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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 06/10/2026

post your favorite doctor who. wrong answers only.

Dr. Theopolis from the tv show Buck Rogers. A sentient computer that's just a round device with LED face.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 28/09/2026

If they make a "Sportsman" theme for the app I'm in!

Picture of the Sony Sports Walkman in its bold yellow colour. It had a flip mechanism on the side that latched the lid closed with rubber buttons with membrane to protect the buttons.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 15/09/2026

We've seen this before...

Dianne Feinstein in a wheelchair not long before she died.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 14/09/2026

@parismarx.com Seems like the campaign to get off US tech is growing. Clearly they listen to the podcast.

FRANCE MOVED 30 MILLION GOVERNMENT DEVICES AWAY FROM AMERICAN SOFTWARE AS EUROPE CUTS ITS DEPENDENCE ON U.S. TECH

see 7 free alternatives to some of the biggest American software platforms, from Gmail and Google Search to Chrome, WhatsApp, Microsoft Office, and Google Maps
Proton Mail and Proton Drive offer encrypted alternatives, DuckDuckGo focuses on private search, Brave and Firefox provide stronger tracking protection, while Signal, LibreOffice, and Organic Maps offer options for messaging, office work, and navigation without relying on the same major platforms.
The shift is about more than replacing individual apps. As European governments push for greater digital sovereignty, the choices they make today could influence how millions of people use technology tomorrow....

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 13/09/2026

Hey, who's that wearing green in the foreground?

Family members, including Donald Trump Jr. (far R), his wife Bettina (2nd R), and White House Appointments Secretary Natalie Harp (L), wait for the arrival of US President Donald Trump for his meeting with Ireland's president at Áras an Uachtaráin in Phoenix Park in the Irish capital Dublin on September 12, 2026. Trump arrives in Ireland on September 12 for a two-day visit, stopping for a few hours in Dublin before heading west to his Trump International Golf Links to attend the Irish Open.
(Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 12/09/2026

Dude either hasn't seen the movie Dumb and Dumber or is a huge fan.

Jim Carrey in Dumb and Dumber looking the same as the Nazi POS in this post with cropped, bowl-cut hair and similar spring jacket.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 06/09/2026

The bar is set pretty high for RDJ Jr. playing Dr. Doom considering dynamic comic scenes like this one.

Two comic panels showing Dr. Doom raising his hands then slamming a fist on a table while shouting, "The only way out is to let me, Dr. Doom... rule the world! Give me your countries!"

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 05/09/2026

If you think the main mall sign is an easter egg wait until you learn about the lesser discussed sign change from the film.

Image from Back to the Future showing another sign change regarding Twin Pines mall. This one outside a downtown store that reads "We moved to Lone Pine Mall". Originally it was Twin Pines Mall.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 27/08/2026

Peter Cullen may not have the name recognition of Tim Curry or Dolly Parton but he defined a generation as Optimus Prime. Til all are one. RIP

Actor Peter Cullen, the voice of Optimus Prime, at a Transformers movie premiere.

Picture of Optimus Prime from the original animated series.

Picture of a dead Optimus Prime, an event which scarred an entire generation of kids.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 27/08/2026

This is interesting but the only new social media site I'd ever join would be if @chrismessina.me started one called Hashtag. This place would have everything: birds, ratios, subtweets, and every word begins with a hashtag.

Picture of Bill Hader as his club promoter character, Stefon, on Saturday Night Life.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 17/08/2026

James Carville appears to be auditioning for his next job as the new lead on Blue's Clues.

Top: Picture of James wearing a bold, stripped shirt like you would wear on a kids show.

Bottom: My photoshopped picture of James in the Thinking Chair on Blue's Clues.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 05/08/2026

Has Decision Desk posted any results for the McConnell v. Death race?

Scene from the movie Robocop with a bunch of people staring down at the main character who's just come online.

Top text: Mitch McConnell's staff

Bottom text: He's legally dead. We can do pretty much what we want to.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 05/08/2026

He can't hide from stuff like this, and his Dad's just as bad.

Headkine: David Ellison to Host Private Dinner 'Honoring' Donald Trump as Paramount Awaits Closing of Warner Bros. Deal - VARIETY, March 2026

Picture of Larry Ellison speaking from a podium at the White House, Trump watches from the side.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 05/08/2026

The @majorityreport.bsky.social - come for the politics, stay for the @emmavigeland.bsky.social pizza hot takes.

Screenshot of The Majority Report with cohost Emma Vigeland taking a bite of a delicious looking pizza.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 05/08/2026

Here's another picture of Ball with some relevant info. Dude is just a conduit to send money to Israel.

ISRAEL LOBBY TOTAL
$9,053,729
Combined direct contributions, earmarked donations, and independent expenditures from tracked pro-Israel PACs, across all available cycles.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 04/08/2026

Alternately, he just turns the entire building into his own helicarrier

The Shield helicarier from Marvel movies. Basically a flying aircraft carrier.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 31/07/2026

We can't discuss the "genius" of Shopify's Tobi Lutke without noting the time he arbitrarily decided there were too many internal meetings happening so had IT delete all meetings in people's calendars, including external ones with clients.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 31/07/2026

Her entire post reads with strong Bobby Newport energy.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 21/07/2026

This franchise ended for me when Nicki was no longer in it. She was the MVP.

Picture from one of the Bourne Identity movies. Matt Damon as Bourne looks down with Julia Stiles' Nicki next to him with an intense gaze.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 19/07/2026

pausa de hidratación, round 2

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 19/07/2026

This wasn't A24, it was YouTube's automatic tagging of content that did this. A24 has already responded and YouTube is reversing the takedowns.

Shortly after, A24's official Backrooms Instagram account posted that the original delisting on Redbubble was an automated claim that they're working to reverse. "A24 makes no claim of ownership over the yellow wallpaper, the original post referencing it, or any of the community works that have since been built around it.
We will continue to support the artists who, like Kane, were inspired by it."

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 15/07/2026

This empty stool at the 2012 GOP Convention has a more impressive career.

Clint Eastwood, standing behind a wooden podium, gestures toward an empty stool as if Obama is sitting in it. Playing the part of Obama, Eastwood interviews himself but looks like he's just talking to a stool. The skit is let with some laughter.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 15/07/2026

Pfft! They'll never achieve peak desktop robot as seen here.

Picture of Nintendo's R.O.B, a small grey robot that dropped small plastic tops onto buttons helping you play the game.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 13/07/2026

So many great call outs of Sam Neill roles with one noticeable oversight - In the Mouth of Madness.

Scene from In The Mouth of Madness. Sam Neill sits in an empty theatre holding a popcorn bucket while watching a movie as civilization collapses outside.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 13/07/2026

Man, even SNL skits are starting to come true.

Space junk washes up in Australia Six metal spheres found on a Queensland beach are likely rocket parts that survived re-entering the atmosphere. Experts say the basketball-sized objects are pressure vessels from a foreign launch vehicle.

Ingredients of Happy Fun Ball include an unknown glowing substance which fell to Earth, presumably from outer space.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 08/07/2026

Best I could do on my phone.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 07/07/2026

I was curious and had to go find the numbers for The Blair Witch Project (1999) for comparison. Bravo, Obsession team.

Box office numbers for The Blair Witch Project (1999).

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 28/06/2026

Whenever I see these machines I immediately think of the movie Sneakers.

Ben Kingsley and Robert Redford sit beside a large Cray computer in the movie Sneakers.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 21/06/2026

I prefer him in his original Transformers visage.

Picture of Unicron from Transformers: The Movie (1986) voiced by Orson Welles.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 21/06/2026

My kids and I took a trip to the Toronto Zoo today. Here's a hippo to cleanse your timeline.

Picture of a hippo wading in a large pool of water looking at me taking the picture.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 20/06/2026

I made this because the official brand hasn't yet (that I've seen at least).

Picture of the Washington D.C. Reflecting Pool after recent renovations. The immense algae buildup is so dense it has made the water look green. So, I added a "sponsored by mountain dew" graphic in the bottom right corner over the water. It really does look like the beverage.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 17/06/2026

This is probably how it started for Dwight who made another version of himself in Second Life.

Dwight in The Office playing is doppelgänger character in the virtual world game, Second Life. He's sitting at his desk, playing the game with complete intent.

Picture of Dwight from The Office beside an image of his doppelgänger character in the virtual world game, Second Life. Both are wearing varying degrees of beige attire.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 13/06/2026

Random find from the other day but now I realize it was meant for this post.

Picture of a cartoon racoon holding up a sword, wearing a rainbow cape, the words "We pride at dawn".

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 11/06/2026

Trump still working hard for the Sy Snoodles voter demo.

A picture of Trump's extremely pursed lips next to a picture of Sy Snoodles from Star Wars and her similarly pursed lips.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 08/06/2026

Shhh, elders are sleeping.

Picture of a gondola with the rowing dude posing for a picture as an elderly couple passed out in front of him. I took the liberty of photoshopping a sleeping Trump in the boat in front of the couple.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 08/06/2026

This guy would call it gardening then build you a chair for free to make a point about carpentry or something.

Picture of Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson from Parks and Recreation posing beside his handmade rocking chair.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 07/06/2026

Try and find a photo of Trump sharing fist-bumps with a cheering crowd from a car window. I know Zohran isn't the subject matter but its cool he's out there celebrating. (Sorry for the crummy screenshot.)

Mayor Mamdani leans out the window of his SUV engaging with the crowd of people alongside the road cheering.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 05/06/2026

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @zeteo.com It's bad enough you use Substack, but if you use Bluesky understand the importance of alt-text. Stop slumming here like it's X. You're a journalist, do better propagating news.

Does anyone really believe that the usually cautious New York Times would have run a piece making similarly incendiary claims against an establishment politician, based almost wholly on the uncorroborated allegations of a single source who just happened to be a long-standing activist from the opposing party? Is it any wonder that so many people online see this article as a hit job against an anti-oligarchy, anti-
Israel populist?

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 03/06/2026

Black Mirror - Season 4, Episode 5 - "Metalhead"

Picture of the robot "dog" which looks a little too similar to the killer robot in Black Mirror.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 03/06/2026

Robert would go on to appear in other core films of my childhood, his character credits only getting better.

IMDb screenshot of actor Robert Starr's appearance in The Last Starfighter, credited as "Underling".

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 03/06/2026

Speaking of Airplane; a funny connection I have to this much beloved movie (but no relation).

IMDb screenshot of actor Robert Starr's Airplane credit as "Religious Zealot #5".

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 03/06/2026

Watching Airplane this weekend and my son called out Jonathan Banks being in it. I had no idea. Clearly my brain couldn't reconcile seeing the same actor forty years apart.

Jonathan Banks as seen in the movie Airplane from 1980 as an air traffic controller beside a picture of him Better Call Saul from 2022. From a brown leather jacket and hair to spring jacket and no hair.

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Bob Starr @bobstarr.xyz · 03/06/2026

I imagined this. Does that work?

Lloyd Bridges in the movie Airplane leaning on his desk, a cigarette in his mouth. A framed picture to over his right should depicts him in the exact same pose as he's seen in the image.

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