Rob Martin
@robmartin365.bsky.social
Sociologist, data scientist, cello player, Walkman listener, democracy appreciator, Long Islander in Virginia, non-influencer. Here for the poetry.
The Grammy Nominations are out, and Timothée Chalamet has various artists to deal with:
November 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The Grammy Nominations are out, and Timothée Chalamet has various artists to deal with:
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Forget Jethro Tull beating Metallica for best metal album, we have an ALL TIME UPSET POSSIBILITY HERE
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
Dalai Lama - Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Fab Morvan - You Know It’s True: The Real Story of Milli Vanilli
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
Dalai Lama - Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Fab Morvan - You Know It’s True: The Real Story of Milli Vanilli
The main thing I learned from these Grammy nominations is... there's a Death Becomes Her musical now?
Wait, of course there is. It always should have been a musical.
Wait, of course there is. It always should have been a musical.
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Forget Jethro Tull beating Metallica for best metal album, we have an ALL TIME UPSET POSSIBILITY HERE
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
Dalai Lama - Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Fab Morvan - You Know It’s True: The Real Story of Milli Vanilli
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
Dalai Lama - Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Fab Morvan - You Know It’s True: The Real Story of Milli Vanilli
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MW correctly reading the room
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
MW correctly reading the room
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This only happens to you once
September 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This only happens to you once
Friday feeling (and R.I.P., Robert Redford):
a man with long blonde hair and a beard is holding a fishing rod
ALT: a man with long blonde hair and a beard is holding a fishing rod
media.tenor.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Friday feeling (and R.I.P., Robert Redford):
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Suggestion: A strike of musicians, writers, hosts, actors, lighting, electricians--everyone, shutting down all TV studios, until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated.
This is the kind of action we need, instead of sitting around just waiting to be gutted.
This is the kind of action we need, instead of sitting around just waiting to be gutted.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Suggestion: A strike of musicians, writers, hosts, actors, lighting, electricians--everyone, shutting down all TV studios, until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated.
This is the kind of action we need, instead of sitting around just waiting to be gutted.
This is the kind of action we need, instead of sitting around just waiting to be gutted.
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"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
August 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
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I've spent a lot of time thinking about this fascinating exchange Colbert had with Dua Lipa, when she asked him about the role his faith plays in his comedy.
July 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I've spent a lot of time thinking about this fascinating exchange Colbert had with Dua Lipa, when she asked him about the role his faith plays in his comedy.
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Yep this is an astonishing poem!
This poem by @aireadee.bsky.social lifted me this morning on its Icarus wings.
"Light refracts my name in
dialect only moths comprehend."
"Light refracts my name in
dialect only moths comprehend."
Altitude
Icarus, he advised, heed the warning: don’t fly
poets.org
June 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Yep this is an astonishing poem!
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The single most clarifying piece of journalism about Russell Brand that I've encountered is this video from @abbierichards.bsky.social. She charts Russell Brand's political evolution through his video content, and shows just how profitable a right wing grift can be.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo4g...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo4g...
Russell Brand And The Conspiracy Grift
YouTube video by Media Matters
www.youtube.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The single most clarifying piece of journalism about Russell Brand that I've encountered is this video from @abbierichards.bsky.social. She charts Russell Brand's political evolution through his video content, and shows just how profitable a right wing grift can be.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo4g...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo4g...
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me to the united states: this could be us but you playin’
A former French military base, Vauban is a thriving neighbourhood of 5,500 residents connected to Freiburg town centre by bus and light rail. Built in the late 1990s as a radical experiment in low-car living, it forgoes virtually all on-street parking in favour of active, green, and social spaces. 🧵
April 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
me to the united states: this could be us but you playin’
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WYOMING:
“Thank you, Madam chairman.”
“I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.”
“Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”
“Thank you, Madam chairman.”
“I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.”
“Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”
February 22, 2025 at 5:18 AM
WYOMING:
“Thank you, Madam chairman.”
“I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.”
“Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”
“Thank you, Madam chairman.”
“I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.”
“Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”
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I just don’t see how an Executive Order saying Mike Love was the real genius in the Beach Boys could be legally binding
February 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I just don’t see how an Executive Order saying Mike Love was the real genius in the Beach Boys could be legally binding
Alright, but I’d watch the hell out of Wallace Shawn as a Columbo-esque superspy who they never see coming.
Wallace Shawn Emerges As Frontrunner To Replace Daniel Craig As James Bond
February 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Alright, but I’d watch the hell out of Wallace Shawn as a Columbo-esque superspy who they never see coming.
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Yep. This is absolutely the time to ask yourself: what is more important, saving our country and all the people who will be devastated by Trump and Musk's actions, or getting my anger off my chest/being RIGHT AGAIN you fools!, and acting accordingly.
I’d stress that as infuriating as this might seem to those who were paying attention during the 2024 campaign, @normative.bsky.social is correct here. bsky.app/profile/norm...
In the coming weeks, a lot of slow-on-the uptake folks are going to begin belatedly realizing Trump is both an inept moron and a dangerous autocrat. Our great civic challenge in these trying times will be calmly welcoming them aboard instead of primal-screaming in their faces.
February 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Yep. This is absolutely the time to ask yourself: what is more important, saving our country and all the people who will be devastated by Trump and Musk's actions, or getting my anger off my chest/being RIGHT AGAIN you fools!, and acting accordingly.
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What's happening with the Covid nasal vaccine programs?
And why are they in jeopardy?
erictopol.substack.com/p/a-covid-na...
And why are they in jeopardy?
erictopol.substack.com/p/a-covid-na...
A Covid Nasal Vaccine Update
Now 6 Ongoing Clinical Trials in the United States
erictopol.substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
What's happening with the Covid nasal vaccine programs?
And why are they in jeopardy?
erictopol.substack.com/p/a-covid-na...
And why are they in jeopardy?
erictopol.substack.com/p/a-covid-na...
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"If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me." -- AUSA Hagan Scotten, SDNY.
"If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me." -- AUSA Hagan Scotten, SDNY.
February 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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"If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me." -- AUSA Hagan Scotten, SDNY.
"If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me." -- AUSA Hagan Scotten, SDNY.
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What’s Google Maps going to do with this one? :)
🚨 BREAKING: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says he’s going to rename Lake Michigan to “Lake Illinois.”
EPIC TRUMP TROLL!!! 🤣
EPIC TRUMP TROLL!!! 🤣
February 8, 2025 at 12:21 AM
What’s Google Maps going to do with this one? :)
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every day we see more and more evidence of society descending into utter lawlessness and chaos
February 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
every day we see more and more evidence of society descending into utter lawlessness and chaos
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This is a cat whose privacy is protected by Street View.
📸 suzuri_es
📸 suzuri_es
January 31, 2025 at 11:54 AM
This is a cat whose privacy is protected by Street View.
📸 suzuri_es
📸 suzuri_es