Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It could be worse. You could live here. At least one of the tabletop games companies I'm keen on will now deliver anywhere in the world EXCEPT the UK. 130
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 13/09/2026It was a no-brainer, given that he arrived a few months after the other two as a sort of rescue (unsalable, the breeder asked us to take him as "you're good parents"). We were torn between that and Miles and Ivan for the first two, and we're both glad we went the way we did. They're lovely boys x 021
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Clearly 7 cannot be used. To balance 3s, 3 & 6 must be on one side, 9 on on the other. To balance 5s, 5 and 10 must be on opposite sides. Once we have three numbers on one side, the fourth is obviously determined, so we have at most two possibilities: 3×6×5×8 = 9×10×2×4 3×6×10×4 = 9×5×2×8 Nice. 010
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 13/09/2026How much do I love these books?Picture 1: the brothers Moon (lying) and Stone. Picture 2, their unrelated, adopted, slightly disabled brother Chime. 160
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026And, in my old life as an academic, I had the job (for one year only) of answering the crackpot mail. It was eye-opening. 101
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Yeah. My brother-in-law, lovely guy, convinced he's cracked a theory of everything in physics and the shape of the universe, absolutely no qualifications, background, or (I'm sorry to say, as a mathematician) clue. 100
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This is one of the things I'm enjoying about Person Of Interest, actually. I think John has been shot more times than he's got fingers at this point, and I'm still a series from the end. 000
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026If we can deal harshly with people peacefully protesting genocide, we can deal with these people. We are simply choosing not to. 060
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I think many of us are struggling with that. I know I am. 010
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I mostly remember that I'd got up specially to watch a motorcycle race, and was furious that it was now not being broadcast because somebody was, newsworthily, still dead. 010
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Stone using the penthouse unconventionally, Moon more normally. Bonus of a Chime in a bucket. 020
Reposted by Dr RickAtrios @eschatonblog.com · 27/08/2026i do not think "populism" is a very useful word when people use it to mean both "right wing white nationalists" and "left wingers who want higher taxes on rich people and medicare for all" 1641878
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Tokens are still being sold at way below cost. Everybody in the business is haemorrhaging money. These are facts about the world. Bye now. 1110
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 21/08/2026You did tell me that's not true, but, crucially, you're talking shit. 1140
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 21/08/2026They're getting much more expensive because every LLM company on earth is selling at far below cost and losing money faster than a drunk in Vegas. 1230
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I'm watching it for the first time this summer, and wow it feels... appropriate. And superbly written and made. 120
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The tree is a magnificent extravagance, but a normal tree won't take the weight of an adult ragdoll... 010
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Others tried that further upthread. He's rejected any right to respectful conversation. 000
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Willful ignorance is never not disappointing. Do better. 150
Reposted by Dr RickHolly Baleen @hollybaleen.bsky.social · 18/08/2026From Will Self of all people, an absolutely clinical deconstruction of Kathleen Stock. Nice to know that some writers can see through some of the GC crowd. 6358105
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I simply cannot understand this response. The programme was unequivocally bad and inaccurate, and you think you learned from this misinformation, and this doesn't bother you? You WANT to be misinformed and stupider than you were before you watched it? 170
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Names courtesy of @marthawells.com Raksura books. Art by @400footghost.bsky.social. 010
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Since people seemed to enjoy seeing Chime, here are Moon (lying) and Stone, the slightly older brothers. (They're ten months.) Plus all three in their tree. 241
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 18/08/2026This is exactly what I do. On windows, there's an app called AirReceiver (I think) which is excellent. 020
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 17/08/2026We live in a tree-rich street, and we used to have constant multi-insect presence all summer, and then wasps looking to hibernate in autumn. This summer we've had ONE cranefly. 100
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 17/08/2026A rare picture of Chime, the beautiful differently abled* baby, on my lap. * cerebellar hypoplasia 110
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 16/08/2026If "nun's cave" wasn't a euphemism before, it most certainly is in this household now. 010
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 15/08/2026What an extraordinary piece of work. Thank you for writing it x 010
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I really don't think this is what this system is for. You don't need to cry wolf very often before people start treating it like, well, my building's fire alarm... 100
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Ours were raised using one at the breeder's, so we bought an identical one. The moment they arrived here, they decided they were drinking from the dog's bowl instead. The dog is, sadly, gone; the big steel water bowl lives on. 010
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Good to have rediscovered an old hobby, and I've enjoyed learning the new-to-me FTO (the octahedron). I won't ever be quick, but that's ok. 110
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 07/08/2026To be fair, I read the Moomin books when my age was still in single figures, and I wouldn't have known what gender "Tove" corresponded to. 020
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Actually, I'm pretty sure we do tolerate it from almost all industries. That's kind of the defining problem of our society right now. 000
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 06/08/2026The only time I use any of the Google voice-control systems is in the car, where they nerfed Assistant a while ago. This means that Android Auto now works less well than it did two years ago, since Gemini is utter crap by comparison. 000
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I expect that anti-terrorism legislation would be used against them. 110
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Unfortunately, polling suggests it's a significant chunk of the population. If you look at surveyed views on trans people at either ends of the last decade, it's got far worse. 000
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 05/08/2026It's also such an ancient and oft-repeated joke I'm frankly surprised anybody hadn't seen it before. Weird what will take off in socials. 010
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Unfortunately, just like other tiny gaggles of repellent but media-supported crackpots we are all too well aware of, they are successfully shifting the relevant Overton window. 140
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 04/08/2026As somebody who likes cars, etc, this puzzles the fuck out of me. If, after you get the first few points (which is itself a red flag), you aren't capable of controlling yourself until they expire, you're unsafe. And driving disqualified should be a no-questions life-changing custodial sentence. 010
Reposted by Dr RickKate Watson @loreandordure.com · 30/11/2023Once again for those at the back: ‘Don’t speak ill of the dead’ is about your great aunt Elsie, who liked a long gin with a short tonic at elevenses, and blew your inheritance money betting on the horses. Speaking ill of absolute monsters is a moral obligation, actually. 131006319
Dr Rick @rfbooth.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Although, unfortunately, anti-trans bigotry has moved in the opposite direction. 020
