Robert Denton III
@ohnospooky.bsky.social
Writer of speculative fiction, pulp, and tabletop RPGs. Graphic Designer. Obscure Prince reference.
I wrote a LOT of L5R fiction. A lot. Too much?
-> My Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17038714.Robert_Denton_III
I wrote a LOT of L5R fiction. A lot. Too much?
-> My Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17038714.Robert_Denton_III
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You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
January 31, 2026 at 6:57 AM
You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
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I grow less comfortable with "human"/"nonhuman" being based on biology. I think that division is a symptom of D&D brain.
Homo Sapiens is a species, but someone is "human" if they are mortal and have personhood. Doesn't matter if your ears are pointy.
I grow less comfortable with "human"/"nonhuman" being based on biology. I think that division is a symptom of D&D brain.
Homo Sapiens is a species, but someone is "human" if they are mortal and have personhood. Doesn't matter if your ears are pointy.
January 30, 2026 at 4:35 PM
This post brought to you by overthinking #ttrpgs
I grow less comfortable with "human"/"nonhuman" being based on biology. I think that division is a symptom of D&D brain.
Homo Sapiens is a species, but someone is "human" if they are mortal and have personhood. Doesn't matter if your ears are pointy.
I grow less comfortable with "human"/"nonhuman" being based on biology. I think that division is a symptom of D&D brain.
Homo Sapiens is a species, but someone is "human" if they are mortal and have personhood. Doesn't matter if your ears are pointy.
They are ghouls. They volunteered to do this. They need to be abolished. They need to be prosecuted.
Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history.
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest
Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.
www.pressherald.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:25 PM
They are ghouls. They volunteered to do this. They need to be abolished. They need to be prosecuted.
Marketing garble is not life advice, marrying is not a Steam achievement, and when death comes, if you are fortunate enough to see it coming, you will not wish you’d “hustled” more.
January 29, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Marketing garble is not life advice, marrying is not a Steam achievement, and when death comes, if you are fortunate enough to see it coming, you will not wish you’d “hustled” more.
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"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Eh, why not? The more options the better, right?
January 26, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Eh, why not? The more options the better, right?
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Sitting down for like the fourth time today saying "Okay, time to start doing Work" and instead scrolling for news out of Minnesota.
January 26, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Sitting down for like the fourth time today saying "Okay, time to start doing Work" and instead scrolling for news out of Minnesota.
I have to imagine most users' feeds are a horror show right now, and I don't want to add to that because, well, what do I have to add that hasn't been said by better, more courageous people than me? Feels wrong to draw any attention away, though. A lot of folks need to look at what's happening.
January 25, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I have to imagine most users' feeds are a horror show right now, and I don't want to add to that because, well, what do I have to add that hasn't been said by better, more courageous people than me? Feels wrong to draw any attention away, though. A lot of folks need to look at what's happening.
If they can kill you because you’re carrying a gun, you don’t have the right to bear arms.
Conservatives know that, right? They know ICE is a checklist of everything they claimed to hate about big government, correct?
Conservatives know that, right? They know ICE is a checklist of everything they claimed to hate about big government, correct?
It’s no comfort, but the official DHS line being “he can be killed by masked agents of the state because he had a legal gun” is such an interesting new frontier in how Trump has made the conservative movement very publicly and embarrassingly abandon every principal it once claimed.
January 24, 2026 at 7:29 PM
If they can kill you because you’re carrying a gun, you don’t have the right to bear arms.
Conservatives know that, right? They know ICE is a checklist of everything they claimed to hate about big government, correct?
Conservatives know that, right? They know ICE is a checklist of everything they claimed to hate about big government, correct?
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The scale of this is mindblowing
January 23, 2026 at 8:59 PM
The scale of this is mindblowing
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They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
January 23, 2026 at 8:56 PM
They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
This would only be more embarrassing if he was also crying
Mike Johnson accuses Norway of “making a political decision & not awarding the Nobel Prize to probably the most deserving individual in history of the prize. There are 8 to 10 wars & conflicts that’ve been resolved by President Trump, & he got snubbed.”
(Vid via Manu Raju on X)
(Vid via Manu Raju on X)
January 21, 2026 at 7:46 PM
This would only be more embarrassing if he was also crying
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My Bluesky feed is basically nonstop protest footage and Americans getting beaten at protests. I've attended several protests myself, and our President is deploying soldiers to stop them. So it's wild if Europeans think there are no protests.
Is it because we aren't setting our cities on fire?
Is it because we aren't setting our cities on fire?
I remember how I was asked, live on German television, a mere 48 hours after No Kings II: “Why are there no protests?” And three months later, as the people of Minneapolis are standing in solidarity against the outrageous occupation of their city, I’m still getting that question in most interviews.
January 21, 2026 at 1:58 PM
My Bluesky feed is basically nonstop protest footage and Americans getting beaten at protests. I've attended several protests myself, and our President is deploying soldiers to stop them. So it's wild if Europeans think there are no protests.
Is it because we aren't setting our cities on fire?
Is it because we aren't setting our cities on fire?
You don't know what mixed signals are until you are getting "I hope you're okay" concern texts from your European and Canadian friends abroad while you're seeing "everyone everywhere hates and blames you specifically for American authoritarians you've resisted your whole life" on your Bluesky feed.
January 21, 2026 at 1:41 PM
You don't know what mixed signals are until you are getting "I hope you're okay" concern texts from your European and Canadian friends abroad while you're seeing "everyone everywhere hates and blames you specifically for American authoritarians you've resisted your whole life" on your Bluesky feed.
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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
You know what families really can’t afford? Their breadwinner being abducted at a gas station by government overreach officers for being too brown. Maybe y’all should do something about that I dunno
Despite Trump’s promises, grocery prices are still rising fast. Families can’t afford this… when is he going to get serious about lowering costs?
January 19, 2026 at 11:37 PM
You know what families really can’t afford? Their breadwinner being abducted at a gas station by government overreach officers for being too brown. Maybe y’all should do something about that I dunno
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Stuff like this is a direct symptom of when career fundraisers are running the party.
The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
But Americans who want to save the alliance with Europe must have no illusions about how bad a condition this transatlantic partnership is in.
January 18, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Stuff like this is a direct symptom of when career fundraisers are running the party.
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They got suburban realtors talking like Patrick Henry, it's over
January 19, 2026 at 7:09 PM
They got suburban realtors talking like Patrick Henry, it's over
Stuff like this is a direct symptom of when career fundraisers are running the party.
The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
But Americans who want to save the alliance with Europe must have no illusions about how bad a condition this transatlantic partnership is in.
January 18, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Stuff like this is a direct symptom of when career fundraisers are running the party.
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So does every generation of writers eventually feel like their job is just reminding people of things everyone used to just know
January 16, 2026 at 3:59 PM
So does every generation of writers eventually feel like their job is just reminding people of things everyone used to just know
It’s literally the reason I have a career
Natural talent is nothing compared to the ability to keep making shit long after everyone else has given up
January 15, 2026 at 8:28 PM
It’s literally the reason I have a career
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ok stay with me on this one... sometimes you have writer's block because you're not in Text World. you have to read until you're back in Text World. if you don't read, you're writing in the real world. sentences won't feel right or they'll look goofy. not in Text World though
January 14, 2026 at 3:44 PM
ok stay with me on this one... sometimes you have writer's block because you're not in Text World. you have to read until you're back in Text World. if you don't read, you're writing in the real world. sentences won't feel right or they'll look goofy. not in Text World though
Do I even need to say that seizing sovereign territory from one of our longest-standing allies is absolute folly?
January 13, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Do I even need to say that seizing sovereign territory from one of our longest-standing allies is absolute folly?
History will confirm that the most successful causes of this age were from those who understood that most people only listen to their “friends” and want to join things that are fun, sculpting their messaging accordingly.
If you present beating immigrants as a “party,” party people will show up.
If you present beating immigrants as a “party,” party people will show up.
January 12, 2026 at 5:48 PM
History will confirm that the most successful causes of this age were from those who understood that most people only listen to their “friends” and want to join things that are fun, sculpting their messaging accordingly.
If you present beating immigrants as a “party,” party people will show up.
If you present beating immigrants as a “party,” party people will show up.