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Rick Gebhardt

@rmgebhardt.bsky.social
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Senior software product leader. Amateur investor. Minnesotan. Comic nerd. Heavy music. Gym rat. Generally awesome. Twin Cities Ultimate Frisbee board president. Opinions mine.

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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 14h
This was great! It takes so many fears rooted in relationships and transmutes them into body-horror based terror. It hits on a number of levels and is a great combination of psychological and body horror. app.trakt.tv/movies/toget...
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Together
Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country, abandoning all that is familiar in their lives…
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 16h
Realizing this morning that I have a child who is NINE years old really threw me. There's no way I've been a parent for that long already, is there? Suddenly I feel much older than I usually do. That being said, my kids are pretty kick ass & likely the reason I still feel young most days.
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Phew. I'm so glad to see AI companies employing humans to ensure that their models are [checks notes] making huge boobies huge enough. www.404media.co/humans-readi...
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Humans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They're Horrified
Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI...
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@amygeb.bsky.social I think I may have found your sports people!
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Me: Time for lunch kids. What do you want? 3yo: French toast sticks and cotton candy. 8yo: Steak.
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My brain when it decides I need a migraine after over-extending myself.
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
New ultimate jerseys arrived. They're looking extra sexy. Solid design work, @amygeb.bsky.social
Selfie of me in an ultimate jersey
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Its extremely satisfying watching the Packers absolutely eat shit and having the cameras pan to disgruntled fans.
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In the spring I had a number of soft tissue injuries that limited my training & I had some fits & starts with managing my diet when I wasn't able to train as hard as usual (or at all for small periods of time). I was frustrated with how things were going, but mid-summer I "locked in" and focused.
Chart showing 11 lb weight loss.Chart showing 1.6 lb muscle gain and 13.4 lb fat loss
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Listening to a podcast, chatting with folks at work, making conversation in slack, & obviously any interaction on linkedin...discussions about any idea triggers, within moments, talk of how it could be a business opportunity. And it's killing me. Not every last thing has to exist just to make money.
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The talk around how AI makes things easier & quicker usually centers around how that's a good thing... but I keep seeing more & more scenarios where it makes scamming simpler & simpler, designating more industries as targets for fuckery. And the platforms don't care. www.404media.co/spotify-ai-m...
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I Hijacked a Real Artist's Spotify with AI Music. It Was Disturbingly Easy
A glaring loophole in digital music distribution makes it very easy to piggyback on the talent of real artists with AI generated music.
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Fall has always been my favorite season. Perfect temps, the start of spooky season, football, ultimate...so much I love. But the last couple years it's also felt lonelier. The incoming cold cut a tad deeper. Melancholy, the norm. I don't wanna fall out of love with autumn.....
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Took kiddo to his first Loons game tonight. He's been vibrating with energy! And also begging for ice cream and candy....
Selfie of me and my kiddoLoons playing soccer against the Galaxy.
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This was fine. Felt very much like the old "made for tv" movies of old. Lower budget and production values (with most of it tied up in the final action scene). Nothing too new, other than the odd twist in a standard gangster premise. Entertaining to a point. app.trakt.tv/movies/mike-...
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Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
Two gangsters and the woman they love try to survive the most dangerous night of their lives. As if that wasn’t enough, there’s one wild ingredient added…
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is another great example of why I just can't get invested in modern shows... it's literally YEARS between seasons. And sometimes additional (necessary) seasons don't even happen. I know I'm likely missing out on a lot of good stuff, but these breaks are ridiculous. gizmodo.com/we-finally-h...
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We Finally Have Some Concrete 'Pluribus' Season 2 Updates
Creator and Emmy-winner Vince Gilligan set the record straight on his hit Apple TV show.
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Uhhhh....how is it only Wednesday?
Boy asleep on his scooter
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I genuinely wonder what Ed is thinking/feeling after this. Does he realize his milquetoast response was bad? Does he have any self-reflection? Does he take a stand? Or does he just continue to be as bland and weak as his discography?
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
With the wife traveling for work and the kids now back in school, the house feels eerily quiet. Like horror movie silent. I keep waiting to be savagely attacked by some Lovecraftian monster between meetings.
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Huh. And folks wonder why we don't trust cops and fucking hate having Flock (or Axon or whatever the Orwellian company du jour of the moment is) cameras everywhere. www.404media.co/cops-search-...
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Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’
The EFF found cops writing “idiot,” “WEIRD KID,” "blah," "leave me alone," and button mashing in Flock's 'reason' box.
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I've got more than enough reasons to hate the Patriots already, but sure, let's toss another one on the pile.
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Our orange cat, Potato, has taken to sleeping with our 8yo at night. And there's nothing cuter than watching him walk into the kitchen in the morning, followed by a cat, both with sleepy eyes looking for food.
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Make a band edible: Machine Bread
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I've run in Asiics Kayano for over a decade (since likely the early teens series) and they've been exactly what I need. But I just got a pair of the 32 series and they...suck? The ride is too cushy now and the tread has very minimal grip. Got a pair of 31s and they have the same issue.
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"So, yeah, in summary, that's why ultimate frisbee is a superior team sport and is poised to take the globe by storm in the next decade."
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Three of these albums are absolute bangers: 156/Silence, Gradience, and Movements. Each is the best work the band has yet put out. That Mastodon album... I'm torn. I think it's a great album, but the more I listen to it, I'm not sure I'm connecting to their style of music any longer.
True False Trial Error by Farewell Days
From A Distance by 156/Silence
Because You Were There by Fallweather
Marrow Deep by Mastodon
Happier Now by Movements
WE NEED YOU TO BLEED by Flesh Creep
Anomaly by Gradience
Half Gone by Tunnel Jumper
Focus Infinity by Vector Seven
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
While dropping the kids off at school this morning, at a stoplight next to me were two middle-aged dudes consumed in a haze of smoke inside their car, grinning, while hotboxing away the morning, obviously living their best lives. I wish I had the grins they did at 8:00 am in the morning.
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is spectacular, folks. We live in a moment in American history when the president and his administration are so racist and dumb that a toy company has to put out a statement saying: "OUR GIANT ROBOT THAT TURNS INTO A TRUCK DENOUNCES RACISM AND HAS NO CONNECTION TO THE CURRENT PRESIDENT."
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I am so over trying to watch live sports on streaming services. Netflix tossed error messages, crashed, and hung on some voting dialog interaction. Had to restart my AppleTV twice. This is just dumb as hell.
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Just got an email from work that informed me Microsoft Copilot is now available for me to use within Apple CarPlay! Oh good, just what I wanted available whenever I drive, a bullshit generator that'll distract me even further with its lunatic suggestions and incorrect data.
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This. Was. Bad. Not even Justin Long could save this immensely boring film focused on a horribly unlikeable male lead and underdeveloped "mysterious" supporting characters. This 90 minutes was a chore to complete. app.trakt.tv/movies/house...
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House of Darkness
Driving home to her secluded estate after meeting at a local bar, a player out to score thinks his beautiful, mysterious date will be another casual…
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Today the nightmare that is the couple of weeks between camp ending and school starting where we try to entertain children while working full time without going insane comes to a close. A return to structure is here. Finally.
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Hit up the local 9 hole to dust off the clubs and get at least one round in this summer!
Selfie of me and the wifeThree people on the green of a golf course Selfie of the family
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Mitchell And Webb: Are We The Baddies Sketch
Alt: Mitchell And Webb: Are We The Baddies Sketch
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Had a chance to go out on an honest to goodness date last night. First time in far too long!
Selfie of a couple with a LOVE sculpture in the background.
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Whenever I'm struggling to get my ass out of bed in the morning, I remind myself I got these three waiting for me and it gets a bit easier.
Three people in a portrait
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
In a 12 team league, I ended up drafting in the 12 slot (yay....). This is what I put together. Don't love it, but also don't hate it....
Fantasy football roster
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I've got a fantasy football draft that I'd forgotten about tonight and I am woefully unprepared. Not anticipating finding any solid sleeper picks that I can blame later on as the torpedo that sunk my season as I finish right outside of the playoff picture.
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Just what we needed: AI rammed where it's not needed. I simply want speakers that play the music I ask them to via my phone. I don't need AI bullshit. It's why I still use the S1 app (or usually, just direct stream from Plexamp to our Sonos speakers) entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/09/...
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Sonos Has New Devices, a New OS, and Yes, a New App - Slashdot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Sonos has a new app. Stop me if you've heard this one before. The smart speaker company, long a darling of the audio industry, undid much of the goodwil...
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
8yo asked to watch Willy Wonka with me, so I asked which one. "Dad... The original. Not the remakes." And then gave me an incredulous look for even asking the question. He is my son.
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Checking on how things are going, with focus given to diet and exercise I'm making solid progress. I've also given added attention to weightlifting to ensure I'm not losing muscle mass in the pounds I've shed. Hoping to keep this trend going and drop another 8-10 lbs. LFG!
Downward trending weight graph
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
"If possible, get out now while you still can."
With 9 short words on his last day as Apple's CEO, Time Cook just taught a brilliant leadership lesson.
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Was reading a book and had this fall out... brings back memories of my wallet being crammed full of cards with these afixed, McDonald's monopoly pieces, theater punch cards, and random loyalty gimmicks from places around town. Always anxious for the next freebie 😅
Sub club stamp from subway
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This was not bad, but was pretty underwhelming. Unforgettable villains, random characters for fan service, too much Gunn-isms, and so many plot macguffins to keep Supergirl unpowered. Did love Alcock's portrayal of Supergirl, though! She seems like a solid fit. app.trakt.tv/movies/super...
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Supergirl
When an unexpected and ruthless adversary strikes too close to home, Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl, reluctantly joins forces with an unlikely companion on an…
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
My 8yo learned some real world "OMG, that's a deal!" math at the grocery store today. These arenirmally $3 each but were on closeout for 30 cents. He looked at the prices and realized he could get TEN at the current price for normal treat price & asked if he could. So he has snacks for days now 😅
A huge pile of reese's peanut butter cups
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I look at these numbers and am so relieved our family isn't a fair going family.
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Looking at all the pictures and seeing how much food at the fair costs now (and the portion sizes), I'm so glad I'm not a fair food person. I'd need to take out a second mortgage to get full. [insert old man yelling at clouds emoji here] racketmn.com/the-best-wor...
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The Best, Worst, and Most Middling New Foods of the 2026 Minnesota State Fair - Racket
The return of our peerless, pitiless Scarf!, Shrug, Skip system.
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Watching Oakland take New York out behind the shed and putting them down has been a joy to see. And seeing Atkins be all mopey is just icing on the cake. Here's to hoping Minnesota wins their game for a throw down with them tomorrow for the UFA championship.
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
That time my team won "yet another" championship this year 😅
Full team ultimate photoPeople on the sideline of an ultimate gameTeam huddle after an ultimate game
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Make a band bigger. Eightdust
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Rick Gebhardt @rmgebhardt.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Found a cool rock that he wanted me to bring home. Told him it wouldn't fit in the wagon...
Kid standing by a big rock
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