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Richie Ryan
@richieryan.bsky.social
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I take pictures of toilets.

Occasional writer of scifi and specfic.

Voted “Most Unforgettable Boy” in 6th grade.

Also I take pictures of toilets.
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Alpha dudes always looking like this
Total fucknut James Watson looking all toothy and bug-eyed while thinking he's inherently superior to all non-whites and women. He's got a labcoat on but from all accounts he sucked at science so really who does he think he's fooling.
November 12, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Best I can do on short notice is a SMASHed toilet.
Sepiatone photo of a smashed toilet surrounded by various debris. There's a signature of RIXI in the corner which is a weird flex but ok.
November 6, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Love that her wikipedia page is just a link the shitstorm that followed.
November 4, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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I'm researching vintage canned fruit ads to give context to a throwaway line for my space western and I'll say this for the 1920s, their text was occasionally anything but sub.
Vintage ad for canned fruit called My Lady Fruit Salad. Slogan reads: "My Lady" Fruits for Particular People. Pretty white lady with long blonde curls stands before a pile of fruit, basket over her arm, other hand holding a peach she contemplates.
November 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Please please please check your candy! I don't have children of my own but I bit into a piece and found a complete copy of Hary Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music.

And yes I decided to stage a photo with three complete pieces for scale.
A stack of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. One has a bite taken out of it, revealing the partial label of Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music.
November 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Love a good old movie poster that reveals nothing of the plot.
Movie poster for the film Mutiny on the Bounty. Picture is a smiling man in the water with an arm hanging off a boat, a smiling woman with him. Super imposed is those same people, him smiling with her in his arms, she wearing a red kimono. Text reads: MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY STARRING Charles LAughton Clark Gable with Franchot Tone Herbert Mundin Eddie Quillan Donald Crisp A Frank Lloyd Production Directed by Frank Flloyd Associate Producer: Albert Lewin A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture Spoilers on a 90 year old movie based on a 230 year old incident: this is not the rom com romp they make it look like and that lady can't possibly be a main character if she's not even listed above Donald "who the fuck am I" Crisp. Just absolute dogshit advertising. I want my dime back.
October 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Ok while normally I art through writing I also take pictures of toilets and got a smashed one once and one thing led to another.
Smashed toilet on a red curb flowing away like blood. A shadow with a beckoning arm is on the wall behind it, appearing to rise out of the toilet like smoke. On the wall in jagged letters is "LOOK ON MY WORKS YE MIGHT AND DESPAIR!"
October 31, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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Guy at the elevator giving some proper stink eye
Reflection of a man in the elevator giving the wannabe gestapo some right and proper stink eye.
October 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Nothing like some eleventh hour research into the history of KitchenAid stand mixers to tweak a throwaway joke on a $2 Q&A zine about taking pictures of toilets amirite?

See that and more this Saturday and Sunday at Phoenix Zine Fest! Lots of great artists to be seen, I will be there Sunday only.
Hot pink poster featuring a cowboy riding a horse which is itself riding a rocket. Text reads: PHX ZINE FEST October 25 and 26 Free! 80+ Vendors All ages Masks Required Rocket Space Gallery 27 W Southern Ave Tempe, AZ Art Show Kickoff: Friday 10/24 6-10pm Zine Fest Day 1: Saturday 10/25 11am-4pm Zine Fest Day 2 Sunday 10/26 11am-4pm
October 23, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.
Actors who have portrayed central characters of the SAW film series. Top, left to right: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Cary Elwes. Bottom, left to right: Costas Mandylor, Danny Glover, Betsy Russell.
October 23, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness
A still from Star Trek Lower Decks. D'Vana Tendi looks up admiringly at Samanthan Rutherford who is sitting in his bunk looking at a PADD. Tendi is holding boots but before you ask no they they are probably not Rutherford's as he can be seen wearing a pair. Tendi's feet are not visible so they might be hers. The world is full of impossible mysteries is what I'm getting at.
October 22, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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I'm going to be at the Phoenix Zine Fest! Come out and say hello and buy some things why not. Lots of great artists, but I am only tabling Sunday.

Location is Rocket Space Gallery in Tempe, and it's free to attend. Masks required.
A flyer for the Phoenix Zine Fest event. It features a person waving in a friendly manner with a cowboy hat while riding horse which is itself riding a rocket. Only the horse has a space helmet. Bottom text reads: PZF IS A MAKED EVENT | OCTOBER 25 + 26 ROCKET SPACE GALLERY | TEMPE, AZ
October 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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You heard the man, everyone send in a dead fish
A poster of a basic drawing of a penguin holding a fish. The test says in all caps HELP THE PENGUINS PAY THEIR TARIFF SEND YOUR FISH TO 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVE.
April 8, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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Well here goes the next few months of creativity. Why do I do this to myself?
A TV with the opening screen from Skyrim
April 6, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Hands Off! Phoenix.

I was unable to get proper photos conveying the crowd size.
A man in a red shirt and jeans stands by telephone pole by a crowd of protesters. He holds a HANDS OFF sign featuring an orange hand inside a red circle with a slash.
April 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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The Witch of the Waste from "Howl's Moving Castle" bawling heavily after being turned into an old old woman.
March 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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I'm almost certain they are at NASA when the first shuttle was unveiled.
Several members of Star Trek: The Original Series chat with members of NASA at the unveiling the space shuttle.
March 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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I take pictures of toilets and made an art of this
A black and white photo of a broken toilet and a human shadow rising from it. A red curb streaks away from the toilet. A quote fills half the image: My name is Ozymandias, King of kings: Look on my works, Ye mighty, And despair! -Percy Shelley-
March 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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I made this awhile ago.
A popular meme format from Star Trek Voyager. A popular meme format from Star Trek Voyager. A woman with brown hair in an orange swimsuit asks “are you two friends?” In the following panel two men answer. They are wearing matching yellow and black outfits of Starfleet officers. Man 1 is labeled LEFTISTS and says “No.” Man 2 is labeled ALSO LEFTISTS and says “Yes.”
March 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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"Did you even say thank you?"
Screenshot from The Shining. A man is wearing a coat. He stands at the bottom of stairs, beckons and speaks to a woman.
March 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Hey did you know one of the hallmarks of ADHD is lack of impulse control?
February 15, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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Oh hey it was about 4 years ago they got me captured on Google Street View.
Google Street View of a building. A man in a blue shirt sits on a bench nearby.
February 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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If it does the therapist can’t talk about it to try and stop it!
A screenshot of text from the article in discussion. From the Salt Lake Tribune: “The bill also would allow parents to make any specific topic off-limits, banning a school therapist from addressing it during treatment. That potential control appealed to some parents who spoke publicly Friday, including a mother who said she would not be comfortable if a therapist asked about whether her child was suicidal.”
February 4, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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The rabbit hole deepens…
A screenshot of a calculator app. A menu button in the corner one might otherwise ignore is circled.
January 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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I started an alt years back where I pretended to be Uncle Owen from Star Wars.

Like the man himself, it never got off the ground.
A profile screenshot for a Twitter account for Uncle Owen from Star Wars
January 29, 2025 at 9:46 AM