Reposted by Bob ProehlHeba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026When 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. 132202552
Reposted by Bob ProehlPBS News @pbsnews.org · 02/10/2026New 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. 22958262
Reposted by Bob ProehlMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Thinking 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.” 1450599
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. 0120
Reposted by Bob ProehlElizabeth Sandifer @eruditorumpress.com · 16/09/2026Volume 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... 37128
Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Had 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. 040
Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Made 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. 110
Reposted by Bob ProehlAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/09/2026The alarms are all flashing red. 1542323730
Reposted by Bob ProehlDuchess Goldblatt @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Good morning, dumplings. I hope today that your coffee is hot and all your enemies drop dead. 44838109
Reposted by Bob ProehlTom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I 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. 3346841900
Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This message brought to you by my kiddo texting me to come read with her and my brain is rotted. 010
Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 04/09/2026WAYNE’S WORLD (1992) is more than twice as old as “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975) was when WAYNE’S WORLD was released. 110
Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 03/09/2026One 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. 130
Reposted by Bob ProehlJody Houser ✒️🗯️🎲 @jodyhouser.bsky.social · 02/09/2026This. 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. 1481175
Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Someone 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. 020
Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Yesterday 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. 010
Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Yes, 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! 000
Reposted by Bob ProehlKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/08/2026My man looks like the mayor from SPIN CITY joined the Waffen SS 7558144719
Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Let’s keep big “fuck your and fuck this” energy aimed at this “Dolly stayed out of politics” bullshit. 010
Reposted by Bob ProehlStarbucks 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: 9465744507
Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Thanks so much! I’m assuming you mean the mall. I lived in DC for a bit and…certain malls just stick with you. 100
Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I always refer to it as Essential Frank’s, but I see your point. 110
Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Or maybe we don’t defend bigoted half-wits, horny for attention? I dunno, clearly it’s a complicated question. 000
Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 18/08/2026What kind of fool doesn’t put the beans into the pre-nup??? 0110
Reposted by Bob ProehlTad Suiter @retius.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I 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. 23691201
Reposted by Bob ProehlG. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 15/08/2026Does 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? 8144718
Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Or 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)? 110
Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I heard they froze Knopf’s head and there are three people at Penguin Random House who can communicate with him telepathically. 140
Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Like, 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. 010
Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The 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. 110
Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Umm “The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids” would like to speak with you about earnest allegory… 120
Bob Proehl @bobproehl.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I 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. 010