Reposted by RicoJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 07/08/2026It’s remarkable how persistent this myth is. German democracy survived hyperinflation; it did not survive mass unemployment in the 1939s. It would be better to say this the other way round: because German leaders are conservative, they remember hyperinflation. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... 17751170 751
Reposted by RicoBrett Karlan @oldjerryfodor.bsky.social · 06/08/2026university administrators will say anything. "Faculty fail in their responsibility if course offerings, syllabi, or class discussions suppress or promote ideas and perspectives that are rooted in political or personal commitments." No they don't. That isn't true. 1420425 204
Rico @ricofam.bsky.social · 04/07/2026the velvet underground, Paul Giamatti’s character in Downton Abbey, the movie industry 010 1
Rico @ricofam.bsky.social · 06/06/2026There’s room for a lot of reasonable opinions on graham platner but he’s simply not a nazi. Stop calling him a nazi. 000 0
Rico @ricofam.bsky.social · 31/05/2026I feel like it should be said more often that while creating a slush fund for victims of fake weaponization, the justice department was also starting a criminal investigation into the woman who won a jury verdict against the president for sexual assault 010 1
Reposted by RicoScare-ah @slwein.bsky.social · 06/05/2026none of these words are in the bible. 4356 35
Reposted by Ricojamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/04/2026as long as john roberts has his majority, there is simply no pro democracy reform that will survive the supreme court. none. 360215384714 21.5K
Rico @ricofam.bsky.social · 24/04/2026I think you become a real New Yorker the first time some scaffolding comes down and you realize you had an emotional attachment to it 000 0
Rico @ricofam.bsky.social · 08/04/2026women on hbo shows be like “I must seduce the king so I can get healthcare” 000 0
Rico @ricofam.bsky.social · 06/04/2026possession of small amounts of mortadella for personal use 000 0
Reposted by RicoGrobian Syboe @grobiansyboe.bsky.social · 12/03/2026$200 a barrel is misleading. You're not just paying for the container, but also the valuable crude oil inside of it. 71973235 2K
Rico @ricofam.bsky.social · 27/02/2026You can tell he’s a rich fuck because the cheap cuts of beef are in fact not very inexpensive these days 000 0
Reposted by Ricojamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/02/2026this is total nonsense? presidents quite famously struggled to maintain control over the federal bureaucracy going back to before the civil war and congress has always interfered a great deal into the executive branch. congressional deference is the abnormality! 1183933540 3.9K
Reposted by RicoAlex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 19/02/2026it's so funny to try to legitimize a moronic argument by claiming that it is supported by a growing movement of diverse thinkers and then you list the people who belong to that movement and every single one is stupid and/or racist 2073975640 4K
Reposted by RicoMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 10/01/2026This is insane. Brooks says everyone is too blinded by ideology to see the truth of what the video shows. Then the host asks him what it shows and he refuses to answer. “Left and right are equally to blame for everything all the time” is also an ideology! 1603936521 3.9K
Rico @ricofam.bsky.social · 11/01/2026out: when you see someone shoplifting, no you didn’t in: when zohran does something you don’t like, no he didn’t 010 1
Rico @ricofam.bsky.social · 01/01/2026me at 7yo: loves mandy patinkin me at 37yo: loves mandy patinkin 010 1
Rico @ricofam.bsky.social · 16/12/2025where Irish-catholic anticlericalism is neurotic, repressed, ascetic, resentful, it’s Latin counterpart is hedonistic, infantile, and narcissistic 000 0
Reposted by RicoPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Dan Goldman: – Didn't endorse Zohran Mamdani – Voted w/ 212 Republicans to censure Rashida Tlaib – Joined 148 Republicans to express "disgust" at South Africa's ICJ genocide suit – Suggested the attack killing 100+ waiting for food was Hamas narrative – Didn't "trust" number of kids killed in Gaza 921046 210
Rico @ricofam.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Thinking about the time I was at a polite dinner party and said “I kind of hate Wes Anderson” and the people I was supposed to be making friends with were like “we had a Wes Anderson themed wedding” 000 0
Rico @ricofam.bsky.social · 07/12/2025I think a $25 bowl of ramen should come with an entire mother fucking egg 000 0
Rico @ricofam.bsky.social · 05/12/2025I am to the right of McDonald’s on the issue of what material straws should be made out of 000 0
Rico @ricofam.bsky.social · 03/12/2025the real metamorphosis was the friends he lost along the way 000 0
Rico @ricofam.bsky.social · 26/11/2025If I lived in the belle epoque I’d just say things at parties like “Italy is the extension of France by other means” and people would call me a famous wit 000 0
Reposted by RicoBobo Chimpan @bobochimpan.bsky.social · 24/11/2025You'll never guess what this is in response to 614139 141
Reposted by RicoRyan, Perdido en TX @ryanlostintx.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too. 115139133444 13.9K
Reposted by RicoMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 28/10/2025The actual finding here is that a huge percentage of the population believes things that are not true. Democrats objectively did not spend significant time on climate change or LGBTQ issues in the last election campaign. 23268811187 6.9K
Rico @ricofam.bsky.social · 11/10/2025“this movie is would be less confusing if they all just went by their Harry Potter names” - my gf on tinker tailor soldier spy 000 0
Reposted by Ricojamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/10/2025yeah, trump has made very clear that he doesn’t think black people deserve to be in jobs of influence! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...nytimes.comTrump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration 813809933 3.8K
Reposted by RicoKeith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it. 4212684410159 26.8K
Reposted by RicoJohn Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 02/10/2025% of US men under 30 who say legal sports betting is a *bad thing* for society 22% in 2022 47% in 2025 No other demographic group has seen a bigger increase.pewresearch.orgAmericans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society and sportsToday, 43% of U.S. adults say the fact that sports betting is now legal in much of the country is a bad thing for society, up from 34% in 2022. 1683682800 3.7K
Reposted by RicoJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 27/09/2025The rebranding of reactionary gender and biological essentialism as “heterodox and challenging ideas to which liberal students must be exposed” is one of the greatest achievements of our stupid era. Congratulations to the reactionary centrists who helped make it happen - you dupes, you utter dolts. 483348796 3.3K
Rico @ricofam.bsky.social · 21/09/2025i feel like if I had an octopus in a tank in my house he would not just get out but like open the fridge and prepare a perfect roast chicken and subscribe to MLB postseason pass on my Roku account 000 0
Rico @ricofam.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Wait this says twice as many US adults know a trans person as know a nb person but I feel like I personally know 3x as many nb people as trans people? 010 1
Rico @ricofam.bsky.social · 18/09/2025I was getting endless ads for Pasta That Doesn’t Make You Tired and it stopped and now I want to try them 000 0
Rico @ricofam.bsky.social · 17/09/2025my most anti journalism take is that I don’t give a flying fuck if you didn’t write your own headline I’m blaming you for it anyway every time 000 0
Rico @ricofam.bsky.social · 17/09/2025i mean fuck the nyt a little bit when they say that Kirk was a “vocal opponent of gay and transgender rights” rather than a guy who didn’t like gay and trans people. he thought their lives were bad, not their “rights.” wanted them gone. 000 0
