Adam Richter
@richterific.bsky.social
Husband, dad, playwright, data nerd, dog walker. Usually in that order.
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I am shocked, shocked, to find there's gambling going on in a sport that has partnerships with betting outlets.
Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz are alleged to have thrown certain pitches in exchange for money from bettors. Each could face up to 65 years in prison.
It's the most significant gambling scheme exposed in MLB in decades.
It's the most significant gambling scheme exposed in MLB in decades.
Guardians pitchers charged with taking bribes to rig pitches
Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz are alleged to have thrown certain pitches in exchange for money from bettors. Each could face up to 65 years in prison.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I am shocked, shocked, to find there's gambling going on in a sport that has partnerships with betting outlets.
Some pleasant playwriting news:
My play "Jacob and Ebenezer: A Love Story" will have a staged reading at the GoggleWorks Boscov Theatre in #ReadingPA at 7 p.m. Dec. 11, directed by the wonderful John Gancar. If you are in the area, I hope you can make it.
#Theater #Playwriting #ChristmasCarol
My play "Jacob and Ebenezer: A Love Story" will have a staged reading at the GoggleWorks Boscov Theatre in #ReadingPA at 7 p.m. Dec. 11, directed by the wonderful John Gancar. If you are in the area, I hope you can make it.
#Theater #Playwriting #ChristmasCarol
November 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Some pleasant playwriting news:
My play "Jacob and Ebenezer: A Love Story" will have a staged reading at the GoggleWorks Boscov Theatre in #ReadingPA at 7 p.m. Dec. 11, directed by the wonderful John Gancar. If you are in the area, I hope you can make it.
#Theater #Playwriting #ChristmasCarol
My play "Jacob and Ebenezer: A Love Story" will have a staged reading at the GoggleWorks Boscov Theatre in #ReadingPA at 7 p.m. Dec. 11, directed by the wonderful John Gancar. If you are in the area, I hope you can make it.
#Theater #Playwriting #ChristmasCarol
November 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Is it just me or is the Berks County election site down?
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Is it just me or is the Berks County election site down?
Wasn't this a recent episode of "The Paper?"
Five Wirecutter staffers — ranging in skin tone, lip shape, age, and makeup expertise — tested the lip-liner stain to learn whether it was as easy to use as folks online make it seem, as well as to see whether the pigment really does last “all day long,” as the marketing suggests.
We Can’t Escape These Peel-Off Lip Stains, So We Tested Them
Most of our testers found the lip stain easy to use and long-lasting, but the patchy finish and large applicator are major cons worth considering.
nyti.ms
November 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Wasn't this a recent episode of "The Paper?"
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Reading Eagle reporters bring you live reports from polling places throughout Berks County for Election 2025. trib.al/A9auAfN
LIVE from the polls: Berks County Election 2025
Reading Eagle reporters bring you live reports from polling places throughout Berks County for Election 2025.
trib.al
November 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Reading Eagle reporters bring you live reports from polling places throughout Berks County for Election 2025. trib.al/A9auAfN
Perfection.
November 4, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Perfection.
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.... You don't gotta hand it to King Charles! It's not as if he found out about Andrew yesterday, like.
And Andrew will live out his days as a rich, free man.
And Andrew will live out his days as a rich, free man.
October 31, 2025 at 7:07 AM
.... You don't gotta hand it to King Charles! It's not as if he found out about Andrew yesterday, like.
And Andrew will live out his days as a rich, free man.
And Andrew will live out his days as a rich, free man.
I love talking to playwrights, and this conversation with Judd Lear Silverman and Kimberly Patterson about Judd's play "Proud" was a blast. Check it out and get tickets to Proud, opening in #ReadingPA next week.
youtu.be/Qf_4Uc2QG98?...
youtu.be/Qf_4Uc2QG98?...
Reading Theater Project's Production of "Proud" | RTP Presents: Reading Reading
YouTube video by Berks Community Television
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October 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I love talking to playwrights, and this conversation with Judd Lear Silverman and Kimberly Patterson about Judd's play "Proud" was a blast. Check it out and get tickets to Proud, opening in #ReadingPA next week.
youtu.be/Qf_4Uc2QG98?...
youtu.be/Qf_4Uc2QG98?...
I saw "Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere" tonight. My biggest takeaway:
Everyone needs a friend like Jon Landau.
Everyone needs a friend like Jon Landau.
October 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I saw "Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere" tonight. My biggest takeaway:
Everyone needs a friend like Jon Landau.
Everyone needs a friend like Jon Landau.
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Today in 1641, a plan by Ulster Catholic gentry to seize Dublin Castle and various other strongpoints around the country misfires. Attacks on Protestant settlers break out, leading to large scale kilings. It is the begining of a fateful decade in Irish history. www.theirishstory.com/2010/10/23/t...
October 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Today in 1641, a plan by Ulster Catholic gentry to seize Dublin Castle and various other strongpoints around the country misfires. Attacks on Protestant settlers break out, leading to large scale kilings. It is the begining of a fateful decade in Irish history. www.theirishstory.com/2010/10/23/t...
On the downside, my Mariners lost last night.
On the upside, I have no obligation to watch the World Series this year.
Maybe next year.
#TridentsUp
On the upside, I have no obligation to watch the World Series this year.
Maybe next year.
#TridentsUp
October 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
On the downside, my Mariners lost last night.
On the upside, I have no obligation to watch the World Series this year.
Maybe next year.
#TridentsUp
On the upside, I have no obligation to watch the World Series this year.
Maybe next year.
#TridentsUp
This line from a Bruce Springsteen show has been on my mind lately, and I hope it can bring some comfort to anyone who needs it:
"The grief that we feel when our loved ones leave us is just the price that we pay for having loved well."
"The grief that we feel when our loved ones leave us is just the price that we pay for having loved well."
October 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This line from a Bruce Springsteen show has been on my mind lately, and I hope it can bring some comfort to anyone who needs it:
"The grief that we feel when our loved ones leave us is just the price that we pay for having loved well."
"The grief that we feel when our loved ones leave us is just the price that we pay for having loved well."
Pennsylvania Dutch ≠ Amish.
Trump: "You're talking about the Pennsylvania Dutch, or you were talking about the Amish, where they don't take any of this stuff and they have virtually no autism."
October 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Pennsylvania Dutch ≠ Amish.
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Reposted by Adam Richter
3 October, T.A. 3018 in #Tolkien's Middle-earth: Gandalf arrives at Weathertop and marks a stone. At night he is attacked there by the Black Riders. He manages to escape with four Riders behind him.
Image credit: "Gandalf vs Ring Wraiths on Weathertop" by @tiwazmannaz.bsky.social
Image credit: "Gandalf vs Ring Wraiths on Weathertop" by @tiwazmannaz.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
3 October, T.A. 3018 in #Tolkien's Middle-earth: Gandalf arrives at Weathertop and marks a stone. At night he is attacked there by the Black Riders. He manages to escape with four Riders behind him.
Image credit: "Gandalf vs Ring Wraiths on Weathertop" by @tiwazmannaz.bsky.social
Image credit: "Gandalf vs Ring Wraiths on Weathertop" by @tiwazmannaz.bsky.social
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Wikipedia's great
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Source image from Wikimedia Foundation It’s always a bit surprising to me how trusted Wikipedia has become, since I spent my entire childhood being told by adults to never, ever, trust it. But the …
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September 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Wikipedia's great
By starting a Tolkien book club at my local library.
Happy Hobbit Day everyone!
22nd of September is shared birthdays for both Frodo and Bilbo Baggins 🎂
How will you be celebrating the day?
22nd of September is shared birthdays for both Frodo and Bilbo Baggins 🎂
How will you be celebrating the day?
September 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
By starting a Tolkien book club at my local library.
Almost finished this year's reading of #LOTR (Just have the appendices to read) and I always forget how fast The Grey Havens moves. What an incredible final chapter.
September 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Almost finished this year's reading of #LOTR (Just have the appendices to read) and I always forget how fast The Grey Havens moves. What an incredible final chapter.
I had a lovely time appearing as a guest (rather than the host) of "Reading Reading" to feature these lovely actors reading my little play about witchcraft in the 1600s.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHpw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHpw...
"The Witch Trial of Margery" by Adam Richter | RTP presents Reading Reading
YouTube video by Berks Community Television
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September 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I had a lovely time appearing as a guest (rather than the host) of "Reading Reading" to feature these lovely actors reading my little play about witchcraft in the 1600s.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHpw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHpw...
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On 2 September 1973 J.R.R. #Tolkien died aged 81. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is the best-selling book of the 20th Century, and is joined by seminal works The Hobbit and The Silmarillion.
He may have died 52 years ago but his influence and legacy lives on in us all. Namárië. #BookSky
He may have died 52 years ago but his influence and legacy lives on in us all. Namárië. #BookSky
September 2, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Today, on the anniversary of his passing, we remember Professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.
Thank you for the light in dark places, and for reminding us there's some good in this world worth fighting for ❤️
Thank you for the light in dark places, and for reminding us there's some good in this world worth fighting for ❤️
September 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Today, on the anniversary of his passing, we remember Professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.
Thank you for the light in dark places, and for reminding us there's some good in this world worth fighting for ❤️
Thank you for the light in dark places, and for reminding us there's some good in this world worth fighting for ❤️
NYT also reports these ghouls are killing research for pediatric brain cancer.
I will never forgive my country for voting for these monsters.
I will never forgive my country for voting for these monsters.
Robert F Kennedy jnr and Donald Trump are undoing one of America’s great success stories
Robert F Kennedy jnr and Donald Trump are undoing one of America’s great success stories
The US president chooses not to push his greatest accomplishment because of the wilful ignorance of some of his supporters
www.irishtimes.com
August 31, 2025 at 10:26 AM
NYT also reports these ghouls are killing research for pediatric brain cancer.
I will never forgive my country for voting for these monsters.
I will never forgive my country for voting for these monsters.
Promise?
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Promise?