Tom Ryan
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TomRyan.Substack.com, NYTimes Bestseller, Following Atticus, Dogs, Hiker, WFPB Vegan, Heart Failure, Stroke, Kidney Failure Survivor
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you know this guy is a FOR REAL photographer because he's telling the story of his brutal, unconditional arrest by federal goons and can't help but slip in a gear review
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 3:37 PM
you know this guy is a FOR REAL photographer because he's telling the story of his brutal, unconditional arrest by federal goons and can't help but slip in a gear review
That 31% is forever Trump’s base.
Americans increasingly consider the economy weak and now blame Trump more than Biden. In new @wsj.com poll, 58% of voters say Trump's policies are most responsible for the current economy compared with 31% who fault Biden's policies. @aaronzitner.bsky.social www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
Exclusive | It’s Trump’s Economy, and Voters Are Unhappy With It, WSJ Poll Finds
The poll offers warning signs for the president and Republicans as they prepare for a pivotal midterm election.
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January 17, 2026 at 3:08 PM
That 31% is forever Trump’s base.
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Trump accepting Machado's Nobel Peace Prize is a great insult to the FIFA Peace Prize committee
January 16, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Trump accepting Machado's Nobel Peace Prize is a great insult to the FIFA Peace Prize committee
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Me, reading and studying history: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me, realizing I am living through a historical event: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me, realizing I am living through a historical event: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
January 15, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Me, reading and studying history: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me, realizing I am living through a historical event: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me, realizing I am living through a historical event: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
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In a world where Tr*mp’s jackboot icy thugs are an example of the worst of us, Provincetown is a heart healthy alternative, and seeks the best of us.
January 14, 2026 at 9:12 PM
In a world where Tr*mp’s jackboot icy thugs are an example of the worst of us, Provincetown is a heart healthy alternative, and seeks the best of us.
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Just a reminder that you've never seen a Calvin & Hobbes animated movie or cartoon is because Bill Watterson didn't want to give Hobbes a voice so he could always live inside your head exactly the way you imagined him. And to this day you have no idea who he ever has voted for. But you can guess.
January 13, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Just a reminder that you've never seen a Calvin & Hobbes animated movie or cartoon is because Bill Watterson didn't want to give Hobbes a voice so he could always live inside your head exactly the way you imagined him. And to this day you have no idea who he ever has voted for. But you can guess.
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Deranged.
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Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Deranged.
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My morning routine of letter writing grounds me during these fractured, post-truth times. It centers my soul. The quiet and stillness is everything.
“The discipline of the writer is to learn to be still and listen to what his subject has to tell him.” ~ Rachel Carson
“The discipline of the writer is to learn to be still and listen to what his subject has to tell him.” ~ Rachel Carson
January 13, 2026 at 2:57 PM
My morning routine of letter writing grounds me during these fractured, post-truth times. It centers my soul. The quiet and stillness is everything.
“The discipline of the writer is to learn to be still and listen to what his subject has to tell him.” ~ Rachel Carson
“The discipline of the writer is to learn to be still and listen to what his subject has to tell him.” ~ Rachel Carson
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Home Alone 3 looks awful
January 10, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Home Alone 3 looks awful
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I watched an interview of a woman from Greenland. The interviewer asked her about Trump. She replied that she didn’t like Trump because he interrupts her sleep.
I mean…same.
I mean…same.
January 9, 2026 at 1:32 PM
I watched an interview of a woman from Greenland. The interviewer asked her about Trump. She replied that she didn’t like Trump because he interrupts her sleep.
I mean…same.
I mean…same.
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"This was a family that could've been like mine" -- Philip Bump breaks down crying on MS NOW when talking about the stuffed animals in Renee Good's car when she was killed
January 8, 2026 at 5:23 PM
"This was a family that could've been like mine" -- Philip Bump breaks down crying on MS NOW when talking about the stuffed animals in Renee Good's car when she was killed
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Losing the vocabulary to capture the grotesquerie we're witnessing.
January 6, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Losing the vocabulary to capture the grotesquerie we're witnessing.
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Coach of the Year?
The Patriots Mike Vrabel, who regularly signs autographs and interacts with fans, took a moment before Sunday’s game for a selfie (or, for fellow Ted Lasso fans, an “ussie”).
Then his team went out and gave the entire home crowd a 14th win to celebrate.
The Patriots Mike Vrabel, who regularly signs autographs and interacts with fans, took a moment before Sunday’s game for a selfie (or, for fellow Ted Lasso fans, an “ussie”).
Then his team went out and gave the entire home crowd a 14th win to celebrate.
January 5, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Coach of the Year?
The Patriots Mike Vrabel, who regularly signs autographs and interacts with fans, took a moment before Sunday’s game for a selfie (or, for fellow Ted Lasso fans, an “ussie”).
Then his team went out and gave the entire home crowd a 14th win to celebrate.
The Patriots Mike Vrabel, who regularly signs autographs and interacts with fans, took a moment before Sunday’s game for a selfie (or, for fellow Ted Lasso fans, an “ussie”).
Then his team went out and gave the entire home crowd a 14th win to celebrate.
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Man, please.You're Bari Weiss's handpicked boy. Your whole job will be kowtowing Trump and corporate interests.
Tony Dokoupil has a New Year’s Day message for CBS Evening News viewers: He knows that legacy media has failed to retain that trust Americans once had in its work, and he intends to try and fix that.
Tony Dokoupil Tees Up New ‘CBS Evening News’ by Promising Independence From Politicians and Corporate Interests: “I Report for You”
Tony Dokoupil has a New Year’s Day message for CBS Evening News viewers: He knows that legacy media has failed to retain that trust Americans once had in its work, and he intends to try and fix that.
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January 3, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Man, please.You're Bari Weiss's handpicked boy. Your whole job will be kowtowing Trump and corporate interests.
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“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
January 1, 2026 at 11:43 AM
“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
This new Cape Cod life. Today marks one month, and so far it feels right. The goal remains the same: two winters, two books.
December 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This new Cape Cod life. Today marks one month, and so far it feels right. The goal remains the same: two winters, two books.
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It's like the 9th stupidest thing in this one paragraph, but I'd direct the angry egg-shaped man to this speech from 2005 in which Obama literally namechecks like 50 White sox including (delightfully) Scott Podsednik. obamaspeeches.com/035-Chicago-...
December 30, 2025 at 5:31 AM
It's like the 9th stupidest thing in this one paragraph, but I'd direct the angry egg-shaped man to this speech from 2005 in which Obama literally namechecks like 50 White sox including (delightfully) Scott Podsednik. obamaspeeches.com/035-Chicago-...
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Most gratifying (non-family) happening for my 2025 was the launch of the Satchel Paige Project. A work in progress, I have logged 1,909 games thus far. (I have another 145 as "plausible".) If you have questions, ideas, or wish to help, let me know!
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Satchel Paige Project
Intro Since late 2023 I have been on a quest to log every pitching appearance in the extraordinary life and baseball career of Satchel Paige. From age 19 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to oldtimers gam…
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December 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Most gratifying (non-family) happening for my 2025 was the launch of the Satchel Paige Project. A work in progress, I have logged 1,909 games thus far. (I have another 145 as "plausible".) If you have questions, ideas, or wish to help, let me know!
marklaurencearmour.wordpress.com/2084-2/
marklaurencearmour.wordpress.com/2084-2/
The more Kelly speaks, the more presidential he sounds.
Kelly: For any leader to basically say, “Shut up. You’re not allowed to ask questions,” I don’t know who Hegseth worked for when he served as a junior officer in the National Guard, but it appears to me they were not very good role models of leadership—because this guy has no idea what he’s doing.
December 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The more Kelly speaks, the more presidential he sounds.
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Look for my sixth book to wash ashore this Spring!
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‘Prohibition on Cape Cod: Running The Rum In’ washes ashore May 12
Word arrived this morning from History Press that a release date for my next book is set for May 12, 2026.
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December 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Look for my sixth book to wash ashore this Spring!
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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Yelling, lying; yelling, lying; yelling, lying. So inspiring.
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Yelling, lying; yelling, lying; yelling, lying. So inspiring.
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Fact-check: true
December 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Fact-check: true
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First game back, dude starts 1-1 from the flippin’ tunnel, a 100 ft shot.
December 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
First game back, dude starts 1-1 from the flippin’ tunnel, a 100 ft shot.