Robin Johnson
@robinjohnson.bsky.social
Interactive fiction/gamedev/writer, audiodramatist
🎙️ Producer/writer/HPL in @midnightpals.bsky.social podcast
🏆 IFComp, Xyzzys
👨💻 XP: Gute Fabrik, Kythera
👾 versificator.itch.io
🌈ADHAu
covid is still a thing
nazis are bad
"ai" "art" is neither
he/him
🎙️ Producer/writer/HPL in @midnightpals.bsky.social podcast
🏆 IFComp, Xyzzys
👨💻 XP: Gute Fabrik, Kythera
👾 versificator.itch.io
🌈ADHAu
covid is still a thing
nazis are bad
"ai" "art" is neither
he/him
Pinned
Robin Johnson
@robinjohnson.bsky.social
· Jan 16
Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals
Each week, a group of storytellers gathers around a campfire. There's world-weary club MC Edgar Allan Poe, nerd dad Stephen King, violent goth Mary Shelley, squid-obsessed wimp HP Lovecraft, and other...
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Ake and Thok have an interesting dynamic with the cadets! It's like, you know when you're being interrogated by police, and one officer lights you a cigarette and the other shouts & hits you with a chair? There should be a name for this sort of double act, maybe "cordial policeman violent policeman"
January 16, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Ake and Thok have an interesting dynamic with the cadets! It's like, you know when you're being interrogated by police, and one officer lights you a cigarette and the other shouts & hits you with a chair? There should be a name for this sort of double act, maybe "cordial policeman violent policeman"
who watches birds (in space) but ok
January 16, 2026 at 7:16 PM
who watches birds (in space) but ok
YAY A KLINGON NERD
January 16, 2026 at 7:06 PM
YAY A KLINGON NERD
I'd like Star Trek to stick to a vision of humanity Bettering Itself and for me that includes not having a shitty prison system or drill sergeants going YOU! GET DOWN AND GIVE ME 50! EVERYONE ELSE PISS IN THIS MAN'S EYES in 1000 years but oh well
January 16, 2026 at 7:01 PM
I'd like Star Trek to stick to a vision of humanity Bettering Itself and for me that includes not having a shitty prison system or drill sergeants going YOU! GET DOWN AND GIVE ME 50! EVERYONE ELSE PISS IN THIS MAN'S EYES in 1000 years but oh well
excuse me, your name is Laura WHAT
January 16, 2026 at 6:51 PM
excuse me, your name is Laura WHAT
The metaphor(ish type thing) was Denmark saying "sure, we'll set up a working group" meaning "we will ignore this forever" and America not realising that, which may or may not be what happened
January 16, 2026 at 1:49 PM
The metaphor(ish type thing) was Denmark saying "sure, we'll set up a working group" meaning "we will ignore this forever" and America not realising that, which may or may not be what happened
Ah, so is this "Good news on the job application: they said they'd keep my details on file"?
January 16, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Ah, so is this "Good news on the job application: they said they'd keep my details on file"?
The purpose of the lying has changed from "make you believe the lie" to "make you doubt your sanity" to "make you question the nature of reality itself" to "show you how much lying they can get away with"
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says the Danes agreed to form a working group to discuss the surrender of Greenland to Trump. "No we didn't" says the Danish foreign minister, indeed "there will be no discussion of turnover." www.berlingske.dk/indland/det-...
Det Hvide Hus: Arbejdsgruppe skal drøfte »erhvervelsen af Grønland« – Løkke afviser
Onsdagens møde og NATO-allieredes styrker i Grønland ændrer ikke Trumps ambitioner om, at USA skal erhverve Grønland, lyder det torsdag aften fra Det Hvide Hus.
www.berlingske.dk
January 16, 2026 at 10:44 AM
The purpose of the lying has changed from "make you believe the lie" to "make you doubt your sanity" to "make you question the nature of reality itself" to "show you how much lying they can get away with"
If they just want to lie about it and say they invaded and conquered Greenland already, that's OK with me if it's OK with the Greenlanders
January 16, 2026 at 10:37 AM
If they just want to lie about it and say they invaded and conquered Greenland already, that's OK with me if it's OK with the Greenlanders
Duct tape them to your face?
(eek, good luck)
(eek, good luck)
January 16, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Duct tape them to your face?
(eek, good luck)
(eek, good luck)
It's exactly who he is and you both know it
January 15, 2026 at 11:36 PM
It's exactly who he is and you both know it
Reposted by Robin Johnson
For non-German speakers:
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
Liebe Medien, ich kann die Schlagzeile "Keine Einigung zwischen USA und Dänemark" nicht mehr sehen. Wenn ein Bewaffneter eine Bank stürmt, titelt ihr doch auch nicht: "Räuber und Kassiererin finden keinen Konsens über Geldübergabe." Hört auf, imperiale Aggression als normale Diplomatie zu framen.
January 15, 2026 at 11:11 AM
For non-German speakers:
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
Unfortunately also a rightwing plonker
January 15, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Unfortunately also a rightwing plonker
"former president" got me excited for a second there
January 14, 2026 at 11:21 PM
"former president" got me excited for a second there
I think you mean
January 14, 2026 at 9:13 PM
I think you mean
found a proto-meme in weird communist-Hungarian cheesecake comic Jucika
January 14, 2026 at 8:50 PM
found a proto-meme in weird communist-Hungarian cheesecake comic Jucika
I'd be fascinated to see what Biffo can do to stop him
January 14, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I'd be fascinated to see what Biffo can do to stop him
for something they cannot do, they sure do a lot of it
January 14, 2026 at 4:13 PM
for something they cannot do, they sure do a lot of it
no TRUE cheese is terrible
January 14, 2026 at 4:08 PM
no TRUE cheese is terrible
Reposted by Robin Johnson
let thine eye look like a friend on Denmark.
January 14, 2026 at 2:49 PM
let thine eye look like a friend on Denmark.
Reposted by Robin Johnson
First time in 2026!
Hey folks -- Signal Boost time for this week's #TheFullLid. If you have a creative project to promote, leave the details in a reply. Include the title and a link please, so folks can find it. For pre-launch crowdfunders let us know about 2 weeks in advance.
Hey folks -- Signal Boost time for this week's #TheFullLid. If you have a creative project to promote, leave the details in a reply. Include the title and a link please, so folks can find it. For pre-launch crowdfunders let us know about 2 weeks in advance.
January 14, 2026 at 12:39 PM
First time in 2026!
Hey folks -- Signal Boost time for this week's #TheFullLid. If you have a creative project to promote, leave the details in a reply. Include the title and a link please, so folks can find it. For pre-launch crowdfunders let us know about 2 weeks in advance.
Hey folks -- Signal Boost time for this week's #TheFullLid. If you have a creative project to promote, leave the details in a reply. Include the title and a link please, so folks can find it. For pre-launch crowdfunders let us know about 2 weeks in advance.
Reposted by Robin Johnson
As an outside person with extensive MPLS connections, this is ONE HUNDRED PERCENT TRUE. Literally every one of them. In all the neighborhoods, all social strata. "They tear gassed outside my bagel place" "yeah they tried to take one of my kids art teachers" "yeah their building was raided." etc.
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 11:07 PM
As an outside person with extensive MPLS connections, this is ONE HUNDRED PERCENT TRUE. Literally every one of them. In all the neighborhoods, all social strata. "They tear gassed outside my bagel place" "yeah they tried to take one of my kids art teachers" "yeah their building was raided." etc.
Reposted by Robin Johnson
On Thurs 22nd January, we are hosting Lightning Talks with @arghscotland.bsky.social 🌩️
This will be a space for autistic and other ND folk to infodump and share the joy. Everyone is also welcome to just attend and enjoy!
Talks should be up to about 7 minutes long.
Sign up: luma.com/zh49tltt
This will be a space for autistic and other ND folk to infodump and share the joy. Everyone is also welcome to just attend and enjoy!
Talks should be up to about 7 minutes long.
Sign up: luma.com/zh49tltt
Lightning Talks with AMASE & ARGH Scotland · Zoom · Luma
On Thursday, 22nd of January, 7:30-8:30pm GMT, the Autistic Mutual Aid Society Edinburgh (AMASE) and ARGH Scotland are running a Lightning Talks event…
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January 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM
On Thurs 22nd January, we are hosting Lightning Talks with @arghscotland.bsky.social 🌩️
This will be a space for autistic and other ND folk to infodump and share the joy. Everyone is also welcome to just attend and enjoy!
Talks should be up to about 7 minutes long.
Sign up: luma.com/zh49tltt
This will be a space for autistic and other ND folk to infodump and share the joy. Everyone is also welcome to just attend and enjoy!
Talks should be up to about 7 minutes long.
Sign up: luma.com/zh49tltt