Robin Black
@jrobinsnest.bsky.social
Sophist
#WeArePartOfTheCascade|
Brain don't stop; Brain can't go.
Political leaning: https://youtu.be/E3NGfcqlqFI
#WeArePartOfTheCascade|
Brain don't stop; Brain can't go.
Political leaning: https://youtu.be/E3NGfcqlqFI
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Robin Black
@jrobinsnest.bsky.social
· Mar 26
Did not expect to be investigating how to protect my solar panels from lime-sized hail...in Seattle.
"More energy in the system means more energetic extremes (more often)" -me since high school
"Alpha" male stuck in development hell complaining about low user engagement
November 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
"Alpha" male stuck in development hell complaining about low user engagement
Change my mind: new systems are created by autistic mfers and destroyed when narcissists get full control
Neurodivergent people build functional systems when everyone is scared enough of the consequences of reality to actually listen
Then narcissists see how long it takes them to game the system
Neurodivergent people build functional systems when everyone is scared enough of the consequences of reality to actually listen
Then narcissists see how long it takes them to game the system
November 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Change my mind: new systems are created by autistic mfers and destroyed when narcissists get full control
Neurodivergent people build functional systems when everyone is scared enough of the consequences of reality to actually listen
Then narcissists see how long it takes them to game the system
Neurodivergent people build functional systems when everyone is scared enough of the consequences of reality to actually listen
Then narcissists see how long it takes them to game the system
Renaissance painting is when you notice the beauty in nature,
Baroque painting is when you notice the narrative in nature
Baroque painting is when you notice the narrative in nature
November 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Renaissance painting is when you notice the beauty in nature,
Baroque painting is when you notice the narrative in nature
Baroque painting is when you notice the narrative in nature
A civilization that cannot surround its children in patience is a poor one
A civilization that chooses not to is cruel
A civilization that chooses not to is cruel
November 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
A civilization that cannot surround its children in patience is a poor one
A civilization that chooses not to is cruel
A civilization that chooses not to is cruel
Major events in American political history:
(1) The post civil war election with the backdoor deal to end reconstruction waaaaaay early
(2) Reagan
(3) Decades of intentional system erosion
(4) Citizens United where money became speech and speech became worthless
(1) The post civil war election with the backdoor deal to end reconstruction waaaaaay early
(2) Reagan
(3) Decades of intentional system erosion
(4) Citizens United where money became speech and speech became worthless
November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Major events in American political history:
(1) The post civil war election with the backdoor deal to end reconstruction waaaaaay early
(2) Reagan
(3) Decades of intentional system erosion
(4) Citizens United where money became speech and speech became worthless
(1) The post civil war election with the backdoor deal to end reconstruction waaaaaay early
(2) Reagan
(3) Decades of intentional system erosion
(4) Citizens United where money became speech and speech became worthless
"Soy negro, no disparos"
November 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"Soy negro, no disparos"
Now that Denny's has been acquired I assume they'll strain & die under crushing debt dumped on them by their new owners to pay for.. themselves..
I would write some satire about how its Gen Z's fault, but.. I don't want to be hired as a leading conservative columnist
I would write some satire about how its Gen Z's fault, but.. I don't want to be hired as a leading conservative columnist
November 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Now that Denny's has been acquired I assume they'll strain & die under crushing debt dumped on them by their new owners to pay for.. themselves..
I would write some satire about how its Gen Z's fault, but.. I don't want to be hired as a leading conservative columnist
I would write some satire about how its Gen Z's fault, but.. I don't want to be hired as a leading conservative columnist
You can tell who is stealing the societal wealth by looking at who has it
November 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
You can tell who is stealing the societal wealth by looking at who has it
If you want to be besties with the WH figure out how to do something they like or have to do anyway, but reroute as much of that money as possible back into the greedy little pockets that pointed the money stream at you
scratch the backs that scratch yours
Our leaders will be as corrupt as we allow
scratch the backs that scratch yours
Our leaders will be as corrupt as we allow
November 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
If you want to be besties with the WH figure out how to do something they like or have to do anyway, but reroute as much of that money as possible back into the greedy little pockets that pointed the money stream at you
scratch the backs that scratch yours
Our leaders will be as corrupt as we allow
scratch the backs that scratch yours
Our leaders will be as corrupt as we allow
If Canada was an evil War monger intent on expansion then Texas and Mexico would benefit from sending support to the northern US border. Holding the line further from Texas would be in our interest.
If Montana falls they can invade Wyoming and Colorado and strike Texas.
This is true for rights
If Montana falls they can invade Wyoming and Colorado and strike Texas.
This is true for rights
November 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
If Canada was an evil War monger intent on expansion then Texas and Mexico would benefit from sending support to the northern US border. Holding the line further from Texas would be in our interest.
If Montana falls they can invade Wyoming and Colorado and strike Texas.
This is true for rights
If Montana falls they can invade Wyoming and Colorado and strike Texas.
This is true for rights
The lying machine gains power as it convinces more and more people to a critical mass where it can 'create' 'truth'. After enough success the system runs out of believable lies. It tries to create the truth that groceries are cheap, but we buy groceries. We see they aren't.
But then it's too late
But then it's too late
November 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The lying machine gains power as it convinces more and more people to a critical mass where it can 'create' 'truth'. After enough success the system runs out of believable lies. It tries to create the truth that groceries are cheap, but we buy groceries. We see they aren't.
But then it's too late
But then it's too late
Maybe "True Fascism" is when you succeed in making the systems explicitly and undeniably violent and nonconsensual.
In which case fascism isn't a system of government, but a failure condition of one.
We've reached the failure condition of our current operating premises.
In which case fascism isn't a system of government, but a failure condition of one.
We've reached the failure condition of our current operating premises.
November 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Maybe "True Fascism" is when you succeed in making the systems explicitly and undeniably violent and nonconsensual.
In which case fascism isn't a system of government, but a failure condition of one.
We've reached the failure condition of our current operating premises.
In which case fascism isn't a system of government, but a failure condition of one.
We've reached the failure condition of our current operating premises.
Maybe an economy and society and world based on non-consent is a bad idea
November 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Maybe an economy and society and world based on non-consent is a bad idea
In before JD Vance bullies his wife by headline proxy (filed under stochastic domestic terror?) into divorce, suicide, fleeing, or being the victim of right-wing 'lone-wolf' violence so he can 'court' Erica kirk and try to cement the Turning Point empire in his court
November 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
In before JD Vance bullies his wife by headline proxy (filed under stochastic domestic terror?) into divorce, suicide, fleeing, or being the victim of right-wing 'lone-wolf' violence so he can 'court' Erica kirk and try to cement the Turning Point empire in his court
Not only can no one afford to do the moral thing, we can't afford the pretty thing or the improvement or the investment.
We've convinced ourselves as a society that everything we didn't absolutely HAVE to have belongs to "the market"
We've convinced ourselves as a society that everything we didn't absolutely HAVE to have belongs to "the market"
November 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Not only can no one afford to do the moral thing, we can't afford the pretty thing or the improvement or the investment.
We've convinced ourselves as a society that everything we didn't absolutely HAVE to have belongs to "the market"
We've convinced ourselves as a society that everything we didn't absolutely HAVE to have belongs to "the market"
Can you afford to do the right thing?
Do you work at a company that, if we're honest, is large enough to be part of the problem? Can you leave your job and do something good for the future?
Most people can't afford to do the right thing.
We're stuck sliding into oblivion because no one can
Do you work at a company that, if we're honest, is large enough to be part of the problem? Can you leave your job and do something good for the future?
Most people can't afford to do the right thing.
We're stuck sliding into oblivion because no one can
November 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Can you afford to do the right thing?
Do you work at a company that, if we're honest, is large enough to be part of the problem? Can you leave your job and do something good for the future?
Most people can't afford to do the right thing.
We're stuck sliding into oblivion because no one can
Do you work at a company that, if we're honest, is large enough to be part of the problem? Can you leave your job and do something good for the future?
Most people can't afford to do the right thing.
We're stuck sliding into oblivion because no one can
If your civilization is obsessed with productivity and growth then it will maximize the devouring of natural and non-renewable resources.
Of course we are reversing course on energy for ai. It is carrying the entire American empire and ethos.
Of course we are reversing course on energy for ai. It is carrying the entire American empire and ethos.
October 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
If your civilization is obsessed with productivity and growth then it will maximize the devouring of natural and non-renewable resources.
Of course we are reversing course on energy for ai. It is carrying the entire American empire and ethos.
Of course we are reversing course on energy for ai. It is carrying the entire American empire and ethos.
If advertising DOESN'T work in grabbing attention then we should probably ban it to save money for the economy, make things prettier, light pollution, etc
If advertising DOES work in grabbing attention then it distracts drivers and causes accidents in addition to being expensive and ugly
If advertising DOES work in grabbing attention then it distracts drivers and causes accidents in addition to being expensive and ugly
October 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
If advertising DOESN'T work in grabbing attention then we should probably ban it to save money for the economy, make things prettier, light pollution, etc
If advertising DOES work in grabbing attention then it distracts drivers and causes accidents in addition to being expensive and ugly
If advertising DOES work in grabbing attention then it distracts drivers and causes accidents in addition to being expensive and ugly
#AIBubble Tech isn't taking on traditional debt bc it looks bad to investors. So private equity firms are putting up the data centers & will charge rent. Literally rents. Which are repackaged into a bond by PE & assembled into tranches. You can buy meta-AI tranches like you bought mortgage tranches
October 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
#AIBubble Tech isn't taking on traditional debt bc it looks bad to investors. So private equity firms are putting up the data centers & will charge rent. Literally rents. Which are repackaged into a bond by PE & assembled into tranches. You can buy meta-AI tranches like you bought mortgage tranches
We were broken like horses before we had any sense of ourselves so that when we formed, we already fit their mold
October 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
We were broken like horses before we had any sense of ourselves so that when we formed, we already fit their mold
We turned Nazi Germany into a boogie-man without looking too closely at the truth. This is it. It is all around you. This is what it looks like when your empire decides to just be the bad guy
October 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
We turned Nazi Germany into a boogie-man without looking too closely at the truth. This is it. It is all around you. This is what it looks like when your empire decides to just be the bad guy
It's wild how much it seems like tobacco killed all the great grandparents and a bunch of the good grandparents and leaded gas slowly ruined most of the boomers..
October 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
It's wild how much it seems like tobacco killed all the great grandparents and a bunch of the good grandparents and leaded gas slowly ruined most of the boomers..
Empires fall when narcissists learn to manipulate society before society learns to identify narcissists.
There have been different words and different warning through human history, but those different names and tales all referred to people for whom reality did not matter, only their glory.
There have been different words and different warning through human history, but those different names and tales all referred to people for whom reality did not matter, only their glory.
October 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Empires fall when narcissists learn to manipulate society before society learns to identify narcissists.
There have been different words and different warning through human history, but those different names and tales all referred to people for whom reality did not matter, only their glory.
There have been different words and different warning through human history, but those different names and tales all referred to people for whom reality did not matter, only their glory.
Without systems and institutions to correct errors they will pile up.
Trump had no check or balance and one isn't rising to stop him.
His choices will continue to kill humans, Americans, children
Trump had no check or balance and one isn't rising to stop him.
His choices will continue to kill humans, Americans, children
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Without systems and institutions to correct errors they will pile up.
Trump had no check or balance and one isn't rising to stop him.
His choices will continue to kill humans, Americans, children
Trump had no check or balance and one isn't rising to stop him.
His choices will continue to kill humans, Americans, children
Rich people participate in politics with their extra money.
It's gonna cost us bodies and blood
It's gonna cost us bodies and blood
October 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Rich people participate in politics with their extra money.
It's gonna cost us bodies and blood
It's gonna cost us bodies and blood