, STUPID!!!!!!! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
November 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Updated James Carville: IT'S THE MOTHERF---ING ECONOMY, STUPID!!!!!!! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
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Everything wrong with political journalism in one graf. This is not a policy proposal that exists but that doesn’t matter, what matters is that someone “won” by asking it bsky.app/profile/larr...
What a strange framing and characterization. How does one describe his blatantly dishonest, racist question about taxes as “press[ing] the Mayor-elect on his policy proposals”? In what way does this lying troll emerge as a “winner“?
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Everything wrong with political journalism in one graf. This is not a policy proposal that exists but that doesn’t matter, what matters is that someone “won” by asking it bsky.app/profile/larr...
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Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
Leaving flowers is another interesting peaceful tactic out of Portland
Protesters in Portland, Oregon, left flowers in front of the detention center, but the ICE GOONS immediately took them away and searched the ground for weapons. This video captures their sadness and paranoia.
November 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Leaving flowers is another interesting peaceful tactic out of Portland
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Any speculator who bought Trump’s memecoin at its peak after it was announced inauguration weekend would have lost almost the entire value of their investment by this month.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Crypto Crash Is Eroding Wealth for Trump’s Family and Followers
In President Donald Trump’s second term, crypto assets transformed his family’s wealth. Now the Trumps — and their followers — are getting a crash course in the wild volatility ingrained in digital cu...
www.bloomberg.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Any speculator who bought Trump’s memecoin at its peak after it was announced inauguration weekend would have lost almost the entire value of their investment by this month.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
If you leave now, the police will tell everyone you've been missing for nearly a week
Okay folks, my husband and I are hosting our first ever family Thanksgiving dinner this year. Any advice?
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
If you leave now, the police will tell everyone you've been missing for nearly a week
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A very good catch by The Guardian on Russianisms that make the “peace deal” sound like it escaped from a Russian grammar workbook and got run over by Google Translate on the way out.
I’d add “NATO expansion” - their trademark phrase, not “NATO enlargement.”
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
I’d add “NATO expansion” - their trademark phrase, not “NATO enlargement.”
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
A very good catch by The Guardian on Russianisms that make the “peace deal” sound like it escaped from a Russian grammar workbook and got run over by Google Translate on the way out.
I’d add “NATO expansion” - their trademark phrase, not “NATO enlargement.”
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
I’d add “NATO expansion” - their trademark phrase, not “NATO enlargement.”
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
.@KingHenryII: Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
.@KingHenryII: Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?
My dog likes to sleep with a couple bones in its bed and it just struck me how hard-core that is. Imagine sleeping on a pile of the bones of your defeated enemies.
November 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
My dog likes to sleep with a couple bones in its bed and it just struck me how hard-core that is. Imagine sleeping on a pile of the bones of your defeated enemies.
"Passengers were significantly more likely to offer their seat when Batman was present." www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect - npj Mental Health Research
npj Mental Health Research - Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect
www.nature.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"Passengers were significantly more likely to offer their seat when Batman was present." www.nature.com/articles/s44...
You know how I saw this? Because a man reposted it with a comment. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
November 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
You know how I saw this? Because a man reposted it with a comment. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...