Ryan Horlen
@rhorlen.bsky.social
#GoCougs alum. Again @spokesmanreview. Formerly @idahostatesman.com, @the_daily_news and @apnews.com. Love unnecessary back heels, bat flips and one-handed backhands.
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people who say that all creative endeavor can be replaced with AI probably need to reckon with the fact that all televised sports events with human athletes could easily be replicated by high-definition computer-animated simulations….and yet we don’t do this and no one seems to want to.
February 8, 2026 at 7:26 PM
people who say that all creative endeavor can be replaced with AI probably need to reckon with the fact that all televised sports events with human athletes could easily be replicated by high-definition computer-animated simulations….and yet we don’t do this and no one seems to want to.
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If there's ever been a time to NOT be incrementalist, this is it. The most political capital you're gonna have is right now. And we got Gestapo death squads in MSP and TB spreading through concentration camps in Texas. If you can't find a win there, get out of politics. The Epstein Class, baby
February 8, 2026 at 4:29 AM
If there's ever been a time to NOT be incrementalist, this is it. The most political capital you're gonna have is right now. And we got Gestapo death squads in MSP and TB spreading through concentration camps in Texas. If you can't find a win there, get out of politics. The Epstein Class, baby
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I sometimes wonder what the world would look like if a generation of tech, science, and business reporters hadn't decided that the press release was the news
February 8, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I sometimes wonder what the world would look like if a generation of tech, science, and business reporters hadn't decided that the press release was the news
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It’s not a troubled newspaper, it’s owed by the second richest man on earth who could fund it forever and not notice the cost. This is an intentional self-inflicted wound.
Washington Post publisher Will Lewis said Saturday that he’s stepping down, three days after the troubled newspaper said that it was laying off one-third of its staff.
Washington Post publisher Will Lewis says he’s stepping down, days after big layoffs at the paper
Washington Post publisher Will Lewis said Saturday that he’s stepping down, three days after the troubled newspaper said that it was laying off one-third of its staff.
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February 8, 2026 at 12:20 AM
It’s not a troubled newspaper, it’s owed by the second richest man on earth who could fund it forever and not notice the cost. This is an intentional self-inflicted wound.
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February 7, 2026 at 8:03 AM
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Mongolia and Haiti correctly identified that the Winter Olympics are primarily a chance to design baller cold weather uniforms
February 5, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Mongolia and Haiti correctly identified that the Winter Olympics are primarily a chance to design baller cold weather uniforms
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A small landlord is a person who rents out their basement apartment in their house. A person who owns a building is just a landlord-landlord.
"They bought or inherited aging apartment buildings, hoping to bring home a little extra cash"
... bought, or inherited, whole ass apartment buildings
... bought, or inherited, whole ass apartment buildings
In a city packed with mighty real estate titans, they are the small ones.
New York landlords say they are at their breaking point as Mayor Zohran Mamdani begins to implement even more aggressive tenant-friendly policies.
New York landlords say they are at their breaking point as Mayor Zohran Mamdani begins to implement even more aggressive tenant-friendly policies.
February 6, 2026 at 11:54 PM
A small landlord is a person who rents out their basement apartment in their house. A person who owns a building is just a landlord-landlord.
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February 6, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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Thank you to @pablo.show for turning me on to the story of Charles Flores, an innocent man currently on death row in Texas. His story is one you should hear. His attorney is petitioning the Supreme Court tomorrow (2-6). Please sign the petition to show your support
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ch...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ch...
Fight the Execution of an Innocent Man
Charles Don Flores’s wrongful conviction is a result of an identification made long after the crime by a witness who had repeatedly failed to identify Mr. Flores and described seeing two perpetrators ...
actionnetwork.org
February 6, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Thank you to @pablo.show for turning me on to the story of Charles Flores, an innocent man currently on death row in Texas. His story is one you should hear. His attorney is petitioning the Supreme Court tomorrow (2-6). Please sign the petition to show your support
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ch...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ch...
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"I'm innocent. I can prove it."
Charles Flores, a wrongfully convicted football fan, is running out of time. I visited him in Texas for the one hour of the day when he's not in solitary confinement, to talk about life on death row — a decade after the real killer went free: youtu.be/0-GnKLFY_Gc?...
Charles Flores, a wrongfully convicted football fan, is running out of time. I visited him in Texas for the one hour of the day when he's not in solitary confinement, to talk about life on death row — a decade after the real killer went free: youtu.be/0-GnKLFY_Gc?...
Watching Football on Death Row — with a Wrongfully Convicted Man | PTFO
YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 3:08 PM
"I'm innocent. I can prove it."
Charles Flores, a wrongfully convicted football fan, is running out of time. I visited him in Texas for the one hour of the day when he's not in solitary confinement, to talk about life on death row — a decade after the real killer went free: youtu.be/0-GnKLFY_Gc?...
Charles Flores, a wrongfully convicted football fan, is running out of time. I visited him in Texas for the one hour of the day when he's not in solitary confinement, to talk about life on death row — a decade after the real killer went free: youtu.be/0-GnKLFY_Gc?...
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Republicans have agency and journalists should not let them off the hook because people like Katie Britt are trying to act like they're not evil monsters. "Tone" doesn't matter. Actions do. Katie Britt and other Republicans could end this at any time. But they don't.
paragraph 48: "In Mr. Trump’s second term, Ms. Britt has voted in line with the president 100 percent of the time."
February 5, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Republicans have agency and journalists should not let them off the hook because people like Katie Britt are trying to act like they're not evil monsters. "Tone" doesn't matter. Actions do. Katie Britt and other Republicans could end this at any time. But they don't.
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our government used a Blackhawk helicopter in a major American city, detained children and zip-tied U.S. citizens all to target... squatters
and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public."
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public."
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building
The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...
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February 4, 2026 at 11:46 PM
our government used a Blackhawk helicopter in a major American city, detained children and zip-tied U.S. citizens all to target... squatters
and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public."
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public."
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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RFK, jr. is the worst person you ever met at a party in california, patel is the worst guy you ever encountered at the gym, bondi is the worst person you ever met at church, bessent is the worst person you have ever met at a conference, all these people are the worst versions of every stereotype
they made the entire administration out of the worst person you have ever known in every situation, vance is the worst person you ever met in college
February 4, 2026 at 6:11 PM
RFK, jr. is the worst person you ever met at a party in california, patel is the worst guy you ever encountered at the gym, bondi is the worst person you ever met at church, bessent is the worst person you have ever met at a conference, all these people are the worst versions of every stereotype
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Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
February 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
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The big tech founder whose 417-foot, $500 million superyacht needs a 256-foot, $75 million superyacht to "shadow" it -- because the bigger yacht lacks a helipad -- had to cut his paper's newsroom almost in half, for reasons
NEWS: The cuts were so severe that at least one department head asked to leave The Post rather than be included in the planning.
Peter Finn, The Post's international editor, requested that he be laid off once he learned about the scope of the cuts to his section.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
Peter Finn, The Post's international editor, requested that he be laid off once he learned about the scope of the cuts to his section.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
Washington Post Begins Sweeping Layoffs
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:05 PM
The big tech founder whose 417-foot, $500 million superyacht needs a 256-foot, $75 million superyacht to "shadow" it -- because the bigger yacht lacks a helipad -- had to cut his paper's newsroom almost in half, for reasons
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The Seattle Mariners are nearing a deal to acquire IF/OF Brendan Donovan from the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a three-way trade that also includes Tampa Bay, sources tell ESPN. A deal that had been considered for weeks would finally land Seattle a versatile impact bat.
February 2, 2026 at 9:28 PM
The Seattle Mariners are nearing a deal to acquire IF/OF Brendan Donovan from the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a three-way trade that also includes Tampa Bay, sources tell ESPN. A deal that had been considered for weeks would finally land Seattle a versatile impact bat.
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posting your byline on an AI summary. good grief.
February 2, 2026 at 1:26 AM
posting your byline on an AI summary. good grief.
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People say we can't compare this to the Third Reich because of the atrocities but we only found out about the atrocities after the fact when it was all said and done and we're not done with this yet so I am sure the worst stomach churning shit has yet to be revealed.
ICYMI: The US is currently holding three times as many people in immigrant detention as were detained in the Nazi concentration camp system in spring 1939 — six years into the Third Reich, and just before the start of World War II.
February 1, 2026 at 10:26 PM
People say we can't compare this to the Third Reich because of the atrocities but we only found out about the atrocities after the fact when it was all said and done and we're not done with this yet so I am sure the worst stomach churning shit has yet to be revealed.
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