robertus
@robertus.bsky.social
Copy editor ordinaire, he/him, hockey official, hobby medievalist, sometime writer of words in a sequence, New Yorker in Maryland, sublime dot idealist at the gee mail.
Had to put together a guinea pig enclosure so we can separate the girls and now the debate is whether this is Guinea Pig Jail or The Guinea Pig Executive Suite.
November 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Had to put together a guinea pig enclosure so we can separate the girls and now the debate is whether this is Guinea Pig Jail or The Guinea Pig Executive Suite.
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Because @lollardfish.bsky.social says we should promote our books: utpress.utexas.edu/9781477313138/
Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back
Triumphant wins, gut-wrenching losses, last-second shots, underdogs, competition, and loyalty—it’s fun to be a fan. But when a football player takes a hi...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Because @lollardfish.bsky.social says we should promote our books: utpress.utexas.edu/9781477313138/
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I think more than anything else AI feels like a miracle to people with questionable literacy because it can read and write for you, and a lot of us who are highly literate underestimate how many of our society's leaders, esp in business, struggle with literacy.
It's pretty much mandatory at work that I appear to be using it, so I've doe a few functional things with it, and it's a moderate time-saver if used right. But nowhere near worth it's stock value, energy cost.
Then I realize there's a lot of people who simply can't write coherent paragraphs.
Then I realize there's a lot of people who simply can't write coherent paragraphs.
September 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think more than anything else AI feels like a miracle to people with questionable literacy because it can read and write for you, and a lot of us who are highly literate underestimate how many of our society's leaders, esp in business, struggle with literacy.
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Pulling the most recent police log led me to once again see an incredible holiday decoration picture a cousin in Omaha sent me
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Pulling the most recent police log led me to once again see an incredible holiday decoration picture a cousin in Omaha sent me
I'd be all over Tie Fighter vs. X-Wing, though I would be terrible at it and would have to rely heavily on the cheat codes.
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I'd be all over Tie Fighter vs. X-Wing, though I would be terrible at it and would have to rely heavily on the cheat codes.
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ART THOU BORED?
November 13, 2025 at 1:47 AM
ART THOU BORED?
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Im so sorry if you've seen this 500 times and you were playing off it, but its my favorite thing maybe in the world. www.youtube.com/shorts/fPatc...
Samsung Washing Machine Song Turned Into Beat
YouTube video by Buckets the Drummer
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November 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Im so sorry if you've seen this 500 times and you were playing off it, but its my favorite thing maybe in the world. www.youtube.com/shorts/fPatc...
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since we're talking about pies- one of my favorite internet traditions is r/costco every year, without fail, featuring multiple top-of-page posts of people completely agog at the scale of the costco pumpkin pie display. it must feel like walking onto a sherman tank factory floor in 1944
November 25, 2025 at 11:26 PM
since we're talking about pies- one of my favorite internet traditions is r/costco every year, without fail, featuring multiple top-of-page posts of people completely agog at the scale of the costco pumpkin pie display. it must feel like walking onto a sherman tank factory floor in 1944
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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You're Not Autistic? That can't be true. I have a 4-year-old nephew who is Not Autistic and he's nothing like you! 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
You're Not Autistic? That can't be true. I have a 4-year-old nephew who is Not Autistic and he's nothing like you! 🧵
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Live in hope.
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Live in hope.
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
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if there was one lesson i could impart to young women it would be this one:
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
if there was one lesson i could impart to young women it would be this one:
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
Today's earworm www.youtube.com/watch?v=89Oc...
Lake Street Dive - Rich Girl (Live @Pickathon 2013)
YouTube video by LiveandBreathing
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November 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Today's earworm www.youtube.com/watch?v=89Oc...
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Musk standing in a spotlight at a 5 minute open mic night staring desperately at his phone with 1 bar of signal waiting for Grok to respond while the crowd starts picking up bottles and chairs
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Musk standing in a spotlight at a 5 minute open mic night staring desperately at his phone with 1 bar of signal waiting for Grok to respond while the crowd starts picking up bottles and chairs
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I flamed out of student teaching for reasons I can go into, answered an ad in the paper for copy editors for science and medical journals. Hop skip and a jump and here I am.
November 23, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I flamed out of student teaching for reasons I can go into, answered an ad in the paper for copy editors for science and medical journals. Hop skip and a jump and here I am.
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I would like all of you, each and every one, to go google “Miss Universe National Costume Competition 2025 Norway” right now
November 22, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I would like all of you, each and every one, to go google “Miss Universe National Costume Competition 2025 Norway” right now
They say the Pontiff been spittin enough lightnin
to rock shock the boogie down to Brighton
aiite then
to rock shock the boogie down to Brighton
aiite then
November 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
They say the Pontiff been spittin enough lightnin
to rock shock the boogie down to Brighton
aiite then
to rock shock the boogie down to Brighton
aiite then
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Oh, thunder only happens when it's rainin'
Players only love you when they're playin'
Say women, they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know
You'll know
Players only love you when they're playin'
Say women, they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know
You'll know
November 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Oh, thunder only happens when it's rainin'
Players only love you when they're playin'
Say women, they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know
You'll know
Players only love you when they're playin'
Say women, they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know
You'll know