Ken Rudman
@krudman.bsky.social
Cycling, old houses, food, travel, PNW—are things I talk about to avoid ruminating on product management and real-world AI stuff and theme parks
"Outside of a dog, a book is Man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx
"Outside of a dog, a book is Man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx
Apparently, replying “Fuck Off” to a hysterical fundraising text (unsolicited) from a complicit middle-of-the-road Democrat who refused to endorse Mamdani in their own state works just as well as “Stop”
and brings a small amount of psychic relief. #eastereggs
and brings a small amount of psychic relief. #eastereggs
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Apparently, replying “Fuck Off” to a hysterical fundraising text (unsolicited) from a complicit middle-of-the-road Democrat who refused to endorse Mamdani in their own state works just as well as “Stop”
and brings a small amount of psychic relief. #eastereggs
and brings a small amount of psychic relief. #eastereggs
Let Rick Steves be your guide here, too.
🧵:
Last June, more than 5 million Americans joined #NoKings rallies across the country, protesting President Trump's authoritarianism. And this Saturday, with your help, it's going to be even bigger and better.
Last June, more than 5 million Americans joined #NoKings rallies across the country, protesting President Trump's authoritarianism. And this Saturday, with your help, it's going to be even bigger and better.
October 15, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Let Rick Steves be your guide here, too.
We have the entire set of these cards. I have dared dinner guests to let me cook a meal from a random pick…so far
no takers.
no takers.
October 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
We have the entire set of these cards. I have dared dinner guests to let me cook a meal from a random pick…so far
no takers.
no takers.
Stuffing cooked inside the turkey, cold from the fridge the next day. Potentially deadly, but whatta way to go.
What foods do you love that you fully acknowledge make you a pervert for loving them?
October 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Stuffing cooked inside the turkey, cold from the fridge the next day. Potentially deadly, but whatta way to go.
All I ever wanted as a kid was to feel as cool as this guy looked.
September 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
All I ever wanted as a kid was to feel as cool as this guy looked.
I’ve been wondering what’s been happening with Colin Robinson. Guess he got a new gig.
Kevin Hassett just lies out his ass on Maria Bartiromo's show: "It's the highest priority of the president and economic team to get people in there who are gonna play it straight with the data but also be super transparent with how they do that so everybody once again has faith in the numbers."
August 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I’ve been wondering what’s been happening with Colin Robinson. Guess he got a new gig.
The correct answer is “I Think It’s Going to Rain Today” but my heart might say “I Don’t Want to Hear It Anymore” — the Dusty Springfield version. or “Political Science”.
Without saying God’s Song (That’s Why I Love Mankind), fav Randy Newman Song?
July 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The correct answer is “I Think It’s Going to Rain Today” but my heart might say “I Don’t Want to Hear It Anymore” — the Dusty Springfield version. or “Political Science”.
Author of one of the single greatest moments in my life. At the senior dinner at UCSC, John Dizikes, the great historian, had invited me to sit with him and a couple of other profs I knew. Tom Lehrer was at the table. In my time at school I had lived across from his apartment, but we hadn’t met.
Tom Lehrer, a song satirist who gained a popular following in the 1950s and '60s lampooning marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, has died at 97.
Tom Lehrer, song satirist and mathematician, dies at 97
Tom Lehrer, a song satirist who gained a popular following in the 1950s and ’60s lampooning marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, has died at 97.
bit.ly
July 28, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Author of one of the single greatest moments in my life. At the senior dinner at UCSC, John Dizikes, the great historian, had invited me to sit with him and a couple of other profs I knew. Tom Lehrer was at the table. In my time at school I had lived across from his apartment, but we hadn’t met.
You’ve inherited an alternative movie theater, what’s your first double feature?
July 21, 2025 at 3:37 AM
You’ve inherited an alternative movie theater, what’s your first double feature?
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Jesus Christ. He supported the Iraq war in 2003.
He supported the intervention in Libya.
He bombed Syria as president.
He ramped *up* drone strikes.
He got into a back-and-forth with Iran over Suleimani's assassination.
Enough with this!
He supported the intervention in Libya.
He bombed Syria as president.
He ramped *up* drone strikes.
He got into a back-and-forth with Iran over Suleimani's assassination.
Enough with this!
President Donald Trump has long advocated for keeping the US out of Middle Eastern wars. By joining Israel’s offensive against Iran, he is making a dramatic geopolitical u-turn.
Trump Makes Dramatic About-Face With Plunge Into Middle East War
President Donald Trump has long advocated for keeping the US out of Middle Eastern wars. By joining Israel’s offensive against Iran, he is making a dramatic geopolitical u-turn.
bloom.bg
June 22, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Jesus Christ. He supported the Iraq war in 2003.
He supported the intervention in Libya.
He bombed Syria as president.
He ramped *up* drone strikes.
He got into a back-and-forth with Iran over Suleimani's assassination.
Enough with this!
He supported the intervention in Libya.
He bombed Syria as president.
He ramped *up* drone strikes.
He got into a back-and-forth with Iran over Suleimani's assassination.
Enough with this!
Love to see this fire from my current senator, defending my previous senator.
This is a lie. We all saw the video. The Senator clearly identified himself, and he did not "lunge" toward anyone.
If these miserable propagandists will lie to you about roughing up a U.S. Senator in a room full of reporters, what won't they lie to you about?
If these miserable propagandists will lie to you about roughing up a U.S. Senator in a room full of reporters, what won't they lie to you about?
June 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Love to see this fire from my current senator, defending my previous senator.
Mood music for right now. "The Hanged Man" by @tedleo.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Mood music for right now. "The Hanged Man" by @tedleo.bsky.social
<Donald Glover “good” meme>
Trump's border czar says protests are making immigration raids more ‘difficult’ and ‘dangerous’ www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
Trump's border czar says protests are making immigration raids more ‘difficult’ and ‘dangerous’
In an interview with NBC News, Tom Homan described how protests in Los Angeles have affected Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in recent days.
www.nbcnews.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:56 AM
<Donald Glover “good” meme>
After you, Sen Ernst.
Republicans' new pitch for Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill: “Well, we all are going to die.”
May 31, 2025 at 12:43 AM
After you, Sen Ernst.
Pretty close to my order, but I’d have Blimp #3.
May 25, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Pretty close to my order, but I’d have Blimp #3.
Yes to this. I will not donate a dime to candidates who text me without my permission.
"It’s reached the point where I spend more time engaging with undesirable, messy, uncreative, and soul-draining texts from Democratic strangers running for office than I do texts from friends and colleagues whom I actually know and like."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/democrats-...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats I Don't Know Keep Texting Me
Please stop.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
May 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Yes to this. I will not donate a dime to candidates who text me without my permission.
On one of my first business trips, last stop Amsterdam. Arrived late, hotel loses my reservation, moves me to another hotel, it’s 10pm and I’m starving and wiped and lonely for my wife and newborn daughter. The restaurant next door to the hotel is called d’Vjiff Vlieghen—the Five Flies
April 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
On one of my first business trips, last stop Amsterdam. Arrived late, hotel loses my reservation, moves me to another hotel, it’s 10pm and I’m starving and wiped and lonely for my wife and newborn daughter. The restaurant next door to the hotel is called d’Vjiff Vlieghen—the Five Flies
“Here’s some money. Go see a Star War.”
“How much could going to space cost? $10?”
Gayle King Defends 11-Minute Space Flight After ‘Disrespectful’ Backlash:
"My question is, have y’all been to space? Go to space or go to Blue Origin and see what they do and then come back and say, ‘This is a terrible thing.'"
"My question is, have y’all been to space? Go to space or go to Blue Origin and see what they do and then come back and say, ‘This is a terrible thing.'"
April 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
“Here’s some money. Go see a Star War.”
Welp, I guess I’m boycotting the only professional sports team (non-cycling division) that I follow, after 50+ years of fandom. #dodgersboycott
April 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Welp, I guess I’m boycotting the only professional sports team (non-cycling division) that I follow, after 50+ years of fandom. #dodgersboycott
Reposted by Ken Rudman
Some of you have never seen all the angry panda commercials (actually a brilliant campaign for Egypt's Panda Cheese) and honestly especially these days there's no downside in getting you better educated on this particular matter
Top 7 Panda Cheese Commercials
YouTube video by Chingate esta... 😎🤪
www.youtube.com
April 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Some of you have never seen all the angry panda commercials (actually a brilliant campaign for Egypt's Panda Cheese) and honestly especially these days there's no downside in getting you better educated on this particular matter
Someone posted these all over our little town the other day:
April 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Someone posted these all over our little town the other day:
Just finished The Book Censor’s Library by Bothayna Al-Essa.
Sad, enthralling, funny (or at least sardonic), and made this American long for a time when things didn’t seem so dire. A fascinating rumination on how power tries to stamp out imagination.
#booksky
Sad, enthralling, funny (or at least sardonic), and made this American long for a time when things didn’t seem so dire. A fascinating rumination on how power tries to stamp out imagination.
#booksky
April 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Just finished The Book Censor’s Library by Bothayna Al-Essa.
Sad, enthralling, funny (or at least sardonic), and made this American long for a time when things didn’t seem so dire. A fascinating rumination on how power tries to stamp out imagination.
#booksky
Sad, enthralling, funny (or at least sardonic), and made this American long for a time when things didn’t seem so dire. A fascinating rumination on how power tries to stamp out imagination.
#booksky
Rainbow over Admiralty Inlet, Port Townsend, WA
April 1, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Rainbow over Admiralty Inlet, Port Townsend, WA