Steve Ramage
@steveramage.bsky.social
(Rhymes with "damage." He/Him.) Ambassador at large for Golden Age Collectables, in Seattle's Pike Place Market. We sell comics!
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I worry that people are relying too heavily on the fact that all this is unpopular in the polls. Most autocrats are unpopular with their people. Once you control every branch of government, muzzle the press, and start murdering your own citizens with impunity, you don't need to be popular.
January 15, 2026 at 6:48 PM
I worry that people are relying too heavily on the fact that all this is unpopular in the polls. Most autocrats are unpopular with their people. Once you control every branch of government, muzzle the press, and start murdering your own citizens with impunity, you don't need to be popular.
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Abolish ice is about to become a centrist position
January 13, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Abolish ice is about to become a centrist position
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Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
January 9, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
Happy Birthday, Miyazaki sensei!
In honor of Hayao Miyazaki's birthday, what's your favorite Studio Ghibli film? Doesn't have to be the one you think is "the best," just the one that nestled in your heart. Mine is Howl's Moving Castle.
a painting of howl 's moving castle shows a cloudy night sky
Alt: a pixelated gif of Howl's Castle sitting on a hillside under an evening sky.
media.tenor.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Happy Birthday, Miyazaki sensei!
If you, like me, woke up to the news about The US military abducting the president of Venezuela, you probably had more questions after your fully justified "WHAT THE FUCK??"
I hope this helps.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
I hope this helps.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Why has US attacked Caracas and captured Venezuela’s president?
Trump’s unprecedented capture of Nicolás Maduro follows months of military campaign and years of strained relationship
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM
If you, like me, woke up to the news about The US military abducting the president of Venezuela, you probably had more questions after your fully justified "WHAT THE FUCK??"
I hope this helps.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
I hope this helps.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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No presents, I'm alone, but this has already been one of the nicest Christmases ever. I hope yours Christmas is good too.
December 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
No presents, I'm alone, but this has already been one of the nicest Christmases ever. I hope yours Christmas is good too.
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As God is my witness, I thought this was a joke.
Setting aside all the Hunger Games associations (Not to mention--who's going to give the winning teenage girl her prize? Ew.) "The Patriot Game" was a song from the Irish nationalist movement. Its theme was basically "Nationalism sucks."
Setting aside all the Hunger Games associations (Not to mention--who's going to give the winning teenage girl her prize? Ew.) "The Patriot Game" was a song from the Irish nationalist movement. Its theme was basically "Nationalism sucks."
Donald Trump just announced the creation of the “Patriot Games,” an “unprecedented four-day athletic event” with “one young man and one young woman from each state and territory.”
December 19, 2025 at 4:24 AM
As God is my witness, I thought this was a joke.
Setting aside all the Hunger Games associations (Not to mention--who's going to give the winning teenage girl her prize? Ew.) "The Patriot Game" was a song from the Irish nationalist movement. Its theme was basically "Nationalism sucks."
Setting aside all the Hunger Games associations (Not to mention--who's going to give the winning teenage girl her prize? Ew.) "The Patriot Game" was a song from the Irish nationalist movement. Its theme was basically "Nationalism sucks."
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Dammit. Dammit. Dammit. Dammit. Dammit...
Confirmed now by a reputable source.
Rob Reiner, who directed such beloved Hollywood classics as 'This Is Spinal Tap,' 'Stand by Me' and 'When Harry Met Sally' after starring in the trailblazing sitcom 'All in the Family,' died Sunday along with his wife, Michele, in their Brentwood home. bit.ly/48UWXSi
December 15, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Dammit. Dammit. Dammit. Dammit. Dammit...
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Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
Toph! Toph! Toph! Toph!
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youtu.be/oZoZ1ivUdjU?...
Avatar: The Last Airbender: Season 2 | Official Teaser Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Toph! Toph! Toph! Toph!
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youtu.be/oZoZ1ivUdjU?...
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A Pep Guardiola quote has been knocking around in my brain recently. On its face it applies only to futbol, but it feels like something we could all put to use at this moment in history, when our actions count for so much. "We do not pass to move the ball. We pass to move the opposition."
December 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
A Pep Guardiola quote has been knocking around in my brain recently. On its face it applies only to futbol, but it feels like something we could all put to use at this moment in history, when our actions count for so much. "We do not pass to move the ball. We pass to move the opposition."
Just finished ep 4 of #pluribus . I'm struck how much of these first episodes has been just--grief. I watch Carol and I think "Yeah, been there, done that."
November 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Just finished ep 4 of #pluribus . I'm struck how much of these first episodes has been just--grief. I watch Carol and I think "Yeah, been there, done that."
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You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
If you've followed XKCD for a couple of decades, you know.
Good tears.
Good tears.
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 AM
If you've followed XKCD for a couple of decades, you know.
Good tears.
Good tears.
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If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
At work yesterday: a young lady walked up, shook my hand and said "Thank you for being the Gandalf of this store!" Not sure what she meant, but I'm taking the compliment!
November 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
At work yesterday: a young lady walked up, shook my hand and said "Thank you for being the Gandalf of this store!" Not sure what she meant, but I'm taking the compliment!
I can't say that much good has come out of the pandemic, but the lockdown did prompt the start of a weekly Zoom meeting among myself and my siblings. Five years later, we're still doing it.
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I can't say that much good has come out of the pandemic, but the lockdown did prompt the start of a weekly Zoom meeting among myself and my siblings. Five years later, we're still doing it.
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BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
RE: James Bond
Seriously, I'm not clear about all the confusion here. It's been a while since I've Bonded, but isn't the name James Bond something that's given, like the double-oh agent number? That's how we can have stories about agent James Bond going back 7 decades, isn't it?
Seriously, I'm not clear about all the confusion here. It's been a while since I've Bonded, but isn't the name James Bond something that's given, like the double-oh agent number? That's how we can have stories about agent James Bond going back 7 decades, isn't it?
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
RE: James Bond
Seriously, I'm not clear about all the confusion here. It's been a while since I've Bonded, but isn't the name James Bond something that's given, like the double-oh agent number? That's how we can have stories about agent James Bond going back 7 decades, isn't it?
Seriously, I'm not clear about all the confusion here. It's been a while since I've Bonded, but isn't the name James Bond something that's given, like the double-oh agent number? That's how we can have stories about agent James Bond going back 7 decades, isn't it?
Politically, this has been a real rollercoaster of a day, so I'm just going to make some tea and happily sit with this for a while...
SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Politically, this has been a real rollercoaster of a day, so I'm just going to make some tea and happily sit with this for a while...
LOVE IS LOVE
IS LOVE IS
LOVE IS LOVE
Is the law of the land,
Still.
IS LOVE IS
LOVE IS LOVE
Is the law of the land,
Still.
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
LOVE IS LOVE
IS LOVE IS
LOVE IS LOVE
Is the law of the land,
Still.
IS LOVE IS
LOVE IS LOVE
Is the law of the land,
Still.
Finished watching the 2nd episode of Pluribus, and that's twice now that I've had to completely change what I thought the show was going to be about.
Well played, Pluribus, well played.
Well played, Pluribus, well played.
November 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Finished watching the 2nd episode of Pluribus, and that's twice now that I've had to completely change what I thought the show was going to be about.
Well played, Pluribus, well played.
Well played, Pluribus, well played.