Rich Zahradnik
@rzahradnik.bsky.social
Shamus-award winning mystery writer. Mentor kids in newspapering.
For my novels: www.richzahradnik.com
For the newspaper: pelhamexaminer.com
For my novels: www.richzahradnik.com
For the newspaper: pelhamexaminer.com
Don’t get buried in Britain.
Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Don’t get buried in Britain.
No no no Budapest! You have great beer. Don’t do this.
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
No no no Budapest! You have great beer. Don’t do this.
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‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
Tough one for the Trumplings. In the meter of Orwell (four legs good, two legs better): Threatening rabbis bad, imams good.
apnews.com/article/syna...
apnews.com/article/syna...
Alabama man charged with threatening rabbis, imam and others in multiple Southern states
Federals prosecutors have charged an Alabama man with making threatening calls and texts to multiple rabbis, an imam and others in the South, including telling one that “I want you to die.”Jeremy Wayn...
apnews.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Tough one for the Trumplings. In the meter of Orwell (four legs good, two legs better): Threatening rabbis bad, imams good.
apnews.com/article/syna...
apnews.com/article/syna...
New Meta AI god’s hot shit analysis of firing people: “By reducing the size of our team, fewer conversations will be required to make a decision, and each person will be more load-bearing and have more scope and impact,” Mr. Wang wrote in the memo circulated to employees.
October 31, 2025 at 2:41 AM
New Meta AI god’s hot shit analysis of firing people: “By reducing the size of our team, fewer conversations will be required to make a decision, and each person will be more load-bearing and have more scope and impact,” Mr. Wang wrote in the memo circulated to employees.
Will this Epstein story push the Epstein story out of the papers?
Huh, is this what accountability looks like?
October 31, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Will this Epstein story push the Epstein story out of the papers?
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“Mom, what’s for Thanksgiving?”
“We’ll find out when we get to the soup kitchen. Jeffrey Epstein’s ballroom isn’t going to pay for itself.”
“We’ll find out when we get to the soup kitchen. Jeffrey Epstein’s ballroom isn’t going to pay for itself.”
October 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“Mom, what’s for Thanksgiving?”
“We’ll find out when we get to the soup kitchen. Jeffrey Epstein’s ballroom isn’t going to pay for itself.”
“We’ll find out when we get to the soup kitchen. Jeffrey Epstein’s ballroom isn’t going to pay for itself.”
Accuracy, the new career breaker
🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice (DOJ) this week placed two federal prosecutors on leave after they wrote in a court filing that on Jan. 6, 2021, “thousands of people comprising a mob of rioters attacked the U.S. Capitol,” a source familiar with the personnel moves told Democracy Docket.
DOJ Puts Prosecutors On Leave For Accurately Describing Jan. 6 Attack
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Accuracy, the new career breaker
The Media Capitulation Index: Chicken heads indicate levels of capitulation from vulnerable to pure propaganda at 35 media companies. The only 2 to get stars for independence were Bloomberg and Netflix. I’m now going to subscribe to the paid version of Bloomberg.
www.freepress.net/who-owns-media
www.freepress.net/who-owns-media
Who Owns the Media
Who owns the 35 most powerful media companies in America? The Media Capitulation Index shows how these conglomerates came to dominate the U.S. media landscape. Using a chicken scale, Free Press rates ...
www.freepress.net
October 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The Media Capitulation Index: Chicken heads indicate levels of capitulation from vulnerable to pure propaganda at 35 media companies. The only 2 to get stars for independence were Bloomberg and Netflix. I’m now going to subscribe to the paid version of Bloomberg.
www.freepress.net/who-owns-media
www.freepress.net/who-owns-media
Time to raise some private money from big corporations and, without planning or historical approvals, tear this puppy down again.
apple.news/Ae0VLV-j8TDi...
apple.news/Ae0VLV-j8TDi...
A Confederate statue toppled in Washington, D.C., in 2020 has been reinstalled — NPR
A statue of Confederate general Albert Pike, which had been pulled down during the Black Lives Matter movement, has been put back up in Washington, D.C.’s Judiciary Square.
apple.news
October 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Time to raise some private money from big corporations and, without planning or historical approvals, tear this puppy down again.
apple.news/Ae0VLV-j8TDi...
apple.news/Ae0VLV-j8TDi...
Perfect-ly done…
October 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Perfect-ly done…
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 84th day out of the last 96.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
October 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 84th day out of the last 96.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
Reposted by Rich Zahradnik
It’s subtle if nothing else.
October 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It’s subtle if nothing else.
With the East Wing as precedent, tearing down Confederate statues and other obnoxious monuments can now be done without planning or historical approvals. Private money can be used in this endeavor. Who wants to start a Kickstarter?
October 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
With the East Wing as precedent, tearing down Confederate statues and other obnoxious monuments can now be done without planning or historical approvals. Private money can be used in this endeavor. Who wants to start a Kickstarter?
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I could not be prouder that my law firm is currently litigating 60 voting, election and redistricting cases in 30 states. Even as large law firms bow down, we continue to fight for democracy every single day.
October 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I could not be prouder that my law firm is currently litigating 60 voting, election and redistricting cases in 30 states. Even as large law firms bow down, we continue to fight for democracy every single day.
Tomorrow I start playing Canadian things. Any suggestions?
October 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Tomorrow I start playing Canadian things. Any suggestions?
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We haven’t forgotten, no matter how many distractions you throw our way.
October 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We haven’t forgotten, no matter how many distractions you throw our way.
Reposted by Rich Zahradnik
Reposted by Rich Zahradnik
A conspiracy theory I have is that people put hot sauces like Tabasco on everything not so much for the pepper as they do for the benefits of adding vinegar to a dish and that’s what they should be focusing on and recognizing. This conspiracy theory has not gotten traction due to “lack of interest”
October 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
A conspiracy theory I have is that people put hot sauces like Tabasco on everything not so much for the pepper as they do for the benefits of adding vinegar to a dish and that’s what they should be focusing on and recognizing. This conspiracy theory has not gotten traction due to “lack of interest”
When did rude become considered the same as brave?
This is an actual quote from White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt to HuffPost reporter S.V. Dáte.
October 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
When did rude become considered the same as brave?
Reposted by Rich Zahradnik
This is an actual quote from White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt to HuffPost reporter S.V. Dáte.
October 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This is an actual quote from White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt to HuffPost reporter S.V. Dáte.
Reposted by Rich Zahradnik
Got buried in the news this weekend, but President Jesus said the F word on CNN at like 2pm in the afternoon. The next day he posted a poop-filled scat video, but tell Me more about the dignity of the office of the presidency.
October 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Got buried in the news this weekend, but President Jesus said the F word on CNN at like 2pm in the afternoon. The next day he posted a poop-filled scat video, but tell Me more about the dignity of the office of the presidency.
The right answer
October 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The right answer
Nailed it
they are so close to understanding the entire point of trade
BREAKING: The US is rolling back tariffs on “products that cannot be grown, mined, or naturally produced in the United States," per WSJ
October 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Nailed it