Richard Zencker
@zencker.bsky.social
Musician, data engineer, AI consultant, curmudgeon, miscreant. With rue my heart is laden.
I thoroughly enjoyed watching this film today.
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey - Wikipedia
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January 24, 2026 at 2:22 AM
I thoroughly enjoyed watching this film today.
I am not related to John Peter Zenger, but shit like this makes me wish I were.
January 24, 2026 at 1:52 AM
I am not related to John Peter Zenger, but shit like this makes me wish I were.
I think I am owed at least 1¢ for every skeet I cancel instead of posting
January 23, 2026 at 7:13 AM
I think I am owed at least 1¢ for every skeet I cancel instead of posting
When some deranged madman posts that “something must be done about ‘fake’ polls,” what is actually being requested?
January 23, 2026 at 5:11 AM
When some deranged madman posts that “something must be done about ‘fake’ polls,” what is actually being requested?
90 freaking years ago. Sound familiar?
HITLER SEES PEACE 'BY COMMON SENSE'; Would Supplant League System With New One 'Based on Reason and Justice.' SCHACHT ASKS GOOD-WILL Urges Payment of Debts With Goods and the Leveling of Barriers to T...
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January 21, 2026 at 8:12 PM
90 freaking years ago. Sound familiar?
The King is angry. See, he gnaws his lip.
January 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The King is angry. See, he gnaws his lip.
Why is this so hard for other politicians to do?
I'm still thinking of the fact that Zohran Mamdani went on The View, said "abolish ICE" and then got a round of applause
January 21, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Why is this so hard for other politicians to do?
Listen up, gazillionaires, when other nations stop underwriting US debt and want their money, they know they aren’t going to get it from starving US citizens. It’s YOUR assets that will be seized. Get the monster out of office.
January 21, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Listen up, gazillionaires, when other nations stop underwriting US debt and want their money, they know they aren’t going to get it from starving US citizens. It’s YOUR assets that will be seized. Get the monster out of office.
I think mayors of cities under attack by the Feds should push for laws forbidding hotels to house ICE. This is their Constitutional right.
January 20, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I think mayors of cities under attack by the Feds should push for laws forbidding hotels to house ICE. This is their Constitutional right.
I’m noticing a lot more blocking from people with whom I’ve had no interactions. You?
January 20, 2026 at 2:56 AM
I’m noticing a lot more blocking from people with whom I’ve had no interactions. You?
I wonder how many people today get the joke about the boat’s name in “Gilligan’s Island?” That would get the producers/network sued if the Kennedy administration were like Trump’s. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
How to Say No to the President
My father taught me that American values are nothing without those who have the courage to uphold them.
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January 19, 2026 at 2:41 PM
I wonder how many people today get the joke about the boat’s name in “Gilligan’s Island?” That would get the producers/network sued if the Kennedy administration were like Trump’s. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Note: when “thousands” demonstrate in Greenland, that is nearly 10% of the population. In the dead of winter. Against a former ally.
I won’t live long enough to see the damage Trump is doing undone; and unless you do something about it, neither will you.
I won’t live long enough to see the damage Trump is doing undone; and unless you do something about it, neither will you.
January 19, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Note: when “thousands” demonstrate in Greenland, that is nearly 10% of the population. In the dead of winter. Against a former ally.
I won’t live long enough to see the damage Trump is doing undone; and unless you do something about it, neither will you.
I won’t live long enough to see the damage Trump is doing undone; and unless you do something about it, neither will you.
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
January 19, 2026 at 2:10 AM
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
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See, trump is a mobster, a criminal and a RAPIST, NO, means NO! is something HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND.
January 17, 2026 at 11:51 PM
See, trump is a mobster, a criminal and a RAPIST, NO, means NO! is something HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND.
“The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency” - I think 13 minutes in is the earliest I have ever collapsed in laughter while watching Meet the Press.
January 18, 2026 at 2:16 PM
“The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency” - I think 13 minutes in is the earliest I have ever collapsed in laughter while watching Meet the Press.
I couldn’t find the film “American Fiction” at the library, so instead I read the source work online. It’s one of the best books I’ve recently read.
I’m reading Percival Everett’s ERASURE and now i cannot help but wonder if one of the meanings of the title of the book is *kinship* erasure. 🥚
In this passage Thelonious, the narrator, is puzzling over whether his father meant for him to discover the letters he had exchanged with his lover. +
In this passage Thelonious, the narrator, is puzzling over whether his father meant for him to discover the letters he had exchanged with his lover. +
January 18, 2026 at 3:51 AM
I couldn’t find the film “American Fiction” at the library, so instead I read the source work online. It’s one of the best books I’ve recently read.
It was nice for COZI to play one of the Columbo reruns one never sees on the “Universal Crime” channel. The one with Lisa, “what kind of dessert would I be?” The one where Columbo plays the tuba.
January 18, 2026 at 2:43 AM
It was nice for COZI to play one of the Columbo reruns one never sees on the “Universal Crime” channel. The one with Lisa, “what kind of dessert would I be?” The one where Columbo plays the tuba.
Might have to give up the Discover feed. I like the breeze, but sometimes it stinks.
January 17, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Might have to give up the Discover feed. I like the breeze, but sometimes it stinks.
These “affordability” measures mean you won’t be able to get a credit card, you won’t be able to sell your house, and national debt will skyrocket (what’s that, you say it already did?) to a point where your children will have to pay or be subjugated by a foreign power.
Kevin Hassett on Trump's 10% cap on credit card interest rates: "Our expectations is that it won't necessarily require legislation because there will be great new Trump Cards provided voluntarily by the banks."
January 16, 2026 at 3:36 PM
These “affordability” measures mean you won’t be able to get a credit card, you won’t be able to sell your house, and national debt will skyrocket (what’s that, you say it already did?) to a point where your children will have to pay or be subjugated by a foreign power.
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
January 15, 2026 at 9:53 PM
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
January 15, 2026 at 9:49 PM
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
January 15, 2026 at 9:49 PM
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
January 15, 2026 at 9:49 PM
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
January 15, 2026 at 9:48 PM
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.