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Rob Gunther

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producer at Slate's daily news podcast What Next | rob.gunther at slate dot com - audio journalist, podcast producer, illustrator | 1robgunther at gmail

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Rob Gunther @1robgunther.bsky.social · Nov 11

I’m a NYC based journalist and illustrator. Here’s some recent artwork I made for this year’s inktober challenge: 31 drawings in 31 days, pen and paper. If the Mets won on any given day, that’s what I drew. 1/7

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Rob Gunther @1robgunther.bsky.social · 11h

I was 5 but yes I am also fragile

Rob Gunther @1robgunther.bsky.social · 12h

This movie scared the shit out of me as a little kid. Saw it in the theaters and knew the cartoon going in, thinking it would be a good time. Still gives the creeps just thinking about it.

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Rob Gunther @1robgunther.bsky.social · 14h

Getting my baby ready for the future.

Rob Gunther @1robgunther.bsky.social · 1d

Democrats will agree to end the shutdown if Hunter also gets to be on TikTok’s board.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

Rob Gunther @1robgunther.bsky.social · 1d

Gift link: sounds like the supreme court is a mess. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 2d

When there is enough Slacking about something, we make you write a story.

Slate @slate.com · 2d

Bedtime is chaos, mornings are madness, but I love it. slate.trib.al/akQmFhR

We Are Raising Three Kids in New York City. We Don’t Need Your Pity!

Ask me again when we have three teens in bunk beds.

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Rob Gunther @1robgunther.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote about living in NYC with 3 kids in a 2-bedroom and why it's awesome for @slate.com

We Are Raising Three Kids in New York City. We Don’t Need Your Pity!

Ask me again when we have three teens in bunk beds.

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Rob Gunther @1robgunther.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely no one:

Farmers: "What if we started making grapes look more like fingers?"

Rob Gunther @1robgunther.bsky.social · 2d

Someone finally got their Nobel peace of the pie.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 2d

Nobel Institute probes leak of peace prize winner’s name on.ft.com/46Wq8TT

Nobel Institute probes leak of peace prize winner’s name

María Corina Machado’s odds surged on Polymarket hours before official announcement

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Rob Gunther @1robgunther.bsky.social · 3d

TFW your family's pediatric dentist office regrets to inform you via email that their office was victim to a cyber attack and your personal information may have been compromised lol.

Rob Gunther @1robgunther.bsky.social · 3d

Way too much Frankenstein this year.

Rob Gunther @1robgunther.bsky.social · 5d

A sad byproduct of the GOP's "dems shut down the government to give illegal aliens healthcare" lie is that dems feel the need to come out and be like, "No! We'll never give money to undocumented immigrants for healthcare!" and that itself is kind of a baseline win for the anti-immigrant right.

Rob Gunther @1robgunther.bsky.social · 6d

Let’s do that hockey

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 6d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

Rob Gunther @1robgunther.bsky.social · 9d

Stephen Miller deputy Anthony Salisbury was texting on signal in public. Lots of serious stuff out in the open that was photographed and leaked to a reporter. But also he calls Kash Patel a “douche canoe.”

Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show

A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.

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Rob Gunther @1robgunther.bsky.social · 9d

Great example of a journalist taking GOP talking points at face value and amplifying a narrative that’s not true.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

DOKOUPIL: Republicans says what you're really fighting for is taxpayer dollars for illegal aliens. I know that's not strictly true--

ELIZABETH WARREN: Excuse me, not strictly true? It is a flat out lie!

Rob Gunther @1robgunther.bsky.social · 10d

Peacemaker S2 E7

Rob Gunther @1robgunther.bsky.social · 13d

Gift link: Worth reading today while clips of this batshit speech flood our socials. In 2018, Pete Hegseth’s mom wrote him a letter. “Is there any sense of decency left in you?” she said, noting his abusive behavior toward women. She pointed out his lack of character. And she called him a baby.

Text of the Email That Pete Hegseth’s Mother Sent Him

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Rob Gunther @1robgunther.bsky.social · 13d

I endorse the winning slop bowl, a no brainer.

nadira 🙃 @calllmenadira.net · 13d

I ranked all of the popular Slop Bowls for @slate.com!

Through my research, I found horror stories of customers allegedly being served severed fingers, class action lawsuits, and glorious, gooey mac and cheese.

Capitalism may ruin everything, but that doesn't mean we need to abandon discernment!

Slop Bowls Have Taken Over the Working Person’s Lunch Break. We’ve Ranked Them From the Sloppiest to the Supreme.

You’re probably going to need a spoon …

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Rob Gunther @1robgunther.bsky.social · 13d

Eero is so good. I’ve set up networks at my parents and in-laws big houses. Can’t recommend enough.

Rob Gunther @1robgunther.bsky.social · 15d

Remember when Bush fired a bunch of of US attorneys for political reasons and Congress investigated the hell out of the firings and Alberto Gonzales eventually had to step down as AG?

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 16d

Yet another US Attorney fired — this time in California, for… telling people to abide by a court order. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

Trump Fired a U.S. Attorney Who Insisted on Following a Court Order

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Rob Gunther @1robgunther.bsky.social · 16d

Is there, like, something more? | analysis

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 16d

Are we losing our connection to one another? on.ft.com/47ZiOsU | opinion

Are we losing our connection to one another?

When people are numbed by violence and pain, compassion becomes harder to practise

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Rob Gunther @1robgunther.bsky.social · 17d

I get no joke upwards of 20 texts a day from random Dems running for office, long walls of text addressing me by my first name, asking me for money. This stuff is more annoying than actual spam and it doesn't stop, even if I report all of them as junk. This is not how you get people on your side.

Rob Gunther @1robgunther.bsky.social · 18d

I got to speak with @karenattiah.bsky.social today while I'm filling in for Mary Harris on @slate.com's daily news podcast, What Next. We talked about her time at the Washington Post, this new era of censorship, and why rules about free speech don't seem to be applied evenly across the board.

Jimmy Kimmel Got His Job Back. She Didn’t.

An opinion editor opined online.

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Rob Gunther @1robgunther.bsky.social · 18d

Thanks Derreck! This team has been running year round since 2011 and this is our 2nd ever championship.

Rob Gunther @1robgunther.bsky.social · 18d

CHAMPS!