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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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if you manage to go prionic you become unblockable

04.08.2025 01:15 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

anyone following along with #HATM tonight should know that Mort Crim just turned 90 three days ago:

03.08.2025 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"I'm just doing this to honor my father's service on the Great War!"

03.08.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

[a german soldier machine-gunning allied troops at normandy, yelling] "I'm not fully ideologically committed to the party, so don't you dare say you were killed by a Nazi!"

03.08.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
dorothy from the Wizard of Oz 2025 Sphere put into the fake visor background of Silo upon going outside from Season 1.

dorothy from the Wizard of Oz 2025 Sphere put into the fake visor background of Silo upon going outside from Season 1.

this new wizard of oz is very strange...

02.08.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I apologize for my earlier post, now deleted, which due to an autocorrect error appeared to indicate that I wished to "find and devour some elites." I was simply hungry for some Mexican street corn.

02.08.2025 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

immortals must change their identity every few decades lest they arouse suspicion

02.08.2025 05:40 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

thanks, no one has mentioned it around here lately

02.08.2025 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

aha! how do YOU know it???

01.08.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

numbers are now illegal; the only allowable terms for quantifying anything are: one, some, more, enough, lots, many, and the most

01.08.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

hey guys i'm having a hard time remembering what the party's final, most essential command was; has anyone heard it recently?

01.08.2025 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Kenny OMG

01.08.2025 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

HER EDITOR, HARRY

MID SUMMER

BOW IS FRAYED

01.08.2025 04:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

when you treat it right, so it's elevating and respectable:

01.08.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

THE WHICH?

THE LIGHT HOUSE

THE NORTH, MAN!

NO, SFOGATO!

01.08.2025 04:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

HER EDITOR, HARRY

MID SUMMER

BOW IS FRAYED

01.08.2025 04:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Bruce McCullough in a Kids in the Hall Sketch. He is wearing a workshirt and an intrigued expression, and the word "DELINEATE" is floating around his head

Bruce McCullough in a Kids in the Hall Sketch. He is wearing a workshirt and an intrigued expression, and the word "DELINEATE" is floating around his head

most people when they learn a grammar factoid:

31.07.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

frankly that would be triggered by a significant portion of the notional pedantry bots in that thread

31.07.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

correcting "different than" to "different from" or "different to" (this requires localization/localisation)

31.07.2025 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
photo of Mr. Rogers that looks almost exactly like The Onion sickos meme guy

photo of Mr. Rogers that looks almost exactly like The Onion sickos meme guy

Obsessed with this photo of Mr. Rogers that looks almost exactly like The Onion sickos guy.

31.07.2025 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 11936    πŸ” 2270    πŸ’¬ 165    πŸ“Œ 166
penguin classics cover of Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century, but it's a picture of the jan 6 insurrection at the Capitol building in the nation's capital

penguin classics cover of Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century, but it's a picture of the jan 6 insurrection at the Capitol building in the nation's capital

31.07.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

start your search at the madison square garden parking garage, preferably during the next WWE event held there

31.07.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

impressive, but pretty sure this is Al

31.07.2025 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

ugh this is awful, i'm so sorry, and yes, HUGE meth energy here

31.07.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Mort Crim on Detroiters, an old white man in a suit at a news desk, with the chyron LIVE - MORT CRIM

Mort Crim on Detroiters, an old white man in a suit at a news desk, with the chyron LIVE - MORT CRIM

happy 90th birthday to Mort Crim

31.07.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

i woke up at like 3:30 in the morning with this in my brain

31.07.2025 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tim Walz telling the kids to pipe down back there, they're almost to the store, it's only Thirty Seconds to Menards

31.07.2025 10:39 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

i guarantee you this is 100% Al. *Weird* Al, sure, but Al nonetheless

31.07.2025 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

impressive, but pretty sure this is Al

31.07.2025 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

"I owe you an apology; I wasn't really familiar with your gummy."

30.07.2025 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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