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Hugh Ryan

@hughryan.bsky.social

Author & queer historian. MY BAD: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE QUEER 90S AND BEYOND is available for preorders now! Previously: The Women’s House of Detention (2022) and When Brooklyn Was Queer (2019) linktr.ee/HughRyan

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jessamyn@librarian.bsky.social · 5d ago

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
Sophie Lewis@reproutopia.bsky.social · 6d ago

I have a major piece up today at The Key. It's about Israel, parsing the rape baked into Zionism's core grammar. I speak of trained dogs; Screams Without Words; Sde Teiman; the Tomer-Yerushalmi affair; and the Palestinian Feminist Collective on sexual violence's centrality to reproductive genocide.

Karen Attiah@karenattiah.bsky.social · 5d ago

O’Neal helped purge me & all the other Black full-time staff columnists at the Post Opinion Section. I challenged his move to fire me in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk killing. And he testified against me in June. We are expecting an arbitration ruling soon. Convenient time for him to quit.

Natalie Korach@nataliekorach.bsky.social · 5d ago

New: Washington Post Opinion editor Adam O’Neal is leaving, he announced in an internal memo Friday

My Father’s Daughter@aninsggirb.bsky.social · last wk.

Remembering & appreciating Betye Saar today who said: « We are all in the middle of history, whether we know it or not.” Through her life & her art, she reclaimed images, challenged stereotypes & made room for truth, memory & transformation. pasadenanow.com/main/renowne...

Renowned Artist Betye Saar, Who Grew Up in Pasadena, Dies at 99 – Pasadena Now

Daily Newsmagazine and City Guide to Pasadena, California featuring local news, breaking news, events, weather, sports news, schools news, shopping, restaurants and more from Pasadena Now

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Lynell George @lynellgeorge.bsky.social · 3y ago

I spent time behind the scenes reporting about Betye Saar’s “Drifting Toward Twilight” which incorporates an array of Saar’s signature found objects as well as flora from the Huntington’s grounds. Mysterious, layered, the piece feels like something out of antiquity. huntington.org/frontiers/be...

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2w ago

related to another bizarre feature of political discussion in the US: that it's supposed to mark you as reasonable/bipartisan/fair or whatever that you take these discourses on their own terms. as opposed to marking you as (at best!) a mark

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · 2w ago

It is genuinely bizarre that we’ve become acclimatized to right wingers throwing a tantrum every time a black person (particularly a black woman) is cast in something, but are also supposed to pretend that this is not racism but related to some other substantive concern.

tony romm@tonyromm.bsky.social · 2w ago

NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him

Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.

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Hugh Ryan@hughryan.bsky.social · 2w ago

"This entertaining memoir establishes Ryan as a beguiling storyteller with a journalist’s eye for the telling detail and the historian’s knack for providing context." Thank you Don Shewey for this beautiful read of MY BAD donshewey.substack.com/p/reading-li...

Reading List: Hugh Ryan's MY BAD

Hugh Ryan has made himself an invaluable repository of queer community history with his books When Brooklyn Was Queer and Women’s House of Detention. For his third act, he has turned his attention to ...

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Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 3w ago

Alex Jones is a big reason Andrew Tate became as famous as he is. Alex had a little skirmish with Joe Rogan, but offered an olive branch one day via text seemingly just so he could get Tate onto Rogan's podcast. I swear to you these are real texts, even the "Chinese monkey pig hybrid" part.

Alex Jones to Joe Rogan, 8:15.30 a.m.: I am getting contacted by folk saying you talked about a text I sent where I talked about drinking and said I was sorry. Alex Jones to Joe Rogan, 8:16.36 a.m.: If true that’s fine but please don’t talk about the privet drinking to much stuff. My X will blow it up. Alex Jones to Joe Rogan, 8:17.32 a.m.: I am a new person and do value our old friendship and would like to regain your respect! Alex Jones to Joe Rogan, 8:18.02 a.m.: I am sorry I went to far before and ask you not to hurt me for it… Rogan replies to the texts through a different phone number on the afternoon of Dec. 13, 2019. Joe Rogan to Alex Jones, 4:21.49 p.m: Hey brother you texted my old number. I didn’t say anything bad about you, in fact I gave you credit for being right about a lot of shit including these Chinese monkey pig hybrids. I might have mentioned you drinking, but it was just as an excuse for you. If you don’t want me to mention it again I won’t. Hope all is well. Alex Jones to Joe Rogan, 4:26.50 p.m.: ThanksJones resumed texting Rogan at 8 a.m. the next day, Dec. 14, 2019, sending him Andrew Tate’s contact information, upon Tate’s request. “If you could drop joe a txt and recommend me for his podcast I would appreciate it,” Tate texted Jones earlier that morning. Jones and Tate appear to have dined together the night before, based on other messages they exchanged in the thread. Alex Jones to Joe Rogan, 8:04.33 a.m.: I have known this guy a few years. He lives in Transylvania and is a really good guest. He is a long time fan of yours and said in the past you followed him on Twitter. Joe Rogan to Alex Jones, 12:54.51 p.m: Yeah he’s been trying to get on my podcast for a while. I’m way over booked right now.
PEIPolitical 🇨🇦@peipolitical.bsky.social · 3w ago

Miller: "It's not a coincidence that when you look at these violent Antifa demonstrations not one of the people that is demonstrating looks like a normal person. Not one looks normal. They're all deformed in some way in their appearance, in their dress, in their mannerism." #cdnpoli

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3w ago

The documents that Trump released and endorsed clearly validate and detail a massive Russian intelligence service operation to elect Donald Trump of which he and his entourage were aware and in which they knowingly participated. Russiagate is real, we learn.

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Aleksandra Vaca@transiticsnews.com · 3w ago

1. After pushing anti-trans laws to ‘protect women’s sports’, Project 2025’s Heritage Foundation now wants women’s sports gone to ‘assist fertility.’ Turns out it was about women’s sports all along—if getting rid of women's sports counts, that is.

After Pushing Anti-Trans Laws to ‘Protect Women’s Sports’, Project 2025’s Heritage Foundation Now Wants Women’s Sports Gone to ‘Assist Fertility’

Turns out it was about women’s sports all along—if getting rid of women's sports counts, that is.

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