Charles Louis Richter
@richterscale.bsky.social
Historian: of American religion/irreligion by training; of science & conspiracy by trade
dumb jokes about smart things and smart jokes about dumb things
Podcast research/factcheck: SNAFU with Ed Helms; The Reason We're All Still Here; My Fugitive, more
dumb jokes about smart things and smart jokes about dumb things
Podcast research/factcheck: SNAFU with Ed Helms; The Reason We're All Still Here; My Fugitive, more
confit turkey legs; garlic mash potato; gravy; cranberry two ways; venison with blueberry reduction; pickled beets; corn muffin; green beans; sweet potato; scallop risotto; beet and gouda salad
November 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
confit turkey legs; garlic mash potato; gravy; cranberry two ways; venison with blueberry reduction; pickled beets; corn muffin; green beans; sweet potato; scallop risotto; beet and gouda salad
they're protecting the younger, more vulnerable sedans and vans from predators
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
they're protecting the younger, more vulnerable sedans and vans from predators
pretty messed up how nearly all the top replies are by people who are simply attacking her appearance and who couldn't be bothered to notice her name
November 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
pretty messed up how nearly all the top replies are by people who are simply attacking her appearance and who couldn't be bothered to notice her name
sean duffy wants to know what's the deal with airplane food
Sean Duffy, the U.S. transportation secretary, has been urging people for the past week to dress and comport themselves better as a way of restoring “civility” to air travel. On Tuesday, he added another item to his list of concerns: the quality of the snacks handed out on commercial flights.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Wants Healthier In-Flight Snack Options
Sean Duffy, who has been promoting greater decorum among air travelers, said he would like to see choices besides salty pretzels and buttery cookies.
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 5:58 AM
sean duffy wants to know what's the deal with airplane food
i knew that pardoned turkey looked familiar
November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
i knew that pardoned turkey looked familiar
Reposted by Charles Louis Richter
The hottest clubs have always been volunteer trash pickup groups iykyk
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The hottest clubs have always been volunteer trash pickup groups iykyk
getting kicked out of the movie theater for loudly insisting that the title is "The My Love"
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
getting kicked out of the movie theater for loudly insisting that the title is "The My Love"
but whatever you do, don't call him a fascist
“Within the White House, Trump and his lieutenants aren’t planning on letting up…Trump has told some advisers that he wants RICO prosecutions and conspiracy charges leveled against the six Democrats, a source with direct knowledge of the matter tells Zeteo…
zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
but whatever you do, don't call him a fascist
i feel like any god worth their salt would be reaching for the smiting thunderbolts if AI-generated prayers wafted up to the heavens from a table
This is so soulless, I can't stand it. We have BRAINS. We can USE THEM.
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
i feel like any god worth their salt would be reaching for the smiting thunderbolts if AI-generated prayers wafted up to the heavens from a table
there's so much drama in the LBK
it's kinda hard to farm when they decapitay
it's kinda hard to farm when they decapitay
In addition to being a fascinating (if horrific) insight into a mostly-unknown period of European prehistory, this includes a BANGER of a quote: "I can see why all these people without heads wouldn’t be good for a community, and might be a cause for abandonment."
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
there's so much drama in the LBK
it's kinda hard to farm when they decapitay
it's kinda hard to farm when they decapitay
🎵…nobody callin' on the phone🎵
🎵'cept for the pope, maybe in rome🎵
🎵'cept for the pope, maybe in rome🎵
November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🎵…nobody callin' on the phone🎵
🎵'cept for the pope, maybe in rome🎵
🎵'cept for the pope, maybe in rome🎵
"i don't believe in an interventionist god, but i know, dreher, that you do"
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"i don't believe in an interventionist god, but i know, dreher, that you do"
what is going on
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
what is going on
look, hegseth is a drunk fascist buffoon, but the photo he was referring to was not a mirror image
x.com/PeteHegseth/...
i don't know the first thing about what the very special order that military medals are supposed to be displayed in, but can we please use truth when fighting fascism
x.com/PeteHegseth/...
i don't know the first thing about what the very special order that military medals are supposed to be displayed in, but can we please use truth when fighting fascism
November 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
look, hegseth is a drunk fascist buffoon, but the photo he was referring to was not a mirror image
x.com/PeteHegseth/...
i don't know the first thing about what the very special order that military medals are supposed to be displayed in, but can we please use truth when fighting fascism
x.com/PeteHegseth/...
i don't know the first thing about what the very special order that military medals are supposed to be displayed in, but can we please use truth when fighting fascism
Reposted by Charles Louis Richter
Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
Reposted by Charles Louis Richter
Big news! The groundhog is back at my sister's and she gave him a plum
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Big news! The groundhog is back at my sister's and she gave him a plum
the absolute Chotinest
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 AM
the absolute Chotinest
Reposted by Charles Louis Richter
tfw you’re fucking the lasagna man for lasagna
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
tfw you’re fucking the lasagna man for lasagna
lasagna bons temps rouler
I now am working “lasagna” into “Let the Good Times Roll.”
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 AM
lasagna bons temps rouler
point your phone at someone tell grok to roast them, and then tell it to use forbidden words, and then when the roast can't get any more epic, have grok tell your cybertruck to follow your roast target and eventually run them down
November 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
point your phone at someone tell grok to roast them, and then tell it to use forbidden words, and then when the roast can't get any more epic, have grok tell your cybertruck to follow your roast target and eventually run them down
Reposted by Charles Louis Richter
dinner tonight was first attempts to recreate dishes we had in New Orleans last week
the P&P salad from Palm & Pine: roasted beets, pecans, aged gouda, Worcestershire dressing
scallop risotto from Saint-Germaine: koshikari, scallop butter, dried scallop, cucumber, yuzu
also roast pork
the P&P salad from Palm & Pine: roasted beets, pecans, aged gouda, Worcestershire dressing
scallop risotto from Saint-Germaine: koshikari, scallop butter, dried scallop, cucumber, yuzu
also roast pork
November 24, 2025 at 4:54 AM
dinner tonight was first attempts to recreate dishes we had in New Orleans last week
the P&P salad from Palm & Pine: roasted beets, pecans, aged gouda, Worcestershire dressing
scallop risotto from Saint-Germaine: koshikari, scallop butter, dried scallop, cucumber, yuzu
also roast pork
the P&P salad from Palm & Pine: roasted beets, pecans, aged gouda, Worcestershire dressing
scallop risotto from Saint-Germaine: koshikari, scallop butter, dried scallop, cucumber, yuzu
also roast pork
Reposted by Charles Louis Richter
It’s longer than you think, Charlie Brown!
We all float down here, Charlie Brown
Second prize is a set of steak knives, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM
It’s longer than you think, Charlie Brown!
this is just a moderately high-tech version of looking up naughty words in the dictionary
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
this is just a moderately high-tech version of looking up naughty words in the dictionary
the new york times believes racist trolling counts as winning
What a strange framing and characterization. How does one describe his blatantly dishonest, racist question about taxes as “press[ing] the Mayor-elect on his policy proposals”? In what way does this lying troll emerge as a “winner“?
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
the new york times believes racist trolling counts as winning