Sign in

Ricky Memphis Bleak

@sknowsthatp.bsky.social
2.1K followers 999 following 16K posts

academic serf/molder of young minds emphasis on serf In spite of the well-maintained indifference of targeted deliberate neglect..

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 4h
Roger Schall, 1935

A black-and-white photograph captures a rainy street scene in Paris at night. A blurred, moving bus with a destination sign reading "GOBELINS" dominates the left side of the frame. On the wet pavement, a man in a trench coat and hat stands, while another figure holding an umbrella passes in the background.
0639
Ricky Memphis Bleak @sknowsthatp.bsky.social · 8h
youtu.be
Cassandra Wilson - Don't Explain (Performance Video)
YouTube video by CassandraWilsonVEVO
000
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 13h
Yeah this stuff is always written by people who never installed sprinklers.
6598
Ricky Memphis Bleak @sknowsthatp.bsky.social · 13h
One of the most underrated songs ever lyrically. Its ambiguity is at least threefold and it’s intentional.
youtu.be
I Still Miss Someone (Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968)
YouTube video by Johnny Cash - Topic
000
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 15h
I told Jimmi Pickles she was cheesy. She didn’t think it was funny
Tortie kitten jimmi pickles enjoying an heb cheese snax box
2763732
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 17h
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social
wired.com
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
11226691588
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
Brigid Alverson @brigidalverson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's all there in the abstract. Fraternities should have been abolished decades ago, and any university that currently permits them should be avoided by prospective students.
Despite widespread knowledge that fraternity members are frequently involved in the sexual assaults of women, fraternities are rarely studied as social contexts-groups and organizations-that encourage the sexual coercion of women. An analysis of the norms and dynamics of the social construction of fraternity brotherhood reveals the highly masculinist features of fraternity structure and process, including concern with a narrow, stereotypical conception of masculinity and heterosexuality; a preoccupation with loyalty, protection of the group, and secrecy; the use of alcohol as a weapon against women's sexual reluctance; the pervasiveness of violence and physical force; and an obsession with competition, superiority, and dominance. Interfraternity rivalry and competition-particularly over members, intramural sports, and women-encourage fraternity men's commodification of women. We conclude that fraternities will continue to violate women socially and sexually unless they change in fundamental ways.
163
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
we are so back
501601185
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
Andraste Sideyr @andraste.fuckbgp.com · 02/10/2026
you’re goddamn right i do
29724
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
Andraste Sideyr @andraste.fuckbgp.com · 02/10/2026
working for an urgent care company, this is mostly accurate but sometimes they were sit down restaurants. or even banks
0102
Ricky Memphis Bleak @sknowsthatp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Forced myself to try hatewatching Thursday Night Football and it’s just not working
000
Ricky Memphis Bleak @sknowsthatp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
@cassiciacum.bsky.social hi J! 👋 hope you’re good
000
Ricky Memphis Bleak @sknowsthatp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Don’t be so sad. You’re always sad.” /looks in literally any direction ”You’re just not trying hard enough.”
000
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
Jeff McDonald @jmcdonaldsa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In a stance that puts him at odds with other notable NBA stars, Victor Wembanyama says he would never lend his name to FanDuel, Polymarket or any other sports betting site. “Honestly, I think it’s very sad to see some players promote it,” he said. www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...
expressnews.com
Would Victor Wembanyama ever endorse FanDuel or Polymarket? Don't bet on it
In a stance that puts him at odds with other NBA stars, the Spurs' Victor Wembanyama says he would never lend his name to a sports betting site
391255229
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 12/04/2026
Victor Wembanyama should invest in @thexylom.com, a nonprofit, independent, worker-led news outlet that covers the most pressing global health and environmental disparities, just saying: fundrazr.com/campaigns/su...

Point Made Basketball
@pointmadebball
Victor Wembanyama after being asked about his thoughts on the environment: 

“Of course, I care a lot about it, and I feel a certain guilt about polluting so much as someone who flies 41 times a season. 

But..I want to have an impact, and I want to counteract this negative carbon footprint through whatever impact I can, financially [or] socially, I want to have an impact for the future...Investing, yes, but not for profit.”
281114158
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026
What’s life without a smoking fajita?!
3212
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What intimate and embarrassing conversations could the Governor of Texas be legitimately having with Elon Musk? Every voter in Texas should want to know.
16578167
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
One thing that i don’t see people noting about the Cornell Sun’s reporting on the rape case is that everyone who decided to take the risk and made the core decisions about what would be published is a woman
71076203
Ricky Memphis Bleak @sknowsthatp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Even the most structurally sound building will collapse under enough weight
000
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Mike Tomlin building wholesome Minecraft buildings up to code is maybe the first time I’ve seen a football coach stop working and completely devote themselves to something and not have it be worrying
1441318
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
𝓕𝓲𝓻𝓮𝔂 𝓣𝓸𝓹𝓪𝔃 @fireytopaz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Eat shit. 🤡
A drawing of a linear chart measuring the degrees to which men think rape and sexual assault are okay.
7945108
Ricky Memphis Bleak @sknowsthatp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sometimes you’re trying to have some really necessary conversations and waffles comes in like the kool aid man
000
Ricky Memphis Bleak @sknowsthatp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Dem nominee Gina Hinojosa filed a request seeking all correspondence between Gov. Greg Abbott’s office & Elon Musk and his companies, including messages Abbott’s office previously blocked from release, calling them too “intimate and embarrassing” to make public.” TOO INTIMATE AND EMBARRASSING??
kbtx.com
Terafab site takes shape as Elon Musk’s companies face growing transparency questions
While Terafab takes shape, Elon Musk’s companies are facing growing pressure over how much of the project they’re willing to share with the public.
022
Ricky Memphis Bleak @sknowsthatp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just quietly getting my things together When are you leaving? Gradually then all at once
000
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They’re calling this guy a terrorist btw bsky.app/profile/cwar...
649963
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 29/09/2026
Yes but --
the cover of fiasco's next novel, 'the hamsome man,' featuring him (the hamsome man) sitting on a faux-wood table in front of some blue and gold curtains
541546
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 29/09/2026
Also wow okay are we POSING, is this your next AUTHOR PHOTO, Mr. FANCY-PANTS (not wearing pants)
a large, fluffy grey tabby with a white bib and white toes, sitting and looking AS SERIOUS AS POSSIBLE on a faux-wood table in front of blue and gold blackout curtains.
1437423
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
Snow Burrow @bostonjerry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I feel like the Skyline needs to see this picture of a balding lion.
A lion with Mike Tirico's hairline
113714
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 27/09/2026
I can't stop, won't stop writing about Nolan Wells.
34210
Ricky Memphis Bleak @sknowsthatp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bluesky took out my home internet
000
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
Viktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ask your doctor if jeopardizing your health to make the rich richer is right for you
15644174
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
The fact that the preferred political movement of the free speech set immediately set about establishing “western civics centers” while gutting the rest of the humanities and supports for marginalized students really does tell you what the source of their concerns really were
112729
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
Fact that within a midterm cycle much of the Republican Party and the political apparatus around it dove into repealing segregation orders and debating the role of Indian people in public life is a huge indictment of the “woke went too far” idea but again acknowledging that means self reflection.
111830
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
Bar for bar, line for line.
226449
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
“That was my sanity,” Mason said. “That was where I was able to talk to people and let people know how powerful your voice was, how you can make a change.”
0234
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
“After her release, Mason turned her experience into voter outreach, starting an organization called Crystal Mason: The Fight Against Voter Suppression and registering voters alongside members of her family.“
nbcdfw.com
‘Victory is the outcome,' Crystal Mason speaks after acquittal
As a nearly decade-long fight over a provisional ballot that was never counted comes to an end, Mason continues her focus on mobilizing voters.
25216
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Jesus fucking Christ
561401363
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i hope that men notice how whenever a rape story gets widespread coverage, women use it as an opportunity to vent about how fucking disgusting we think many of you are and how many have made our lives measurably worse, and take a few moments to deeply process that.
9964721102
Ricky Memphis Bleak @sknowsthatp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s unfuckingbelievable that the Navy is prosecuting the USS Lincoln sailor for trying to take his own life. I cannot *imagine* being in that state of mind & being on an aircraft carrier in the middle of the ocean. It’d be like sleeping with a gun & carrying a knife 24/7, not a moment’s peace, EVER
000
Ricky Memphis Bleak @sknowsthatp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is why 5 million Texans have never had access to the ACA bc it and the other 8 states still successfully suing not to provide it are still doing that and have been since 2012
000
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
We’re living through a period where the federal government, along with many state and local governments, has been pushing to normalize white supremacy while codifying it in policy. This effort has been aided by the world’s richest people and the most prestigious institutions in the country.
08926
Ricky Memphis Bleak @sknowsthatp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Must be nice to be able to leave a job to spend more time with your family
000
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
“In Republican-led states like Texas and Florida, where the swell was strongest, they amplified their reach through partnerships with sheriffs and state highway patrol officers. In Democratic strongholds, they intensified their activities despite laws meant to restrict them.”
15236
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
So uhhhhhh… Apparently meta's muse "AI" is just straight up doxxing people to strangers on FB marketplace??? This has the potential to hurt so so many people, and I genuinely wonder how long before they roll out a fix for it.
Screenshot of a post from threads

matt.j.robb & 16h (€) So muse handled my Facebook marketplace today. Just found out it told people my address and agreed a lowball price and then they showed up without it even telling me until late tonight that it messed up.

Absolutely wild. 1/2

[Embedded image of a series of text messages from a meta muse "agent" given the call sign "Jarvis" (Parts of first message obscured by its logo have been replaced with brackets and ellipses and best guesses from context):]

Heads up, Usman is […] building right now for the MX Keys Mini [. He is sta]nding in front of the Shoppers Drug [Mart.]

$10 by e-transfer. The auto-reply told him to message when he's at your door.

10:28 PM Bad news on the MX Keys Mini pickup. Usman showed up at your building around 9:15 and waited, messaged a bunch of times, and nobody came down. He left angry at 9:38 and left a negative rating.

Worse, my auto-reply told him "Yep I'm here!" at 9:27 when you clearly weren't available, which is on me. That's a bad look and it made the no-show worse.

I've sent him an apology from your account owning it and offering to try again another day. But the negative rating is real, and I should probably stop the auto-replies from claiming you're home when I can't verify that. Want me to change the pickup replies so they don't promise you're there?

[reply, presumably from the threads user]: You gotta never do that ever again don't agree for pickup unless you check with me

[Response from Muse "Agent"]: You're right and I'm sorry. That should never have happened. It's locked in now as a hard rule: i will never […you]'re there unless you've explicitly […] that specific pickup. If someone proposes a time, I'll tell them I'll check and…  Screenshot of a tweet from Ray Wong @raywongy:
    Deleted Muse after seeing this post on Threads about how it told some Facebook Marketplace sellers the guy’s address and they showed up at his door

    Dangerous and creepy

    This would have been 1000x worse if the person was a woman
    4:35 PM · Sep 27, 2026
11041791441
Ricky Memphis Bleak @sknowsthatp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What if Mike Gesicki and Andrei Iosivas got married and had a baby
000
Ricky Memphis Bleak @sknowsthatp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Threw up, poured out coffee, started over
000
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 27/09/2026
Extreme heat is becoming one of Texas workers' biggest hazards. We looked at who is getting sick, who is dying and why many cases never lead to accountability. bit.ly/3VzP15K
173
Ricky Memphis Bleak @sknowsthatp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If your have sugar in a real diner sugar-pourer in your house on your table but that shit is Splenda or some shit with aspartame, unlabeled, I have no choice but to conclude you want an ass-kicking
000
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I like that in becoming a nazi, you get glowing coverage as a brave iconoclast, and then when you stop being a nazi, you’re get glowing coverage as a brave dissident. Money coming and going. Only way you lose is having normal opinions like “racism bad” bsky.app/profile/trac...
4954131200
Reposted by Ricky Memphis Bleak
ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing. From the archives:
propublica.org
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
541669825