Ryan Merket

drain the swamp

a high deductible

How often do you change the favorite contacts on your phone?

NickLaning - Twitch Come hangout with me while I edit photographs!

Come hangout with me and my buddy Nick Laning while he edit photographs! www.twitch.tv/nicklaning

Love this. Small creators just trying to make it. www.reddit.com/r/videos/com...

Creative Marketing on Bluesky From Twitter to X to Bluesky

In the first edition of Netmaker, I talk a bit about my creative marketing history with Twitter and take a closer look at the viability of developing similar concepts on Bluesky. open.substack.com/pub/netmaker...

Please make it make sense.

a man in a suit and tie stands in front of a microphone with the words live rnc on the bottom ALT: a man in a suit and tie stands in front of a microphone with the words live rnc on the bottom

hmmm

Amazon takes control of James Bond rights...

King shit. Respect.

Powerful piece. They ripped the stars out of the star-spangled banner.

A fat white guy sitting on the iron throne under a shredded American flag

Throne. #art #watercolor #ink

Blobless (BLS) - Pump This mysterious monster looks like either a drop or a ghost and does not inspire confidence, but in fact he is very kind and would like to make friends with you, you just need not to be afraid and jus...

So I launched/err stole a meme coin: BLS

pump.fun/coin/EN4XMiY...

We Were Wrong About GPUs Do my tears surprise you? Strong CEOs also cry.

"The biggest problem: developers don’t want GPUs. They don’t even want AI/ML models. They want LLMs."

fly.io/blog/wrong-a...

Find me on Signal: merket.01

Back in 2009 when I worked at Facebook, I told a friend not to use Messenger as it was like chatting with your friends in a courtroom, mic’d up for the jury to hear. Turns out, I underestimated just how many people were listening.

Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website "THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN."

Only the best tech toddlers www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...

Great idea. Let's go. We can't stand back and do nothing.

We defunded the CFPB while Trump launched a scam coin to rob his own followers. The message is clear: fraud isn’t a bug in America — it’s the operating system.

'Anything At All’—The new album from Denison Witmer produced by and featuring Sufjan Stevens is out now. #music #idie #folk

cc: @denisonwitmer.bsky.social & @sufjanstevens.bsky.social

This. 100% this. BlueSky only works if you are a celeb.

It's the opposite for most people.

On Threads, with little following, I was going viral all the time. 5-10 likes per post, easy.

On BlueSky, with little following, I struggle to get a single Like on a post.

One of the best emails one can get as an angel investor.

Too bad it was for $243

YouTube video by David Hoffman Flying in 1979 It Was a New Experience

So cool to see how far we've come. www.youtube.com/watch?v=psIb...

Do you now or have you ever received social security, medicare, medicaid, SNAP, disability, unemployment benefits, or tax credits such as Child Tax Credits?

Congratulations! You’re part of the Parasite Class!! (A group over 70% Americans are part of.)

Your new president HATES you!

www.britannica.com/topic/agitprop

It's made to look real to show you what we could end up like if we keep going the direction we're headed in

It’s like the perfect sample of American culture.

Go follow her journey: @kellystonelake.bsky.social

Former Meta director is suing the company over a 'toxic pattern' of silencing women: 'I can show what happens when we want more masculine workplaces' Kelly Stonelake claims Meta neglected to act after she reported sexual harassment and retaliated against her for raising concerns.

Kelly and I were hired together for the same team, on the same day, and went through training together.

I believe her.

She's incredibly brave for sticking her neck out like this.

Men, order the flowers and buy the chocolates now. Don’t wait until the last second!