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Your Friendly Neighborhood TransitDad @robins36.bsky.social · Nov 7

Since I've gotten some followers that migrated with me from X or found me here, here are some things you can expect on this feed:

-Buffalo Sabres discourse
-Buffalo Bills shitposting
-left-leaning diatribes
-pro-cycling / transit propaganda
-hot music takes
-urbanism musings
-climate consciousness

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Your Friendly Neighborhood TransitDad @robins36.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah, they're young and impressionable and don't care if the ice product stinks 😅 perfect fans for this team

Your Friendly Neighborhood TransitDad @robins36.bsky.social · 7h

Good news is tickets will be dirt cheap soon enough, I'll be able to get my kid almost at ice level for like $30 per 😅

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Your Friendly Neighborhood TransitDad @robins36.bsky.social · 8h

Me by the end of the season:

a man in a purple suit and tie is smiling with a hole in his nose

ALT: a man in a purple suit and tie is smiling with a hole in his nose

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Your Friendly Neighborhood TransitDad @robins36.bsky.social · 8h

Honestly that palace intrigue might be the only interesting thing about the franchise right now

Your Friendly Neighborhood TransitDad @robins36.bsky.social · 8h

I suspect the comparisons between Dylan Cozens and Josh Norris are not gonna be favorable (if he even plays half the games this season).

Guy is made of glass and we still traded for him for...reasons.

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Your Friendly Neighborhood TransitDad @robins36.bsky.social · 8h

I lived and breathed Sabres hockey for most of my 20's but that era is over. I don't have any sports teams that are near and dear to me now.

They haven't earned that commitment and until they put a full season or two together I'm gonna keep them at arm's length.

Your Friendly Neighborhood TransitDad @robins36.bsky.social · 8h

My level of engagement with the Sabres at this point is that it's something fun to do with my kid. That's it.

They have the same emotional investment from me that I have with the multiplex or a bowling alley.

Soon as I enter that building I shut my brain off like I'm watching a Michael Bay movie.

Your Friendly Neighborhood TransitDad @robins36.bsky.social · 9h

Some of us live in drafty old ruins, as soon as it falls below 50 I pretty much have no choice.

Your Friendly Neighborhood TransitDad @robins36.bsky.social · 9h

These dipshits can't accept that the guy who fed the hungry and cured the sick while rejecting the rich and the monied interests might not align with Trumpism as an ideology.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 16h

As Pope Leo begins to reveal some of his views on divisive issues, some conservative critics of his predecessor are rejecting the possible rise of another “liberal pope.”

As Pope Leo riles conservatives, some say ‘just focus on the church’

Conservatives who hoped that Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, would be more of a traditionalist instead hear echoes of his predecessor, Francis, in his public statements.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Your Friendly Neighborhood TransitDad @robins36.bsky.social · 15h

These fucking fascist goons should show their faces if they are so goddamn proud of the "work" they are doing.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

Your Friendly Neighborhood TransitDad @robins36.bsky.social · 15h

We decided against it too, but will do it later if kiddo requests it. But yeah this correlation is pretty nuts even for RFK Jr...

Your Friendly Neighborhood TransitDad @robins36.bsky.social · 17h

As soon as the event page goes up I'll let you know! 👍 Usually it's the first Saturday of November so I'm guessing 11/1 but they could potentially push it later.

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John Rain🥇 @johnrain.co.uk · 1d

Bill Burr explains why he did the Riyadh Comedy Festival

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Your Friendly Neighborhood TransitDad @robins36.bsky.social · 19h

It's a little early but I'm throwing this out there...any Buffalo bicycle folks want to form up with @christinelsloc.bsky.social and myself for Cranksgiving on 11/1 and do the food scavenger hunt to benefit Food Not Bombs?

We are a solid 2 person team but could use 2 more! 🚲🍂

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Your Friendly Neighborhood TransitDad @robins36.bsky.social · 20h

Yeah probably more hope there, Buffalo is in a lower tier with Montreal and Ottawa slugging it out.

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Your Friendly Neighborhood TransitDad @robins36.bsky.social · 22h

We're so back
youtu.be/6JIv1l96zN0?...

Gorillaz - The Manifesto ft. Trueno & Proof (Official Visualiser)

YouTube video by Gorillaz

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Chris Ostrander @2itbbuffalo.bsky.social · 22h

Sabres

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Your Friendly Neighborhood TransitDad @robins36.bsky.social · 22h

Still trying to manifest a Bills/Lions Superbowl into existence. #UpTheLakes

The Buffalo News @buffalonews.com · 22h

Buffalo News sports reporter Jay Skurski weighs in with his NFL power rankings after Week 5.
buffalonews.com/sports/profe...

Week 6 Power Rankings: Lions roar to top spot; Bills slip

Buffalo News sports reporter Jay Skurski weighs in with his NFL power rankings after Week 5.

buffalonews.com

Your Friendly Neighborhood TransitDad @robins36.bsky.social · 1d

All I see:

a close up of a man wearing a silver helmet

ALT: a close up of a man wearing a silver helmet

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Your Friendly Neighborhood TransitDad @robins36.bsky.social · 1d

Alex Garland's Civil War wasn't supposed to be a documentary but a bunch of people shit the bed in November '24 and here we are.

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 1d

This is getting wild.

The states of Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and 14 others have just asked for permission to file THEIR amicus brief in IL v. Trump.

The States of Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina and 14 additional States
respectfully move for leave to submit the attached amicus curiae brief in support of Defendants
and their opposition to Plaintiffs’ requested temporary restraining order and preliminary
injunction. Proposed amici are States with a vested interest in federalism, the relationship between
States and the federal government, and deploying the National Guard. We also each have a vital
interest in supporting the President and Congress in enacting and enforcing valid immigration
laws. Every State has a responsibility to protect our citizens.
The federalization of States’ National Guard units is a matter of profound public
importance, as it directly implicates the delicate balance of power between state and federal
governments—a true cornerstone of Federalism. States generally maintain authority over their
National Guard units, allowing governors to deploy them for state-specific needs, such as disaster
response or public safety. Federalization of state National Guard units without gubernatorial

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Your Friendly Neighborhood TransitDad @robins36.bsky.social · 1d

I have met dozens of truly excellent people on Buffalo Twitter and now here, I just need to actually try and see more of y'all in real life.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

Your Friendly Neighborhood TransitDad @robins36.bsky.social · 1d

I was just looking at the "fine punishable by $200,000" text on a Ghibli Blu Ray and thinking how fast we went from iron clad copyright law to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ in the AI slop era

Strange Days at Blake Hol(e)sey High 👻 🍑 @reactionordinary.bsky.social · 1d

The RIAA was suing teenagers. We had to sit through ⬇️ this shit anytime we wanted to watch a DVD. A whole generation shamed for using Limewire and torrents. Only for these silicone valley assholes to now find copyright infringement a necessary evil they shouldn’t have to answer for

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Your Friendly Neighborhood TransitDad @robins36.bsky.social · 1d

The Speaker of the House is constantly dodging Trump's bullshit like

Your Friendly Neighborhood TransitDad @robins36.bsky.social · 1d

This is a pretty good summation of everything that is wrong with modern music.

Taylor Swift is a brand, and a damn profitable one at that, but the artistry became secondary to the commerce a few albums ago.

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1d

god damn this is brutal defector.com/taylor-swift...

No Good Art Comes From Greed | Defector

The packages arrived square and thin and carefully wrapped on Saturday afternoon. There were three of them, but only one was mine. If I could have rejected my package, sent it back from whence it came...

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