Ry
@youaintryan.bsky.social
Erstwhile couch guy, part-time editor at @superempty.bsky.social, and other assorted activities. At the end of the day, just hoping to kick somethin that means somethin.
919//910, NC | https://www.youaintryan.com/
919//910, NC | https://www.youaintryan.com/
Do you think, some day in the future, Kevin Hart or LeBron or [insert any famous person] will feel remorse for aggressively hawking the cigarettes of the 21st century?
May 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Do you think, some day in the future, Kevin Hart or LeBron or [insert any famous person] will feel remorse for aggressively hawking the cigarettes of the 21st century?
Wherein Duke, predictably, makes more of an effort to distance itself from The White Lotus than they have Stephen Miller:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/s...
Duke University Wants No Part of ‘The White Lotus’
In a show that features an array of disturbing story lines, the actions — and wardrobe — of a character have gone “too far” for the university.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Wherein Duke, predictably, makes more of an effort to distance itself from The White Lotus than they have Stephen Miller:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/s...
Just FYI, you might want to think twice before you bring that weak shit into the NYT Cooking comments section
March 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Just FYI, you might want to think twice before you bring that weak shit into the NYT Cooking comments section
One (of many) forms of recourse in the face of authoritarianism: joy. Specifically, DJing and hanging outside with friends. In that spirit, we present The Hang — a new North Carolina-based video series from @superempty.bsky.social and One Speaker Radio.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqZp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqZp...
The Hang, Vol. 1 (SE x OSR) | Kendrick Lamar, Phonte, KAYTRANADA, MAVI, Maxwell
YouTube video by Super Empty
www.youtube.com
March 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
One (of many) forms of recourse in the face of authoritarianism: joy. Specifically, DJing and hanging outside with friends. In that spirit, we present The Hang — a new North Carolina-based video series from @superempty.bsky.social and One Speaker Radio.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqZp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqZp...
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I bought Twitter for $44,000,000,000 and sold it back to myself for $33,000,000,000. I have 43 kids and no friends. Everything I make explodes
March 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I bought Twitter for $44,000,000,000 and sold it back to myself for $33,000,000,000. I have 43 kids and no friends. Everything I make explodes
Is there a clause that says if Clemson loses this game, the ACC has to be disbanded?
March 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Is there a clause that says if Clemson loses this game, the ACC has to be disbanded?
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Now that the influential bigot who did a Hitler salute publicly claimed that organic protests against his malfeasance are secretly controlled by a list of foreign Jews, some of whom aren’t even alive today, are we allowed to call him a Nazi, or is there something even Nazier we have to wait for?
March 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Now that the influential bigot who did a Hitler salute publicly claimed that organic protests against his malfeasance are secretly controlled by a list of foreign Jews, some of whom aren’t even alive today, are we allowed to call him a Nazi, or is there something even Nazier we have to wait for?
I write an anthem, throw a tantrum and remain handsome
March 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I write an anthem, throw a tantrum and remain handsome
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once i remember why i walked into this room it's over for you all
March 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
once i remember why i walked into this room it's over for you all
When is The Carolina Times getting this treatment?
A Historic Black Newspaper Gets a Museum
The New York Amsterdam News, which was founded 115 years ago and has published civil rights leaders, will convert most of its Harlem building into a museum and community space.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/n...
The New York Amsterdam News, which was founded 115 years ago and has published civil rights leaders, will convert most of its Harlem building into a museum and community space.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/n...
A Historic Black Newspaper Gets a Museum (Gift Article)
The New York Amsterdam News, which was founded 115 years ago and has published civil rights leaders, will convert most of its Harlem building into a museum and community space.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:53 AM
When is The Carolina Times getting this treatment?
Very heartened by this pair of EPs out of Durham the past few weeks from Jaythehbk and CJ Monet. Highly suggest you give them a spin, after giving them a read:
www.superempty.com/please-touch...
www.superempty.com/please-touch...
Please Touch That Dial
A pair of Durham EPs give credence to the idea that a yearning for a more tactile and terrestrial existence remains very real.
www.superempty.com
February 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Very heartened by this pair of EPs out of Durham the past few weeks from Jaythehbk and CJ Monet. Highly suggest you give them a spin, after giving them a read:
www.superempty.com/please-touch...
www.superempty.com/please-touch...
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did not expect to be attacked like this at the art museum
February 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
did not expect to be attacked like this at the art museum
For as long as I can remember, the website @diddukewin.com has been the cherished online destination for reveling in every single one of my rival's losses. In that spirit, I thought a few would enjoy it if I made one for the biggest loser of all: Jefferson Griffin.
www.didgriffinwin.com
www.didgriffinwin.com
February 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
For as long as I can remember, the website @diddukewin.com has been the cherished online destination for reveling in every single one of my rival's losses. In that spirit, I thought a few would enjoy it if I made one for the biggest loser of all: Jefferson Griffin.
www.didgriffinwin.com
www.didgriffinwin.com
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Oh my gawd there’s a family on White Lotus from Durham, NC and Parker Posey is the matriarch and I can’t stop laughing every time she opens her mouth.
February 17, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Oh my gawd there’s a family on White Lotus from Durham, NC and Parker Posey is the matriarch and I can’t stop laughing every time she opens her mouth.
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
Just the latest and most striking illustration that any hope of an even semi-"just" Democratic party (i.e. one not beholden to Israel) is an impossibility. Many of the party's most prominent backers care more about another country than they do about this one.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/u...
Jon Ossoff, Georgia’s First Jewish Senator, Is Losing Jewish Support (Gift Article)
Democratic donors and Jewish leaders are so unhappy with Jon Ossoff over his position on Israel that some have quietly urged Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, to run against him.
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Just the latest and most striking illustration that any hope of an even semi-"just" Democratic party (i.e. one not beholden to Israel) is an impossibility. Many of the party's most prominent backers care more about another country than they do about this one.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/u...
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State auditor Dave Boliek, who changed his voter registration from Democrat to Republican in 2023, embraced Trump on the campaign trail and won with 49 percent of the vote against incumbent Jessica Holmes.
www.theassemblync.com/politics/ele...
www.theassemblync.com/politics/ele...
How North Carolina Got a Trump-Backed Voting Chief
Republicans have been trying to regain control of the state elections apparatus for years. With state Auditor Dave Boliek, they have a shot.
www.theassemblync.com
February 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
State auditor Dave Boliek, who changed his voter registration from Democrat to Republican in 2023, embraced Trump on the campaign trail and won with 49 percent of the vote against incumbent Jessica Holmes.
www.theassemblync.com/politics/ele...
www.theassemblync.com/politics/ele...
The roundup of Best EPs from 2024 on @superempty.bsky.social each came with an extra comment from a writer or artist I know. Sharing my friend Connie's (on Moses Sumney) because it's too good not to
Full article here: www.superempty.com/super-emptys...
Full article here: www.superempty.com/super-emptys...
February 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The roundup of Best EPs from 2024 on @superempty.bsky.social each came with an extra comment from a writer or artist I know. Sharing my friend Connie's (on Moses Sumney) because it's too good not to
Full article here: www.superempty.com/super-emptys...
Full article here: www.superempty.com/super-emptys...
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Tomorrow me and Questlove's follow-up to Summer of Soul arrives on Hulu. SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius). Please watch! Tell your friends! (Sadly, first week numbers will allow us to do this again!)
February 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Tomorrow me and Questlove's follow-up to Summer of Soul arrives on Hulu. SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius). Please watch! Tell your friends! (Sadly, first week numbers will allow us to do this again!)
Could say this about a lot more than just Green Day/American Idiot — across the board it seems like even "Bush II" energy in the art/culture zeitgeist would feel like a step up from where we are today.
Would really love if Green Day would just re-release American Idiot like it's a new album. So many people have memory holed it or didn't pay attention and we really need that energy right now.
February 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Could say this about a lot more than just Green Day/American Idiot — across the board it seems like even "Bush II" energy in the art/culture zeitgeist would feel like a step up from where we are today.
Brain genuinely turning to sludge so I'm just putting out these local music blogs and trying to cook every night, and hoping the rest figures itself out
New on the blog today: our man in Raleigh BrassiousMonk reports back after a memorable night at The Portal HQ for Khalil Nasim's "The Disappearing Act" listening party.
www.superempty.com/things-that-...
www.superempty.com/things-that-...
Khalil Nasim Makes An Appearance
An intimate Tuesday night in Raleigh serves as the debut for a promising new album, a testament to perseverance, and a reminder of the enduring power of the listening party.
www.superempty.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Brain genuinely turning to sludge so I'm just putting out these local music blogs and trying to cook every night, and hoping the rest figures itself out
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This is like Kendrick and Drake if both of them were Drake.
UPDATE: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman rejects Elon Musk-led bid
February 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This is like Kendrick and Drake if both of them were Drake.
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Reposting as Sagan is so prescient from 30 years ago.
February 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Reposting as Sagan is so prescient from 30 years ago.
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10 years ago today, Muslim American students Deah Shaddy Barakat, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salhah were murdered in their Chapel Hill home by their neighbor.
From last year: a wrenching documentary follows the fight to designate the murders as a hate crime.
From last year: a wrenching documentary follows the fight to designate the murders as a hate crime.
A New Documentary Tells the Story of a Chapel Hill Hate Crime
The documentary shines light on the 2015 murder of three Muslim American students—and the effort to designate it as a hate crime.
indyweek.com
February 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
10 years ago today, Muslim American students Deah Shaddy Barakat, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salhah were murdered in their Chapel Hill home by their neighbor.
From last year: a wrenching documentary follows the fight to designate the murders as a hate crime.
From last year: a wrenching documentary follows the fight to designate the murders as a hate crime.
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i wonder why these guys hate the CFPB so much
ohh
ohh
February 9, 2025 at 3:34 AM
i wonder why these guys hate the CFPB so much
ohh
ohh