Laird Ryan States
@lairdryanstates.com
Author of Someone Else's Story, Sleeping Underwater, Souria, and Silver Bullet. Also a magician (the genuine occultist kind), and trying to navigate a messed up world with as much grace as I have.
It's not a ton, sadly.
It's not a ton, sadly.
Our tegu looks so much better after a coconut oil rubdown and a nice long soak. I know part of it is because he's still slightly wet. He'll probably look patch tomorrow, but progress is being made on getting the shed off him. Between that and the new diet, it's nice. He's adjusted to the new place
February 13, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Our tegu looks so much better after a coconut oil rubdown and a nice long soak. I know part of it is because he's still slightly wet. He'll probably look patch tomorrow, but progress is being made on getting the shed off him. Between that and the new diet, it's nice. He's adjusted to the new place
Wow. A guy just blocked me for advising him to look through someone's feed for an answer rather than demanding labor from the person who's feed it was. People suck.
February 11, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Wow. A guy just blocked me for advising him to look through someone's feed for an answer rather than demanding labor from the person who's feed it was. People suck.
Exit 8 is a very fine film.
February 10, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Exit 8 is a very fine film.
Yeah. Let's see if Walz does anything about this?
February 7, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Yeah. Let's see if Walz does anything about this?
This post is not an actual Trump post. Please fucking stop this shit. Lying and making shit up does not help us. It is the tool of our enemy. We do not need it.
February 7, 2026 at 10:16 PM
This post is not an actual Trump post. Please fucking stop this shit. Lying and making shit up does not help us. It is the tool of our enemy. We do not need it.
Hey folks.
Would you like to register for a local live action roleplaying convention in Edmonton? It's on the February long weekend and attendance is not where we'd like it, and without a bump over the weekend, we may have to cancel.
Please check it out.
prairielarp.org/february-sma...
Would you like to register for a local live action roleplaying convention in Edmonton? It's on the February long weekend and attendance is not where we'd like it, and without a bump over the weekend, we may have to cancel.
Please check it out.
prairielarp.org/february-sma...
February SmallCon 2026
February SmallCon is a mini LARP convention running in Edmonton on February 13, 14 and 15. We are at Highlands Hall in north Edmonton, 6112 113 Ave NW. There is a small parking lot at the hall, acc…
prairielarp.org
February 7, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Hey folks.
Would you like to register for a local live action roleplaying convention in Edmonton? It's on the February long weekend and attendance is not where we'd like it, and without a bump over the weekend, we may have to cancel.
Please check it out.
prairielarp.org/february-sma...
Would you like to register for a local live action roleplaying convention in Edmonton? It's on the February long weekend and attendance is not where we'd like it, and without a bump over the weekend, we may have to cancel.
Please check it out.
prairielarp.org/february-sma...
Just attempted to trim my beard. Mistakes were made. People can see my chin now. I hate it.
February 4, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Just attempted to trim my beard. Mistakes were made. People can see my chin now. I hate it.
This is why I'm sick of people bitching "Why were there kids there? Kids LIVE in these places, and tear gas travels for BLOCKS and fucking BLOCKS.
February 3, 2026 at 6:48 PM
This is why I'm sick of people bitching "Why were there kids there? Kids LIVE in these places, and tear gas travels for BLOCKS and fucking BLOCKS.
Neil Gaiman's days of being a shitheel are certainly coming to a middle.
February 2, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Neil Gaiman's days of being a shitheel are certainly coming to a middle.
Well, any fear I had that I am just a lazy crazy asshole have been assuaged. I don't...love the truth much better.
February 2, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Well, any fear I had that I am just a lazy crazy asshole have been assuaged. I don't...love the truth much better.
Wonder Man is the best part of the MCU so far, and it's not close.
February 2, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Wonder Man is the best part of the MCU so far, and it's not close.
@jwomack.bsky.social must have some seriously mixed feelings about his book Random Acts of Senseless Violence. On the one hand, being THAT prescient would feel amazing, and yet, on the other hand....not so much.
It's some Octavia Butler style prognostication.
It's some Octavia Butler style prognostication.
February 2, 2026 at 4:53 AM
@jwomack.bsky.social must have some seriously mixed feelings about his book Random Acts of Senseless Violence. On the one hand, being THAT prescient would feel amazing, and yet, on the other hand....not so much.
It's some Octavia Butler style prognostication.
It's some Octavia Butler style prognostication.
We're having a great day here. I laid in a dark room all day, and when I was able to leave my room, G took her turn. Migraines are wonderful.
February 2, 2026 at 12:40 AM
We're having a great day here. I laid in a dark room all day, and when I was able to leave my room, G took her turn. Migraines are wonderful.
You are being misled about renewable energy technology.
YouTube video by Technology Connections
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:14 PM
I was not ready for the loss of Catherine O'Hara
January 30, 2026 at 8:03 PM
I was not ready for the loss of Catherine O'Hara
Everyone involved with this is dead to me.
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
January 30, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Everyone involved with this is dead to me.
My dogs have zoomies. It's pretty cute. That is it. Carry on.
January 28, 2026 at 11:22 PM
My dogs have zoomies. It's pretty cute. That is it. Carry on.
Reposted by Laird Ryan States
introducing my new bill to ensure that ICE only uses american-produced tear gas on clergy
January 27, 2026 at 1:25 PM
introducing my new bill to ensure that ICE only uses american-produced tear gas on clergy
Wanna bet? Also it's not just Trump. It's the people who still support him, and there are lots of those. Sigh.
“No single person can destroy what America stands for and believes in, not even a President, if we —all of America - stand up and speak out. We know who we are. It's time to show the world.”
January 27, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Wanna bet? Also it's not just Trump. It's the people who still support him, and there are lots of those. Sigh.
I decided to order theatre popcorn to celebrate my first successful adulting in weeks, but I messed up the order and instead of Cherry Coke Zero, I got Cherry Sprite Zero, and it tastes astonishingly like a floor cleaner.
The firstest of first world problems, and this is still pretty great.
The firstest of first world problems, and this is still pretty great.
January 27, 2026 at 1:03 AM
I decided to order theatre popcorn to celebrate my first successful adulting in weeks, but I messed up the order and instead of Cherry Coke Zero, I got Cherry Sprite Zero, and it tastes astonishingly like a floor cleaner.
The firstest of first world problems, and this is still pretty great.
The firstest of first world problems, and this is still pretty great.
Reposted by Laird Ryan States
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
Now, don't let up. Keep demanding more.
January 27, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Now, don't let up. Keep demanding more.
It's not a dance at the end of a rope, but if it gets him out of any kind of power...good.
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:56 PM
It's not a dance at the end of a rope, but if it gets him out of any kind of power...good.
The modern conservative movement does not understand altruism. I think they genuinely believe that the protests are funded by someone for profit.
Madness.
Madness.
January 26, 2026 at 1:39 AM
The modern conservative movement does not understand altruism. I think they genuinely believe that the protests are funded by someone for profit.
Madness.
Madness.