Bob Alberti
@a1batross.bsky.social
Comedian, author, photographer, Internet pioneer (Gopher, RFC1436), MMORPG pioneer (GamBit MultiSystems).
Yeah, I quit TikTok after the whole "Trump uncancelled them" fiasco. I knew there would be a price.
December 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Yeah, I quit TikTok after the whole "Trump uncancelled them" fiasco. I knew there would be a price.
I see yer problem there... that there's a FRENCH squirrel. See the jaunty way in which he's sporting his chapeau? Yeah, that squirrel's got the ennui is your problem. What he needs is a baguette and a cigarette and he won't LOOK any happier, but inside he'll start to have the holiday spirit.
December 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I see yer problem there... that there's a FRENCH squirrel. See the jaunty way in which he's sporting his chapeau? Yeah, that squirrel's got the ennui is your problem. What he needs is a baguette and a cigarette and he won't LOOK any happier, but inside he'll start to have the holiday spirit.
Tens of millions of people have bought hundreds of millions of tickets across weeks & still nobody won.
You're about as likely to win the lottery by buying a ticket as you are by finding the winning ticket blowing down the street. The latter is much cheaper.
#statistics #math #StupidityTax #HopeTax
You're about as likely to win the lottery by buying a ticket as you are by finding the winning ticket blowing down the street. The latter is much cheaper.
#statistics #math #StupidityTax #HopeTax
December 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Tens of millions of people have bought hundreds of millions of tickets across weeks & still nobody won.
You're about as likely to win the lottery by buying a ticket as you are by finding the winning ticket blowing down the street. The latter is much cheaper.
#statistics #math #StupidityTax #HopeTax
You're about as likely to win the lottery by buying a ticket as you are by finding the winning ticket blowing down the street. The latter is much cheaper.
#statistics #math #StupidityTax #HopeTax
When I raised my family two blocks from there gravity pointed the other way.
December 7, 2025 at 2:29 AM
When I raised my family two blocks from there gravity pointed the other way.
It's both:
Why you should know about these Social Security and Medicare donut holes | PBS News share.google/8zNDYZqR4L2Z...
Why you should know about these Social Security and Medicare donut holes | PBS News share.google/8zNDYZqR4L2Z...
Why you should know about these Social Security and Medicare donut holes
Medicare rules are supposed to protect people when they enter a "donut hole" in their coverage, but the high cost of prescriptions are making the plans less effective, writes columnist Philip Moeller.
share.google
December 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
It's both:
Why you should know about these Social Security and Medicare donut holes | PBS News share.google/8zNDYZqR4L2Z...
Why you should know about these Social Security and Medicare donut holes | PBS News share.google/8zNDYZqR4L2Z...
Overturn Citizens United
Ban sitting members of Congress from transacting stocks
Restore Glass Stiegel
Pass the ERA, a privacy Amendment and one prohibiting felonious officeholders
Expand the Supreme Court to 13
Offer statehood to US protectorates and districts.
Close the Social Security donut hole
Ban sitting members of Congress from transacting stocks
Restore Glass Stiegel
Pass the ERA, a privacy Amendment and one prohibiting felonious officeholders
Expand the Supreme Court to 13
Offer statehood to US protectorates and districts.
Close the Social Security donut hole
December 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Overturn Citizens United
Ban sitting members of Congress from transacting stocks
Restore Glass Stiegel
Pass the ERA, a privacy Amendment and one prohibiting felonious officeholders
Expand the Supreme Court to 13
Offer statehood to US protectorates and districts.
Close the Social Security donut hole
Ban sitting members of Congress from transacting stocks
Restore Glass Stiegel
Pass the ERA, a privacy Amendment and one prohibiting felonious officeholders
Expand the Supreme Court to 13
Offer statehood to US protectorates and districts.
Close the Social Security donut hole
I have a space between my names, which is why I like space!
December 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I have a space between my names, which is why I like space!
They're the right words, still waiting for the actions. But, hey, I'm open to the prospect of the Minneapolis police doing the right thing for a change. Just... let's see it.
December 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
They're the right words, still waiting for the actions. But, hey, I'm open to the prospect of the Minneapolis police doing the right thing for a change. Just... let's see it.
This is literally why I will always call it Twitter. Two can play at that game.
December 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This is literally why I will always call it Twitter. Two can play at that game.
I'm hoping to win the NFL prize for particle physics.
December 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I'm hoping to win the NFL prize for particle physics.
Isn't FIFA a... football organization? I mean, a European football organization? Or is there another FIFA I'm not aware of?
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Isn't FIFA a... football organization? I mean, a European football organization? Or is there another FIFA I'm not aware of?
Finally, the respect I'm entitled to! ;-)
I was lucky enough to game with Barker for 22 years. Arneson was a regular visiting participant.
I was lucky enough to game with Barker for 22 years. Arneson was a regular visiting participant.
December 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Finally, the respect I'm entitled to! ;-)
I was lucky enough to game with Barker for 22 years. Arneson was a regular visiting participant.
I was lucky enough to game with Barker for 22 years. Arneson was a regular visiting participant.
Now I have to bring out the bigger guns ;-)
Copies of the original D&D manuals signed by Dave Arneson to MAR Barker, and Dave's mimeo for review of Barker's ms. for Empire of the Petal Throne, dated Feb 1974.
(I was a friend of both and treasurer of the TekumelFoundation.org curator of Barker's IP)
Copies of the original D&D manuals signed by Dave Arneson to MAR Barker, and Dave's mimeo for review of Barker's ms. for Empire of the Petal Throne, dated Feb 1974.
(I was a friend of both and treasurer of the TekumelFoundation.org curator of Barker's IP)
December 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Now I have to bring out the bigger guns ;-)
Copies of the original D&D manuals signed by Dave Arneson to MAR Barker, and Dave's mimeo for review of Barker's ms. for Empire of the Petal Throne, dated Feb 1974.
(I was a friend of both and treasurer of the TekumelFoundation.org curator of Barker's IP)
Copies of the original D&D manuals signed by Dave Arneson to MAR Barker, and Dave's mimeo for review of Barker's ms. for Empire of the Petal Throne, dated Feb 1974.
(I was a friend of both and treasurer of the TekumelFoundation.org curator of Barker's IP)
Original D&D manuals signed by Dave Arneson to MAR Barker. On top of Arneson's mimeo-for-review of Barker's EPT ms. dated Feb 1974
(full disclosure, I was the treasurer of the Tekumel Foundation and curated Barker's IP related to his game)
#D&D #Tekumel #EmpireOfThePetalThrone #MARBarker
(full disclosure, I was the treasurer of the Tekumel Foundation and curated Barker's IP related to his game)
#D&D #Tekumel #EmpireOfThePetalThrone #MARBarker
December 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Original D&D manuals signed by Dave Arneson to MAR Barker. On top of Arneson's mimeo-for-review of Barker's EPT ms. dated Feb 1974
(full disclosure, I was the treasurer of the Tekumel Foundation and curated Barker's IP related to his game)
#D&D #Tekumel #EmpireOfThePetalThrone #MARBarker
(full disclosure, I was the treasurer of the Tekumel Foundation and curated Barker's IP related to his game)
#D&D #Tekumel #EmpireOfThePetalThrone #MARBarker
"Korg! What Korg do?"
"Korg sit, look at fire."
"No Korg do! That rot brain!"
"But Korg LIKE look at fire!"
"World better before fire invented."
"But fire make warm!"
"Fire burn forest!"
"Fire make cook!"
"Bah! Meat good raw!"
"Korg sleep soon..."
"Korg rot brain, fire bad. Korg will see!"
"Korg sit, look at fire."
"No Korg do! That rot brain!"
"But Korg LIKE look at fire!"
"World better before fire invented."
"But fire make warm!"
"Fire burn forest!"
"Fire make cook!"
"Bah! Meat good raw!"
"Korg sleep soon..."
"Korg rot brain, fire bad. Korg will see!"
December 5, 2025 at 9:19 AM
"Korg! What Korg do?"
"Korg sit, look at fire."
"No Korg do! That rot brain!"
"But Korg LIKE look at fire!"
"World better before fire invented."
"But fire make warm!"
"Fire burn forest!"
"Fire make cook!"
"Bah! Meat good raw!"
"Korg sleep soon..."
"Korg rot brain, fire bad. Korg will see!"
"Korg sit, look at fire."
"No Korg do! That rot brain!"
"But Korg LIKE look at fire!"
"World better before fire invented."
"But fire make warm!"
"Fire burn forest!"
"Fire make cook!"
"Bah! Meat good raw!"
"Korg sleep soon..."
"Korg rot brain, fire bad. Korg will see!"
My favorite job was teaching a week-long information security course in Europe. Got flown to Stockholm and Rotterdam and elsewhere. Unfortunately the way things worked out I wasn't making any money, but I loved the job.
December 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
My favorite job was teaching a week-long information security course in Europe. Got flown to Stockholm and Rotterdam and elsewhere. Unfortunately the way things worked out I wasn't making any money, but I loved the job.
Yeah, "A Christmas Carol" is a ghost story.
December 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Yeah, "A Christmas Carol" is a ghost story.
"Dear Santa, I wanna be big."
December 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
"Dear Santa, I wanna be big."
Mad scientists gotta start somewhere.
December 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Mad scientists gotta start somewhere.
This is the Inception scandal plan - just keep generating more scandals and the prior ones get lost on the noise.
December 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This is the Inception scandal plan - just keep generating more scandals and the prior ones get lost on the noise.