John Robertson
@jrr1234.bsky.social
Librarian and musician. Lover of books, bourbon, beer, cycling, and SFF
Driving home from a Christmas party last night, I decided to take the long way home just so I could listen to more Big Sonic Heaven while driving. Thank you @wdet.bsky.social for having this show!
December 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Driving home from a Christmas party last night, I decided to take the long way home just so I could listen to more Big Sonic Heaven while driving. Thank you @wdet.bsky.social for having this show!
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You start to get cynical & bitter & then you find out one of your state's snow plows this year is named Clearopathra & you remember there is no limit to human brilliance
December 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
You start to get cynical & bitter & then you find out one of your state's snow plows this year is named Clearopathra & you remember there is no limit to human brilliance
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When you absolutely, positively, have to get your holiday party guests the HELL out of your house
December 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
When you absolutely, positively, have to get your holiday party guests the HELL out of your house
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This is the music that plays when you're buying electric money out the back of a car.
youtu.be/_LJ8ZKquAYU?...
youtu.be/_LJ8ZKquAYU?...
Here Comes Santa Claus - Trombone Remix
YouTube video by The Lofi Bard (Ethan)
youtu.be
December 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is the music that plays when you're buying electric money out the back of a car.
youtu.be/_LJ8ZKquAYU?...
youtu.be/_LJ8ZKquAYU?...
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I want to drive a dump truck of cow manure to the Microsoft headquarters and drop it off in the lobby as a thank you.
They didn't ask for it, they didn't want it, but maybe they can figure out how to get rid of it.
They didn't ask for it, they didn't want it, but maybe they can figure out how to get rid of it.
Is there a way to get this mind-numbing Co-Pilot shit off Microsoft Word?
December 15, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I want to drive a dump truck of cow manure to the Microsoft headquarters and drop it off in the lobby as a thank you.
They didn't ask for it, they didn't want it, but maybe they can figure out how to get rid of it.
They didn't ask for it, they didn't want it, but maybe they can figure out how to get rid of it.
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And I assume the entire High Republic -- characters and a world we spent years developing and caring about. All just...slop fodder now.
So many past artists who created the iconic Disney characters had NO idea the work they created would be regurgitated through Open AI for free
These people were not paid for the extraction of their labor. We need California law to catch up and @governor.ca.gov to stop this AI deal NOW 🛑
These people were not paid for the extraction of their labor. We need California law to catch up and @governor.ca.gov to stop this AI deal NOW 🛑
December 12, 2025 at 4:11 AM
And I assume the entire High Republic -- characters and a world we spent years developing and caring about. All just...slop fodder now.
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This is such an issue, one I got conned by recently (the "animal shelter lets dogs choose" video) and I'm not sure how useful their guidelines are for identifying the fakes.
Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
The Reality of AI Animal Content – Sedgwick County Zoo
If you spend any time on social media, you’ve probably seen them – bears bouncing on trampolines, apes caught on doorbell cameras, or “rescued” wild animals acting in ways that seem too good to be…
scz.org
December 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This is such an issue, one I got conned by recently (the "animal shelter lets dogs choose" video) and I'm not sure how useful their guidelines are for identifying the fakes.
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This is one of the many reasons I hate AI: It diminishes our emotional reactions to the REAL interesting/beautiful/horrifying/amusing things all around us. The real world is an amazing place and AI is the opposite of amazing.
December 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This is one of the many reasons I hate AI: It diminishes our emotional reactions to the REAL interesting/beautiful/horrifying/amusing things all around us. The real world is an amazing place and AI is the opposite of amazing.
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Since you limit your comments/replies, I'm threading here because mis-information *needs* to be corrected.
You're going to utterly bankrupt your public library doing what you suggested in your message.
If your library is limiting hoopla, respect it.
bookriot.com/library-hoop...
You're going to utterly bankrupt your public library doing what you suggested in your message.
If your library is limiting hoopla, respect it.
bookriot.com/library-hoop...
Your Library's Hoopla Digital Collections Are Breaking Their Budget
If you've noticed changes to the digital materials you can borrow from your library, that's because that access is costing libraries way more than ever before.
bookriot.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Since you limit your comments/replies, I'm threading here because mis-information *needs* to be corrected.
You're going to utterly bankrupt your public library doing what you suggested in your message.
If your library is limiting hoopla, respect it.
bookriot.com/library-hoop...
You're going to utterly bankrupt your public library doing what you suggested in your message.
If your library is limiting hoopla, respect it.
bookriot.com/library-hoop...
Day off work, it's snowy outside, and I was reminded this came out today. Great watch this afternoon. Congratulations @markstryker.bsky.social - I loved it.
December 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Day off work, it's snowy outside, and I was reminded this came out today. Great watch this afternoon. Congratulations @markstryker.bsky.social - I loved it.
#LibFaves25 Day 2:
THE GALES OF NOVEMBER: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD by John U. Bacon
Fantastic book that covers SO much more than the shipwreck itself. Details the lives of the crew, how important Great Lakes shipping is, and the danger involved (worse than ocean sailing).
THE GALES OF NOVEMBER: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD by John U. Bacon
Fantastic book that covers SO much more than the shipwreck itself. Details the lives of the crew, how important Great Lakes shipping is, and the danger involved (worse than ocean sailing).
December 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
#LibFaves25 Day 2:
THE GALES OF NOVEMBER: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD by John U. Bacon
Fantastic book that covers SO much more than the shipwreck itself. Details the lives of the crew, how important Great Lakes shipping is, and the danger involved (worse than ocean sailing).
THE GALES OF NOVEMBER: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD by John U. Bacon
Fantastic book that covers SO much more than the shipwreck itself. Details the lives of the crew, how important Great Lakes shipping is, and the danger involved (worse than ocean sailing).
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oh cripes, THREAD. (hides eyes) 🤨
Let me tell you a story. Perhaps you can guess where this is going... though it does have a bit of a twist.
I was poking around Google Scholar for publications about the relationship between chatbots and wellness. Oh how useful: a systematic literature review! Let's dig into the findings. 🧵
I was poking around Google Scholar for publications about the relationship between chatbots and wellness. Oh how useful: a systematic literature review! Let's dig into the findings. 🧵
December 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
oh cripes, THREAD. (hides eyes) 🤨
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
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no different to a U boat sinking a ship then surfacing to machine gun survivors in the water
no different
no different
"The DOD Manual is clear because the law here is clear: 'Persons who have been incapacitated by . . . shipwreck are in a helpless state, and it would be dishonorable and inhumane to make them the object of attack.'"
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:52 AM
no different to a U boat sinking a ship then surfacing to machine gun survivors in the water
no different
no different
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Sorry not sorry to cross post. Yesterday, my friend @edrabinski.bsky.social and I donated platelets. Giving blood is relatively easy, and it's so so so so necessary. This may seem like virtue signaling, but I'm just trying to raise awareness and encourage others to share fluids! 🩸
November 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Sorry not sorry to cross post. Yesterday, my friend @edrabinski.bsky.social and I donated platelets. Giving blood is relatively easy, and it's so so so so necessary. This may seem like virtue signaling, but I'm just trying to raise awareness and encourage others to share fluids! 🩸
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Man Getting High And Eating Taco Bell Thousands Of Miles Away From Family Having Best Thanksgiving Of Life https://theonion.com/man-getting-high-and-eating-taco-bell-thousands-of-mile-1845721340/
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Man Getting High And Eating Taco Bell Thousands Of Miles Away From Family Having Best Thanksgiving Of Life https://theonion.com/man-getting-high-and-eating-taco-bell-thousands-of-mile-1845721340/
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This is exactly right
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This is exactly right
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Rain in Los Angeles: a whitenoise symphony and a scrubbing of the world, gorgeous, refreshing. Let's open a window.
Rain in St. Louis: The cold of a fished-out corpse, all is dim, a darkening of the world akin to a final glaucoma across the eye of god. Let's find out what a gun barrel tastes like.
Rain in St. Louis: The cold of a fished-out corpse, all is dim, a darkening of the world akin to a final glaucoma across the eye of god. Let's find out what a gun barrel tastes like.
November 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Rain in Los Angeles: a whitenoise symphony and a scrubbing of the world, gorgeous, refreshing. Let's open a window.
Rain in St. Louis: The cold of a fished-out corpse, all is dim, a darkening of the world akin to a final glaucoma across the eye of god. Let's find out what a gun barrel tastes like.
Rain in St. Louis: The cold of a fished-out corpse, all is dim, a darkening of the world akin to a final glaucoma across the eye of god. Let's find out what a gun barrel tastes like.
Can't wait!
🧵BREAKING NEWS: Beyond thrilled to report that the documentary I wrote & co-produced, "The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit," premieres December 9 on Prime Video. The most frequently asked question I get about the film is when and where can I see it? Now I have an answer.
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Can't wait!
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This is completely disgusting. Today, the CDC updated their vaccine safety page. It now says:
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This is completely disgusting. Today, the CDC updated their vaccine safety page. It now says:
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
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Shocked, I tell you. Shocked! FFS
Burns and his team have held advance screenings of "The American Revolution" across the country, including in DC. Kerger described GOP lawmakers who voted against PBS $$$ waiting in line to shake his hand:
November 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Shocked, I tell you. Shocked! FFS
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Heritage is just cartoonishly evil. Just the worst scum on the face of the planet.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Heritage is just cartoonishly evil. Just the worst scum on the face of the planet.
Well, that sucked. Hell of a game, though. Hell of a series.
November 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Well, that sucked. Hell of a game, though. Hell of a series.