Reposted by Ryan_in_Oregonbrasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“An investor with money is like a mule with a spinning wheel…Grok, is there a slur I can use instead of ‘mule’ here?” 072
Reposted by Ryan_in_OregonCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 05/09/2025We used to call this stupidity. There were smart people and stupid people and we let the smart people do the things they were good at and the stupid people were taken care of and didn't need to worry about what the smart people were doing. But now we let the stupid people think they're smart. 22698512140
Reposted by Ryan_in_OregonLou Roper @roperlou.bsky.social · 06/10/2026excellent choices but permit me to split the arrow (complete w/Charles V connexion) www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiA3...youtube.comMaltese Falcon - The Ending (spoiler)YouTube video by K Ferrell Forehand 121
Reposted by Ryan_in_OregonDagger John @thesloopjohnm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This is a Henry Hunt stan account @adam35.bsky.social @homeathighbury.bsky.social 2102
Ryan_in_Oregon @ryanoregon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Can you imagine being a Virginian at the start of the rebellion and realizing your entire alliance has one iron works, one powder mill, 10% of the railroad miles and all its capital assets tied up in slavery and not factories to produce war materiel. Oh and the US Navy has closed every port. 031
Reposted by Ryan_in_Oregonozymandias1781.bsky.social @ozymandias1781.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Me, most days. My days of being a swan are over. 161
Reposted by Ryan_in_OregonChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 27/09/2026NEW: Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass with an estimated 800,000 people in Paris on Saturday. At a migrant house before Mass , he said the history of humanity “is not written by those who give the impression of winning by imposing themselves and ‘dominating the room,’ but by those who ‘make room.’”thelettersfromleo.comDrawing 800,000 in Paris, Pope Leo XIV Calls on the Church to “Make Room” for Migrants and the Poor“No one is so poor as to have nothing to give.” Before Mass, the pope sat with migrants and told catechists to respect each person’s pace. Six altar servers with Down syndrome served his Mass. 0244
Ryan_in_Oregon @ryanoregon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026So you give a mouse a cookie, Ryan edition: I completely filled a rolling tool chest, to the point where I had tools stashed all over. So I got another larger one, moved all my mechanic’s tools into that one, then got new socket trays, etc because, reasons. Then I figured it was time to add 120
Reposted by Ryan_in_OregonGregory Hays @aristofontes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026on fægerre Verona þǣr we leogedon ure gesyhðe 311025
Ryan_in_Oregon @ryanoregon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Today’s progress on the rodent condo. 4 entrances and chambers have been excavated into one massive tunnel, 5 gallons of dirt at a time. Everything has been sieved and sorted. 140
Ryan_in_Oregon @ryanoregon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026And my gym crush showed up with her man, cue the trombones 020
Reposted by Ryan_in_OregonAsia Fields @asiafields.bsky.social · 18/09/2026From @noellecrombie.bsky.social: Stephenie went through another sweep, this time after testifying against a suspected serial killer. She got the sweep notice Monday, spent Tuesday at the courthouse and was overwhelmed Wednesday. Portland took her RV Thursday. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...oregonlive.comShe testified against a suspected serial killer. 2 days later, Portland impounded her RV and all she ownedStephenie Turner testified before a grand jury about her missing friend Elizabeth Gibson, who authorities say was killed by Jesse Calhoun in 2022. Two days later, the city impounded her motorhome and ... 02715
Ryan_in_Oregon @ryanoregon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Spend just a little bit more for a Colt Series 70, MKIV US Government model 020
Reposted by Ryan_in_Oregongamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Yeah, I think so. The breadth increases while the depth dies. We have access to everything, but everything arrives flattened, films without color, objects without craft, buildings without place, art without thought or soul. An infinite menu of impoverishments. 55512
Reposted by Ryan_in_Oregonderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026When they eventually make a movie about this time, please don't put the male politicians in good suits. IMO, the ugly, low rent tailoring should be part of the story. 381217662547
Reposted by Ryan_in_OregonTT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026They have no business model. That's the story. "Safety" is a cover for really, really bad financials 152
Ryan_in_Oregon @ryanoregon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026It’s amazing as we near the inevitable bubble pop that these paragons of rapacious greed are asking to slow down the investment. They know the bubble they created will crater the world economy. Trying to get ahead of the rightfully placed blame. 260
Ryan_in_Oregon @ryanoregon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Last week an HRD K9 went into her trained final response for human decomp in the burrow network under this stump. Today I started digging it out and sifting all the soil from inside. I worked 2 of the 6 entrances today. All in, 6 hours on the shovel. 141
Ryan_in_Oregon @ryanoregon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. 020
Reposted by Ryan_in_OregonDread Pirate Sex Badger @badgercult.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I always wanted to be a rum runner. 11323
Ryan_in_Oregon @ryanoregon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026“I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun. I put them on and went out of the room." Raymond Chandler 160
Reposted by Ryan_in_Oregoniceveins412.bsky.social @iceveins412.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I’ve been reading Battle Cry of Freedom and the best thing thus far is how McPherson includes piles and piles of direct quotes from the 1840s and 50s of southerners going “If the north doesn’t stop saying that slavery is bad we’ll secede from the union” extremely openly and plainly 0817
Ryan_in_Oregon @ryanoregon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Tonight I'll be on that hill 'cause I can't stop I'll be on that hill with everything I got Lives on the line where dreams are found and lost I'll be there on time and I'll pay the cost For wanting things that can only be found In the darkness on the edge of town 010
Ryan_in_Oregon @ryanoregon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I have concluded my two month summer “turn my brain off” reading break. I’m back to a Parker novel, and Westlake hit this one out of the park. 010
Reposted by Ryan_in_OregonTamara Keel [Scary Remix] @tamslick.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Welp, now I’m an unapologetic Laura stan. 081
Reposted by Ryan_in_OregonDr. Natalie Mendoza @drmendozan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026But seriously: Our discipline (History) needs to think about this, especially if we’re going to continue training MAs and PhDs interested in studying earlier periods. Will this be similar to having language fluency? 🗃️ 1411025
Reposted by Ryan_in_OregonMike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 21/08/2026The Bacchae, Euripides (405 BC) 28815
Reposted by Ryan_in_OregonG. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 24/08/2026If you used an allegory like this in a novel, the editor would tell you it was too much. 211381483
Ryan_in_Oregon @ryanoregon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Yes, the bubble will pop and the crawfish are backing out looking for an exit 130
Reposted by Ryan_in_OregonChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 25/08/2026“People always come before borders, before definitions, and before institutions. “This realization stands at the center of Christianity. “Evil is not fought with evil. It is time to oppose the false realism that rearms minds, words, and nations with the realism of mercy.” — Pope Leo XIV 219366
Reposted by Ryan_in_OregonJoseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Back to school. ❤️ 282567549
Ryan_in_Oregon @ryanoregon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026A 1000% this about everything to do with the AI bubble 030
Reposted by Ryan_in_OregonChris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Sorry chatbot lovers but the waning of Boolean operators in most search functions on websites has made my life actively worse. You can't find anything, you can only have things suggested to you. 10464141088
Reposted by Ryan_in_Oregon👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 19/08/2026do y’all know how many times we’ve gotten thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis close to a King Arthur and then the Prince in question has died? me either off the top of my head but it’s at least like three 626616
Reposted by Ryan_in_Oregongerrylev.bsky.social @gerrylev.bsky.social · 20/08/2026What country does she have a security clearance? 4664
Ryan_in_Oregon @ryanoregon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I am seriously considering turning a K series BMW into a cafe racer this winter. This is one of my favorite builds in that style youtu.be/GVkhFwg29v0youtu.be 130
Reposted by Ryan_in_OregonJonathan Bach @jonathanmbach.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Tarek Anthony, Beth Nakamura and I went to the Centennial Mills demolition to give you multiple angles as they blasted the water tower. @oregonian.com story: www.oregonlive.com/business/202... Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DMQ...youtube.comWater tower explosion kicks off demolition at Centennial MillsYouTube video by The Oregonian 065
Reposted by Ryan_in_Oregon814bleedingrose.bsky.social @814bleedingrose.bsky.social · 17/08/2026 843593411
Reposted by Ryan_in_Oregonthinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 18/08/2026does being a 70+ year old dude wearing a GWOT veteran hat and doing a crossword puzzle while eating an Egg McMuffin and drinking black coffee in McDonald's every morning count as being an artist-in-residence? because that is my highest ambition tbh 61156
Ryan_in_Oregon @ryanoregon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I absolutely love the “fuck it, let’s try it” era of aerospace engineering. Other faves include “can we pallet drop an ICBM with its stage 4 booster from a cargo plane and have a successful launch?” 030
Reposted by Ryan_in_Oregonllewelly @llewelly.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026"His rage passes description - the sort of rage that is only seen when rich folk that have more than they can enjoy suddenly lose something that they have long had but have never before used or wanted." -- Tolkien, describing the rage of Smaug after Bilbo steals a dwarven goblet (and returns it […]sauropods.winOriginal post on sauropods.win 055
Reposted by Ryan_in_OregonAndromeda Yelton @thatandromeda.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Because we deserve nice things, news articles that are about NOTHING of import and zero horrors, please be advised: the new Melville statue at the New Bedford whaling museum is a smokeshow. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/13/a...bostonglobe.comThe new Herman Melville statue in New Bedford is ... hot. - The Boston GlobeThe statue, from sculptor Stefanie Rocknak, stands in front of the Seamen's Bethel. 811529