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Rob Forbes

@robforbes.bsky.social

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Broadcaster. Humanist. Gives great hugs. Other interests available on request. (He/Him) 🇿🇦🌍

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Rob Forbes @robforbes.bsky.social · Jan 28

Hi ZA friends

I've put a list of South African news organisations that are on here together, if you 're looking for one.

Will update as more outlets arrive #SouthAfrica #News

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Rob Forbes @robforbes.bsky.social · 6h

Last day of work tomorrow and then I'm off for 2 weeks to go and get married 🥰

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 1d

It is to the shame of all the male reporters in the room that they do not immediately leave

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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Rob Forbes @robforbes.bsky.social · 6h

Enjoy pretending to host the World Cup, USA.

Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 7h

U.S. AG Pam Bondi has basically said anyone visiting the US is subject to arrest and incarceration at any point, if law officials deem the individual a “threat”.

Bang goes the rest of the international tourism trade!

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Rob Forbes @robforbes.bsky.social · 6h

You're on to something. American portions really are ludicrous.

Rob Forbes @robforbes.bsky.social · 9h

Yes. Yes it is. Wow.

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Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 10h

The "don't call us Nazis" crowd sure has a lot of swastikas

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 10h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 10h

i'm not going to chide or scold anyone for only now leaving twitter. your private, unspoken acknowledgment that i'm your intellectual and moral superior is all i need

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Rob Forbes @robforbes.bsky.social · 12h

"Compatible polishing cloths".

Shut it all down. We're done here. Last one out turn off the lights please.

The Verge @theverge.com · 14h

Confirmed: Apple's polishing cloth is compatible with the new M5 MacBook Pro

the apple polishing cloth, folded over itself in a way that's elegant but also effortlessly casual

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Lynley @lynley.bsky.social · 22h

Can’t wait for the guys who went after steam and itch.io to go after OpenAi

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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Rob Forbes @robforbes.bsky.social · 1d

Still dead tho.

Rob Forbes @robforbes.bsky.social · 1d

I hope America remembers all of the traitors they have in their midst when the dust on this nonsense settles.

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Facebook removes ICE-tracking page after US government ‘outreach’

Apple and recently removed the ICEBlock app.

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Rob Forbes @robforbes.bsky.social · 1d

Make sure you're nice about Charlie fucking Kirk tho.

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 1d

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Rob Forbes @robforbes.bsky.social · 1d

HALALA!

Hagen Engler @hagenengler.bsky.social · 1d

One half of football to negotiate, and South Africa could be going to the World Cup! ⚽️

Rob Forbes @robforbes.bsky.social · 1d

💯💯💯

Rob Forbes @robforbes.bsky.social · 1d

Ye I agree with you. But fighting the hate by paying to help the hate to spread is dumb beyond compare imo.

Rob Forbes @robforbes.bsky.social · 1d

I think this place could benefit from some of old twitter culture of resharing or quote-sharing, instead of just hitting the like button.

I'ma start doing more of that - lets spread more posts around instead of just providing a little in-timeline dopamine bump.

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Rob Forbes @robforbes.bsky.social · 1d

Destroying *all* of news is actually the goal.

And it's working.

Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 1d

What if destroying the Washington Post was actually the goal

Rob Forbes @robforbes.bsky.social · 1d

I've heard more than enough AI-voiced ads making their way into 30' radio spots across various stations to make me very unhappy.

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Rob Forbes @robforbes.bsky.social · 1d

Literally no human in history has drank coffee and thought about it's "nutritional value" 😐

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 1d

Tariffs have rapidly increased the price of coffee—a drink with almost no nutritional value and lots of functional substitutes. Yet coffee may also be the one thing Americans can’t live without, @elcush.bsky.social writes:

The Drink That Americans Won’t Give Up Without a Fight

Coffee has almost no nutritional value and lots of substitutes. It’s also, apparently, too important to lose.

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Rob Forbes @robforbes.bsky.social · 1d

AJ abandoned by the most biased SC imaginable. I hope it hurts, you scumbag.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT REJECTS BID BY INFOWARS' ALEX JONES TO CHALLENGE $1.4 BILLION DEFAMATION JUDGMENT OWED TO FAMILIES OF SANDY HOOK SCHOOL SHOOTING VICTIMS

Rob Forbes @robforbes.bsky.social · 1d

I don't gettit. The man stood on stage and did a nazi salute, but I'll pay to sub to his platform that we absolutely know is tailored to feed right wing racism, bigotry and propaganda?

And they wanna stay? And pay to be seen? And it's a lot of good people too. I genuinely don't like it.

Rob Forbes @robforbes.bsky.social · 1d

"I'm dreamin' of a white Christmas"?

Nah. You just don't know how good it could be 🥲

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Rob Forbes @robforbes.bsky.social · 1d

The northern hemispherers will never know what hot, sticky, blue skies, all-day-in-the-pool, meat-cooked-on-fire Christmas feels like, and that's sad and it makes me sad 🥲

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Rob Forbes @robforbes.bsky.social · 1d

This is my absolute favourite kind of social media post. I don't care who, from where in the world - I'm celebrating it with you, every time.

CONGRATULATIONS!!! #FuckCancer

Skylar Baker-Jordan @skylarjordan.bsky.social · 2d

Got my CT results. NO SIGN OF CANCER!!!!!

Rob Forbes @robforbes.bsky.social · 1d

Yep. I genuinely couldn't believe the number of good moots I had on that hellsite who, about 8 months after I left, I logged back on and saw were suddenly paying for blue ticks. Yuck. I left 100k followers on that site. Have some principles.

FFalconPunch @ffalconpunch.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re upset that our government doesn’t have principals and our politicians are puppets for the highest bidder, but you can’t even get yourself to leave Twitter because of the little dopamine release you get seeing a 👍.

Then you’re just as pathetic as them.

Stand up for something.

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