Ragaius
@ragaius.bsky.social
Reading and writing Fantasy, Science Fiction, and some Horror. Lifelong comic book fan. Technology Geek. Olympic weightlifting.
I am so excited for this Advent calendar
December 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I am so excited for this Advent calendar
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It seems there are two main reasons things haven’t gone completely to shit in the US: 1. Lawyers and the courts; 2. Journalists and the media. Most of us can’t do anything about the first, but we can support journalism. Stop complaining about paywalls and subscribe to news & donate to public media.
October 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
It seems there are two main reasons things haven’t gone completely to shit in the US: 1. Lawyers and the courts; 2. Journalists and the media. Most of us can’t do anything about the first, but we can support journalism. Stop complaining about paywalls and subscribe to news & donate to public media.
The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain.
Donald Trump has committed at least 16 of those same offenses.
#NoKings
Donald Trump has committed at least 16 of those same offenses.
#NoKings
![Screenshot of a list of the 27 specific grievances against King George III in the Declaration of Independence. Donald Trump's regime has committed at least 16 of them in whole or in part, highlighted in yellow and listed below:
"1. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
2. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
3. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither [Partial]
4. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
5. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
6. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
7. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
8. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
9. For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
10. For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
11. For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
12. For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
13. [Partial], abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
14. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
15. [Partial], and destroyed the lives of our people.
16. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us [Partial]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:b3psimnw5xxta2n4h5qzxu55/bafkreifschk5h5rhi7ezooza77xgc5hzxi62up3eoqqift5btkt7kui4li@jpeg)
June 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Manager canceling weekly meeting is freedom, fresh air and sunshine; quickly dashed by the rescheduling invite
February 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Manager canceling weekly meeting is freedom, fresh air and sunshine; quickly dashed by the rescheduling invite
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AOC is showing what resistance looks like; Schumer, Hochul, and the rest of D leadership not so much. www.publicnotice.co/p/aoc-homan-...
AOC shows how to fight back and stand strong
Other Democrats, from Schumer to Hochul, should follow her lead.
www.publicnotice.co
February 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
AOC is showing what resistance looks like; Schumer, Hochul, and the rest of D leadership not so much. www.publicnotice.co/p/aoc-homan-...
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James Madison wrote of the necessity of the separation of powers:
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive & judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elected, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive & judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elected, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”
February 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
James Madison wrote of the necessity of the separation of powers:
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive & judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elected, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive & judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elected, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”
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David Lynch, an artist I will truly miss
January 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
David Lynch, an artist I will truly miss
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In 1977, Vincent Price starred in a one-man-show where he played openly gay Oscar Wilde; it was condemned by Anita Bryant. When asked about her condemnation, Price replied that Wilde had already written a play about Anita: “A Woman of No Importance”
January 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
In 1977, Vincent Price starred in a one-man-show where he played openly gay Oscar Wilde; it was condemned by Anita Bryant. When asked about her condemnation, Price replied that Wilde had already written a play about Anita: “A Woman of No Importance”
Think I will give this a chance, exactly what I'm looking for right now
I will post my new Resistance HQ bulletin each day at 8PM ET. It is designed for people who don’t really want to watch the news right now or wade through the muck of social media to find nuggets of things that are important. It will tell you what happened that day without the BS.
November 11, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Think I will give this a chance, exactly what I'm looking for right now
Uh oh
“You probably have more dangerous things under the kitchen sink,” Tedone says. “You wouldn’t drink tile cleaner; don’t lick your green book.”
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Old books can be loaded with poison. Some collectors love the thrill.
The Poison Book Project examines antique books for heavy metal pigments — including mercury, lead and arsenic — commonly used in Victorian bookbinding.
wapo.st
July 25, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Uh oh
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Expand the Supreme Court on your way out, bro. Just do it. Die historic on the Fury Road
July 21, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Expand the Supreme Court on your way out, bro. Just do it. Die historic on the Fury Road
Today in Ukraine
This photo from Ukraine, today after russian terror attack!
July 8, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Today in Ukraine
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Seth Abramson makes several good points listing why Joe Biden should stay in the race. 1) Republicans want him to drop out. 2) Democrats would lose the incumbent advantage. 3) He would immediately be a lame duck president. If you still have concerns please read this
open.substack.com/pub/sethabra...
open.substack.com/pub/sethabra...
The Extremely Simple Reason MAGA Wants President Joe Biden to End His Campaign
If you’re a Democratic or independent voter who’s been suckered into the idea that Biden ending his campaign would do anything but ensure a second Trump term, it’s time to awaken from the fever dream.
open.substack.com
June 29, 2024 at 1:12 AM
Seth Abramson makes several good points listing why Joe Biden should stay in the race. 1) Republicans want him to drop out. 2) Democrats would lose the incumbent advantage. 3) He would immediately be a lame duck president. If you still have concerns please read this
open.substack.com/pub/sethabra...
open.substack.com/pub/sethabra...
If you are feeling a bit shaky on Biden, this is an important read. I have never before seen the so-called liberal media (looking at you @nytimes.com) wage such a brutal, bullying campaign against one of our own
(📢) FREE at PROOF: The Future of American Democracy Is Biden, Obama, or Bust
🔗: sethabramson.substack.com/p/the-future...
This essay takes a dramatic—and radical—view of the crossroads that America has come to. It’s not an easy read, but I hope a fulfilling one.
Please consider sharing.
🔗: sethabramson.substack.com/p/the-future...
This essay takes a dramatic—and radical—view of the crossroads that America has come to. It’s not an easy read, but I hope a fulfilling one.
Please consider sharing.
The Future of American Democracy: Biden, Obama, or Bust
Media may want an internecine bloodbath inside the Democratic Party as democracy hangs from a cliff, but it won’t happen. It won’t happen because data and history point to only three likely outcomes.
sethabramson.substack.com
July 4, 2024 at 3:00 PM
If you are feeling a bit shaky on Biden, this is an important read. I have never before seen the so-called liberal media (looking at you @nytimes.com) wage such a brutal, bullying campaign against one of our own
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To All: This story would make a GREAT addition to the Kaiju canon
In fact the film/TV option for Kaiju Preservation Society has just come back to me, so if you know someone who wants to spend a hundred million dollars+ to make it, please direct them to my manager, all the information to contact him is on IMDb Pro.
Congrats! It’s a great book. When do we get the movie/streaming series? How about a sequel?
June 6, 2024 at 1:16 PM
To All: This story would make a GREAT addition to the Kaiju canon
Hello New Jersey / New York
there's a fuckin *ocean* of money sloshing around at the top of society. one reason why we see so much investment into AI or crypto magic beans, it has nowhere sane to go (because the masses haven't had the spending power to justify investment in regular business until very recently)
The Massachusetts "millionaires tax" has vastly surpassed projections, bringing in more than $1.8 billion in revenue so far this fiscal year — with the prospect of a surplus of hundreds of millions of dollars to spend on transportation and education
May 21, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Hello New Jersey / New York
What a cover!
it is my pleasure to inform you that Alex Ross continues to crank you banger cover after banger cover for FANTASTIC FOUR
April 19, 2024 at 3:21 PM
What a cover!
Paging NYC
"No one I spoke to for this piece could name a recent sizable pedestrianization or traffic-reduction scheme that had been reversed once it had been given time to have an effect."
www.wired.com/story/car-fr...
www.wired.com/story/car-fr...
March 21, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Paging NYC
I just finished Patrick Rothfuss' "The Wise Man's Fear" (5 stars, all the stars, loved it). I've totally been called out
saw someone on booktok use the phrase "old man fantasy" (non-derogatory!) for "classic political high fantasy stuff that you can imagine your dad reading" and someone else in the comments chimed in with "I've been calling them grandpa books" 😭 the entire convo is positive recs, to be clear lmao
March 19, 2024 at 5:31 PM
I just finished Patrick Rothfuss' "The Wise Man's Fear" (5 stars, all the stars, loved it). I've totally been called out
This is the way www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/r...
March 15, 2024 at 2:48 PM
This is the way www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/r...