M-Rob
@mirobin.bsky.social
Editor from Canada, living elsewhere. Has worked in journalism. For personal reasons, staying semi-anonymous on here for now.
Likes coffee and enjoys the Beatles. Thinks the Robinson is the best-looking map projection, hands down. (cf. xkcd 977)
Likes coffee and enjoys the Beatles. Thinks the Robinson is the best-looking map projection, hands down. (cf. xkcd 977)
Just 1 point. Why does licorice exist?
Don't love grapefruit but can take it. Everything else on here is making me hungry!
Don't love grapefruit but can take it. Everything else on here is making me hungry!
February 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Just 1 point. Why does licorice exist?
Don't love grapefruit but can take it. Everything else on here is making me hungry!
Don't love grapefruit but can take it. Everything else on here is making me hungry!
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Y'all I just stood up because of a curling throw.
February 10, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Y'all I just stood up because of a curling throw.
Curling is actually a brutal sport. I’m going to come into your house and destroy all you’ve built, and all you can do is watch.
February 10, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Curling is actually a brutal sport. I’m going to come into your house and destroy all you’ve built, and all you can do is watch.
Big Air winners just casually getting their medals from the King's sister
February 9, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Big Air winners just casually getting their medals from the King's sister
Ski jumping must be the greatest feeling. Those guys are getting like 5 seconds of air time
February 9, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Ski jumping must be the greatest feeling. Those guys are getting like 5 seconds of air time
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Korey Dropkin just through the most aesthetically pleasing curling shot you could imagine
February 8, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Korey Dropkin just through the most aesthetically pleasing curling shot you could imagine
Going up against Team Canada in Women's Hockey remains the toughest challenge the Olympics have to offer
February 7, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Going up against Team Canada in Women's Hockey remains the toughest challenge the Olympics have to offer
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we turned on mixed doubles curling fifteen minutes ago and the eight year old is already excitedly talking about how the US can score against Korea here
the Olympics rule so hard
the Olympics rule so hard
February 7, 2026 at 6:45 PM
we turned on mixed doubles curling fifteen minutes ago and the eight year old is already excitedly talking about how the US can score against Korea here
the Olympics rule so hard
the Olympics rule so hard
Ian Austen's gradual cataloguing of the Bell payphones of Ottawa and beyond is an art project that I deeply appreciate for reasons I can't explain
A strip mall at Terry Fox Drive and March Road in the tech epicenter of Ottawa's Kanata suburb. (Hasselblad SWC, Zeiss 38mm f4.5 Biogon, Kodak TriX)
January 31, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Ian Austen's gradual cataloguing of the Bell payphones of Ottawa and beyond is an art project that I deeply appreciate for reasons I can't explain
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recently learned about “dek bass”, a sound system culture in rural West Bengal, using cassette decks and homemade systems, and it’s remarkable because 1) the music and equipment are sick and 2) the DJ always looks like he’s being briefed on a national security issue
January 26, 2026 at 3:56 AM
recently learned about “dek bass”, a sound system culture in rural West Bengal, using cassette decks and homemade systems, and it’s remarkable because 1) the music and equipment are sick and 2) the DJ always looks like he’s being briefed on a national security issue
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Across Canada, some provincial borders are defined by geography.
Some along meridians and parallels.
And some due to arguments.
Through the next week, I will explore the history of our provincial borders.
Today, it is Saskatchewan and its oddly crooked border.
🧵 1/8
Some along meridians and parallels.
And some due to arguments.
Through the next week, I will explore the history of our provincial borders.
Today, it is Saskatchewan and its oddly crooked border.
🧵 1/8
January 25, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Across Canada, some provincial borders are defined by geography.
Some along meridians and parallels.
And some due to arguments.
Through the next week, I will explore the history of our provincial borders.
Today, it is Saskatchewan and its oddly crooked border.
🧵 1/8
Some along meridians and parallels.
And some due to arguments.
Through the next week, I will explore the history of our provincial borders.
Today, it is Saskatchewan and its oddly crooked border.
🧵 1/8
Pete Seeger would have written a song about the big busnapping. "We're two stops past D.C., and the driver says to press on"
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 6:13 PM
Pete Seeger would have written a song about the big busnapping. "We're two stops past D.C., and the driver says to press on"
The Don River in Toronto (but more broadly claiming the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence as my waters)
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 12, 2026 at 10:29 PM
The Don River in Toronto (but more broadly claiming the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence as my waters)
This statement is best served without context (the context is great though)
Agamemnon was whisked away for vaccines before anyone could document him, peering out of his little space portal awestruck like a man who’d seen the moons of Saturn
January 12, 2026 at 7:09 PM
This statement is best served without context (the context is great though)
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BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
Spot on
Happy new year! Here's your January cartoon: ivacheung.com/2026/01/let-... #AmEditing
Let it stand - Iva Cheung
ivacheung.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Spot on
Ah just like every year then
January 1, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Ah just like every year then
Hey Mr Tambourine Man tally me banana
Me weariness amazes me and me wanna go home
Me weariness amazes me and me wanna go home
January 1, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Hey Mr Tambourine Man tally me banana
Me weariness amazes me and me wanna go home
Me weariness amazes me and me wanna go home
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We all know it but don't want to say it:
New Year's is not about looking back or looking forward but about making a big enough deal out of number going up that we MIGHT remember not to keep writing 2024 next week
New Year's is not about looking back or looking forward but about making a big enough deal out of number going up that we MIGHT remember not to keep writing 2024 next week
December 31, 2025 at 5:55 PM
We all know it but don't want to say it:
New Year's is not about looking back or looking forward but about making a big enough deal out of number going up that we MIGHT remember not to keep writing 2024 next week
New Year's is not about looking back or looking forward but about making a big enough deal out of number going up that we MIGHT remember not to keep writing 2024 next week
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Inspired by a comment that I received on another post and thinking about a college friend of mine... where do we start when writing a history of rap? What do we include and what do we exclude? A thread...
December 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Inspired by a comment that I received on another post and thinking about a college friend of mine... where do we start when writing a history of rap? What do we include and what do we exclude? A thread...
Make a Bond film casual
The Man with the Golden Glue Gun
The Man with the Golden Glue Gun
Make a Bond film casual
License to Chill
License to Chill
Make a Bond film casual
Dr. Maybe, We’ll See
Dr. Maybe, We’ll See
December 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Make a Bond film casual
The Man with the Golden Glue Gun
The Man with the Golden Glue Gun