James Ryan
@jimryanor.bsky.social
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It’s not simply doing this, or doing it without congressional approval, or doing it without explanation of risks, or doing it without declaration of war, or doing it on behalf of an ally mid-genocide. It’s the fickleness that suggests what’s to come.
Rule, war, death by his whim.
Rule, war, death by his whim.
June 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
It’s not simply doing this, or doing it without congressional approval, or doing it without explanation of risks, or doing it without declaration of war, or doing it on behalf of an ally mid-genocide. It’s the fickleness that suggests what’s to come.
Rule, war, death by his whim.
Rule, war, death by his whim.
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How long can this sticking-his-fingers-in-his-ears-singing-la-la-la-can't-hear-you-at-the-top-of-his-lungs approach persist!?!?
He was a human rights lawyer for goodness sake. It's embarrassing.
He was a human rights lawyer for goodness sake. It's embarrassing.
Sir Keir Starmer refuses to say whether 'genocide' is taking place in Gaza following UN warning
Sir Keir Starmer refuses to say whether 'genocide' is taking place in Gaza following UN warning
Sir Keir Starmer has refused to say whether Israel is committing genocide in Gaza following warnings from a top UN official.
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May 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
How long can this sticking-his-fingers-in-his-ears-singing-la-la-la-can't-hear-you-at-the-top-of-his-lungs approach persist!?!?
He was a human rights lawyer for goodness sake. It's embarrassing.
He was a human rights lawyer for goodness sake. It's embarrassing.
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I love that the Pulitzer site is straight up like "Yeah, she won because she's so fearless that she quit her job over censorship," and WaPo is still like "Look! We won!" and just acting oblivious to how this makes them look.
May 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I love that the Pulitzer site is straight up like "Yeah, she won because she's so fearless that she quit her job over censorship," and WaPo is still like "Look! We won!" and just acting oblivious to how this makes them look.
Great thread talking about historical bread adulteration practices
So this is exactly what I mean. Not trying to dump on this specific person, but the idea that “bread” 100 years ago was pristine wheat and yeast is just not true.
May 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Great thread talking about historical bread adulteration practices
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This reads like bad improv. He's blocking his scene partner and his scene partner is reality
This reads like bad improv. He's blocking his scene partner and his scene partner is reality
Read the Full Transcript of Trump’s ‘100 Days’ Interview
President Trump discussed his trade war and the economy, immigration, presidential power, and more
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April 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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This reads like bad improv. He's blocking his scene partner and his scene partner is reality
This reads like bad improv. He's blocking his scene partner and his scene partner is reality
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Ahead of my book on the history of Russia's Illegals programme coming out next week, here's a taste in Guardian Longread form.
‘I am not who you think I am’: how a deep-cover KGB spy recruited his own son
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...
‘I am not who you think I am’: how a deep-cover KGB spy recruited his own son
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...
‘I am not who you think I am’: how a deep-cover KGB spy recruited his own son
The long read: For the first time, the man the KGB codenamed ‘the Inheritor’ tells his story
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Ahead of my book on the history of Russia's Illegals programme coming out next week, here's a taste in Guardian Longread form.
‘I am not who you think I am’: how a deep-cover KGB spy recruited his own son
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...
‘I am not who you think I am’: how a deep-cover KGB spy recruited his own son
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...
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The decision to use an image of a Gaza protest as the representative image of a British ‘civil war’ when there were literal race riots and proto-pogroms in the streets less than a year ago is one of those editorial choices that says far more than the article itself possibly could.
Sure, but this type of shit is the illogical conclusion if you believe e.g. people voted out Jonathan Ashcroft due to sectarian hatred, or that millions of people are angry about the destruction of Gaza due to racial animus, and that none of this is compatible with “Britishness”.
April 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The decision to use an image of a Gaza protest as the representative image of a British ‘civil war’ when there were literal race riots and proto-pogroms in the streets less than a year ago is one of those editorial choices that says far more than the article itself possibly could.
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NEW 🧵
A quick thread of charts showing how Trump’s economic agenda is going so far:
1) US consumers are reacting very very negatively.
These are the worst ratings for any US government’s economic policy since records began.
A quick thread of charts showing how Trump’s economic agenda is going so far:
1) US consumers are reacting very very negatively.
These are the worst ratings for any US government’s economic policy since records began.
April 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
NEW 🧵
A quick thread of charts showing how Trump’s economic agenda is going so far:
1) US consumers are reacting very very negatively.
These are the worst ratings for any US government’s economic policy since records began.
A quick thread of charts showing how Trump’s economic agenda is going so far:
1) US consumers are reacting very very negatively.
These are the worst ratings for any US government’s economic policy since records began.
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Pour one out for the Reuters intern who has confused a Scandinavian airline with Britain’s elite military unit
March 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Pour one out for the Reuters intern who has confused a Scandinavian airline with Britain’s elite military unit