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Robyn the Velocirobter
@velocirobter.bsky.social
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Overeducated and undersmart Cat parent, slow runner, amateur tubist Transplant in Chicago they/them 🏳️‍🌈⚧️🎮⛱️🐋💅😸
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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · Jan 16
I went to check my credit score and I have to say, I am really skeptical that entire union is trans.
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Shani 🫧 @blerdmommy.blacksky.app · 15h
As a Chicagoan, I complain about Chicago. Then I go other places and I’m like, “why doesn’t this work like in Chicago?!” And when I’m back in Chicago, I complain Chicago.

But if you’re not Chicago, #STFUAboutChicago.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 17h
Tonika Lewis Johnson’s artwork includes the acclaimed Folded Map Project. She’s one of 22 new MacArthur Fellows, announced on Wednesday.
MacArthur 2025 ‘genius grant’ winners include a Chicago photographer
Tonika Lewis Johnson’s artwork includes the acclaimed Folded Map Project. She’s one of 22 new MacArthur Fellows, announced on Wednesday.
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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 14h
Sure, why not. My All-MLB ballot.

Gimé and Kwan should be on this list too
1b: Naylor; 2b: Hoerner; SS: De La Cruz; 3b: Ramirez; C: Raleigh; DH: Springer; OF: Caroll, Crow-Armstrong, Judge; SP: Skenes, Skubal, Williams, Woo, Yamamoto; RP: Diaz, Smith
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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 15h
Ok. That's my impression of things right now too. I hope she and her kids will be ok.
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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 15h
Do they need local support? Like someone to stay with or near them or a safe haven or grocery delivery or whatever? Seriously. I'm in Chicago and can look into some resources or offer help myself
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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 16h
Star Trek Challenge: Tell people about yourself by listing one episode from DS9, VOY & TNG with no context.

DS9: Trials and Tribbl-ations
VOY: Tuvix
TNG: Cause and Effect
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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 2d
At first blush I was like no way this would work

Then I remembered this is one of my favorite tracks of 2025 youtu.be/MyXtz4lzpXo?...
Friends of Dorothy 🦖💕 The Wiggles and Orville Peck 🎶 Dorothy the Dinosaur
YouTube video by The Wiggles
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Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth @leniann.bsky.social · 3d
Statement on Abuse of Power of ICE and Other Federal Agents in Chicago
Statement on Abuse of Power of ICE and Other Federal Agents in Chicago On October 3, 2025 Alderwoman Jessie Fuentes (26th) witnessed ICE agents attempting to detain a patient at a clinic in her ward - a patient seeking medical care after ICE allegedly used excessive force and broke his leg. When Ald. Fuentes asked the agents for an arrest warrant - a basic constitutional requirement - they refused and instead unjustifiably put her in handcuffs. Showing a warrant before detention is not optional; it's a cornerstone of constitutional law. And yet, ICE agents continue to ignore this requirement. This is not new, nor is it an isolated incident. ICE agents continue to violate civil liberties with impunity, and if we continue to allow this erosion of due process to go unchecked, we risk undermining the foundation of our democracy. Due process is not negotiable. We will not stay silent. We must stand together to demand accountability. What's playing out day-by-day is a warning that we must organize and not relent. Speak out and show up. Go to ICE watch trainings. Learn your rights so you can protect the rights of those around you. And we, as members of the City Council hold firm that it will take a coalition all of us, united across racial and ethnic communities, political leanings, ages and socioeconomic status, to stand up to the disturbing pattern of abuse from ICE and the federal government, and the complete disregard for the rights we hold as Americans. List of elected officials
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3d
I’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.
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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 3d
If I had a nickel for every time an unqualified old man with dementia was a figurehead chief executive of the US and his goons blew up everything that was worth saving in this fucked up ass empire, I'd have two nickels, which isn't much but it's weird that it's happened twice
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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 4d
Not saying people who do scholarship don't care and teach and whatever but we all only have so much time and we absolutely do not, at a social level, need 1000 new articles about whatever-the-fuck every year
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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 4d
Digging out literature for a project and realizing I'm more at peace with leaving scholarship behind.

We need people doing scholarship *and also* people teaching and caring and actualizing a better world.

It's a social problem that the former is rewarded more than the rest, not a personal failing.
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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 4d
The latter is said with a big asterisk because Hakeem Jeffries, also a safe Dem state rep, has proven to be just as ineffectual
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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 4d
The worst part about Schumer, Durbin, and their ilk holding onto power long past the first (or even fiftieth) signs of cognitive decline is that they represent states that are safe for Dems and chock full of people who might actually make decent opposition party leaders right now
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 4d
CHUCK SCHUMER: "New data came out today from KFF - and that is not Kentucky Fried French Fries ... the Kaiser Family Foundation"
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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 5d
Trumpeting freedom of speech, whether you're Charlie Kirk or Dave Chapelle, is a low bar for losers who don't care about human lives.

Fuck the free speech of the powerful. Human fucking rights are on the line and these guys think the most important thing is a punchline.
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Defector @defector.com · 5d
Grim visions emerge from the Riyadh Comedy Festival: defector.com/grim-visions...
Grim Visions Emerge From The Riyadh Comedy Festival | Defector
All the magic is happening at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in the Saudi capital’s Boulevard City, a 220-acre retail and entertainment zone that contains a replica of Times Square and “500 electronic…
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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 6d
a cartoon cat is sitting on a pillow with the words " where 's daddy " below it
Alt: a cartoon cat is sitting on a pillow with the words " where's daddy " below it
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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 7d
When I searched the blog's name, a post came up that they were porting everything but that URL isn't logged in the Wayback Machine, and I can't find any social media for them :(
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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 7d
Me, a scamp, watching:
a man with a beard is holding a stuffed animal in front of a group of muppets
Alt: Tim Curry and Muppets erupt with glee
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🐍Kassss Asssasssin🐍 @kassassassin.bsky.social · 7d
Israeli leadership likes to pretend they represent all Jews, and I just want to note how false that is. I'm Jewish, and I have spoken with a lot of Jewish friends who would agree with me when I say: fuck Israel, free Palestine.
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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 7d
Just break my heart all over again, why don't ya Buck
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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 7d
You know what? $3 for 26 issues really is an absurdly democratic price.
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Ben 🏳️‍🌈 @bvigeant.bsky.social · 7d
Filling out my certificate of awareness from 1927.
Certificate of Awareness I AM a Chicagoan. I DO know my Chicago. I HAVE been to the Art Institute. I have NOT seen the Union Stock Yards. I WILL stick with Chicago if Illinois secedes. I MUST have my fortnightly copy of The aware Chicagoan delivered to me regularly by mail, at your absurdly democratic price of $3 for 26 issues, and my name IS: (Address).
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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 7d
Ack! The Everyday Sociology blog that I use for some of my class readings is offline 😭 Thank goodness for the Internet Archive, but any idea where Everyday Sociology may have gone? #academicsky
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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 7d
The grim reaper successfully catches a person in a claw machine, and asks, "is Chuck Schumer even in this thing?"
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Dare Campbell @darecampbell.bsky.social · 7d
@andyeyeballs.bsky.social is one of the folks that reminds me that a better world is ours for the claiming. So thrilled to support this project and you should too!

I just backed The World That Is Coming Inside You on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/lty...
The World That Is Coming Inside You
The debut poetry collection by Andy Izenson, a T4T love letter to the living cosmos
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Cottagecore Spider Jerusalem @andyeyeballs.bsky.social · 8d
MY BOOK SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT

PREORDER MY BOOK NOW

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The debut poetry collection by Andy Izenson, a T4T love letter to the living cosmos
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