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Acoustic Rob

@robacoustic.bsky.social

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Physicist, bookworm, guitar player, "All kinds of geek." Thinks too much. He/Him.

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Acoustic Rob @robacoustic.bsky.social · 1d

Back when I was in grad school the department had an annual Halloween costume party. My first year I came to class in a suit, carrying a briefcase. The department secretary saw me and came out to ask if I needed any help. When I told her I was a grad student she turned and left without another word!

Acoustic Rob @robacoustic.bsky.social · 1d

There's footage of one of the crooks wearing a high-visibility safety vest while cutting into the case that held the jewels.

You know the old adage that if you want to enter some place you're not supposed to be, show up with a clipboard? It still works.

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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 3d

What did you do for a Klondike bar?
WHAT DID YOU DO?!

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 5d

BRAND NEW Far Side from Gary Larson just dropped

a jazz club named "Club Gombe" with a chimpanzee band going nuts on stage and more chimps hooting and hollering at the tables. one empty table has a card on it reading "reserved for Jane Goodall"

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Acoustic Rob @robacoustic.bsky.social · 5d

Derek Jeter, #1 on his list, is the *epitome* of the "hitter who can play shortstop" shortstop.

Acoustic Rob @robacoustic.bsky.social · 5d

Believe it or not? Also a balk.

Acoustic Rob @robacoustic.bsky.social · 6d

Kudos to the announcers for not saying anything for half a minute and just letting us hear the crowd going nuts.

Acoustic Rob @robacoustic.bsky.social · 6d

Star Wars

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 6d

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Acoustic Rob @robacoustic.bsky.social · 6d

It had to be deliberate for Star Wars. Except for Ben, who is explicitly a relic from before the Empire, are there any good guys in the first three movies with English accents?

Acoustic Rob @robacoustic.bsky.social · 7d

Might want to workshop that one a bit

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Kendra, scary version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 8d

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

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matthew @pahuski.com · 8d

Happy Columbo’s Day

Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.”

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Acoustic Rob @robacoustic.bsky.social · 9d

Aw.

Acoustic Rob @robacoustic.bsky.social · 9d

That sounds utterly amazing. Who was the act?

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Acoustic Rob @robacoustic.bsky.social · 9d

Reminds me that in the Pittsburgh airport as you went from your gate to the baggage claim you passed statues of George Washington and Franco Harris.

The people they chose to welcome you to the city were the father of our country…and a fullback from New Jersey. Pittsburgh!

Acoustic Rob @robacoustic.bsky.social · 11d

Such a world-weary line. And he wrote it when he was 22! Just crazy how good he was.

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Acoustic Rob @robacoustic.bsky.social · 11d

I am coincidentally listening to one of his songs (Clay Pigeons) on repeat today.

Acoustic Rob @robacoustic.bsky.social · 11d

I love the capybara familiar and I love that it has a purple mohawk to match its master.

(Is master even the right word? But you know what I mean.)

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The Onion @theonion.com · 11d

Church Of England Names First Woman Leader https://theonion.com/church-of-england-names-first-woman-leader/

“Finally someone for the Pope to marry.”

Caroline Bertone, Bunker Decorator

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Acoustic Rob @robacoustic.bsky.social · 12d

Oh, they're gits all right.

Acoustic Rob @robacoustic.bsky.social · 12d

I'm usually glad when the weird tall things leave myself and I'm not even a snek. #introvertproblems

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Acoustic Rob @robacoustic.bsky.social · 12d

"We're on a mission from God."

Acoustic Rob @robacoustic.bsky.social · 12d

Robin is tiny? One out of three ain't bad?

Acoustic Rob @robacoustic.bsky.social · 13d

a man in captain america 's uniform says i understood that reference

Alt: Captain America saying "I understood that reference"

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