Rick Baumhauer
@rickbaumhauer.bsky.social
Photographer, caretaker for too many cats (plus one turtle), auto racing fan since the 70s
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it is just incredible how far bari weiss got without ever having an audience other than the rich men she flatters
it really is something that no one affiliated or allied with trump seems to have any sense of how to use power with subtlety and finesse.
December 22, 2025 at 5:05 AM
it is just incredible how far bari weiss got without ever having an audience other than the rich men she flatters
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
December 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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Focaccia for Winter Solstice Kalamata olives, onion, garlic, rosemary, branches, cherry tomatoes, olive oil, sesame seeds, yellow pepper, and Parmesan cheese
December 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Focaccia for Winter Solstice Kalamata olives, onion, garlic, rosemary, branches, cherry tomatoes, olive oil, sesame seeds, yellow pepper, and Parmesan cheese
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I have never, once in my career, heard of a news org responding to a decline-to-comment with, “Well, we’ll hold it until you do.”
The reason is obvious — it gives the subject of your story a pocket veto.
The reason is obvious — it gives the subject of your story a pocket veto.
December 22, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I have never, once in my career, heard of a news org responding to a decline-to-comment with, “Well, we’ll hold it until you do.”
The reason is obvious — it gives the subject of your story a pocket veto.
The reason is obvious — it gives the subject of your story a pocket veto.
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They were never defending freedom of speech. They were defending a right to monologue. The former cannot coexist with the latter.
December 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM
They were never defending freedom of speech. They were defending a right to monologue. The former cannot coexist with the latter.
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After a very murky week, I got to touch the light of the shortest day. Happy Solstice, & in the deep dark of the longest night may you dream something bright & true.
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
After a very murky week, I got to touch the light of the shortest day. Happy Solstice, & in the deep dark of the longest night may you dream something bright & true.
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
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December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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Crickets from the free speech bros on this, of course.
CBS News postponed a "60 Minutes" segment Sunday because it lacked a Trump admin interview, per an email we obtained from correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, who said the decision by EIC Bari Weiss gave the White House a "kill switch." with @liamjscott.bsky.social
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‘60 Minutes’ correspondent says CBS’s Bari Weiss abruptly pulled segment on Trump deportations
CBS News pulled a ‘60 Minutes’ segment about a prison in El Salvador one day before it was set to air because the Trump administration declined to participate.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Crickets from the free speech bros on this, of course.
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People often ask why Democrats don’t have something like TurningPoint USA — so before the year ends, let me introduce you to Voters of Tomorrow.
We’re on campuses across the country, organizing over 10,000 Gen Z members to engage our generation.
🧵THREAD
We’re on campuses across the country, organizing over 10,000 Gen Z members to engage our generation.
🧵THREAD
December 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
People often ask why Democrats don’t have something like TurningPoint USA — so before the year ends, let me introduce you to Voters of Tomorrow.
We’re on campuses across the country, organizing over 10,000 Gen Z members to engage our generation.
🧵THREAD
We’re on campuses across the country, organizing over 10,000 Gen Z members to engage our generation.
🧵THREAD
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Hey, if you work at CBS and want to talk, off the record, about what’s happening there, you can get me at [email protected] or at JulieDiCaro.46 on Signal.
December 22, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Hey, if you work at CBS and want to talk, off the record, about what’s happening there, you can get me at [email protected] or at JulieDiCaro.46 on Signal.
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Sad news: someone stole baby Jesus from our anti-ICE nativity. But vandalism cannot stop us. We just adapt and keep on critiquing this administration’s cruelty on immigration. Where’s baby Jesus? We don’t know. He is being detained in a labyrinthian hellscape where his loved ones cannot find him.
December 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Sad news: someone stole baby Jesus from our anti-ICE nativity. But vandalism cannot stop us. We just adapt and keep on critiquing this administration’s cruelty on immigration. Where’s baby Jesus? We don’t know. He is being detained in a labyrinthian hellscape where his loved ones cannot find him.
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They developed the "high school girl's sports" angle as a wedge issue, to lever their way up to full society-wide discrimination. What's endlessly stunning to me is how many purported liberals a) helped them when it started & b) are still helping them even after the larger purpose has become clear!
December 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
They developed the "high school girl's sports" angle as a wedge issue, to lever their way up to full society-wide discrimination. What's endlessly stunning to me is how many purported liberals a) helped them when it started & b) are still helping them even after the larger purpose has become clear!
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When you haven't pissed off your photographer, Vanity Fair does this.
December 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
When you haven't pissed off your photographer, Vanity Fair does this.
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Feminism is the idea that women are full human beings, so the question “has feminism failed women?” interrogates the assumptions of those asking far more than it interrogates feminism.
"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
December 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Feminism is the idea that women are full human beings, so the question “has feminism failed women?” interrogates the assumptions of those asking far more than it interrogates feminism.
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Attacks on feminism are similar to attacks on vaccines. We begin to take for granted a world where women have rights and most children live to see adulthood, and then, over time, we begin to forget, neglect, and (now) reject the movements and innovations that brought us here.
Until the mid-1970’s, a man could not be convicted of rape in New York State based solely on the testimony of the woman he raped. A second witness was required because the female rape victim was deemed unreliable.
Feminism has not failed women.
Feminism has not failed women.
December 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Attacks on feminism are similar to attacks on vaccines. We begin to take for granted a world where women have rights and most children live to see adulthood, and then, over time, we begin to forget, neglect, and (now) reject the movements and innovations that brought us here.
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"America is set up like a casino; living here is exactly like a guy going broke playing craps and blaming somebody playing nickel slots for his bad fortune. The problem isn’t anybody else. The problem is you’re living in a casino." michaelianblack.substack.com/p/it-sucks-t...
It Sucks To Live In A Metaphor
Life in Casino America
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December 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"America is set up like a casino; living here is exactly like a guy going broke playing craps and blaming somebody playing nickel slots for his bad fortune. The problem isn’t anybody else. The problem is you’re living in a casino." michaelianblack.substack.com/p/it-sucks-t...
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Translators have more or less the same importance and lack of visibility in the literary ecosystem as the ‘random person’ in the famous xkcd internet infrastructure cartoon
December 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Translators have more or less the same importance and lack of visibility in the literary ecosystem as the ‘random person’ in the famous xkcd internet infrastructure cartoon
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I'm taking advantage of this last moment before everyone rejoins their families (or not) to say that despite all the horror that was 2025, it was my best year on social media since before Covid.
Here, most people behave as if we were in the real world, not weird trolls, and I really appreciate that.
Here, most people behave as if we were in the real world, not weird trolls, and I really appreciate that.
December 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I'm taking advantage of this last moment before everyone rejoins their families (or not) to say that despite all the horror that was 2025, it was my best year on social media since before Covid.
Here, most people behave as if we were in the real world, not weird trolls, and I really appreciate that.
Here, most people behave as if we were in the real world, not weird trolls, and I really appreciate that.
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Mussolini put his name on a lot of stuff too, and the people loved him forever... (touching ear piece) Oh no
December 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Mussolini put his name on a lot of stuff too, and the people loved him forever... (touching ear piece) Oh no
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"We here at Bank of America remember a time when a woman couldn't get a credit card without her husband's approval. Wouldn't that be fun again?"
"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
December 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"We here at Bank of America remember a time when a woman couldn't get a credit card without her husband's approval. Wouldn't that be fun again?"
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Russia carried out an airstrike on Zaporizhzhia: 7 people were injured, including a child, the State Emergency Service reported.
The strike hit a residential area. A two‑story private house was partially destroyed and caught fire, the blast wave damaged neighboring homes.
The strike hit a residential area. A two‑story private house was partially destroyed and caught fire, the blast wave damaged neighboring homes.
December 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Russia carried out an airstrike on Zaporizhzhia: 7 people were injured, including a child, the State Emergency Service reported.
The strike hit a residential area. A two‑story private house was partially destroyed and caught fire, the blast wave damaged neighboring homes.
The strike hit a residential area. A two‑story private house was partially destroyed and caught fire, the blast wave damaged neighboring homes.
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Very good chance of striking resemblances to the 1936 Olympics
I thought the ”Patriot Games” thing was a Bluesky joke because there are depths of stupidity to which we couldn’t sink.
But I guess it’s time to prep the kids for the reaping.
But I guess it’s time to prep the kids for the reaping.
December 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Very good chance of striking resemblances to the 1936 Olympics
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Never been more signage to give the finger to while traveling around this great country of ours.
NEWS: They're adding Trump's name to the Kennedy Center building right now. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center adds Trump’s name to building
The signage change follows a vote by the board of trustees to rename the performing arts complex the Trump Kennedy Center.
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December 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Never been more signage to give the finger to while traveling around this great country of ours.
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restitution can be imposed as criminal penalty, as part of a criminal sentence, wherein the convict pays into a fund maintained by the gov't, and the gov't then distributes restitution to victims,
but restitution can also be part of a civil judgment award,
Trump's pardons wipe out the former,
but restitution can also be part of a civil judgment award,
Trump's pardons wipe out the former,
Trump’s pardons wipe out restitution payments to defrauded victims
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Trump’s pardons wipe out payments to defrauded victims
In addition to clearing prison sentences, the president’s clemency actions have erased millions in restitution payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
restitution can be imposed as criminal penalty, as part of a criminal sentence, wherein the convict pays into a fund maintained by the gov't, and the gov't then distributes restitution to victims,
but restitution can also be part of a civil judgment award,
Trump's pardons wipe out the former,
but restitution can also be part of a civil judgment award,
Trump's pardons wipe out the former,
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NEW TGS EPISODE: A really thought-provoking conversation with Prof. Sophia Rosenfeld about the people who wanted women to be “just a girl” forever, and why the exact same rhetoric is being used today to undermine women’s rights.
December 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
NEW TGS EPISODE: A really thought-provoking conversation with Prof. Sophia Rosenfeld about the people who wanted women to be “just a girl” forever, and why the exact same rhetoric is being used today to undermine women’s rights.