Ryan
@ryanwithcupcake.bsky.social
Same handle on Twitter. He/him.
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People need to realize that government agencies facing repeated budget cuts have already trimmed all of the obvious and easy to trim fat. You can't assume there is more because Reagan assured you governments are inherently wasteful.
Portland: Highly damaging transit service cuts may be coming in the next year. Still no sign of a plan on how to prevent them.
No, there is not a lot of waste in the system; almost all service is justified by ridership or equity (we did that work).
trimet.org/servicecuts/...
No, there is not a lot of waste in the system; almost all service is justified by ridership or equity (we did that work).
trimet.org/servicecuts/...
Planned Bus and MAX Service Cuts
Due to a growing budget gap, we must cut some TriMet service starting in November 2025.
trimet.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
People need to realize that government agencies facing repeated budget cuts have already trimmed all of the obvious and easy to trim fat. You can't assume there is more because Reagan assured you governments are inherently wasteful.
I forgot how transphobic this episode of Yu Yu Hakisho was.
November 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I forgot how transphobic this episode of Yu Yu Hakisho was.
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Sector-specific export collapse presented as good news.
The White House just blasted this out under the headline "Good News You May Have Missed"
November 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Sector-specific export collapse presented as good news.
"I'd stay quiet because if you don't another life will be destroyed," is a logic that could be applied to every criminal Donny arrests.
#Hollyoaks
#Hollyoaks
November 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
"I'd stay quiet because if you don't another life will be destroyed," is a logic that could be applied to every criminal Donny arrests.
#Hollyoaks
#Hollyoaks
Dodger is right that Donny killed Griff to benefit himself. Donny was mad that Griff made him feel powerless and killed him to get his sense of power and masculinity back.
It's similar to the violence Warren does supposedly in the name of others. No wonder Donny likes him so much.
#Hollyoaks
It's similar to the violence Warren does supposedly in the name of others. No wonder Donny likes him so much.
#Hollyoaks
November 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Dodger is right that Donny killed Griff to benefit himself. Donny was mad that Griff made him feel powerless and killed him to get his sense of power and masculinity back.
It's similar to the violence Warren does supposedly in the name of others. No wonder Donny likes him so much.
#Hollyoaks
It's similar to the violence Warren does supposedly in the name of others. No wonder Donny likes him so much.
#Hollyoaks
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it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
Oh
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
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How many centrist and liberal parties need to lose with a "yes, immigrants are to blame for your problems and we hate them too, just not as much" strategy before they try a "no, immigration and pluralism are good and benefit us, the far right and oligarchs are to blame for your problems" strategy?
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
Oh
November 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
How many centrist and liberal parties need to lose with a "yes, immigrants are to blame for your problems and we hate them too, just not as much" strategy before they try a "no, immigration and pluralism are good and benefit us, the far right and oligarchs are to blame for your problems" strategy?
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We're primarying John Fetterman.
Last week, Fetterman again sold out working Pennsylvanians. He was the deciding vote for a Republican budget bill that will strip healthcare from over 400,000 Pennsylvanians.
We deserve real working class leadership in the Senate, not a Trump-enabling Democrat.
Last week, Fetterman again sold out working Pennsylvanians. He was the deciding vote for a Republican budget bill that will strip healthcare from over 400,000 Pennsylvanians.
We deserve real working class leadership in the Senate, not a Trump-enabling Democrat.
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We're primarying John Fetterman.
Last week, Fetterman again sold out working Pennsylvanians. He was the deciding vote for a Republican budget bill that will strip healthcare from over 400,000 Pennsylvanians.
We deserve real working class leadership in the Senate, not a Trump-enabling Democrat.
Last week, Fetterman again sold out working Pennsylvanians. He was the deciding vote for a Republican budget bill that will strip healthcare from over 400,000 Pennsylvanians.
We deserve real working class leadership in the Senate, not a Trump-enabling Democrat.
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Elected officials deserve your snide remarks! Average voter who is just trying to make it day to day may not
November 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Elected officials deserve your snide remarks! Average voter who is just trying to make it day to day may not
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NEW: Chi Ossé, an ally of Mamdani, has filed paperwork to challenge Jeffries from the left.
Chi Ossé files paperwork to challenge Hakeem Jeffries from the left
The NYC City Council member said in a statement that Democratic leadership is "failing to effectively fight back against Donald Trump."
www.axios.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
NEW: Chi Ossé, an ally of Mamdani, has filed paperwork to challenge Jeffries from the left.
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Inclusionary zoning is not just terrible policy. It’s also extremely neoliberal policy that outsources a key state function—providing subsidized housing for poor people—to private, market-based actors and shifts the financial burden for the subsidies from wealthy homeowners to middle class renters.
It's also the most '90s Third Way-ish policy idea imaginable, which is why it is both bemusing and frustrating that so many leftists embrace it with such vigour. "Let's solve affordable housing with technocratic, market based incrementalism" really isn't all that progressive!
So-called “inclusionary zoning” is a tax on new housing that reduces the amount of housing that gets built, worsening the housing shortage and driving up rent. It is bad, counterproductive policy and we should stop doing it.
November 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Inclusionary zoning is not just terrible policy. It’s also extremely neoliberal policy that outsources a key state function—providing subsidized housing for poor people—to private, market-based actors and shifts the financial burden for the subsidies from wealthy homeowners to middle class renters.
The reaction to Liz Cheney and MTG shows that some people can't distinguish between accepting the votes of people one doesn't agree with and actively courting those votes with policy concessions.
November 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The reaction to Liz Cheney and MTG shows that some people can't distinguish between accepting the votes of people one doesn't agree with and actively courting those votes with policy concessions.
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Fun fact: the US sells more higher ed to China than soybeans
Trump's campaign to kill an industry where America runs a massive trade surplus is succeeding
New foreign student enrollment in the US fell 17% this fall www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Fun fact: the US sells more higher ed to China than soybeans
"Me and your dad didn't raise you this way."
How many months was it since they were crashing a car to destroy evidence of a hit and run? This is exactly how they raised them.
#Hollyoaks
How many months was it since they were crashing a car to destroy evidence of a hit and run? This is exactly how they raised them.
#Hollyoaks
November 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"Me and your dad didn't raise you this way."
How many months was it since they were crashing a car to destroy evidence of a hit and run? This is exactly how they raised them.
#Hollyoaks
How many months was it since they were crashing a car to destroy evidence of a hit and run? This is exactly how they raised them.
#Hollyoaks
You'd think Ste would have mentioned Brendan physically abusing him. It's extremely relevant.
#Hollyoaks
#Hollyoaks
November 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
You'd think Ste would have mentioned Brendan physically abusing him. It's extremely relevant.
#Hollyoaks
#Hollyoaks
November 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Also I just wanna say that the idea that me too was a walk in the park and it could happen to anyone at random...
Literally go fuck yourself.
Literally go fuck yourself.
November 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Also I just wanna say that the idea that me too was a walk in the park and it could happen to anyone at random...
Literally go fuck yourself.
Literally go fuck yourself.
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everyone who wants Democrats to focus on throwing immigrants and trans people under the bus needs to explain why this is not going to be the end result
November 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
everyone who wants Democrats to focus on throwing immigrants and trans people under the bus needs to explain why this is not going to be the end result
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People getting mad here about anyone saying it's good that MTG and Trump are fighting. I teach democratization every semester. The first slide says 'elite fracture.' That's always where it starts. It's good when people with bad politics are fighting one another.
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
November 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
People getting mad here about anyone saying it's good that MTG and Trump are fighting. I teach democratization every semester. The first slide says 'elite fracture.' That's always where it starts. It's good when people with bad politics are fighting one another.
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This lady is not your friend.
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This lady is not your friend.
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We need some "reverse Halllmark" movies where a small town lady finds love and the magic of Christmas in the big city.
We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.
November 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We need some "reverse Halllmark" movies where a small town lady finds love and the magic of Christmas in the big city.
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We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.
June 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.
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Dems should promise not only to prosecute the Trump family for enriching themselves at the expense of the country but also to use the tools of government to seize the wealth they’ve illegally accrued during his presidential terms.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...
Trump Organization Is Said to Be in Talks on a Saudi Government Real Estate Deal
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Dems should promise not only to prosecute the Trump family for enriching themselves at the expense of the country but also to use the tools of government to seize the wealth they’ve illegally accrued during his presidential terms.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...