Ren
@renboyle.bsky.social
Writer and reader. I like making stuff. Obsessed with Watergate.
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Lil' comic about hope and longing 💗
January 21, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Lil' comic about hope and longing 💗
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congratulations to rogue bus guy on the new job
INBOX: Air Force One (tail number 29000), which was carrying President Trump from Washington, D.C. to Davos, Switzerland, appears to be turning back. (h/t @PollTracker2024/X)
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January 21, 2026 at 3:40 AM
congratulations to rogue bus guy on the new job
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We've met the Virgin and Java is up ahead. 🐋📖
January 20, 2026 at 6:03 PM
We've met the Virgin and Java is up ahead. 🐋📖
Okay wait what--"the predestined day"? I don't remember anything about a predestined meeting with virginity??? 🐋📖
January 20, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Okay wait what--"the predestined day"? I don't remember anything about a predestined meeting with virginity??? 🐋📖
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COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows
Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
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January 19, 2026 at 4:06 PM
COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
Yesterday I got very busy catching up on Traitors (it's important!) and so I didn't finish my reading or write a poem. So almost-double-duty today. 🐋📖
January 19, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Yesterday I got very busy catching up on Traitors (it's important!) and so I didn't finish my reading or write a poem. So almost-double-duty today. 🐋📖
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January 19, 2026 at 4:38 AM
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The Cock Lane ghost in Ch. 69 is a reference to a scam that fooled many in the public until it was ultimately disproved by a commission that included Dr. Johnson. 🐋📖 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cock_La...
Cock Lane ghost - Wikipedia
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January 18, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The Cock Lane ghost in Ch. 69 is a reference to a scam that fooled many in the public until it was ultimately disproved by a commission that included Dr. Johnson. 🐋📖 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cock_La...
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I like the genre of posts where someone shares a video of a little old lady in Minnesota going “oh gosh, I sure hope those boys don’t freeze” and all the replies are people saying “that’s Minnesotan for I’m going to feast on your bones in Valhalla”
January 18, 2026 at 1:33 AM
I like the genre of posts where someone shares a video of a little old lady in Minnesota going “oh gosh, I sure hope those boys don’t freeze” and all the replies are people saying “that’s Minnesotan for I’m going to feast on your bones in Valhalla”
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January 17, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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This one is pretty relevant today. 🐋📖
There's a helpful diagram of the Pequod, labeled with the nautical terms 🐋📖
January 17, 2026 at 6:14 PM
This one is pretty relevant today. 🐋📖
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Close-up on the boat, including the crotch. 🐋📖
January 17, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Close-up on the boat, including the crotch. 🐋📖
I'm real hungry but a cat just lay down in my lap and she's very purry.
January 17, 2026 at 4:49 PM
I'm real hungry but a cat just lay down in my lap and she's very purry.
Okay, enough horrors, time for a respite aboard a doomed whaler. 🐋📖
January 17, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Okay, enough horrors, time for a respite aboard a doomed whaler. 🐋📖
After I posted this I thought of 2-3 ways to improve it a ton, but I remain committed to the unedited poems plan, so here it still is. 🐋📖
January 17, 2026 at 4:01 PM
After I posted this I thought of 2-3 ways to improve it a ton, but I remain committed to the unedited poems plan, so here it still is. 🐋📖
A very wells for boys poem. 🐋📖
January 16, 2026 at 4:43 PM
A very wells for boys poem. 🐋📖
My phone has been absolute shit recently and is getting worse, so just know that if i didn't like your post I actually did but it didn't stick, and if I didn't reply to your bad take, I tried and it would've been *devastating*
January 16, 2026 at 2:56 PM
My phone has been absolute shit recently and is getting worse, so just know that if i didn't like your post I actually did but it didn't stick, and if I didn't reply to your bad take, I tried and it would've been *devastating*
Just reposting because I don't think the bigger thread always shows up for everyone. 🐋📖
January 16, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Just reposting because I don't think the bigger thread always shows up for everyone. 🐋📖
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Everyone has their haters. You don't need to be one of them, bro. Give yourself a damn break. You're doing what you can.
January 14, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Everyone has their haters. You don't need to be one of them, bro. Give yourself a damn break. You're doing what you can.
I could do without seeing my face whenever I open this godforsaken site, on top of all the horrors.
January 15, 2026 at 11:47 PM
I could do without seeing my face whenever I open this godforsaken site, on top of all the horrors.
Can't stop thinking about the whale 🐋📖
January 15, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Can't stop thinking about the whale 🐋📖
Is the Town-Ho the first glimpse we get of Moby-Dick? It is, right? Very interesting that this first look happens in a third-hand retelling of a story that feels, uh, dubious at best. And the only bad guy of the story is also the only one who dies. 🐋📖
January 15, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Is the Town-Ho the first glimpse we get of Moby-Dick? It is, right? Very interesting that this first look happens in a third-hand retelling of a story that feels, uh, dubious at best. And the only bad guy of the story is also the only one who dies. 🐋📖
Higher than Jesus, even!
January 15, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Higher than Jesus, even!
"The ivory pequod" I hadn't realized it, but of course all those weird teeth make the ship white as well. (White for a ship, anyway.) 🐋📖
January 14, 2026 at 2:18 PM
"The ivory pequod" I hadn't realized it, but of course all those weird teeth make the ship white as well. (White for a ship, anyway.) 🐋📖
I was struck by the image of Queequeg holding up his lamp in the dark 🐋📖
January 13, 2026 at 11:22 PM
I was struck by the image of Queequeg holding up his lamp in the dark 🐋📖