Ian in 314
@ianwrobel.bsky.social
St. Louis City dweller • burnt out millennial • MPH candidate studying Biosecurity & Disaster Preparedness • Cat dad to Nala • This page is all about good vibes & pictures of my cat Nala
My opinions expressed are my own.
My opinions expressed are my own.
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Ian in 314
@ianwrobel.bsky.social
· Aug 24
I thought this was way cool. It’s a fire hydrant painted in Starry Night by Van Gogh in Kirkwood.
That feeling when your cat decides to fall asleep on top of your chest is magnificent and fantastic. 🥹😍🥹😍
November 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
That feeling when your cat decides to fall asleep on top of your chest is magnificent and fantastic. 🥹😍🥹😍
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the nuzzi story is fun and all but at the center of it is the elevation of a man who has dedicated his life to making children catch preventable diseases to a position where he can enact harm at enormous scale
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
the nuzzi story is fun and all but at the center of it is the elevation of a man who has dedicated his life to making children catch preventable diseases to a position where he can enact harm at enormous scale
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VACCINES DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM, YOU FLAMING SHITBIRDS.
WE HAVE, IN FACT, NOT IGNORED YOUR NOW-DEFUNCT HYPOTHESIS. WE INVESTIGATED IT TO THE TUNE OF STUDIES WITH DATA FROM MILLIONS OF KIDS.
WE HAVE, IN FACT, NOT IGNORED YOUR NOW-DEFUNCT HYPOTHESIS. WE INVESTIGATED IT TO THE TUNE OF STUDIES WITH DATA FROM MILLIONS OF KIDS.
November 20, 2025 at 3:08 AM
VACCINES DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM, YOU FLAMING SHITBIRDS.
WE HAVE, IN FACT, NOT IGNORED YOUR NOW-DEFUNCT HYPOTHESIS. WE INVESTIGATED IT TO THE TUNE OF STUDIES WITH DATA FROM MILLIONS OF KIDS.
WE HAVE, IN FACT, NOT IGNORED YOUR NOW-DEFUNCT HYPOTHESIS. WE INVESTIGATED IT TO THE TUNE OF STUDIES WITH DATA FROM MILLIONS OF KIDS.
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Missouri is already groveling and kissing boot to the richest people in the state. This pathetic shit is going to create high budget issues and guess what - rich people don’t want to live here
thebeaconnews.org/stories/2025...
thebeaconnews.org/stories/2025...
November 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Missouri is already groveling and kissing boot to the richest people in the state. This pathetic shit is going to create high budget issues and guess what - rich people don’t want to live here
thebeaconnews.org/stories/2025...
thebeaconnews.org/stories/2025...
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an impossible game to win and yet a quarter of that effort, were it spent on public good, would vastly improve life for regular people in the state
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
an impossible game to win and yet a quarter of that effort, were it spent on public good, would vastly improve life for regular people in the state
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Missouri is such a perfect case study of the billionaire age - the tough guy Republican car dealership politicians have nothing to do but suck up to elites, who have their pick of every country in the world
November 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Missouri is such a perfect case study of the billionaire age - the tough guy Republican car dealership politicians have nothing to do but suck up to elites, who have their pick of every country in the world
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Rex’s libertarian billionaire agenda made manifest - healthcare sucks, roads in shambles, no sick leave but the rich get their agenda top of the docket
November 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Rex’s libertarian billionaire agenda made manifest - healthcare sucks, roads in shambles, no sick leave but the rich get their agenda top of the docket
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You’re not getting bulk discounts, you’re walking away with one sad granola bar.
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
You’re not getting bulk discounts, you’re walking away with one sad granola bar.
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Encouraging people to “be entrepreneurs” and negotiate their own health insurance with a multi-billion-dollar for-profit industry is like telling someone to take their Costco membership fee and go negotiate directly with food manufacturers.
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Encouraging people to “be entrepreneurs” and negotiate their own health insurance with a multi-billion-dollar for-profit industry is like telling someone to take their Costco membership fee and go negotiate directly with food manufacturers.
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But yeah, funding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was just an affront to humanity ... right? 🙄
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 2:53 AM
But yeah, funding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was just an affront to humanity ... right? 🙄
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Well, that was quick. I am being told former SLMPD police chief John Hayden is now interim sheriff.
"The judge, like a lot of St. Louisans, was skeptical that Montgomery was able to serve as the city’s sheriff from a jail cell." @ryankrull.bsky.social with a gift for understatement www.stlmag.com/news/sheriff...
Judge removes St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery—for now
Alfred Montgomery is no longer the sheriff of the city of St. Louis—at least for a little while. At a hearing today in the Missouri Attorney General’s ongoing effort to remove Montgomery from office,...
www.stlmag.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Well, that was quick. I am being told former SLMPD police chief John Hayden is now interim sheriff.
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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SCOOP: USDA says it can’t shuffle funds to extend food assistance during shutdown--but its own plan dated Sept. 30 and since deleted -- says the department would use its multi-year contingency fund to continue paying SNAP during the shutdown www.newsfromthestates.com/article/usda...
USDA says it can’t shuffle funds to extend food assistance during shutdown
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a memo Friday the agency’s contingency fund cannot legally be used to provide food assistance benefits for more than 42 million people in Novemb...
www.newsfromthestates.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
SCOOP: USDA says it can’t shuffle funds to extend food assistance during shutdown--but its own plan dated Sept. 30 and since deleted -- says the department would use its multi-year contingency fund to continue paying SNAP during the shutdown www.newsfromthestates.com/article/usda...
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Chancellor Andrew Martin confirmed that the private university won't sign the Compat for Academic Excellence in Higher Education in an email sent to faculty senate members on Wednesday.
WashU won't sign Trump's preferential funding compact, chancellor says
Chancellor Andrew Martin confirmed that the private university won't sign the Compat for Academic Excellence in Higher Education in an email sent to faculty senate members on Wednesday.
www.stltoday.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Chancellor Andrew Martin confirmed that the private university won't sign the Compat for Academic Excellence in Higher Education in an email sent to faculty senate members on Wednesday.
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It's a "national security threat" only if you're a white nationalist. I mean, this whole press conference is totally insane.
RFK Jr: "When my uncle was president, the fertility rate in this country was 3.5%. Today it is 1.6%. The replacement rate -- in other words the amount of fertility you need to keep your population even -- is 2.1%. We are below replacement. That is a national security threat to our country."
October 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It's a "national security threat" only if you're a white nationalist. I mean, this whole press conference is totally insane.
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They are terrified. They are losing. We have a fundamental right to gather. That’s as American as it gets.
Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"
October 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
They are terrified. They are losing. We have a fundamental right to gather. That’s as American as it gets.
Happy Sunday Scaries!
October 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Happy Sunday Scaries!
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Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It
From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.
From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.
Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It
From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.
newrepublic.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It
From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.
From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.
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I will not back down.
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I will not back down.
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
My Nala being so cute
October 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
My Nala being so cute
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Hey #STL drivers: Stop blocking curbcuts and sidewalks with your vehicles, please. Yes I realize this might mean walking 50 feet here and there. But on the bright side, you won't be forcing people into the street!
October 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Hey #STL drivers: Stop blocking curbcuts and sidewalks with your vehicles, please. Yes I realize this might mean walking 50 feet here and there. But on the bright side, you won't be forcing people into the street!
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