Ryan Ray

@ryanrayfla.bsky.social

Tallahassee Dems Chair & City Commission aide. Host of Tropical Depression— Patreon.com/tropicaldepression

2 Chainz sampled Tom Lehrer's The Old Dope Peddler 60 years after it had been recorded. Lehrer's response to the license request: "As sole copyright owner of 'The Old Dope Peddler', I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?" RIP TOM

New episode is out everywhere! We talked with @kentwascom.bsky.social about The Great State of West Florida — a thrilling Western featuring duels for control of the Gulf Coast — and how it relates to the Florida of today. Listen to Tropical Depression on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3Sd6ldG...

Tropical Depression

Podcast · Tropical Depression · A podcast for the Other Florida. Florida-pilled stories and interviews. Hosted by Ryan Ray It's only rain.

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Hugely interesting County meeting on now. Discussion included funding 2 fire stations as brand-new Blueprint infrastructure projects. “Why not?” amid big increases Maybe the most momentum 4 substantial changes to re-prioritize BP infrastructure fund side since Doak/Welaunee era

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Hugely interesting County meeting on now. Discussion included funding 2 fire stations as brand-new Blueprint infrastructure projects. “Why not?” amid big increases Maybe the most momentum substantial changes to re-prioritize BP infrastructure funding side since Doak/Welaunee era

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The big upshot here is that media criticism is good and very important, but some of the media criticisms that get traction on here don’t appear to grapple with the complicated, decentralized machinations of the modern media ecosystem — particularly print news.

Jack Jenkins@jackjenkins.me · last yr.

FWIW, I’m not even sure if the latter part of this is true — I.e., that NYTimes readers include an elite audience who, were the Times to write differently, would alter how they wield their power and influence. It’s an extremely difficult thing to prove one way or another, but I remain skeptical.