Ricky B
@ambivalentricky.bsky.social
Music, puzzles, writing, politics I guess. Future former lawyer. Beginner chess player. Disdained as an "egghead" by Matt Taibbi. Banned from Great Clips 7/20/24. He / him. https://billingsgate.neocities.org/
well that's the best I'm going to manage today after losing a bunch of blitz games
December 2, 2025 at 4:01 AM
well that's the best I'm going to manage today after losing a bunch of blitz games
November 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
My wife's, but I fact-checked it. Out in February!
November 27, 2025 at 12:31 PM
My wife's, but I fact-checked it. Out in February!
November 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
November 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
An 1890 portrait of legendary feminist Lucy Stone and her activist husband H.B. Blackwell (center) with their family, including their only child, Alice Stone Blackwell (in the back).
I feel like you can kind of tell from the photo that they weren't a run of the mill family
I feel like you can kind of tell from the photo that they weren't a run of the mill family
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
An 1890 portrait of legendary feminist Lucy Stone and her activist husband H.B. Blackwell (center) with their family, including their only child, Alice Stone Blackwell (in the back).
I feel like you can kind of tell from the photo that they weren't a run of the mill family
I feel like you can kind of tell from the photo that they weren't a run of the mill family
Looking at some of these emails now and this is... wow. "The boss" here is Pres. Obama and Epstein seems to be advising the White House counsel about whether she should leave and go back to Latham & Watkins. Dude had a back channel to the White House's top lawyer for 3 years??
November 13, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Looking at some of these emails now and this is... wow. "The boss" here is Pres. Obama and Epstein seems to be advising the White House counsel about whether she should leave and go back to Latham & Watkins. Dude had a back channel to the White House's top lawyer for 3 years??
Does anyone in this photo look like they have any idea what they're doing? Another absurd mismatch between the military gear and the "what's for lunch today" body language
November 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Does anyone in this photo look like they have any idea what they're doing? Another absurd mismatch between the military gear and the "what's for lunch today" body language
November 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM
my daughter Googled something about radiation for her science homework and got a popup from Google offering to help her cheat on her math homework with AI by screenshotting the problems
(in addition to the "AI Overview" search engine result I don't think she can turn off)
(in addition to the "AI Overview" search engine result I don't think she can turn off)
October 27, 2025 at 11:59 PM
my daughter Googled something about radiation for her science homework and got a popup from Google offering to help her cheat on her math homework with AI by screenshotting the problems
(in addition to the "AI Overview" search engine result I don't think she can turn off)
(in addition to the "AI Overview" search engine result I don't think she can turn off)
Grits are literally porridge. They are a kind of porridge from the Southern United States.
October 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Grits are literally porridge. They are a kind of porridge from the Southern United States.
screenshots that speak for themselves
October 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
screenshots that speak for themselves
I think this might be one of the best games I've ever played against an opponent of similar ability. Most days it doesn't, but some days my brain just fires on all cylinders #chess
October 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I think this might be one of the best games I've ever played against an opponent of similar ability. Most days it doesn't, but some days my brain just fires on all cylinders #chess
Of course women don't like the Cybertruck.
Women only want one thing, and it's the wonderful one-hoss shay
Women only want one thing, and it's the wonderful one-hoss shay
October 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Of course women don't like the Cybertruck.
Women only want one thing, and it's the wonderful one-hoss shay
Women only want one thing, and it's the wonderful one-hoss shay
so much #brilliance down here in 300 rating land #chess
October 16, 2025 at 3:35 AM
so much #brilliance down here in 300 rating land #chess
Seems too deeply careerist to be much of a music guy. There's something about dating your employment as a novelist to the month you were born that says "I don't own a lot of albums"
October 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Seems too deeply careerist to be much of a music guy. There's something about dating your employment as a novelist to the month you were born that says "I don't own a lot of albums"
I'm sure no alarms will go off when a guy who looks like this shows up at the community garden trying to recruit people to burn down a Tesla dealership
October 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I'm sure no alarms will go off when a guy who looks like this shows up at the community garden trying to recruit people to burn down a Tesla dealership
the last of George Mason's objections to the Constitution, which he ultimately refused to sign, circa 1787
October 5, 2025 at 5:59 AM
the last of George Mason's objections to the Constitution, which he ultimately refused to sign, circa 1787