Ben Ricchio
benricchio.bsky.social
Ben Ricchio
@benricchio.bsky.social
Chicago native, living near Indy. Web developer. Gardener, with interests in soil ecology, biodiversity, and pollinators. Focused on how to boost civic engagement.
I look forward to everyone else figuring out that simply ignoring MAGA Republicans and refusing to engage in conversation with them is the best revenge, even as they get on their soap boxes to tell us why we're wrong, and how we're misjudging them. I can't wait until everyone stops platforming them.
December 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Anyone who voted for Trump in 2024 is getting exactly what they deserve. When Europeans cease investment in building US factories, leisure travel and local spending, and our economy is collapsing further with a Republican-controlled Congress, they'll know it was their fault.
December 10, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Proof that if you just stand out of Republicans' way and let them run government with no guardrails, this is the least-negative, consequential thing you can expect.

I don't condone it, but the pettiness of their agenda is as much a wake-up call to Democrats as it is to Republicans.
December 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
"Late Night comedy has become too political. Let's watch Gutfeld on Fox News instead."
December 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Good people COULD make changes if 1/3 of the voting populace would actually start showing up at polls and voting, instead of staying home and refusing to care.
December 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
It's interesting to me that so many people invest so much time in TV, in an age of on-demand binge-watching. If someone really wants to watch something, they can pay the 1 month subscription to catch up and then stop. Instead, they decided to spend even more of they're time discovering new content
December 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Books, exercise, a personal hobby (gardening, in my case), a pet project, volunteering, al projects on a honey-do list, quality time with my kids, trying out a new recipe, and so on.

And then, as far as electronic means are concerned, there are still other networks, video games, podcasts...
December 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I'm only speaking for myself, but it's nice to know that if I don't watch anything from Paramount Skydance or Warner Bros Discovery, I can still get all my news from other sources, and I can always do something else besides watching TV for entertainment.
December 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
(I'm referring to SCOTUS agreeing to hear arguments on Trump's desire to end birthright citizenship, by the way)
December 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Rand Paul doesn't seem to fully grasp that the reason Republican polls are tanking is because they're not listening to their constituents. Suggesting that voters aren't speaking up is just gaslighting. He knows Congressional Republicans are deliberately ignoring their own unpopularity.
December 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
To recap, no one wants...
- Trump's tariffs
- cuts to ACA subsidies
- war with Venezuela
- mid-decade redistricting

And plenty of people voiced their opposition to these, but Rand Paul thinks the reason they continue isn't because of Republican fecklessness, but because voters aren't speaking up?
December 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Or really just any show with good writing, good actors, and moral dilemmas with intellectual debate.

In fact: if Paramount really wants to sell me on Starfleet Academy, have it written by talented, intellectual young writers who are in the same/similar age range as the characters on this show.
December 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Thank you!

Another one: a heist series starring a young Vash (I'm assuming she didn't really need to do heists anymore after Q took her under his wing)
December 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
- A show from the vantage point of an alien race that is on the verge of achieving warp capability
- A buddy-cop show with a Klingon and a Romulan
- the continuing adventures of Mot, the Barber
December 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM