Benjamin Ryan
@benryanwriter.bsky.social
🔬Health & science reporter: New York Times, Washington Post, The Atlantic, NBC News, The Guardian, NY Sun, The Nation, NY Post. http://www.benryan.net 🔹 https://benryan.substack.com 🔹Columbia grad🔹
The Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles predicts that “within 50 years” gay marriage will no longer be legal in the US.
November 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles predicts that “within 50 years” gay marriage will no longer be legal in the US.
In five days, a GoFundMe launched by one of the six Teen Vogue staffers laid off last week has raised nearly $40,000 for the sextet.
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
In five days, a GoFundMe launched by one of the six Teen Vogue staffers laid off last week has raised nearly $40,000 for the sextet.
I’m trying to teach Calvin to play Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 on the air harpsichord. We’ve got some work to do on his tempo and phrasing. But I think he’s really coming along in some of the heavier cadences.
November 9, 2025 at 5:29 AM
I’m trying to teach Calvin to play Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 on the air harpsichord. We’ve got some work to do on his tempo and phrasing. But I think he’s really coming along in some of the heavier cadences.
You are mistaking Ellen and Iris Pasternack.
November 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
You are mistaking Ellen and Iris Pasternack.
Mamdani takes a strong initial lead, commanding a majority with 36% of the votes in.
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Mamdani takes a strong initial lead, commanding a majority with 36% of the votes in.
Erin Reed @erinreed.bsky.social has complained that I reported her staff reporter, S. Baum, is an activist. Baum publicly identifies as a “movement journalist,” which is a term that means that the reporter pushes for certain activist causes in their reporting.
November 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Erin Reed @erinreed.bsky.social has complained that I reported her staff reporter, S. Baum, is an activist. Baum publicly identifies as a “movement journalist,” which is a term that means that the reporter pushes for certain activist causes in their reporting.
Calvin and Diane are enjoying the great outdoors.
November 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Calvin and Diane are enjoying the great outdoors.
That is incorrect.
November 2, 2025 at 5:39 AM
That is incorrect.
November 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Calvin and Diane see no reason not to carry on like every day is Caturday.
October 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Calvin and Diane see no reason not to carry on like every day is Caturday.
Caturday with Calvin and Diane.
October 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Caturday with Calvin and Diane.
For @unherd.com, I plumb the depths of the tangled and tortured case of Gordon Guyatt, who threw his team’s research funder under the bus and contradicted his own research findings to appease an activist mob.
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September 3, 2025 at 1:19 AM
For @unherd.com, I plumb the depths of the tangled and tortured case of Gordon Guyatt, who threw his team’s research funder under the bus and contradicted his own research findings to appease an activist mob.
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A spokesperson for Children’s National Hospital in DC told me: “In light of escalating legal and regulatory risks to Children’s National, our providers, and the families we serve, we will be discontinuing the prescription of gender-affirming medications. This change will go into effect on Aug. 30.”
July 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
A spokesperson for Children’s National Hospital in DC told me: “In light of escalating legal and regulatory risks to Children’s National, our providers, and the families we serve, we will be discontinuing the prescription of gender-affirming medications. This change will go into effect on Aug. 30.”
It’s a big day in sexual-identity history:
BISEXUALITY has turned 30!
How will YOU celebrate?
BISEXUALITY has turned 30!
How will YOU celebrate?
July 17, 2025 at 4:05 AM
It’s a big day in sexual-identity history:
BISEXUALITY has turned 30!
How will YOU celebrate?
BISEXUALITY has turned 30!
How will YOU celebrate?
Diane and Calvin, Siamese litter mates, born February 19.
July 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Diane and Calvin, Siamese litter mates, born February 19.
By @cwarzel.bsky.social and @matteowong.bsky.social for @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
July 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Harvard Law School clinical instructor and trans activist Alejandra Caraballo lambastes trans attorney Ezra Young for asserting in an interview that the ACLU's Chase Strangio doesn't "know much about sex discrimination jurisprudence.”
Caraballo denounces Young as "an abrasive asshole to everyone."
Caraballo denounces Young as "an abrasive asshole to everyone."
July 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Harvard Law School clinical instructor and trans activist Alejandra Caraballo lambastes trans attorney Ezra Young for asserting in an interview that the ACLU's Chase Strangio doesn't "know much about sex discrimination jurisprudence.”
Caraballo denounces Young as "an abrasive asshole to everyone."
Caraballo denounces Young as "an abrasive asshole to everyone."
Regional differences in use of the 988 suicide crisis hotline: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
July 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Regional differences in use of the 988 suicide crisis hotline: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
NYC: Independence Day weekend
July 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
NYC: Independence Day weekend
Lonesome Dove has got to be the best dern western I’ve ever read. (Note the kitten bite marks on the cover. They like it too.)
July 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Lonesome Dove has got to be the best dern western I’ve ever read. (Note the kitten bite marks on the cover. They like it too.)
Caturday came a day early this week, and Diane and Calvin are here for it!
July 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Caturday came a day early this week, and Diane and Calvin are here for it!
Am I the only one who thought that the protest today was inspired by Ramona and Her Father?
June 15, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Am I the only one who thought that the protest today was inspired by Ramona and Her Father?