John Robie
@jrobie.bsky.social
Just an over-educated monkey trying to make it in the big city. With all the appropriate hobbies and interests.
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this is what you ask yourself before robbing a bank at gunpoint
January 24, 2026 at 2:53 AM
this is what you ask yourself before robbing a bank at gunpoint
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Rockwell Kent, "Workers of the World, Unite!" 1937, from collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, which is closed today as part of today's general strike in Minneapolis collections.artsmia.org/art/54994/wo...
January 23, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Rockwell Kent, "Workers of the World, Unite!" 1937, from collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, which is closed today as part of today's general strike in Minneapolis collections.artsmia.org/art/54994/wo...
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do i know anyone who knows @erikaishii.bsky.social i want to send them my party game. i don't even want any promo i just think they'll like it and they were an inspiration for me when i was making it so i feel like they should have a copy. dieonthishillgame.com
Die On This Hill
Die On This Hill is a party game about making, defending, and refuting the hottest takes anybody has ever seen. It’s like social media, but, y’know, fun.
dieonthishillgame.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:55 PM
do i know anyone who knows @erikaishii.bsky.social i want to send them my party game. i don't even want any promo i just think they'll like it and they were an inspiration for me when i was making it so i feel like they should have a copy. dieonthishillgame.com
These guys suck, obviously, but what are they protesting? Like aren't they currently getting everything they want?
Now: Patriot Front is out this morning in Washington, D.C.
January 23, 2026 at 5:20 PM
These guys suck, obviously, but what are they protesting? Like aren't they currently getting everything they want?
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The world folds into itself.
(I resonate. I had a submission dinged when the editor claimed I had mismeasured the Dunning-Kruger effect. Umm.)
(I resonate. I had a submission dinged when the editor claimed I had mismeasured the Dunning-Kruger effect. Umm.)
January 23, 2026 at 1:39 AM
The world folds into itself.
(I resonate. I had a submission dinged when the editor claimed I had mismeasured the Dunning-Kruger effect. Umm.)
(I resonate. I had a submission dinged when the editor claimed I had mismeasured the Dunning-Kruger effect. Umm.)
Heck, when I was a kid children's programs were so woke even the formers were trans.
When someone tells you children’s programming in their day was nonpolitical, they are really saying they weren’t a very bright child.
January 23, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Heck, when I was a kid children's programs were so woke even the formers were trans.
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I just thought everyone should see this
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I just thought everyone should see this
The netbooks phenomenon just keeps repeating over and over again. "You liked it because it was small and cheap, so you'll love it now that it's big and expensive"
big corporations trying to turn every podcast into a TV show (mostly to make non-union content) gives me that “horribly mismanaged website in the early 2010s” vibe
January 22, 2026 at 9:56 PM
The netbooks phenomenon just keeps repeating over and over again. "You liked it because it was small and cheap, so you'll love it now that it's big and expensive"
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Homer and Marge here are basically the two US parties.
The Simpsons Chimney BBQ
YouTube video by 93MANIAC
youtu.be
January 22, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Homer and Marge here are basically the two US parties.
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This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
yeah, just out of interest, how many people choose the pen on the right for real work or art? See a lot of them in professional workplaces, do you?
January 22, 2026 at 12:21 PM
This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
Gotta go to sleep, but someone on the internet is WRONG
January 22, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Gotta go to sleep, but someone on the internet is WRONG
Does anyone actually fall for "I personally oppose it, but I won't whip votes against it"?
January 21, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Does anyone actually fall for "I personally oppose it, but I won't whip votes against it"?
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New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
January 20, 2026 at 11:13 PM
New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
Ah well, nevertheless
January 21, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Ah well, nevertheless
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In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.
I have translated some of the highlights
I have translated some of the highlights
January 20, 2026 at 12:30 AM
In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.
I have translated some of the highlights
I have translated some of the highlights
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i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
January 20, 2026 at 5:02 PM
i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
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I'd say at least half of the news lines that I read when I wake up in the morning now read like text-based exposition you find lying around in Fallout games.
January 20, 2026 at 7:16 AM
I'd say at least half of the news lines that I read when I wake up in the morning now read like text-based exposition you find lying around in Fallout games.
What.
Shabana Mahmood here, whose “ultimate vision” is to turn the world into a prison
January 20, 2026 at 10:04 AM
What.
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I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 1:57 AM
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
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Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius:
January 19, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius: