Ricardo Cortés
@rmcortes.bsky.social
Artist / Author / #1 NYT bestseller / Drug theory / Design truther / working on picture books about studios and alien communication. Rmcortes.com
“These books are typically upbeat, didactic, and unimaginative.”
December 3, 2025 at 11:21 AM
“These books are typically upbeat, didactic, and unimaginative.”
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One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Jewelled golden hare that sparked national treasure hunt set for auction
Artist and author Kit Williams hid a golden hare with clues to its precise location given in his 1979 book
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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i am tired of being gaslit by medical offices, you have never once changed the options of the phone menu. sick of your lies actually
November 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
i am tired of being gaslit by medical offices, you have never once changed the options of the phone menu. sick of your lies actually
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Why do journalists have no apparent solidarity whatsoever? This rancid POS jabs his finger in a woman reporter's face and calls her "piggy" and none of the other journalists there says a word?
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
people.com/donald-trump...
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Why do journalists have no apparent solidarity whatsoever? This rancid POS jabs his finger in a woman reporter's face and calls her "piggy" and none of the other journalists there says a word?
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as a reporter, the part of this that i’ve simply never understood is how the next person to ask a question when he does something like this doesn’t simply repeat the question that set him off. it’s not just solidarity with your colleague, it’s an important question that remains worth asking
I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to say something in the moment when you witness the president do this and you’re aboard Air Force One with all the uniformed officers and secret service and fancy wood accents, but this is really an instance where you should. people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 AM
as a reporter, the part of this that i’ve simply never understood is how the next person to ask a question when he does something like this doesn’t simply repeat the question that set him off. it’s not just solidarity with your colleague, it’s an important question that remains worth asking
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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The stage for this was set when we let the torture brigade off scott free, when we let the architects of the Iraq War go on to lucrative gigs, when we bailed out the architects of the financial crisis. The elites believe there are no consequences to their actions because ... there aren't.
The legal profession needs to realize it failed and has to get better.
Coup plotters, Constitution-ignorers, rationalizers, enablers, the Supreme Court's calvinball rulings — all yours.
Your culture said move slowly, give benefit of the doubt, even treat it like a game. Far from all, but enough.
Coup plotters, Constitution-ignorers, rationalizers, enablers, the Supreme Court's calvinball rulings — all yours.
Your culture said move slowly, give benefit of the doubt, even treat it like a game. Far from all, but enough.
November 18, 2025 at 6:08 AM
The stage for this was set when we let the torture brigade off scott free, when we let the architects of the Iraq War go on to lucrative gigs, when we bailed out the architects of the financial crisis. The elites believe there are no consequences to their actions because ... there aren't.
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Julie nails the problem here. The press lets him get away with this shit all the time, showing zero support for each other. It's what has allowed him and the White House to just lie and insult people with impunity. Shame on all of them. This is absurd.
I just watched the whole video, and not a single reporter stood up for her. Everyone just pivoted to asking questions on other topics.
This is shameful.
This is shameful.
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
people.com/donald-trump...
people.com/donald-trump...
November 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Julie nails the problem here. The press lets him get away with this shit all the time, showing zero support for each other. It's what has allowed him and the White House to just lie and insult people with impunity. Shame on all of them. This is absurd.
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
First draft of my take on a perfect ashtray.
October 29, 2025 at 11:57 PM
First draft of my take on a perfect ashtray.
some people have been calling it the Epstein Ballroom
October 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
some people have been calling it the Epstein Ballroom
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What is the Times doing calling this extrajudicial murder spree “cartel strikes”? On what evidence do they ape the killers’ propaganda?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
Trump Says He Will Not Seek Authorization for Cartel Strikes
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
What is the Times doing calling this extrajudicial murder spree “cartel strikes”? On what evidence do they ape the killers’ propaganda?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
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So I guess sex work is only ok if just tech oligarchs are profiting off it and not marginalized women or minorities who depend on it to survive?
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
ChatGPT is about to get flirty.
buff.ly
October 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
So I guess sex work is only ok if just tech oligarchs are profiting off it and not marginalized women or minorities who depend on it to survive?
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Well, if only there were a large supply of foreign students who would happily pay a premium price to get access to American higher education.
"'There simply aren’t enough students to go around,' said Nathan Grawe, an economist at Carleton College in Minnesota. But the effects of the demographic cliff, he noted, 'won’t be evenly distributed.'"
U.S. Colleges Are About to See a Big Decline in Applicants
Forget a lot of what you thought you knew about higher education.
nymag.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Well, if only there were a large supply of foreign students who would happily pay a premium price to get access to American higher education.
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Getting one of these in the US would cure my depression
I enjoyed this. And what an infectious laugh. ❤️
"Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"
"Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"
September 3, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Getting one of these in the US would cure my depression
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‘… we must not fall into the trap of mistaking the outputs of writing (which are increasingly substitutable through technology) from the value of the cognitive process of writing (which hones mental development and cannot be substituted by a machine’
After the latest round of grading papers, I wrote about AI, ChatGPT, the death of the student essay, and what it means for the future of human cognition.
The Death of the Student Essay—and the Future of Cognition
One professor's reflections on the end of an era, as AI tools such as ChatGPT have murdered the student essay (RIP). Here's why that threatens the future of human cognition—and how to save ourselves.
www.forkingpaths.co
June 27, 2025 at 5:59 AM
‘… we must not fall into the trap of mistaking the outputs of writing (which are increasingly substitutable through technology) from the value of the cognitive process of writing (which hones mental development and cannot be substituted by a machine’
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We are dangerously close <bag goes over head> to normalizing <shoved in van> behavior like that.
June 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
We are dangerously close <bag goes over head> to normalizing <shoved in van> behavior like that.
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It shouldn’t be shocking, but the lack of any expressed concern whatsoever for Muslims in this statement is shocking
June 13, 2025 at 3:57 AM
It shouldn’t be shocking, but the lack of any expressed concern whatsoever for Muslims in this statement is shocking
Today is the 🎂 of PARTY - A Mystery, by the inimitable Jamaica Kincaid.
I found the tale in her collection of essays, “TALK STORIES,” and asked if I could illustrate it into a picture book.
Thanks to our intrepid independent publisher
@akashicbooks.bsky.social, it’s here:
www.partyamystery.com
I found the tale in her collection of essays, “TALK STORIES,” and asked if I could illustrate it into a picture book.
Thanks to our intrepid independent publisher
@akashicbooks.bsky.social, it’s here:
www.partyamystery.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Today is the 🎂 of PARTY - A Mystery, by the inimitable Jamaica Kincaid.
I found the tale in her collection of essays, “TALK STORIES,” and asked if I could illustrate it into a picture book.
Thanks to our intrepid independent publisher
@akashicbooks.bsky.social, it’s here:
www.partyamystery.com
I found the tale in her collection of essays, “TALK STORIES,” and asked if I could illustrate it into a picture book.
Thanks to our intrepid independent publisher
@akashicbooks.bsky.social, it’s here:
www.partyamystery.com
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maybe next time he shouldn’t be dressed so flammable
May 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM
maybe next time he shouldn’t be dressed so flammable
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People who are still shouting that Israel is not committing genocide must be clapping their hands over their ears every time an Israeli minister steps onto a podium because
May 20, 2025 at 8:39 AM
People who are still shouting that Israel is not committing genocide must be clapping their hands over their ears every time an Israeli minister steps onto a podium because
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OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
May 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/