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Ricki Cummings

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43-year-old nobody living in Chicago, writing poems, and editing a podcast. She/her. Poetry - THE FAILURE EXPERIMENT - available in print and ebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F26G8LLX All other things available at linktr.ee/rickicummings

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Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · Mar 22

Today's the day! The sun is shining, the tank is clean!

THE FAILURE EXPERIMENT IS NOW AVAILABLE

linky-loo: www.amazon.com/dp/B0F26G8LLX

Check out what others have said in the thread below! 🧵

an image with the text "IT'S LIVE IT'S LIVE IT'S LIVE LINK IN BIO 3, 2, 1... LET'S JAM" in white, then below that "THE FAILURE EXPERIMENT" in green and below THAT "RICKI CUMMINGS" the background is a multicolored mosaic that resembles a digital face, with seemingly random text overlaying it.

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Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 11h

Excuse me I'd been lead to believe the streets are being ripped up by raving machine-gun toting drug addicts

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Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 11h

Anyone can read or write poetry, and you don't have to do one in order to do the other.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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BumboJumbo @bumbojumbo666.bsky.social · 16h

The average protester has been doing expert-level escalation management and the average ICE officer is threatening to murder ambulance drivers.

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Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 15h

I dunno maybe she should try to do something about the fucking reason they're protesting. Her fucking cops are protecting the wrong group.

WTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw.bsky.social · 22h

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson signed an executive order shrinking the designated protest area outside the suburb’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility following Saturday night protests that “degenerated into chaos,” Thompson announced Monday.

https://to.wttw.com/4q9G6CT

Broadview Mayor Shrinks Designated Protest Area Outside ICE Facility

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson signed an executive order shrinking the designated protest area outside the suburban Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.

to.wttw.com

Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 19h

Hey you know that podcast I edit? SEASON FOUR STARTS TODAY! A chat about what glass can't do, time travel, and a little bit of pie crust. hoorfpodcast.com or wherever you get yer ear stories.

Hoorf! Radical Care in a Late Capitalist Heckscape — Elle & Wink Art Studio

Hoorf! Podcast producers Elle Billing and Ricki Cummings are digging at the roots of systemic problems in a conversational format, getting to know our neighbors, and using creative expression to heal…

hoorfpodcast.com

Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 19h

I like the verses quite a bit. Good rock bit. The rest of it is... well actually most of Jazz sounds like that. Even for Queen it's a little weird.

Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 19h

Ooo do you have the "cilantro is soap" thing, too? It's such a weirdly specific genetic thing.

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GigerPunk @gigerpunk.bsky.social · 22h

I guarantee you can't listen to this without adding in the Oh-wah-oh bits in your head.

𝖓𝖔𝖗𝖆 𝖓𝖊𝖚𝖗𝖔𝖘𝖎𝖘𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖊𝖗 🏳️‍⚧️ @neurosismancer.gay · 22h

ever hear the camera club version?

this actually came out a few months before the buggles version and has thomas dolby on keyboards

Video Killed the Radio Star

YouTube video by Bruce Woolley & The Camera Club - Topic

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Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 20h

Broccoli I've come around on a bit as I've gotten older, but it's still not my favorite veg.

Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 20h

I was gonna take you to task about Bicycle Race, but not only do I completely understand, a ton of people love my choice sooooooo

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Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 20h

I'm really hoping for something to change soon. They know they're losing and if they're not pulled out soon, there are gonna be a lot more dead and wounded.

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Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 20h

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, and one song you can't stand

String beans of any type
Requiem for a Dream
Brown-eyed Girl

Abby Jane 🌙 🏳️‍⚧️ @abbyjane.cloverdalelane.com · 20h

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, and one song you can't stand

Guacamole
The Deer Hunter
Queen's "Bicycle Race"

God I hate that fucking song.

Lexi’s Chainsaw Massacre @surrealhousewife.bsky.social · 21h

"Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, and one song you can't stand"

Balut
Gummo
Ordinary by Alex Warren

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Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 20h

And then you got home and realized the internet is still. there. and then the Old Michael came back and threw a copy of A Thousand Plateaus at your laptop.

Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 20h

War crimes, you say? (In addition to the chemical warfare?)

Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 1d

In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 22h

Incidentally: if you'd like to help out a trans bish, check out my newest book of poetry, THE FAILURE EXPERIMENT. Great if you're into sci-fi, poetry, the tiniest bit of smut, and the Spectrum ZX colorspace.

www.amazon.com/dp/B0F26G8LLX

ALSO AVAILABLE FROM BOOKSHOP: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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∘⊰ Spooky the Orc ⊱∘ @roogytheorc.bsky.social · 1d

Whether you believe it's real and need to understand why it's not, or you already get it and need a link to arm yourself against misinformation, here ya go ♡

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wome...

An article from Psychology Today

Headline: Science Stopped Believing in Porn Addiction. You Should, Too

Subtitle: What does it mean that religion, not porn use, predicts porn-related problems?

David J. Ley, Ph.D

Updated April 4, 2025

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Art Of Coop @artofcoop.bsky.social · 1d

honestly, this is the only way to go with another X-Men movie youtu.be/UngE0qn3VRY?...

What if Wes Anderson Directed X-Men?

YouTube video by Patrick (H) Willems

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Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah but then we'd never hear the end of it inre: Pontius' dick.

Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly? Just order something else. Or alternate (or alternate more.) You can still be out, you can still have something, it just doesn't always have to have a proof stat.

I mean, huge part of how I don't drink is that I simple dislike the bar aesthetic. If you like to be out, just switch up bevs.

Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 1d

Eek!

Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 1d

This was the corner of Clark and Ridge. The same group of turds pulled a gun on a guy in an alley because he demanded they take their masks off.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago

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Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 1d

Heck I'm 14 years younger than my physical age! Healthy as horse SPERM!

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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 1d

I am very tired of this, but a quick review.

In America, it is legal for you to own your bullshit laser, no matter how it got into the county.

How you use your bullshit laser matters. Most jurisdictions escalate to felony for lighting up any law enforcement. Doing to them in the sky is ++Felony.

Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 1d

This is such an astoundingly bad idea that I kinda think it’s a false flag or an op of some sort

Merits aside, it is insanely easy to be caught if you do this and the punishment for doing this is much more severe than you’d guess.

(@faineg.bsky.social often writes on stuff like this)

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Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 1d

This wandering around saying anything they want is part of the strategy! It's not a Gish Gallop it's just straight up using the platform for propaganda. Recognize it!

Ricki Cummings @rickiep00h.bsky.social · 1d

Every. Single. Time. they do this "here's the problem with you" shift reporters need to stop them on the spot. Answer the fucking question that was asked. This is the same shit Patel & Hegseth & Bondi & Noem have been doing in Senate hearings. Make them answer the fucking question or cut their mics.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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