Ryan T. Howard
@rthowitzer.bsky.social
Writer, editor, developer, and designer for Chip Theory Games. Host of the Out of Contreks podcast. Former community journalist
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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VP Cheney will be honoured with a 21 gun salute accidentally aimed directly at 21 of his friends
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
VP Cheney will be honoured with a 21 gun salute accidentally aimed directly at 21 of his friends
Can't even be mad. Hell of a game
October 28, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Can't even be mad. Hell of a game
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everyday a new horror. being forced to defend jimmy kimmel. humiliating.
September 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
everyday a new horror. being forced to defend jimmy kimmel. humiliating.
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was under the impression that making fun of someone else's murder is out of bounds
Vance on Trump's strikes on boats: "I wouldn't go fishing right now in that area of the world."
September 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
was under the impression that making fun of someone else's murder is out of bounds
One of THE top Hollywood anecdotes of all time, right up there with adding the dollar sign at the end of "Alien"
September 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
One of THE top Hollywood anecdotes of all time, right up there with adding the dollar sign at the end of "Alien"
It's cringe for people to freak out and suggest that someone else finish ASOIAF, but also it is pretty silly that Martin has spent the last decade getting increasingly rich and famous for not doing his job. People making fun of him is a small price to pay, comparatively speaking.
August 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It's cringe for people to freak out and suggest that someone else finish ASOIAF, but also it is pretty silly that Martin has spent the last decade getting increasingly rich and famous for not doing his job. People making fun of him is a small price to pay, comparatively speaking.
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yuio might think the most important thing about playing an rpg with your friends is to make sure everyone is having fun. thats wrong. the most important thing is whether your playing pretend in a socially conscious way
August 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
yuio might think the most important thing about playing an rpg with your friends is to make sure everyone is having fun. thats wrong. the most important thing is whether your playing pretend in a socially conscious way
considering taking up the completely stupid TACO Trump thing but only for him deporting Elon
July 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
considering taking up the completely stupid TACO Trump thing but only for him deporting Elon
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“and every June you’ll have to spend a day rapidly reloading the page to see how many of your rights have expired” -the Founders probably
June 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
“and every June you’ll have to spend a day rapidly reloading the page to see how many of your rights have expired” -the Founders probably
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This is an image maga is posting to stoke fear of Mamdani. A list of things that sound awesome
June 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
This is an image maga is posting to stoke fear of Mamdani. A list of things that sound awesome
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The em dash supposedly being a “tell” for AI generated text does sort of give away the game on the enormous amount of work stolen from journalists and news organizations that these things were trained on
For my first @salonnewsroom.bsky.social piece, I wrote about how freaks for the em dash (me, and possibly you) will not stand by and cede our precious punctuation to AI www.salon.com/2025/06/11/a...
AI can’t have my em dash
Gen Z and AI have pulled a divisive punctuation mark into the spotlight.
www.salon.com
June 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The em dash supposedly being a “tell” for AI generated text does sort of give away the game on the enormous amount of work stolen from journalists and news organizations that these things were trained on
Sharing this because it's probably one of my more annoyingly contrarian pop culture takes.
1. Alien
2. Alien: Resurrection (so underrated and fun)
3. Aliens
4. Prometheus
5. Alien: Covenant
6. Alien: Romulus
7. Alien³
1. Alien
2. Alien: Resurrection (so underrated and fun)
3. Aliens
4. Prometheus
5. Alien: Covenant
6. Alien: Romulus
7. Alien³
1. Alien
2. Aliens
3. Prometheus
4. Alien: Romulus
5. Alien³
6. Alien: Resurrection
7. Alien: Covenant
What's your ranking?
2. Aliens
3. Prometheus
4. Alien: Romulus
5. Alien³
6. Alien: Resurrection
7. Alien: Covenant
What's your ranking?
a black and white photo of a woman 's face is sitting on a table
ALT: a black and white photo of a woman 's face is sitting on a table
media.tenor.com
June 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Sharing this because it's probably one of my more annoyingly contrarian pop culture takes.
1. Alien
2. Alien: Resurrection (so underrated and fun)
3. Aliens
4. Prometheus
5. Alien: Covenant
6. Alien: Romulus
7. Alien³
1. Alien
2. Alien: Resurrection (so underrated and fun)
3. Aliens
4. Prometheus
5. Alien: Covenant
6. Alien: Romulus
7. Alien³
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God bless Uncrustables
Sandwich I love
Jam inside your
Peanut butter
That itself is inside of a bun
Sandwich I love
Jam inside your
Peanut butter
That itself is inside of a bun
May 28, 2025 at 3:48 AM
God bless Uncrustables
Sandwich I love
Jam inside your
Peanut butter
That itself is inside of a bun
Sandwich I love
Jam inside your
Peanut butter
That itself is inside of a bun
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No Democrat in America is braver than she is
May 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
No Democrat in America is braver than she is
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remember the weeks-long discourse about whether or not saying sarah huckabee sanders made her eye shadow out of lies constituted bullying.
it's unfathomably messed up that the president of the United States is using the power of his office to go after a single high school kid.
he is talking about a trans child in sports
May 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
remember the weeks-long discourse about whether or not saying sarah huckabee sanders made her eye shadow out of lies constituted bullying.
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This DEEPLY MEDIOCRE Film Was Released in Theaters TWO YEARS AGO, and EVERYONE FORGOT IT -- Now it's NETFLIX'S BIGGEST SECRET MASTERPIECE, but Do You UNDERSTAND its UTTERLY UNAMBIGUOUS ENDING? We'll Explain in NINETEEN PARAGRAPHS that Will Have YOU Asking, IS THIS ARTICLE A.I.?
(ScreenRant link)
(ScreenRant link)
May 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This DEEPLY MEDIOCRE Film Was Released in Theaters TWO YEARS AGO, and EVERYONE FORGOT IT -- Now it's NETFLIX'S BIGGEST SECRET MASTERPIECE, but Do You UNDERSTAND its UTTERLY UNAMBIGUOUS ENDING? We'll Explain in NINETEEN PARAGRAPHS that Will Have YOU Asking, IS THIS ARTICLE A.I.?
(ScreenRant link)
(ScreenRant link)
I simply must figure out a way to remove Gemini from all Google products I use, or I am going to **** ********.
May 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I simply must figure out a way to remove Gemini from all Google products I use, or I am going to **** ********.
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“At least I got to say slurs again,” the finance guy who never stopped saying slurs thinks to himself as he opens his 37th story office window and looks at the sidewalk below.
April 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
“At least I got to say slurs again,” the finance guy who never stopped saying slurs thinks to himself as he opens his 37th story office window and looks at the sidewalk below.
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End the burger shop trade barriers now
April 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
End the burger shop trade barriers now
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the deep anger people express about ads on podcasts they get for free really reminds me how much so many people's conception of anti-capitalism consists of:
1. Artists (and doordash drivers) work for free
2. I do nothing else
3. Socialist utopia someday
1. Artists (and doordash drivers) work for free
2. I do nothing else
3. Socialist utopia someday
March 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
the deep anger people express about ads on podcasts they get for free really reminds me how much so many people's conception of anti-capitalism consists of:
1. Artists (and doordash drivers) work for free
2. I do nothing else
3. Socialist utopia someday
1. Artists (and doordash drivers) work for free
2. I do nothing else
3. Socialist utopia someday
I've said it before, will say it again: we need Letterboxd for Star Trek episodes.
March 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I've said it before, will say it again: we need Letterboxd for Star Trek episodes.
A small note of positivity in troubled times: no one has, to my knowledge, made a live-action Curious George movie yet.
March 1, 2025 at 12:51 AM
A small note of positivity in troubled times: no one has, to my knowledge, made a live-action Curious George movie yet.