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.
Reposted by John Robie
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"
Reposted by John Robie
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.
Reposted by John Robie
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"?
Reposted by John Robie
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
Reposted by John Robie
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
Reposted by John Robie
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
Reposted by John Robie
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.
Reposted by John Robie
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
Reposted by John Robie
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:
Reposted by John Robie
Average Sunday show interview:
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
January 18, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Average Sunday show interview:
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
It's probably fine that they're trying to move the NATO treasury from Delos to mar a lago, right?
January 18, 2026 at 3:08 PM
It's probably fine that they're trying to move the NATO treasury from Delos to mar a lago, right?
Reposted by John Robie
it’s one of those fundamentally cursed hospitality violations that you read about in ancient texts
The more I think about this, the angrier I get. It takes a particularly virulent strain of sociopathy to sit and let hard-working people serve you a meal knowing that you plan to arrest them and send them off for deportation once they're off of work.
Really depraved shit.
Really depraved shit.
A few days ago, Fox News was whining about ICE agents getting heckled at a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
January 18, 2026 at 12:51 AM
it’s one of those fundamentally cursed hospitality violations that you read about in ancient texts
Reposted by John Robie
Reposted by John Robie
"the guy pooping in the reservoir is criticized by both sides, therefore he must be doing something right" please use your fucking brain
January 17, 2026 at 10:05 PM
"the guy pooping in the reservoir is criticized by both sides, therefore he must be doing something right" please use your fucking brain
When you've already said that you *don't* want to live deliciously, but the sales guy is super pushy.
January 17, 2026 at 4:54 PM
When you've already said that you *don't* want to live deliciously, but the sales guy is super pushy.
Reposted by John Robie
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.