Ryan Smith

Some pics from the northern European cruise pt.2

A few pics from the northern European cruise pt.1

A few days in London before hopping on our cruise!

London has been so much fun with y'all!

Was a beautiful day in downtown Seattle today. Walked through the Seattle Center, the newly redesigned waterfront, and the expanded Seattle Aquarium.

Absolutely love this! If you do decide to make more, I would very much be interested. I love the abstract 🌈, it's giving "our colors run, but they run together" vibe.

Was a total Edward fan when the Twilight series originally came out. He's just gotten better with time.

Photo of green fields in a valley with bright sun up above. Trees and farm houses in the distance.

Got a great sun glare/halo in the pic of the valley I took while walking out on the trail today.
#PNW #summerweather #scenery

Took a long trail walk yesterday and everything in the valley is in bloom. Even saw some fields of roses and some cows along the way.

What's for gay millennial dinner you ask? #charcuterie

Spring is finally here. We had about two days of warm weather this week and all of the trees and bushes decided it was time to release the babies!
#pnw #nature #flowers

Utah becomes first state to ban LGBTQ+ pride flags in government buildings and schools Utah’s flag law goes further than one signed last week in Idaho that only applies to schools.

Do the elected officials to our states and national government really have NOTHING better to do than make laws about Pride flags? Seriously? What a waste of our tax money to pay them all to argue over this. Whatever building decides to fly a Pride flag, just let them.
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So happy with the print we received from @egorod.bsky.social
Thank you for this great piece!

Very cool artwork done by a local artist @shimastar.bsky.social
Love all the colors and geometric forms she uses. Amazing work (in my humble non-artistic bone in my body opinion).

YouTube video by Randy Rainbow Defy Democracy - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody

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Yet another way this administration's actions are showing their sinister intentions. They are not going to stop at just surveillance. We know from history that when a population is being watched by their government, much worse things come next.

Supporting yourself and being selfish are two different things. Sometimes, it's hard for others to understand this, especially when you establish boundaries as part of supporting yourself.

How about dealing with parents as an adult child? You could even do a follow-up with more specific populations dealing with parents (i.e. lgbtqia+, bipoc, differently able people, etc.) and how there are nuances there to the parent child (adult child) relationships because of intersectionalities.

Ya want witch hunts? Cause what's going on now is how ya get witch hunts.

This is what opening up any news source is gonna feel like for the next few years.

I feel like this more and more these days. As an Atheist, I don't believe in any deity, but this mythological figure of Christ sounds like a good person. Unlike so many of those that proclaim to "follow his teachings"

Piper Halliwell #Charmed
Her sarcasm and snark made me the gay man I am today.

#hbp101 #poetry #skypoets Poem written by Eric Montgomery (mrericmontgomery.com) You swore to be the tide, a shield against the burning sky, a whisper carved in marble, a promise cut, then cast aside. But winds have teeth, and nights have knives. Echoes learn to speak in lies. Tell me now—do ghosts forgive? Do shattered stars still burn, still live? Or will I haunt the space between your broken vows, the things unseen? You failed to protect me— I am the storm now. The flood, the fire, the reckoning. Run.

#hbp101 #poetry #skypoets

I love your winter scenes! Thanks for sharing your amazing talent here with all of us.

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.

Opportunities are everywhere.

Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

My next read for the weekend.
##queerbooks #gaystories

The women who raised Ryan

This piece hits the nail on the head!

"Nothing he has done has improved your life. None of it is designed to. Is this what you voted for? Is it enough that he hates the people you hate? Is that all you think you need?"