JRZC
@jrzc1962.bsky.social
Husband to Matthew, dog dad to Buddy, fan of gardening, theatre and (until lately) politics.
Cochabamba BO > Austin TX > Winchester UK
Cochabamba BO > Austin TX > Winchester UK
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JRZC
@jrzc1962.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Bluesky challenge: post two photos of you with your partner in crime
Dan Golding sounds like a prototypical @dennycarter.bsky.social couch. He doesn't believe in analytics 🤣
Didn't work out so well for him going for two but I admire the guts.
Didn't work out so well for him going for two but I admire the guts.
January 2, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Dan Golding sounds like a prototypical @dennycarter.bsky.social couch. He doesn't believe in analytics 🤣
Didn't work out so well for him going for two but I admire the guts.
Didn't work out so well for him going for two but I admire the guts.
The most impressive thing about George Washington's rather modest estate at Mount Vernon is the panoramic view up and down the Potomac.
December 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The most impressive thing about George Washington's rather modest estate at Mount Vernon is the panoramic view up and down the Potomac.
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Still the only 2x cake wedding I’ve ever been to; my own! 9 years and counting. @jrzc1962.bsky.social ❤️
December 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Still the only 2x cake wedding I’ve ever been to; my own! 9 years and counting. @jrzc1962.bsky.social ❤️
Who has the bigger Buddha belly? 😎
December 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Who has the bigger Buddha belly? 😎
Drove along Rock Creek Parkway (no @byerussell.com sighting despite regular runs/cycling posts from there 😎) to visit the fascinating Hillwood Estate. Phenomenal collection, especially of Russian art, jewelry & iconography, highlighted by Fabergé eggs.
Off the beaten tourist path but worth a visit.
Off the beaten tourist path but worth a visit.
December 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Drove along Rock Creek Parkway (no @byerussell.com sighting despite regular runs/cycling posts from there 😎) to visit the fascinating Hillwood Estate. Phenomenal collection, especially of Russian art, jewelry & iconography, highlighted by Fabergé eggs.
Off the beaten tourist path but worth a visit.
Off the beaten tourist path but worth a visit.
Not Nigella still out here doing the cooking on Boxing Day so we don't have to...
Make her a Dame already!
🥪
Make her a Dame already!
🥪
And I have a bonus Boxing Day present for you in the form of the Turkey, Ham, Gruyère and Kimchi Monte Cristo Sandwich from Rick Stein’s Christmas: Recipes, Memories and Stories for the Festive Season, which features in my special Christmas #CookbookCorner!
www.nigella.com/recipes/gues...
www.nigella.com/recipes/gues...
December 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Not Nigella still out here doing the cooking on Boxing Day so we don't have to...
Make her a Dame already!
🥪
Make her a Dame already!
🥪
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I approach a table of Black guys eating lunch. I lift up my under armour shirt Exposing my big bright white belly. “I don’t have to apologize for this anymore.” They trade glances & one whispers that he’ll pray for me. I walk away victorious
December 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I approach a table of Black guys eating lunch. I lift up my under armour shirt Exposing my big bright white belly. “I don’t have to apologize for this anymore.” They trade glances & one whispers that he’ll pray for me. I walk away victorious
I'm going to need someone more NCAAF savvy than me (@amandamull.bsky.social perhaps?) to explain to me why it is important to have James Madison and Tulane in the College Football Playoff over the likes of Notre Dame or BYU? This... is not enjoyable football.
December 21, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I'm going to need someone more NCAAF savvy than me (@amandamull.bsky.social perhaps?) to explain to me why it is important to have James Madison and Tulane in the College Football Playoff over the likes of Notre Dame or BYU? This... is not enjoyable football.
It's nearly Christmas but this lantana is still going strong. Butterflies still taking advantage.
December 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
It's nearly Christmas but this lantana is still going strong. Butterflies still taking advantage.
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Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building, but I’m going to need help holding the ladder. Are you in? Applying for my carpenter’s card today, so it’ll be a union job!!!
December 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building, but I’m going to need help holding the ladder. Are you in? Applying for my carpenter’s card today, so it’ll be a union job!!!
How long before they start dumping people out of helicopters into the Gulf of Mexico? America's Dirty War...
They are disappearing people. Listen to this. Nightmare. (And the longer they stay the more money core civic makes)
December 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
How long before they start dumping people out of helicopters into the Gulf of Mexico? America's Dirty War...
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I'm not sure if people realize the murder strikes are taking place across a large region. It's quite staggering.
www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...
www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I'm not sure if people realize the murder strikes are taking place across a large region. It's quite staggering.
www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...
www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...
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Some Dems have told themselves only ~1% of the population is trans so they can dip their toe in the anti-trans filth and come out clean.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
We are parents of a trans kid and our family takes this very, very personally. If you intentionally make life harder for our beloved daughter, it’s EXTREMELY hard to think of you as an ally, to say the least. @amyklobuchar.com - you still send us requests for money, while hurting our kid. Disgusted.
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
December 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Some Dems have told themselves only ~1% of the population is trans so they can dip their toe in the anti-trans filth and come out clean.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
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Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
Not me crying watching a video of my husband sharing his apple slices with our dog 😢
(We're 3000 miles apart at the moment)
(We're 3000 miles apart at the moment)
December 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Not me crying watching a video of my husband sharing his apple slices with our dog 😢
(We're 3000 miles apart at the moment)
(We're 3000 miles apart at the moment)
No. Absolutely not.
Dramatic footage released by Australian authorities shows the moment a skydiver was left dangling thousands of metres in the air after their parachute caught on the plane's tail.
Watch: Moment skydiver left dangling on plane's tail
Dramatic footage released by Australian authorities showed the moment a skydiver was left dangling thousands of metres in the air after their parachute caught on the plane's tail.
www.rte.ie
December 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
No. Absolutely not.
Just to show how old I am - I had one of these banana phones! 🤣
Today marks 40 years since the first mobile phone call was made in Ireland.
Ireland's first mobile phone call made 40 years ago
Today marks 40 years since the first mobile phone call was made in Ireland.
www.rte.ie
December 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Just to show how old I am - I had one of these banana phones! 🤣
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Rwanda-Congi deal: crumbling
Cambodia-Thailand deal: crumbled
Israel-Gaza deal: crumbled
Ukraine-Russia deal: no chance
How's that Nobel Prize campaign looking now?
Cambodia-Thailand deal: crumbled
Israel-Gaza deal: crumbled
Ukraine-Russia deal: no chance
How's that Nobel Prize campaign looking now?
Congo rebels enter strategic town as peace deal crumbles reut.rs/48L2Ykb
Congo rebels enter strategic town as peace deal crumbles
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have entered the eastern Congo town of Uvira, near the Burundian border, in the biggest escalation in months of the long-running war, sources told Reuters on Wednesday.
reut.rs
December 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Rwanda-Congi deal: crumbling
Cambodia-Thailand deal: crumbled
Israel-Gaza deal: crumbled
Ukraine-Russia deal: no chance
How's that Nobel Prize campaign looking now?
Cambodia-Thailand deal: crumbled
Israel-Gaza deal: crumbled
Ukraine-Russia deal: no chance
How's that Nobel Prize campaign looking now?
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Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
December 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
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Meanwhile, we have HS2—which started in 2009 and won't be finished until 2042—and less than 1% of the UK's rail network is classified as high speed.
December 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Meanwhile, we have HS2—which started in 2009 and won't be finished until 2042—and less than 1% of the UK's rail network is classified as high speed.
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Still plenty of time to enter this. I will choose and announce the winners tomorrow (Wednesday) evening.
FINAL book giveaway of the year.
To enter: reply below & repost this extract.
Up for grabs:
THREE signed Villager paperbacks with free art (bookmarks & postcards) by my parents.
Enter if you enjoy
Folklore
Nature
Rivers
Hills
Social history
Lost art
Ghost
Tangled psychedelic narratives
Silliness
To enter: reply below & repost this extract.
Up for grabs:
THREE signed Villager paperbacks with free art (bookmarks & postcards) by my parents.
Enter if you enjoy
Folklore
Nature
Rivers
Hills
Social history
Lost art
Ghost
Tangled psychedelic narratives
Silliness
December 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Still plenty of time to enter this. I will choose and announce the winners tomorrow (Wednesday) evening.