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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 01/10/2026
By the numbers: * 76% of millennial workers are actively questioning their career paths. * 68% have delayed a major life milestone because of career uncertainty. * 44% higher rate of burnout mentions for millennial men in Glassdoor reviews (76% higher for women). www.glassdoor.com/blog/guide/m...
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Glassdoor’s millennial career report: A guide to stability stacking - Glassdoor US
Explore Glassdoor's research on "stability stacking," a new way millennial workers are future-proofing their careers.
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 22/09/2026
www.inc.com/jason-aten/m...
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Meta’s New Muse AI Agent Read My Private Messages. I Never Asked It To
Permission isn't the same and what a user actually expects your AI product will do with their personal information.
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 19/09/2026
Well, this was a new one. Someone just randomly hit me up for $5,000 USD completely out of the blue. I do not know this person. (For those not in the U.S., Venmo is a service that allows people to send money directly to each other because there is no meaningfully better way to do this.)
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 19/09/2026
I love my Mac Studio 2022 with M1 Max. It's some of the best money I've ever spent. But Apple's chips are improving by leaps and bounds these days. So I've decided to trade in my M1 Max for a new Mac Studio 2026 with M5 Max and the new lease program. We'll see how that goes, cost-wise.
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 19/09/2026
Android has never been “open” source. It has been “transparent” source. Look, but don’t touch.
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 28/08/2026
Instead of "Lake Ontario" or "Lake America," we should call it "Lake Release the Epstein Files and Execute Every Child Molester that is Discovered Regardless of Political Affiliation." Send a message that diddling kids equals death.
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 21/08/2026
If you have ADHD and need a reminders app that works FOR you instead of AGAINST you (like MANY of my family members), check out unforgetful.app from Marco Arment. #macos #ios
unforgetful.app
Unforgetful
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 10/07/2026
Tearing down the guardrails on his authority. apnews.com/article/trump-fire...
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Donald Trump ousts election commission members in latest push to reshape US voting process
President Donald Trump has ousted members of a bipartisan federal election commission charged with assisting state and local elections officials.
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 14/06/2026
It's funny. You think that you're happy with the TVs that you have in your home until you walk into a Best Buy and realize just how small and crappy your television actually is by comparison.
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 11/06/2026
www.factcheck.org/2026/06/fac...
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FactChecking Trump's Contentious 'Meet the Press' Interview - FactCheck.org
President Donald Trump walked out of a sit-down interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” That happened after he made, or repeated, a number of false and unsupported claims — some of which Welker pushed back on.
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 30/05/2026
youtu.be/fH-BNwBV4EI
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What if Linkin Park went Funk?
What if Linkin Park played funk? This creative parody reimagines Linkin Park's nu-metal anthems like "In The End" and "Numb" in a funky 70s style. Imagine James Brown, Prince & Kool & The Gang jamming with Linkin Park, bringing a disco vibe to their iconic sound. Tracklist: 1. In The End 0:00 2. One Step Closer 3:29 3. Numb 6:06 4. Crawling 9:38 5. Bleed It Out 12:59 6. Faint 15:57 7. What I’ve Done 20:00 8. Somewhere I Belong 23:16 9. Papercut 27:07 10. Breaking The Habit 30:27
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 29/05/2026
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Bulls On Parade but it's Red Hot Chili Peppers
You can stream my song "Oizys" here: https://linktr.ee/zachmaclachlan Thank you for watching!
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 19/05/2026
Can someone please drop a nuke on us and put us out of our misery? The level of outward and public corruption is mind-boggling. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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New deal bars IRS from tax audits of Trump, his family and businesses
President Donald Trump has been feuding with the IRS for many years over audits into whether he and his business empire paid enough taxes.
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 29/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...
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‘I don’t want to be part of a dictatorship’: the Americans queueing up to renounce their citizenship
Severing ties with the US can take more than a year and cost thousands of dollars. But Paul, Ella, Margot and thousands of others feel they have no choice
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 25/04/2026
Are there any reggae songs that are not in 4/4 time?
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 09/04/2026
This was a fascinating read (for me, anyway). bryankeller.github.io/2026/04...
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Porting Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii
Mac OS X 10.0 (Cheetah) running natively on the Nintendo Wii
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 04/04/2026
youtu.be/DY-9LgrkWxE
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Psychology Of Xennials: Why You BURNED Out Before Anyone Noticed
Psychology of Xennials: Why You Burned Out Before Anyone Noticed. If you’re a Xennial born between 1976 and 1985, there’s a specific kind of exhaustion you may have felt for years — but never fully recognized. This psychological deep dive explores the hidden condition behind that experience: Shadow Functioning. You didn’t collapse. You didn’t quit. You kept showing up, kept producing, kept being the reliable one in the room — even while something inside quietly ran out of fuel. The burnout never announced itself because the functioning never stopped. This video explores the psychological and neurological mechanisms behind the silent burnout many Xennials carry. A generation raised in an analog world but forced to master a rapidly accelerating digital one often became the default problem-solvers, translators, and stabilizers for everyone around them — parents, colleagues, and children alike. Over time, that role can create a form of chronic cognitive and emotional load that becomes so normalized the nervous system stops recognizing it as stress at all. We examine: Shadow Functioning – When the external machinery of your life keeps running while the internal pilot light quietly goes out. Cortisol Habituation – How the nervous system adapts to chronic background stress until exhaustion feels like the normal baseline. The Invisible Third Shift – The cognitive labor of anticipating everyone else’s needs before they arise. Attentional Residue – Why unfinished mental loops quietly drain attention and emotional bandwidth. Role Engulfment – When one identity (the reliable one, the fixer, the caregiver) expands until it consumes the rest of who you are. Expressive Suppression – The hidden cognitive tax of functioning while emotions remain unprocessed. Secondary Traumatic Stress – The psychological toll of repeatedly holding space for the distress of others. The Xennial Load – Simultaneously translating two worlds: upward toward parents navigating a new reality, and downward toward children navigating a faster one. If you’ve ever felt “soul tired” — not just physically exhausted but depleted at a deeper level — this analysis explains the psychological mechanisms behind that feeling. This video is perfect for those interested in: ✔ Generational psychology ✔ Xennial identity and micro-generations ✔ Burnout and chronic stress psychology ✔ Cognitive load and emotional labor ✔ Identity psychology and role engulfment ✔ Sociology of generational responsibility Whether you’ve felt like the responsible one, the fixer, or the person everyone relies on, this breakdown provides research-backed insight into why that role can quietly evolve into burnout — and why noticing it is the first step toward reclaiming yourself. Subscribe for more deep dives into the hidden psychology behind identity, culture, generational change, and the way modern life quietly reshapes how we experience ourselves. Chapters 00:00 you never stopped functioning 01:21 The Alarm That Stopped Ringing 02:41 The Third Shift Nobody Scheduled You For 04:15 When the Role Ate the Person 05:12 What Emotional Suppression Actually Costs 06:21 The Specific Exhaustion of Carrying Everyone's Reality 07:32 What Noticing Changes Psychology of Xennials: You Grew Up Before Algorithms Took Over https://youtu.be/mAy7qc91qIU?si=_wTv4R2fyBbeWYhS Psychology of Xennials: Why You Feel Older Than You Are https://youtu.be/inRlup8_3qU?si=3PRDILMXRN8eY1Yn Psychology of Xennials: Why You Feel Like the Only Adult in the Room https://youtu.be/7uc5tAMd7IU?si=kBP6M0_QElQJvXMw References Emotional Labor and the Second Shift Hochschild, A. R. (1989). The Second Shift: Working Parents and the Revolution at Home. Attentional Residue and Task Switching Leroy, S. (2009). Why is it so hard to do my work? The challenge of attention residue when switching between tasks. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. Role Engulfment and Identity Theory Thoits, P. A. (1991). On merging identity theory and stress research. Social Psychology Quarterly. Emotion Regulation and Expressive Suppression Gross, J. J. (1998). The emerging field of emotion regulation: An integrative review. Review of General Psychology. Secondary Traumatic Stress Figley, C. R. (1995). Compassion Fatigue: Coping With Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder. Stress Adaptation and Cortisol Habituation McEwen, B. S. (1998). Protective and damaging effects of stress mediators. New England Journal of Medicine. Allostatic Load and Chronic Stress McEwen, B. S., & Wingfield, J. C. (2003). The concept of allostasis in biology and biomedicine. Hormones and Behavior. Disclaimer: This channel is created for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to replace professional psychological, medical, or therapeutic advice. #Xennials #Burnout #Psychology #GenerationalPsychology #MentalHealth #CognitiveLoad #EmotionalLabor
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Cos @c0s.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
With #NoKings protests coming up this Saturday, a good time to (re)read and share this article from December: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... @50501movement.bsky.social #resist
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How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 22/03/2026
This. This is why we continue to use ad blockers. This is why we don't support your website that uses ads. stuartbreckenridge.net/2026-0...
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PC Gamer Recommends RSS Readers in a 37MB Article That Just Keeps Downloading — Stuart Breckenridge
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 15/03/2026
More #Firefly ! youtube.com/shorts/gfK-s3FNMpo
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🚀 Firefly is returning… as an ANIMATED series with the original cast!
The cult sci-fi series Firefly is officially coming back — but this time as an animated show. Even better, the original cast are expected to return to voice their characters, meaning fans could reunite with the crew of Serenity once again. Reports suggest Nathan Fillion has been working behind the scenes for years trying to bring the franchise back. Now the only question is which streaming platform will pick it up. Would you watch an animated Firefly revival? #Firefly #NathanFillion #SciFi #Animation #BringBackFirefly
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 15/03/2026
Meta appears to be driving U.S. legislation trying to force OS vendors to be responsible for collecting age verification data (beyond is user 18+) and making it freely available to everyone. Personal privacy is the final barrier protecting against gov't overreach. web.archive.org/web/202603131...
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Reddit - The heart of the internet
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Cos @c0s.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Someone compiled a list with location, size, and links, of all the warehouses ICE is buying or trying to buy around the country to turn into more abusive concentration camps: www.reddit.com/r/Keep_Track... Local opposition is blocking some of these. Pass it on! #resist #ICE
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From the Keep_Track community on Reddit: All 23 warehouses that ICE is trying to buy
Explore this post and more from the Keep_Track community
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 04/03/2026
Enjoying some time off in Tokyo this week. Have lots of photos to share once I get back to the US.
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 04/03/2026
I’ve been pretty quiet the past couple of years online. I haven’t blogged in 5 years, and have barely posted to Mastodon/Bluesky compared to what I used to do. Mostly been doing RSS and Reddit. Wanting to get back into paying attention to the larger tech world again. I miss meeting new people.
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 04/03/2026
underpassapp.com/news/2025/3/4.…
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New Safari extension: ChangeTheHeaders to customize HTTP request headers
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 22/02/2026
Y’know when the villain is facing off with the hero, and has now taken the hero’s family hostage? And the hero has to choose whether to fight back against the villain or to save their family. You know that part of the movie we’ve all seen so many times? apnews.com/article/home...
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TSA says PreCheck still operational after previous announcement of suspension during funding fight
The Transportation Security Administration said that its PreCheck program would remain operational despite an earlier announcement from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 29/01/2026
Aged like milk.
From January 19th, 2025:

Just a reminder of what to expect in
2025

1. Gas under $2.00
2. Lower Grocery Prices
3. A 50% decrease in Car Insurance
4. Landlords will reduce Rent
5. Home prices will go down
6. Sub 3% interest rates
7. No tax on Social Security
8. No tax on tips
9. No tax on overtime
10. End of the Ukraine war in January
11. End of conflict in Israel
12. Lower taxes for families making
under $200,000.

He has no excuse not to keep every
promise. The Republican Party has
the House, Senate and Supreme
Court, so he can't blame the
democrats for not keeping his
promises.
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 27/01/2026
Also, release the unredacted Epstein files! www.factcheck.org/2026/01/vid...
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Video Analyses at Odds with DHS Statements on Minneapolis Shooting - FactCheck.org
The Department of Homeland Security hasn’t provided evidence for some statements administration officials made within hours of the Jan. 24 fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis, and some of those statements appear to be contradicted by bystander video shared publicly so far.
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 27/01/2026
arstechnica.com/health/2026/0...
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FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 27/01/2026
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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 27/01/2026
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DOGE staffer signed deal to share Social Security data with election deniers
After months of denials, the Trump administration has admitted that staffers affiliated with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) misused Social Security Administration (SSA) data.
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 10/01/2026
1. Trump adds himself to the Kennedy Center's board of directors. 2. The “board” adds Trump's name to the Kennedy Center. 3. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Washington National Opera Parts Ways With Kennedy Center After 55 Years
The Washington National Opera announced Friday that it was parting ways with the Kennedy Center after 55 years at the performing arts venue.
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 08/01/2026
RESIST UNLAWFUL ACTIONS. The federal government is not above the law.
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 04/01/2026
www.theatlantic.com/newslette...
theatlantic.com
President Trump Totally Meant to Ask Congress Before Attacking Venezuela
Oops!
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 24/12/2025
This is a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be aired December 22, 2025 but was pulled last minute for unclear reasons. Despite being pulled, it aired on Global-TV in Canada anyway. archive.org/details/60minutes...
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Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 11/12/2025
Not really a surprise for anyone paying attention. The writing has been on the wall for quite some time.
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 02/12/2025
I have long-believed that the thing that has been protecting Americans from government overreach over the last couple of decades is not the guns. It has never been the guns. It has been personal privacy. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11...
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Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
It's unfortunately no longer enough to force websites to check your government-issued ID before you can access certain content, because politicians have now discovered that people are using Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to protect their privacy and bypass these invasive laws. Their solution? Entirely ban the use of VPNs.
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 21/11/2025
Nazis. www.washingtonpost.com/nation...
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 21/11/2025
So tired of living in the Twilight Zone. www.factcheck.org/2025/11/rev...
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Revised CDC Website About Autism and Vaccines Is Not Evidence-Based - FactCheck.org
Under Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine advocate who is now Health and Human Services secretary, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised its website to say that its previous statement that “vaccines do not cause autism” is “not an evidence-based claim.” But it’s the revised website that misleads about vaccines.
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 21/11/2025
He wants so badly to be a dictator. www.snopes.com/fact-check/tru...
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Trump accused some Democrats of 'seditious behavior, punishable by death' in post
Trump's post responded to a joint video in which six Democratic members of Congress urged U.S. service members to defy unlawful orders.
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 19/11/2025
I have a 175 pound Great Dane who loves to have his blanket over his head. I genuinely think his biggest frustration in life is not having opposable thumbs with which to grab that blanket.
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 18/11/2025
Is it just me or is the Until Dawn (2025) movie kinda boring? I fell asleep watching it in the movie theater, and now that I'm watching it at home, I'm having a hard time paying attention. The game was so much better than this.
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 07/10/2025
@us.theguardian.com: You misspelled “invasion.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
theguardian.com
Texas national guard troops arrive in Chicago amid Trump’s crackdown
Military presence comes after judge declined to block troops from entering, following lawsuit filed by city and state
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 17/09/2025
Just testing the latest update to Croissant — an app that cross-posts to Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads. Again.
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 17/09/2025
Just testing the latest update to Croissant — an app that cross-posts to Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads.
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 16/08/2025
This is not normal. Don’t even pretend that this is normal.
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 14/08/2025
Today, I used the words "proletariat", "the bourgeoisie", and "regime" in an entirely unironic context.
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 23/07/2025
The Eighth Amendment of the US Constitution: > Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
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“You Feel Like Your Life Is Over”
The 92-page report, “‘You Feel Like Your Life is Over’: Abusive Practices at Three Florida Immigration Detention Centers Since January 2025,” documents that people detained at Krome North Service Processing Center (Krome), Broward Transitional Center (BTC), and the Federal Detention Center (FDC) in Miami have been held in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions and subjected to degrading treatment, and have not been given access to prompt and adequate medical care. The groups also reported the experiences of 17 immigrants in at the three detention facilities since January 20.   
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 13/07/2025
Just saw Superman. When Disney fired James Gunn, Disney fucked up. Also, we need more protestors in America like Krypto.
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Ryan Parman @ryanparman.com · 20/06/2025
CYBERSECURITY. NIGHTMARE. trufflesecurity.com/blog/removin...
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Removing Jeff Bezos From My Bed ◆ Truffle Security Co.
Eight Sleep smart bed found to contain an exposed AWS key and a likely backdoor that allowed engineers to remotely access users' beds
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