Ryan Roat
@ryanroat.bsky.social
You are likely to be eaten by a grue. find me on mastodon at ryanroat@jawns.club as well
We can't hold Brent Taylor accountable for his behavior. He was a child of only 53, for God's sake!
Indivisible ❌👑@indivisible.org · 6h agoGOP nominee Brent Taylor (TN-09) confirmed he sexually harassed multiple women as recently as 2021, sending unsolicited nude photos of himself. He described the photos as "youthful indiscretions," but we know that digitally-facilitated sexual harassment is never excusable, at 53 or any age.
A Democratic Party mega donor is just a person who will eventually face a 90% top marginal tax rate.
Using your brain is becoming a status symbol. The elite want this for themselves and their kids. Your kids can make do with robot teachers and slop.
Anna Kornbluh@annakornbluh.bsky.social · 7h ago“At Harvard, students are clamoring for a class that assigns a hefty book a week, requires regular essays, bans digital devices. Humanities 10 drew 180 applicants for just 90 spots this fall. Students expressed urge to be forced to think for themselves in the age of AI." www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ha...
A reminder to the casual legal followers that Stanley Woodward is the asshole they trot out to sign off on all the batshit crazy stuff no one else at DOJ is willing to put their name to.
Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5h agoBREAKING: In a filing signed by Stanley Woodward (No. 3 at DOJ), DOJ asserts that the Department of Interior is "working to develop a plan to implement" Trump's directive that the East Potomac Golf Course be closed by Nov. 15. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Things JD can’t do: 1. Handle fireworks 2. Order donuts 3. Avoid intercourse with couches
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h ago"There were like 35 Secret Service agents and 25 staffers who knew what I dipshit I was" -- JD Vance, campaigning in North Carolina, tells a deeply weird story about how he was playing with fireworks with his kids a few days ago and let one explode in his hand, burning his fingers 😳
"My largely pro bono year as an Internet Girl" Damn this is fire, im gonna use this to fill the gap on my resume
Fat Apollo, baby!@fatapollo.myatproto.social · 7h ago
This means that Brett Favre stole from one in four Mississippians.
Scott Colom@scolom.bsky.social · 2d agoOne in four Mississippians rely on Medicaid. Let that sink in. Now think about what $1 trillion in cuts means for our families, hospitals and communities. Cindy Hyde-Smith voted in favor of that.
@kristenkurtis.bsky.social Yes, I just submitted my ten. Thanks for playing Mama Cass this morning. The song really does make me think of Lost every time. At some point Amy & I attended a Preston & Steve viewing party, but I can't remember if it was for this epsiode. PS Have a great trip/vacation.
Tomorrow is the last day to vote for our annual XPN countdown - I'm going to need someone to vote for Limp Bizkit's "Take a Look Around" because I forgot. xpn.org/885-countdow...
Vote for the 885 Greatest Songs from Movies & TV!
The 885 Countdown is back… to the future! Ok, sorry for that ham-fisted reference. But it is relevant to this year’s countdown theme! (Back to the Future Part III takes place in 1885.) We’re asking yo...
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Jimmy Carr sorry for killing joke Will Smith sorry for smash mouth Louis CK sorry for the strokes Defective peroxide sorry for 4 non blondes Daylight savings sorry for taking back sunday Misogynists sorry for everything but the girl UK beef industry sorry for madness US government sorry for megadeth
"The world’s wealthiest people are not just profiting from the polluting causes of climate breakdown, they are also increasingly cashing in on the catastrophic consequences, according to a study by Oxfam." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Super-rich get ‘double dividend’ from causes and costs of climate crisis, report finds
Oxfam says investing by rich in disaster recovery widens inequality and gives incentive to delay climate action
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"The votes aren't there" is cowardice masked as savviness. There has to be accountability for their crimes. The House has a duty to make the case here and if some GOP senators want to weasel out, make them own that vote. Don't let pundits and "strategists" talk you out of doing your damn job.
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · yesterdayKamala Harris: I think that going in the direction of impeachment is not a good idea. I was in the Senate for the last go-round, and the votes aren’t there. I think after the election, we all have to just also agree that our attitude has to be to get stuff done…
Homepage of the @miamiherald.com with story by @jkbjournalist.bsky.social that mentions rape in the first paragraph. See, it's not so fucking hard. www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Good time to remember that the dark ages were only the dark ages for Europe. The Arab world preserved ancient works for Europe to "rediscover" during the enlightenment.
The US government, which has fucked up the Arab world in countless ways over a century, arguing that Arabs aren't productive enough academically gives really strong Hot Dog Guy energy
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2d agoRFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."
I asked UNH's archivist to create a file of letters protesting the "weeding" of 30% of the library's books. Future researchers need to know faculty did not let the books "go gentle into that good night" (30+ books on Dylan Thomas to be culled). 🗃️ #skystorians www.unionleader.com/opinion/op-e...
Patricia Emison: UNH library plans to discard up to 300,000 ...
UNH’s library plans to discard up to 300,000 volumes, prompting art history professor Patricia Emison to warn that the move could weaken long-term scholarly res...
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You have to really, really, really fucking suck for your 8th grade teacher to come out and shame you like this. Damn.
i am inviting anyone from a legacy media organization to explain to me why the house judiciary dems report on trump’s epstein’s ties and multiple allegations of rape isn’t worthy of extensively reporting on. i’m serious. i want to understand.
He needs to be impeached just for being this stupid. It's embarrassing to have someone this stupid in front of a microphone.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2d agoRFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."
This is not only evidence of a military presence in our streets and cities, but of a hunter-killer, "rabid dog" mentality, tuned for overkill and excessive violence, perfectly aligned with fascism's machismo fantasies of overwhelming force. No wonder ICE shoots and kills people in their path.
Jim Saranteas@jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 2d agoWhile on a train traveling between airport terminals, saw this ICE agent traveling as well, and snapped a photo of his arm patch. If you need evidence that the federal government now has a military presence in America, this is it. #NeverForget #ICE #ncpol
The Nobel Prize is hopelessly corrupt when Donald Trump doesn't win it but an objective measure of intelligence and quality when you're doing race science
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2d agoRFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."
He's hitting the Brett Banditelli Socialist nature arc a little early, but I'll take it.
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 2d agoMayor Mamdani and Councilmember Kayla Santosuosso visited the New York Aquarium to meet some seals and celebrate the impact of the administration’s $2 million investment in the aquarium.
