John Conor Ryan
@johnconorryan.bsky.social
Co-founder: Calx Institute. @calxinstitute.social.bsky
Physicist, writer, learning to play jazz on cello.
Co-steward of https://getdweb.net/principles/ ... values for the Web we deserve.
Physicist, writer, learning to play jazz on cello.
Co-steward of https://getdweb.net/principles/ ... values for the Web we deserve.
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The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult.
January 11, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult.
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"I'm not in Minnesota -- what can I do to help?"
A list of ideas!
A list of ideas!
January 11, 2026 at 10:33 PM
"I'm not in Minnesota -- what can I do to help?"
A list of ideas!
A list of ideas!
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I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
January 11, 2026 at 2:44 AM
I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
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In Minnesota, citizens suddenly recognize that what is described as an immigration enforcement effort is in fact a declaration of war against their state, designed to demoralize and economically cripple it. www.ft.com/content/89f0...
‘Anger, grief and tear gas:’ outrage in Minnesota after ICE shooting
The death of Renée Nicole Good has galvanised opposition to Trump’s militarised immigration crackdown
www.ft.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:40 PM
In Minnesota, citizens suddenly recognize that what is described as an immigration enforcement effort is in fact a declaration of war against their state, designed to demoralize and economically cripple it. www.ft.com/content/89f0...
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This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
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"You think you’re watching a woman drive away with an ICE agent following, then shooting her four times in the face, but what you’re really watching is an ICE agent in fear of his life and acting in self-defense."
What You’re Watching Isn’t What You’re Really Watching
“Federal and local officials dispute the circumstances that led an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer to fatally shoot a 37-year-old woman...
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January 10, 2026 at 2:40 AM
"You think you’re watching a woman drive away with an ICE agent following, then shooting her four times in the face, but what you’re really watching is an ICE agent in fear of his life and acting in self-defense."
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whats missing from all the coverage is that the president is using the military to harass, brutalize and punish areas of the country that didnt vote for him
January 10, 2026 at 2:37 PM
whats missing from all the coverage is that the president is using the military to harass, brutalize and punish areas of the country that didnt vote for him
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We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
January 8, 2026 at 6:38 PM
We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
& this wrap up:
(Vance's) comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel. Our only recourse is to pray for his conversion of heart.
(Vance's) comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel. Our only recourse is to pray for his conversion of heart.
"Vance’s twisted and wrongheaded view of Christianity has been repudiated by two popes. His Catholicism seems to be little more than a political prop, a tool only for his career ambitions and desire for power."
www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...
www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org
January 8, 2026 at 11:00 PM
& this wrap up:
(Vance's) comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel. Our only recourse is to pray for his conversion of heart.
(Vance's) comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel. Our only recourse is to pray for his conversion of heart.
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Pundits insinuating that what Trump just did in Venezuela is part of some larger coherent foreign policy strategy as if he and his toadies are poring over tattered copies of Politics Among Nations drives me nuts. So i wrote this: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Trump’s Mogul-First Model of Diplomacy
The pundits straining to seek coherence in the new interventionist “Donroe doctrine” would do well to look back to Trump’s roots in New York real estate
www.thenation.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Pundits insinuating that what Trump just did in Venezuela is part of some larger coherent foreign policy strategy as if he and his toadies are poring over tattered copies of Politics Among Nations drives me nuts. So i wrote this: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
January 5, 2026 at 3:39 PM
One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
January 4, 2026 at 2:36 AM
During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
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If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?
January 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?
O, that image stings.
Aging is tough; Catherine Hiller offers a guide: "How to Be Old" @oldstermag.bsky.social
(Plus- National Buffet Day)
Musing on maturity: roughlydaily.com/2026/01/02/m...
(Plus- National Buffet Day)
Musing on maturity: roughlydaily.com/2026/01/02/m...
January 2, 2026 at 6:38 PM
O, that image stings.
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A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026
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January 1, 2026 at 5:13 PM
A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026
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Jack Smith in just-released House Committee interview … about Trump:
“The attack that happened at the Capitol … does not happen without him. The other co-conspirators were doing this for his benefit”
youtu.be/1NOVLkzycPI?...
“The attack that happened at the Capitol … does not happen without him. The other co-conspirators were doing this for his benefit”
youtu.be/1NOVLkzycPI?...
Jack Smith in House Cmte interview re: Trump: “Attack.. at the Capitol does not happen without him”
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports
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December 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Jack Smith in just-released House Committee interview … about Trump:
“The attack that happened at the Capitol … does not happen without him. The other co-conspirators were doing this for his benefit”
youtu.be/1NOVLkzycPI?...
“The attack that happened at the Capitol … does not happen without him. The other co-conspirators were doing this for his benefit”
youtu.be/1NOVLkzycPI?...
Long, long ago, I got to play a bit part (thanks to @jpclift.bsky.social ) in the outset of the divestiture campaign against Apartheid.
I wrote it up.
johnconorryan.medium.com/my-minor-rol...
I wrote it up.
johnconorryan.medium.com/my-minor-rol...
My (minor) role in the start of the Anti-Apartheid Movement’s Divestiture Campaign
Introduction
johnconorryan.medium.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Long, long ago, I got to play a bit part (thanks to @jpclift.bsky.social ) in the outset of the divestiture campaign against Apartheid.
I wrote it up.
johnconorryan.medium.com/my-minor-rol...
I wrote it up.
johnconorryan.medium.com/my-minor-rol...
@sarahcpr.bsky.social is brilliant. (But missing on Bluesky)
Christ on a bike, this is brilliant.
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
December 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
@sarahcpr.bsky.social is brilliant. (But missing on Bluesky)
About Ellison and Weiss and so on, and why they're likely to fail. 🧵
Some 20+ years ago, I co-ran a tech strategy company, mostly serving telcos, and new data companies. We had a brilliant lead analyst from the film industry. (Josette Bonte, not here).
Then, telcos wanted in on movies and music.
Some 20+ years ago, I co-ran a tech strategy company, mostly serving telcos, and new data companies. We had a brilliant lead analyst from the film industry. (Josette Bonte, not here).
Then, telcos wanted in on movies and music.
December 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
About Ellison and Weiss and so on, and why they're likely to fail. 🧵
Some 20+ years ago, I co-ran a tech strategy company, mostly serving telcos, and new data companies. We had a brilliant lead analyst from the film industry. (Josette Bonte, not here).
Then, telcos wanted in on movies and music.
Some 20+ years ago, I co-ran a tech strategy company, mostly serving telcos, and new data companies. We had a brilliant lead analyst from the film industry. (Josette Bonte, not here).
Then, telcos wanted in on movies and music.
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CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Deported and Imprisoned Archives
A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
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So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
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Nice 🧵explaining the errors of Yglesias' writings promoting burning fossil fuels. He's so wrong that it's hard to consider the errors are based in utter incompetence instead of actual malice.
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Nice 🧵explaining the errors of Yglesias' writings promoting burning fossil fuels. He's so wrong that it's hard to consider the errors are based in utter incompetence instead of actual malice.
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Ladies and gentleman: The President of the United States
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
December 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Ladies and gentleman: The President of the United States
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
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December 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM