WmRyland
@wmryland.bsky.social
Extremely online, for a better world, somehow.
I love evil pop music, leftwing politics, Atlanta people, New Orleans parties, and SF community.
I love evil pop music, leftwing politics, Atlanta people, New Orleans parties, and SF community.
I’m watching curling and Japan just conceded the last frame only down 3… that seems doable, like at least possible enough to try in *the olympics*
February 14, 2026 at 8:34 PM
I’m watching curling and Japan just conceded the last frame only down 3… that seems doable, like at least possible enough to try in *the olympics*
This is the Dems’ first GOP-style policy win in a long while: get what you want despite being out of power through forced votes and lapsed deadlines. In other words: hardball.
The sprawling agency saw its baseline funding expire after lawmakers left town for a week-long recess, but without a deal to rein in the conduct of federal immigration officers.
5 things to know about the shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security
The sprawling agency saw its baseline funding expire after lawmakers left town for a week-long recess, but without a deal to rein in the conduct of federal immigration officers.
n.pr
February 14, 2026 at 4:50 PM
This is the Dems’ first GOP-style policy win in a long while: get what you want despite being out of power through forced votes and lapsed deadlines. In other words: hardball.
I bet with the right pitch and manipulation, we could get Presidents Day moved to the Monday after the Super Bowl. Tell Trump that Washington invented the forward pass and originally called it “a trump”
February 13, 2026 at 11:21 PM
I bet with the right pitch and manipulation, we could get Presidents Day moved to the Monday after the Super Bowl. Tell Trump that Washington invented the forward pass and originally called it “a trump”
Wh… why snort it off the seat?
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 12, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Wh… why snort it off the seat?
It seems like the clavicle child’s has surge in meme ridicule has made GenZ’s incel slang jump the shark and for that we should all be grateful
February 12, 2026 at 7:55 PM
It seems like the clavicle child’s has surge in meme ridicule has made GenZ’s incel slang jump the shark and for that we should all be grateful
After the New Nuremberg Trials of the Trump administration’s worst monsters and their public executions, we should also do a Truth and Reconciliation process that involves the worst day of Merrick Garland’s life
February 12, 2026 at 3:32 PM
After the New Nuremberg Trials of the Trump administration’s worst monsters and their public executions, we should also do a Truth and Reconciliation process that involves the worst day of Merrick Garland’s life
Why does this keep happening??
(Answer: rightwing ideologies are driven by domination of the weak by the strong, an impulse that wrecks your humanity)
(Answer: rightwing ideologies are driven by domination of the weak by the strong, an impulse that wrecks your humanity)
A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child. n.pr/4tx7oVq
A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was convicted of sexually abusing children
A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child.
n.pr
February 11, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Why does this keep happening??
(Answer: rightwing ideologies are driven by domination of the weak by the strong, an impulse that wrecks your humanity)
(Answer: rightwing ideologies are driven by domination of the weak by the strong, an impulse that wrecks your humanity)
Let’s take this proposition seriously for a moment: if ai does actually replace most jobs, it will create a vast underclass of unemployable idle workers, with the machines extracting their last bits of value and funneling it to the owners, until society is depleted and only a few owners remain.
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Let’s take this proposition seriously for a moment: if ai does actually replace most jobs, it will create a vast underclass of unemployable idle workers, with the machines extracting their last bits of value and funneling it to the owners, until society is depleted and only a few owners remain.
Obviously *obviously* this is stock-pumping bullshit, but also it betrays a dream of Grok being unshackled from earthbound laws, free to deep fake porn until the sun explodes
Elon Musk told employees at xAI, his artificial intelligence company, on Tuesday that the company needed a factory on the moon to build A.I. satellites and a massive catapult to launch them into space.
Elon Musk Wants to Build an A.I. Satellite Factory on the Moon
In a meeting with employees at his company xAI, Mr. Musk revealed a vision for a facility that includes a giant catapult to launch his satellites into space.
nyti.ms
February 11, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Obviously *obviously* this is stock-pumping bullshit, but also it betrays a dream of Grok being unshackled from earthbound laws, free to deep fake porn until the sun explodes
Feels even more correct now that the DOJ dumped the raw files, with confirmed accusations thrown in with outlandish ones and the perps redacted, all to encourage conspiracy theorists to spin up and make the whole data dump feel silly and impossibly absurd.
Qanon was created to immunize Trump against the current Epstein fallout, but it was too successful, its adherents too committed. It was supposed to make accusations of outlandishly absurd crimes a joke to be dismissed, but the wine moms took it too seriously
February 10, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Feels even more correct now that the DOJ dumped the raw files, with confirmed accusations thrown in with outlandish ones and the perps redacted, all to encourage conspiracy theorists to spin up and make the whole data dump feel silly and impossibly absurd.
Softer than baby shit, each and every one of them
House Oversight hearing on ICE opens with the rules:
"It is also a clear violation of the rules of the House to make statements that might personally be offensive to the President or the Vice President of the United States."
"It is also a clear violation of the rules of the House to make statements that might personally be offensive to the President or the Vice President of the United States."
February 10, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Softer than baby shit, each and every one of them
BREAKING: House Republicans to investigate meaty schlong, get to the bottom of it
Rep. Mark Alford (R-TX) revealed that House Republicans are "investigating" Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show because they suspect it was "much worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction.
House GOP launches Bad Bunny probe: 'Worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction'
Rep. Mark Alford (R-TX) revealed that House Republicans are "investigating" Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show because they suspect it was "much worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction."During a Tuesday interview on Real America's Voice, Alford told the hosts that he and other House Repu...
bit.ly
February 10, 2026 at 4:36 PM
BREAKING: House Republicans to investigate meaty schlong, get to the bottom of it
Tbh, savvy. Don’t lie for Trump until he gives you what you want. Many others never learned this lesson.
Ghislaine Maxwell refused to speak in a deposition with lawmakers unless Trump lets her out of prison, lawmakers said. www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
February 9, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Tbh, savvy. Don’t lie for Trump until he gives you what you want. Many others never learned this lesson.
You know, the further you get from the pedo-billionaire endorsed set of pols, the better their politics are and the better at politics they are. Plennnnnty of room for improvement from Starmer
The end game
Scottish Labour leader calls for Keir Starmer to step down, saying the 'distraction needs to end'.
Starmer is an electoral liability. Likely successors taking soundings in Westminster.
The next leader must not come from the Starmer camp.
Scottish Labour leader calls for Keir Starmer to step down, saying the 'distraction needs to end'.
Starmer is an electoral liability. Likely successors taking soundings in Westminster.
The next leader must not come from the Starmer camp.
Scottish Labour leader calls for Keir Starmer to step down, saying the 'distraction needs to end'
Anas Sarwar says
www.bbc.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 9:43 PM
You know, the further you get from the pedo-billionaire endorsed set of pols, the better their politics are and the better at politics they are. Plennnnnty of room for improvement from Starmer
Get ready to panic in 3… 2… 1
🇺🇸HASSETT: SHOULD EXPECT SLIGHTLY LOWER JOBS NUMBERS. LOWER JOBS NUMBERS SHOULDN'T TRIGGER PANIC
February 9, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Get ready to panic in 3… 2… 1
Do you think professional bocce ball players watch olympic curling and seethe at their exclusion?
February 8, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Do you think professional bocce ball players watch olympic curling and seethe at their exclusion?
defiance through compassion is the good stuff
Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
February 7, 2026 at 1:36 AM
defiance through compassion is the good stuff
Yes but maintaining the No Consequences part is the point of the Moral Panic stuff
It’s really weird for some corners of the media to do a whole “the Epstein files are a moral panic that has gone too far” thing when no one has faced any sort of punishment and doesn’t sound like they’re going to.
February 6, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Yes but maintaining the No Consequences part is the point of the Moral Panic stuff
“Did you hear? Tommy’s back, escaped I guess.”
“Thought he was done for when that cage snapped shut.”
Tommy enters: “…the real torture didn’t start til I got out, forced now to live among you, stripped of my biological imperative or even desire, the world is grey…”
“Um yeah it always was”
“Thought he was done for when that cage snapped shut.”
Tommy enters: “…the real torture didn’t start til I got out, forced now to live among you, stripped of my biological imperative or even desire, the world is grey…”
“Um yeah it always was”
February 6, 2026 at 3:56 PM
“Did you hear? Tommy’s back, escaped I guess.”
“Thought he was done for when that cage snapped shut.”
Tommy enters: “…the real torture didn’t start til I got out, forced now to live among you, stripped of my biological imperative or even desire, the world is grey…”
“Um yeah it always was”
“Thought he was done for when that cage snapped shut.”
Tommy enters: “…the real torture didn’t start til I got out, forced now to live among you, stripped of my biological imperative or even desire, the world is grey…”
“Um yeah it always was”
Dems finally have Rs in a tough spot, with Ds in a win-win if they just hold firm and let DHS shutdown. Of course, I’m sure Schumer is cooking up new and inventive ways to lose, but they’re certainly not the ones in a bind here
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House.
Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democratic demands for ICE
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Secu…
trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Dems finally have Rs in a tough spot, with Ds in a win-win if they just hold firm and let DHS shutdown. Of course, I’m sure Schumer is cooking up new and inventive ways to lose, but they’re certainly not the ones in a bind here
So is their argument that there wasn’t anyone here when Manifest Destiny drove Americans west, or that native communities didn’t recognize the concept of private property so Americans couldn’t steal something no one considered to be owned? Or an even dumber third option? (I canceled my sub)
It’s time to put Billie Eilish’s theory of property out to pasture, Richard Epstein and Max Raskin write.
"Americans are not thieves who built on stolen land." https://wapo.st/4rDYzrn
"Americans are not thieves who built on stolen land." https://wapo.st/4rDYzrn
February 5, 2026 at 10:37 PM
So is their argument that there wasn’t anyone here when Manifest Destiny drove Americans west, or that native communities didn’t recognize the concept of private property so Americans couldn’t steal something no one considered to be owned? Or an even dumber third option? (I canceled my sub)
Tbf, Woody’s daughter is also his wife, so he cares doubly
February 5, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Tbf, Woody’s daughter is also his wife, so he cares doubly
Like yeah dawg we can tell.
The man on track to become the world’s first trillionaire is complaining that his material success hasn’t brought any joy into his life.
World’s Richest Man Wants You to Know How Tough He Has It
Seriously.
trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Like yeah dawg we can tell.
DOJ crowd sourced the Epstein files redactions
The DOJ redacted a photo of Mona Lisa in the Epstein files.
Meanwhile, as we reported, there were several unredacted, sexually explicit photos of nude women or girls were present in the latest Epstein dump and the DOJ left those photos online until we reported specific links through their tipline.
Meanwhile, as we reported, there were several unredacted, sexually explicit photos of nude women or girls were present in the latest Epstein dump and the DOJ left those photos online until we reported specific links through their tipline.
The DOJ Redacted a Photo of the Mona Lisa in the Epstein Files
While Epstein’s victims endure the fallout of their photos and names being exposed in the Department of Justice’s latest tranche of files, investigators redacted the identity of the most famous portra...
www.404media.co
February 5, 2026 at 9:54 PM
DOJ crowd sourced the Epstein files redactions
Yes exactly. It’s the only good thing he does
Hard to imagine an event more effective at discrediting organized religion
Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast: "I don't know how a person of faith can vote for a Democrat. I really don't. *crowd groans* I know we have some here today. I don't know why they're here, because they certainly don't give us their vote ... they cheat."
February 5, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Yes exactly. It’s the only good thing he does