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I walk quiet at night through the projects/Maybe one night look through your peephole - peek-a-boo!

They were selling postcards of lynchings like 70 years ago. “Medieval” seems like a nice lil historical European sleight of hand for “Modern American”.

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Studying for the clinical exam & preparing a case presentation & trying to write a paper on Freud & trying to learn the guitar parts of a band I might join & planning for partner’s 40th &, like, laundry and shit; my brain doesn’t know wtf is happening anymore.

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Listening to these tedious, endless explications of laws and ethics that exist to maintain and reinforce obvious professional boundaries that now I have to be tested on. I blame Jung.

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Studying for the licensing exam is really revealing a lot about the TDC lady’s psychology.

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Pope Leo XIV to replace Nicole Kidman in AMC ad.

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Back on instant graham after a couple years’ hiatus; noticing the difference between accounts I now mute/unfollow & those I don’t because of the jouissance I get from seeing their stories come up and not looking at them & enjoying my hatred.

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Went to the punk festival yesterday and mostly spent hours drinking iced coffee and reading Lacan under a tree. Also very possibly permanently damaged my hearing (even further) watching the Dirtbombs. Saw Ig too.

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

[At Mosswood Meltdown] K: You can tell the people who are just here to see Pavement because they’re all wearing brown shoes. I’ve never seen this many brown shoes at a show before.

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Brown Shoes Don't Make It

YouTube video by Frank Zappa - Topic

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Back in my day these were called “boyfriends,” nice to hear they’ve settled down and gotten serious.

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Finished my &@$! hours. Took damn near five years, several odious work environments, and near-total financial ruin, but now only the bureaucracy and an exam stands between me and licensure!

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Alex Chilton - Hook or Crook

YouTube video by remain22

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Happy 100 years, and here’s to another 1900 for one of my great heroes, Mel Brooks! Pictured here with his best pal Carl who gets a little halo from the glare in my office.

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

5pm Friday, taking dog out, passed by attorney neighbor in oversized Guns & Roses tee & sweatshorts, then social worker neighbor in oversized college shirt & jammy pants & me in beat up hoodie & track pants - it’s a Professional Slumber Party around here.

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Finally, the genius gets his soup

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Gf graduated with her AA in Child Development yesterday; cum laude, Phi Theta Kappa honor society, valedictorian in her major. On to get her BA in social work. There is so much candy in this house.

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Never did get that job at the record store, btw. Stopped in today for some LP sleeves; new person working behind the counter I’d never seen before. Must’ve been about 12. “I’d like a roll of LP sleeves, please,” says I. “Sure, what size?” If anyone needs me, I’ll be blasting myself into the sun.

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Met a dog today named Bandit and thought it was interesting how a type of criminal is an acceptable name, so all day I’ve been calling my dog “Burglar,” “Felon,” “Arsonist,” “Vandal,” “Kidnapper,” “Embezzler,” “Fraudster,” “Manslaughterer,” “Jaywalker,” “Unlicensed Vendor,” “Purse Thief” etc.

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Broke my 115-day Wordle streak and I blame it on having rewatched Ghost World last night and was sure the word was used in a gag from that movie and it was not and it turns out there is no such thing as synchronicity, fuck Carl Jung and fuck the Police

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The Police - Synchronicity II (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by ThePoliceVEVO

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Just learned that GLP-1 is based on an enzyme synthesized from gila monster venom, and I’m all, “yeah man, I wandered around the desert until I got bit by a gila monster and I lost 100 lbs overnight! Thinking of going after a rattlesnake next!”

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

So do these veterinary nutritionist dorks in Davis just, like, not do focus groups or what…?

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Yes, I am giving whateverthefuck this is free advertising, but as a PSA. Capitalism has this terrible dilemma: when you’re asleep you’re not productive but if you don’t sleep you get sick & die. The solution? Sell you a product to minimize time not producing/consuming.

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

There’s a loophole though if you want to attend Johns Hopkins University since there’s someplace called “John Hopkins University” on the list.

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Colleague told me our supervisor said to them that my notes are “something to aspire to” which is a nice compliment to hear and also he’s never said that to me or given me any indication that he thinks that and so Daddy Issues engaged

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a black and white photo of sigmund freud

ALT: a black and white photo of sigmund freud

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Getting all these ads for these macho “minimalist” wallets made of guns or whatever that seem to be capitalizing on some kind of wallet-shame or insecurity for ppl’s mangled wallets? I bought my wallet at Hot Topic in 1998 and am still using it. Do they just not make ‘em like they used to or…?

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

A Roxy Music cover band called Lorenzo Music, is that anything?

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Never watched the show/cared, but was obvs aware of his celebrity status as a teen. I think why deaths like this are impactful now is the decline of cultural touchstones of my generation & how a 5-year age difference seemed like & perhaps is a lot when young but is basically meaningless by midlife.

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

@patfinnerty.bsky.social is the man. Livestream of the All American Halftime Show did not disappoint. That guy has improved my life in demonstrable ways. Do yourself a favor and go watch all his YT videos asap. Guarantee it’ll be more enjoyable than the foosball.

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Todd Dillard @toddedillard.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

really great living in the time where at any moment someone will publish an article titled “All the Members of Queen Were Men” or “No Birds in ‘The Mighty Ducks’”

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

See, this dismissive rhetoric is part of why KP employees keep striking & KP keeps getting sued: this totally unserious “just ignore them” attitudes about their workers & pts alike; “it’s just an annoying 3%.”

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Giving humanity a lot of credit, but I like Bigfoot so I’ll take it. “Maybe it’s that AI has introduced a new (or just not often articulated) epistemological category. Not “real” and not “fake,” but something like “plausible render”…

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AI-Generated Cryptids Are More Real Than Real

thought digest, 02.04.2026

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

The 1960s Hemingway and O’Connor Marxism 101 Goethe’s Faust The Modern American Jewish Experience J/K Nuggies No kooks Jammin Dumpster diving Earth Balance

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The Star Spangled Banner

YouTube video by Spirit - Topic

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

God save us from “celebrities speaking out.” Every time they get involved all credibility goes out the window. Unless they plan to do something actionable with their wealth or bodies, I don’t wanna hear it.

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Chumbawamba shhhh.wmv

YouTube video by 1850696969

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

New narrative. I endorse everything about this post.

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

I, a sixth-generation Californian, am fine with this.

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Local record shop is hiring a weekend cashier, and Ryan needs money, so what the hell, I applied. Fun to write a “non-professional” cover letter pretty much bluntly saying why they should hire me, one reason being “I know for a fact you have a record I play on in stock right now.”

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Spinal Tap – Gimme Some Money – Full HD Music Video

YouTube video by Things Occasionally

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Caught the beginning of a sports game tonight. National anthem was being sung, showed shots of the standing crowd, some with their hands reverently over their hearts, some just apathetically on their feet doing their due diligence. Took me a minute to realize there were multiple camera angles…

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

K: What’s the time? Me: IT’S TIME TO GET ILL! K: Me: It’s 8:04.

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

As a sober alcoholic, I always tend to roll my eyes a bit at “Dry January” resolutions or the (to me) flippant use of the word “sober”when speaking abt how difficult it is,so I appreciate how this thread reframes it & encourages a critical recalibration of the role of alcohol in one’s (social) life.

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

This implies the existence of Sperm Donors I-IX

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

My partner does not find this cover funny, it would seem.

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Landlord implemented an app to collect rent. I’ll eventually be forced to switch over, but for now, I still have plenty of stamps, envelopes, & checks & will derive great enjoyment in making that fuck have to rely on the post office & take extra steps himself to get my money. New year, same me.

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Let's Lynch the Landlord

YouTube video by Dead Kennedys - Topic

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

See you on the other side 🤙

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Ryan L @realarthurtea.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Scene from my third annual hyper-Berkeley xmas eve tradition of Sam Rudin’s “Merry Christmas From a Jewish Atheist Pianist,” doing his staple gospel rendition of “Silent Night.”

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