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Bob Proehl

@bobproehl.bsky.social
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Public media marketing and comms muppet. Author of THE NOBODY PEOPLE, A HUNDRED THOUSAND WORLDS, and DRAGON DAY. Writing some comics and some podcasts and some books. Lotta dogs over here, y'all. Lot of dogs. he/him

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
When my father was faculty at Cornell he was stopped by the police chief in the street & asked who he was & where he was going. When he balked at the fact that no one but him, an Arab man, was being asked, the chief said “I’m just protecting students” Same guy failed to investigate 7 rapists.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 02/10/2026
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she is "deeply disturbed" by the way Cornell University's police department and the county prosecutor handled a student's rape allegations in 2024. She has appointed the state's attorney general, Letitia James, as a special prosecutor to take over the case.
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thinking of that time after Biden got elected, when a VERY fancy lawyer and Dem strategist called me on the phone like, “Moira, everyone at my firm is mad that the Title IX rules are going to be stricter, because it will be bad for our university clients to have to punish rape.”
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“I work my ass off” is 10x more “please clap” than the post you’re responding to, you ableist dipstick.
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Elizabeth Sandifer @eruditorumpress.com · 16/09/2026
Volume 2 of Last War in Albion is now available in print. The story of how Watchmen set off a magical war for the soul of Britain. Also featuring The Cuddled Little Vice, my Hugo-nominated history of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman. Written for neophytes and deep fans alike. www.amazon.com/Last-War-Alb...
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Had a leftover sammich wrapped in one of those weird foil-paper hybrids and I was worried about reheating it in the oven at 350 because I was worried the paper would burn and then the ghost of Ray Bradbury punched me in the face.
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Made the mistake of grabbing volume one of On the Calculation of Volume as I was picking up the new Marlon James and now here we are.
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Always see Sleater-Kinney.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/09/2026
The alarms are all flashing red.
Screenshot of a thread on X by user Jacob Coxon (@hilbertspaess) detailing his resignation from Anthropic.
​The first post reads: "I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below."
​The second post reads: "Do not underestimate the power of this technology. These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field overnight, and acquire real power and resources. We have all witnessed the progress in each of these domains, and progress is not slowing."
​The third post reads: "The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt. If anything, many executives and senior researchers will couch their phrasing in the press to sound sensible - but I hear the same people express fear privately. No other human activity poses this level of danger."Screenshot continuing the thread on X by Jacob Coxon (@hilbertspaess).
​The first post reads: "A common response is 'if they truly believe this, why are they still building it?' At OpenAI, many have not deeply internalized the civilizational stakes. At Anthropic, the stakes are well-understood, but they are locked in a race to get there first - they believe no one else will act responsibly, so they must do it themselves, despite the risk."
​The second post reads: "Accepting this race and entering the 'endgame' is a hubristic gamble that should not be launched from a private company's Slack. Attempting to speedrun alignment should require extraordinary confidence that there are no better trajectories available."
​The third post reads: "I am optimistic about the potential for coordination. Warning shots like the Hugging Face attack have made pacing agreements between U.S. labs more viable. I don’t feel like we’re on track to prevent a global race, which may require costly actions such as a temporary ban on improving model capabilities."
​The fourth post reads: "If you are a lab researcher, I urge you to consider what the next few years will actually feel like. Do you want to kick off a superintelligent RL run without a rigorous understanding of its mind? Should you put your head down because 'it’s happening anyway' - or take this moment to call for different conditions?"
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Duchess Goldblatt @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Good morning, dumplings. I hope today that your coffee is hot and all your enemies drop dead.
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Tom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I want to make sure everyone in the city is aware that SUNY Downstate operates a large and extremely skilled LGBTQ and gender affirming care clinic, and we have repeatedly reiterated our intention to go to jail before we stop.
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This message brought to you by my kiddo texting me to come read with her and my brain is rotted.
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Weird fuckers.
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
WAYNE’S WORLD (1992) is more than twice as old as “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975) was when WAYNE’S WORLD was released.
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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 03/09/2026
BUTLERIAN JIHAD NOW

"Thou shall not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind"

the art is of an old desktop computer feathered with arrows
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
One time I was acting out a knife fight for a scene i was writing and looked out my office window to see my wife watching me from the house.
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Jody Houser ✒️🗯️🎲 @jodyhouser.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This. When an IP is owned by a living person who is using the money from said IP to inflict lasting harm on a vulnerable minority, there is no possible way to separate the art from the artist.
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Woot!!!
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Someone much smarter than me who's following things pretty closely has said she thinks payments will start in the next month or two, based on how Anthropic has been moving money into the settlement accounts.
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I could get behind that.
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Yesterday I hosted a book fair for grown ups at @wskg.bsky.social. About 900 folks through the door in three hours. Apparently books are popular.
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Yes, they are size Large, and yes I weighed about a buck twenty at the time and yes that was the correct size for me at that time. STYLE!
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Anyone need 30 year old never been worn gear?
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
My man looks like the mayor from SPIN CITY joined the Waffen SS
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Is it…any good? Because that movie is a rough go.
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Rachel Pinnelas 💭 @racheaissance.com · 26/08/2026
NOT OKAY
Tim Curry and Miss Piggy, Kermit, Gonzo, and Rizzo the RatDolly Parton and Missy Piggy
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Let’s keep big “fuck your and fuck this” energy aimed at this “Dolly stayed out of politics” bullshit.
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 25/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed:
BOYCOTT STARBUCKS is written inside a zig-zaggy speech bubble against crumbled paper. Beside it are the Starbucks Workers United logo and an image of a coffee cup being poured out.We, the 12,000 and growing members of Starbucks Workers United, call on everyone who stands with working people to boycott Starbucks until they finalize a contract with union baristas and stop union-busting.
What we’re fighting for is simple: a minimum $17/hr wage, enough hours to live on, better staffing in our stores, and basic workplace protections. Every year, our living costs rise but our wages don’t keep up – a growing pressure many American workers are feeling as corporate greed accelerates unchecked in our country. 
Starbucks is banking on customers' blind loyalty to the integrity and values this company once stood for in order to keep squeezing them for profits. At a time when working-class people across the country are struggling in a challenging economy, it is no longer possible to be both a Starbucks customer and in support of workers; choosing to spend money at Starbucks is choosing a law breaking corporation over the baristas who make your coffee everyday exactly as you ask for it.
Starbucks has violated U.S. labor law more than any other company in modern history–the NLRB and its judges have found that Starbucks committed hundreds of labor violations and there are currently more than 550 unresolved unfair labor practice charges still pending against the company. Instead of finalizing a fair and reasonable union contract, Starbucks has repeatedly demonstrated a lack of care for the workers who fuel the company’s profits by wasting millions of dollars on AI and technology that doesn’t work, launching countless gimmicky drinks designed to distract from real problems, and inventing pointless policies that do nothing but make our jobs harder. 
This ongoing, irrational behavior by Starbucks and its refusal to settle a fair union contract with workers leaves us with no other choice than to call for a boycott. We know when working people stand up together, we win. 
No Contract? No Coffee.
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Columbia Heights, a looooong time ago.
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Thanks so much! I’m assuming you mean the mall. I lived in DC for a bit and…certain malls just stick with you.
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I always refer to it as Essential Frank’s, but I see your point.
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“Basic.” How dare you.
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Or maybe we don’t defend bigoted half-wits, horny for attention? I dunno, clearly it’s a complicated question.
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Feeling those magnets jerk How do they work?
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
What kind of fool doesn’t put the beans into the pre-nup???
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Tad Suiter @retius.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I saw this on Facebook, and I feel like it's a joke made for like ten people. I am, however, one of those people, and I love it.
Image of ROM #1 from Marvel Comics, but it's "Rom of Finland" instead of "Rom Spaceknight."
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 15/08/2026
Does anybody *not* obsessively ponder their past mistakes, shortcomings, awkward moments etc etc? Is it normal to have a constant background loop of self-criticism going in your mind?
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Or is this particular to folks who go into a profession that allows us to endlessly revise the actions and dialogue of imaginary humans until it is as perfect as we can get it (and then curse the fact it wasn’t ACTUALLY perfect when we see it in print)?
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I KNEW IT!!!
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I heard they froze Knopf’s head and there are three people at Penguin Random House who can communicate with him telepathically.
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
No, I am good, thank you.
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Like, if someone gave Mark Buckingham a truckload of money to draw Gaiman's scripts for MIRACLEMAN: THE DARK AGE, I would bite my lip a little before not giving that project any money. But if it's like Gaiman and EVS collabing, that's actually going to push me farther from both them fuckers.
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The thing is, @imagecomics.com might have tempted me by saying that Ellis was going to finish TREES or INJECTION. I would have actually struggled for a moment with my own ethics. But a reprint of OCEAN and some new project that looks ass are easy to harden my "Yeah, fuck that guy" stance around.
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
It's...so dang good.
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wezeldog @wezeldog.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Cover for the movie All Dogs Go to Heaven. Except for those class traitors in the Paw Patrol has been added
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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 07/08/2026
Fake album cover i made with a generator

NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL 4'33" OF TOTAL SILENCE
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Umm “The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids” would like to speak with you about earnest allegory…
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
[very VERY quietly] yep, this.
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Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I have a copy out from the library, and the lovely person who runs my Call of Cthulu campaign loves the book, and the author is repped by my agent (who obviously has impeccable taste). And yet I just can’t.
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