J Ritchey's Avatar

J Ritchey

@fletcherhawke.bsky.social

Uncle. Historical Fencer. Amateur boffin. Terminally curious. Flawed but growing and learning. I probably won't respond to DMs if I don't know you personally.

647 Followers  |  395 Following  |  208 Posts  |  Joined: 14.01.2025
Posts Following

Posts by J Ritchey (@fletcherhawke.bsky.social)

Spicy autocorrect!

No one wants to hear this in tech circles, tho.

02.03.2026 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A brown tabby, ZeeZee, lies on a grey blanket in the lap of one of her people.

A brown tabby, ZeeZee, lies on a grey blanket in the lap of one of her people.

ZeeZee enjoys the extra chill vibe that Sundays bring.

#cats #catsofbluesky #browntabby

01.03.2026 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 180    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I am reminded that the entire Jurassic Park franchise, going back to the original book, is grounded in the concept of transsexual dinosaurs, and really there's a lot of people who need their faces bitten as a reminder.

Rawr.πŸ¦–

02.03.2026 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 116    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

I hate how accurate this tweet is.

01.03.2026 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 18790    πŸ” 5401    πŸ’¬ 423    πŸ“Œ 227
Hypatia of Alexandria (c. 370–415 CE), brilliant Greek mathematician, astronomer, and Neoplatonist philosopherβ€”the first woman known to head a major school of learning; she taught advanced mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy, advised civic leaders, and became a symbol of reason and intellectual freedom despite the era's gender and religious barriers.

The black-and-white engraved portrait shows her in profile, facing left, with a serene, contemplative expression; she has an elegant neck, large eyes, and elaborate braided hair styled in a high bun wrapped with a headband, rendered in fine line work with soft shading on a plain background.

Hypatia of Alexandria (c. 370–415 CE), brilliant Greek mathematician, astronomer, and Neoplatonist philosopherβ€”the first woman known to head a major school of learning; she taught advanced mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy, advised civic leaders, and became a symbol of reason and intellectual freedom despite the era's gender and religious barriers. The black-and-white engraved portrait shows her in profile, facing left, with a serene, contemplative expression; she has an elegant neck, large eyes, and elaborate braided hair styled in a high bun wrapped with a headband, rendered in fine line work with soft shading on a plain background.

Hypatia of Alexandria (d. March 415) was a mathematician, astronomer & philosopher. First woman known to lead a major school of thought. She taught advanced math & #science & defied gender/religious barriers. There have been #WomenInSTEM for millennia.πŸ”­πŸ“

#WomensHistoryMonth #astronomy

01.03.2026 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1177    πŸ” 408    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 16
Preview
Weird glass in Australia appears to be from giant asteroid impact β€” but scientists 'yet to locate the crater' Strange glass strewn across southern Australia appears to be from a mystery asteroid impact 11 million years ago.

Tektites: A new analysis of impact-created "tektites" points to a powerful collision 11 million years ago that hurled debris across southern Australia. Scientists are still looking for the impact crater. www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

01.03.2026 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 882    πŸ” 170    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 11

Pika timeline cleanse.
Relax your shoulders.
Drink some water.
Touch, and then EAT, a bunch of grass.

01.03.2026 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 243    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1
Post image 28.02.2026 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3754    πŸ” 343    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 11
Video thumbnail

Learning a second language can be hard. Signing up for Pre-K and 3-K is easy.

Go to myschools.nyc to apply today. Deadline is tomorrow at midnight!

26.02.2026 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 14020    πŸ” 2094    πŸ’¬ 328    πŸ“Œ 439
Post image

The USA hockey team is one huge example
of why we always choose the bear.

26.02.2026 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 774    πŸ” 122    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 3

Y’all know how I’ve talked about how sometimes dinosaur names are so unserious?

Well let me introduce you to Megapnosaurus.

It lived in what is now Africa and North America during the Early Jurassic.

It’s name means β€˜big dead lizard’ (spoiler, only two of those are correct).

πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡

26.02.2026 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Fox News Reporter Says Star Trek Has Never Been Woke Before, DS9 Writer Calls Him A Moron Politics? In MY Star Trek? It's more likely than you think.

Anytime a new Star Trek comes out - this is from 2022. Stephen Miller complained recently the new Starfleet Academy was woke.

www.thegamer.com/star-trek-wo...

Star Trek literally quoted Marx in the 1990s, but some commentators are only just cottoning on to the fact that it's kinda woke.

27.02.2026 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 403    πŸ” 95    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 3

the party that wants to require ID to vote abruptly invalidating a thousand people’s IDs overnight seems like a pretty giant flashing red light

26.02.2026 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 12889    πŸ” 4774    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 109

It does not matter if anyone in the Epstein Files is Republican or Democrat. Left or Right. Liberal or Conservative.

Pedophilia is the epitome of absolute disgust.

They all need to see justice.

Whataboutism and defending them says an awful lot about you and your morals.

26.02.2026 07:18 β€” πŸ‘ 908    πŸ” 242    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 11

I need a movie about hot fairies πŸ§šπŸΌβ€β™€οΈ

27.02.2026 04:33 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Huh. This is one of those things that, once spoken aloud, seems so obvious that its absence is shocking.

27.02.2026 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image 25.02.2026 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2961    πŸ” 288    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 8

They won't start with banning birth control. First they'll lie about it. Then dictate who can prescribe it, use it, fund it, in what forms, and for how long. Suddenly, your doctor won't call you back. I know this is what they'll do because it's what they're doing to transgender healthcare right now.

25.02.2026 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 18308    πŸ” 6186    πŸ’¬ 196    πŸ“Œ 170
Post image

You could make this up, but you don’t need to.

23.02.2026 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5519    πŸ” 2020    πŸ’¬ 257    πŸ“Œ 98

So I have talked a lot about the many, many inaccuracies of the dinosaurs throughout the Jurassic franchise, and there are a lot.

But one inaccuracy really stands out and it’s not even a dinosaur.

No this fatal flaw comes from how we get the dna.

The mosquito.

πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡

24.02.2026 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image 23.02.2026 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3531    πŸ” 366    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 34

I know I didn’t give a dino fact last noght, but I passed out 😭

So for tonight’s fact, let’s talk about some prehistoric beef.

Allosaurus and Stegosaurus.

They both lived in North America during the Late Jurassic.

Both dinosaurs were pretty sizable in their own way.

πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡

23.02.2026 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

Listen to this 13 year old who went to her city's council meeting.

She had some things she needed to get off her chest

23.02.2026 04:49 β€” πŸ‘ 8623    πŸ” 3146    πŸ’¬ 258    πŸ“Œ 331
Preview
New Mexico launches investigation of forced sterilization of Native American women In the 1970s, the agency that provides health care to Native Americans sterilized thousands of women without their full and informed consent.

Up to 25% of Native full blood women of child bearing age were forcibly sterilized without consent in the 1970s.

apnews.com/article/indi...

23.02.2026 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Two things are simultaneously true:
1. The Iranian regime treats its people with extreme brutality and cruelty, and we should honour the citizens seeking to overthrow it.
2. A US attack on Iran would turn a crisis into a catastrophe.

21.02.2026 09:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2981    πŸ” 736    πŸ’¬ 134    πŸ“Œ 37

Here is a thing.

I was supposed to present some awards at the Eisners a few years ago, I was also nominated for Clean Room. I have social anxiety and was a little nervous.

The hosts were Thomas Lennon and Wayne Brady.

They both saw I was nervous backstage.

1/

22.02.2026 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 496    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 2
Preview
DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as β€˜violent perpetrators’

"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending. . . there have been no convictions.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

22.02.2026 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 23772    πŸ” 8395    πŸ’¬ 621    πŸ“Œ 438
Post image

Just a teddy Bear shaped cat.

22.02.2026 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1179    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1
Preview
30,000-year-old 'personal toolkit' found in the Czech Republic provides 'very rare' glimpse into the life of a Stone Age hunter-gatherer Archaeologists have found an extraordinary cluster of Stone Age artifacts that may have been the personal gear of a single prehistoric individual.
22.02.2026 10:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image 21.02.2026 09:32 β€” πŸ‘ 830    πŸ” 123    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 4