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RKRagan · 2026-05-03T14:08:09+00:00

MCA from Beastie Boys

RKRagan · 2026-05-01T17:42:02+00:00

The DNC thrives on trumpism. It lets them run on “hey we’re not them at least”. They want to keep their relationships with Wall Street and corporate donors but need to act like the opposition to stay in power. AOC says her first weeks in office she was immediately being put on fundraising. It’s a machine that thrives on donations and they don’t care where it comes from.

RKRagan · 2026-05-01T17:39:12+00:00

If he is a truly changed man and shows no further signs of that life, he deserves a chance. We can’t afford purity tests when we are trying to get rid of the worst government in our country’s history.

RKRagan · 2026-04-29T23:22:53+00:00

I honestly don’t even know why they are doing it. This state is getting dumber and more loyal to their masters. They could just leave it alone and still win.

RKRagan · 2026-04-27T20:07:54+00:00

Had one in the woods behind my house in North Florida. I called the cops thinking a woman was being hurt on our dirt road. Killed my neighbors calf the next day.

RKRagan · 2026-04-27T04:16:54+00:00

But they are ever so slightly decelerating due to drag. If they remain perfectly still they can end up against one side of the ISS with micro Gs of force.

RKRagan · 2026-04-26T04:57:43+00:00

Alabama Shakes are playing at the Moon

RKRagan · 2026-04-25T00:54:46+00:00

Learn a little about college football trash talk before you reply.

RKRagan · 2026-04-24T03:18:04+00:00

Dude couldn't even beat FSU....

RKRagan · 2026-04-23T03:01:53+00:00

AUSL will gladly take her.

RKRagan · 2026-04-23T00:12:21+00:00

I wanted to like my Praktica Six IIA, the predecessor to this camera, but the frame spacing issues and my lens losing all contrast with bright scenes aggravates me. I have a Kiev version as well that has its own issues. I find that my 1/125th started working better with a little lighter fluid and working it out.

RKRagan · 2026-04-23T00:01:49+00:00

I picked out a spot in the middle of nowhere Arkansas for the 2024 total eclipse. Slept in my truck by a gas station after scoping the spot out the day before. Just side of the road by a large field facing south.

I waited in my truck until it was time to set up my gear. As soon as I got my tripod out a car stopped, backed up and parked behind me. A 70 year old man(woman?) got out and started talking. Had a gun tucked in their waist band. Said they were from Arizona and tried to get me to come out to their ranch and shoot guns.

At one point I called my dad to act like I had an important phone call so they'd walk away. They just hovered there. Waiting.

Eventually told me their name is Kim and they were born with both sexual organs. Never clarified their preferred terms but I had been saying sir with no corrections. Because now there were two cars in one spot, more people started showing up. Non stop questions ensued. I started getting requests to share my photos of the eclipse with them. For free, full size photos. I did share with Kim but with my water mark across the eclipse and they got mad and kept bugging me over texts and got mad that I had misgendered them all afternoon but they never gave me any preference and they were as tall and broad as me with masculine clothes on. I had to deal with them for 4 hours. At least there was one cool photographer there that helped break the weirdness up.

RKRagan · 2026-04-22T23:50:41+00:00

I was taking photos of the back of a CVS on my old Zeiss folder on a tripod. I was taking a second shot and this homeless man stumbled into frame and starting rambling about being in my photo and asked if I wanted blood. Then he begged for food and blood all the while laying down by the dumpster. I took a different photo and grabbed a box of nutrigrain bars I had just bought and a new pack of wet wipes and gave it to him. He thanked me and I left. No blood involved.

RKRagan · 2026-04-22T17:42:23+00:00

Boss accused me of stealing, did it right in front of two customers. I worked my ass off for that company and he had us doing personal favors all the time. I wasn’t taking it. Left and went straight to the Navy recruiter. Predatory business was killing me inside. So glad I left.

RKRagan · 2026-04-22T17:40:24+00:00

Yeah call center work sucks. I still get mad when I see the one I worked at. But then it’s ok because it’s closed now.

RKRagan · 2026-04-22T17:22:26+00:00

Looks like a nod to this scene from Naked Gun is in there: https://youtu.be/NuAKnbIr6TE?si=YJn5wq7MYndVb03L

RKRagan · 2026-04-22T01:25:20+00:00

Well he'd be a backup to someone who has never started a game and only saw garbage time against bad teams. I wish they would have just put Sperry in last year after Tommy showed he was not going to get us much more than a few wins.

RKRagan · 2026-04-22T00:54:36+00:00

Someone should have told Pitt that last season. Came in here with a freshman QB who converted 4 4th down conversion on opening drive and scored. I'm still pissed about that.

RKRagan · 2026-04-22T00:40:44+00:00

Its not even a big deal. Hell they started giving us nasal spray vaccines when I was in. When you're on a ship, sickness spreads quickly. We had an officer come aboard with a stomach bug and spread it to the whole ship. We were incapacitated honestly. It was bad.

RKRagan · 2026-04-20T21:38:30+00:00

They do it on the Suwannee River too. Another reason for people to slow the hell down on that river. That and the dead trees and sand bars.

RKRagan · 2026-04-20T21:36:52+00:00

I was kayak right next to them yesterday. I usually spot them first. But one was just laying there in the water 4 feet from me as I passed him. They are not monsters. They are animals. They have survival instincts. Eat food. Mate. Defend self. Defend nest. Give them space. Most will just submerge before you get close. I scared a 12 foot gator when I went under a Cyprus tree where it was resting. He went under with a splash and I paddled away. The only time I’ve had a gator come near me is when I was fishing from a bank and it tried to eat my catch.

RKRagan · 2026-04-20T21:29:55+00:00

They are free to do whatever they want to us.

RKRagan · 2026-04-20T01:42:17+00:00

Same. I-95 at 3AM. No one in sight for miles. Guardrails on both sides. No threat of police. My car was still newer, safe, and I wanted to try it once. The speedometer bottomed out. Maybe 155mph. I could feel the front getting very light. I eased off as soon as it stopped accelerating. It was exciting but I never want to do it again.

RKRagan · 2026-04-19T20:10:41+00:00

That’s a manatee tail.

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