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Ryann Liebenthal

@ryannliebenthal.bsky.social
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Spent the past 5 years raising two boys and writing a book about student debt, called BURDENED. You can learn more about the latter here: ryannliebenthal.com

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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 6h
Even better if you make it simultaneously completely dysfunctional and financially punitive.
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I mean…there were also some minor factors commonly known as the “Watts riots,” the “tax revolt,” and, oh, I don’t know, the “Vietnam War”?
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Well, in a sense that is pretty diffuse, though I doubt Alito has ever given a shred of thought to that risk
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I am generally averse to the “if women ruled, this would never happen” line of argument, but like??? Truly???? How is entering into a (dissolvable) contractual relationship in any conceivable way more substantive than deciding whether to gestate and care for a human for the rest of your life?!?
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Is this his way of admitting he’s a terrible father?
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You know he's practiced that smarmy little point in the mirror for months
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
(NaNoCoMo)
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Casaubon @zas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I freak out bc way too many of them don’t get through it (the 17th century) :/
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Funny, this is a key distinction to me—I often recount the torture of enduring my teething son nurse CONTINUOUSLY through the night for weeks at a time, and trust me, it’s a notable difference—but the one I always, ALWAYS have to check is “a while” v. “awhile.” Language is such a pain in the ass.
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I’ll never get over this one.
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
STILL???
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I think it goes the other way. Why would I choose to be on a platform that just wants to spew a firehose of hate at me?
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Hard same. I feel so lucky my kid’s school has been 1000% more on top of the IEP process than either my husband or I have. (FWIW, I attribute some of this to the extra resources it gets due to its Title I status…)
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A top-tier low-quality fact.
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I want my root beer smart
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
It’s so funny that even Trump can’t find a bad word to say about Dolly.
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
well, as we all know, stereotypes have a basis in reality (???????????)
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Every day a new provocation
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Now just don’t forget to buckle it!
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Here’s me saying it: I understand your concerns and always give pedestrians extra space and care. Truly. I do take umbrage at “hobby,” tho. For me it was a primary mode of transportation, exercise & exploration. When I had kids I quit bc it felt too risky. Now I live in CA & drive everywhere :(
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
We need to know the corner, sir
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Good bike infrastructure also makes it easier for cyclists to follow the rules.
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Gonna be hard to come up with crimes he hasn’t committed.
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Apologies! As a woman who fled science bc of know-it-all men, I have a hair-trigger sensitivity to feeling “corrected.” Here’s my understanding: chemical sunscreens work via an exothermic reaction in which they absorb UV rays (& convert them to heat), and mineral versions merely reflect the rays.
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I understand how molecules work, yes. I’m using something called common parlance cause I’m not a pedantic asshole.
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I’ll admit that despite reassurances, I remain wary of chemical sunscreens, particularly for my kids. (They also tend to make me break out.) But, like, mineral sunscreens are RIGHT THERE???
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
core trauma unlocked. has she heard this one? four years on, and i can still perform it off book (my son was obsessed with the alphabet).
youtu.be
Sesame Street: Sing the Alphabet Song! | Sesame Street Alphabet
YouTube video by Sesame Street
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
*Strolls up to a group of children at a playground*: WHY AREN’T YOU LETTING ME HARASS YOU, CUCKS
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Bold move, bro
Excerpt from NYT story about Republican House members censuring NC Rep. Chuck Edwards for violating sexual harassment rules.  I have highlighted the word “guns”:

The report, which did not name the women, found that they both received numerous gifts from Mr. Edwards, including jewelry totaling nore than $1,000 in value, designer purses, guns, shoes, flowers, a laptop and a cellphone, a KitchenAid mixer, a robotic vacuum, vacations, tickets to performances and one-on-one dinners.
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I have this stowaway idea to someday write a story about ancient skeptics called “Bad Greeks.”
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I was definitely a little disappointed when cell service started trickling in to the subway cars a decade or so ago.
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
So. Many. Cats.
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Yeah, I was just making a joke.
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Or not watch
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I think the solution to this is to call politics what it really is: society. Sounds a lot different to say: “Why do you always have to make everything about society?” Or: “I’m just kind of an asocial person.” Or: “Ugh, I hate society.”
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Close-up crop of a ginger cat looking bemusedly—or is it judgmentally?—at a boisterous human through a screen door.
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I did that in 2008, only my move was from Portland, OR —> Brooklyn, NY
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
dare to dream
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I remain (always more) dubious of the notion that the two can ever be unwound.
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Ironic, since his head shape may well be the result of his mother doing the one actual irreplaceable job.
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Bro, just buy a cloth diaper sprayer already.
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
In light of SC ruling on trans athletes, I was thinking abt the origins of Title IX. I swear I remember reading that the Sen. only left it in bc they were sure it’d be defeated in conf. Searched my files but can’t find any mention. Did this happen or am I hallucinating it??? @sboschert.bsky.social?
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
You mean since they’ve got multiple sets of Independence Day LaserDiscs in there?
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Wow, his argument is literally: “But at least the trains ran on time.”
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Well, you see, that merely punishes student borrowers, who deserve it, rather than the wholesome taxpayers (no overlap), who chose generational wealth and entrepreneurship.
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Bonkers to think that if Elon Musk had been born merely upper middle class, he’d be a mouth-breathing loser with an AI gf & a fleshlight, famous only for a pathetic mass shooting somewhere, & yet his death toll would be negligible compared w/the 100s of thousands of ppl he’s murdered just this year.
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Ryann Liebenthal @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
pretzels. they taste like burnt plastic smells.
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