brandy ryan
brandyryan.bsky.social
brandy ryan
@brandyryan.bsky.social
poet. avid pedestrian. collage artist. following the path of tiny cuts and misplaced adhesive.
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If this is accurate, WeTransfer is unusable for professional creative work. Would violate most work-for-hire contracts to share copyrighted material with a third party like this.
Bye forever, WeTransfer.
July 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Folks are missing this: When Salvadoran VP said to Sen Van Hollen that Trump is paying them to hold migrants, he wrecked WH scam by revealing that of course Bukele would release Abrego Garcia if Trump asked.

Talked about this w/ @melissagiragrant.com. Transcript:

newrepublic.com/article/1940...
April 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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I wrote about this a bit in my last book but it really shakes me that a defining feature of this catastrophic era is that we just keep going to work. We work through pandemics, we work through natural disasters, we work through economic calamity, we work through coups, we work, we work, we work.
April 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Mega wealthy people will not just "be OK" during an economic crash. They will make *more* money.

They buy stuff at fire sale prices, and when value returns to normal, they make a killing.

Poor people lost half a trillion dollars during the pandemic shock. Billionaires gained half a trillion.🙂🙃
April 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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“The moment I got some work, I got my phone stolen. And that was it,” he says. “I lost the job.”

SLEEPING IN CARS, THE RAVINE, ON A JOB SITE

@meganysta.bsky.social talks to construction workers dealing with homelessness while trying to hold down a job.

www.westendphoenix.com/stories/slee...
Sleeping in cars, the ravine, on a job site — West End Phoenix
Writer Megan Kinch talks to construction workers dealing with homelessness while trying to hold down a job. “People with addictions or mental health problems are especially vulnerable, but the last fe...
www.westendphoenix.com
April 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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"10. Believe in truth. To abandon facts is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true, then no one can criticize power, because there is no basis upon which to do so. If nothing is true, then all is spectacle. The biggest wallet pays for the most blinding lights."
March 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Incredible news on TDOV.

The 9th Circuit has denied the government’s request to enforce its transgender military ban.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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April 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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France raises a fascinating hypothetical point: what if the law still exists even if people might get mad at you
March 31, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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hell yeah
March 31, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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I wish people hated fascism half as much as they hate feminism
March 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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FYI - a couple years ago Belinda kakiyosew Daniels, Randy Morin and myself put together nêhiyawêwin (Cree) audio lessons available for free here on this site as downloadable MP3's. nehiyawak.org/survival-phr...
Cree Survival Phrase Booklet « nēhiyawak Language Experience Inc.
This is a survival phrase booklet for the Cree language. These phrases will help learners stay in the language using the language. It is also a note book, with space to write in the book. This was a c...
nehiyawak.org
March 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Wednesday night in Somerville, Massachusetts, several thousand people, including students, faculty and community members, rallied in defense of Tufts University Ph.D student Rumeysa Ozturk.
March 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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NDP voters have shifted because the NDP PARTY has failed, not because they agree with a conservative central banker's austerity and anti-worker/pro-biz policies.

As usual, leftists are doing what they must to help feckless centrists prevent fascist conservatives from gaining power.
March 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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66% of Parisians voted today to create 500 additional pedestrian streets, replacing over 10,000 parking spots with green space and enhanced pedestrian infrastructure.

📍 Paris 🇫🇷
March 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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In a targeted attack on his car, Israel has killed Al-Jazeera's
Hossam Shabat, who was only 23 years old and was one of the last remaining journalists in Gaza.

There are no words.
March 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Things are getting out of hand over here:
linktr.ee/project250info
Project 250 | Linktree
Let's get this place to its 250th b-day! Crowdsourcing articles of impeachment.
linktr.ee
March 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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An interest-free loan program for LGBTQ+ people who need to move in search of safety. You do not need to be Jewish to qualify. www.keshetonline.org/movetothrive/
Keshet-HFLS “Move to Thrive” Interest-Free Loan Program - Keshet
Keshet and the Hebrew Free Loan Society are partnering to offer interest-free loans of up to $10,000 for individuals and families to support relocation
www.keshetonline.org
March 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Honestly this gorgeous.
Nichelle Nichols in a promotional still for the television series Star Trek, 1967
March 19, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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in retrospect it's kind of funny that sci fi was like "imagine a world where robots gain sentience, but humanity refuses to grant them personhood" but in reality every loser techbro loser thinks chatgpt deserves more rights than like, actual people
March 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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New — Judge has DENIED the Trump administration's motion to dismiss Mahmoud Khalil's lawsuit, orders his case to be transferred to New Jersey, and not Louisiana, per the Trump admin's wishes.

The judge also reaffirmed a previous ruling blocking the deportation of Khalil.
March 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Any day would be nice! Who agrees 👋

Repost
March 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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BREAKING: A court overturned Ohio's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

This is a critical victory for trans rights.
March 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM