Ron Oakes (He/Him)
@ronboakes.bsky.social
Software Developer/SF fan/TTRPG Player/Con Runner/Self-published Writer.
Am I being cynical to wonder if the Hyundai battery plant was targeted because it was for vehicles that don't burn God's Holy Petroleum?
NYT Gift Article www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
NYT Gift Article www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
South Koreans Swept Up in Immigration Raid at Hyundai E.V. Plant in Georgia
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Am I being cynical to wonder if the Hyundai battery plant was targeted because it was for vehicles that don't burn God's Holy Petroleum?
NYT Gift Article www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
NYT Gift Article www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
Not a surprise, but this proposal from the Heritage Foundation is heteronormative and racist 🐂💩
(Wapo Gift) wapo.st/4p44mG3
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The group behind Project 2025 wants a ‘Manhattan Project’ for more babies
A draft position paper from the Heritage Foundation proposes massive revisions to U.S. economic policy to encourage heterosexual married couples to have more children.
wapo.st
September 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Not a surprise, but this proposal from the Heritage Foundation is heteronormative and racist 🐂💩
(Wapo Gift) wapo.st/4p44mG3
(Wapo Gift) wapo.st/4p44mG3
Parents, leave the state of Florida NOW. They want to kill your children, even if they are not LGBTQIA+
Explore this gift article from The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
Florida Says It Plans to End All Vaccine Mandates
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Parents, leave the state of Florida NOW. They want to kill your children, even if they are not LGBTQIA+
Explore this gift article from The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
The EFF confirms what I suspected about DearLeader's AI orders: He wants the government to have even worse LMM biases:
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
President Trump’s War on “Woke AI” Is a Civil Liberties Nightmare
A new executive order called “Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government,” released alongside the AI Action Plan, seeks to strong-arm AI companies into modifying their models to conform with the Tru...
www.eff.org
September 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The EFF confirms what I suspected about DearLeader's AI orders: He wants the government to have even worse LMM biases:
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Wyoming is putting bounties on websites that parents (read ultra-conservative) parents find "obscene"
From the EFF:
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
From the EFF:
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
From Book Bans to Internet Bans: Wyoming Lets Parents Control the Whole State’s Access to The Internet
If you've read about the sudden appearance of age verification across the internet in the UK and thought it would never happen in the U.S., take note: many politicians want the same or even more stric...
www.eff.org
September 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Wyoming is putting bounties on websites that parents (read ultra-conservative) parents find "obscene"
From the EFF:
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
From the EFF:
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Border Patrol arrested firefighters as they were battling a wildfire
August 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Border Patrol arrested firefighters as they were battling a wildfire
BrainWorm wants to make me healthy by making the lying liar in my head louder, which will do the opposite.
But he’s bought into the same lie as the not a Church of Scientology, that they are evil.
🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
But he’s bought into the same lie as the not a Church of Scientology, that they are evil.
🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
August 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
BrainWorm wants to make me healthy by making the lying liar in my head louder, which will do the opposite.
But he’s bought into the same lie as the not a Church of Scientology, that they are evil.
🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
But he’s bought into the same lie as the not a Church of Scientology, that they are evil.
🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
Well, apparently, if you work for the federal government, you don't have the right to criticize the federal government:
(Gift Article)
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(Gift Article)
wapo.st/45C4h4U
FEMA employees put on leave after criticizing Trump administration in open letter
About 180 current and former FEMA staffers sent a letter on Monday to members of Congress and other officials protesting the agency’s leadership and direction.
wapo.st
August 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Well, apparently, if you work for the federal government, you don't have the right to criticize the federal government:
(Gift Article)
wapo.st/45C4h4U
(Gift Article)
wapo.st/45C4h4U
Reposted by Ron Oakes (He/Him)
So I took over GMing for a bit and the adventure hook is that somebody taught all the parrots in this region the verbal component to magic missile.
August 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
So I took over GMing for a bit and the adventure hook is that somebody taught all the parrots in this region the verbal component to magic missile.
Reposted by Ron Oakes (He/Him)
Don't worry, Folks. Your prayers worked. The guns are safe.
August 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Don't worry, Folks. Your prayers worked. The guns are safe.
BrainWorm's HHS/FDA will create a COVID epidemic because of their AntiVax DNA.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...
F.D.A. Approves Covid Shots With New Restrictions
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
BrainWorm's HHS/FDA will create a COVID epidemic because of their AntiVax DNA.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...
Key quote: “I have determined the business need is higher than the security risk associated with this implementation..."
Social Security is *NOT* a business.
NYT Gift: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
Social Security is *NOT* a business.
NYT Gift: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Key quote: “I have determined the business need is higher than the security risk associated with this implementation..."
Social Security is *NOT* a business.
NYT Gift: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
Social Security is *NOT* a business.
NYT Gift: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
Dear Leader wants our next election to be total chaos he can exploit:
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
(NY Times gift article, which may go to breaking news)
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
(NY Times gift article, which may go to breaking news)
Trump Says He Wants to Get Rid of Mail-In Ballots
www.nytimes.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Dear Leader wants our next election to be total chaos he can exploit:
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
(NY Times gift article, which may go to breaking news)
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
(NY Times gift article, which may go to breaking news)
The path for Democratics to take back our country is through progressive ideas, not aping the fear-based talking points of the MAGAits:
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Bread and Butter and Hope
It’s not just Mamdani
open.substack.com
August 14, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The path for Democratics to take back our country is through progressive ideas, not aping the fear-based talking points of the MAGAits:
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Apex predators appear to be important to the entire ecosystem. Man managed livestock herbivores are not.
Let the wolves live and find other ways to keep your cows and sheep safe.
(Gift Article)
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Let the wolves live and find other ways to keep your cows and sheep safe.
(Gift Article)
wapo.st/4oe7Fdv
Since wolves’ return, Yellowstone’s aspens are recovering, study finds
The researchers found a 152-fold increase in sapling and young-tree density.
wapo.st
August 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Apex predators appear to be important to the entire ecosystem. Man managed livestock herbivores are not.
Let the wolves live and find other ways to keep your cows and sheep safe.
(Gift Article)
wapo.st/4oe7Fdv
Let the wolves live and find other ways to keep your cows and sheep safe.
(Gift Article)
wapo.st/4oe7Fdv
Don't make DearLeader look bad if you want to keep your job.
You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
Live Updates: After a Weak Jobs Report, Trump Says He’s Firing That Agency’s Commissioner
www.nytimes.com
August 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Don't make DearLeader look bad if you want to keep your job.
You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
It is historically inaccurate to play down or exclude two presidential impeachments in an exhibit that covers the other two and the near-impeachment. Yet another example of DearLeader being a dictator with a fragile ego.
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wapo.st/3HhfyxU
Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American history museum
A temporary placard, on display since 2021, described the president's historic impeachments. Officials said the exhibit was restored to an earlier version following a review of legacy content.
wapo.st
August 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
It is historically inaccurate to play down or exclude two presidential impeachments in an exhibit that covers the other two and the near-impeachment. Yet another example of DearLeader being a dictator with a fragile ego.
wapo.st/3HhfyxU
wapo.st/3HhfyxU
This is pretty scary. First of all, many or most regulations are written in blood, not that the greedy uberwealthy like to believe that. Second, letting badly trained LMMs that probably have worse biases than the humans who control them decide what to cut makes it worse. (WAPO Gift)
wapo.st/3U2q3bs
wapo.st/3U2q3bs
DOGE builds AI tool to cut 50 percent of federal regulations
The U.S. DOGE Service is using a new AI tool to eliminate federal regulations, aiming to cut 50 percent of rules by the first anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
wapo.st
July 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This is pretty scary. First of all, many or most regulations are written in blood, not that the greedy uberwealthy like to believe that. Second, letting badly trained LMMs that probably have worse biases than the humans who control them decide what to cut makes it worse. (WAPO Gift)
wapo.st/3U2q3bs
wapo.st/3U2q3bs
DearLeader may want his pedophilia and relationship with a sex trafficker to go away. But it is distracting folks from other horrors, most of which he is also complicit in, if not the cause of:
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Three critical stories that are getting buried by Epsteingate
We have little or no chance of rectifying the most serious wrongs if we’re captivated by the most exciting.
open.substack.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
DearLeader may want his pedophilia and relationship with a sex trafficker to go away. But it is distracting folks from other horrors, most of which he is also complicit in, if not the cause of:
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
DearLeader is sending non-criminals to be tortured in El Salvador, and then exchanging them for *ACTUAL MURDERERS* 🤬🤬🤬
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...
American Convicted of Murder Is Freed by Trump From Venezuela Prison
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
DearLeader is sending non-criminals to be tortured in El Salvador, and then exchanging them for *ACTUAL MURDERERS* 🤬🤬🤬
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...
DearLeader and Co. are trying to destroy the world because they are in bed with big petroleum and the people who believe that we should power the world with God's Holy Petroleum
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
DearLeader and Co. are trying to destroy the world because they are in bed with big petroleum and the people who believe that we should power the world with God's Holy Petroleum
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
The Supreme Court is allowing DearLeader and the wrasslin' executive to dismantle the Dept. of Education. Well, I guess folks like me who needed an IEP to get through school are now hosed. And folks with even greater needs are even worse off:
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Supreme Court Clears Way for Dismantling of Education Department
www.nytimes.com
July 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The Supreme Court is allowing DearLeader and the wrasslin' executive to dismantle the Dept. of Education. Well, I guess folks like me who needed an IEP to get through school are now hosed. And folks with even greater needs are even worse off:
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
Book Lovers Unite (literally): www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Hundreds form human chain to help Melbourne’s oldest bookshop relocate after more than a century
Literature lovers braved wintry weather to pass thousands of books from Hill of Content’s original Bourke Street premises to its new home
www.theguardian.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Book Lovers Unite (literally): www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...