Rob Taylor
@roberttaylorad.bsky.social
Noticing a lot more US car license plates in the GTA this holiday season. There are the usual New York plates plus a lot of others I don't usually see. Like Tennessee and Virginia.
December 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Noticing a lot more US car license plates in the GTA this holiday season. There are the usual New York plates plus a lot of others I don't usually see. Like Tennessee and Virginia.
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'Women are afraid to get pregnant': Indigenous people fight mercury poisoning from illegal gold mining in Brazil
'Women are afraid to get pregnant': Indigenous people fight mercury poisoning from illegal gold mining in Brazil
"Many women end up losing their children," says Alessandra Korap, a community leader of the Munduruku people from the Brazilian Amazon.
news.sky.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
'Women are afraid to get pregnant': Indigenous people fight mercury poisoning from illegal gold mining in Brazil
Just watching In the Mouth of Madness. Really liked it in the 90s. Surprisingly relevant now, and horrifying in a unexpectedly presiant way. Reality is not what it used to be.
m.imdb.com/title/tt0113...
#horror
#movies
#johncarpenter
#InTheMouthOfMadness
m.imdb.com/title/tt0113...
#horror
#movies
#johncarpenter
#InTheMouthOfMadness
In the Mouth of Madness (1994) ⭐ 7.1 | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
1h 35m | R
m.imdb.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Just watching In the Mouth of Madness. Really liked it in the 90s. Surprisingly relevant now, and horrifying in a unexpectedly presiant way. Reality is not what it used to be.
m.imdb.com/title/tt0113...
#horror
#movies
#johncarpenter
#InTheMouthOfMadness
m.imdb.com/title/tt0113...
#horror
#movies
#johncarpenter
#InTheMouthOfMadness
Nuclear weapon testing resulted in nuclear-contaminated snow and food. Seems like something to think about. For some reason.
Check out The Grinnell 14 Take On the Bomb (feat. Peter Coyote) from HISTORY This Week on Amazon Music.
music.amazon.ca/podcasts/da3...
Check out The Grinnell 14 Take On the Bomb (feat. Peter Coyote) from HISTORY This Week on Amazon Music.
music.amazon.ca/podcasts/da3...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Nuclear weapon testing resulted in nuclear-contaminated snow and food. Seems like something to think about. For some reason.
Check out The Grinnell 14 Take On the Bomb (feat. Peter Coyote) from HISTORY This Week on Amazon Music.
music.amazon.ca/podcasts/da3...
Check out The Grinnell 14 Take On the Bomb (feat. Peter Coyote) from HISTORY This Week on Amazon Music.
music.amazon.ca/podcasts/da3...
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“In this single moment, we got more visual evidence of Trump’s absence of compassion, indeed the indifference to the suffering of another human…What a tragedy that at a time of grave and great challenges a man like this occupies our White House.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/will-this-...
www.americaamerica.news/p/will-this-...
Will This Photo Define the Trump Years?
A Saturday Prompt
www.americaamerica.news
November 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
“In this single moment, we got more visual evidence of Trump’s absence of compassion, indeed the indifference to the suffering of another human…What a tragedy that at a time of grave and great challenges a man like this occupies our White House.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/will-this-...
www.americaamerica.news/p/will-this-...
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That sounds about right. I ran into the earliest BBS systems probably around the same time as Captain Power was in production, so our long national nightmare began somewhere around 1987.
Wikipedia notes your B5-related online presence since "around 1991"; a footnote adds that your earliest fan-archived GEnie post "clearly references earlier discussions now lost to time"; also noted is that you "participated in many online forums since the 1980s."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon...
Babylon 5's use of the Internet - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:11 AM
That sounds about right. I ran into the earliest BBS systems probably around the same time as Captain Power was in production, so our long national nightmare began somewhere around 1987.
Welcome to Night Vale rarely comments on current events outside of metaphor or allusion. But the creators comment pretty directly on AI in this episode. Needed.
youtu.be/SmZ7CdL1Mik?...
youtu.be/SmZ7CdL1Mik?...
275 - Date Night
YouTube video by Welcome to Night Vale
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November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Welcome to Night Vale rarely comments on current events outside of metaphor or allusion. But the creators comment pretty directly on AI in this episode. Needed.
youtu.be/SmZ7CdL1Mik?...
youtu.be/SmZ7CdL1Mik?...
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READ IT. Please. The funnest book every month.
Renee gets me.
CHEETAH & CHESHIRE ROB THE JUSTICE LEAGUE 4 is out tomorrow! Cats, rats, and capers! Art by @nicolascottart.bsky.social ! Colors by Annette Kwok, lettering by Troy Peteri!
CHEETAH & CHESHIRE ROB THE JUSTICE LEAGUE 4 is out tomorrow! Cats, rats, and capers! Art by @nicolascottart.bsky.social ! Colors by Annette Kwok, lettering by Troy Peteri!
November 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
READ IT. Please. The funnest book every month.
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Support independent feminist media #TeenVogue
WE ARE SO FREAKING CLOSE, can we find 105 people to subscribe to The Flytrap until the end of the day so we can get to work to create feminist journalism for y'all for another year? the-flytrap.ghost.io/chomp
November 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Support independent feminist media #TeenVogue
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The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes
“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
www.stereogum.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes
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Power-hungry data centers run hot, so one Chinese company is planning to submerge a pod of servers in the sea off Shanghai with hopes of solving computing's energy woes.
China trials 'energy-saving' underwater data centers
One Chinese company is planning to submerge a pod of servers in the sea off Shanghai with hopes of solving computing's energy woes.
ebx.sh
October 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Power-hungry data centers run hot, so one Chinese company is planning to submerge a pod of servers in the sea off Shanghai with hopes of solving computing's energy woes.
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Columbia canceled my class on race and media, but I'm teaching the people anyway.
Oct. 5 is the *last day* to register for my online live + recorded classes on Race, Media & International Affairs!
We have more than 500 students enrolled. Let's gooo!
www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...
Oct. 5 is the *last day* to register for my online live + recorded classes on Race, Media & International Affairs!
We have more than 500 students enrolled. Let's gooo!
www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...
Fall Registration for Race, Media & International Affairs with Karen Attiah — Resistance Study Series
A virtual, seven week beginner and intermediate course on the history of race, mass media, and the modern world order.
www.resistancesummerschool.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Columbia canceled my class on race and media, but I'm teaching the people anyway.
Oct. 5 is the *last day* to register for my online live + recorded classes on Race, Media & International Affairs!
We have more than 500 students enrolled. Let's gooo!
www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...
Oct. 5 is the *last day* to register for my online live + recorded classes on Race, Media & International Affairs!
We have more than 500 students enrolled. Let's gooo!
www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...
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One of my favorite WWI articles is @heynottheface.bsky.social's look into the unarmed combat systems developed for fighting in the trenches. www.cagesideseats.com/2012/11/17/3...
September 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
One of my favorite WWI articles is @heynottheface.bsky.social's look into the unarmed combat systems developed for fighting in the trenches. www.cagesideseats.com/2012/11/17/3...
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No one is safe.
NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’
Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
No one is safe.
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For this Sunday's edition of @status.news, I spoke to @davejorgenson.bsky.social about leaving The Washington Post, the state of the Jeff Bezos-owned paper, and launching a new media venture he hopes can become a "Daily Show" for the social era.
Read the Q&A here: www.status.news/p/dave-jorge...
Read the Q&A here: www.status.news/p/dave-jorge...
Leaving The Post Behind
Dave Jorgenson, The Post’s viral “TikTok guy,” explains why he left the paper to launch Local News International—and how he hopes to build a "Daily Show" for the social era.
www.status.news
July 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
For this Sunday's edition of @status.news, I spoke to @davejorgenson.bsky.social about leaving The Washington Post, the state of the Jeff Bezos-owned paper, and launching a new media venture he hopes can become a "Daily Show" for the social era.
Read the Q&A here: www.status.news/p/dave-jorge...
Read the Q&A here: www.status.news/p/dave-jorge...
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KOKO THE GORILLA: Koko birkin bag. Practical Koko possession bag
RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag.
KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla
RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense.
KOKO: jealousy professor
RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag.
KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla
RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense.
KOKO: jealousy professor
July 17, 2023 at 3:57 AM
KOKO THE GORILLA: Koko birkin bag. Practical Koko possession bag
RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag.
KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla
RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense.
KOKO: jealousy professor
RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag.
KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla
RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense.
KOKO: jealousy professor
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Bobafette (Series, 1981)
May 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Bobafette (Series, 1981)
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WGA statement on Paramount’s decision to cancel the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
July 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
WGA statement on Paramount’s decision to cancel the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
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We just went through a half-decade of sham censorship hearings in Congress, but it certainly seems like the government forced a comedian to get fired as a bribe to ensure a merger goes through.
Is that true? Let's have a hearing and find out.
Is that true? Let's have a hearing and find out.
I think like many, many people I find the idea that CBS has just cancelled Colbert out of the blue like this for financial reasons *highly* implausible. He’s the most viewed late night host on TV, and his ratings have been going up.
NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Colbert tells studio audience CBS is canceling 'The Late Show,' to end in May 2026.
July 18, 2025 at 12:50 AM
We just went through a half-decade of sham censorship hearings in Congress, but it certainly seems like the government forced a comedian to get fired as a bribe to ensure a merger goes through.
Is that true? Let's have a hearing and find out.
Is that true? Let's have a hearing and find out.
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CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery.
America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.
Watch and share his message.
America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.
Watch and share his message.
July 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery.
America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.
Watch and share his message.
America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.
Watch and share his message.
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What a relief. Looking forward to this one on Thursday.
July 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
What a relief. Looking forward to this one on Thursday.
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Farmers sound the alarm over rapid spread of insect that evolves to eat more crops: 'Further spread ... to other European countries is to be expected' share.google/ZzXXhmFds4a9...
Farmers sound the alarm over rapid spread of insect that evolves to eat more crops: 'Further spread ... to other European countries is to be expected'
It even survives the winter by living in the roots of cereal crops like wheat.
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July 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Farmers sound the alarm over rapid spread of insect that evolves to eat more crops: 'Further spread ... to other European countries is to be expected' share.google/ZzXXhmFds4a9...