M. Ryan
@merpwashere.bsky.social
Former tracker/kerner. Second career as recently minted JD. We’ll see.
Reposted by M. Ryan
Live your life in such a way that, if you were ever wrongly accused of murder, Benoit Blanc would help you solve the crime.
December 3, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Live your life in such a way that, if you were ever wrongly accused of murder, Benoit Blanc would help you solve the crime.
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
December 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
Reposted by M. Ryan
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
Reposted by M. Ryan
Disappointed with Pantone’s 2025 Colors Of The Year.
December 5, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Disappointed with Pantone’s 2025 Colors Of The Year.
Reposted by M. Ryan
I give it six months before he’s donning a military uniform and giving four-hour speeches from balconies.
"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I give it six months before he’s donning a military uniform and giving four-hour speeches from balconies.
Reposted by M. Ryan
feels like the wrong year to make white supreme
Pantone’s 2026 color of the year is technically not a color at all — meet Cloud Dancer, the first-ever white shade to receive the designation from the world’s color authority.
Pantone makes a surprising choice for its 2026 color of the year
We did not see that coming.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
feels like the wrong year to make white supreme
I believe the phrase Jobs used was “they’ll have to *architect* cities around it” at which point my ears bled and my field of vision went black
Related: remember when Inside dot com spent a gajillion dollars on their domain name?
Related: remember when Inside dot com spent a gajillion dollars on their domain name?
Seriously though, Steve Jobs said it was "as big a deal as the PC", and future cities would be designed around it, and John Doerr (another tech billionaire) said it it would be MORE important than the internet.
December 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I believe the phrase Jobs used was “they’ll have to *architect* cities around it” at which point my ears bled and my field of vision went black
Related: remember when Inside dot com spent a gajillion dollars on their domain name?
Related: remember when Inside dot com spent a gajillion dollars on their domain name?
Reposted by M. Ryan
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
Reposted by M. Ryan
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
Reposted by M. Ryan
“That sounds illegal”
December 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
“That sounds illegal”
Reposted by M. Ryan
It has “Christmas In Hollis” and “Let It Snow.” It has Christmas packing tape and a Christmas tree at a Christmas party. It has a Santa suit and “HO-HO-HO.” It happens at Christmas and involves a visit for Christmas. This is not a hard question.
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips
When Macaulay Culkin recently said he didn’t consider Die Hard to be a Christmas film – wading into one of pop culture’s most heated holiday debates – he was booed by a live audience.
But it looks like the British people are behind the actor, with a survey revealing that Home Alone is the UK’s favourite festive film, while Die Hard has officially been voted not a Christmas movie. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:10 AM
It has “Christmas In Hollis” and “Let It Snow.” It has Christmas packing tape and a Christmas tree at a Christmas party. It has a Santa suit and “HO-HO-HO.” It happens at Christmas and involves a visit for Christmas. This is not a hard question.
Reposted by M. Ryan
1) Coal
2) Oil
3) Steel
4) Quakers
5) Founding Fathers
6) Gettysburg
7) The Main Line
8) Eastern State Penitentiary
9) The Johnstown Flood
10) The Centralia Mine Fire
2) Oil
3) Steel
4) Quakers
5) Founding Fathers
6) Gettysburg
7) The Main Line
8) Eastern State Penitentiary
9) The Johnstown Flood
10) The Centralia Mine Fire
December 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
1) Coal
2) Oil
3) Steel
4) Quakers
5) Founding Fathers
6) Gettysburg
7) The Main Line
8) Eastern State Penitentiary
9) The Johnstown Flood
10) The Centralia Mine Fire
2) Oil
3) Steel
4) Quakers
5) Founding Fathers
6) Gettysburg
7) The Main Line
8) Eastern State Penitentiary
9) The Johnstown Flood
10) The Centralia Mine Fire
Reposted by M. Ryan
when there's a holiday sale at Le Creuset but supplies are limited
December 12, 2023 at 9:38 PM
when there's a holiday sale at Le Creuset but supplies are limited
Reposted by M. Ryan
In case you haven't heard, Nathan Rabin was in a car accident over the weekend. Here's a link if you'd like to help him and his wife with their hospital bills and recovery. gofund.me/544ae75ef
Donate to Help the Maloon & Rabin Family Recover After Their Accident, organized by Eileen Price
On Thanksgiving night, the Maloon & Rabin family was involved… Eileen Price needs your support for Help the Maloon & Rabin Family Recover After Their Accident
gofund.me
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
In case you haven't heard, Nathan Rabin was in a car accident over the weekend. Here's a link if you'd like to help him and his wife with their hospital bills and recovery. gofund.me/544ae75ef
Reposted by M. Ryan
My wife just said Johnny Depp dresses like a coat rack in the back of a local theater that's doing productions of Seven Brides and Pirates of Penzance simultaneously
December 1, 2025 at 1:58 AM
My wife just said Johnny Depp dresses like a coat rack in the back of a local theater that's doing productions of Seven Brides and Pirates of Penzance simultaneously
Reposted by M. Ryan
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
Reposted by M. Ryan
Columbia and Northwestern are the academic homes to the most prestigious journalism schools in the country and they are the two universities that caved to the Trump administration’s extortion demands that are directly connected to the First Amendment. Just gonna sit with that for a while.
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Columbia and Northwestern are the academic homes to the most prestigious journalism schools in the country and they are the two universities that caved to the Trump administration’s extortion demands that are directly connected to the First Amendment. Just gonna sit with that for a while.
Reposted by M. Ryan
The NYT definitely made a choice not to add “without evidence” to this headline.
F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:20 AM
The NYT definitely made a choice not to add “without evidence” to this headline.
Reposted by M. Ryan
"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
V: The Original Miniseries (1983) (dir. Kenneth Johnson)
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 AM
V: The Original Miniseries (1983) (dir. Kenneth Johnson)
Reposted by M. Ryan
maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
Reposted by M. Ryan
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Reposted by M. Ryan
Infinite Jest = reddit
Gravity's Rainbow = tumblr
Gravity's Rainbow = tumblr
November 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Infinite Jest = reddit
Gravity's Rainbow = tumblr
Gravity's Rainbow = tumblr
You come to me with a bone in your hand
You come to me with your hair curled tight
You come to me with positions
You come to me with excuses
Ducked out in a row
You wear me out
You wear me out
You come to me with your hair curled tight
You come to me with positions
You come to me with excuses
Ducked out in a row
You wear me out
You wear me out
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
You come to me with a bone in your hand
You come to me with your hair curled tight
You come to me with positions
You come to me with excuses
Ducked out in a row
You wear me out
You wear me out
You come to me with your hair curled tight
You come to me with positions
You come to me with excuses
Ducked out in a row
You wear me out
You wear me out