Yup, it's Dave posting mostly Thorin!

Yup, it's Dave posting mostly Thorin!

@daverankin.bsky.social

His name is Thorin Oakenshield GPR. NYC based pops, husband, cat dad, and civil rights attorney. 🚲🗽🌃🎸 (he/him) https://www.blhny.com/david-rankin

272 Followers 445 Following 163 Posts Joined Sep 2023
6 hours ago
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New cat same chair!

#catsky #cat #fuckice #catface #catsofbluesky #mainecoon #whydowehaveadepartmentofwar? #weneedoffthisride

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2 weeks ago
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Ahead of Survivor 50: Why I Can’t Stay Silent YouTube video by Eliza Orlins

I was on Survivor twice, and I’ll never be on Survivor again. And I don’t care. I’m going on the record.

youtu.be/JF8yn95-B-8

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20 hours ago
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Trump Removes Sanctions on Russia to Help Oil Flow Amid Iran Conflict

AAAAAAAAAAAnd there it is www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/u...

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3 days ago

It now appears clear that Jeffrey Epstein did NOT off himself, based on staff talk overheard by inmates, independent bank reports that large deposits of money were made to the guard in charge at the time, and 2 suspiciously nonfunctioning cameras.
(Source: Julie Brown, Miami Herald)

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3 days ago
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Mamdani Chooses His Words Carefully After Alleged Terror Attack

One day the NYT's editors will read these stories again and be ashamed of themselves. Mamdani called the attack "heinous," "criminal," "reprehensible," "terrorism," and "the antithesis of who we are." The insinuation that he's conflicted about this is disgraceful. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/n...

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3 days ago
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Thorin is saying we're going to need a bigger chair.

#catsky #cat #fuckice #catface #catsofbluesky #mainecoon #whydowehaveadepartmentofwar? #weneedoffthisride

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4 days ago
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As an IR professor, it's depressing that this is outperforming all others as the best theory of US foreign policy

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6 days ago
4 panel comic

Panel 1:
A Pink Guy and an Orange Guy are sitting in the cinema. Pink Guy is munching popcorn and Orange Guy is slurping fizzy pop.
Pink Guy points up at screen and says “is that guy cool?”

Panel 2:
Orange Guy pauses drinking and replies “he just blew up a school full of kids”

Panel 3:
Pink Guy says “No, I know“

Panel 4:
We see the anti-hero on screen. He is wearing a purple t-shirt and a baseball cap facing backwards.

Pink Guy continues, “but his cap is so BACKWARDS”

media literacy 2026

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6 days ago
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Venezuela's new gold rush moves at "Trump speed," but ignores a $25 million question Venezuela's new administration is cutting deals, but there's a big reward available for a key figure.

Just saw a propaganda headline at CBS and stopped by to see what was going on, and HOLY HELL. They have this non-sense, and a link to 'the free press' on the masthead. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, I just hadn't seen it myself. FFS.

www.cbsnews.com/news/venezue...

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1 week ago

Politico has confirmed two things from CENTCOM.

1. Trump has no plan for how to end this war (that actually might be the plan).

2. Even if we started scaling back today, the military won't be able to withdraw from Iran until September 2026.

Note: No clear objective has been declared.

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1 week ago
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His little brother wears him out.

#catsky #cat #fuckice #catface #catsofbluesky #mainecoon

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1 week ago

he grew up in a suburb outside of philadelphia and as soon as he graduated from high school he joined a special forces unit in an occupying apartheid colony where he led numerous military campaigns to kill people in lebanon and occupied palestine. his adult life is defined by seeking out conflicts.

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1 week ago
Switch from The Matrix says "Not like this."

*Just in the LAST WEEK*:
- Prisons are experimenting on trans prisoners to "cure" them
- Kansas revoked every trans Kansan's driver's license
- Scouts agreed to ban trans kids
- Texas declared all health services stop helping trans kids
- SCOTUS declared it legal to out trans kids to abusive parents

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1 week ago

Raytheon Executive: I know you’re skeptical about buying American again. But hear me out. The MIM-104 Patriot is the only surface to air missile system with a proven track record of success against the US Air Force.

Danish Defense Minister: Continue.

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1 week ago
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Feds asked New Mexico to halt Jeffrey Epstein Zorro Ranch sex trafficking probe, records show Former AG says feds halted New Mexico’s Epstein inquiry without sharing promised evidence as state reopens Zorro Ranch investigation.

Trump DOJ asked New Mexico to halt its Epstein probe in 2019 www.abqjournal.com/news/feds-as...

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1 week ago
Today should be your 38th birthday..
When you lose your son you lose more than a child you lose a piece of your heart and your joy. Life is forever altered, and nothing can ever fill that space. Yet in my soul, he remains, my precious boy, forever loved. His laughter, his smile, and his love are woven into who I am. My love for him will never fade. Yor are my pride and my joy - you've made a change that cannot be broken..

Alex's mom on his 38th birthday.

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1 week ago
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Yup, just posting cats through it. #catsky #cat #fuckice #catface #catsofbluesky #mainecoon

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1 week ago
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Thorin is posing his way through WW3. #catsky #cat #fuckice #catface #catsofbluesky #mainecoon

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2 weeks ago

Imagine going along with this. Imagine going into work, sending names of your neighbors to the government with a notification that marks them as an unperson, and handing them back paperwork which denigrates them and marks them as less-than human. Imagine just... not caring.

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2 weeks ago
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Dad, this winter might end after all! #catsky #cat #fuckice #catface #catsofbluesky #mainecoon

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2 weeks ago
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Investigative Post obtained this video of Border Patrol abandoning Nurul Shah Alam, the nearly blind Burmese refugee who was found dead

www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/26/t...

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2 weeks ago
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Together at last! Seems to be going well.

#catsky #cat #fuckice #catface #catsofbluesky #mainecoon!

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2 weeks ago

“Yesterday, I reviewed unredacted evidence logs at the Department Of Justice. Oversight Democrats can confirm that the DOJ appears to have illegally withheld FBI interviews with this survivor who accused President Trump of heinous crimes." - Rep. Robert Garcia in a new statement

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2 weeks ago
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The nameless one is out and about. #catsky #cat #fuckice #catface #catsofbluesky #mainecoon!

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2 weeks ago
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Thorin wanta you to know he's a tree cat. #catsky #cat #fuckice #catface #catsofbluesky #mainecoon

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2 weeks ago
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He's come out from hiding! #catsky #cat #fuckice #catface #catsofbluesky #mainecoon

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Thorin got a brother! What should Thorin name him? #mainecoon #catsky #cat #catsofbluesky #baby #fuckice

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2 weeks ago
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Amid Trump crackdown on Chinese students, one US university appears to block them altogether Purdue says no ban on Chinese students exists, but reportedly rescinded dozens of offers after warnings from legislators

Perdue banning all Chinese students just for national origin. No other reason. The Harper's Letter crowd must be crafting a humdinger of a new letter over this one.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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3 weeks ago
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Reassessing the People’s Hospital in the Bronx After a militant 1970 hospital takeover birthed a pioneering detox program in the South Bronx, New York City is now studying what it dismantled, and what redress requires amid an ongoing overdose cris...

dispatch from the south Bronx, where I heard from a few of the people who took part in the takeovers of Lincoln Hospital by the Young Lords and their allies. they're still fighting for their people, who have some of the highest drug overdose rates in the city

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2 weeks ago
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Why am I getting a sibling? Am I not majestic enough to fill this apartment with splendor? #fuckthatkindergardenteacher #fuckice #catface #catsofbluesky #cat #mainecoon

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