Robert Goldberg
@robgoldbergo.bsky.social
New look, same great taste.
This 97-year-old Simpsons meme page still serves their photoshops the old-fashioned way
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
This 97-year-old Simpsons meme page still serves their photoshops the old-fashioned way
I don’t think getting published in the New York Times is the same thing as posting on text-based social media
December 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I don’t think getting published in the New York Times is the same thing as posting on text-based social media
Didn’t the embargo start in 1960, under Eisenhower though? before the missile crisis?
December 17, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Didn’t the embargo start in 1960, under Eisenhower though? before the missile crisis?
a blockade is a much bigger escalation than an embargo. we only blockaded Cuba for a month and that was during the Cuban missile crisis. it’s an act of war
December 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
a blockade is a much bigger escalation than an embargo. we only blockaded Cuba for a month and that was during the Cuban missile crisis. it’s an act of war
All hat, some cattle
December 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
All hat, some cattle
one of my faves
“So vampires are real predators from the paleontological past and they’ve been de-extincted by the government”
“holy shit what a premise! what kinds of vampire characters do we meet in the story!?”
“oh the book isn’t really about that”
“So vampires are real predators from the paleontological past and they’ve been de-extincted by the government”
“holy shit what a premise! what kinds of vampire characters do we meet in the story!?”
“oh the book isn’t really about that”
December 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM
one of my faves
“So vampires are real predators from the paleontological past and they’ve been de-extincted by the government”
“holy shit what a premise! what kinds of vampire characters do we meet in the story!?”
“oh the book isn’t really about that”
“So vampires are real predators from the paleontological past and they’ve been de-extincted by the government”
“holy shit what a premise! what kinds of vampire characters do we meet in the story!?”
“oh the book isn’t really about that”
Reposted by Robert Goldberg
the idea that a handful of conservative legal scholars have an understanding that should supersede a settlement affirmed my generations of american is astoundingly arrogant, and the idea that trump — or any president — can unilaterally overturn that settlement is just despotism
December 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
the idea that a handful of conservative legal scholars have an understanding that should supersede a settlement affirmed my generations of american is astoundingly arrogant, and the idea that trump — or any president — can unilaterally overturn that settlement is just despotism
I just realized last week that my slack pic (in use for ~6 years) is a sacrilegious photoshop of my face on Jesus’ face that I must’ve grabbed because it was the most readily available picture of my face on my work computer
December 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I just realized last week that my slack pic (in use for ~6 years) is a sacrilegious photoshop of my face on Jesus’ face that I must’ve grabbed because it was the most readily available picture of my face on my work computer
Enforce private property. That’s it
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Enforce private property. That’s it
wild that fake AI ICE officers have identifiable uniforms, unlike real ICE officers
November 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
wild that fake AI ICE officers have identifiable uniforms, unlike real ICE officers
we’re getting to the real danger zone, where you start getting intrusive thoughts that maybe it doesn’t matter who wins
October 28, 2025 at 5:22 AM
we’re getting to the real danger zone, where you start getting intrusive thoughts that maybe it doesn’t matter who wins
“yeah we’re solving all the problems or whatever”
October 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
“yeah we’re solving all the problems or whatever”
there’s always reason to have hope. these are dire straits but the country has navigated worse
October 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
there’s always reason to have hope. these are dire straits but the country has navigated worse
roguelike where you start out with lots of items and abilities and lose some every playthrough until you have none
October 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
roguelike where you start out with lots of items and abilities and lose some every playthrough until you have none
(this will not happen now that I’ve spoken these cursed words)
October 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
(this will not happen now that I’ve spoken these cursed words)
Nola sinks and Roki closes the game, call that the Battle of Save-o Island
October 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Nola sinks and Roki closes the game, call that the Battle of Save-o Island
in ~30 years it would be impossible to truly explain him to anyone who didn’t live through it
September 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
in ~30 years it would be impossible to truly explain him to anyone who didn’t live through it
now who will intercept Santa???
September 30, 2025 at 3:32 AM
now who will intercept Santa???
ready for the rapture
September 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
ready for the rapture
pointing out that conservatives support affirmative action for themselves but not others isn't to scold them into consistency, it's to reveal that their underlying firmly held belief is simply establishing a hierarchy with themselves at the top
September 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
pointing out that conservatives support affirmative action for themselves but not others isn't to scold them into consistency, it's to reveal that their underlying firmly held belief is simply establishing a hierarchy with themselves at the top
think it’s useful to talk about it as symptomatic of their real beliefs. they think it’s OK because in their view, doing bad things to The Other is OK, but doing bad things to Us is not
it’s a short hop from there to point out that these people see you as The Other
it’s a short hop from there to point out that these people see you as The Other
September 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
think it’s useful to talk about it as symptomatic of their real beliefs. they think it’s OK because in their view, doing bad things to The Other is OK, but doing bad things to Us is not
it’s a short hop from there to point out that these people see you as The Other
it’s a short hop from there to point out that these people see you as The Other
imprisoned for murder because of woke
September 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
imprisoned for murder because of woke