Ryan L
@realarthurtea.bsky.social
Psychoanalytic wagwit • Grumprock pickleherring • Blues-based • Idiot
Bring on the transference. #hardmodtherapist
January 19, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Bring on the transference. #hardmodtherapist
I, a sixth-generation Californian, am fine with this.
More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
January 17, 2026 at 6:56 PM
I, a sixth-generation Californian, am fine with this.
Local record shop is hiring a weekend cashier, and Ryan needs money, so what the hell, I applied. Fun to write a “non-professional” cover letter pretty much bluntly saying why they should hire me, one reason being “I know for a fact you have a record I play on in stock right now.”
Spinal Tap – Gimme Some Money – Full HD Music Video
YouTube video by Things Occasionally
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January 17, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Local record shop is hiring a weekend cashier, and Ryan needs money, so what the hell, I applied. Fun to write a “non-professional” cover letter pretty much bluntly saying why they should hire me, one reason being “I know for a fact you have a record I play on in stock right now.”
Caught the beginning of a sports game tonight. National anthem was being sung, showed shots of the standing crowd, some with their hands reverently over their hearts, some just apathetically on their feet doing their due diligence. Took me a minute to realize there were multiple camera angles…
January 10, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Caught the beginning of a sports game tonight. National anthem was being sung, showed shots of the standing crowd, some with their hands reverently over their hearts, some just apathetically on their feet doing their due diligence. Took me a minute to realize there were multiple camera angles…
K: What’s the time?
Me: IT’S TIME TO GET ILL!
K:
Me: It’s 8:04.
Me: IT’S TIME TO GET ILL!
K:
Me: It’s 8:04.
January 8, 2026 at 4:07 PM
K: What’s the time?
Me: IT’S TIME TO GET ILL!
K:
Me: It’s 8:04.
Me: IT’S TIME TO GET ILL!
K:
Me: It’s 8:04.
As a sober alcoholic, I always tend to roll my eyes a bit at “Dry January” resolutions or the (to me) flippant use of the word “sober”when speaking abt how difficult it is,so I appreciate how this thread reframes it & encourages a critical recalibration of the role of alcohol in one’s (social) life.
🧵 Drinking less in the new year.
I've seen online and in my personal life that many people are setting New Year's Resolutions to drink less or quit drinking altogether.
A few thoughts from a therapist's perspective:
I've seen online and in my personal life that many people are setting New Year's Resolutions to drink less or quit drinking altogether.
A few thoughts from a therapist's perspective:
January 4, 2026 at 10:25 PM
As a sober alcoholic, I always tend to roll my eyes a bit at “Dry January” resolutions or the (to me) flippant use of the word “sober”when speaking abt how difficult it is,so I appreciate how this thread reframes it & encourages a critical recalibration of the role of alcohol in one’s (social) life.
This implies the existence of Sperm Donors I-IX
January 4, 2026 at 7:31 PM
This implies the existence of Sperm Donors I-IX
My partner does not find this cover funny, it would seem.
January 2, 2026 at 2:34 AM
My partner does not find this cover funny, it would seem.
Landlord implemented an app to collect rent. I’ll eventually be forced to switch over, but for now, I still have plenty of stamps, envelopes, & checks & will derive great enjoyment in making that fuck have to rely on the post office & take extra steps himself to get my money. New year, same me.
Let's Lynch the Landlord
YouTube video by Dead Kennedys - Topic
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January 1, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Landlord implemented an app to collect rent. I’ll eventually be forced to switch over, but for now, I still have plenty of stamps, envelopes, & checks & will derive great enjoyment in making that fuck have to rely on the post office & take extra steps himself to get my money. New year, same me.
See you on the other side 🤙
December 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
See you on the other side 🤙
Scene from my third annual hyper-Berkeley xmas eve tradition of Sam Rudin’s “Merry Christmas From a Jewish Atheist Pianist,” doing his staple gospel rendition of “Silent Night.”
December 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Scene from my third annual hyper-Berkeley xmas eve tradition of Sam Rudin’s “Merry Christmas From a Jewish Atheist Pianist,” doing his staple gospel rendition of “Silent Night.”
Hard mod therapist, in case you were wondering.
The Psychology of Fashion
Our garments offer glimpses of the unconscious; we may also choose them because they feel nothing like us—because they allow us, briefly, to become someone else.
www.newyorker.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Hard mod therapist, in case you were wondering.
Making sure @the-mel-jar.bsky.social ‘s piece makes the rounds on this side of the Split too.
"Kill Your Darlings": analysis, diagnosis, countertransference, and the Imaginary
Or, perhaps why Lacan said: “There is only one resistance, the resistance of the analyst."
themeljar.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Making sure @the-mel-jar.bsky.social ‘s piece makes the rounds on this side of the Split too.
Five consecutive days off this week. Haven’t had five consecutive days off since 2018 (not counting two eras of unemployed no-thingness). Paying for it with two packed days of patients starting tomorrow though.
Bee Gees Holiday 1967) [High Quality Stereo Sound, Subtitled]
YouTube video by OSWALDO ORDONEZ
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Five consecutive days off this week. Haven’t had five consecutive days off since 2018 (not counting two eras of unemployed no-thingness). Paying for it with two packed days of patients starting tomorrow though.
What was America in 1992 but a Badfish?
December 18, 2025 at 5:55 AM
What was America in 1992 but a Badfish?
Brunch with gf’s family. Everybody having nice, normal conversations about work and holiday plans and stuff. I am only capable of meaningful conversation with 15-year-old nephew about prog rock and System of a Down.
December 15, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Brunch with gf’s family. Everybody having nice, normal conversations about work and holiday plans and stuff. I am only capable of meaningful conversation with 15-year-old nephew about prog rock and System of a Down.
I misinterpreted this at first and thought Sluggo was writing inscrutable calculus equations at the end, implying that he preferred the fantasy of his teacher to the real attention he might get from her. Maybe still true: hard to imagine him taking the initiative to write anything on the board.
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
December 11,1939
December 11,1939
December 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I misinterpreted this at first and thought Sluggo was writing inscrutable calculus equations at the end, implying that he preferred the fantasy of his teacher to the real attention he might get from her. Maybe still true: hard to imagine him taking the initiative to write anything on the board.
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caveman: i never got closure with my family
therapist: yeah, you got FROZURE!
caveman:
therapist: as in "froze your" ass off for sixty thousand years
caveman:
therapist:
caveman: also i'm afraid of cars
therapist: yeah, you got FROZURE!
caveman:
therapist: as in "froze your" ass off for sixty thousand years
caveman:
therapist:
caveman: also i'm afraid of cars
December 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
caveman: i never got closure with my family
therapist: yeah, you got FROZURE!
caveman:
therapist: as in "froze your" ass off for sixty thousand years
caveman:
therapist:
caveman: also i'm afraid of cars
therapist: yeah, you got FROZURE!
caveman:
therapist: as in "froze your" ass off for sixty thousand years
caveman:
therapist:
caveman: also i'm afraid of cars
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Reposted by Ryan L
An AI therapist will know you about as well as Spotify Wrapped.
December 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
An AI therapist will know you about as well as Spotify Wrapped.
At the immersive Alan Watts experience at the Chabot Space & Science Center
December 5, 2025 at 6:57 AM
At the immersive Alan Watts experience at the Chabot Space & Science Center
This wrapped is cooler
December 5, 2025 at 3:47 AM
This wrapped is cooler
