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Charles Louis Richter

@richterscale.bsky.social

Historian: of American religion/irreligion by training; of science & conspiracy by trade dumb jokes about smart things and smart jokes about dumb things Podcast research/factcheck: SNAFU with Ed Helms; The Reason We're All Still Here; My Fugitive, more

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Part of a brown paper bag from FedEx reading: Print it. Pack it. Ship it. Get it.

Part of a brown paper bag from FedEx reading: Print it. Pack it. Ship it. Get it.

[daft punk voice]

08.02.2026 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

they fired everybody who knows that Puerto Ricans are American

08.02.2026 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5064    πŸ” 906    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 11

the original run of The Muppet Show survived only two months of Reagan, and things started going downhill

07.02.2026 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it is a positive social good to acclimatize our most culturally relevant entertainers to perform alongside puppets

07.02.2026 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
The Board of Governors decided, unilaterally, that no published textbook in the field of sociology could be used in compliance with the law for an Intro to Sociology class. None.
Victor: There's not a single existing textbook on the market that could be used that would qualify under state law?
Zachary: Correct.
Victor: I'm sorry, that's kind of funny. Like, the absurdity of not a single sociology textbook getting past the censors. I mean, it makes me kind of proud of our colleagues, but...

The Board of Governors decided, unilaterally, that no published textbook in the field of sociology could be used in compliance with the law for an Intro to Sociology class. None. Victor: There's not a single existing textbook on the market that could be used that would qualify under state law? Zachary: Correct. Victor: I'm sorry, that's kind of funny. Like, the absurdity of not a single sociology textbook getting past the censors. I mean, it makes me kind of proud of our colleagues, but...

I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.

Great work everyone.

06.02.2026 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5661    πŸ” 1914    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 202

kieranhealy.org/blog/archive...

07.02.2026 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 147    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3
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this is so funny, god bless louise lucas, Hero of the Commonwealth

07.02.2026 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 10073    πŸ” 1470    πŸ’¬ 138    πŸ“Œ 117

her first role was on Deadwood!

this is a dynasty that must continue

07.02.2026 05:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Methodology: the researcher watched 28 Years Later

06.02.2026 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New CSAMers

06.02.2026 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Concentration Camper Van Beethoven

06.02.2026 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Scott Pogrom vs The World

06.02.2026 06:17 β€” πŸ‘ 138    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 0

Can't believe ICE recruited Still Wancil, the Waluigi of Will Stancil

06.02.2026 05:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1597    πŸ” 179    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 1

The Nationalism

06.02.2026 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Godspeed You! White Simperer

06.02.2026 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

yes, that's the joke

06.02.2026 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Tom Homan, Great Khan of the Border"

06.02.2026 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
The real reason I'm leaving The Great British Baking
Show
Trump is threatening bombing the likes of which Tehran has never seen
Prue Leith

The real reason I'm leaving The Great British Baking Show Trump is threatening bombing the likes of which Tehran has never seen Prue Leith

the Spectator accidentally recycled a subhed from a previous day’s article about Tehran

06.02.2026 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 6943    πŸ” 1550    πŸ’¬ 105    πŸ“Œ 110
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Explore The Mark Twain House, Hartford, CT USA in 3D The Mark Twain House in Hartford, Connecticut was the home of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) and his family from 1874 to 1891.

Please come visit us! But if you can't, our virtual tour is pretty good too--and you get to go in rooms that you can't go in when you're here in person. my.matterport.com/show/?m=dWUB...

06.02.2026 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
The ornate red brick and wood trim and windows in a corner of the Mark Twain house silhouetted against a gray sky

The ornate red brick and wood trim and windows in a corner of the Mark Twain house silhouetted against a gray sky

Sometimes you just have to pause and admire because it’s so breathtakingly 19th century

06.02.2026 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1896    πŸ” 125    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 4

Documents show RFK Jr lied to Congress about his agenda in Samoaβ€”he did indeed go to spread anti-scientific doubts about vaccines. He was ultimately successful in getting an outbreak going there that killed 83 people, mostly babies and young children.

06.02.2026 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 712    πŸ” 299    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 13

"SIR, don't worry, YOU are not on TV. You are NOT on The Pitt. This is real."

06.02.2026 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

whoa, i had no idea, but this makes so much sense! there's always been something about him that i couldn't put my finger on, but that made him seem so natural in that situation.

imagine going to the ER and he's your nurse, thoughβ€”i'd think i was hallucinating

"SIR, SIR, it's ok, i AM from TV."

06.02.2026 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Incredible art of gritty playing fiddle on the roof of a west Philadelphia row home. In Yiddish it says Fidler Oyfn Fakh Χ€ΦΏΧ™Χ“ΧœΧ’Χ¨ אױ׀ֿן Χ“ΧΦ·Χš)

Incredible art of gritty playing fiddle on the roof of a west Philadelphia row home. In Yiddish it says Fidler Oyfn Fakh Χ€ΦΏΧ™Χ“ΧœΧ’Χ¨ אױ׀ֿן Χ“ΧΦ·Χš)

We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was

06.02.2026 05:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5475    πŸ” 1570    πŸ’¬ 135    πŸ“Œ 154

the president is a little baby who doesn't know what he is doing, and this is fine, according to the new york times

06.02.2026 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

my finest moment on twitter-of-old was when Alison Moyet herself followed me after seeing the original version of this tribute

06.02.2026 04:16 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

cute, autocorrect, but i guess it still works

06.02.2026 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this is frankly the sort of rhetoric that invites a mob

06.02.2026 00:29 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just going to re-up this & urge you to read @sethcotlar.bsky.social's 🧡 about how only Christians get to "be political" when it comes to proclaiming their religious beliefs:

bsky.app/profile/mcop...

05.02.2026 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

oh absolutelyβ€”this administration is all about making overtures to the worst of their base to take the law into their own hands

05.02.2026 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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