Clay Ranck
@clayranck.bsky.social
political junkie | Texafornian | purveyor of random information | reposts may or may not be semi-endorsements of content contained therein | all posts are off the record
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This is what “welcome the stranger” looks like.
More of this, please. The folks in this grassroots group are heroes.
Haven Watch lives by the promise, “No One Walks Alone.” Day or night, they show up. When people are released from ICE detention, volunteers meet them in the cold, disoriented, and exhausted.
Beautiful and devastating all at once.
Haven Watch lives by the promise, “No One Walks Alone.” Day or night, they show up. When people are released from ICE detention, volunteers meet them in the cold, disoriented, and exhausted.
Beautiful and devastating all at once.
February 19, 2026 at 9:36 PM
This is what “welcome the stranger” looks like.
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I legitimately still cannot believe Gladwell wrote this statement, like how tf does he think baseball got over there?
February 19, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I legitimately still cannot believe Gladwell wrote this statement, like how tf does he think baseball got over there?
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This is indeed a very thorough piece on the engineering and environmental ramifications of orbital data centers.
Too many “journalists” take the word of CEOs like Musk uncritically, Igor certainly doesn’t.
Too many “journalists” take the word of CEOs like Musk uncritically, Igor certainly doesn’t.
Really proud of the amount of work that went into this piece, and thankful to people like @astro-kevin.com for being so generous of their time. www.engadget.com/ai/orbital-a...
Orbital AI data centers could work, but they might ruin Earth in the process
If executed at the scale, Musk's orbital data center plan could have devastating effects on the environment and the sustainability of low Earth Earth orbit.
www.engadget.com
February 19, 2026 at 6:49 PM
This is indeed a very thorough piece on the engineering and environmental ramifications of orbital data centers.
Too many “journalists” take the word of CEOs like Musk uncritically, Igor certainly doesn’t.
Too many “journalists” take the word of CEOs like Musk uncritically, Igor certainly doesn’t.
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0-3 minutes / 3+ minutes
February 19, 2026 at 6:04 PM
0-3 minutes / 3+ minutes
Ben is definitely not mad that Bluesky is talking about how he got mad.
February 19, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Ben is definitely not mad that Bluesky is talking about how he got mad.
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Reminder for people who might forget: Ryan is one of the journalists who used a white supremacist as a source for that Mamdani college application story, without revealing that the source was a white supremacist, which is fucking relevant to the privacy breach in the story!!
Benjamin Ryan openly admits that his reporting on trans issues is animated by personal bias against someone who was mean to him online. Ben is not capable of reporting on this issue objectively, and yet the New York Times and other outlets repeatedly let him do just that.
February 19, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Reminder for people who might forget: Ryan is one of the journalists who used a white supremacist as a source for that Mamdani college application story, without revealing that the source was a white supremacist, which is fucking relevant to the privacy breach in the story!!
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And this is why I honestly think young people should be encouraged to play the most toxic online multiplayer games in existence (CoD, DOTA, etc). We have a literal epidemic of working professionals who melt into a puddle of warm liquid the second someone calls them a bitch on the internet.
Benjamin Ryan openly admits that his reporting on trans issues is animated by personal bias against someone who was mean to him online. Ben is not capable of reporting on this issue objectively, and yet the New York Times and other outlets repeatedly let him do just that.
February 19, 2026 at 6:12 PM
And this is why I honestly think young people should be encouraged to play the most toxic online multiplayer games in existence (CoD, DOTA, etc). We have a literal epidemic of working professionals who melt into a puddle of warm liquid the second someone calls them a bitch on the internet.
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The President is taking a *pre-noon* nap. In public. At his big event. On World Peace. This will go mostly unremarked upon outside here. Meanwhile, the commentary class thinks it deeply important to inform you that AOC said "uhm" a few times in response to a question on the same topic a few days ago
more than two hours into this "Board of Peace" meeting, we are now enduring random world leader open mic time and Trump's eyes are closed
February 19, 2026 at 4:41 PM
The President is taking a *pre-noon* nap. In public. At his big event. On World Peace. This will go mostly unremarked upon outside here. Meanwhile, the commentary class thinks it deeply important to inform you that AOC said "uhm" a few times in response to a question on the same topic a few days ago
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Benjamin Ryan is a revolting transphobic cry-bully, he is NOT a journalist.
Benjamin Ryan openly admits that his reporting on trans issues is animated by personal bias against someone who was mean to him online. Ben is not capable of reporting on this issue objectively, and yet the New York Times and other outlets repeatedly let him do just that.
February 19, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Benjamin Ryan is a revolting transphobic cry-bully, he is NOT a journalist.
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Sometimes in the course of being Online, people with marginalized identities are gonna behave uncharitably toward you, possibly even in a situation where you deserved the benefit of the doubt.
You need to be able to deal with this without letting it warp your world view toward that group of people.
You need to be able to deal with this without letting it warp your world view toward that group of people.
Benjamin Ryan openly admits that his reporting on trans issues is animated by personal bias against someone who was mean to him online. Ben is not capable of reporting on this issue objectively, and yet the New York Times and other outlets repeatedly let him do just that.
February 19, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Sometimes in the course of being Online, people with marginalized identities are gonna behave uncharitably toward you, possibly even in a situation where you deserved the benefit of the doubt.
You need to be able to deal with this without letting it warp your world view toward that group of people.
You need to be able to deal with this without letting it warp your world view toward that group of people.
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LMAO what a little shitbag liar, I explicitly disproved Benjamin Ryan’s claims and he *blocked me*.
Benjamin Ryan has now blocked me after I specifically engaged the "evidence" he provided to falsely claim that a thousand youth trans surgeries are performed every year.
What a sad little man.
What a sad little man.
February 19, 2026 at 3:26 PM
LMAO what a little shitbag liar, I explicitly disproved Benjamin Ryan’s claims and he *blocked me*.
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I wish Dems would talk about the reality of trans sports bans instead of letting Republicans frame the issue as if it’s big, burly men brutalizing young girls. bsky.app/profile/clay...
This story always sticks with me. The only trans “athlete” in Kentucky when the state banned trans kids from sports was a 13 year old who just wanted to play field hockey with her friends. archive.ph/2022.08.25-1...
archive.ph
February 19, 2026 at 3:13 AM
I wish Dems would talk about the reality of trans sports bans instead of letting Republicans frame the issue as if it’s big, burly men brutalizing young girls. bsky.app/profile/clay...
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saying in 2022 that researchers were discouraged from studying detransitioners is a ridiculous claim
Benjamin Ryan openly admits that his reporting on trans issues is animated by personal bias against someone who was mean to him online. Ben is not capable of reporting on this issue objectively, and yet the New York Times and other outlets repeatedly let him do just that.
February 19, 2026 at 1:03 PM
saying in 2022 that researchers were discouraged from studying detransitioners is a ridiculous claim
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Another great example of a journalist getting rightfully criticized for saying something ignorant and perceiving it as persecution and radicalizing.
It's a complete reversal of who's the perpetrator and who's the victim of harm.
It's a complete reversal of who's the perpetrator and who's the victim of harm.
Benjamin Ryan openly admits that his reporting on trans issues is animated by personal bias against someone who was mean to him online. Ben is not capable of reporting on this issue objectively, and yet the New York Times and other outlets repeatedly let him do just that.
February 19, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Another great example of a journalist getting rightfully criticized for saying something ignorant and perceiving it as persecution and radicalizing.
It's a complete reversal of who's the perpetrator and who's the victim of harm.
It's a complete reversal of who's the perpetrator and who's the victim of harm.
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I still think about Ivanka asking her dad not to date girls younger than her when she was 17.
February 19, 2026 at 7:13 AM
I still think about Ivanka asking her dad not to date girls younger than her when she was 17.
I still think about Ivanka asking her dad not to date girls younger than her when she was 17.
February 19, 2026 at 7:13 AM
I still think about Ivanka asking her dad not to date girls younger than her when she was 17.
Mikaela Shiffrin’s skiing is just absolutely beautiful. Unbelievable technique.
February 19, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Mikaela Shiffrin’s skiing is just absolutely beautiful. Unbelievable technique.
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Imagine hopping in your Delorean and seeing this post
totally forgot the bulwark folks are in town, if any of the @thebulwark.com people want to go on ice patrol tomorrow, let me know. @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social I know you have the heart of an antifascist warrior
February 19, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Imagine hopping in your Delorean and seeing this post
Jon Cryer just reposted this and I’m feeling pretty cool right now.
February 19, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Jon Cryer just reposted this and I’m feeling pretty cool right now.
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The thing with Prison Abolition is we already had a world without prisons, and, generally, one of two things happened when someone committed a crime: You were sent to the gallows, or banished. If you came back after being banished? You were sent to the gallows.
February 19, 2026 at 1:23 AM
The thing with Prison Abolition is we already had a world without prisons, and, generally, one of two things happened when someone committed a crime: You were sent to the gallows, or banished. If you came back after being banished? You were sent to the gallows.
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The fact that it could be real 😭😭😭
February 19, 2026 at 12:51 AM
The fact that it could be real 😭😭😭
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Full Metal Muppet
Tinker Tailor Soldier Muppet
It’s a muppet muppet muppet muppet world.
February 19, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Full Metal Muppet
Tinker Tailor Soldier Muppet
It’s a muppet muppet muppet muppet world.
A Muppet is Born
February 19, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Tinker Tailor Soldier Muppet
Anti-trans activists like Helen Lewis have to tell lies in order to make it seem like the left is responsible for making trans rights a political issue. The NC bathroom bill passed in March of 2016, not May. The Obama administration was responding to that.
February 18, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Anti-trans activists like Helen Lewis have to tell lies in order to make it seem like the left is responsible for making trans rights a political issue. The NC bathroom bill passed in March of 2016, not May. The Obama administration was responding to that.