ryanvb
@ryanvb.bsky.social
Traveler | Democracy Lover | Blowhard Hater
Making bookshelves great again.
October 31, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Making bookshelves great again.
Children, really. "In follow-up posts, Musk suggested that he would leave the Republican Party, accused Trump of involvement with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and backed a call for the president’s impeachment."
June 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Children, really. "In follow-up posts, Musk suggested that he would leave the Republican Party, accused Trump of involvement with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and backed a call for the president’s impeachment."
Oh the irony, oh the metaphor. One day, his starship blows up, the next day, it's his gov't career.
May 29, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Oh the irony, oh the metaphor. One day, his starship blows up, the next day, it's his gov't career.
Truth found on a light pole. DWTN LA
April 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Truth found on a light pole. DWTN LA
Sign sat it all at the Last Bookstore in DWTN LA.
April 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Sign sat it all at the Last Bookstore in DWTN LA.
Only the best people… the Homeland Secretary can’t keep her codes secure and Hegseth can’t keep his trap shut.
Kristi Noem’s Bag, With Security Badge and $3,000, Is Stolen (Gift Article)
The homeland security secretary was dining at a Washington, D.C., restaurant. She also lost her passport and keys.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Only the best people… the Homeland Secretary can’t keep her codes secure and Hegseth can’t keep his trap shut.
And, in front of LA’s Federal Detention Facility, where the Trump administration jails legal residents and citizens, denying them their Constitutional rights
April 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
And, in front of LA’s Federal Detention Facility, where the Trump administration jails legal residents and citizens, denying them their Constitutional rights
Hey, if you’re in LA, come on down to city Hall, we’re making noise today!
April 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Hey, if you’re in LA, come on down to city Hall, we’re making noise today!
I've been hearing it everywhere and now it's official: international visitors are avoiding the USA thanks to Trump, hate speech and guns
Travel to the U.S. from almost everywhere is falling under Trump — The Washington Post
Charts show the scale of a steep drop in visitors from key countries and regions after President Donald Trump returned to office.
apple.news
April 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I've been hearing it everywhere and now it's official: international visitors are avoiding the USA thanks to Trump, hate speech and guns
Reposted by ryanvb
The Librarians is a must-see documentary about the recent history of book banning in the US
April 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The Librarians is a must-see documentary about the recent history of book banning in the US
Maya Angelou’s seminal autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” and books on the Holocaust & KKK were included on the Navy’s list of 381 books yanked from the Naval Academy Library before a visit by alcoholic womanizer blowhard Peter Hegseth. No word when the bonfire begins.
Read the Naval Academy’s list of removed books
The Navy released the titles of 381 books that were removed from the U.S. Naval Academy’s Nimitz Library on the Annapolis, Md., campus this week because their subject matter was seen as being related ...
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Maya Angelou’s seminal autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” and books on the Holocaust & KKK were included on the Navy’s list of 381 books yanked from the Naval Academy Library before a visit by alcoholic womanizer blowhard Peter Hegseth. No word when the bonfire begins.
Paris park on a Saturday, incomparable. #placedevosages These guys would get shot in the #USA
April 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Paris park on a Saturday, incomparable. #placedevosages These guys would get shot in the #USA
Most people in this pic are waiting/shuffling to get into Notre Dame. People not in pic are inside, thanks to free timed admission tix you get online. I got mine 2 hrs ago, go in soon. #Paris #NotreDame
April 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Most people in this pic are waiting/shuffling to get into Notre Dame. People not in pic are inside, thanks to free timed admission tix you get online. I got mine 2 hrs ago, go in soon. #Paris #NotreDame
Visited the low-key museum in Reims, France today where the Germans surrendered on May 7, 1945. It preserves the room in Eisenhower's HQ where the docs were signed. I can't imagine the outrage of the people who beat the Nazis if they knew fascists were tearing apart the USA from within today.
March 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Visited the low-key museum in Reims, France today where the Germans surrendered on May 7, 1945. It preserves the room in Eisenhower's HQ where the docs were signed. I can't imagine the outrage of the people who beat the Nazis if they knew fascists were tearing apart the USA from within today.
Not sure how I missed this, but Pableaux Johnson, a great New Orleans food writer and a great friend to 1000s, died in Jan. At Lonely Planet, we published his first book on NOLA eats, it was superb.
Pableaux Johnson, the Heart of New Orleans Hospitality, Dies at 59 (Gift Article)
As a photographer, cook and writer, he united communities through shared meals, vivid storytelling and a deep love of the city’s traditions.
www.nytimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Not sure how I missed this, but Pableaux Johnson, a great New Orleans food writer and a great friend to 1000s, died in Jan. At Lonely Planet, we published his first book on NOLA eats, it was superb.
Thousands protested in NYC today for Not My President’s Day. I was glad to be in town while in transit. Loved seeing all the people who care about human decency out on a day when the wind chill was 18F. We have to start somewhere! • Resist
February 18, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Thousands protested in NYC today for Not My President’s Day. I was glad to be in town while in transit. Loved seeing all the people who care about human decency out on a day when the wind chill was 18F. We have to start somewhere! • Resist
Anne Telnaes, the ex-Wash Post cartoonist who quit over Bezos censoring the content, just posted this about Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center. Says it.
February 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Anne Telnaes, the ex-Wash Post cartoonist who quit over Bezos censoring the content, just posted this about Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center. Says it.
The view in Bolivia this evening.
February 8, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The view in Bolivia this evening.
Meanwhile, for your reading pleasure, I dump on Bali, which I do still love... It's complicated.
I’ve been visiting Bali for 31 years – I’ve never been more worried for the island’s future
I first landed in Bali in November 1993. Unlike today, the airport wasn’t jammed with flights from around the world, rather you caught one of the few flights from Jakarta each day and entered the isla...
www.yahoo.com
January 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Meanwhile, for your reading pleasure, I dump on Bali, which I do still love... It's complicated.
Trump giving his voters exactly what they want and understand: racism and stupidity.
President Blames D.E.I. and Biden for Crash Under Trump’s Watch
President Trump’s remarks, suggesting without evidence that diversity in hiring and other Biden administration policies somehow caused the disaster, reflected his instinct to immediately frame major e...
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Trump giving his voters exactly what they want and understand: racism and stupidity.
When the franchise runs out of gas. [Spotted in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia]
January 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
When the franchise runs out of gas. [Spotted in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia]
The Sunday Read.
Opinion | The Singular Tragedy of Anne Frank
The more Anne Frank becomes a generic symbol of all historical tragedy, the less we remember who she was and what happened to her.
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The Sunday Read.
Target is pandering to Trump and his ignorant racist mob by ending its DEI programs AND pulling the plug on stocking products from minority and women-owned firms. Seems Target couldn’t jump on the hate wagon fast enough. Remember this when they go fake rainbow again and claim they’re inclusive.
Target ending DEI initiatives amid Trump's order on diversity programs
Target said on Friday it was ending its diversity, equity and inclusion program along with other equity initiatives, becoming the latest U.S. firm to pull back on these policies, meant to boost racial and ethnic representation at workplaces.
www.reuters.com
January 25, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Target is pandering to Trump and his ignorant racist mob by ending its DEI programs AND pulling the plug on stocking products from minority and women-owned firms. Seems Target couldn’t jump on the hate wagon fast enough. Remember this when they go fake rainbow again and claim they’re inclusive.
Mostly sums it up. Also not a fucking idiot. At least in my opinion.
January 25, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Mostly sums it up. Also not a fucking idiot. At least in my opinion.