Ryan Roat

@ryanroat.bsky.social

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You are likely to be eaten by a grue. find me on mastodon at ryanroat@jawns.club as well

Sun rising over the beach in Ventnor City NJ looking north to Atlantic City. The surf is gently rolling across the sand, the sun reflecting along the water.
Fake lobster roll made with red shrimp. And an ear of corn.
Brindle greyhound on a couch looking at the camera. Maybe someone betrayed him?
Brindle greyhound spine down belly up on his cushion.
Elderly brindle greyhound deeply sleeping on his cushion, head hanging off as is tradition, on a porch.
Brindle greyhound walking through what's left of a large circular sand castle filled with seawater and being consumed by the rising tide.
Cyclist with Big Boy locomotive in the background.
book cover of "Fighting for Philadelphia"
Hawkins law enforcement overlooking the water filled quarry.
Brindle greyhound sleeping on his cushion.
Brindle greyhound walking in low surf. His paws are splashing and his tongue is wagging.
Brindle greyhound chillaxing on his cushion on a portch down the shore.
A big yogurt container with a warning label that reads Forrest poop.
Brindle greyhound napping on his cushion, head flopping on the floor, as is tradition.
A flag with Peter Griffin wearing an Eagles jersey and a quote bubble saying "I will die for my country Philadelphia."
John Leithgow in Buckaroo Bonzai
Ticket stub for Hozier "Eat Your Young" Pop Up
Three bear cubs standing and looking at something off camera.
A bar graph showing election results; Amy Roat is the top overall, with over 23 thousand votes and 9.61% of the tally. Nine people will be seated, based on gender.
The primary pup resting stretched out on the floor while their person finishes voting.
A dog on a leash waits while their person votes.
Stuff about Jarnathan from the D&D movie.
A lawn decoration that is a 2d cartoon greyhound wearing a graduation cap and tassle.
A redish retriever wishing she could snag my food off the table. I'm blocking her access with my arm and have moved my food far from her range.
A very red golden retriever.
Pipe and drum unit.
Four pack of Cheerwine soda in glass bottles.
It's cobblestone but it's a mess.
John Byrne Band warm up / sound check.
A young man and his mom standing in the mostly seated crowd at a Phillies game.
St Peter the Apostle RC church (Philadelphia) decorated for Christmas.
A five month old reindeer.
Brindle greyhound on his cushion, devouring a chicken foot.
Staten Island Pizza Rats logo. It's a slice of pizza oriented to the geography of Staten Island including a bite taken away up in the northeast corner near the narrows.
Lap dog looking at the camera, sitting near a door where Halloween candy is being offered. One of her snaggle teeth is sticking out.
Screen shot of ESPNBET sportsbook landing page.
Four Great Pyrenees dogs.
Five month old reindeer.
Five month old reindeer.
Creepy stuffed goat dolls. They look very melancholy.
Round pheasant bird house.
Gord-O Bird House tag.
Bird house shaped and painted as a round bird.
Hunter Pence celebrates with Phillies teammates.
A cartoon jellyfish giving the finger with one of its tentacles.
The Prodigy ('80s-'90s online service) sign in screen.
27 Percenters – Those Americans who will predictably vote against their own best interests. In his seminal post on the Crazification Factor, John Rogers used the 2004 Obama/Keyes senate race as a measure: “Keyes was from out of state, so you can eliminate any established political base; both candidates were black, so you can factor out racism; and Keyes was plainly, obviously, completely crazy. Batshit crazy. Head-trauma crazy. But 27% of the population of Illinois voted for him. They put party identification, personal prejudice, whatever ahead of rational judgement. Hell, even like 5% of Democrats voted for him. That’s crazy behaviour. I think you have to assume a 27% Crazification Factor in any population.” __ Or, as commenter Davis X. Machina phrased it: “The salient fact of American politics is that there are fifty to seventy million voters each of who will volunteer to live, with his family, in a cardboard box under an overpass, and cook sparrows on an old curtain rod, if someone would only guarantee that the black, gay, Hispanic, liberal, whatever, in the next box over doesn’t even have a curtain rod, or a sparrow to put on it.”
Margate back bay. A dock with a bunch of personal watercraft, a few boats. Evening sun, clouds in the sky, water channel, marshland and distantly a tree line. The Jersey Shore.
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'Sandwich Guy's has become a resistance icon...
Beach Boys Endless Summer cassette case insert
Billy Ray and Louis
Ventnor beach looking north towards AC on a clear, sunny day. Numerous gulls are relaxing on the sand. There are a few humans as well, but not many.