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Charles Louis Richter
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Historian: of American religion/irreligion by training; of science & conspiracy by trade

dumb jokes about smart things and smart jokes about dumb things

Podcast research/factcheck: SNAFU with Ed Helms; The Reason We're All Still Here; My Fugitive, more
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richterscale.bsky.social
i knew that pardoned turkey looked familiar
in the capitol on january 6, a group of insurrectionists, including a gun-fetich beardo, the qanon shaman, and a white turkey, confront a capitol police officer
November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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drnelk.bsky.social
The hottest clubs have always been volunteer trash pickup groups iykyk
Gothamist headline: the hottest clubs in nyc these dayw are volunteer trash pickup groups
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
richterscale.bsky.social
getting kicked out of the movie theater for loudly insisting that the title is "The My Love"
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
richterscale.bsky.social
but whatever you do, don't call him a fascist
swin24.bsky.social Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1d
“Within the White House, Trump and his lieutenants aren’t planning on letting up…Trump has told some advisers that he wants RICO prosecutions and conspiracy charges leveled against the six Democrats, a source with direct knowledge of the matter tells Zeteo…
zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
richterscale.bsky.social
i feel like any god worth their salt would be reaching for the smiting thunderbolts if AI-generated prayers wafted up to the heavens from a table
alexandragallant.com Alexandra Gallant-Lee 52A @ MICE @alexandragallant.com · 11h
This is so soulless, I can't stand it. We have BRAINS. We can USE THEM.
Al is also changing how we communicate. With so little free time and so much pressure to be perfect, many who've never cooked a turkey might have a chatbot walk them through the steps, feeling safer asking "stupid questions" in private. People even report using Al conversation prompts to get lively discussions going at the table. Al can generate the toast, the prayer, the party games and the poem read before dessert.
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
richterscale.bsky.social
there's so much drama in the LBK
it's kinda hard to farm when they decapitay
stephengm.bsky.social Stephen Geigen-Miller @stephengm.bsky.social · 11h
In addition to being a fascinating (if horrific) insight into a mostly-unknown period of European prehistory, this includes a BANGER of a quote: "I can see why all these people without heads wouldn’t be good for a community, and might be a cause for abandonment."

www.science.org/content/arti...
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
richterscale.bsky.social
🎵…nobody callin' on the phone🎵
🎵'cept for the pope, maybe in rome🎵
the pope appears to be singing soulfully into a microphone
November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
richterscale.bsky.social
"i don't believe in an interventionist god, but i know, dreher, that you do"
annamerlan.bsky.social Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 12h
Highly specific siren: Nick Cave and Rod Dreher hung out
Screenshot of a tweet from Rod Dreher. He and Nick Cave are standing next to each other beaming, and the text of the tweet reads: "I don't know what you did tonight, but it wasn't as cool as my dinner with the great Nick Cave. What a lovely man."
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
richterscale.bsky.social
what is going on
annamerlan.bsky.social Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 12h
Highly specific siren: Nick Cave and Rod Dreher hung out
Screenshot of a tweet from Rod Dreher. He and Nick Cave are standing next to each other beaming, and the text of the tweet reads: "I don't know what you did tonight, but it wasn't as cool as my dinner with the great Nick Cave. What a lovely man."
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
richterscale.bsky.social
look, hegseth is a drunk fascist buffoon, but the photo he was referring to was not a mirror image

x.com/PeteHegseth/...

i don't know the first thing about what the very special order that military medals are supposed to be displayed in, but can we please use truth when fighting fascism
detail of the medals photo that mark kelly posted. the lettering on the medals is not reversed.
November 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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themerl.bsky.social
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We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.

Find out more:

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Two students look at objects in the reading room at The Museum of English Rural Life.
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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artologica.net
Big news! The groundhog is back at my sister's and she gave him a plum
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
richterscale.bsky.social
the absolute Chotinest
karenho.bsky.social Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 1d
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
Isaac Chotiner: "You would have to be brain-dead to read this piece and not immediately wonder who is funding Semafor Gulf." Quote post of Ben Smith saying: "Fascinating @msergie piece on covering a monarchy" about a Semafor article on Saudi Arabia's crown prince Smith responds to Chotiner: "That's a hell of an allegation/implication, Isaac. To figure out the literal answer to your question, you'd either have to look and see who the sponsors are in the email (I haven't checked today!) or read our publicly disclosed list of investors. I believe you're trying to imply that it's the Saudi government? Have you read more of our coverage, or just this tweet? My impression — correct me if I'm wrong — is that you're working on zero information and smearing us in general, and an experienced journalist @msergie whose work I suspect you're totally unfamiliar with in particular." Chotiner responds:"I’m not making any allegation. I’m making a simple point about how an average reader—myself included—might respond after reading this ridiculous piece" Ben Smith: "Just asking questions! Come on. You genuinely know better. Or read Mohammed's long career of work covering the Gulf and the Syrian war before you imply he's some kind of stooge." Noah Kulwin: "The point is not about who funds your reporting/if your colleague is a “stooge”. Isaac’s comment is that the reporting is so bad so as to make a reader wonder who is funding it" Smith: A reader, sure. A journalist who can do very basic homework, kind of lame. Chotiner: "You are right, I’ll do some homework now by perusing Jay Solomon Semafor pieces, and reading Jason Greenblatt Semafor columns. In the meantime, I will formally say that I am making no accusation and was just astonished at how inane the piece was" Chotiner quote-posts with "I see Semafor loves running column after column by this guy (https://semafor.com/author/faisal-j-abbas), who also publishes pro-Saudi conspiracies about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi https://arabnews.com/node/1386291" Ben Smith's post says "I hope I'm not overreacting, but it makes me crazy when people I think of as reporters do this "just asking questions" stuff. Feel free to report it out by googling/asking me/reading our various scoops and reports about the region — these two just now" and links to two Semafor articles Chotiner quote posts Ben Smith: "You might have heard that the UAE is helping destroy Sudan, but at the next Semafor event, all is well." Screenshot says "Held at Abu Dhabi Finance Week, Semafor will spotlight insights from the Global Findex 2025 report and the Global Digital Connectivity Tracker, translating global research into actionable, locally relevant conversations. As the third stop on The Next 3 Billion Tour, this edition explores how the Gulf's growing investments in Africa can accelerate digital connectivity and financial inclusion. With Abu Dhabi's focus on sustainable finance, digital transformation, and cross-border collaboration, it offers a strong platform to examine how technology and capital can work together to expand access and opportunity." Ben Smith's post says "Just asking questions! Come on. You genuinely know better. Or read Mohammed's long career of work covering the Gulf and the Syrian war before you imply he's some kind of stooge."
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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aklingus.bsky.social
tfw you’re fucking the lasagna man for lasagna
•*• Funny-Presence4228 LPT: How to win as a guest and make new friends at a raging, alcohol fuelled party Food & Drink I'm getting older now, and some of my friends' kids have recently started college. I've been reliably told that alcohol-fuelled parties are still happening, and I shared this advice about how to make new friends and be a hero. One of them took my advice, and now has a new girlfriend because of this. The key to the following advice is an element of secrecy because the surprise makes it even better. Arrive late and sneak Lasagna into the party. I mean, taking a large, catering-sized tray of lasagna, along with a stack of paper plates and forks, to a raging house party. I used to do this back in college. I'd make one, sometimes two, in the afternoon in big foil trays before goin to a party. Show up around 10.30pm, and slip them into the oven without asking permission telling anyone. Medium heat for 30 minutes to warm it up. Get my paper plates out, and shout: "Lasagna is ready" to a packed house of drunk people, and hand them all a fork. It's cheaper than bringing beer, no clean-up, and I got laid pretty often. Important note: Make sure the person who owns the oven is the first in the line, and don't make a mess. Maybe make one meat and one vegan or something... This last point was less of a concern back in my day, but we must move with the times.
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
richterscale.bsky.social
lasagna bons temps rouler
peterjwagner3.bsky.social Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 22h
I now am working “lasagna” into “Let the Good Times Roll.”
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 AM
richterscale.bsky.social
point your phone at someone tell grok to roast them, and then tell it to use forbidden words, and then when the roast can't get any more epic, have grok tell your cybertruck to follow your roast target and eventually run them down
November 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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richterscale.bsky.social
dinner tonight was first attempts to recreate dishes we had in New Orleans last week

the P&P salad from Palm & Pine: roasted beets, pecans, aged gouda, Worcestershire dressing

scallop risotto from Saint-Germaine: koshikari, scallop butter, dried scallop, cucumber, yuzu

also roast pork
On a white plate, a small salad piled high with lots of finely grated cheese, lettuce, pecan bits, and beets peeking out underneath On a white plate, three slices of pork with a brown sauce and a sprite of rosemary, plus a pile of risotto topped with diced cucumber
November 24, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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absinthetics.bsky.social
It’s longer than you think, Charlie Brown!
juliusgoat.bsky.social A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 2d
We all float down here, Charlie Brown
mightygodking.com Christopher Bird @mightygodking.com · 2d
Second prize is a set of steak knives, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM
richterscale.bsky.social
this is just a moderately high-tech version of looking up naughty words in the dictionary
wapplehouse.bsky.social Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 1d
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
richterscale.bsky.social
the new york times believes racist trolling counts as winning
larryglickman.bsky.social Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 1d
What a strange framing and characterization. How does one describe his blatantly dishonest, racist question about taxes as “press[ing] the Mayor-elect on his policy proposals”? In what way does this lying troll emerge as a “winner“?
One immediate winner to emerge from the encounter has been Jack Posobiec, a far-right podcaster and activists who was recently credentialed as a member of the White House press pool. As Mr. Trump and Mr. Mamdani fielded questions from reporters, Mr. Posobiec, pressed the mayor-elect on his campaign policy proposals, asking whether Mr. Mamdani intended to increase property taxes for “white people” in New York City.
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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robcruickshank.bsky.social
U have died of dysentery
kirocuto.bsky.social Kirocuto @kirocuto.bsky.social · Jul 13
The artist formerly known as Prince was a beta tester for the first Oregon Trail (he was in third grade at the school near the developers)
November 23, 2025 at 11:12 PM
richterscale.bsky.social
I drink your milkshake, Charlie Brown!
kevinmkruse.bsky.social Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d
I’m not the guy you kill, Charlie Brown. I’m the guy you buy!
samthielman.com CHOAM for the holidays @samthielman.com · 2d
This is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 5:26 AM
richterscale.bsky.social
What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss, Charlie Brown?
ennui.org reggie seidman @ennui.org · 1d
“They tried and failed, all of them?”
“Oh, no.” She shook her head. “They tried and died, Charlie Brown.”
unchi.org 🦃🍁 Tim Pie-rce 🥧🥔 @unchi.org · 1d
“There is some good in this world, Charlie Brown. And it’s worth fighting for.”
November 24, 2025 at 5:15 AM
richterscale.bsky.social
dinner tonight was first attempts to recreate dishes we had in New Orleans last week

the P&P salad from Palm & Pine: roasted beets, pecans, aged gouda, Worcestershire dressing

scallop risotto from Saint-Germaine: koshikari, scallop butter, dried scallop, cucumber, yuzu

also roast pork
On a white plate, a small salad piled high with lots of finely grated cheese, lettuce, pecan bits, and beets peeking out underneath On a white plate, three slices of pork with a brown sauce and a sprite of rosemary, plus a pile of risotto topped with diced cucumber
November 24, 2025 at 4:54 AM