Rym
@rym.social
Host of GeekNights. Dilettante and wanderer. Antifascist. Game design expert. Lectures on games more often than makes them. He/Him.
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Opinions are my own.
No platform lasts. Always find me at rym.social
Opinions are my own.
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Rym
@rym.social
· Oct 12
I just donated $2,000 to Resistencia en Accion NJ.
If the rise of fascism terrifies you and you don’t know what to do, donate to this group specifically. I have it on good authority they are making a real difference in their area. They are helping families survive this.
If the rise of fascism terrifies you and you don’t know what to do, donate to this group specifically. I have it on good authority they are making a real difference in their area. They are helping families survive this.
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Dockless systems suck, completely inferior and cowardly. Just build docks. This is a solved problem.
Dude, we need to do better about shared scooter and bike parking in Seattle. The status quo of 'leave them wherever you like' is dangerous for and disrespectful to disabled pedestrians. Like here at this major rapid ride stop👇
December 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Dockless systems suck, completely inferior and cowardly. Just build docks. This is a solved problem.
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The reason folks are focusing on DHS's refusal to honor Real IDs is that it means that the Trump regime is asserting the right to detain anyone in America, resident or visitor, without probable cause. It's an erasure of habeas corpus for all Americans.
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Add to this that HSI just filed a declaration in our case challenging these policies saying they can’t trust REAL IDs as proof of status.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
December 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The reason folks are focusing on DHS's refusal to honor Real IDs is that it means that the Trump regime is asserting the right to detain anyone in America, resident or visitor, without probable cause. It's an erasure of habeas corpus for all Americans.
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The lens through which we analyze games
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December 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Impeachment sure would focus those lasers a lot more, buddy
Significant statement from Jeffries and House Democratic leaders saying they will vote “present” on the motion to table Al Green’s resolution to impeach President Trump. They say they’re “laser-focused on fighting to lower the high cost of living” plus on health care and corruption.
December 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Impeachment sure would focus those lasers a lot more, buddy
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It’s astonishing how little they think of the public’s intelligence.
Q: Can you explain what's going on with the bandages on Trump's hand?
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
December 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
It’s astonishing how little they think of the public’s intelligence.
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As long as Spotify is taking money from ICE, they don’t need or deserve free advertising for Spotify Wrapped.
Stop using Spotify until the ICE recruitment ads stop (and be on the lookout for Fascism Wrapped in Los Angeles, Austin, and NYC): indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
Stop using Spotify until the ICE recruitment ads stop (and be on the lookout for Fascism Wrapped in Los Angeles, Austin, and NYC): indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
December 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
As long as Spotify is taking money from ICE, they don’t need or deserve free advertising for Spotify Wrapped.
Stop using Spotify until the ICE recruitment ads stop (and be on the lookout for Fascism Wrapped in Los Angeles, Austin, and NYC): indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
Stop using Spotify until the ICE recruitment ads stop (and be on the lookout for Fascism Wrapped in Los Angeles, Austin, and NYC): indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
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Chavarria, a U.S. citizen, was held at the airport "for more than four hours and released only after he finally agreed to let the agents search his smartphone, tablet, and laptop computer. The agents...informed him that he had no Fourth Amendment right to resist." @pacificlegal.bsky.social is suing.
CBP agents held this U.S. citizen for hours until he agreed to let them search his electronic devices
A federal lawsuit argues that perusing travelers' personal data without a warrant or probable cause violates the Fourth Amendment.
reason.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Chavarria, a U.S. citizen, was held at the airport "for more than four hours and released only after he finally agreed to let the agents search his smartphone, tablet, and laptop computer. The agents...informed him that he had no Fourth Amendment right to resist." @pacificlegal.bsky.social is suing.
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
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Even for me, this is pretty in the weeds, but the shift in tone in SCOTUSblog's coverage since Sarah Isgur and The Dispatch took over—more deferential to the Court, more reverential of the justices as celebrities, more credulous and stenographic across the board—has been...notable
Maybe this new blog can respond, in one of its first posts, to the argument that the term “interim docket” is a deliberately misleading attempt to minimize the (very permanent) doctrinal and real-world consequences of #SCOTUS’s rulings on emergency applications?
www.stevevladeck.com/p/177-the-no...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/177-the-no...
December 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Even for me, this is pretty in the weeds, but the shift in tone in SCOTUSblog's coverage since Sarah Isgur and The Dispatch took over—more deferential to the Court, more reverential of the justices as celebrities, more credulous and stenographic across the board—has been...notable
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I get that not everyone feels the way I do about the Supreme Court. But watching the best-known source of Supreme Court news go from providing mostly down-the-middle, public service-y coverage to, say, doing free PR for Amy Coney Barrett's book has been pretty grim, in my view
Justice Barrett interviewed on Advisory Opinions
Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined hosts Sarah Isgur and David French for a wide-ranging interview on the latest episode of “Advisory Opinions,” The Dispatch’s legal podcast. Recorded in the Lawyer’s […...
www.scotusblog.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I get that not everyone feels the way I do about the Supreme Court. But watching the best-known source of Supreme Court news go from providing mostly down-the-middle, public service-y coverage to, say, doing free PR for Amy Coney Barrett's book has been pretty grim, in my view
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AP on Trump now, and Biden in June 2022.
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
December 12, 2025 at 7:39 AM
AP on Trump now, and Biden in June 2022.
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
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Translation: someone showed him the 36 approval rating poll
Trump: "When the real pollsters start doing the polls I think you're gonna see some really fantastic numbers."
December 12, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Translation: someone showed him the 36 approval rating poll
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This is legit insane. Even a cosmetology student could do better on their first day.
Trump's mangled right hand was extremely spackled tonight at the White House congressional ball (Alex Wong/Getty)
December 12, 2025 at 2:24 AM
This is legit insane. Even a cosmetology student could do better on their first day.
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The regime did everything in its power to rig the congressional maps in Indiana — and lost.
Even in deep-red territory, we are not powerless. Thank you to @indivisiblenei.bsky.social and everybody else who is fighting back (and winning) from inside the machine.
Even in deep-red territory, we are not powerless. Thank you to @indivisiblenei.bsky.social and everybody else who is fighting back (and winning) from inside the machine.
December 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The regime did everything in its power to rig the congressional maps in Indiana — and lost.
Even in deep-red territory, we are not powerless. Thank you to @indivisiblenei.bsky.social and everybody else who is fighting back (and winning) from inside the machine.
Even in deep-red territory, we are not powerless. Thank you to @indivisiblenei.bsky.social and everybody else who is fighting back (and winning) from inside the machine.
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Thank you, @golden.house.gov, for championing the bipartisan effort to restore 1 million federal workers’ union rights. And thank you to every representative who voted to stand with working people today.
The fight continues in the Senate ✊
The fight continues in the Senate ✊
December 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Thank you, @golden.house.gov, for championing the bipartisan effort to restore 1 million federal workers’ union rights. And thank you to every representative who voted to stand with working people today.
The fight continues in the Senate ✊
The fight continues in the Senate ✊
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The Protect America’s Workforce Act, the bill to restore union rights for 1 million federal workers, has passed the House!
This is a HUGE victory for working people, federal workers and our essential services. When we fight, we WIN!
This is a HUGE victory for working people, federal workers and our essential services. When we fight, we WIN!
BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. https://bit.ly/4oNyBQc
December 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The Protect America’s Workforce Act, the bill to restore union rights for 1 million federal workers, has passed the House!
This is a HUGE victory for working people, federal workers and our essential services. When we fight, we WIN!
This is a HUGE victory for working people, federal workers and our essential services. When we fight, we WIN!
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Thanks, Chuck Schumer.
BREAKING: The Senate rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans in 2026.
Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans
The Senate has rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year.
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Thanks, Chuck Schumer.
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Remember in like 2008 when some talking baby toy said gibberish that sounded a little like "Islam is the light" and people freaked out and it was on the news and Mattel changed the baby babble to not resemble that
Never thought I'd miss the vibe of that whole event
Never thought I'd miss the vibe of that whole event
Here's PIRG researcher RJ Cross getting the Alilo Smart AI bunny to tell @savanahsellers.bsky.social about S&M, the FoloToy Sunflower Warmie telling me it is actually both a cactus and a teddy bear (???) and the Miiloo spouting the CCP line on Taiwan.
December 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Remember in like 2008 when some talking baby toy said gibberish that sounded a little like "Islam is the light" and people freaked out and it was on the news and Mattel changed the baby babble to not resemble that
Never thought I'd miss the vibe of that whole event
Never thought I'd miss the vibe of that whole event
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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This is really good work.
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This is really good work.
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This should be literally all Dems in Congress do.
Starting January 20, 2025
Starting January 20, 2025
Impeachment is honestly one of the simplest things a member can push.
They can write whatever (even a simple "Trump is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors") and force a vote whenever.
They can write whatever (even a simple "Trump is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors") and force a vote whenever.
December 10, 2025 at 3:35 AM
This should be literally all Dems in Congress do.
Starting January 20, 2025
Starting January 20, 2025
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Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
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Rep. Ryan Zinke on Democrats reminding troops that they're obligated to disobey unlawful orders: "It is sedition ... if those congressmen were in George Washington's army, they would've been hung. There's no doubt in my mind. But unfortunately, they're not in his army."
December 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Rep. Ryan Zinke on Democrats reminding troops that they're obligated to disobey unlawful orders: "It is sedition ... if those congressmen were in George Washington's army, they would've been hung. There's no doubt in my mind. But unfortunately, they're not in his army."
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Ogles throws a tantrum at Bennie Thompson, calling his comments "effin' disrespectful"
December 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Ogles throws a tantrum at Bennie Thompson, calling his comments "effin' disrespectful"