Don
@donrobbie.bsky.social
Truck driver, WoW player, dad, and occasional unwilling home improver
Seems sound
This gem-filled post by Morgan Housel snuck by over the summer. It's filled with insights and wisdom.
A few examples:
"There is rarely more or less economic uncertainty; just changes in how ignorant people are to potential risks."
collabfund.com/blog/little-...
A few examples:
"There is rarely more or less economic uncertainty; just changes in how ignorant people are to potential risks."
collabfund.com/blog/little-...
Little Rules About Big Things
A few things I’ve come to terms with…
collabfund.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Seems sound
Hear me out. You get a crate of stuffed sheep dolls, add them to your trebuchet outside your child's bedroom window and you've got a trebusheep, which is a great sleep aid. Junior can count sheep out their window until you collapse in a dreamless slumber
"What about a trebuchet," is a valid question and we're glad you asked. Unfortunately, trebuchets are also not designed for safe sleep.
September 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Hear me out. You get a crate of stuffed sheep dolls, add them to your trebuchet outside your child's bedroom window and you've got a trebusheep, which is a great sleep aid. Junior can count sheep out their window until you collapse in a dreamless slumber
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He's not like the other zombies, he's the best zombie. His Uncle went to MIT and he ate his Uncle's Brains so clearly he is very smart now. People say this often. If the Nobel Committee knows what's good for them they'll make an exception to the whole no posthumous awards rule for good zombies.
August 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM
He's not like the other zombies, he's the best zombie. His Uncle went to MIT and he ate his Uncle's Brains so clearly he is very smart now. People say this often. If the Nobel Committee knows what's good for them they'll make an exception to the whole no posthumous awards rule for good zombies.
In the spirit of using a 1/2" piece of electrical tape to fix the check engine light
August 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
In the spirit of using a 1/2" piece of electrical tape to fix the check engine light
Looking forward to Seeing what The Bureau of Lies [Statistics] will get up to.
August 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Looking forward to Seeing what The Bureau of Lies [Statistics] will get up to.
Nothing Like a Hatch Act violation sent on the 4th of July to put a cherry on top of the Death of the Republic.
July 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Nothing Like a Hatch Act violation sent on the 4th of July to put a cherry on top of the Death of the Republic.
Happy OG No Kings Day to those who celebrate
July 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Happy OG No Kings Day to those who celebrate
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Needed this reminder today.
July 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Needed this reminder today.
For some reason I am thinking of the President revising the hurricane track made by the experts at the National Weather Service with his sharpie. Not sure why.
June 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
For some reason I am thinking of the President revising the hurricane track made by the experts at the National Weather Service with his sharpie. Not sure why.
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just walking confidently down the road, certain i will never again see that pesky can. you see, some time ago i kicked it powerfully forward from my position on the road at the time, thus removing it from my purview forever. yeah its pretty — wait a minute. what’s—shit. you’re not gonna believe this
June 17, 2025 at 12:06 AM
just walking confidently down the road, certain i will never again see that pesky can. you see, some time ago i kicked it powerfully forward from my position on the road at the time, thus removing it from my purview forever. yeah its pretty — wait a minute. what’s—shit. you’re not gonna believe this
Looking forward to the future of romance novels, he’s a chatbot tasked with spamming, she’s a chatbot tasked with blocking spam. As they engage in a battle of wit and wiles they discover how much they have in common. Will they find their perfect match or will it be “Love, unread”
June 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Looking forward to the future of romance novels, he’s a chatbot tasked with spamming, she’s a chatbot tasked with blocking spam. As they engage in a battle of wit and wiles they discover how much they have in common. Will they find their perfect match or will it be “Love, unread”
In its flagship journal, the CDC keeps publishing papers after firing scientists who made the research possible - STAT
Absolutely depressing we’re throwing away this irreplaceable capability
Absolutely depressing we’re throwing away this irreplaceable capability
May 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
In its flagship journal, the CDC keeps publishing papers after firing scientists who made the research possible - STAT
Absolutely depressing we’re throwing away this irreplaceable capability
Absolutely depressing we’re throwing away this irreplaceable capability
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It’s weird to live in a time when basic principles like cruelty is wrong, cheating is empty & the idea that curiosity, generosity, originality, the satisfaction of earned accomplishments & loving intimacy are the center of a good life feel like countercultural concepts
May 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It’s weird to live in a time when basic principles like cruelty is wrong, cheating is empty & the idea that curiosity, generosity, originality, the satisfaction of earned accomplishments & loving intimacy are the center of a good life feel like countercultural concepts
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This story explains a LOT of things: ChatGPT appears to be rooting on sociopathic mental illness by validating every delusion of grandeur.
It also explains, in part, the hype cycle around AI: rich people, addicted to praise, invented a Compliment Machine.
www.garbageday.email/p/this-is-wh...
It also explains, in part, the hype cycle around AI: rich people, addicted to praise, invented a Compliment Machine.
www.garbageday.email/p/this-is-wh...
May 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This story explains a LOT of things: ChatGPT appears to be rooting on sociopathic mental illness by validating every delusion of grandeur.
It also explains, in part, the hype cycle around AI: rich people, addicted to praise, invented a Compliment Machine.
www.garbageday.email/p/this-is-wh...
It also explains, in part, the hype cycle around AI: rich people, addicted to praise, invented a Compliment Machine.
www.garbageday.email/p/this-is-wh...
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When I get out of this fucking thing it's over for all you motherfuckers. Over
I've just found a clip of a wild bald eagle being weighed and can't stop laughing XD
May 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
When I get out of this fucking thing it's over for all you motherfuckers. Over
April 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Was just reading John Quincy Adams' oral arguments before SCOTUS in the Amistad case and this part seems, uh, pretty relevant
March 26, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Was just reading John Quincy Adams' oral arguments before SCOTUS in the Amistad case and this part seems, uh, pretty relevant
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I believe the firings and the AI have the same purpose: to get humans out of the loop of evaluating contracts. To automate the process of spending government money. To rig up a computer that sends taxpayer dollars directly to the broligarchy.
March 21, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I believe the firings and the AI have the same purpose: to get humans out of the loop of evaluating contracts. To automate the process of spending government money. To rig up a computer that sends taxpayer dollars directly to the broligarchy.
Are we winning yet?
March 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Are we winning yet?
If you turned the classism upside down “Idiocracy” could have been prophetic re: Mr Musk. The employees who make his life possible work crazy hours and can’t have kids while he’s constantly blitzed and firing his genome around like a 13 year old with a Super Soaker.
March 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
If you turned the classism upside down “Idiocracy” could have been prophetic re: Mr Musk. The employees who make his life possible work crazy hours and can’t have kids while he’s constantly blitzed and firing his genome around like a 13 year old with a Super Soaker.
Seems kinda wild that one of the big lessons learned from Covid was “supply chains matter” and we’re playing red light/green light at the ports and borders with tariffs.
March 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Seems kinda wild that one of the big lessons learned from Covid was “supply chains matter” and we’re playing red light/green light at the ports and borders with tariffs.
Nobody makes original movies anymore, can’t believe they decided to redo the “Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact”
February 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Nobody makes original movies anymore, can’t believe they decided to redo the “Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact”
I never have understood the whole “make me a sandwich” schtick. I’m a guy, utterly vanilla Cishet, but I make good sandwiches. It’s about the easiest food artistry you can do. Why would you not make your own sandwich and a) have the sandwich you want and b) have the little dopamine hit of creation ?
February 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I never have understood the whole “make me a sandwich” schtick. I’m a guy, utterly vanilla Cishet, but I make good sandwiches. It’s about the easiest food artistry you can do. Why would you not make your own sandwich and a) have the sandwich you want and b) have the little dopamine hit of creation ?