Rich Trippler
@rjtrippler.bsky.social
Bartender, philosopher, pro from Dover, polytropos
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Gallego: "What type of man decides to walk around with a phone camera & at same time tries to make life & death decisions, then decides to pump one bullet that may have been forward-facing, but clearly the other 2 were on the side. Who is he? Clearly not someone who should be in law enforcement."
January 13, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Gallego: "What type of man decides to walk around with a phone camera & at same time tries to make life & death decisions, then decides to pump one bullet that may have been forward-facing, but clearly the other 2 were on the side. Who is he? Clearly not someone who should be in law enforcement."
Listen, I just really want Moons over My Hammy. Maybe a Grand Slam. Too much to ask?
The moon seems to have a dedicated PR team, with news outlets hyping Wolf Moons, Super Blood Moons, Cold Moons, and more, Kaitlyn Tiffany writes. She explores what's behind the moon hype:
Stop Talking About the Moon
Just look at it.
bit.ly
January 4, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Listen, I just really want Moons over My Hammy. Maybe a Grand Slam. Too much to ask?
I've thought about this several times and though I'll most likely never be sworn in for anything, I think I'd choose The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. It's the closest thing I have to a sacred book.
Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.
January 2, 2026 at 2:48 AM
I've thought about this several times and though I'll most likely never be sworn in for anything, I think I'd choose The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. It's the closest thing I have to a sacred book.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
The story Bari Weiss pulled from 60 minutes aired in Canada tonight. Before they yank it off YouTube here's a link to a bootleg if you want to watch the segment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E4k...
BREAKING: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment the WH Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by The Mayday Network
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:28 AM
The story Bari Weiss pulled from 60 minutes aired in Canada tonight. Before they yank it off YouTube here's a link to a bootleg if you want to watch the segment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E4k...
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Do you suppose he's seen Sean Penn portray him in One Battle After Another? Great performance by the way.
December 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Do you suppose he's seen Sean Penn portray him in One Battle After Another? Great performance by the way.
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Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
We learn that instead of wars we should have Christmas carols and firewood and warm baths. Would that we could have made it all true today. One hopes.
For Armistice Day, here's a letter my great uncle wrote to his old school in 1914 about the Christmas truce
November 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
We learn that instead of wars we should have Christmas carols and firewood and warm baths. Would that we could have made it all true today. One hopes.
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From the Guardian.
Cartoonist Ella Baron.
Cartoonist Ella Baron.
November 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
From the Guardian.
Cartoonist Ella Baron.
Cartoonist Ella Baron.
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Mamdani: So hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us.
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Mamdani: So hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us.
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Here's an issue from the Purdue Univ. student paper, The Exponent, dealing with the IU censorship of their student paper. Purdue put it in IU news boxes. (Purdue & IU are normally huge sports rivals.)
Download link: www.purdueexponent.org/frontpdf/lat...
Download link: www.purdueexponent.org/frontpdf/lat...
October 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Here's an issue from the Purdue Univ. student paper, The Exponent, dealing with the IU censorship of their student paper. Purdue put it in IU news boxes. (Purdue & IU are normally huge sports rivals.)
Download link: www.purdueexponent.org/frontpdf/lat...
Download link: www.purdueexponent.org/frontpdf/lat...
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... and into your bedchamber and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants and of your people, and into your ovens and your kneading bowls; the frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your servants.'"'"
— 𝘌𝘹𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘴 8:1–4 (RSVCE)
— 𝘌𝘹𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘴 8:1–4 (RSVCE)
October 14, 2025 at 2:23 AM
... and into your bedchamber and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants and of your people, and into your ovens and your kneading bowls; the frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your servants.'"'"
— 𝘌𝘹𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘴 8:1–4 (RSVCE)
— 𝘌𝘹𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘴 8:1–4 (RSVCE)
I made it through 8 minutes of Thirst Trap on Amazon before turning it off and my takeaway is we need to release the Epstein Files.
September 29, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I made it through 8 minutes of Thirst Trap on Amazon before turning it off and my takeaway is we need to release the Epstein Files.
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For reasons we cannot fathom but by which we are utterly delighted, our son was voted Homecoming King. Here is the t-shirt he wore to the pep rally. rawpaw.ink/products/inf...
September 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
For reasons we cannot fathom but by which we are utterly delighted, our son was voted Homecoming King. Here is the t-shirt he wore to the pep rally. rawpaw.ink/products/inf...
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Not sure it's possible to find a more canonical example of this meme
September 22, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Not sure it's possible to find a more canonical example of this meme
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pinpoint-accurate thread
I have to admit I underestimated how much Elon buying Twitter would influence our politics - not because of its influence on ordinary people, which I predicted accurately as "significant but not extraordinary," but because I didn't realize how addicted all our journos and politicians are to Twitter
September 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
pinpoint-accurate thread
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these people are genuinely idiots
NEW: Expect some drama in House Dems’ meeting this AM over a vote to honor Charlie Kirk.
Some members undecided. Others voting no or “present.” But some in the party fear anything but a unanimous vote for it will be a messaging coup for the GOP.
@Axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/09/18/c...
Some members undecided. Others voting no or “present.” But some in the party fear anything but a unanimous vote for it will be a messaging coup for the GOP.
@Axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/09/18/c...
House Democrats fume about vote to honor Charlie Kirk: "We're being totally set up"
The vote has been the topic of frenzied discussions in Democrats' closed-door meeting this week.
www.axios.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
these people are genuinely idiots
Might be a good idea to familiarize yourself with the concept of "fuhrerprinzip," because it's coming for all of us. www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
Jimmy Kimmel Pulled 'Indefinitely' By ABC Over Charlie Kirk Comments
'Jimmy Kimmel Live' has been pulled 'indefinitely' by ABC.
www.rollingstone.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Might be a good idea to familiarize yourself with the concept of "fuhrerprinzip," because it's coming for all of us. www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
Feel free to add me to the list. He was an unrepentant racist, homophobe, and misogynist, that used the Bible to justify his hate. We shouldn't kill our political rivals, but we also shouldn't whitewash their vile, hate-filled lives once they're dead.
Elon sharing the name of 66 random not-famous people to his many millions of followers because this person said they said things she didn’t like about Charlie Kirk.
I erased the names and employers from the screenshot but you can see their jobs. Nurses, teachers etc.
I erased the names and employers from the screenshot but you can see their jobs. Nurses, teachers etc.
September 14, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Feel free to add me to the list. He was an unrepentant racist, homophobe, and misogynist, that used the Bible to justify his hate. We shouldn't kill our political rivals, but we also shouldn't whitewash their vile, hate-filled lives once they're dead.
They could have just given them to Belgium. The cruelty is the point.
September 12, 2025 at 3:07 AM
They could have just given them to Belgium. The cruelty is the point.
"Now who is going to tell me which minority or marginalized group I'm supposed to hate unconditionally, she sobbed"
Outside of the Utah hospital where Charlie Kirk was taken Wednesday, a crowd of families, college students, and Proud Boys gathered to mourn. www.wired.com/story/a-vigi...
A Vigil for Charlie Kirk
Outside of the Utah hospital where Charlie Kirk was taken Wednesday, a crowd of families, college students, and Proud Boys gathered to mourn.
www.wired.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:57 AM
"Now who is going to tell me which minority or marginalized group I'm supposed to hate unconditionally, she sobbed"
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Decrying violence against political opponents rings a bit hollow when you pull Secret Service protection from your political opponents.
September 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Decrying violence against political opponents rings a bit hollow when you pull Secret Service protection from your political opponents.
Also, anyone who watched that movie knows that character was a villain. He's emulating a villain.
The Lord says, “I will cause young boys to be your leaders. Foolish children will rule over you.” -Isaiah 3:4
September 7, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Also, anyone who watched that movie knows that character was a villain. He's emulating a villain.