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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 18/09/2026

I feel like the benefit of connecting on LinkedIn with a random salesperson that I'm not currently working with and will probably never buy their product is extremely low.

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 17/09/2026

I get advertising emails from edtech vendors that I still don't really know what their company or products do.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

My man looks like he owns a Hooters-branded Discover Card

Secretaryof Homelandsecurity Markwayne Mullin

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 04/09/2026

My man looks like his first name is two other first names smushed together

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 04/09/2026

Feel like this should be PBJBP so at least the acronym is a palindrome.

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 26/08/2026

Pet peeve: Apps that stop doing a thing until you do another thing, and never let you know you need to do the latter thing to get the former thing working again unless you actually open the app, which you almost never do because the former thing is the only way you interact with it.

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 17/08/2026

No, Meta, how about we don't turn my late father's Facebook profile photo into a "crayon masterpiece"?

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 06/08/2026

That's a lot of college logos on one car.

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 02/08/2026

Thrilled beyond belief that every school that had my rising senior on their email list sent me, a higher ed administrator, a message letting me know that the Common App opened today.

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 18/07/2026

My man looks like one of my butt cheeks with a face and less hair.

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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 07/07/2026

Buck up, US fans. The women’s World Cup is less than a year away.

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 06/07/2026

Pretty Sure Kurt Vonnegut's estate has a claim on the Claude logo:

Drawing of an asshole by Kurt Vonnegut used in his novel "Breakfast of Champions"

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 26/06/2026

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 24/06/2026

Note to Democrats: Republicans are going to say you're Communists no matter how much you try to appease them or how much your policies move to the right. Maybe just focus on policies that actually help people instead.

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 19/06/2026

Ah, the World Cup, when I think I have a perfect understanding of the offside rule based on my experience playing soccer from before I was 13.

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 19/06/2026

It will take months to drain the reflecting pool with a single garden hose.

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 12/06/2026

Think about the fact that Trump has screwed things up so badly the entire country is rooting for a New York City sports team to win a national championship.

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 09/06/2026

"Woman Is A Husband" was the original title of that Aerosmith song.

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 09/06/2026

Yes, your institution should also not have a default "use it or lose it" budgetary policy. But if you manage a budget you should also have at least a dim awareness of your insititution's fiscal stance.

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 09/06/2026

Remember: organizational budgets are not bank accounts. If you're doing discretionary end-of-year expenses to "spend down your budget" and your institution is already operating at a deficit you're causing the institution to use reserves or debt to pay for it.

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 06/06/2026

He could just decide to be an advocate for the advantages of afternoon naps and lead an initiative for health and focus.

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 02/06/2026

I do enjoy how they seemingly went for an RFK Jr. aesthetic here.

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 29/05/2026

Conservatives don't understand the linguistics of obscenity. They can't see beyond the dirty word.

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 29/05/2026

Why weren't Greenwood, Ted Nugent, and Kid Rock announced?

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 24/05/2026

I do enjoy how supposedly pro-markets people suddenly forget about basic economics when discussing this. More expensive states are more expensive because they're more desirable.

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 19/05/2026

Hard not to think about what $1.776 billion could do for higher education right now.

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 17/05/2026

I just hope they sell the games from the inn on "Widow's Bay".

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 13/05/2026

This is one of the most stunning melodies I've ever heard. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwD7...

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Bruce Hornsby - Indigo Park (Official Video)

YouTube video by BruceHornsbyVEVO

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 04/05/2026

That dumpster is only filled with soft, fluffy paper! It's fine!

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 30/04/2026

After all, why do we do what we do?

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 30/04/2026

When I was a candidate for my current position they had a student give me the standard admissions tour. It was awesome. Yeah, there were things I needed to know that they couldn't tell me but I had other people to talk to for that.

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 29/04/2026

My spouse is still mad at me for spoiling the climax of "Do The Right Thing" before we saw it. The thing is I had heard the scene described in multiple places at the time, and it was a big deal, so I assumed she must have heard about it.

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 25/04/2026

I just learned you can do this. I will do it all the time now.

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 25/04/2026

I also learned to type on an electric typewriter and that's what we did. Wait until you hear how many spaces I put after a period.

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 25/04/2026

I was recently told I should stop using dashes because that's a hallmark of AI writing. Screw that--I've been using dashes since before Sam Altman was born.

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Peter Gabriel @itspetergabriel.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Sledgehammer was released 40 years ago today!

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 20/04/2026

Some of this must depend on who's going to pay if you have to rebook. And I think there's more flights nowadaysthat can be rebooked without fee. But every time I've missed a flight because of traffic or other delays I've been rebooked for free.

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 20/04/2026

No one ever says "We hired this candidate from an exceptionally weak candidate pool. Really, we were lucky that anyone at all could perform even the basic qualifications of the position."

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 16/04/2026

Pro tip: No one polices your LinkedIn headline.

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Mike Richichi @mike.chairthrower.org · 13/04/2026