Rick Burin
@rickburin.bsky.social
I write stuff (i Paper, Empire, Sight & Sound, Guardian, Line of Best Fit, Indicator Blu-ray). I like old movies, old books, old buildings and new music. Rep’d by The North Lit Agency.
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Rick Burin
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· Aug 11
Big Thief: ‘We want to take the shame out of sex. It’s been trashed in our culture’
The alt-folk band say their latest album is 'a record about everything': birth and death, grief, love and longing – and reclaiming the gentler side of lovemaking
inews.co.uk
I sat down with my favourite writer, and her band. We talked about love and language and healing and sex. inews.co.uk/culture/musi...
Captain Sir Tom when he sees the two-child benefit cap up in Heaven
November 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Captain Sir Tom when he sees the two-child benefit cap up in Heaven
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Masochist Dog Enjoys Being Walked Around On Leash While Naked https://theonion.com/masochist-dog-enjoys-being-walked-around-on-leash-while-1819575370/
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Masochist Dog Enjoys Being Walked Around On Leash While Naked https://theonion.com/masochist-dog-enjoys-being-walked-around-on-leash-while-1819575370/
So happy about the two-child benefit cap being scrapped. Cannot think of a better use of my money than it going to a kid who’s currently living in poverty. The govt had to be dragged screaming there by their own backbenchers but they still did it. A good day.
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
So happy about the two-child benefit cap being scrapped. Cannot think of a better use of my money than it going to a kid who’s currently living in poverty. The govt had to be dragged screaming there by their own backbenchers but they still did it. A good day.
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Cheering the two child limit ending isn’t patting Starmer’s Labour on the back or ignoring his record. It’s acknowledging 8 years of hard campaigning and ridding the country of a cruel, toxic policy. Half a million children won’t be hungry anymore. Celebrate today. Tomorrow, pick the next fight.
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Cheering the two child limit ending isn’t patting Starmer’s Labour on the back or ignoring his record. It’s acknowledging 8 years of hard campaigning and ridding the country of a cruel, toxic policy. Half a million children won’t be hungry anymore. Celebrate today. Tomorrow, pick the next fight.
Putting aside ones that are none of your business, and held next to my heart, I showed Michael Giacchino how to write in shorthand and he told me it was amazing. I said, “Yeah, but you wrote the music to Up” and he said, “OK but this is better.”
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Putting aside ones that are none of your business, and held next to my heart, I showed Michael Giacchino how to write in shorthand and he told me it was amazing. I said, “Yeah, but you wrote the music to Up” and he said, “OK but this is better.”
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The #Fellini Masterpiece!
NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (1957) 9:00pm #GiuliettaMasina #FrancoisPerier #FrancaMarzi Italian comedy-drama with English #TPTVsubtitles
NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (1957) 9:00pm #GiuliettaMasina #FrancoisPerier #FrancaMarzi Italian comedy-drama with English #TPTVsubtitles
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The #Fellini Masterpiece!
NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (1957) 9:00pm #GiuliettaMasina #FrancoisPerier #FrancaMarzi Italian comedy-drama with English #TPTVsubtitles
NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (1957) 9:00pm #GiuliettaMasina #FrancoisPerier #FrancaMarzi Italian comedy-drama with English #TPTVsubtitles
Saw a tractor protest this morning. London was a nice, quiet city till these farmers turned up.
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Saw a tractor protest this morning. London was a nice, quiet city till these farmers turned up.
The big winner in this year’s budget is, like every other year, the journalists who write the explainers about what the different things mean
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The big winner in this year’s budget is, like every other year, the journalists who write the explainers about what the different things mean
Nigel Farage has shown his true colours by using the word ‘banter’ non-ironically
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Nigel Farage has shown his true colours by using the word ‘banter’ non-ironically
TOP TIP: convince people you’re my neighbour by smoking weed all the time downstairs even though this is in violation of the rules and also illegal
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
TOP TIP: convince people you’re my neighbour by smoking weed all the time downstairs even though this is in violation of the rules and also illegal
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My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
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Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
I don’t find getting attacked by a yak sexy
The women drawn to RFK Jr. see an intoxicating cocktail of romance and danger—whether it's getting attacked by a yak or texting about taking metaphorical bullets for each other.
But to most others, Kennedy is a reckless conspiracy theorist whose appetite for danger will result in a sicker America.
But to most others, Kennedy is a reckless conspiracy theorist whose appetite for danger will result in a sicker America.
The inexplicable sex appeal of RFK Jr.
How can such ferocious desire be attached to this man? Two memoirs by the women who love him offer some clues.
www.motherjones.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I don’t find getting attacked by a yak sexy
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Also, no one seems to talk about all the MeToo accusations leveled at Ratner anymore.
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Also, no one seems to talk about all the MeToo accusations leveled at Ratner anymore.
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My gym nemesis is here again. Behold as he fails the many tests he has no idea he is taking part in.
September 17, 2025 at 6:23 AM
My gym nemesis is here again. Behold as he fails the many tests he has no idea he is taking part in.
Buzzin that he is trying this
www.instagram.com/keirstarmer/...
www.instagram.com/keirstarmer/...
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Buzzin that he is trying this
www.instagram.com/keirstarmer/...
www.instagram.com/keirstarmer/...
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![R. H. Bing (October 20, 1914 – April 28, 1986)[1] was an American mathematician who worked mainly in the areas of geometric topology and continuum theory.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreid62wy3dekb2kzbisjfdlimlb35j4rlgew5iof7vi32byfszmg26a@jpeg)
![Bing's father was named Rupert Henry, but Bing's mother thought that "Rupert Henry" was too British for Texas. Thus she compromised by abbreviating it to R. H.[5] Consequently, R. H. does not stand for a first or middle name.
When Bing was applying for a visa, he was requested not to use initials. He explained that his name was really "R-only H-only Bing", and ended up receiving a visa made out to "Ronly Honly Bing".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreigmfj53q4uy33spga2bxdkllqm3ag5sffovg5g7ddmu3vqzkb6k24@jpeg)
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
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Jon Stone was very wise here
November 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Jon Stone was very wise here
I love Orson Welles
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I love Orson Welles
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Highly recommended, fellow Darkness fans
As one of the BBC’s most extraordinary series returns to iPlayer to mark its fortieth anniversary, Jude Rogers speaks to several key members of the team who made the ecologically minded crime thriller
Why #EdgeOfDarkness makes so much sense in 2025
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Why #EdgeOfDarkness makes so much sense in 2025
buff.ly/nIF9mdh
November 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Highly recommended, fellow Darkness fans
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Make sure Ryanair get more than £100 worth of bad publicity over this. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
Ryanair expects me to take the financial hit for helping others
As a doctor I stepped in to tend to an elderly passenger … but it won’t waive £100 transfer fee to rebook
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Make sure Ryanair get more than £100 worth of bad publicity over this. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
RIP Udo Kier, you are doing something weird and amusingly offputting in Heaven now.
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
RIP Udo Kier, you are doing something weird and amusingly offputting in Heaven now.