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Ryan White

@thatryanwhite.bsky.social
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I wrote books about Jimmy Buffett and Bruce Springsteen. I write other things too. Probably a lot of Michigan sports here. Free newsletter: Portfolio of Enthusiasms portfolio-of-enthusiasms.beehiiv.com

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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The best clockmaker on Mars in Detroit on a Saturday night.
A shit ton of green lights splaying away from disco ball above Johnny Blue Skies and the Dark Clouds at Little Caesar’s Arena in Detroit on a Saturday night.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It was a nice walk home from the glass repair shop through the nature area this morning.
Fog drifting up off a still pond not long after sunrise. Trees line the far shore. Swans swim in the distance. It’s quiet and cool.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
There are more uplifting options than Michigan football today.
A copy of Salem’s Lot by Stephen King, which is a far happier story that anything Michigan football is writing.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
it’s ok to be just a hat
A white ball cap with a blue sticker on the brim that promises the hat is “built for continuous cooling”
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
And off we go …
The first kickoff of the FBS season, as seen on a big screen on a Midwestern porch.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The same day I got this, which is nice
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
pausa de hidratación
Dave Thomas as Bob or Doug McKenzie, opening a beer.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
But at least the congressman running for governor is taking it seriously
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Can confirm
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Righteous fury and a whole lot of joy. Cleveland, OH
Bruce Springsteen bathed in red and blue lights in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
That was special
Bruce Springsteen in Pittsburgh being a great American.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Because it’s only Tuesday and it’s already been an epically bad week, needed to drive to Pittsburgh
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Time to get in the game. $70.21 (plus fees) to @newap-georgia.bsky.social in remembrance of my dad and the first Michigan game he took me to. Illinois jumped out to a 21-7 lead in 1981. Michigan scored 63 straight after that. Go Blue! @edsbs.bsky.social
Spencer Hall's pixelated self as a receipt for the $72.07 donated to New American Pathways and for all the good they do helping immigrants.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Stephen A., why I haven’t heard that name since …
Screenshot of Stephen A Smith being dead-ass wrong about the Michigan basketball team that won the NCAA title.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
No kidding.
Screen shot that proves Google knows I visit the DTE outage map often. Which I do.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Hi Yaxel.
Michigan basketball player Yaxel Lendeborg in a white track suit in the back of a silver pickup truck. He’s super happy. He won a national championship. They’re having a parade.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Not a great sign when you’re sending this email and highlighting $49 lower bowl seats.
A photo of two Detroit Red Wings with the words Don’t Stop Believin’ … which seems more like the team pleading with fans, because the team has sucked for about six weeks.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
That was unbearable. That was awesome. Go Blue!
A photo of a Michigan hat because we’re No. 1.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
A note from vacation to say this book is fantastic.
A copy of the book  “The Crazies: The cattleman, the wind prospector, and the war out west” by Amy Gamerman
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
A big time at Crisler today watching Michigan advance to the Sweet 16.
The kick ass Michigan women’s basketball team celebrates advancing to the Sweet 16.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Little pisses me off more than going to the DTE outage map and being taunted by how many people DO have power.
DTE, a power company, taunts you by telling you how many people have power when you go to get information on your outage. Currently 2.25 million people have their power on. Me and my neighbors are not among them.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Now, more hockey
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
$244 in fees for two tickets feels ... criminal?
a portion of a Ticketmaster receipt that itemizes extortion: Facility charge is $18 times two, Service Fee is $140.40 times two. That's $244.40 in fees for two concert tickets.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
If you're going to send a fake invoice from "Acme Co." at least take a 30 seconds to design an anvil-shaped logo.
Screen shot of a lazy attempt at a scam. They want $450.00 for Acme Co. For a logo, there's just a house and the words Sample Logo. Put a little work iin, dorks.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
You know it’s a scam because my only camping suggestion is don’t go camping.
Some asshole texted me to say we had a great chat at Mike’s barbecue last week and my camping suggestions were fantastic. This is a photo of that message.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Once again failed miserably at a Ticketmaster presale
A computer screen showing that our hero once again failed to get anywhere close to the front of the queue in a Ticketmaster presale. This time for Harry Styles. Our hero’s child will be fine.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Got a plant for the office. It looks like it’s comforting another plant.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Retiring the first women’s number in school history.
Raising former Michigan star Diane Dietz’s No. 21 to the rafters at Crisler Arena.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Nice time right up until puck drop. Just a garbage effort from the Red Wings.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Kicking off the year with a photo of a hat from the hit television show Shoresy. It says Set the Tone.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Knockers Up
A Rusty Warren comedy record called Knockers Up.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Never heard either parent ever once even mention opera
An album called Caruso Operatic Rarities. There’s a photo of a man in an old suit and a bowler hat who looks like he’s about to send Indiana Jones to the other side of the world.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Listened to this all the time
A record of Michigan football radio highlights from the 1977, 1978 and 1979 seasons.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Remember this one though
Record called Elvis Sings for Children (and Grownups Too!). Center is a photo of Elvis with a microphone. Background is crayons and scribbles and those lousy scissors you have to use in elementary school.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Going through a couple of boxes of records from mom and dad’s place. No memory of this one.
A record called The Adventures of Luke Skywalker: The Empire Strikes Back. At the center of the cover is an illustration of Luke and Vader going at it with lightsabers. Vader looks way more athletic than he did in the movie.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Mike Cooley, Ann Arbor, Mi. 12.17.2025
Drive-By Trucker Mike Cooley playing solo in Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Of all the LinkedIn emails I'm never going to look at, this is the most.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
You don’t say. He backed the guys who did what he wanted? Crazy.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
My cider is also a Decemberists song
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Nice night. Really nice night.
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit on stage at Shoals Fest in Florence, Alabama
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Recommended: Sitting in the shade on the bank of the Tennessee River awaiting MJ Lenderman, Waxahatchee, and Jason Isbell.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
This one *almost* feels like it could really be a wrong number. S
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
A friend gave me an old (from the 90s!) point and shoot this summer. Took it out west.
The grand Tetons shot on an old roll of film on a 35 mm camera Trees and a mountain in Grand Tetons National Park. A creek on a hike in Grand Tetons National Park. The Murray Hotel and Cafe (and Bar) in Livingston, MT
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Game days are back
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
The guy from the Warrant album cover wasn’t corrupt enough for this administration?
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Pretty amazing night with Corb Lund in Montana.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Oh ffs
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
They will let you walk right up to these things. And in fact they encourage it.
The Tetons, all craggy and majestic and super cool. Mountains are awesome. THERE IS NOTHING SO AMERICAN AS OUR NATIONAL PARKS....THE
FUNDAMENTAL IDEA BEHIND THE PARKS...IS THAT THE COUNTRY
BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE, THAT IT IS IN PROCESS OF MAKING
FOR THE ENRICHMENT OF THE LIVES OF ALL OF US.
- PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

As seen in the Grand Teton National Park visitor center. Fuck every malicious asshole who wants to destroy our parks and public lands.  A bottle of bear spray because safety first.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Saw a moose yesterday. And Hozier. In conclusion, Utah is a land of contrasts.
A photo of a moose grazing near a hiking trail. It’s a good moose. A photo of a lit up stage at an amphitheater in Utah. Hozier is playing. He seems like a good dude.
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Ryan White @thatryanwhite.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Oh! This is a good one. Patrick Kane starts a global movement in response to an old woman scrubbing floors. And he does it wearing a T-shirt that says “Patrick Kane.”
More bullshit AI. This one has something to do with Patrick Kane helping an old woman.
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