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Ricki Cummings

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43-year-old nobody living in Chicago, writing poems, and editing a podcast. She/her. Poetry - THE FAILURE EXPERIMENT - available in print and ebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F26G8LLX All other things available at linktr.ee/rickicummings

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Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · Mar 22

Today's the day! The sun is shining, the tank is clean!

THE FAILURE EXPERIMENT IS NOW AVAILABLE

linky-loo: www.amazon.com/dp/B0F26G8LLX

Check out what others have said in the thread below! 🧵

an image with the text "IT'S LIVE IT'S LIVE IT'S LIVE LINK IN BIO 3, 2, 1... LET'S JAM" in white, then below that "THE FAILURE EXPERIMENT" in green and below THAT "RICKI CUMMINGS" the background is a multicolored mosaic that resembles a digital face, with seemingly random text overlaying it.

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Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 1h

Incidentally: if you'd like to help out a trans bish, check out my newest book of poetry, THE FAILURE EXPERIMENT. Great if you're into sci-fi, poetry, the tiniest bit of smut, and the Spectrum ZX colorspace.

www.amazon.com/dp/B0F26G8LLX

ALSO AVAILABLE FROM BOOKSHOP: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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∘⊰ Spooky the Orc ⊱∘ @roogytheorc.bsky.social · 23h

Whether you believe it's real and need to understand why it's not, or you already get it and need a link to arm yourself against misinformation, here ya go ♡

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wome...

An article from Psychology Today

Headline: Science Stopped Believing in Porn Addiction. You Should, Too

Subtitle: What does it mean that religion, not porn use, predicts porn-related problems?

David J. Ley, Ph.D

Updated April 4, 2025

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Art Of Coop @artofcoop.bsky.social · 18h

honestly, this is the only way to go with another X-Men movie youtu.be/UngE0qn3VRY?...

What if Wes Anderson Directed X-Men?

YouTube video by Patrick (H) Willems

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Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 18h

Yeah but then we'd never hear the end of it inre: Pontius' dick.

Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 18h

Honestly? Just order something else. Or alternate (or alternate more.) You can still be out, you can still have something, it just doesn't always have to have a proof stat.

I mean, huge part of how I don't drink is that I simple dislike the bar aesthetic. If you like to be out, just switch up bevs.

Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 18h

Eek!

Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 19h

This was the corner of Clark and Ridge. The same group of turds pulled a gun on a guy in an alley because he demanded they take their masks off.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago

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Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 19h

Heck I'm 14 years younger than my physical age! Healthy as horse SPERM!

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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 19h

I am very tired of this, but a quick review.

In America, it is legal for you to own your bullshit laser, no matter how it got into the county.

How you use your bullshit laser matters. Most jurisdictions escalate to felony for lighting up any law enforcement. Doing to them in the sky is ++Felony.

Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 20h

This is such an astoundingly bad idea that I kinda think it’s a false flag or an op of some sort

Merits aside, it is insanely easy to be caught if you do this and the punishment for doing this is much more severe than you’d guess.

(@faineg.bsky.social often writes on stuff like this)

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Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 20h

This wandering around saying anything they want is part of the strategy! It's not a Gish Gallop it's just straight up using the platform for propaganda. Recognize it!

Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 20h

Every. Single. Time. they do this "here's the problem with you" shift reporters need to stop them on the spot. Answer the fucking question that was asked. This is the same shit Patel & Hegseth & Bondi & Noem have been doing in Senate hearings. Make them answer the fucking question or cut their mics.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 1d

THE FAILURE EXPERIMENT is a book about beginnings, endings, robots, sex, self, and personhood. And a little being trans in there, too. Available in ebook and paperback: www.amazon.com/dp/B0F26G8LLX

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Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 1d

Do you like... books? A book appears! (It's a book of poetry, to be clear. (It's a book of queer poetry. (It's a book of queer poetry about robots. It's a book of queer poetry about robots and memory and time (and personhood.))))

www.amazon.com/dp/B0F26G8LLX

THE FAILURE EXPERIMENT

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Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 1d

Aw man. Her role in The Godfather was one of the best performances I've ever seen. The naive WASP to cynical mob wife arc was so well done. And that was one role! She had a whole slate of em!

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 1d

I also submit when he was having his arm lopped off by some prison "doctor" in Florida.

Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 1d

Seriously what the FUCK. The pure inhumanity of it! From the stop all the way to the end!

Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 1d

Blown caps are always fun. *blort*

Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 1d

I found an astonishingly large snake skin yesterday while mowing and I hope I never meet that guy. It's not that I'm afraid, it's just that garter snakes shouldn't be that big. Like, possible cryptid garter snake. The Snakesquatch.

Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 1d

Was trying to be quippy and ended up unclear. Apologies!

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Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 2d

When I was in sixth grade, I read It, and I probably shouldn't have, because it is very much not a YA book, content-wise. It is not written toward a younger audience. So I question its position on a list of YA books, also. Someone put it there, but shouldn't have.

Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 2d

I... know? I said I probably shouldn't have.

Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 2d

Jesus CHRIST

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2d

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs

The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

www.kare11.com

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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 2d

I mean I read It in 6th grade. I probably shouldn't have, but I did!

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Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 2d

Unsolicited crick pic

A serene shallow clbrook, creek, or crick located in a wooded area. Several large worn rocks are dotted here and there in the water, and the bed seems to be smaller rocks.

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