Robert Lockerd
@rmlockerd.bsky.social
I invented the Phillips screwdriver, but was too modest to name it after myself. Views pretty much unmistakably my own.
My favourite thing about the new Knives Out is that the much-neglected John Dickson Carr gets a spotlight
December 26, 2025 at 8:13 AM
My favourite thing about the new Knives Out is that the much-neglected John Dickson Carr gets a spotlight
Finally got some proper Wellington weather for our Christmas vacation (i.e., sideways rain)
December 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Finally got some proper Wellington weather for our Christmas vacation (i.e., sideways rain)
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Trolling each other since 1054
Mar Awa III, patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, also born in Chicago, gave Pope Leo a Cubs jersey.
October 28, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Trolling each other since 1054
When you die you should get a little scorecard with all the shit that was wrong with you. “Damnit, I KNEW it was lupus!”
October 14, 2025 at 9:50 AM
When you die you should get a little scorecard with all the shit that was wrong with you. “Damnit, I KNEW it was lupus!”
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Portland never stops being Portland.
October 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Portland never stops being Portland.
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Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
In some personal news, I’ve been self-diagnosed with space madness
September 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
In some personal news, I’ve been self-diagnosed with space madness
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Language fact: the word PANKAKES in Ancient Greek (ΠΑΓΚΑΚΗΣ) means “completely evil”
Went to ihop drunk at 4am and asked them to make the pancakes
Evil. Maybe one of the best escapades I’ve Ever been on LMFAOOOOO
Evil. Maybe one of the best escapades I’ve Ever been on LMFAOOOOO
September 15, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Language fact: the word PANKAKES in Ancient Greek (ΠΑΓΚΑΚΗΣ) means “completely evil”
I have trouble keeping all the fascists straight. Is Charlie Kirk the one that can’t get his wife excited?
September 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I have trouble keeping all the fascists straight. Is Charlie Kirk the one that can’t get his wife excited?
“And when you saw only one set of footprints, that was when Samwise Gamgee dragged your ass up Mount Doom”
September 6, 2025 at 8:59 AM
“And when you saw only one set of footprints, that was when Samwise Gamgee dragged your ass up Mount Doom”
Sometimes when I think about art and AI, I think about that dude with the hit a few years ago whose hook entirely depended on rhyming “kisses” and “stitches”. No machine could do that
September 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Sometimes when I think about art and AI, I think about that dude with the hit a few years ago whose hook entirely depended on rhyming “kisses” and “stitches”. No machine could do that
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A Ruru Morepork was treated for a predator bite to its neck. After cage rest and vision checks, it worked on flight fitness and was eventually released back to the wild
Link to donate to Wildbase Recovery wildbaserecovery.co.nz/help-us/dona... Source: fb.com/969866775179930 #owlsintowels
Link to donate to Wildbase Recovery wildbaserecovery.co.nz/help-us/dona... Source: fb.com/969866775179930 #owlsintowels
July 18, 2025 at 4:44 AM
A Ruru Morepork was treated for a predator bite to its neck. After cage rest and vision checks, it worked on flight fitness and was eventually released back to the wild
Link to donate to Wildbase Recovery wildbaserecovery.co.nz/help-us/dona... Source: fb.com/969866775179930 #owlsintowels
Link to donate to Wildbase Recovery wildbaserecovery.co.nz/help-us/dona... Source: fb.com/969866775179930 #owlsintowels
today in utterly terrible web design: hertz.com.au. Checkin requires a mobile number, but it only validates once. So, if the first number entered fails validation (say because it pre-populates with Expedia's service number), you are fucked.
July 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
today in utterly terrible web design: hertz.com.au. Checkin requires a mobile number, but it only validates once. So, if the first number entered fails validation (say because it pre-populates with Expedia's service number), you are fucked.
Cousin Dupree, but I'll throw in Everyone's Gone to the Movies
most evil steely dan song?
June 23, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Cousin Dupree, but I'll throw in Everyone's Gone to the Movies
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most evil steely dan song?
June 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
most evil steely dan song?
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I did not edit this, this is the actual parade with the actual music being played.
CINEMATIC
CINEMATIC
June 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I did not edit this, this is the actual parade with the actual music being played.
CINEMATIC
CINEMATIC
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this is such a good representation of American Christianity
June 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
this is such a good representation of American Christianity
I wish I had one of them gen AI gizmos that had coffee and croissants ready when I came downstairs. That’s worth destroying the planet
June 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I wish I had one of them gen AI gizmos that had coffee and croissants ready when I came downstairs. That’s worth destroying the planet
New portal the the Underworld just dropped
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
WATCH Mount Etna erupt: Europe's largest volcano blows as tourists scramble to safety
Italy's Mount Etna has erupted in spectacular fashion, sending ash, gas, and other volcanic material high into the sky above Sicily. Watch footage of the eruption.
www.livescience.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
New portal the the Underworld just dropped
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
I wept for I had no shoes until I met a man with no feet and I grabbed his shoes, because what was he going to do with them
June 2, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I wept for I had no shoes until I met a man with no feet and I grabbed his shoes, because what was he going to do with them
Not my circus, not my fleas
June 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Not my circus, not my fleas
Gladiator II: II Glad II Iator
May 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Gladiator II: II Glad II Iator
One time in the 90s I was at EuroDisney for a work conference. One of the big draws of this surreal fever dream was a Neil Young tribute act. 30 years later I still think “Homage á Neil Young” at least once a week
May 23, 2025 at 2:26 AM
One time in the 90s I was at EuroDisney for a work conference. One of the big draws of this surreal fever dream was a Neil Young tribute act. 30 years later I still think “Homage á Neil Young” at least once a week
If there’s an ironclad technology law equivalent to the Law of Gravity it’s probably that the data quality in a system is always 10x worse than you imagine it is
May 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
If there’s an ironclad technology law equivalent to the Law of Gravity it’s probably that the data quality in a system is always 10x worse than you imagine it is
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His devotees will double this playlist, but 20 songs is all I need of Jonathan Richman, one of America's great cult figures. He presaged the B-52s affection with junk culture by a few years. Roll over, T.S. Eliot! humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2018/01/19/g...
Going faster miles an hour: The best of Jonathan Richman
In 2002 Jonathan Richman loaded his own gear into his van after his gig at the Polish American Club. A charming gesture and routine — I can’t think of a moment in his career, even after…
humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com
May 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
His devotees will double this playlist, but 20 songs is all I need of Jonathan Richman, one of America's great cult figures. He presaged the B-52s affection with junk culture by a few years. Roll over, T.S. Eliot! humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2018/01/19/g...