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Emmet Ryan

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UMD iSchool grad student, cybersecurity and policy nerd. Autistic. Supporter of public transit ๐Ÿš‰ and space exploration ๐ŸŒŒ. Opinions are my own. He/Him

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the older i get the more libertarian i get on identity documents. you should not have to carry your papers everywhere, they should not have your address or your sex/gender on them, etc

26.02.2026 02:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 280    ๐Ÿ” 36    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
A book called "polysecure: Attachment, Trauma, and Consensual Nonmonogamy" by Jessica Fern

A book called "polysecure: Attachment, Trauma, and Consensual Nonmonogamy" by Jessica Fern

Remember to rotate your polycule's safewords every 90 days
ensure your firewalls are up to date
check that there's no unwanted apps with access to your polycule's discord
double-check the sharing settings on your onboarding powerpoints
make sure your plex/jellyfin servers are not open to the net

25.02.2026 23:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 416    ๐Ÿ” 95    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Gazzetta dello Sport in August: NO CLEAR ROLE FOR MCKENNIE IN JUVE TEAM

A few months later: Weston McKennie has played 12 different positions and contributed eleventy-six crucial goals

25.02.2026 22:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 67    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

men's hockey that is

women's hockey is enormously gay and based

22.02.2026 18:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 625    ๐Ÿ” 63    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Reddit ad for an "artificial intelligence lawyer"

Reddit ad for an "artificial intelligence lawyer"

Look at my lawyer dawg I'm going to jail

19.02.2026 14:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4274    ๐Ÿ” 510    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 74    ๐Ÿ“Œ 55

There should be a bonus medal for dropping a perfect f-bomb faster than the NBC censors can catch it

19.02.2026 22:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3769    ๐Ÿ” 613    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 33    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14
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Everyone in the world comes to get married at the NYC Marriage Bureau. Last week, the Mayor stopped by to officiate a few of those ceremonies.ย 
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Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York.ย 
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ย Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice

14.02.2026 16:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17661    ๐Ÿ” 2688    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 353    ๐Ÿ“Œ 632
FLAMING SKULL
TWO FLAMING SKULLS
THREE FLAMING SKULLS

FLAMING SKULL TWO FLAMING SKULLS THREE FLAMING SKULLS

opening a restaurant with only these three items on the menu

15.02.2026 00:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2280    ๐Ÿ” 705    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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gay hockey game update: merging models is too hard so I'm doing a weird turtle hack where he nests himself inside the hockey player "shell" and shrinks all his bones #screenshotsaturday

14.02.2026 22:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 335    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
Business Class seats

Business Class seats

Destination board

Destination board

Locomotive Cab with Union station reflections

Locomotive Cab with Union station reflections

Airo or Charger locomotive in Cascades Colors

Airo or Charger locomotive in Cascades Colors

Amtrak's Newest Train on film
Their "Airo" trainset in Cascades livery looks fantastic on Fuji 200

14.02.2026 20:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 581    ๐Ÿ” 113    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

I did security work for a while, and, yeah, we had โ€œguy gets bribed to walk out the door with a flash driveโ€œ as part of many people threat models, but like, how do you model a โ€œrandom guy takes a massive bet on you having a cyber incident and then hires Romanian hackersโ€ problem

13.02.2026 04:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 218    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

HIS FACE

06.02.2026 19:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 117    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Forcing young people, who are less likely to drive, into scarce pockets of new density and obliterating transit options between them has a much more profound impact than parking lots.

04.02.2026 18:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 103    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

The original City of Ember book was peak, the series got long-winded by the third book but definitely one of the better YA novels of its time

02.02.2026 01:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Autistic womanโ€™s movie night ruined by volume being on odd number thatโ€™s not even a multiple of five An autistic womanโ€™s movie night has been wrecked by the volume being set to 21, sources have revealed. Emma Bernard, 38, had been looking forward to a classic movie marathon with friends, but foundโ€ฆ

Emma Bernard, 38, had been looking forward to a classic movie marathon with friends, but found herself unable to enjoy the evening after someone (Becky) incorrectly set the volume to a stupid, wrong number and just left it like that โ€“ like a monster.

01.02.2026 10:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 210    ๐Ÿ” 45    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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Weโ€™re pulling out all the stops to get back to normal service! โ„๏ธ

Meet the fire snake. ๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐Ÿ

27.01.2026 22:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 68    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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๐Ÿšจ Major winter storm begins near midnight๐Ÿšจ
๐ŸŒจ๏ธHeavy snow predawn โ†’ sleet Sunday morning โ†’ freezing rain Sunday afternoon/evening๐ŸงŠ
๐Ÿ“ˆWorse with time; be home by 11pm๐Ÿ•š
โ›”๏ธTravel after 1 a.m. a very bad idea
๐Ÿ”ŒPower outages possible later Sunday

24.01.2026 21:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 80    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Gotchaโ€”letโ€™s dig into that step by step.

1. ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. Youโ€™re not just immobileโ€”youโ€™re immortal, and you feel only anguish.

2. ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ. That makes total senseโ€”itโ€™s a natural human impulse, and youโ€™ve been through a lot.

23.01.2026 15:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18562    ๐Ÿ” 5997    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 197    ๐Ÿ“Œ 107

i popped by the wegmans to grab a couple things and entire shelves of produce were inexplicably gone. like, what are people even *making*

23.01.2026 22:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3503    ๐Ÿ” 212    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 272    ๐Ÿ“Œ 57
Jon Del Arroz | Pop Culture & Ga... โ€ข
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Now they're making a Masters of the Universe and giving He-man pronouns.

These people won't stop until they ruin everything.

Jon Del Arroz | Pop Culture & Ga... โ€ข X.com @jondelarroz Now they're making a Masters of the Universe and giving He-man pronouns. These people won't stop until they ruin everything.

the woke mob is giving He-man pronouns

22.01.2026 18:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6941    ๐Ÿ” 1494    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 258    ๐Ÿ“Œ 355

Programming note: We are working on our first call SNOWFALL FORECAST MAP. Aiming to post it by early afternoon. Let's GO SNOW!

22.01.2026 14:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 127    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
A screenshot of Lala and Po from the teletubbies. The screenshot is clearly taken from someone's phone, as the borders of the tv can be seen, as well as glimpses into the apartment behind them. Po is in bed wrapped up in a blanket. The text below them reads "I know you were high at my mother-in-laws funeral..."

A screenshot of Lala and Po from the teletubbies. The screenshot is clearly taken from someone's phone, as the borders of the tv can be seen, as well as glimpses into the apartment behind them. Po is in bed wrapped up in a blanket. The text below them reads "I know you were high at my mother-in-laws funeral..."

More screenshots from the Teletubbies. Lala seems to be upset with a terrified Po. the text below reads "Did you kill the dog? Why would you do that?!"

More screenshots from the Teletubbies. Lala seems to be upset with a terrified Po. the text below reads "Did you kill the dog? Why would you do that?!"

A third screenshot from the Teletubbies, this time the same scene as before. Po is wearing an apron while Lala seems to still be upset at him. The text below reads "You're nothing but a failure of a man."

A third screenshot from the Teletubbies, this time the same scene as before. Po is wearing an apron while Lala seems to still be upset at him. The text below reads "You're nothing but a failure of a man."

In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.

I have translated some of the highlights

20.01.2026 00:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7524    ๐Ÿ” 3369    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 99    ๐Ÿ“Œ 214
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Just caught peak.

19.01.2026 18:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 241    ๐Ÿ” 67    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

This thread is absolutely peak

19.01.2026 20:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Humans always think theyโ€™ve covered their tracks and deleted their data, but theyโ€™re wrong a lot.

17.01.2026 20:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 79    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Image of a driver using a navigation app while they drive. Text overlay reads "Calling rideshare and taxi drivers: Congress wants to hear about your experiences with personal safety on the job."

Image of a driver using a navigation app while they drive. Text overlay reads "Calling rideshare and taxi drivers: Congress wants to hear about your experiences with personal safety on the job."

Are you a rideshare driver (ex. Uber or Lyft) or taxi driver in the U.S.? If so, we want to hear about your experiences with personal safety for a report to Congress.

Make your voice heard & volunteer for a virtual discussion group using our quick survey: https://ow.ly/guXj50XY5tb

16.01.2026 18:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A split-image titled โ€œThe duality of my ADHD.โ€ On the left, the ADHD Alien character looks overwhelmed, holding a tangled mass of colorful ribbons over their head. Text reads: โ€œBurdened by a billion thoughts, struggling to finish anything.โ€ The background is dark blue and heavy in tone. On the right, the same character appears calm and content, gently holding flowing, colorful ribbons. Text reads: โ€œMaster of a billion thoughts and ideas, connecting them like no one else can.โ€ The background is warm and soft.

A split-image titled โ€œThe duality of my ADHD.โ€ On the left, the ADHD Alien character looks overwhelmed, holding a tangled mass of colorful ribbons over their head. Text reads: โ€œBurdened by a billion thoughts, struggling to finish anything.โ€ The background is dark blue and heavy in tone. On the right, the same character appears calm and content, gently holding flowing, colorful ribbons. Text reads: โ€œMaster of a billion thoughts and ideas, connecting them like no one else can.โ€ The background is warm and soft.

Itโ€™s over for yโ€™all when I can finally decide what project to finish
Comic Archive / Resources adhd-alien.com

15.01.2026 19:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1055    ๐Ÿ” 299    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
Amtrak GP38 locomotive in Phase 7 paint

Amtrak GP38 locomotive in Phase 7 paint

Haven't seen a better-looking modern work loco

11.01.2026 15:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lead poisoning and the most earth shattering BM of your life awaits you if you eat this

09.01.2026 22:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 85    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Poster that says Theyโ€™re here! ๐Ÿš† Our new Metro Subway cars are officially in service. Be among the first to ride tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 9, from 10 AMโ€“3 PM, starting at Owings Mills. Enjoy brighter lighting, larger windows, real-time digital signage, and more bike space. See you there!

Poster that says Theyโ€™re here! ๐Ÿš† Our new Metro Subway cars are officially in service. Be among the first to ride tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 9, from 10 AMโ€“3 PM, starting at Owings Mills. Enjoy brighter lighting, larger windows, real-time digital signage, and more bike space. See you there!

Theyโ€™re here! ๐Ÿš† Our new Metro Subway cars are officially in service. Be among the first to ride tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 9, from 10 AMโ€“3 PM, starting at Owings Mills. Enjoy brighter lighting, larger windows, real-time digital signage, and more bike space. See you there!

08.01.2026 20:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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