Handsome Ralph
@handsomeralph.bsky.social
Oh boy, social media! That's where I'm a viking!
Semi-lapsed historian, current network engineer. Consumer of beer, caffeine, history, sports, stats, sci-fi, and video games. Mod and contributor w/ @askhistorians.bsky.social
Semi-lapsed historian, current network engineer. Consumer of beer, caffeine, history, sports, stats, sci-fi, and video games. Mod and contributor w/ @askhistorians.bsky.social
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Handsome Ralph
@handsomeralph.bsky.social
· Oct 27
This is the future liberals want.
Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
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MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
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This really is grotesque: they went through years-long citizenship processes and are now being denied simply because if the country they are from. It’s formalized bigotry.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This really is grotesque: they went through years-long citizenship processes and are now being denied simply because if the country they are from. It’s formalized bigotry.
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their goal is to kill children
and every Republican senator who knew better and voted to confirm him anyway has that blood on their hands
and every Republican senator who knew better and voted to confirm him anyway has that blood on their hands
Kennedy's zombie ACIP panel just voted to restrict hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Experts say it will harm children for no reason. www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc...
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
RFK Jr.’s CDC panel: No more hepatitis B vaccine for some newborns
The CDC's vaccine advisory panel, stocked with anti-vaccine activists and loyalists to RFK Jr., voted Friday to stop recommending a birth dose of vaccine.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
their goal is to kill children
and every Republican senator who knew better and voted to confirm him anyway has that blood on their hands
and every Republican senator who knew better and voted to confirm him anyway has that blood on their hands
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bradley ought to be in chains
Exclusive: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didn’t radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers | CNN Politics
The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel in early September did not appear to have radio or other communications device...
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:54 AM
bradley ought to be in chains
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They heard "Internet of Shit" and got literal with it.
NEW: Your "end-to-end encrypted" poop pictures taken by this $599 (+ subscription) smart toilet camera are actually not end-to-end encrypted.
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techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/e...
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techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/e...
‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted | TechCrunch
Kohler, the makers of a smart toilet camera, can access customers' data stored on its servers, and can use customers’ bowl pictures to train AI.
techcrunch.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:29 AM
They heard "Internet of Shit" and got literal with it.
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Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
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I’m not interested in Olivia Nuzzi’s book because I’m a human being with self respect and if I ever wanted to read dogshit writing about yearning despite having no real problems, I could just dig up poems I wrote in middle school
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I’m not interested in Olivia Nuzzi’s book because I’m a human being with self respect and if I ever wanted to read dogshit writing about yearning despite having no real problems, I could just dig up poems I wrote in middle school
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i'd say the midterm-level turnout for a special election is even more ominous than the swing
December 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
i'd say the midterm-level turnout for a special election is even more ominous than the swing
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Buddy, I gotta tell you, if I was a GOP representative, my ass would not feel comfortable watching a 15-point swing in a deeply red district ahead of a midterm where the President has been behaving erratically while consistently growing more historically unpopular.
December 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Buddy, I gotta tell you, if I was a GOP representative, my ass would not feel comfortable watching a 15-point swing in a deeply red district ahead of a midterm where the President has been behaving erratically while consistently growing more historically unpopular.
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That is exactly the culture we're known for you stupid fuck.
Rep. Kat Cammarck: "Today, one in six people in the US is foreign born. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture that we are known for here in the United States."
December 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
That is exactly the culture we're known for you stupid fuck.
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No one would ever mistake me for a Jeffries defender but this headline really did him dirty. What he DID say is that even though the Republicans will shut down impeachment he expects future criminal prosecutions
December 1, 2025 at 11:55 PM
No one would ever mistake me for a Jeffries defender but this headline really did him dirty. What he DID say is that even though the Republicans will shut down impeachment he expects future criminal prosecutions
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The fact that this is a surprise to Bradley, presumably Fenton, and a whole bunch of large adult son SOF officers is a justifiable reason alone to fire everyone at SOCOM, just for being fucking stupid
WAPO: “.. Officials in Congress and the Pentagon said Monday they are increasingly concerned that the Trump administration intends to scapegoat the military officer who directed U.S. forces to kill two survivors of a targeted strike ..”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
December 2, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The fact that this is a surprise to Bradley, presumably Fenton, and a whole bunch of large adult son SOF officers is a justifiable reason alone to fire everyone at SOCOM, just for being fucking stupid
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Sadly relevant today.
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Sadly relevant today.
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My preferred candidate in the 2028 presidential primary will declare that she will direct the attorney general to seek the death penalty against Pete Hegseth.
November 30, 2025 at 2:02 AM
My preferred candidate in the 2028 presidential primary will declare that she will direct the attorney general to seek the death penalty against Pete Hegseth.
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
Coward turned off replies and quote tweets because of course they did.
But speaking as someone who has spent an inordinate amount of time in the UK, no, you don't.
But speaking as someone who has spent an inordinate amount of time in the UK, no, you don't.
November 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Coward turned off replies and quote tweets because of course they did.
But speaking as someone who has spent an inordinate amount of time in the UK, no, you don't.
But speaking as someone who has spent an inordinate amount of time in the UK, no, you don't.
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Thanksgiving Guests Freeze In Disbelief After Teenager Informs Them Of Native American Genocide https://theonion.com/thanksgiving-guests-freeze-in-disbelief-after-teenager-1848076742/
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Thanksgiving Guests Freeze In Disbelief After Teenager Informs Them Of Native American Genocide https://theonion.com/thanksgiving-guests-freeze-in-disbelief-after-teenager-1848076742/
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Foo Fighters
Four Year Strong
Rage Against the Machine
Blink 182
Dropkick Murphys
Foo Fighters
Four Year Strong
Rage Against the Machine
Blink 182
Dropkick Murphys
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Weird Al Yankovic
G3 (Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Kenny Wayne Shepherd)
Ben Folds (Five) (x5)
Nine Inch Nails
Regina Spektor
Weird Al Yankovic
G3 (Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Kenny Wayne Shepherd)
Ben Folds (Five) (x5)
Nine Inch Nails
Regina Spektor
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
B.B. King
James McMurtry
Aerosmith
Judas Priest
Bonnie Raitt
B.B. King
James McMurtry
Aerosmith
Judas Priest
Bonnie Raitt
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Foo Fighters
Four Year Strong
Rage Against the Machine
Blink 182
Dropkick Murphys
Foo Fighters
Four Year Strong
Rage Against the Machine
Blink 182
Dropkick Murphys
I'm nearly a year late to the party but Indiana Jones and the Great Circle absolutely fucks. A shame that it's not getting as much GOTY talk as a result of releasing so late in '24.
Granted, I think it released when it did because Machine Games didn't want to rush the launch, which good on them.
Granted, I think it released when it did because Machine Games didn't want to rush the launch, which good on them.
November 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I'm nearly a year late to the party but Indiana Jones and the Great Circle absolutely fucks. A shame that it's not getting as much GOTY talk as a result of releasing so late in '24.
Granted, I think it released when it did because Machine Games didn't want to rush the launch, which good on them.
Granted, I think it released when it did because Machine Games didn't want to rush the launch, which good on them.
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Hey, we saw you from across the bar and really dig your vibe.
November 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Hey, we saw you from across the bar and really dig your vibe.
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Brother I have fucked with all manner of compter shite for decades and never once did misusing the software make me kill myself and I installed Windows 3.1 on a 286.
OpenAI has responded to a landmark wrongful death lawsuit, claiming that a teen who died by suicide after talking to ChatGPT misused the software. More:
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Family Suing OpenAI Over Teen's Suicide Blasts 'Disturbing' Response From Company
OpenAI has responded to a landmark wrongful death lawsuit, claiming that a teen who died by suicide after talking to ChatGPT misused the software.
www.rollingstone.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Brother I have fucked with all manner of compter shite for decades and never once did misusing the software make me kill myself and I installed Windows 3.1 on a 286.