Rebecca J. Ritzel
@rjritzel.bsky.social
Fellow @rjionline.bsky.social
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Journalist: Arts, culture, health, etc. Bylines: Globe and Mail, New York Times, Dance Magazine, and many more. Cancer and stroke survivor somehow still here. rjritzel@gmail.com https://what-if-arts.ghost.io/
Views = mine
Journalist: Arts, culture, health, etc. Bylines: Globe and Mail, New York Times, Dance Magazine, and many more. Cancer and stroke survivor somehow still here. rjritzel@gmail.com https://what-if-arts.ghost.io/
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"Why do you have so many tabs open?" -- My niece, age 9.
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oh noooo lolol
November 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
oh noooo lolol
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Reading in @sfstandard.com that SF's Vallaincourt Fountain will be taken down. A bummer that SF let this weird piece of landscape design wither. I love that it looked like a collapsed freeway. (A freeway used to run next to it).
Here are pix I got with water in 2022:
sfstandard.com/2025/11/03/v...
Here are pix I got with water in 2022:
sfstandard.com/2025/11/03/v...
November 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Reading in @sfstandard.com that SF's Vallaincourt Fountain will be taken down. A bummer that SF let this weird piece of landscape design wither. I love that it looked like a collapsed freeway. (A freeway used to run next to it).
Here are pix I got with water in 2022:
sfstandard.com/2025/11/03/v...
Here are pix I got with water in 2022:
sfstandard.com/2025/11/03/v...
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excuse me
“the chief comms officer of Patriot Mobile, a Christian right wing cellphone company, Leigh Wambsganss”
“the chief comms officer of Patriot Mobile, a Christian right wing cellphone company, Leigh Wambsganss”
In Fort Worth, Democrat trade unionist Taylor Rehmet is ahead in the race for Texas Senate District 9 over his two Republican opponents, former Southlake mayor John Huffman and the chief comms officer of Patriot Mobile, a Christian right wing cellphone company, Leigh Wambsganss
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
excuse me
“the chief comms officer of Patriot Mobile, a Christian right wing cellphone company, Leigh Wambsganss”
“the chief comms officer of Patriot Mobile, a Christian right wing cellphone company, Leigh Wambsganss”
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ulysses s grant
who won virginia
November 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
ulysses s grant
Thank you to @rtraister.bsky.social for including DC's Eleanor Holmes Norton in this montage of do-it-to-they-die Dems.
"“People keep asking, ‘What’s wrong with the Democratic Party? What’s the right message?’” Kuster said. “They act like there are magic words. And it’s like, ‘It’s not a question of just getting the right words. It’s that we are too freaking old.’” nymag.com/intelligence...
It’s My Party and I’ll Leave When I Want To
Talking to the gerontocracy.
nymag.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Thank you to @rtraister.bsky.social for including DC's Eleanor Holmes Norton in this montage of do-it-to-they-die Dems.
tfw you get halfway through a writing a story about Tom Hanks and then come up with a much better lead.
a man is typing on a laptop that has a message on the screen
ALT: a man is typing on a laptop that has a message on the screen
media.tenor.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:03 AM
tfw you get halfway through a writing a story about Tom Hanks and then come up with a much better lead.
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There's a guy who talks like this running for mayor of my town, which he does every two years like clockwork. He'll get a few dozen votes from people who have no idea who he is but are mad at the mayor for something or other.
it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
November 3, 2025 at 2:48 AM
There's a guy who talks like this running for mayor of my town, which he does every two years like clockwork. He'll get a few dozen votes from people who have no idea who he is but are mad at the mayor for something or other.
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Every single play over the last 30 minutes of this game has had the same vibe as the "two people wrestling for a gun and then it fires and you don't know who was shot" movie trope.
November 2, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Every single play over the last 30 minutes of this game has had the same vibe as the "two people wrestling for a gun and then it fires and you don't know who was shot" movie trope.
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A game of centimetres. We love you, Blue Jays!
November 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
A game of centimetres. We love you, Blue Jays!
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It's ok. We still have universal health care. (For now).
November 2, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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It's my fault I started drinking Canadian whisky in the bottom of the 8th.
November 2, 2025 at 3:44 AM
It's my fault I started drinking Canadian whisky in the bottom of the 8th.
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An Air Canada flight right now
November 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
An Air Canada flight right now
Or put him onstage for National Ballet!
November 2, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Or put him onstage for National Ballet!
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Publically apologizing because I thought Blue Jays manager John Schneider should have pinch run for Bichette, who promptly hit a three-run Homer on his next at bat. #worldseries
November 2, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Publically apologizing because I thought Blue Jays manager John Schneider should have pinch run for Bichette, who promptly hit a three-run Homer on his next at bat. #worldseries
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
November 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
I live for sports and drama and love how much drama has been baked into the #worldseries anthem singing.
October 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I live for sports and drama and love how much drama has been baked into the #worldseries anthem singing.
tfw You forgot the name of the show but you are also terrified to Google "Irish Sex Play."
October 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
tfw You forgot the name of the show but you are also terrified to Google "Irish Sex Play."
More interested in a Jessica Springsteen biopic than the Bruce movie, tbh.
October 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
More interested in a Jessica Springsteen biopic than the Bruce movie, tbh.
There's a nurse in Kansas City named Rebecca Ritzel someone could see if she has strong opinions on modern dance.
October 30, 2025 at 3:31 AM
There's a nurse in Kansas City named Rebecca Ritzel someone could see if she has strong opinions on modern dance.
Poe also lived (and died) in Bawlmer, so John Waters' readings work too.
A general reminder that Edgar Allen Poe was an American, born in Boston, & spent the first several years of his life in Boston. Therefore, in the spooky season, please stop recording the Raven, the Tell-tale Heart, and his other stories in a British accent. All his writings must be read by Bill Burr
October 30, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Poe also lived (and died) in Bawlmer, so John Waters' readings work too.
For my project @rjionline.bsky.social project, I am doing a roll call for local arts news outlets. So places like @racketmn.com, @bmoreart.bsky.social rt.bsky.social, @theshout.shoutwichita.com.ap.brid.gy (And others not on Blue Sky.)
Can anyone help add to the list? 🙏
Can anyone help add to the list? 🙏
October 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
For my project @rjionline.bsky.social project, I am doing a roll call for local arts news outlets. So places like @racketmn.com, @bmoreart.bsky.social rt.bsky.social, @theshout.shoutwichita.com.ap.brid.gy (And others not on Blue Sky.)
Can anyone help add to the list? 🙏
Can anyone help add to the list? 🙏
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going to have enough material for a 9-minute disco cut soon
Mike Johnson not knowing any of the details with Yakety Sax
October 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
going to have enough material for a 9-minute disco cut soon
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With heigh, with heigh, the thrush and the jay!
October 29, 2025 at 3:06 AM
With heigh, with heigh, the thrush and the jay!
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this motherfucker, the disrespect, the dereliction of duty, the two-faced villainy
October 29, 2025 at 3:20 AM
this motherfucker, the disrespect, the dereliction of duty, the two-faced villainy