Kurt Russett Richards
@kurtrrichards.bsky.social
Collector of sounds, scotch, and chaos 🎶🥃 | Ranch life with WiFi | Still raging against the billionaires, racism, and nonsense of the “industry” | Helping quietly, arguing loudly | California roots, global mind | #VinylLife #Resist
Pinned
No I am not Gabriel Byrne but I have been “In Treatment.” Watching the world run on greed and nonsense makes therapy optional but rage mandatory.
Have a record store. Live on a ranch.
#AntiEstablishment #RageAgainstTheRich #RecordStoreVibes #Resist #SoundtrackOfLife
Have a record store. Live on a ranch.
#AntiEstablishment #RageAgainstTheRich #RecordStoreVibes #Resist #SoundtrackOfLife
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Overwhelmed by the news? Every Monday, we’re breaking down one key issue in Montana or Washington to send to your elected officials. This week? Extend ACA subsidies and keep Montanans insured! #mtpol
December 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Overwhelmed by the news? Every Monday, we’re breaking down one key issue in Montana or Washington to send to your elected officials. This week? Extend ACA subsidies and keep Montanans insured! #mtpol
Jesus Christ man,folks using power today talk mergers, markets, borders — but there are places where people are just clinging to survival. Real perspective comes when you look outside the bubble.
#society #realworld
#society #realworld
December 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Jesus Christ man,folks using power today talk mergers, markets, borders — but there are places where people are just clinging to survival. Real perspective comes when you look outside the bubble.
#society #realworld
#society #realworld
Around the same time the big media houses wrestle for control, a $108 billion takeover fight over a major studio hits the wire. Feels like art is under collusion, not creation.
#culture #industrywatch
#culture #industrywatch
December 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Around the same time the big media houses wrestle for control, a $108 billion takeover fight over a major studio hits the wire. Feels like art is under collusion, not creation.
#culture #industrywatch
#culture #industrywatch
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TPSY: US employers announced 1.17 million layoffs through Nov. 2025, a 54% increase over the same time last year. It's the largest wave of job cuts since the 2020 pandemic crash & the sixth time since 1993 that year-to-date cuts exceeded 1.1 million.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
December 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
TPSY: US employers announced 1.17 million layoffs through Nov. 2025, a 54% increase over the same time last year. It's the largest wave of job cuts since the 2020 pandemic crash & the sixth time since 1993 that year-to-date cuts exceeded 1.1 million.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
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The headlines on Slaughter are all about SCOTUS giving their pet more power.
Sure, that's accurate. But it is, specifically, about gutting consumer protection.
Trump's FTC head was among those WAAAAAIIIIILLLLLLLLING that the EU fined Xitter for fraudulent blue checks (of which I have one).
Sure, that's accurate. But it is, specifically, about gutting consumer protection.
Trump's FTC head was among those WAAAAAIIIIILLLLLLLLING that the EU fined Xitter for fraudulent blue checks (of which I have one).
December 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The headlines on Slaughter are all about SCOTUS giving their pet more power.
Sure, that's accurate. But it is, specifically, about gutting consumer protection.
Trump's FTC head was among those WAAAAAIIIIILLLLLLLLING that the EU fined Xitter for fraudulent blue checks (of which I have one).
Sure, that's accurate. But it is, specifically, about gutting consumer protection.
Trump's FTC head was among those WAAAAAIIIIILLLLLLLLING that the EU fined Xitter for fraudulent blue checks (of which I have one).
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One year ago tonight I returned to San Francisco - so excited to resume caring for patients in the US!!
Worst decision of my professional career.
Patients and peers are delightful - but matrix is toxic.
"Fly, you fools! Fly!"
Point taken.
Albeit rather late.
Worst decision of my professional career.
Patients and peers are delightful - but matrix is toxic.
"Fly, you fools! Fly!"
Point taken.
Albeit rather late.
December 8, 2025 at 6:41 AM
One year ago tonight I returned to San Francisco - so excited to resume caring for patients in the US!!
Worst decision of my professional career.
Patients and peers are delightful - but matrix is toxic.
"Fly, you fools! Fly!"
Point taken.
Albeit rather late.
Worst decision of my professional career.
Patients and peers are delightful - but matrix is toxic.
"Fly, you fools! Fly!"
Point taken.
Albeit rather late.
December 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Longtime Sports Illustrated columnist Reilly also wrote the book Commander in Cheat which documented the many ways that Trump cheats at golf.
December 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Longtime Sports Illustrated columnist Reilly also wrote the book Commander in Cheat which documented the many ways that Trump cheats at golf.
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Cloud platforms are stripping people of ownership and calling it progress. It’s not subtle. It’s extraction dressed as convenience, and most users are too worn down to push back.
"Your cloud data storage almost full..could lose information..."
#GFY
"Your cloud data storage almost full..could lose information..."
#GFY
December 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Cloud platforms are stripping people of ownership and calling it progress. It’s not subtle. It’s extraction dressed as convenience, and most users are too worn down to push back.
"Your cloud data storage almost full..could lose information..."
#GFY
"Your cloud data storage almost full..could lose information..."
#GFY
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Developers carve up irreplaceable sites and then act surprised when the history collapses. Once the ground is shredded, there’s nothing left to interpret. The ignorance is astonishing.
#archeology
#archeology
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Developers carve up irreplaceable sites and then act surprised when the history collapses. Once the ground is shredded, there’s nothing left to interpret. The ignorance is astonishing.
#archeology
#archeology
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I want you to see what a real Sicilian woman looks like… beautiful, like the old paintings. -Godfather
Who remembers Simonetta Stefanelli?
Who remembers Simonetta Stefanelli?
December 2, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I want you to see what a real Sicilian woman looks like… beautiful, like the old paintings. -Godfather
Who remembers Simonetta Stefanelli?
Who remembers Simonetta Stefanelli?
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#ResistanceRoots
Today in history, 1935: Educator and activist Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women. The organization advocates for and empowers women of African descent, their families and communities, promoting education, entrepreneurship and civic engagement. /1
Today in history, 1935: Educator and activist Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women. The organization advocates for and empowers women of African descent, their families and communities, promoting education, entrepreneurship and civic engagement. /1
December 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
#ResistanceRoots
Today in history, 1935: Educator and activist Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women. The organization advocates for and empowers women of African descent, their families and communities, promoting education, entrepreneurship and civic engagement. /1
Today in history, 1935: Educator and activist Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women. The organization advocates for and empowers women of African descent, their families and communities, promoting education, entrepreneurship and civic engagement. /1
December 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Passionate geezer that I am, logging on today engaged two opposite passions at once:
😀Wow, it seems people like me, very few offended.
👹I have summoned the devil
#feelings #conflicted #mentalhealth
😀Wow, it seems people like me, very few offended.
👹I have summoned the devil
#feelings #conflicted #mentalhealth
December 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Passionate geezer that I am, logging on today engaged two opposite passions at once:
😀Wow, it seems people like me, very few offended.
👹I have summoned the devil
#feelings #conflicted #mentalhealth
😀Wow, it seems people like me, very few offended.
👹I have summoned the devil
#feelings #conflicted #mentalhealth
December 1, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Read this.
#NPR #Intelligence
"MAGA and 'The Mission' of the intelligence community"
www.npr.org/2025/11/24/n...
#NPR #Intelligence
"MAGA and 'The Mission' of the intelligence community"
www.npr.org/2025/11/24/n...
MAGA and 'The Mission' of the intelligence community : Sources & Methods
Ideology is the enemy of intelligence, says Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Tim Weiner. His recent book, a history of the modern CIA, is called The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century. A version of...
www.npr.org
November 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Read this.
#NPR #Intelligence
"MAGA and 'The Mission' of the intelligence community"
www.npr.org/2025/11/24/n...
#NPR #Intelligence
"MAGA and 'The Mission' of the intelligence community"
www.npr.org/2025/11/24/n...
When all of us want them released.
When even most of MAGA wants them released.
This stinks to the high heavens.
When even most of MAGA wants them released.
This stinks to the high heavens.
November 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
When all of us want them released.
When even most of MAGA wants them released.
This stinks to the high heavens.
When even most of MAGA wants them released.
This stinks to the high heavens.
And again. Beauty + Assertiveness.
I love women who stand the f up for themselves.
I love women who stand the f up for themselves.
🍷Tura Satana, 1965🍷
Paparazzi swarmed her limo. She snapped off her 6-inch
🗡️stiletto🗡️ and hurled the heel like a dagger—shattered a camera lens.
Slipped the broken shoe back on, strutted the red carpet.
Glamour is the weapon.
#BodyAutonomy #RadicalElegance #BombshellEnergy #StilettoJane
Paparazzi swarmed her limo. She snapped off her 6-inch
🗡️stiletto🗡️ and hurled the heel like a dagger—shattered a camera lens.
Slipped the broken shoe back on, strutted the red carpet.
Glamour is the weapon.
#BodyAutonomy #RadicalElegance #BombshellEnergy #StilettoJane
November 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
And again. Beauty + Assertiveness.
I love women who stand the f up for themselves.
I love women who stand the f up for themselves.
I love it when beauty is paired with assertiveness.
💃Anita Ekberg 💃
She chased paparazzi off her Roman villa with a bow and arrow — no apologies, no permission. A woman defending her autonomy with style and fire. In today’s age of surveillance and authoritarian creep, we need that energy. #BodyAutonomy #ResistFascism #RadicalElegance #ConsentCulture
She chased paparazzi off her Roman villa with a bow and arrow — no apologies, no permission. A woman defending her autonomy with style and fire. In today’s age of surveillance and authoritarian creep, we need that energy. #BodyAutonomy #ResistFascism #RadicalElegance #ConsentCulture
November 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I love it when beauty is paired with assertiveness.
I understand it is less about oil than about keeping certain officials quiet (Panama, Greenland).
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I understand it is less about oil than about keeping certain officials quiet (Panama, Greenland).
No I am not Gabriel Byrne but I have been “In Treatment.” Watching the world run on greed and nonsense makes therapy optional but rage mandatory.
Have a record store. Live on a ranch.
#AntiEstablishment #RageAgainstTheRich #RecordStoreVibes #Resist #SoundtrackOfLife
Have a record store. Live on a ranch.
#AntiEstablishment #RageAgainstTheRich #RecordStoreVibes #Resist #SoundtrackOfLife
November 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
No I am not Gabriel Byrne but I have been “In Treatment.” Watching the world run on greed and nonsense makes therapy optional but rage mandatory.
Have a record store. Live on a ranch.
#AntiEstablishment #RageAgainstTheRich #RecordStoreVibes #Resist #SoundtrackOfLife
Have a record store. Live on a ranch.
#AntiEstablishment #RageAgainstTheRich #RecordStoreVibes #Resist #SoundtrackOfLife