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@robertlong4man.bsky.social
Bad at Twitter, worse at this. He/him.
www.robertlongforeman.com
I'm on beehiiv: https://pigcitynewsetc.beehiiv.com/
www.robertlongforeman.com
I'm on beehiiv: https://pigcitynewsetc.beehiiv.com/
I'm 22 minutes early for a job interview, so yes, of course I'm sitting in my parked car listening to "Every1's a Winner" by Hot Chocolate on repeat.
December 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I'm 22 minutes early for a job interview, so yes, of course I'm sitting in my parked car listening to "Every1's a Winner" by Hot Chocolate on repeat.
I hate Spotify, but here are my top wrapped albums.
My Top Albums of 2025
Spotify
www.spotify.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I hate Spotify, but here are my top wrapped albums.
1. Pepperoni rolls
2. Acid mine drainage
3. The word "toboggan"
4. Mountaintop removal
5. Corrupt former governor Arch Moore
6. Charles Manson's childhood years
7. Mothman
2. Acid mine drainage
3. The word "toboggan"
4. Mountaintop removal
5. Corrupt former governor Arch Moore
6. Charles Manson's childhood years
7. Mothman
Question: if Sufjan Stevens did an album about your state, what would there be songs about? (sorry, Michigan and Illinois, you have to sit this one out.
I'll go first for Maryland:
1. Baltimore
2. Harriet Tubman
3. The Snallygaster
4. The pursuit of John Wilkes Booth
5. The Chesapeake
6. Crabs
I'll go first for Maryland:
1. Baltimore
2. Harriet Tubman
3. The Snallygaster
4. The pursuit of John Wilkes Booth
5. The Chesapeake
6. Crabs
December 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
1. Pepperoni rolls
2. Acid mine drainage
3. The word "toboggan"
4. Mountaintop removal
5. Corrupt former governor Arch Moore
6. Charles Manson's childhood years
7. Mothman
2. Acid mine drainage
3. The word "toboggan"
4. Mountaintop removal
5. Corrupt former governor Arch Moore
6. Charles Manson's childhood years
7. Mothman
Why are so many famous jazz musicians named Herbie?
December 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Why are so many famous jazz musicians named Herbie?
I was never on any dating apps, and I'm very glad to have missed them, but every time I see something like this I imagine how normal I would try to make my profile. I would work hard to make myself seem level-headed and easygoing, and I would somehow come across as the most deranged psycho on earth.
I would complain more about my experience on the apps but this is what my roommate deals with
December 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I was never on any dating apps, and I'm very glad to have missed them, but every time I see something like this I imagine how normal I would try to make my profile. I would work hard to make myself seem level-headed and easygoing, and I would somehow come across as the most deranged psycho on earth.
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the 1 year countdown to zoe kravitz on bluesky begins
December 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
the 1 year countdown to zoe kravitz on bluesky begins
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This is very good. I like to remind people that headlines in the 80s would (regularly!) talk about people who drank lattes or ate sushi as exotic, self-indulgent yuppies with obscure tastes. Media constantly made fun of “haute cuisine” meals with tiny portions because fine dining was bad.
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is very good. I like to remind people that headlines in the 80s would (regularly!) talk about people who drank lattes or ate sushi as exotic, self-indulgent yuppies with obscure tastes. Media constantly made fun of “haute cuisine” meals with tiny portions because fine dining was bad.
My friends convinced me to start a letterboxd account and they didn't follow me back. What the hell
boxd.it/bSf4p9
boxd.it/bSf4p9
A review of Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
Carey Grant flies high in this raisinless depiction of an airport south of Mexico City where birds can smash airplane windshields and some guys have histories their wives don't even know a thing about...
boxd.it
November 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
My friends convinced me to start a letterboxd account and they didn't follow me back. What the hell
boxd.it/bSf4p9
boxd.it/bSf4p9
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When a publication like the New Yorker says "we", that doesn't include you or me or anybody else we know. It's what I've chosen to call Remnick Voice. He is speaking to and for his peers, as well as the people who tell him to jump and how high.
November 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
When a publication like the New Yorker says "we", that doesn't include you or me or anybody else we know. It's what I've chosen to call Remnick Voice. He is speaking to and for his peers, as well as the people who tell him to jump and how high.
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Not all troops engage in atrocities but this kill anything/everybody mindset is endemic to the American way of war -- and has been since before the dawn of the Republic. I chronicled it re: Vietnam War. Others have done so in terms of other conflicts and contexts
www.amazon.com/dp/125004506...
www.amazon.com/dp/125004506...
November 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Not all troops engage in atrocities but this kill anything/everybody mindset is endemic to the American way of war -- and has been since before the dawn of the Republic. I chronicled it re: Vietnam War. Others have done so in terms of other conflicts and contexts
www.amazon.com/dp/125004506...
www.amazon.com/dp/125004506...
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calling The Passion of the Christ a whodunnit
March 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
calling The Passion of the Christ a whodunnit
You know, I don't think our country should invade Venezuela.
November 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
You know, I don't think our country should invade Venezuela.
I love it when the bad guy says "At long last."
November 28, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I love it when the bad guy says "At long last."
David Byrne
They Might Be Giants
Black Sabbath
Richard Thompson
304 Rekonz
They Might Be Giants
Black Sabbath
Richard Thompson
304 Rekonz
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen multiple times
Sons of Bill (6x)
Future Islands (4x)
Kathleen Edwards (4x)
Black Keys (2x)
War on Drugs (2x)
Sons of Bill (6x)
Future Islands (4x)
Kathleen Edwards (4x)
Black Keys (2x)
War on Drugs (2x)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen multiple times
Bruce Springsteen
Bonnie Raitt
Trombone Shorty
Rosanne Cash
Lyle Lovett
Bruce Springsteen
Bonnie Raitt
Trombone Shorty
Rosanne Cash
Lyle Lovett
November 28, 2025 at 3:21 AM
David Byrne
They Might Be Giants
Black Sabbath
Richard Thompson
304 Rekonz
They Might Be Giants
Black Sabbath
Richard Thompson
304 Rekonz
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thinking of her today
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
thinking of her today
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imagine you and all your buddies die in a storm and everyone is like wow The Perfect Storm
May 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
imagine you and all your buddies die in a storm and everyone is like wow The Perfect Storm
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Tomorrow I will defeat my family.
November 27, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Tomorrow I will defeat my family.
Can someone decode this?.
November 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Can someone decode this?.
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For my american comrades visiting their old parents this weekend
I cracked the code. Told my boomer dad that having motion smoothing on his TV 'makes it work twice as hard' and will 'wear it out faster' and now hes obsessed with making sure its off.
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
For my american comrades visiting their old parents this weekend
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I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
My TV welcome screen is telling me I should start gambling.
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
My TV welcome screen is telling me I should start gambling.
My friends. You can now preorder my new chapbook, HEAVENS TO BETSY. It's all about a recent time when I ran into the street to stop a pug from being smashed to death by a dump truck. www.cutbankonline.org?utm_source=i...
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
My friends. You can now preorder my new chapbook, HEAVENS TO BETSY. It's all about a recent time when I ran into the street to stop a pug from being smashed to death by a dump truck. www.cutbankonline.org?utm_source=i...
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on your first day in prison, go up to the biggest inmate in there and ask them for the syllabus- it's actually more helpful than you think
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
on your first day in prison, go up to the biggest inmate in there and ask them for the syllabus- it's actually more helpful than you think
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My goodness, Baldwin could had written this last week.
October 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
My goodness, Baldwin could had written this last week.