Ryne
@rynehager.bsky.social
Former journo for a site you might have read. W-Mass community evangelist, volunteer, and town representative. Holder of strong and sometimes retrospectively wrong opinions.
VP of US Vibes at a PR joint, but my career doesn’t define me.
VP of US Vibes at a PR joint, but my career doesn’t define me.
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Please note that all typos in my pitch notes and press releases are now deliberate indicators of Human Made Quality rather than mistakes, there only for your appreciation.
Please note that all typos in my pitch notes and press releases are now deliberate indicators of Human Made Quality rather than mistakes, there only for your appreciation.
January 15, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Please note that all typos in my pitch notes and press releases are now deliberate indicators of Human Made Quality rather than mistakes, there only for your appreciation.
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massachusetts drivers are fucking crazy but new hampshire drivers in massachusetts are fascinating bc when they say "live free or die" they mean it. except by "live free" they mean "let me do whatever i want" and by "die" they mean "i will kill everyone on this highway off-ramp including myself"
January 15, 2026 at 12:33 PM
massachusetts drivers are fucking crazy but new hampshire drivers in massachusetts are fascinating bc when they say "live free or die" they mean it. except by "live free" they mean "let me do whatever i want" and by "die" they mean "i will kill everyone on this highway off-ramp including myself"
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ICE murdered Renee Good just blocks away from where police murdered George Floyd.
@ayannapressley.bsky.social and I are introducing the Qualified Immunity Abolition Act to hold ICE agents and all federal law enforcement officers accountable. We need justice. Abolish qualified immunity now.
@ayannapressley.bsky.social and I are introducing the Qualified Immunity Abolition Act to hold ICE agents and all federal law enforcement officers accountable. We need justice. Abolish qualified immunity now.
January 13, 2026 at 5:48 PM
ICE murdered Renee Good just blocks away from where police murdered George Floyd.
@ayannapressley.bsky.social and I are introducing the Qualified Immunity Abolition Act to hold ICE agents and all federal law enforcement officers accountable. We need justice. Abolish qualified immunity now.
@ayannapressley.bsky.social and I are introducing the Qualified Immunity Abolition Act to hold ICE agents and all federal law enforcement officers accountable. We need justice. Abolish qualified immunity now.
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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🔊Please SHARE: Stunning organizing in an open letter to the people of eastern MA, from the Quabbin Watershed Stewards — a growing group of people organizing in the communities that ring the Quabbin Reservoir.
The letter is available through this link:
senatorjocomerford.org/western-mass....
The letter is available through this link:
senatorjocomerford.org/western-mass....
January 7, 2026 at 5:24 PM
🔊Please SHARE: Stunning organizing in an open letter to the people of eastern MA, from the Quabbin Watershed Stewards — a growing group of people organizing in the communities that ring the Quabbin Reservoir.
The letter is available through this link:
senatorjocomerford.org/western-mass....
The letter is available through this link:
senatorjocomerford.org/western-mass....
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Cancel the LA Olympics, scrap the World Cup, the United States cannot be a trusted part of the international community so long as the White House operates this violently and with impunity.
January 3, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Cancel the LA Olympics, scrap the World Cup, the United States cannot be a trusted part of the international community so long as the White House operates this violently and with impunity.
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If you've got the disease, go down to the dungeon with all the other monsters.
December 31, 2025 at 3:30 AM
If you've got the disease, go down to the dungeon with all the other monsters.
Wish I could temporarily mute notifications from a single app for a set duration in a couple taps, rather than play endlessly with needlessly complicated focus/DnD modes.
But I guess that’s asking Apple or Google to care more about my attention’s value to me over their ability to profit from it.
But I guess that’s asking Apple or Google to care more about my attention’s value to me over their ability to profit from it.
December 31, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Wish I could temporarily mute notifications from a single app for a set duration in a couple taps, rather than play endlessly with needlessly complicated focus/DnD modes.
But I guess that’s asking Apple or Google to care more about my attention’s value to me over their ability to profit from it.
But I guess that’s asking Apple or Google to care more about my attention’s value to me over their ability to profit from it.
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Every time folk are like “AI is the future,” gotta remind them that stuff is all just more complicated versions of the same statistical system that can’t even let you type the word “we’ll” in a grammatically correct context without fucking it up for you.
December 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Every time folk are like “AI is the future,” gotta remind them that stuff is all just more complicated versions of the same statistical system that can’t even let you type the word “we’ll” in a grammatically correct context without fucking it up for you.
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Recommendations time!
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For the next 60 minutes tell us a film or filmmaker you love and we'll suggest something for you to watch on the Criterion Channel 😍
December 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Recommendations time!
For the next 60 minutes tell us a film or filmmaker you love and we'll suggest something for you to watch on the Criterion Channel 😍
For the next 60 minutes tell us a film or filmmaker you love and we'll suggest something for you to watch on the Criterion Channel 😍
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I mean, the thing is, and I keep telling people this, I am SUPER lazy, so why would I learn how to prompt "AI" to write in a non-"AI" way when I can just naturally write in an engaging, human style? I doubt there is ever going to be a point where adding "AI" to the mix isn't just extra work for me.
I just saw a great take on writers using "AI" - people don't like to read something that's clearly written by "AI", so we need to respect that and make sure it seems natural.
So...put as much effort into tricking people into thinking we made an effort as we would into actually writing. Outstanding.
So...put as much effort into tricking people into thinking we made an effort as we would into actually writing. Outstanding.
December 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I mean, the thing is, and I keep telling people this, I am SUPER lazy, so why would I learn how to prompt "AI" to write in a non-"AI" way when I can just naturally write in an engaging, human style? I doubt there is ever going to be a point where adding "AI" to the mix isn't just extra work for me.
Anyone who has ever read and enjoyed (or worked for!) one of The Good Old Blogs before it suffered the indignity of a content mill acquisition will find this an outright joy.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Anyone who has ever read and enjoyed (or worked for!) one of The Good Old Blogs before it suffered the indignity of a content mill acquisition will find this an outright joy.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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anyone who's been eagerly awaiting their linkedin wrapped should be put in a camp for everyone's safety
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December 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
anyone who's been eagerly awaiting their linkedin wrapped should be put in a camp for everyone's safety
Gonna be a common refrain when ES6 finally lands.
I have Droops. I can barely move and I have no strength.
December 16, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Gonna be a common refrain when ES6 finally lands.
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@warren.senate.gov just co-sponsored KOSA again 🤦🏽♀️
You CANNOT claim to be an ally to the LGTBQ community and support this awful bill. Your office blatantly ignored our Boston coalitions pleas, so let’s see how you feel about those phones being melted. CALL HER!
You CANNOT claim to be an ally to the LGTBQ community and support this awful bill. Your office blatantly ignored our Boston coalitions pleas, so let’s see how you feel about those phones being melted. CALL HER!
This Trans Day of Remembrance we’re holding the memory of countless trans lives lost to bigotry and hatred, and fighting like hell to preserve trans lives still with us today!
Trans people deserve to be seen + celebrated, not erased. Trans people deserve real allyship, not censorship.
STOP KOSA
Trans people deserve to be seen + celebrated, not erased. Trans people deserve real allyship, not censorship.
STOP KOSA
December 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
@warren.senate.gov just co-sponsored KOSA again 🤦🏽♀️
You CANNOT claim to be an ally to the LGTBQ community and support this awful bill. Your office blatantly ignored our Boston coalitions pleas, so let’s see how you feel about those phones being melted. CALL HER!
You CANNOT claim to be an ally to the LGTBQ community and support this awful bill. Your office blatantly ignored our Boston coalitions pleas, so let’s see how you feel about those phones being melted. CALL HER!
My American mind simply cannot handle the speed of the average Japanese train. Looking out the window is scary.
December 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
My American mind simply cannot handle the speed of the average Japanese train. Looking out the window is scary.
Spent the last few weeks in Shenzhen. Enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would.
Feels like the stories I used to hear about the way the Bay Area was in the 80s and 90s.
People here have crazy dreams to build crazy shit. I’d love to be here longer to see more of it come together.
Feels like the stories I used to hear about the way the Bay Area was in the 80s and 90s.
People here have crazy dreams to build crazy shit. I’d love to be here longer to see more of it come together.
December 10, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Spent the last few weeks in Shenzhen. Enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would.
Feels like the stories I used to hear about the way the Bay Area was in the 80s and 90s.
People here have crazy dreams to build crazy shit. I’d love to be here longer to see more of it come together.
Feels like the stories I used to hear about the way the Bay Area was in the 80s and 90s.
People here have crazy dreams to build crazy shit. I’d love to be here longer to see more of it come together.
Please re-normalize the emdash.
Don’t let good writing suffer because a handful of the sort of idiots that use AI to do all their writing also think punctuation is all you need to detect it.
Don’t let good writing suffer because a handful of the sort of idiots that use AI to do all their writing also think punctuation is all you need to detect it.
are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
December 10, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Please re-normalize the emdash.
Don’t let good writing suffer because a handful of the sort of idiots that use AI to do all their writing also think punctuation is all you need to detect it.
Don’t let good writing suffer because a handful of the sort of idiots that use AI to do all their writing also think punctuation is all you need to detect it.
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"the USPS is a miracle. it's in the constitution. for the price of a single stamp you can send a letter across the country, from Hawaii to Maine. Trump is trying to take that away from you. He's attacking Christmas cards and wedding invitations. It's un-American and it has to stop."
February 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"the USPS is a miracle. it's in the constitution. for the price of a single stamp you can send a letter across the country, from Hawaii to Maine. Trump is trying to take that away from you. He's attacking Christmas cards and wedding invitations. It's un-American and it has to stop."
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They should do MyChart Wrapped
December 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
They should do MyChart Wrapped