Rob Secundus
@robertsecundus.bsky.social
failed academic, excommunicated catholic
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Rob Secundus
@robertsecundus.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Hey folks just fyi please @ me and tell me if we’re mutuals on Twitter because i 1 find this website hard to parse and 2 forget who everyone is if I can’t see their long-standing pfp
up all night on one of my patented put-off-all-grading-until-literally-the-last-possible-moment binges. grades are due four times a year, but it increasingly feels like the only real part of the year, like everything else happens in montage, and life is just a stack of papers
February 3, 2026 at 5:33 AM
up all night on one of my patented put-off-all-grading-until-literally-the-last-possible-moment binges. grades are due four times a year, but it increasingly feels like the only real part of the year, like everything else happens in montage, and life is just a stack of papers
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You all have free range to use this image in response to any transphobia now
February 2, 2026 at 10:21 PM
You all have free range to use this image in response to any transphobia now
remember that Weiss' idea of a "charismatic figure" they need to put on the air more is Alan fucking Dershowitz. She wants to transform CBS into ENN: the Epstein-associate News Network.
"People don't trust us. Maybe it's because we're platforming a guy who appears thousands of times in the Epstein Files."
"We need to air what people want. Unless people don't want us to air the views of a guy who appears thousands of times in the Epstein Files. Then we'd be giving in to the mob."
"We need to air what people want. Unless people don't want us to air the views of a guy who appears thousands of times in the Epstein Files. Then we'd be giving in to the mob."
February 3, 2026 at 12:45 AM
remember that Weiss' idea of a "charismatic figure" they need to put on the air more is Alan fucking Dershowitz. She wants to transform CBS into ENN: the Epstein-associate News Network.
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I decided to check out the profile of the person who wrote the substack that Gaiman says clears his name and his current argument is “It would be impossible for Gaiman to manipulate, groom or sexually prey people because he’s autistic” which is an absurd defense I hear too often about guilty men
February 3, 2026 at 12:01 AM
I decided to check out the profile of the person who wrote the substack that Gaiman says clears his name and his current argument is “It would be impossible for Gaiman to manipulate, groom or sexually prey people because he’s autistic” which is an absurd defense I hear too often about guilty men
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My opinion of Gaiman remains: even in the unlikely event that he’s telling the truth and this is all mischaracterizations of the truth by bad faith actors, the stuff that objectively happened that he admitted to and his behavior surrounding it all is enough for me to want to never support him again
February 2, 2026 at 11:40 PM
My opinion of Gaiman remains: even in the unlikely event that he’s telling the truth and this is all mischaracterizations of the truth by bad faith actors, the stuff that objectively happened that he admitted to and his behavior surrounding it all is enough for me to want to never support him again
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Huh, wonder what’s the deal with this bulleted list with emotes at the start of each individual section! That’s the sort of formatting style seen in ChatGPT 4o! Almost as if the person making this “Neil Gaiman Is Innocent” blog Gaiman is promoting used AI to compile all of this together
February 2, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Huh, wonder what’s the deal with this bulleted list with emotes at the start of each individual section! That’s the sort of formatting style seen in ChatGPT 4o! Almost as if the person making this “Neil Gaiman Is Innocent” blog Gaiman is promoting used AI to compile all of this together
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Wild that Neil Gaiman shared that long substack about how he’s secretly innocent because I read through it a week ago after someone was spamming it in my replies and it’s the type of shit that’s only convincing if you think “she described it as grooming, not sexual assault” is a persuasive argument
February 2, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Wild that Neil Gaiman shared that long substack about how he’s secretly innocent because I read through it a week ago after someone was spamming it in my replies and it’s the type of shit that’s only convincing if you think “she described it as grooming, not sexual assault” is a persuasive argument
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I recommend this book here. But I also talked about it in a spoiler filled podcast.
February 2, 2026 at 1:18 PM
I recommend this book here. But I also talked about it in a spoiler filled podcast.
for the record, Neil Gaiman only appears in the released epstein files once, and then it's just kickstarter spam. Which makes sense; he didn't spend much time with authors, and, as we can see from his exchanges with Musk, he wasn't a fan of cringily performative nerds
February 2, 2026 at 10:29 PM
for the record, Neil Gaiman only appears in the released epstein files once, and then it's just kickstarter spam. Which makes sense; he didn't spend much time with authors, and, as we can see from his exchanges with Musk, he wasn't a fan of cringily performative nerds
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like at a certain point it is easier to just run a candidate with popular policies than a dogshit one with awful policies who you have to somehow scold people into pretending is good. far too much work, that
February 2, 2026 at 10:08 PM
like at a certain point it is easier to just run a candidate with popular policies than a dogshit one with awful policies who you have to somehow scold people into pretending is good. far too much work, that
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but she does suck? she should have tried not sucking so much then, if people thinking she sucks was so important
One thing many people refuse to understand is that voting for Kamala Harris doesn’t excuse you for telling everyone she sucks and convincing others not to vote for her
February 2, 2026 at 10:00 PM
but she does suck? she should have tried not sucking so much then, if people thinking she sucks was so important
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people get so mad when they have to do like 50 seconds of self-reflection. he's gonna be justifying this to himself and everyone else forever i guess.
Keep reading them for filth. They're nervous
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John Lithgow insists J.K. Rowling is 'not really involved' in 'Harry Potter' series
John Lithgow stands by his decision to star in HBO's 'Harry Potter' series amid backlash to J.K. Rowling's anti-trans views: 'It made me very uncomfortable and unhappy that people were actively insist...
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February 2, 2026 at 10:07 PM
people get so mad when they have to do like 50 seconds of self-reflection. he's gonna be justifying this to himself and everyone else forever i guess.
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I need someone to get in the trenches and figure out what is going on editorially at this company
The Guardians of the Galaxy were primed for "a bold new evolution" in 2026, but Marvel is ending it early.
Details: www.thepopverse.com/comics-imper...
Details: www.thepopverse.com/comics-imper...
The Guardians of the Galaxy were primed for "a bold new evolution" in 2026, but Marvel is ending it early
Marvel quietly downgrades Imperial Guardians from an ongoing series to a five-issue run.
www.thepopverse.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:09 PM
I need someone to get in the trenches and figure out what is going on editorially at this company
Neil Gaiman attempting the Russel Brand path I see
February 2, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Neil Gaiman attempting the Russel Brand path I see
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Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
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ME: I knew Pagliacci was a stage name, but the joke didn't work unless I pretended it was his real name.
CHOTINER: So you misrepresented the doctor.
M: Well, I didn't know it would be popular. It was just for our followers.
C: Right. It's okay to lie when it's only close friends.
M: Hold on
CHOTINER: So you misrepresented the doctor.
M: Well, I didn't know it would be popular. It was just for our followers.
C: Right. It's okay to lie when it's only close friends.
M: Hold on
DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
February 2, 2026 at 3:17 PM
ME: I knew Pagliacci was a stage name, but the joke didn't work unless I pretended it was his real name.
CHOTINER: So you misrepresented the doctor.
M: Well, I didn't know it would be popular. It was just for our followers.
C: Right. It's okay to lie when it's only close friends.
M: Hold on
CHOTINER: So you misrepresented the doctor.
M: Well, I didn't know it would be popular. It was just for our followers.
C: Right. It's okay to lie when it's only close friends.
M: Hold on
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$3,000 billion dollars. the whole earth is being turned into paperclips right now for this trash people don't even want being shoved into every product that's consistently failing businesses that are trying to use it, deeply screws up and even undoes learning in ways that seem borderline irreparable
February 2, 2026 at 2:36 PM
$3,000 billion dollars. the whole earth is being turned into paperclips right now for this trash people don't even want being shoved into every product that's consistently failing businesses that are trying to use it, deeply screws up and even undoes learning in ways that seem borderline irreparable
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DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
February 2, 2026 at 3:58 AM
DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
This podcast has meant a lot to me personally, and ending it with New X-Men is just also very personally meaningful. In 2014, I was in my second semester of grad school, driving 2 hours each way to my class/work, and I had, suddenly, two thoughts:
Sharing some news that those of you who have listened to 513 already know -- Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men will be coming to an end later this year.
www.xplainthexmen.com/2026/02/all-...
www.xplainthexmen.com/2026/02/all-...
All Good Things
Something we’ve talked about a lot on the show is how much we like stories and series with deliberate endings. Endings are important: They provide closure and meaning. They give narratives shape. A…
www.xplainthexmen.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:14 PM
This podcast has meant a lot to me personally, and ending it with New X-Men is just also very personally meaningful. In 2014, I was in my second semester of grad school, driving 2 hours each way to my class/work, and I had, suddenly, two thoughts:
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TENURED YALE PROFESSOR IN AN OP-ED: In our society we have too often accepted the heckler’s veto, allowing the perfect to be the enemy of the good and making the refusal to forgive our highest virtue
TENURED YALE PROFESSOR IN AN EMAIL: hii jfefrey Can I come to rape party w/a plusone this weekend
TENURED YALE PROFESSOR IN AN EMAIL: hii jfefrey Can I come to rape party w/a plusone this weekend
February 2, 2026 at 2:42 AM
TENURED YALE PROFESSOR IN AN OP-ED: In our society we have too often accepted the heckler’s veto, allowing the perfect to be the enemy of the good and making the refusal to forgive our highest virtue
TENURED YALE PROFESSOR IN AN EMAIL: hii jfefrey Can I come to rape party w/a plusone this weekend
TENURED YALE PROFESSOR IN AN EMAIL: hii jfefrey Can I come to rape party w/a plusone this weekend
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Absolutely losing my mind over Ava, THE ROCK'S DAUGHTER, quitting WWE despite them offering her a raise to keep working a pretty cushy kayfabe general manager gig and then the day after her contract ends she posts this
February 1, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Absolutely losing my mind over Ava, THE ROCK'S DAUGHTER, quitting WWE despite them offering her a raise to keep working a pretty cushy kayfabe general manager gig and then the day after her contract ends she posts this
if you're wondering "Does New York City Comic Con ever get mentioned in the epstein files?" the answer is yes
February 1, 2026 at 2:32 AM
if you're wondering "Does New York City Comic Con ever get mentioned in the epstein files?" the answer is yes
I guess this isn't new information, it must be in the actual published version of the autobiography, but while looking for Comics-Related shit in the Epstein Files, I discovered this amazing child story about Alan Dershowitz:
February 1, 2026 at 2:27 AM
I guess this isn't new information, it must be in the actual published version of the autobiography, but while looking for Comics-Related shit in the Epstein Files, I discovered this amazing child story about Alan Dershowitz: