Journalist, coder, community developer. Managing director, Big Local News at Stanford. “I love people who harness themselves, an ox to a heavy cart, … who strain in the mud and the muck to move things forward, who do what has to be done, again and again.”https://bsky.app/profile/ryanpitts.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryanpitts.bsky.social/post/3ml25du4c6k2o@jacobharr.is getting phone reports this morning of the first boatcar sighting of the year04 May 2026 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:kupbvoejgbywbynrrzzglmol/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml25du4c6k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ryanpitts.bsky.social/post/3me2kyd6ykc2xNone of this was necessary. None of it _had to happen_. Every single bit is a choice made by people who don't have to suffer the consequences. Up to us to help the people paying the price so that others can prosper, and to never ever ever forget who's making the choices.04 Feb 2026 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:kupbvoejgbywbynrrzzglmol/app.bsky.feed.post/3me2kyd6ykc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryanpitts.bsky.social/post/3md5g3ppqbk2y“HB 2641 prohibits all Washington state law enforcement agencies from hiring anyone who was hired as a sworn officer of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on or after January 20, 2025.” https://housedemocrats.wa.gov/simmons/2026/01/22/rep-simmons-introduces-ice-out-act-of-2026-prohibiting-hiring-of-ice-officers/24 Jan 2026 04:50 +0000at://did:plc:kupbvoejgbywbynrrzzglmol/app.bsky.feed.post/3md5g3ppqbk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryanpitts.bsky.social/post/3m7stxpcsrc22"The work that client firms are settling for is not better when it’s produced by AI, but it’s cheaper, and deemed 'good enough.'" https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/i-was-forced-to-use-ai-until-the12 Dec 2025 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:kupbvoejgbywbynrrzzglmol/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7stxpcsrc22https://bsky.app/profile/ryanpitts.bsky.social/post/3m7c7zx63cc2tEarlier this year I got to drive two great friends to their citizenship ceremony, and a whole group of us celebrated with them after. It was so joyful! They’re from one of the countries on this list. Relieved and grateful we got to be there with them then, and just sickened to read this now. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Dec 2025 05:04 +0000at://did:plc:kupbvoejgbywbynrrzzglmol/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7c7zx63cc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ryanpitts.bsky.social/post/3m6i2l6yyr22bcool economy we’ve got, can’t stop spending wages on personal devices or else productivity gains will stop rolling up to owners and investors [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Nov 2025 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:kupbvoejgbywbynrrzzglmol/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6i2l6yyr22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryanpitts.bsky.social/post/3m4wgiysse22bTetris mode! Featuring StateFace! Elegant tools from a different age https://source.opennews.org/articles/how-nprs-apps-team-covered-elections/ (So cool that Election Night Replay from 2012 still works election2012.npr.org and I totally forgot about the Big Boards, designed for second screen first http://election2012.npr.org/bigboard/president.html) [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Nov 2025 01:38 +0000at://did:plc:kupbvoejgbywbynrrzzglmol/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4wgiysse22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryanpitts.bsky.social/post/3m44mcsbu222clove you Chicago26 Oct 2025 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:kupbvoejgbywbynrrzzglmol/app.bsky.feed.post/3m44mcsbu222chttps://bsky.app/profile/ryanpitts.bsky.social/post/3m2ud63bw422f"The impulse to view everything in terms of efficiency, of reducing costs and maximizing output, is radically overapplied in the modern world." https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/life-is-more-than-an-engineering-problem/10 Oct 2025 18:42 +0000at://did:plc:kupbvoejgbywbynrrzzglmol/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ud63bw422fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryanpitts.bsky.social/post/3lxwymqvo3c2x@tylerjfisher.com waiting for your review of the new deftones03 Sep 2025 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:kupbvoejgbywbynrrzzglmol/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxwymqvo3c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryanpitts.bsky.social/post/3lw6es3xcg225This is such a great moment to be joining the team at @biglocalnews.bsky.social! We have so much important work ahead and I’m thrilled to be a part of it. https://biglocalnews.org/content/news/2025/08/11/new-managing-director.html12 Aug 2025 03:32 +0000at://did:plc:kupbvoejgbywbynrrzzglmol/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw6es3xcg225https://bsky.app/profile/ryanpitts.bsky.social/post/3lvolzkodqs2gproud to be a board member for @rangemedia.co because (among so many other reasons) I know they'll never ever publish something that looks like this Support local news, everyone.05 Aug 2025 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:kupbvoejgbywbynrrzzglmol/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvolzkodqs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ryanpitts.bsky.social/post/3lvo63v4onk2a@wmhartnett.bsky.social unexpected Gerard Manley Hopkins shoutout https://djunah.bandcamp.com/album/femina-furens05 Aug 2025 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:kupbvoejgbywbynrrzzglmol/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvo63v4onk2a