Ryan McGreal
@ryanmcgreal.bsky.social
Off course but constantly correcting. One of Penny’s favourite scent clouds. (he/him)
Pinned
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turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT
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You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
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Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
As the saying goes: when there’s smoke, and flames, and a roaring, crackling sound, and an acrid, burning stench that stings your eyes, and freaked out people running for the exits, you have to consider the possibility that there might be a fire.
November 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
As the saying goes: when there’s smoke, and flames, and a roaring, crackling sound, and an acrid, burning stench that stings your eyes, and freaked out people running for the exits, you have to consider the possibility that there might be a fire.
One of the truly great quirky one-hit wonders of the 1990s
November 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM
One of the truly great quirky one-hit wonders of the 1990s
“Standing up to Donald Trump didn’t work.”
Has there ever been a more self-fulfilling, self-defeating mewl of cowardice and fecklessness than this utterance by Senator Angus King on his vote to betray the antifascist coalition and capitulate to Trump and his cult of enablers?
Has there ever been a more self-fulfilling, self-defeating mewl of cowardice and fecklessness than this utterance by Senator Angus King on his vote to betray the antifascist coalition and capitulate to Trump and his cult of enablers?
November 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
“Standing up to Donald Trump didn’t work.”
Has there ever been a more self-fulfilling, self-defeating mewl of cowardice and fecklessness than this utterance by Senator Angus King on his vote to betray the antifascist coalition and capitulate to Trump and his cult of enablers?
Has there ever been a more self-fulfilling, self-defeating mewl of cowardice and fecklessness than this utterance by Senator Angus King on his vote to betray the antifascist coalition and capitulate to Trump and his cult of enablers?
“A lot of people worked for a long time to achieve that measles elimination status, and to lose it in one year because of a failure of government action … for a disease that’s totally preventable, it just makes me sad.”
Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says — CBC News
The latest federal data shows Alberta accounts for 38 per cent of Canada’s cases.
apple.news
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
“A lot of people worked for a long time to achieve that measles elimination status, and to lose it in one year because of a failure of government action … for a disease that’s totally preventable, it just makes me sad.”
If a Democratic president had pardoned this man, it would be the absolute end of their political career.
A Trump supporter who fired off a gun during the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol was arrested last month on kidnapping and sexual assault charges, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois.
Former Jan. 6 defendant arrested on kidnapping and aggravated assault charges
The Utah man was previously charged with firing a gun outside the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
www.nbcnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
If a Democratic president had pardoned this man, it would be the absolute end of their political career.
This is embarrassing and exasperating. Measles is a preventable illness that can cause serious complications including death. There is no good reason for Canada to fail to contain it, but there are bad-faith actors with blood on their hands for spreading antivax disinformation
Canada officially loses its measles elimination status — The Globe and Mail
The return of measles in the country has been largely attributed to lower childhood vaccination rates
apple.news
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This is embarrassing and exasperating. Measles is a preventable illness that can cause serious complications including death. There is no good reason for Canada to fail to contain it, but there are bad-faith actors with blood on their hands for spreading antivax disinformation
Another data point for @billmckibben.bsky.social ‘s thesis that America risks ending up as a national Colonial Williamsburg where tourists visit to see how people used to live in the old days.
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Another data point for @billmckibben.bsky.social ‘s thesis that America risks ending up as a national Colonial Williamsburg where tourists visit to see how people used to live in the old days.
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A couple people on here theorized in my replies that Trump's bulldozing of the East Wing was the work of a narcissist attempting to punish us for No Kings.
And I wonder now if doubling down on the SNAP and airline pain is his attempt to punish everyone for Tuesday's election results.
And I wonder now if doubling down on the SNAP and airline pain is his attempt to punish everyone for Tuesday's election results.
November 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A couple people on here theorized in my replies that Trump's bulldozing of the East Wing was the work of a narcissist attempting to punish us for No Kings.
And I wonder now if doubling down on the SNAP and airline pain is his attempt to punish everyone for Tuesday's election results.
And I wonder now if doubling down on the SNAP and airline pain is his attempt to punish everyone for Tuesday's election results.
Not the point but I did read this post in Elrond’s voice.
November 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Not the point but I did read this post in Elrond’s voice.
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Has there ever been a bigger lie than the “Keep me signed in” checkbox on the login form?
November 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Has there ever been a bigger lie than the “Keep me signed in” checkbox on the login form?
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The Democrats won several VA House seats where winning looked like a pipe dream going into the election. The Dems won these seats because they recruited candidates and actually campaigned. Important lesson for 26--the electorate is pissed--but you can only win when you run. Run everywhere!
Democrats contested all 100 Virginia House of Delegates races. Part of the party’s statewide success is due to the synergies between the legislative and statewide campaigns—even the losing ones. This is a big reason why Jay Jones won comfortably. This is a model the Dems should emulate everywhere
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The Democrats won several VA House seats where winning looked like a pipe dream going into the election. The Dems won these seats because they recruited candidates and actually campaigned. Important lesson for 26--the electorate is pissed--but you can only win when you run. Run everywhere!
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A moment of silence, please, for the "young men are all MAGA now" narrative.
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
November 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
A moment of silence, please, for the "young men are all MAGA now" narrative.
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
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Head in hands wondering how this could happen to me, the popular president who posted a video of myself shitting on everyone 2 weeks ago
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Head in hands wondering how this could happen to me, the popular president who posted a video of myself shitting on everyone 2 weeks ago
Thermostatic politics discovered alive and well
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Thermostatic politics discovered alive and well
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He always did love the 80s.
“U.S. President Donald Trump is on track to turn North America’s once dominant auto industry into a global backwater, a place where a couple of car companies churn out inferior, dirty vehicles for a captive consumer base that has no choice but to buy them.”
Trump is turning America’s auto industry into a global backwater. Canada must now go its own way — The Globe and Mail
North America’s once dominant auto industry may turn into a place where a couple of car companies churn out inferior, dirty vehicles for a captive consumer base that has no choice but to buy them
apple.news
November 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
He always did love the 80s.
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I hope someone is writing "12 Hangry Men" about the sandwich guy jury
November 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I hope someone is writing "12 Hangry Men" about the sandwich guy jury
“U.S. President Donald Trump is on track to turn North America’s once dominant auto industry into a global backwater, a place where a couple of car companies churn out inferior, dirty vehicles for a captive consumer base that has no choice but to buy them.”
Trump is turning America’s auto industry into a global backwater. Canada must now go its own way — The Globe and Mail
North America’s once dominant auto industry may turn into a place where a couple of car companies churn out inferior, dirty vehicles for a captive consumer base that has no choice but to buy them
apple.news
November 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
“U.S. President Donald Trump is on track to turn North America’s once dominant auto industry into a global backwater, a place where a couple of car companies churn out inferior, dirty vehicles for a captive consumer base that has no choice but to buy them.”
Someone should make a biopic about Kurt Vonnegut and cast either Nick Offerman or Pedro Pascal in the lead role
November 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Someone should make a biopic about Kurt Vonnegut and cast either Nick Offerman or Pedro Pascal in the lead role
Not the main point and I agree with Grossman’s point, but I would add that I hope Mamdani draws a clear distinction between his policy goals, centred on affordability, and his policy ideas, which might or might not work. I hope he takes a creative try-lots-of-ideas-and-keep-what-works approach.
Very weird to see the president dismantling rule of law and free trade while picking winners and losers in the market, and have a public freakout over a mayoral candidate proposing free busses.
If it doesn't work, and spends a lot of money for little benefit, reverse the bus policy. Not a big deal.
If it doesn't work, and spends a lot of money for little benefit, reverse the bus policy. Not a big deal.
Another abominable editorial from the Wash Post
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Not the main point and I agree with Grossman’s point, but I would add that I hope Mamdani draws a clear distinction between his policy goals, centred on affordability, and his policy ideas, which might or might not work. I hope he takes a creative try-lots-of-ideas-and-keep-what-works approach.
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One Halloween I dressed up as the GOP's Healthcare plan.
I never made it out of the House.
I never made it out of the House.
November 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
One Halloween I dressed up as the GOP's Healthcare plan.
I never made it out of the House.
I never made it out of the House.
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OH FUCK GEDDY LEE IS WEARING AN EFFIN BIRDS SHIRT AT THE WORLD SERIES
November 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
OH FUCK GEDDY LEE IS WEARING AN EFFIN BIRDS SHIRT AT THE WORLD SERIES