Richard
rwpickard.bsky.social
Richard
@rwpickard.bsky.social
Reader, tree-hugger, teacher, preserver of foodstuffs. Canadian.

Deleter of rwpickard from Twitter/X.

http://boughtbooks.blogspot.com
Anyone with notes on what to put in my 2-3 minutes of talking about AI during our upcoming department seminar? (I mean, I have thoughts, and it has to be under 3 minutes, but.) #againstAI
October 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Absolute trash.
October 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Anyway, my family tired of my ranting and made me a t-shirt, that I'm teaching in today #againstAI #noAI
October 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Sometimes I really hate it here. Bluesky's better than Twitter at this point, and useful for keeping up with some things and some people, but uurrrggghhhhh. #againstAI #bluesky
October 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Blogger's stats have always been suspect and weird, but the last while is another level. I write a humble book blog, and other than Google, these are alleged to be the top referring pages:
September 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Not making this up: these folks developed a way to deliver and grade 600 oral exams simultaneously, about all of which I have SO MANY THOUGHTS. #highered journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
August 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Writing during climate change: I struggle with Tim Lilburn's prose, no question, but for the right reader (ie, not me), he's got so very much to say. 1/4 #reviews #booksky #envhum #climate boughtbooks.blogspot.com/2025/08/tim-...
August 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Whoops: screenshot
August 1, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Progress? It has been taken down, though the phrasing doesn't say much, and honestly the page should specify the topic and/or title of the article. @cosmosmag.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I've been making GF sourdough for a while, for some folks in my life who need that, and the numbers are ... gosh. A single 900-gram loaf using sorghum flour, tapioca starch, cornstarch, and psyllium husk, from a millet starter, costs $6.76 in dry ingredients. #glutenfree #gluten #celiac
July 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I mean, at least it wasn't the paperclip game? But I can see why folks think it's hallucination, even though it isn't. Intriguing reading. #noAI
May 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Right?!?
May 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
With @338canada.bsky.social projecting Liberal @wgreaves.bsky.social, it feels like the right vote strategically. Will's a colleague (but from a different department); I like and respect him a lot, and he'd be terrific. It'd be HARD not to vote Green or NDP, tho. 2/ 338canada.com/59042e.htm
April 28, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Uh oh, what did I say this time....
April 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I'm following the right people, my feed tells me. #againstAI
April 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
And if you're lucky, you find yourself in amongst the ponderosa. So much here that isn't wine, honest! 3/3
April 21, 2025 at 4:59 AM
All kinds of #wildflowers: balsamroot, paintbrush, ballhead waterleaf, buttercup... 2/
April 21, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The south Okanagan can be so beautiful: a great ATV ride today with my father, looking for wildflowers. (ATV life is SO not me!) 1/ #nature #okanagan
April 21, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Current location: visiting my parents in Oliver, British Columbia. My father took me hiking to this view, south across Stag Hollow vineyard and Vaseux Lake to McIntyre Bluff / nʕaylintn (pronounced nye-lin-tin). Balsamroot in the foreground, one of my favorites! #travelBC #hiking #winery
April 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Big Timber was one of several movies from Sinclair novels, but I'm not sure about its filming: I'd have to dig, but here's one note from Wikipedia (twice)
April 17, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Logs in, notices the notifications number, considers deleting the app and never finding out what I did now.
April 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
In nature news, the Easter lilies are out! They have been for a while. Please ignore the very small wolf blocking your view.
April 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Tonight's #weirdbeer: Oberon's Elixir Dark Blackberry Sour, from Wildeye Brewing in North Vancouver. Good, but much less punch than a beer with that name should have, and a long way from my favorite in this genre (Bite Me Raspberry Sour, from Bones Brewing).
April 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM
See, I was losing track of which weird local small brews I'd had, and how I felt about them: nerdism was the only reasonable option.

Over the last 48 months, I've logged about 150 distinct beers, probably 130 from the Island and Lower Mainland. These are the last few, before tonight's.
March 31, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Wish me luck, friends. Tonight's #weirdbeer offering is the Chocolate Mint Winter Beeracle, described as a "warming winter ale" at 6% ABV, from @deadfrogbrewery.bsky.social. (Should my weird local beer tastings be a recurring feature?)
March 31, 2025 at 1:40 AM