Richard R
@richardr.bsky.social
He/him. Former academic nomad (west coast, east coast). Now happily settled in Minnesota. 2 great kids.
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Richard R
@richardr.bsky.social
· Oct 22
Richard's stupid thread of stuff to ignore
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I put it on influencers/large follower accounts for not being more responsible. You should have a more refined and disciplined sense of media literacy if you have a following imo.
December 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I put it on influencers/large follower accounts for not being more responsible. You should have a more refined and disciplined sense of media literacy if you have a following imo.
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"And, most important of all," added the Mathemagician, "here is your own magic staff. Use it well and there is nothing it cannot do for you."
He placed in Milo's breast pocket a small gleaming pencil.
He placed in Milo's breast pocket a small gleaming pencil.
December 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
"And, most important of all," added the Mathemagician, "here is your own magic staff. Use it well and there is nothing it cannot do for you."
He placed in Milo's breast pocket a small gleaming pencil.
He placed in Milo's breast pocket a small gleaming pencil.
Millenials made jokes online for 10+ years about how they'd rather kill themselves than pick up a phone and talk to a human being.
Now they're teachers and librarians and they're super pissed when people talk to AI for days before begrudgingly interacting with a person.
Now they're teachers and librarians and they're super pissed when people talk to AI for days before begrudgingly interacting with a person.
December 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Millenials made jokes online for 10+ years about how they'd rather kill themselves than pick up a phone and talk to a human being.
Now they're teachers and librarians and they're super pissed when people talk to AI for days before begrudgingly interacting with a person.
Now they're teachers and librarians and they're super pissed when people talk to AI for days before begrudgingly interacting with a person.
"Bugs Bunny is a queer icon!"
<12 pictures of Bugs Bunny doing sexual assaults>
<12 pictures of Bugs Bunny doing sexual assaults>
December 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"Bugs Bunny is a queer icon!"
<12 pictures of Bugs Bunny doing sexual assaults>
<12 pictures of Bugs Bunny doing sexual assaults>
It's not cool to equate gender nonconformity with sexuality
December 6, 2025 at 6:16 AM
It's not cool to equate gender nonconformity with sexuality
Interesting to think about movie Upstream Color w/r/t l'affaire Nuzzi. Both stories have literal parasitic worms. Both also have a character who isn't the true driving force of calamity but is happy to be an enabler since that serves their own ends. A different kind of parasite.
December 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Interesting to think about movie Upstream Color w/r/t l'affaire Nuzzi. Both stories have literal parasitic worms. Both also have a character who isn't the true driving force of calamity but is happy to be an enabler since that serves their own ends. A different kind of parasite.
Should I listen to my sick body and go to bed early or listen to my sick brain and read another Scudder novel
December 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Should I listen to my sick body and go to bed early or listen to my sick brain and read another Scudder novel
15% of Bluesky has Memento disease.
Blank slate every morning. Looking at the likes and replies that came in overnight so they can figure out who to yell at today.
Blank slate every morning. Looking at the likes and replies that came in overnight so they can figure out who to yell at today.
December 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
15% of Bluesky has Memento disease.
Blank slate every morning. Looking at the likes and replies that came in overnight so they can figure out who to yell at today.
Blank slate every morning. Looking at the likes and replies that came in overnight so they can figure out who to yell at today.
It sucks that this place burnt down and if the owner did it that sucks even more.
Everyone in Minnesota wants to stay by a lake but it's expensive to keep up these places. A bunch are crumbling because they don't bring in enough for repairs.
Everyone in Minnesota wants to stay by a lake but it's expensive to keep up these places. A bunch are crumbling because they don't bring in enough for repairs.
Bryce Campbell, the owner of the Lutsen Resort Lodge on Lake Superior’s North Shore, has been arrested on charges of arson and insurance fraud for his alleged role in the fire that destroyed the lodge in early 2024.
Owner of Lutsen Lodge charged with arson in fire that destroyed iconic resort
Bryce Campbell, the owner of the Lutsen Resort Lodge on Lake Superior’s North Shore, has been arrested on charges of arson and insurance fraud for his alleged role in the fire that destroyed the lodge...
www.mprnews.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
It sucks that this place burnt down and if the owner did it that sucks even more.
Everyone in Minnesota wants to stay by a lake but it's expensive to keep up these places. A bunch are crumbling because they don't bring in enough for repairs.
Everyone in Minnesota wants to stay by a lake but it's expensive to keep up these places. A bunch are crumbling because they don't bring in enough for repairs.
There's something going around with bad GI symptoms. Got me a couple days ago and now my older son is sick. If your kid complains about stomach pain or lower GI rumbling make sure they can get to a toilet pretty quick. Luckily it seems to pass in a day or less.
December 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
There's something going around with bad GI symptoms. Got me a couple days ago and now my older son is sick. If your kid complains about stomach pain or lower GI rumbling make sure they can get to a toilet pretty quick. Luckily it seems to pass in a day or less.
[Makes something up] You can't make this stuff up!
December 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
[Makes something up] You can't make this stuff up!
Overheard at the small town mini-mall
Guy walking past a dispensary that isn't open yet: "I'm gonna be your biggest customer"
Woman at the game shop: "if I haven't DM'd for you before you should know I'm not everybody's cup of tea"
Guy at reptile shop: "I have three of you at home already"
Guy walking past a dispensary that isn't open yet: "I'm gonna be your biggest customer"
Woman at the game shop: "if I haven't DM'd for you before you should know I'm not everybody's cup of tea"
Guy at reptile shop: "I have three of you at home already"
November 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Overheard at the small town mini-mall
Guy walking past a dispensary that isn't open yet: "I'm gonna be your biggest customer"
Woman at the game shop: "if I haven't DM'd for you before you should know I'm not everybody's cup of tea"
Guy at reptile shop: "I have three of you at home already"
Guy walking past a dispensary that isn't open yet: "I'm gonna be your biggest customer"
Woman at the game shop: "if I haven't DM'd for you before you should know I'm not everybody's cup of tea"
Guy at reptile shop: "I have three of you at home already"
Now for greatest test of my parenting so far: son had only seen despecialized versions of original trilogy, now watching special edition RotJ. If this becomes his preferred version I'm walking into the ocean.
November 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Now for greatest test of my parenting so far: son had only seen despecialized versions of original trilogy, now watching special edition RotJ. If this becomes his preferred version I'm walking into the ocean.
By age 2 American children have learned that when a car does a sick jump off a ramp it should go into slo motion
November 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
By age 2 American children have learned that when a car does a sick jump off a ramp it should go into slo motion
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The University of Minnesota’s Superior Fruit Innovations program, famous for creating the Honeycrisp apple, has launched six new varieties of apples and grapes that it’s licensing to growers.
U of M to license new fruit varieties, including a sequel to the Honeycrisp apple
The Superior Fruit Innovations program promises access to top-performing fruits, such as the Big Flirt Apple and the LumiGlo grape.
www.mprnews.org
November 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The University of Minnesota’s Superior Fruit Innovations program, famous for creating the Honeycrisp apple, has launched six new varieties of apples and grapes that it’s licensing to growers.
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just like in Florida when a sudden snowstorm freezes the Limes
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
just like in Florida when a sudden snowstorm freezes the Limes
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"But who would want all those terrible noises?" asked Milo, holding his ears.
"Everybody does," said the surprised doctor; "they're very popular today. Why, I'm kept so busy I can hardly fill the orders for noise pills, racket lotion, clamor salve, and hubbub tonic. That's all people seem to want."
"Everybody does," said the surprised doctor; "they're very popular today. Why, I'm kept so busy I can hardly fill the orders for noise pills, racket lotion, clamor salve, and hubbub tonic. That's all people seem to want."
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
"But who would want all those terrible noises?" asked Milo, holding his ears.
"Everybody does," said the surprised doctor; "they're very popular today. Why, I'm kept so busy I can hardly fill the orders for noise pills, racket lotion, clamor salve, and hubbub tonic. That's all people seem to want."
"Everybody does," said the surprised doctor; "they're very popular today. Why, I'm kept so busy I can hardly fill the orders for noise pills, racket lotion, clamor salve, and hubbub tonic. That's all people seem to want."
OMG imagine having opinions about what food other people eat
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
OMG imagine having opinions about what food other people eat
what if we made the whole discography out of CW theme songs?
November 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
what if we made the whole discography out of CW theme songs?
The UCMJ has a well-known liberal bias
November 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The UCMJ has a well-known liberal bias
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the world is less weird without Udo Kier in it
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
the world is less weird without Udo Kier in it
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"If something is there, you can only see it with your eyes open, but if it isn't there, you can see it just as well with your eyes closed. That's why imaginary things are often easier to see than real ones."
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"If something is there, you can only see it with your eyes open, but if it isn't there, you can see it just as well with your eyes closed. That's why imaginary things are often easier to see than real ones."
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