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Richard Zencker

@zencker.bsky.social

Musician, data engineer, AI consultant, curmudgeon, miscreant. With rue my heart is laden.

created January 7, 2025

1,220 followers 133 following 4,810 posts

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Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

And when this is over they’ll say they were just going along… that’s why we’ll need trials and heavy sentences.

1/9/2025, 11:14:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

They will say you still have the choice while making sure no insurance will cover it.

1/9/2025, 11:08:10 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social)

It’s a shame that he will escape justice through death, but none of his lackeys and bootlickers have “immunity,” and I will live to see them pay for their crimes.

1/9/2025, 10:45:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

I think JD has passed the audition and a new chapter is starting.

1/9/2025, 10:35:32 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

Don’t forget replacing what you’ve just typed with asterisks so you can’t even see what you typed.

1/9/2025, 10:31:52 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

However, I do believe you can call him a rapist without fear of libeling him.

1/9/2025, 10:17:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

That “Rite” was one of my favorites when it came out.

1/9/2025, 9:57:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

with crypto shitcoins

1/9/2025, 9:51:55 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m hoping the absence of Canadian visitors this winter forces Trump-voting landlords to lower rent. However, most of our Canadian visitors are from Alberta.

1/9/2025, 9:45:26 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

I was a keyboard player, but for a long time I told people I only played fiddle just to avoid schlepping the piano.

1/9/2025, 7:38:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

gun, plane, whatever

1/9/2025, 7:15:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

Your Honor, I don’t know the gun was loaded.

1/9/2025, 7:15:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

Lobby for an end to government-sponsored gambling

1/9/2025, 6:53:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

Is that from an old Zap? Looks familiar.

1/9/2025, 6:33:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Benjamin Dreyer (@bcdreyer.social) reposted

I remain a one-issue voter for the 2028 Democratic presidential primaries, and that issue is the promise of prosecutions.

31/8/2025, 7:22:38 PM | 932 138 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

At least he’s showing a glimmer of understanding that his “deals” aren’t worth the paper they’re not written down on.

1/9/2025, 4:58:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

Reprehensible, but funny that they think everyone’s feelings are as fragile as their own.

1/9/2025, 4:37:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

It's a dirty story of a dirty man And his clinging wife doesn't understand

1/9/2025, 9:33:47 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

That’s because they are not conservatives, they are fascists. Why do you think “antifa” gets under their skin?

1/9/2025, 9:23:03 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

Block the troll

1/9/2025, 9:07:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

Why shouldn’t they face the judgement of those who suffered? History is for historians and victors. Why don’t we do something about it now?

1/9/2025, 9:04:23 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

Isn’t it just a lenticular screen?

1/9/2025, 8:59:55 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh your brown customers are gone and now you want me to buy your worthless shit so you don’t go broke? Not a chance.

1/9/2025, 8:55:19 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

Disunity and term limits. A third Obama term would have been a cinch.

1/9/2025, 8:52:06 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

Nobody’s doing that; instead we have people complaining about it 3 years early. Disunity is what got us here, and purity test have resulted in lousy candidates in the past.

1/9/2025, 8:50:50 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

A warning to all that involve themselves with 🍊💩🤡.

1/9/2025, 8:43:58 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

I personally can’t wait to see the battle of Thiel and Putin for the souls of the soulless.

1/9/2025, 8:32:36 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

I know it’s a joke but those are my two biggest issues. Also global controls (e.g. if I use “night mode” it should extend to all apps)

1/9/2025, 8:20:33 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

I wonder if Sean Dunn will be the new Abrego Garcia, subjected to one Trumped-up charge after another.

31/8/2025, 4:11:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social)

It doesn’t matter that the tariffs are illegal; that was always clear. What matters is that international trust in the US as a viable trading partner has been irreversibly destroyed, as Putin wished. Now comes the rush of importers to the exits, as US consumers wonder why shelves are empty.

31/8/2025, 4:00:58 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

“warfighters” rolls off the tongue so easily

31/8/2025, 3:55:08 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

There is no “blocking” of this administration, since they merely ignore orders they don’t like, and claim the President can do whatever he wants. The Judiciary will not save us.

31/8/2025, 3:43:04 PM | 10 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

decimated disseminated whatevs

31/8/2025, 3:39:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

It appears, by his small light of discretion, that he is in the wane; but yet, in courtesy, in all reason, we must stay the time.

31/8/2025, 12:21:55 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture A.R. Moxon (@juliusgoat.bsky.social) reposted

we can just keep saying he's dead and refusing to credit or acknowledge anyone who refers to him being alive, this will work, trust me and just follow my lead

30/8/2025, 9:51:11 PM | 5334 807 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted

Masked ICE aren’t about safety; they’re about fear and evading responsibility. Demand transparency and accountability by adding your name to this petition:

30/8/2025, 9:00:49 PM | 6981 2068 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

A live performance of the Brahms concerto is a cherished memory. For encores, a few Paganini caprices!

30/8/2025, 8:36:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

I really don’t want to drag it out that long but I’d settle for the laughs.

30/8/2025, 8:30:23 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

Impeachment power was supposed to be it lol haha

30/8/2025, 6:21:20 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

Now we know what “pocket recessions” are for.

30/8/2025, 6:20:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

it will be leveled alright

30/8/2025, 6:19:42 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

The fascination with tattoos is something I did not foresee in my youth.

30/8/2025, 6:08:25 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social)

I cannot wait to see the sequel, Thiel v Putin

30/8/2025, 6:07:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

I wondered why I was thinking of it, and now I remember: Kohelet is read during the Sukkot holiday, one of the more celebratory ones, arriving in a little over a month.

30/8/2025, 5:52:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m one of those that believe the ending was added later. AI equivocates.

30/8/2025, 5:48:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

lol I think Ecclesiastes may be more appropriate for the moment. Perhaps they’d enjoy the Song of Songs for its prurient content.

30/8/2025, 5:43:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social)

All these ICE traffickers seem heavily tatted; this should be noted for doxxing and future prosecutions.

30/8/2025, 4:37:03 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

here’s the link to the original broadcaster www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/v...

30/8/2025, 4:33:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social)

I never thought until this current Presidential term was underway that I would be ashamed to be a citizen of this nation.

30/8/2025, 4:22:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

I believe this is why JD’s rhetoric lately seems even more mean-spirited than Trump’s, which has turned into self-glorification. It’s the bitterness they really want.

30/8/2025, 3:20:41 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

Otherwise this happens:

30/8/2025, 2:05:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

The despicable Trumpists that surround me have been HUGE JD fans ever since he was mean to Zelenskyy in February.

30/8/2025, 1:54:11 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

Good thing the shirt has his name. The way he looks, he needs that label.

30/8/2025, 1:43:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

I first heard this as a 7-year-old on the radio. I didn’t know what it was. When my mother reached her destination I begged her to let me listen to the end. Then I went with her inside the store, where I was able to buy that very same recording of the “Symphony #5.”

30/8/2025, 1:27:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

there is no “opt-out”

30/8/2025, 12:43:37 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

no

30/8/2025, 12:43:00 AM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

and you’re paying for it whether you like it or not

30/8/2025, 12:42:32 AM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

You’ll get what you ask for, and more… with exemptions for registered Republicans.

29/8/2025, 6:39:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

On the back of that t-shirt are the names and logos of many MS client companies that no longer exist, so there’s that.

29/8/2025, 6:26:21 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

Anti-Catholic bigotry is a bigger part of Biden hatred (and therefore Trumplove) than I think we realize.

29/8/2025, 4:45:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh, there it is, embedded in my first name.

29/8/2025, 4:40:49 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

Where is that chard? It’s lost… start searching.

29/8/2025, 4:40:05 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

This is bringing a knife to a gunfight.

29/8/2025, 4:36:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

When I read the job postings for the place it was clear the working conditions were virtually identical to inmate conditions. This happened in Nazi Germany also, and is one reason death camps replaced concentration camps.

29/8/2025, 4:34:42 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

Maybe it’s just a gardener who misspelled “chard.”

29/8/2025, 4:28:28 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

“Lord” isn’t capitalized. Maybe it means landlord.

29/8/2025, 4:12:29 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

Yet whenever I mention the wisdom of arming while that right still exists, I’m accused of promoting violence. I’m not; I just know what the Nazi approach was to gun control, and that is clearly the model being followed.

29/8/2025, 4:09:48 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

it’s not a floppy, it’s a microfloppy. Third generation!

29/8/2025, 3:57:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

lol… I majored in music so I had to get an MBA as well.

29/8/2025, 3:53:54 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

I once accused somebody of using an ad hominem argument and they said “you’re so stupid you don’t know what that is.”

29/8/2025, 3:43:16 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

How often do you have to correct people who accuse you of studying something “lacking practical value?”

29/8/2025, 3:42:08 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

Misquotes have been legitimized by quotation websites, so why not?

29/8/2025, 3:41:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

Why does he merit a blue checkmark? Are those for sale?

29/8/2025, 3:36:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

But there’s no denying it worsened considerably after he touched Putin.

29/8/2025, 3:33:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

I actually used the handshake thing as a joke, and was shocked when the WH went with it. I need to get a job over there.

29/8/2025, 3:32:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

Who said this? "That's solid gold, too. ... That's a solid gold trophy. They know how to get to me, you know?"

29/8/2025, 3:26:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

But not very good at flying…

29/8/2025, 3:17:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

A friend who is studying for a real estate exam says much of the coursework now concerns the dangers of letting AI write any legally binding agreements.

29/8/2025, 2:29:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

cannot WAIT to see the lawsuits over incorrect AI diagnoses

29/8/2025, 2:28:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m speaking strictly defensively. It’s only a matter of time before gun rights are taken away from targets, such as registered Democrats. It’s what his idol did. Mine have been taken away; it’s something you don’t miss until it’s gone.

29/8/2025, 2:22:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

Some are old enough to remember the Night of the Long Knives.

29/8/2025, 2:15:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The money would be better used if it were to purchase munitions.

29/8/2025, 2:13:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

All that his fans like is the tough-guy talk and name-calling. And that is why Vance has been trying to match/outdo it in the last seven months.

29/8/2025, 1:48:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

Do you actually know Trump voters? I do, and they have LOVED Vance ever since his “did you say thank you” bit with Zelenskyy in February. Remember, Trumpers are fed Russian propaganda 24/7.

29/8/2025, 1:46:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes, use it as a label for enemies and an excuse to lock them up.

29/8/2025, 1:41:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

Mental health, is, of course, a pretext for locking people up; so expect to hear a lot about it. Even though the President is insane.

29/8/2025, 1:40:53 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s not possible to get over the finish line by cheating unless you’re already close to it. I’m surrounded by people that voted for him. They are real. Get their names now, because if we survive they’ll deny it.

29/8/2025, 1:35:29 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Only Putin could love this.

29/8/2025, 1:19:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It kills me that this is the same BS pitch the tech bros have been using for fully a quarter century now. I pulled out a Windows 2003 t-shirt the other day that said “do more with less.”

29/8/2025, 1:14:37 PM | 28 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

He doesn’t understand how Treasury auctions work.

29/8/2025, 1:12:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

She is their Horst Wessel. This gang has ZERO originality and we should atone for our failure to fully recognize who they are… by arming.

29/8/2025, 1:00:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

they might burden one with mitochondrial challenges

29/8/2025, 12:51:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Frankly, I wouldn’t want Secret Service around. One might be angling for a raise or promotion.

29/8/2025, 12:48:32 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If that’s true it’s hilariously stupid. The bigger the detail, the more likely someone in it has been compromised.

29/8/2025, 12:46:36 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“I’m overburdened with mitochondrial challenges” is my new go-to excuse for not paying attention or making faces or flipping people off

29/8/2025, 4:13:42 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

She suggested it because gun owners can be sued. There is no coercive aspect to it. The Second Amendment does not absolve gun owners of responsibility for their actions or inaction.

28/8/2025, 11:16:01 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m sorry to say that the most passionate Trumpists seem to love the guy since his “did you say thank you” routine.

28/8/2025, 11:11:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

One at a time. None of them are immortal. This one doesn’t even have full “immunity” yet, and I don’t understand why he’s not getting more scrutiny.

28/8/2025, 11:10:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

Indeed, this is why it won’t go to trial.

28/8/2025, 11:05:16 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Zencker (@zencker.bsky.social) reply parent

It seems normal unless he pleads guilty. That’s what I did when charged with a misdemeanor - to avoid a trial I would lose. He did throw the sandwich. But the incessant pursuit of “justice” here is laughable.

28/8/2025, 11:03:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view