Roberto Baldwin
@strngwys.bsky.social
SAE International Sustainability Editor.
Automotive and tech journalist that sings in far too many bands.
Let's be friends.
Bad at posting. Good at tamales.
Signal: strngwys.01
Drastic Cats: https://drasticcats.bandcamp.com/
Automotive and tech journalist that sings in far too many bands.
Let's be friends.
Bad at posting. Good at tamales.
Signal: strngwys.01
Drastic Cats: https://drasticcats.bandcamp.com/
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Roberto Baldwin
@strngwys.bsky.social
· Sep 22
Gentle reminder
You can unfollow me, I won’t even feel it.
You can unfollow me, I won’t even feel it.
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After Vox Media sold Polygon to Valnet, a few of us ended up at rogue.site, where we're doing reader-supported games writing, reviews, guides, podcasts.
Rogue
Ad-free video game news, guides, opinions, history, culture, previews, interviews, and reviews written by humans, for humans
rogue.site
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
After Vox Media sold Polygon to Valnet, a few of us ended up at rogue.site, where we're doing reader-supported games writing, reviews, guides, podcasts.
So many Black Friday emails none of them offering to bring me a Costco roasted chicken so I don’t have to interact with bargain shoppers.
November 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
So many Black Friday emails none of them offering to bring me a Costco roasted chicken so I don’t have to interact with bargain shoppers.
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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I expect the post Trump years in America are going to be filled with a lot of people saying they never supported Donald Trump.
November 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I expect the post Trump years in America are going to be filled with a lot of people saying they never supported Donald Trump.
John drove the Duckman Oshkosh mail delivery vehicle and I’m so god damn jealous
Very excited my drive report on an important new #EV is now live. This was in the works for a while after Oshkosh was kind enough to let us drive a very early prototype of their Next Generation Delivery Vehicle.
You'll soon see these throughout the U.S. as USPS renews its aged fleet. Watch for 'em!
You'll soon see these throughout the U.S. as USPS renews its aged fleet. Watch for 'em!
www.caranddriver.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
John drove the Duckman Oshkosh mail delivery vehicle and I’m so god damn jealous
Yeup
Random: I hate that people are now using the phrase "depression can't hit a moving target" as it functional depression isn't a thing. You literally can do every activity and still be super depressed.
November 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Yeup
Ending the day with a churro. Just like the pilgrims
November 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Ending the day with a churro. Just like the pilgrims
This has been in my head all day. Especially the bass line.
So now it’s in yours. You’re welcome. youtu.be/c24g4xZhHXQ
So now it’s in yours. You’re welcome. youtu.be/c24g4xZhHXQ
One Way - Cutie Pie
YouTube video by Granuhha
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 6:37 AM
This has been in my head all day. Especially the bass line.
So now it’s in yours. You’re welcome. youtu.be/c24g4xZhHXQ
So now it’s in yours. You’re welcome. youtu.be/c24g4xZhHXQ
It’s absolutely criminal that Hulu or Disney+ don’t have a playlist of all the Bob’s Burger thanksgiving episodes.
November 27, 2025 at 3:02 AM
It’s absolutely criminal that Hulu or Disney+ don’t have a playlist of all the Bob’s Burger thanksgiving episodes.
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Members of my family did the “no pronouns” shit with me for years and years after I came out. It’s so completely othering.
4. In the report on the Linehan verdict, BBC culture reporters Ian Youngs and Paul Glynn described Brooks as someone who was “born a biological male but identifies as a woman”—and the article itself appears to tactfully avoid referring to Brooks with any pronouns.
November 27, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Members of my family did the “no pronouns” shit with me for years and years after I came out. It’s so completely othering.
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Bad Santa x Behind The Song 🎅
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Bad Santa x Behind The Song 🎅
my family was poor AF and I still took music classes at school. I don't know, maybe use all that AI Slop billions to fund arts education.
All AI music does is devalue the work done by human artists. It’s not accessibility, it’s exploitation. We need real protections for artists against AI!
BTW — even if you had access to this AI startup as a child, you still wouldn’t know how to make music.
BTW — even if you had access to this AI startup as a child, you still wouldn’t know how to make music.
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
my family was poor AF and I still took music classes at school. I don't know, maybe use all that AI Slop billions to fund arts education.
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That last packet is really in there…
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
That last packet is really in there…
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Me: (pointing at oatmeal box) the outlier is Spice. You get fewer packets probably because it’s rare. Because it’s from Arrakis
Wife:…
Me: you know, from Dune. Where the spice must flow
Wife:…(sighs and walks away)
Me: you know fear is the mind killer!
Wife:…
Me: you know, from Dune. Where the spice must flow
Wife:…(sighs and walks away)
Me: you know fear is the mind killer!
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Me: (pointing at oatmeal box) the outlier is Spice. You get fewer packets probably because it’s rare. Because it’s from Arrakis
Wife:…
Me: you know, from Dune. Where the spice must flow
Wife:…(sighs and walks away)
Me: you know fear is the mind killer!
Wife:…
Me: you know, from Dune. Where the spice must flow
Wife:…(sighs and walks away)
Me: you know fear is the mind killer!
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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. ❤️ 🇧🇷
Except for Europeans youtu.be/52vALRDKeE8?...
It's Thanksgiving for Everybody
YouTube video by Bob's Burgers - Topic
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Except for Europeans youtu.be/52vALRDKeE8?...
Me: (pointing at oatmeal box) the outlier is Spice. You get fewer packets probably because it’s rare. Because it’s from Arrakis
Wife:…
Me: you know, from Dune. Where the spice must flow
Wife:…(sighs and walks away)
Me: you know fear is the mind killer!
Wife:…
Me: you know, from Dune. Where the spice must flow
Wife:…(sighs and walks away)
Me: you know fear is the mind killer!
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Me: (pointing at oatmeal box) the outlier is Spice. You get fewer packets probably because it’s rare. Because it’s from Arrakis
Wife:…
Me: you know, from Dune. Where the spice must flow
Wife:…(sighs and walks away)
Me: you know fear is the mind killer!
Wife:…
Me: you know, from Dune. Where the spice must flow
Wife:…(sighs and walks away)
Me: you know fear is the mind killer!
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November 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
People ask why I don’t write books and frankly, I can’t afford it.
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 AM
People ask why I don’t write books and frankly, I can’t afford it.
Me at band practice: So Oderus Urungus was essentially the original lead singer (RIP) and right around the time of Phallus in Wonderland, GWAR was adding fun heavy metal jazz to its music. Anyway, they had a manager named Sleazy P Martini...
The rest of the band: ...
The rest of the band: ...
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Me at band practice: So Oderus Urungus was essentially the original lead singer (RIP) and right around the time of Phallus in Wonderland, GWAR was adding fun heavy metal jazz to its music. Anyway, they had a manager named Sleazy P Martini...
The rest of the band: ...
The rest of the band: ...
a few people in my orbit asked me about this sort of thing. I hope they see this
What do you do when you’re a gun-loving leftist who doesn’t fit into mainstream American gun culture?
That's a question @manishakrishnan.bsky.social set out to answer this summer when she attended a Brutality match, an inclusive firearms competition in Idaho.
That's a question @manishakrishnan.bsky.social set out to answer this summer when she attended a Brutality match, an inclusive firearms competition in Idaho.
The Hard-Left Shooters Leading a Gun Culture Revolution
Earlier this year, I attended a shooting competition for queer, often trans, very online misfits. Then Charlie Kirk was killed.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
a few people in my orbit asked me about this sort of thing. I hope they see this
i don't want to brag, but I'm getting my shingles vaccine this week.
I'm sort of a big deal...
I'm sort of a big deal...
November 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
i don't want to brag, but I'm getting my shingles vaccine this week.
I'm sort of a big deal...
I'm sort of a big deal...
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believe it or not this is how it BEGINS
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
believe it or not this is how it BEGINS
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
🎶 Celebrate the mornings of your life 🎶
November 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
🎶 Celebrate the mornings of your life 🎶