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Rob From Flailthroughs

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YouTuber, Podcaster, Weirdo, Gundam Fan, Lv.46 Goof-Off. He/Him. See me cover Gundam Battle Operation 2: https://www.youtube.com/Flailthroughs I gotta wishlist: https://www.tfradio.net/claylist

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · Oct 18

Intro post? Okay.

I'm Rob! I've been on a Transformers podcast for 15 years and have been YouTubing for 11 or 12 I think. I mostly cover Gundam games these days, especially #GBO2, and love robot toys and models as well as action figures in general. I'm cranky when people get hurt for fun & profit.

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 5m

The older I get the more important it is to me that transforming an action figure not be an afternoon's work.

Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 24m

I also got Micronus Prime today, and he may be kludgey and weird and could probably have been done better at a higher price point, but I love toys with upgrade armor and he doesn't hurt my fingers or take half an hour to transform, so he hits all the notes I need him to.

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daryl "shut down, ass up'" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 6h

>looking for a new movie
>ask a theater worker if any of the cast is creepy or wet
>she doesnt understand |pull out illustrated diagram explaing what is creepy and what is wet
>she laughs and says "its a good movie ma'am"
>buy a ticket
>its jared leto

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

Luttig has it right here: “[T]he Supreme Court has given them no choice but to speak out.”

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 1d

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Dan the Gnome @brewergnome.bsky.social · 7h

This is happening right now, to a friend of mine in Chicago. This is a peaceful area, with no previous unrest or crime problem. Just people trying to live their lives. My heart hurts. They're having conversations no family should have to have.

A white box with text. "Y'all. They're tear gassing my neighborhood. Right by the place we get hummus from. Right by where we get the extra large pizzas for sleep overs. Tell your people."

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 2h

And that's the 4" MU/MCU stuff sorted. As predicted, There's a bunch of big guys, cape guys, and big cape guys who don't fit this container, so there's more left in the older bins this time than with Star Wars.

Is it more space efficient? Maybe just a tiny bit! Do I like it more? Hell yes!

Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 2h

Still, one of those for me, a G2 Megatron for Jay, and six Core figures for Toys For Tots for $40, so I'm satisfied.

Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 2h

Core Class Optimus Prime is a fine little guy. Honestly, handling 2 different riffs on G1 Toy Optimus Prime in the past year has just convinced me that he was perfect and the only way to improve on him is with integrated hands and extra articulation. Everything else is just overcomplicating things.

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Mewtype Ghost @mewtype.online · 8h

tumblr shitpost poll
do you think ms understands consent?
yes <1%
remind me in 3 days 99.2%

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 7h

These companies and their "A.i." garbage cannot be trusted to do anything but serve the bigoted biases of their billionaire owners.

Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 8h

Appointed by Meta as an adviser on AI bias, anti-DEI campaigner Robby Buck has spent the weeks since his appointment spreading disinformation about shootings, trans people, vaccines, crime & protests

The Guardian repeatedly contacted Meta for comment but received no response

Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people

Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’

www.theguardian.com

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The saddest girl to ever hold a martini @lifeisterrible.bsky.social · 3h

in her book she talks about jack having a back end deal on something’s got to give and she didn’t have one it made so much $ he sent her a check for $1million dollars ❤️

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Uzza @uzzamodea.bsky.social · 9h

So that makes at least 4 J6ers creeping on PDX ICE protests.

Fulfer, David Medina, Katie Daviscourt & Quincey Franklin.

It's been surreal watching them all code switch to calling anti-ICE protestors "insurrectionists" as soon as they realized it was the magic police state button.

Uzza @uzzamodea.bsky.social · 23h

Far-right asshole Josh Fulfer, who called for vehicular assaults on Portland protestors, has come up from California & is filming on the ground tonight.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 4h

There's no "regular politics" anymore because you can no longer maintain the idea that we all agree on common goals but we only differ about the means of getting there or whatever. The guys in charge now are plainly amoral, sadistic nihilists. They delight in it! You can't civilly disagree with that

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Logan @thelogantrent.bsky.social · 1d

I think execs misunderstood when people were saying that Jared Leto lures in teens.

Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 1d

‘TRON: ARES’ has earned $14.3M in its opening day at the domestic box office.

For comparison, ‘MORBIUS’ opened to $17.3M.

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Marc Deschamps @marcdachamp.bsky.social · 4h

This makes so much sense about Treehouse of Horror. Still, you’d think they’d at least cash in on horror movies that have only recently become cult hits. Spirit Halloween has given a lot of overlooked movies a second life, like Halloween 3, Killer Klowns, and Trick r Treat. Simpsons could do that.

FormerGregSamsa @formergregsamsa.bsky.social · 4h

It takes about 2 years for them to write and animate and one of the reasons why 'golden years' Simpsons works so well is because it tool about 2 years for the movies they were parodying to hit video stores. Now with streaming there is no way to keep up.

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Andraste Sideyr @andraste.fuckbgp.com · 4d

no, i’m not tired of ‘being nice.’

yes, i still want to ‘go apeshit.’

these things can coexist.

now stop asking me.

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Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 4h

It’s so funny how every time Jared Leto does his method acting in a film, the director and crew have to go out of their way to be like “woah it was so intense, he was so in character, it added so much depth” and then you watch the film and he’s giving the most lazy, no-thought performance possible

"I do address him as Ares when we're filming and everybody goes, we get a little bit up. He's the general walking onto set, which is fine," Ares director Joachim Ronning recently told Screenrant. "And it's not
uncommon for actors to do it like that.
And it works for him. And I think you can feel it in any movie he makes. He's completely into the character."

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Etherington Brothers @etheringtonbros.bsky.social · 5h

FORESHORTENING! Come see us at @ThoughtBubbleFestival on 15th - 16th NOVEMBER! We’ll have the FINAL COPIES of the original print run of our TUTORIALS BOOKS, plus COMICS GALORE!

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 5h

"10-4" isn't a sign-off; it's a 10 code, which means "I've received you clearly." It's an acknowledgement.

It's also no longer in use in most radio coms.

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 5h

What jargon does media get wrong in a way that's jarring for you?

"Stat" doesn't just means fast, it means "there is a life-threatening circumstance and I need this to solve it." Nothing in a morgue is 'stat,' just 'asap.'

On a ship, "aye" means "yes." "Aye-aye" means "heard, and I will comply."

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 4h

Still honestly quite pleased that I got through a pair of weekend-after-Thanksgiving flights and some busy restaurants in CA without catching anything a couple years back. Let us hope lightning can strike twice.

Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 4h

So my dad went to the memorial brunch for my uncle.

He didn't wear a mask, but "nobody was coughing or anything."

I'm honestly not even mad. I knew he was going to have brunch at a buffet, which is hard to do masked. It's why I bought COVID tests.

Hell, I did the same when I got to visit Bandai.

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 18d

One thing I've figured out many years later than I should have is "A person is free if they want to be" is a moral constructed by a person who has no spouse, no children, no real property, and no medical conditions to speak of. And they're still exaggerating their willingness to be fucking shot.

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 12d

As I said before, I have a very hard time blaming nonvoters for all this, because I see a lot of nonvoters as being people like me who told their party or former party "You know, if you don't take this seriously it's gonna be very bad" for years and were told to shut up and go away, so they did.

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 5h

Oh good, looks like they AI'd the Mega Man Star Force collection.

ShadowRockZX @shadowrockzx.bsky.social · 10h

NEW VIDEO: This Issue NEEDS to be Fixed for Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection! - TGS Aftermath Discussion (Part 3 of 4)

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This Issue NEEDS to be Fixed for Mega Man Star Force Collection! - TGS Aftermath Discussion (Part 3)

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