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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

e're about two temper tantrums away from the 10pm to midnight TV schedules being reruns of Trump's military parade.

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

@pattonoswalt.bsky.social Nabisco stole Stella D’oro Breakfast Treat’s tagline!

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Superman didn't become woke. You became an asshole.

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

My biggest takeaway from Bluesky at VidCon: Bluesky doesn't devalue links, so this is the best social platform to build a brand.

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Musk saying Trump is in the Epstein files isn’t the ‘own’ he thinks it is. That means Musk is either a brutally out of control liar or spent months elevating and promoting someone he knew to be an awful child predator.

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

We are about five executive orders away from “If any American travels internationally they’re a terrorist!”

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

In my decades of movie fandom I can only think of a few movies where I left the theater feeling blown away: Pulp Fiction, Blair Witch Project, Memento, Eternal Sunshine, Spider-Verse. I can now add ‘Sinners’ to that list.

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

I hate how much the Overton window has moved on the ‘immigrants are bad’ debate. Immigrants are less likely to commit crimes. Immigrants add $1.6 trillion in economic activity per year. Half of Fortune 500 companies are founded by immigrants and their kids. Let’s deport racists instead.

npr.org

Immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than U.S.-born Americans, studies find

In Thursday night's State of The Union, the murder of 22-year-old Laken Riley took center stage. The suspect is a migrant. Republicans say immigration leads to crime, but there's no evidence of that.

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

We have a head of HHS who believes in vibes-based medicine, a head of DOGE who believes in vibes-based government spending, and a president who believes in vibes-based policy. What could go wrong?

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Yes I plan on buying the Switch 2 with Mario Kart World on release date. No further questions.

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Trump’s tariffs are like Thanos’s snap for the stock market.

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

For no particular reason… Kefka, my favorite video game villain from Final Fantasy VI, a clown that became a leader, was disgusted by the problems of common people, and destroyed the world in his quest to become a god: thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/...

thespinoff.co.nz

25 years a clown: In praise of Final Fantasy 6’s Kefka

How time flies – Final Fantasy 6 was released 25 years ago this month. Sam Brooks remembers its brilliant antagonist, an evil clown who actually succeeded in destroying the world.

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Don’t worry, the bull in the China shop is going to be fantastic for the China shop in the long run!

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Felt cute. Might delete later.

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I swear if one more employee compares me to Mr. Milchick I'm going to tell them to devour feculence...

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Hey! We closed a bit of funding at Fixated! Also stepped into the Chief Business Officer role so I can now officially say I'm "in sales." www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...

hollywoodreporter.com

Content Creator Management Company Fixated Secures $10M Investment From Eldridge (Exclusive)

The company was co-founded in 2023 by former FaZe Clan president Zach Katz and TalentX co-founder Jason Wilhelm.

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Happy Mario Day! Hug a plumber today.

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Until prices go down, I will hereby refer to eggs as ‘chicken caviar’

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Anti-vaxxers see a commercial that says ‘9 in 10 dentists recommend Trident’ then post “I’ve done extensive research and found a dentist brave enough to expose the deadly side effects of Trident gum”

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

A shocking amount of millennials grew up secretly rooting for Ivan Drago, Kingpin, Major Arnold Ernst Toht, and Hoggish Greedly. (If you understand this we are best friends)

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

The ‘Gulf of America’ thing is the most Dwayne Elizando Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho move he’s made. Get ready for Brawndo, plants!

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I'll take 'Tweets that Aged Perfectly' for $1,000, Alex:

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Hey dummies: it is not a journalist’s job to present ‘both sides.’ It is a journalist’s job to dig as hard as they can learn the objective truth to the best of their abilities and report it.

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Maybe we should ask AI how to keep the AI bubble from bursting

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I imagine that the first question the priest and Levite asked was: ‘If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?’ But by the very nature of his concern, the good Samaritan reversed the question: ‘If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him? - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Reminder that partisan pundits believe in nothing or everything if it will make them a buck. Don’t listen to them.

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Let’s be clear: when Zuck says he wants to bring ‘masculine energy’ to Meta he means trolling, misinformation, and racism. He’s talking about toxic masculinity, not chivalry.

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

We got nominated for the 2024 Creator Agency Awards! What a year. You can vote for us here: withjuly.com/awards

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Reminder: Elon Musk could buy every homeless person in America a $500,000 house and still have a net worth of over $100b.

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Gotta hand it to AI social media analysis: they don't hold back--

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Hey ladies and germs, we're 'Circling Waymo' and we're going to do some make-em-ups for you. We just need a suggestion to get things started: what's something that a robot will kill you with someday? www.latimes.com/california/s...

latimes.com

Los Angeles man is trapped in circling Waymo on way to airport: 'Is somebody playing a joke?'

L.A. tech entrepreneur Mike Johns posted a video of his call to a customer service representative for Waymo to report that the car kept turning in circles.

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Trump’s weird obsession with the song YMCA should have been the end of his candidacy.

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Merry Christmas! Here’s a scratcher ticket. It means I got you a pile of possibly toxic gray metal dust.

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

I find ‘un-aliving’ very triggering. Can we please say ‘non-unmurdering’?

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Researcher: It’s called the trolley problem. A trolley is about to hit someone, but you can pull a switch and it will hit 5 different people. Do you flip the switch? Elon: I got it. I’ll attach a cannon to the front that will fire right as I throw the switch then I’ll get all 6!

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

This morning, my daughter asked me what Sonic the Hedgehog's bones are made of and now I can't stop thinking about it.

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

THAT’S what undercut the faith of the U.S. justice system?! Then pull up a chair and let me tell you some tales…

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Long weekend so of course I spent my time connecting every device in the house to Alexa…

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Logical fallacies are the language of the internet troll…

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Tech execs in 2000: Let’s build a utopian future based on love! Tech execs in 2024: how many people can I kill to make my shareholders like me more?

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Inside Out 2 screening at Melrose Elementary. Finn decided to go play in the haunted woods because he’s goth.

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Phil Ranta @philranta.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Movie idea: it’s ‘The Producers’ but instead of a terrible Broadway play it’s a government.

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