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Ryan McConnell

@ryancmcconnell.bsky.social
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Web Dev by trade, reader and gamer by hobby Currently reading: probably something by Naomi Novik, Ben Aaronovitch, Toni Morrison, Silvia Moreno-Garcia or Barbara Kingsolver Currently playing: Pokopia

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't.
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Ryan McConnell @ryancmcconnell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
when life gives you lemons, it's okay to stomp on them and get really upset technically, you're still making lemonade
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Iszac! @iszacstartown.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
New Metroid game looks sick
Drawing of Samus absorbing her enemy's power. The title says Metroid Girl Dinner instead of Metroid Ravenous
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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Videogame CEOs, consider the exciting opportunities afforded you by shutting the fuck up.
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Ryan McConnell @ryancmcconnell.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
You play as a French sandwich: the game is a croquelike.
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Rachel Klein @racheleklein.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
shaking my head while I squeeze the mustard on so people know I don’t approve of U.S. foreign policy
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Ryan McConnell @ryancmcconnell.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
@overduepod.bsky.social BUT WHO WAS PHONE?
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Ryan McConnell @ryancmcconnell.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
BOOKATHON BOOKATHON BOOKATHON
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Ryan McConnell @ryancmcconnell.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
@midimyers.com a job for Triple Click?
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Ryan McConnell @ryancmcconnell.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
@overduepod.bsky.social when?
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Ryan McConnell @ryancmcconnell.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
‘What is this “Pluto“?’
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Comic Book Yeti 🎃 @comicbookyeti.com · 18/04/2026
Mood
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RedruM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."
I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake

By A Horse

Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food.

I am thinking I would like to try cake.

Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape.

Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy.

Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much.

I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You  know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on."

Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 26/03/2026
Incredible how much better I feel when I go to bed before midnight. And yet, I refuse to do it
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Ryan McConnell @ryancmcconnell.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
@radiofreenintendo.bsky.social
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Ryan McConnell @ryancmcconnell.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I’m the type of goon who spawns underneath the map, so while I can’t technically die, I am also far from what most would call living
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Ryan McConnell @ryancmcconnell.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
It’s peaches.
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Ryan McConnell @ryancmcconnell.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
…is that you, @gailsimone.bsky.social
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Ryan McConnell @ryancmcconnell.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
@radiofreenintendo.bsky.social
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🦇 Harper 🔜 HHN35 🦇 @2manystripes.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
we live in the ruins of a greater civilization
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Ryan McConnell @ryancmcconnell.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
@overduepod.bsky.social
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Ryan McConnell @ryancmcconnell.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Halt! This is a book checkpoint 📚 Last: Katabasis by @rfkuang.bsky.social Current: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Next: Riddle-Master of Hed by Patricia McKillip
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Ryan McConnell @ryancmcconnell.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, was eaten by a grue.
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Gary Alexander @garyalexander.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Nobody who should fuck off actually fucks off anymore. We're stuck with all these fucking people.
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Potato enthusiast 🇵🇸🥔 @br3nda.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
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The Onion @theonion.com · 10/11/2025
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Ryan McConnell @ryancmcconnell.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
@midimyers.com this seems up your alley too
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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
me, instantly getting a big head, putting a hand on my chin excitedly: does this mean people think I'm funny
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
this bread is terrible. but the circuses? also really terrible
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Ryan McConnell @ryancmcconnell.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Ruin a movie by making it about Gary. Three Men and a Gary
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Ryan McConnell @ryancmcconnell.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
@jamesgunn.bsky.social in comics, Superman has giant statues of his kryptonian parents, I’m curious, in the DCU’s version does he have giant statues of his earth parents? (I assume there’s more rooms in the fortress of solitude than just the one we saw)
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Ryan McConnell @ryancmcconnell.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Slightly diminish a band: BDFD
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Ryan McConnell @ryancmcconnell.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
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a man with glasses and the words " it 's true " behind him
Alt: a man with glasses and the words " it 's true " behind him
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Ryan McConnell @ryancmcconnell.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
@gailsimone.bsky.social is iron man’s armor stinky, y/n?
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Ryan McConnell @ryancmcconnell.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
@gailsimone.bsky.social ?
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
The question of how we will get along with people who supported Trump, who've since had a change of heart, does not keep me up at night. Our inability to work cohesively with people who more or less want what we want—that fucks with me relentlessly.
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Management Lessons from The Lord of the Rings is out now @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
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A Company Reminder for Everyone to Talk Nicely About the Giant Plagiarism Machine
Hey team. It’s your CEO. I know your time is valuable, so I’ll cut right to the chase: It’s come to my attention that some of you have been bad-mou...
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Ryan McConnell @ryancmcconnell.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
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Robot Depressed GIF
Alt: Gif of Marvin the Paranoid Android from the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy movie
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
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Adrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I sent you the war plans that were in the group chat and which you were probably saving for select eyes Forgive me they were juicy and and I was shitfaced
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Jill Krajewski @jillkrajewski.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
all scrolling is doomscrolling under fascism
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Ryan McConnell @ryancmcconnell.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
not my home, but I know my way around
Kanto and Johto town map from Pokémon Gold and Silver
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Ryan McConnell @ryancmcconnell.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
@overduepod.bsky.social
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Ryan McConnell @ryancmcconnell.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Apropos of nothing… (Gotham City Garage vol 2)
Natasha Irons stands next to a chained up Batman. She says “That’s why we don’t negotiate with fascists. They got opinions you can’t change. Damage you can’t reach. Hate can fill a wound faster than hope, even if it leaves one hell of a scar. Your empathy is admirable, but it’s also how they play you.” From Gotham City Garage vol 2.
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Lilah Sturges @lilahsturges.com · 05/02/2025
Smash Mouth warned us all that the world was gonna roll us and like fools we didn’t listen.
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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
y'all ever see a take so bad you are forced to immediately go to sleep?
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Democratic lawmakers need to understand something: Imagine your house is on fire. Fire truck shows up. Firefighters get out. They look at the fire, then at you, and say: "Such a fire is a grave threat. This house will not sustain." And just stand there. This is how many of you are coming across.
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Erica Violet Lee @ericavioletlee.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
What if I don’t want the world to end
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Arvy @arvy.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Ah, yes, I remember playing Balatro 95 back in my dad's office
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