@lesterryan.bsky.social

Raised on Star Wars, Star Trek, Mr. Rogers, Sesame Street, Reading Rainbow, and video games. Oh and I attempt to teach teenagers science.

I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.

it’s never a great sign for your society when all the competent people who believe in doing a good job for the sake of it conclude that they’re actively being punished for these qualities, while malignantly stupid criminals are making bank

Cheryl Reeve, winningest coach in WNBA history, defends transgender athletes against sports bans. “Exclusion is never the answer. Separate isn’t equal. Trans lives matter.” 💗🏳️‍⚧️💗🏀💗

Reporter: Isn’t there concern that this slippery slope to socialism inevitably ends up as full-blown communism? AOC: They want to call everything they don’t like communist because if people actually wake up to the fact that their elected officials are screwing them over when they get here

May daughter and I are watching LOTR about an hour at a time. Today Gandalf died in Morria. She starts crying and goes “this is such a dumb movie”. Took every bit of me not to spoil it. Can’t wait until he returns to see her reaction.

El-Sayed: Shouldn't be this hard to pay your taxes and know that that money is going to be spent on you rather than to drop bombs on somebody else and their kids

Fascism is here. If you’re not alarmed you’re not paying attention. “Left-wing political terrorism” will mean those who oppose the regime — while actual right-wing extremism is allowed to grow and thrive. We are very far off the cliff, folks.

Kids today are weak. A little smoke in the air and everything is cancelled. My parents took me out to eat and wouldn’t care if we ended up in the smoking section. (Puffs off asthma inhaler)