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Ryan Batty

@ryanbatty.bsky.social

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I ain't often right but I've never been wrong. Typically posting about active transportation and bike lanes, the Oilers, the Grateful Dead, bbq, or whatever random thing pops into my head.

  1. A concert first for me. I was just asked to move because I was in someone’s sight line. Maybe during the show this wouldn’t surprise me but at set break? I was tempted to ask if they were fucking serious, decided to just move three steps to my left instead.

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  2. Last week someone made this point, a lot of money people (including tech) made a very clear, very calculated decision that authoritarianism, even a corrupt kleptocracy, was better for them financially than risking Dems doing a wealth tax/tax fairness etc. It was an eyes-wide-open choice.

    Cuban explains why companies like Intel are happy to give fascists a cut. The wealthiest people in the country see it as a smaller sacrifice than what progressives are proposing in higher taxes.

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  3. Cuban explains why companies like Intel are happy to give fascists a cut. The wealthiest people in the country see it as a smaller sacrifice than what progressives are proposing in higher taxes.

    I’m the furthest from a Trump fan. But the reality is that he would have to shake very hard to equate to the shakedowns of the unrealized cap gains tax and warren’s tax that were proposed.

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  4. I like to walk as much as possible when I visit somewhere. Gives me a chance to see things at a slower pace and also provides an opportunity to take pictures of nerdy transportation related things like this yarn wrapped trail marker.

    Yarn wrapped trail marker in Dillon, CO.
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  5. If I’m going to be in Denver for work anyway, a short trip out to Dillon to see JRAD for a couple nights just makes sense. Pretty nice venue here.

    The Dillon Amphitheater 2025/08/22
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  6. The couple beside us at the bar just happened to have an extra couple tickets to Billy Strings tonight. Refreshed Ticketmaster 1000 times over the last two days and got nothing. Gave up hope and fell ass backwards into tickets. Let’s fucking go.

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  7. Didn’t wake up early to watch Newcastle. Slept in, got up rested, made coffee, sat down to watch the game on delay, and remembered they have that hideous Saudi green away kit. Ruins everything. Hope they lose 5-0.

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