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Robert Alden Rubin

@rarinfv.bsky.social
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Hiker, writer, poet, recovering editor and writing teacher. My occasional Substack, The Whole 'Nuther, touches on language, politics, faith, and whatever else I'm obsessed with at the moment.

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Robert Alden Rubin @rarinfv.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hadn't seen this term @daveweigel used: "Democrats aren’t crafting the kind of bold-faced messaging that excites take-writers this year." www.semafor.com/newsletter/0... "Take-writers" nails my main problem with social media: sorting engagement-bait "takes" from useful observations, like Weigel's.
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🟡 Semafor Americana: Dems plan, GOP laughs | Semafor
In this edition: A bad night for generational change, Ken Paxton waits for the cavalry, and Trump’s poor Canada polling.
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Robert Alden Rubin @rarinfv.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
It’s Not Just AI. Firing Human Copy Editors Is Affecting Newspapers Too
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.
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Robert Alden Rubin @rarinfv.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Oh, dem Dodgers! Dey can’t take deir medicine! Dey shoulda stayed in Brooklyn.
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration. readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
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The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
A 14-word replacement for most op-eds, substacks, etc about this moment. The GOP could stop ALL of this, right now—if a handful of Sens or Reps could step outside the cult. It would take four in the Senate, four (maybe five) in the House, to change history. Until then, they're all to blame.
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Robert Alden Rubin @rarinfv.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Bye, Walt. Keep speaking truth, Jimmy.
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Robert Alden Rubin @rarinfv.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
@joshtpm.bsky.social Maybe it’s time for a “Wag the Dog” discussion to begin. I’d been wondering how long it would take for growing domestic pushback against the administration to be “solved” by an Iraq-style foreign misadventure. Seems like we’re there now.
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Robert Alden Rubin @rarinfv.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Well played, NYT cooking. Well played.
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Robert Alden Rubin @rarinfv.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
#nytspellingbee Geez. What’s the matter with “pinnace” on the 2/23 bee? Don’t boats count?
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Robert Alden Rubin @rarinfv.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Democrats should fight back with an aggressive, fact-based counter narrative every single day. open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
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Democrats should fight back with an aggressive, fact-based counter narrative every single day.
They know how to do this, they’ve done it before. The daily COVID briefings by blue state Governors are the perfect roadmap.
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Robert Alden Rubin @rarinfv.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
I was delighted to learn from Google’s A.I. today that the ducks called “buffleheads” get their name because their heads look kinda like those of buffalos, and because they are also the size of buffalo heads. 🤓 Quite a feat for a little duck!
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