Ryan Dew @ryanjdew.bsky.social · 5hAnd miss out on the once in a lifetime opportunity to use its tonsils like a tire swing?! I think not! 110
Reposted by Ryan DewAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026"He's gonna fix it. Believe in him ... all the abortion, it's evil ... I want to see 2 people -- Trump & Jesus...we do not want Muslims taking over...I have horrible thoughts. I don't think they should be here. This isn't their country...they need to pack up & go back where they came from." 15472556562
Reposted by Ryan DewGreg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 29/09/2026To quote a @chrislhayes.bsky.social jape at the Roberts Court: "They go fast when they want to go fast and slow when they want to go to slow and the decision is *always* an ideological one." 6414105
Ryan Dew @ryanjdew.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It is too bad that the primary fot my district has already ensured the democrat is one that votes with republicans most of the time... 😮💨 701
Reposted by Ryan DewAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Cornell University treating Gaza protestors more harshly than gang rapists is a real statement of values. It’s almost like violent domination by the powerful is the core belief of leadership. 181818548
Reposted by Ryan DewSusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 24/09/2026Having déjà vu to “Roe v. Wade is settled precedent” coming from the mouths of Supreme Court nominees 21809390
Reposted by Ryan DewCommon Dreams @commondreams.org · 24/09/2026Macklemore Announces 'Free Palestine Tour' With Dates in Paris, London, and Dublincommondreams.orgMacklemore Announces 'Free Palestine Tour' With Dates in Paris, London, and DublinRapper Macklemore launches "Free Palestine Tour" to raise funds for Palestinian aid organizations. 219642
Reposted by Ryan DewGerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I have been turning this quote over and over in my head and still can't quite wrap my head around the idea 1222130342
Reposted by Ryan DewDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026AGAIN! You do not need to fear "superintelligent AI" "going rogue" & killing humans, when HUMANS keep putting regular, everyday shitty-assed, extremely error-prone "AI" into potentially life-&-death-crucial systems. It does not have to be "powerful" to do that! It can do that & still be very shitty! 4358105
Reposted by Ryan Dew♡Scary Kate 🇵🇸 🍂 @katespeace.northsky.social · 20/09/2026After Biden began the Gaza genocide, I noticed that nearly all of the elected democrats in office stopped giving a shit- I said that a consequence of the genocide was that the democratic party would turn fully right-wing as time went on. This was in May 2024. I hate to be proven right. 2215
Reposted by Ryan Dew🦇 Katra Scariello, Spooky Apple Audio 🦇🏳️⚧️ @katrafiy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Democrats' refusal to hold Amy Acton accountable for her recent anti-trans pivot enabled this. You cannot ask trans people to just ignore or look past stuff like this, you need to stand with us now. This gutter bigotry is unacceptable and disqualifying. Candidates like this *are* the greater evil 10915234
Reposted by Ryan DewErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 17/09/2026Holy shit. Marcy Kaptur becomes the latest Dem to release an anti-trans ad, and its worse than all the rest combined. "I voted WITH Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of schools, and let me be clear, boys should NOT play in girls sports." This is getting out of control. 4714430931
Ryan Dew @ryanjdew.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This why Batman had no issue launching missles at him while driving high speeds on a civilian road, but couldn't let Joker fall off a building. Don't question Batman! 320
Ryan Dew @ryanjdew.bsky.social · 16/09/2026She is blind. The scales are just where the bags of money go. 100
Reposted by Ryan DewDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026"When a bridge collapses, you don’t analyze whether the bridge was ethical or sentient or why it decided to collapse. You ask, who built this bridge to be so flimsy? There are permits you have to acquire [& supposed] tests. When you ask about the bridge collapsing itself, you’ve lost the thread" 6758328
Reposted by Ryan DewDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026holy shit this is so perfect 313238
Ryan Dew @ryanjdew.bsky.social · 15/09/2026OHSA-type worker safety regulations for mental health would be a great add, as well. We've already seen the poor effects it have have on mental health. 270
Ryan Dew @ryanjdew.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I was talking with my spouse (no BlueSky presence) about how weird it was that my focus in software engineering went from "track every decision made by who, when, and why" to "throw it into the black box and run with it." Her response that in both corporations are running away from liability was 🎯 440
Reposted by Ryan DewPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"An AI agent went rogue" also feels like a test drive for an era when no one is responsible for the worst things these products do. Seems like a standard that could be really convenient for certain governments. 151050281
Ryan Dew @ryanjdew.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Code doesn't do what you intend? A bug. Not intelligence. Code subverts security? An exploit. Not intelligence. Difficult to understand why the code did what it did? Obfuscation. Not intelligence. Should have nipped this nonsense in the bud when they pushed "the cloud" & "serverless architecture" 321
Reposted by Ryan DewPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Some of you know that I co-founded Liberation Library in 2015 with great comrades in Chicago. The org is volunteer led and has continued it's amazing work. They are trying to raise $15,000 to send books to incarcerated children as a back to school fundraiser - mailchi.mp/cc51694705fc...mailchi.mpStack the Books for Back 2 School 310193
Reposted by Ryan DewNate O @nateo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Love it when Telegraph commentary runs headfirst into Telegraph journalism 171093117
Reposted by Ryan DewHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 10/09/2026The United States: where giving a frail voter waiting in the Georgia sun a glass of water is punishable by a year in prison, but the president can offer everyone $5k to vote for his party. 192190711
Ryan Dew @ryanjdew.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Funny. Liberals are regularly telling me that "Democrats should have held Trump accourntable for being a pedo durring Biden's admin" is a Russian talking point. 0171
Reposted by Ryan DewAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 04/09/2026as it turns out, there are fairly compelling reasons that "instructions for the computer to follow" and "inputs for the computer to process" have traditionally been separated 27722
Reposted by Ryan DewEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026ah yes the only reason people could be opposed to giant ugly resource sucking noise pollution plants in their neighborhood is CHINESE PROPAGANDA I see the pro-AI crowd is learning from the highly successful "young people only oppose genocide because of TikTok" narrative campaign. A+ no notes 810313
Reposted by Ryan DewThe Green Vanguard @greenvanguard.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Capitalism is anti-human and anti-life. #marxistmonday 13512
Reposted by Ryan DewGaius (from Tribunate) @gaius.bsky.social · 27/08/2026As open, unabashed Nazis march in the street and form policy at the highest levels of the government, the NYT is once again setting its sights on the people who tried to eliminate racism and sexual assault from public life in 2020 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/o...nytimes.comOpinion | My Question for the Formerly WokeBefore a Woke 2 takes over, let the proponents of its predecessor explain how and why they’re moving on. 1076797
Reposted by Ryan DewAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 26/08/2026JK Rowling has engaged in Holocaust denial. She denies the fact that nazis raided the Magnus Hirschfeld institute and burned all their books which contained the first research on trans people. 171624410
Ryan Dew @ryanjdew.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Definitely should do what they can to make it hell for the Trump administration. Admittedly, I'm not sure they could get the kind of mileage Mitch did even if they tried, though. It is a lot easier to make hell when the end goal is destruction than when you actually want something better. 110
Reposted by Ryan DewEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Here's a fun little dive into corporate astroturfing in the USA: There's an "organization" called Neighbors for Strong Communities that lists no board members, staff or funders. The address on their website is a nondescript black door in Washington, DC next to an Italian restaurant. Seems legit! 13643225
Reposted by Ryan DewGallifreyan Jedi @jediofgallifrey.bsky.social · 17/08/2026the bush and reagan officials who took over the democratic party ask: 06710
Ryan Dew @ryanjdew.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I thought avoiding taxes made a person smart. Good on China for being smart and avoiding costs that would be passed on to consumers. 650
Ryan Dew @ryanjdew.bsky.social · 12/08/2026They won't unionize because artificial "intelligence" isn't intelligence. It is a randomized probability machine that without a completely new breakthrough in computer science will forever face the balancing act of tuning to shift between what mediocre results it produces. 350
Ryan Dew @ryanjdew.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Co-worker: This thing broke. 5 minutes later. Me: This change broke it. 2 hours later. Co-worker: Copilot doesn't say that would break it. Me: Well, the change broke it. 6 hours later. Co-worker: I got copilot to say that change broke it. Next day. Manager: Amazing copilot success story 😮💨🫠 020
Reposted by Ryan Dewshaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 11/08/2026still seeing the odd "trump is making the US look foolish!" wrt the iran situation, & i want to point out that that is not the bad thing about the US attacking iran. the bad thing is the violence and destruction, the US losing face is the silver lining 181976284
Ryan Dew @ryanjdew.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Exactly! Even if you overlook the anti-human messaging and consequences of AI and tell them how the output is shit you basically get "You didn't [prompt] hard enough and with real intent. You just don't have a real testimony of [AI]." 370
Reposted by Ryan DewRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Frederick Douglass, 1857: Those who profess to favor freedom yet deprecate agitation want crops without plowing the ground; they want rain without thunder + lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its waters. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. 71336377
Reposted by Ryan DewDanielle Blake @abradacabla.bsky.social · 05/08/2026It’s a Klan Rally. These people only have to hear a name that their lizard brains process as sounding Arabic and hate immediately pours out. 302595512
Reposted by Ryan DewMarcy @deadheadgirly.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Trans ally Ken Jennings is blocking trans women like whoa... 28625126
Reposted by Ryan DewJessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Deeply disappointed at the comments on my Ken Jennings video. People would rather have empathy for a cis person than the trans person mocked. Yeah it’s the trans persons fault for lightly pointing out to a cis person the New York Times is bad actually to trans person. She’s making it about herself. 48878149
Ryan Dew @ryanjdew.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Sometimes I struggle with "Is the human default really to be so terrible?" Then I just have to remind myself it is really white colonialism that centers the terrible and messages that as the default. 360
![Steve Vladeck, a professor a Georgetown Law, writes up breaking developments from the Supreme Court. The last post in the three-post thread is the kicker, for our purpose here.
"#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the third-country removals case; clears way for Trump admin. to continue removing non-citizens without a full chance to litigate the conditions in those countries (while also taking up the full merits appeal).
"Link: [URL of a supremecourt.gov PDF]
"By my math, the order was filed 11 minutes after the Trump administration's reply brief came in."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:v35s7l2l3nyjyxvqf427r5av/bafkreicppbo3jr5ugrdiyipnhxdav3aojviofdvoq22qulqh3bxlru2pii)
