Ron
@ronsering.bsky.social
Writer, runner, reader, hiker, sipper of wine. Lover of mountains, books, and music. He/Him.
I vet everyone I follow or who follows me. If I don't know you personally,
haven't heard of you, or you look bottish, sorry/not sorry, I'm gonna block you.
I vet everyone I follow or who follows me. If I don't know you personally,
haven't heard of you, or you look bottish, sorry/not sorry, I'm gonna block you.
Just...wow.
Weeks before Germany's May 1945 surrender in WWII, three babies were born to three Nazi prisoners. Remarkably, their mothers managed to deceive their Nazi captors and keep their babies alive. cbsn.ws/4aEnyDX
The Holocaust's youngest survivors: born in a labor camp, on a death train, and in a concentration camp
Eva Clarke, Hana Berger-Moran, and Mark Olsky are survivors born to survivors. During the Holocaust, their mothers were young Jewish women sent to concentration camps when they were newly pregnant.
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February 16, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Just...wow.
Trump Administration Live Updates: Homeland Security Funding Set to Lapse
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February 13, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Well, it appears the battle of Minneapolis Is about to wind down. At the cost of three lives.
On to the next one...
On to the next one...
February 12, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Well, it appears the battle of Minneapolis Is about to wind down. At the cost of three lives.
On to the next one...
On to the next one...
When Trump Officials’ Claims About Shootings Unravel in Court
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February 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
No one has yet stated the real issues with AI as clearly and succinctly than this.
“Why is AI helping me write a song or tell a story? Send some shit through a black hole; do something that we can’t do. Or dig a ditch; do the shit we don’t want to do. Why is it coming after the stuff that we essentially need to do to be human beings?”
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Gore Verbinski Sounds Off on AI as He Launches ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’
The ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ filmmaker is back after nearly a decade, and is ready to skewer how technology has taken over our lives (even more) in that time: “Why is AI helping me write a song or t...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:31 AM
No one has yet stated the real issues with AI as clearly and succinctly than this.
Opinion | Trump Could Interfere With the Midterm Elections. You Can Help Defend Them.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:57 PM
A website with essays from a national treasure? Sign me up.
I don't do a lot of hustle about it, and I set it up so free and paid subscribers get the same stuff, but I did want to say HERE IT IS THANK YOU READERS AND SUBSCRIBERS.
February 2, 2026 at 11:48 PM
A website with essays from a national treasure? Sign me up.
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In this reality, AirBnB is Tinder.
"My only problems now will be keeping my showing schedule straight and deciding who gets to see my secret rooms."
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Tinder Hasn’t Worked, So I’m Putting Myself on Zillow
After a decade on dating apps, I’ve decided to enter a different market. This is why I’m listing myself on Zillow until I find a good match—which, ...
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February 1, 2026 at 4:33 PM
In this reality, AirBnB is Tinder.
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NEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
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How to Film ICE
Filming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn’t guaranteed. Here’s how to record ICE and CBP agents as safely as possible and have an impact.
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January 31, 2026 at 10:55 AM
NEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
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One thing I hope people take the time to acknowledge: The sea change in public opinion has been achieved because violence, though encourage by a lot of people here online, was never once employed by the movement. Violence was solely the purview of the state and that is why the state is losing.
January 26, 2026 at 7:48 PM
One thing I hope people take the time to acknowledge: The sea change in public opinion has been achieved because violence, though encourage by a lot of people here online, was never once employed by the movement. Violence was solely the purview of the state and that is why the state is losing.
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He spent decades bringing the religious right to power. Now he's marching to undo it.
Rev. Rob Schenck spent decades helping build the Religious Right—commingling church and state to advance conservative causes. Now, he says he must confront the damage he helped cause.
Rev. Rob Schenck spent decades helping build the Religious Right—commingling church and state to advance conservative causes. Now, he says he must confront the damage he helped cause.
January 26, 2026 at 12:31 AM
He spent decades bringing the religious right to power. Now he's marching to undo it.
Rev. Rob Schenck spent decades helping build the Religious Right—commingling church and state to advance conservative causes. Now, he says he must confront the damage he helped cause.
Rev. Rob Schenck spent decades helping build the Religious Right—commingling church and state to advance conservative causes. Now, he says he must confront the damage he helped cause.
Opinion | The Trump Administration Is Lying to Our Faces. Congress Must Act.
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January 26, 2026 at 2:40 AM
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The people of Minneapolis are reminding me very much of Ned Stark's famous answer when his son asked if someone can be brave if they're afraid.
"That is the only time a man can be brave."
"That is the only time a man can be brave."
This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
January 25, 2026 at 10:46 PM
The people of Minneapolis are reminding me very much of Ned Stark's famous answer when his son asked if someone can be brave if they're afraid.
"That is the only time a man can be brave."
"That is the only time a man can be brave."
Gawd, that is so. Fucking. True.
"A writing career is not a sprint. It is also not a marathon. A writing career is one of those wilderness survival challenges where they dump you in the woods without a map or a compass or food and whoever finds their way out wins."
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How to Become a Professional Writer
Do you enjoy writing? Do you like the idea of taking the thing you love doing the most in the world and turning it into work? So that your access t...
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January 20, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Gawd, that is so. Fucking. True.
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"It can’t be too long until IT HAPPENS. Looking at the data (age, high-stress job, cardiac history), it is statistically plausible that IT will HAPPEN in the next thirty-six months. Eighteen, if you factor in hamburger consumption and all the weird bruising."
When It Happens
Our 14th most-read article of 2025. - - -It’s been so long, you sometimes forget that eventually, IT will HAPPEN. It’s impossible to say when IT w...
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January 19, 2026 at 2:00 AM
"It can’t be too long until IT HAPPENS. Looking at the data (age, high-stress job, cardiac history), it is statistically plausible that IT will HAPPEN in the next thirty-six months. Eighteen, if you factor in hamburger consumption and all the weird bruising."
Like so many other things in the Before Times, I missed this guy so much:
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Exclusive: The Most Interesting Man in the World Jumped When Dos Equis Asked Him Back
The Most Interesting Man in the World needs no introduction. Interestingly enough, Dos Equis is introducing him to a whole new generation when the popular Mexican lager brand airs its first "Stay thir...
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January 17, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Like so many other things in the Before Times, I missed this guy so much:
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States at the Core, which is one of the Chicago based orgs that has been helping defend the 612 put on their weekly webinars for ice watch and community defense keeps a running list of their upcoming trainings on their substack statesatthecore.substack.com/p/community-...
Upcoming ICE Watch & Community Defense
📌 BOOKMARK THIS PAGE >> A running list of upcoming trainings from STAC & Protect RP
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January 17, 2026 at 2:07 AM
States at the Core, which is one of the Chicago based orgs that has been helping defend the 612 put on their weekly webinars for ice watch and community defense keeps a running list of their upcoming trainings on their substack statesatthecore.substack.com/p/community-...
I'm in! How about ya'all?
I ask you.
If you can take the risk. If you can make it happen. Support Minnesota on Jan 23rd.
Keep your kids home from school. Take a sick day. Do not buy anything, do not go anywhere, do not participate in capitalism either as a worker or a consumer.
The people united can never be defeated.
If you can take the risk. If you can make it happen. Support Minnesota on Jan 23rd.
Keep your kids home from school. Take a sick day. Do not buy anything, do not go anywhere, do not participate in capitalism either as a worker or a consumer.
The people united can never be defeated.
January 17, 2026 at 2:46 AM
I'm in! How about ya'all?
You can kill, beat, and teargas our citizens. You can invade other countries and kidnap people for oil.
But stay the hell away from our money!
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
But stay the hell away from our money!
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
Powell, an Unlikely Foil, Takes On Trump
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January 16, 2026 at 8:25 PM
You can kill, beat, and teargas our citizens. You can invade other countries and kidnap people for oil.
But stay the hell away from our money!
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
But stay the hell away from our money!
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
Looking for a Spanish translation of "Sellout," I get either "agotado" or "tracion."
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Machado Presents Trump With Her Nobel Peace Prize Medal
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January 16, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Looking for a Spanish translation of "Sellout," I get either "agotado" or "tracion."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/w...
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Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
www.propublica.org
January 16, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.