RichC: what the hell is going on ??
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I'm Richard Cownie, a Boring Englishman in Brookline MA, he/him, writes software, plays fiddle, talks nonsense. I am still not Kid Rock.
I was tired of having bikes stolen so I installed a big-ass steel bike rack at the side of my house.
Someone just stole the front wheel that wasn't locked up. Bloody annoying.
Someone just stole the front wheel that wasn't locked up. Bloody annoying.
December 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I was tired of having bikes stolen so I installed a big-ass steel bike rack at the side of my house.
Someone just stole the front wheel that wasn't locked up. Bloody annoying.
Someone just stole the front wheel that wasn't locked up. Bloody annoying.
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As far as I can tell, this is another day that Russian forces have failed to take complete control of Pokrovsk.
December 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
As far as I can tell, this is another day that Russian forces have failed to take complete control of Pokrovsk.
As far as I can tell, this is another day that Russian forces have failed to take complete control of Pokrovsk.
December 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
As far as I can tell, this is another day that Russian forces have failed to take complete control of Pokrovsk.
I think Trump is probably dying, so I'll say now that he's loathsome, vicious, stupid, and destroys everything he touches. His comments today prove it. When he dies,
I'll refrain from repeating this for a few days because some people will be sad and deserve to mourn. But I'll be thinking it.
I'll refrain from repeating this for a few days because some people will be sad and deserve to mourn. But I'll be thinking it.
December 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I think Trump is probably dying, so I'll say now that he's loathsome, vicious, stupid, and destroys everything he touches. His comments today prove it. When he dies,
I'll refrain from repeating this for a few days because some people will be sad and deserve to mourn. But I'll be thinking it.
I'll refrain from repeating this for a few days because some people will be sad and deserve to mourn. But I'll be thinking it.
RIP Rob Reiner. His movies - especially Spinal Tap, When Harry Met Sally, and The Princess Bride - have given me so much joy. We are all poorer without his genius.
December 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
RIP Rob Reiner. His movies - especially Spinal Tap, When Harry Met Sally, and The Princess Bride - have given me so much joy. We are all poorer without his genius.
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Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
December 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
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I appreciate all of you who are making serious argument against it but can we just for a minute all admit that the unitary executive theory is pure unadulterated horse manure masquerading as constitutional interpretation because there's a cabal of people who want a Republican dictator.
December 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I appreciate all of you who are making serious argument against it but can we just for a minute all admit that the unitary executive theory is pure unadulterated horse manure masquerading as constitutional interpretation because there's a cabal of people who want a Republican dictator.
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Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
Doing war crimes on video to distract from your pedophile past while you swap Ukraine for a deal to make Trump Vodka, and the holiday tours of the White House are minimal because you knocked half of it down. Go TN 7.
December 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Doing war crimes on video to distract from your pedophile past while you swap Ukraine for a deal to make Trump Vodka, and the holiday tours of the White House are minimal because you knocked half of it down. Go TN 7.
Is Witkoff an idiot, a traitor, or both ?
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Is Witkoff an idiot, a traitor, or both ?
Trump is trying hand Ukraine to Putin. I don't think it's going to work. He's at 38% approval in the latest polls, the GOP think they're going to lose horribly in the midterms, all the Dems and 2/3 of the GOP support aid to Ukraine.
November 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Trump is trying hand Ukraine to Putin. I don't think it's going to work. He's at 38% approval in the latest polls, the GOP think they're going to lose horribly in the midterms, all the Dems and 2/3 of the GOP support aid to Ukraine.
It's hardly news, but Larry Fucking Summers fucking sucks.
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
It's hardly news, but Larry Fucking Summers fucking sucks.
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I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.
Seeing the East Wing torn down. Trump's all about loot and pillage.
October 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Seeing the East Wing torn down. Trump's all about loot and pillage.
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It takes some fucking brass neck for the political right to implement ruinous austerity for 14 years and then turn around and say "the reason public services are shite is because there are too many immigrants using them." Fuck off into the sun.
October 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
It takes some fucking brass neck for the political right to implement ruinous austerity for 14 years and then turn around and say "the reason public services are shite is because there are too many immigrants using them." Fuck off into the sun.
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Every photo I take is done practically with very little digital work, using household items to create special effects like cotton wool for fire & foil for water. Each set is meticulously set up for just the one scene then dismantled so I can set up another scene.
Thanks for helping me keep going.
Thanks for helping me keep going.
October 4, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Every photo I take is done practically with very little digital work, using household items to create special effects like cotton wool for fire & foil for water. Each set is meticulously set up for just the one scene then dismantled so I can set up another scene.
Thanks for helping me keep going.
Thanks for helping me keep going.
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CHOTINER: Record shows you didn’t post a Chotiner meme until Thursday?
ME: That’s correct.
CHOTINER: That seems unusual. Wouldn’t you say you usually jump on all the viral ‘bits?’
ME: I’d say so, but I had lots of work to do yesterday.
CHOTINER: So, that work is done now?
ME: That’s correct.
CHOTINER: That seems unusual. Wouldn’t you say you usually jump on all the viral ‘bits?’
ME: I’d say so, but I had lots of work to do yesterday.
CHOTINER: So, that work is done now?
September 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
CHOTINER: Record shows you didn’t post a Chotiner meme until Thursday?
ME: That’s correct.
CHOTINER: That seems unusual. Wouldn’t you say you usually jump on all the viral ‘bits?’
ME: I’d say so, but I had lots of work to do yesterday.
CHOTINER: So, that work is done now?
ME: That’s correct.
CHOTINER: That seems unusual. Wouldn’t you say you usually jump on all the viral ‘bits?’
ME: I’d say so, but I had lots of work to do yesterday.
CHOTINER: So, that work is done now?
This makes it sound bad, but it's worse. Ukraine is increasing production of current drones, and ramping up new designs. The rate of successful strikes will surely increase, and the next 3-5 months will be terrible for Russia.
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At Current Rate, Russia’s Entire Oil Refining Industry Faces Collapse Within a Year
Ukraine’s deep-strike campaign against Russian oil infrastructure has shifted from symbolic raids to a systematic dismantling of one of the Kremlin’s most important industries. In just the past 45 day...
kyivinsider.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This makes it sound bad, but it's worse. Ukraine is increasing production of current drones, and ramping up new designs. The rate of successful strikes will surely increase, and the next 3-5 months will be terrible for Russia.
kyivinsider.com/at-current-r...
kyivinsider.com/at-current-r...
Modern camera gear is absolutely amazing. I'm getting started with Micro 4/3, picked up a used Lumix G5 w/ 14-42mm zoom for $200, just scored a 45-150mm zoom for $90, and with auto-focus and in-lens image stabilization it's doing all the hard work for me.
September 15, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Modern camera gear is absolutely amazing. I'm getting started with Micro 4/3, picked up a used Lumix G5 w/ 14-42mm zoom for $200, just scored a 45-150mm zoom for $90, and with auto-focus and in-lens image stabilization it's doing all the hard work for me.
From Reuters: "Drone strikes at various refineries on various dates have idled a cumulative 3.1 million tons this month, accounting for 48% of the total impact, the calculations show.
They have knocked out around 17% of Russia's refining capacity, or 1.2 million barrels per day, this month."
They have knocked out around 17% of Russia's refining capacity, or 1.2 million barrels per day, this month."
August 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
From Reuters: "Drone strikes at various refineries on various dates have idled a cumulative 3.1 million tons this month, accounting for 48% of the total impact, the calculations show.
They have knocked out around 17% of Russia's refining capacity, or 1.2 million barrels per day, this month."
They have knocked out around 17% of Russia's refining capacity, or 1.2 million barrels per day, this month."
The emerging elite consensus policy is to support recognition of the Palestinian state once all the Palestinians are dead.
August 15, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The emerging elite consensus policy is to support recognition of the Palestinian state once all the Palestinians are dead.
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Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
August 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
Watching the long-awaited Ea-Nasir / Gilded Age crossover.
August 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Watching the long-awaited Ea-Nasir / Gilded Age crossover.
There are lots of front-page stories about how Sydney Sweeney's American Eagle ad for American Eagle jeans - you know, Sydney Sweeney, the actress ? She's in the ad *everyone*'s talking about, for American Eagle jeans ? Well, that ad - for American Eagle jeans - seems to have Gone Wrong ...
July 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
There are lots of front-page stories about how Sydney Sweeney's American Eagle ad for American Eagle jeans - you know, Sydney Sweeney, the actress ? She's in the ad *everyone*'s talking about, for American Eagle jeans ? Well, that ad - for American Eagle jeans - seems to have Gone Wrong ...
RIP Tom Lehrer. My parents didn't have many records, but they had a couple of Lehrer's, and we listened so many times, and laughed, and memorized most of the lyrics. And I learnt that no matter what awful shit is going down, satire and mockery are good tools to have at hand.
July 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
RIP Tom Lehrer. My parents didn't have many records, but they had a couple of Lehrer's, and we listened so many times, and laughed, and memorized most of the lyrics. And I learnt that no matter what awful shit is going down, satire and mockery are good tools to have at hand.