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Ryan H.

@ryan.blacksky.app

Your friendly neighborhood abolitionist. Educator/Activist/Artist and wildlife photographer. Building towards a care-based world in unarmed response, housing & social/racial justice; writing at https://creating.care linktr.ee/rhenyard

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Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 5h ago

In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname

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Ryan H.@ryan.blacksky.app · 5d ago

I'm proud to share that Reclaiming The Wild, my first solo gallery exhibition, will be opening at the African American Cultural Historical Museum of Washtenaw County @aachm21 8/29! The exhibit will feature some of my favorite encounters with the incredible diversity of wildlife & nature here 🪶📸

Reclaiming the Wild: A solo gallery exhibition of nature and wildlife phtoography by artist, activist and organizer Ryan Henyard. Opening 08.29.26; members-only reception 5-6pm, public reception 6-8pm. 3261 Lohr Road, Ann Arbor MI at the African American Cultural & Historical Museum of Washtenaw County
Sami Schalk@drsamischalk.bsky.social · yesterday

The city of Madison is clearing the Ruiz memorial site right now with cops. Many unhoused folks are sleeping there right now and at risk for harm. If you are local and can get down there, please do ASAP. Help people clear their stuff out and de-escalate. Document the harm. Whatever you can do.

Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 2d ago

When disabled people/many people who work on disability/health pointed to the dangers of this kind of framing since COVID, they were usually mocked ("oh you think everything is eugenics") or ignored. But normalising the idea that the deaths of disabled people are desirable/reassuring is dangerous.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2d ago

Breaking News: Two deaths in Michigan have been linked to cyclospora. Both people who had the parasite also had underlying health issues.

jay@yourpaljay.biz · 2d ago

Ooh! I asked these guys what their deal is a week or so ago when I got one that said, “MSU is coming for us. Little Brother thinks they can out-vote us; show them we win at more than just football.” Here’s their very non-specific website: www.voice-your-vote.org I also had a different question.

Screenshot of iPhone text conversation. Me: Out of pure curiosity are you sending different language to Michigan state fans? Them: I'm not sure -- sorry.
Ryan H.@ryan.blacksky.app · 2d ago

I just got a "don't have trouble with the snap! Make sure to vote in tomorrow's primary" and I just need to have a brief, emphatic conversation with whoever thought this was a good idea to send to Michigan fans

Ryan H.@ryan.blacksky.app · 2d ago

I just got a "don't have trouble with the snap! Make sure to vote in tomorrow's primary" and I just need to have a brief, emphatic conversation with whoever thought this was a good idea to send to Michigan fans

Patrick King@patrickkingart.com · 2d ago

Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve wearing a "Trans Kids Belong" shirt while her team played against (and beat) Sophie Cunningham and the Indiana Fever is such a big "hell yeah fuck you TERFs" moment.

WNBA Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve wearing a "Trans Kids Belong" shirt
Ryan H.@ryan.blacksky.app · 2d ago

Looked at my general progress framing and made the decision to just spring for the fancy acrylic prints for three of my favorites for this show; while it moves things from 'it'd be nice if these sell' to 'oh boy I hope these go home with someone' it definitely takes some of the pressure off

Ryan H.@ryan.blacksky.app · 3d ago

Day 2 of install: I'm in framing hell. I don't have a steady enough hand to cut these very large mats I need correctly, at least with my current gear. Considered going with cheaper frames but one literally disintegrated after removing the cardboard corners, and I had to catch the glass midair

Ryan H.@ryan.blacksky.app · 2d ago

I feel like I recite @tressiemcphd.bsky.social 's "The Institution Cannot Love You, it doesn't have arms to hold you" on a weekly basis but I guess I'll have to include the addendum "and it may be intentionally trying to kill you"

Max Kennerly@maxkennerly.bsky.social · 2d ago

Time to add another formerly respected institution to the garbage pile, this time @aau.edu, which just worked with the Trump admin to endorse resegregation in high education, embedding MAGA fraudsters as faculty, and banning student expression. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Education Secretary Linda McMahon is sending a letter Monday to the leaders of US universities asking them to commit to a slate of campus reforms by the end of 2026 in the Trump administration’s latest effort to overhaul higher education. The letter, which was reviewed by Bloomberg News, asks schools to publicly pledge to make sweeping changes that include reexamining admissions practices, hiring more conservative faculty, cracking down on student protests, combating grade inflation, reducing foreign donations and lowering tuition.
Ryan H.@ryan.blacksky.app · 3d ago

Day 2 of install: I'm in framing hell. I don't have a steady enough hand to cut these very large mats I need correctly, at least with my current gear. Considered going with cheaper frames but one literally disintegrated after removing the cardboard corners, and I had to catch the glass midair

Ryan H.@ryan.blacksky.app · 4d ago

I've got an idea for doing some outdoor displays, but truly at a loss as to where one gets the signage structures! Anyone know if there's a cheap way to make interpretive signs?

Joel D. Anderson@joelanderson.bsky.social · 5d ago

It’s pretty jarring we’ve just come to expect that the feds will lie to us and publicize false information and that there is virtually no consequence for it.

CNN@cnn.com · 5d ago

The Justice Department is admitting that a $14 million renovation on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, was flawed, and is dropping the criminal case against a former Olympian that accused him of damaging the pool, according to a new court filing. https://cnn.it/3RJJnwj

Sarah J. Jackson@sjjphd.bsky.social · 5d ago

I believe this 100%. The moral injury of the period, the grief from not just the too and so many deaths but the kinds of lives we had before, the laying bare of disposability, the non covid deaths it sped, the institutional strain, the collective fear and distrust, the prioritization of work anyway

The Fig Economy@figgityfigs.bsky.social · last wk.

One of my Crank Theories of Everything, at least of Everything in the Recent Past, is that we are dealing (badly) with COVID trauma we’d mostly prefer to pretend never happened.