John Richter
@johenius.bsky.social
Just a guy who makes things, sometimes out of code, sometimes out of wood, sometimes out of words. Trying his best, mostly getting it wrong and trying to get better at learning and changing. He/him.
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My husband texted me "IT HAPPENED" but it turned out to be about LeBron going to the 76ers.
I had 2 minutes of beautiful serenity.
I had 2 minutes of beautiful serenity.
July 24, 2026 at 4:16 PM
My husband texted me "IT HAPPENED" but it turned out to be about LeBron going to the 76ers.
I had 2 minutes of beautiful serenity.
I had 2 minutes of beautiful serenity.
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im pretty far on the anti-AI and LLM end of the spectrum, but you have to constantly think critically and reassert your reasons *why* you oppose it, otherwise you end up taking positions like "it's good to manually complete tasks which could be automated and doing avoidable work is virtuous"
June 16, 2026 at 7:41 AM
im pretty far on the anti-AI and LLM end of the spectrum, but you have to constantly think critically and reassert your reasons *why* you oppose it, otherwise you end up taking positions like "it's good to manually complete tasks which could be automated and doing avoidable work is virtuous"
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From Josh Johnson: Symphony comedy special
May 24, 2026 at 4:31 PM
From Josh Johnson: Symphony comedy special
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So, @edzitron.com ate his Wheatties this morning
May 26, 2026 at 5:53 PM
So, @edzitron.com ate his Wheatties this morning
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interesting rationale from a prospective juror in the Elon Musk Twitter stock manipulation case
May 13, 2026 at 9:53 PM
interesting rationale from a prospective juror in the Elon Musk Twitter stock manipulation case
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I don’t know how anyone makes it anywhere in life without learning how to pretend you’ve read something when you haven’t or pretend you’ve understood something if you didn’t. These are invaluable skills most of us picked up in college
April 28, 2026 at 1:41 AM
I don’t know how anyone makes it anywhere in life without learning how to pretend you’ve read something when you haven’t or pretend you’ve understood something if you didn’t. These are invaluable skills most of us picked up in college
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It's a shame that "defend your culture" always means "hate strangers different from you" and never "enact anti-pollution laws so that you can go fishing with your grandkids the way your grandpa taught you."
April 26, 2026 at 1:47 PM
It's a shame that "defend your culture" always means "hate strangers different from you" and never "enact anti-pollution laws so that you can go fishing with your grandkids the way your grandpa taught you."
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horseshoe theory is real. leftists almost got kat abughazaleh elected into congress and now it comes out that her boyfriend owns infowars…
April 20, 2026 at 7:12 PM
horseshoe theory is real. leftists almost got kat abughazaleh elected into congress and now it comes out that her boyfriend owns infowars…
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I would love to know how many of these dudes self-identify as nerds because anecdotally I don't find nerds regularly gamble as they understand the concept of statistics, and if they want to engage in risky behavior with dice they will do it not with craps but with a DM and four fellow adventurers
More than half of men ages 18-49 (52%) now say they have an active sports betting account with an online sportsbook like DraftKings, Caesars, FanDuel, or BetMGM.
sri.siena.edu/2026/04/13/m...
sri.siena.edu/2026/04/13/m...
More Than a Quarter of Americans, 27% Have An Active Online Sports Betting Account; A Third Have Opened an Account At Least Once – Siena Research Institute
sri.siena.edu
April 14, 2026 at 6:43 PM
I would love to know how many of these dudes self-identify as nerds because anecdotally I don't find nerds regularly gamble as they understand the concept of statistics, and if they want to engage in risky behavior with dice they will do it not with craps but with a DM and four fellow adventurers
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I hate when fantasy films I made a long time ago begin to come true in real life.
Buttigieg: "For the leader of this country to make a nakedly genocidal threat against another civilization as if the US was a death star that was going around blowing up civilizations, of course that is a new low ... the whole country is being judged just for tolerating that kind of thing at the WH"
April 10, 2026 at 7:25 PM
I hate when fantasy films I made a long time ago begin to come true in real life.
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Another banger from @anildash.com : Actually, people love to work hard anildash.com/2026/04/06/p...
Actually, people love to work hard - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
April 8, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Another banger from @anildash.com : Actually, people love to work hard anildash.com/2026/04/06/p...
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I was really hoping to go through life without needing to know what the plural of "apocalypse" is.
April 7, 2026 at 7:58 PM
I was really hoping to go through life without needing to know what the plural of "apocalypse" is.
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A remarkable photo from #NoKings in DTLA from Connor Sheets of @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/l...
March 29, 2026 at 2:09 AM
A remarkable photo from #NoKings in DTLA from Connor Sheets of @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/l...
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Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.
March 17, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.
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Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers.
March 13, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers.
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CNN reporting that a week before Alex Pretti was killed, 5 agents tackled him and he suffered a broken rib. CNN says he stopped his car after he saw ICE agents interacting with a family on foot and began to blow his whistle. Source tells CNN Pretti believed “That day he thought he was going to die”
January 27, 2026 at 5:19 PM
CNN reporting that a week before Alex Pretti was killed, 5 agents tackled him and he suffered a broken rib. CNN says he stopped his car after he saw ICE agents interacting with a family on foot and began to blow his whistle. Source tells CNN Pretti believed “That day he thought he was going to die”
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Can’t pull the lever to stop the trolley. The trolley has rich people on it and it lets them go so fast!
January 4, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Can’t pull the lever to stop the trolley. The trolley has rich people on it and it lets them go so fast!
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Is the MTA making merch with the F M Swap icon cause they should be
December 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Is the MTA making merch with the F M Swap icon cause they should be
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An underappreciated aspect of Democratic leaders' 'age problem' is the shame of aging in a society that equates worth with productivity. That shame is shaping who stays, who steps aside, and who steps up, and it’s already altering the political landscape ahead of 2026.
Democrats Have an Age Problem Because America Has a Shame Problem
The psychology behind aging politicians' reluctance to step aside
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
An underappreciated aspect of Democratic leaders' 'age problem' is the shame of aging in a society that equates worth with productivity. That shame is shaping who stays, who steps aside, and who steps up, and it’s already altering the political landscape ahead of 2026.
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I just bookmarked the Cheetah Cub Cam, this is the fucking cutest
Cheetah Cub Cam
The Cheetah Cub Cam streams live from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia.
nationalzoo.si.edu
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I just bookmarked the Cheetah Cub Cam, this is the fucking cutest