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Negative space cowboy

@rob-baloney.bsky.social
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Gen X curmudgeon learning how to be alive ... still, or at long last; take your pick. If you're a big fan of Trump you might as well just block me now

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Negative space cowboy @rob-baloney.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
A Tumblr post from user @botanyshitposts

Apr 18, 2023

love doing something I call 'the big leaf test' where I put my hand on a leaf and if the leaf is bigger than my hand I go damn that's crazy

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Negative space cowboy @rob-baloney.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
For more information here is one of the rare YouTubers to whom I attribute approximately as much credibility as I do you: youtu.be/4FZy1lBNykA Thanks for even bothering to read this. The above video is outside your bailiwick but well worth watching. I know you care about the world, so ... here
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The Richest Country Is Pretty Mid Now
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
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Negative space cowboy @rob-baloney.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
@maklelan.bsky.social Hey Dan, big fan, videos books and podcast, and you seem like a really decent human being, which is why I am messaging you. A request. Please stop telling people to Google things. We're switching to the more generic "search the internet". Google is evil now. Thank you
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Negative space cowboy @rob-baloney.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
@maklelan.bsky.social Hey Dan, big fan, videos books and podcast, and you seem like a really decent human being, which is why I am messaging you. A request. Please stop telling people to Google things. We're switching to the more generic "search the internet". Google is evil now. Thank you
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Negative space cowboy @rob-baloney.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
If you're interviewing Sandra Hüller, Eva Stratt from Project Hail Mary, please please please ask her to read the Stratt monologue from Grace's jail cell that didn't make it into the movie. She did an incredible job but so much about the character was cut for time
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The misogynistic smearing of a former First Lady at a White House event sanctioned by a President … is a stain that will not be removable
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Dylan, on life in your 80’s, is incredible. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/o...
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Negative space cowboy @rob-baloney.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
@maklelan.bsky.social I don't think I really understand people's attitudes toward the practice of sacrifice, the meaning and purpose of animal sacrifices, for example, to people in the ancient world. Can you please recommend some books?
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Negative space cowboy @rob-baloney.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
And could Wonder woman have an invisible jet made out of it I mean. Obviously it wouldn't be perfectly invisible. But if it's made of aluminum anyway, and the aluminum is just clear ... Would that work? Just tankloads of fuel and some wire insulation and a woman in a seated position in the sky?
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Negative space cowboy @rob-baloney.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Hey Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social ... what's the deal with transparent aluminum? Did they just call it that because of the movie? What's really going on here? And how does it work? Why is it transparent?
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Negative space cowboy @rob-baloney.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Just sit down and think about it for a second. A being of infinite power and understanding created a tiny universe, really nothing compared to itself. Inside of it tiny simple objects, multifold, a number so great it boggles the mind, behaving in a very simple way that causes them to combine into completely different objects that behave in a still quite simple way. And the simple way these objects behave, they combine into still greater objects. Which combined into still greater but still simple objects, and these we call the periodic table. And these recombine into an incredible vast number of different possible combinations, and in some of the combinations, there's the potential for this incredibly complex system we call life. And in that system we call life, the complex system we call consciousness or intelligence or personhood. Nested levels of complexity upon complexity upon complexity, reaching actual conscious thought.

And the dude that created all this is like, don't masturbate
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Negative space cowboy @rob-baloney.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
www.tumblr.com/everythingis...
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💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · The Problems with Atheism · "... 'atheists cannot account for logic, words, reason, and cognitive thought.' And I'm tempted to agree with him. Reading this book has left me doubtin…
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Negative space cowboy @rob-baloney.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
@vicedrhino.com I wrote a Tumblr post about you. I hope you read it, but if you want to maybe you could wait until you were feeling kind of bad, and then it would cheer you up. It's kind of like a fan letter. Anyway, thanks for everything. We need good people in this world
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Negative space cowboy @rob-baloney.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
A broken warrior is sent by an evil wizard on a magic quest to save the world and he's all alone until he befriends a magic creature with powers he cannot comprehend and together they risk fire and death to ask a star how they can survive

Darmok and Jalad on the ocean

#project hail mary #phm movie #phm
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Negative space cowboy @rob-baloney.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
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Negative space cowboy @rob-baloney.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
@hankgreen.bsky.social Hey somebody sent me a picture of you and claimed to be you on Tumblr. Is that you and do you want to see the picture for some reason?
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Negative space cowboy @rob-baloney.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
An image of a circular shoulder patch of the kind usually worn by military personnel featuring a military helicopter and a paratrooper with a round parachute. The legend around the outside reads "OPERATION EPSTEIN DIVERSION". The patch is a humorous take on the fact that the President of the United States is murdering people in foreign countries to distract the public from the overwhelming evidence that he has raped children.
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Negative space cowboy @rob-baloney.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Answering the important questions
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Negative space cowboy @rob-baloney.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
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Dan Izzo @izzos.net · 19/02/2026
The UK arresting Andrew. South Korea tossing their wannabe dictator in jail for life. John Roberts better be getting a really nice Edible Arrangement from the White House.
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Negative space cowboy @rob-baloney.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
If they're going to call it American Airlines, shouldn't the seats be wider?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
What’s one way we can rein in ICE? We can start by boycotting ICE’s corporate collaborators that are profiting from the agency’s cruelty. Watch.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 17/02/2026
NEW: A federal immigration judge terminated deportation proceedings against our client Mohsen Mahdawi, who was detained for his protected speech. This is good news, but the government can still appeal or refile their case. We won’t stop fighting until he is free for good.
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Negative space cowboy @rob-baloney.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
The worst case scenario for an AOC presidential run in 2028 is that she’s setting herself up for 2032 or 2036. She is going to be president someday—it’s just a matter of time.
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You Know What? Maybe the Time Is Right for an AOC Presidential Bid
She’s only 36, and there’s a good argument that she should run for Senate and bide her time. But she also could be a formidable White House candidate.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Recent CBS News news: 1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades 2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem 3. Producer says politics dictating what airs 4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table. 5. Not firing Epstein pal.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17/02/2026
i think jesse jackson was one of the most important american political figures of the post-war era and i think that his 1984 and 1988 campaigns for the democratic nomination still have a great deal to teach about forging a path to a more egalitarian world. RIP.
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Juntarhenogu (COMMS CLOSED) @juntarhenogu.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I have had a good amount of people ask me if they could still get a signed copy of the book. So, if you do want one, the stipulation for this is that you'd have to pay for the book itself (I can get an author copy for ~$5) as well as shipping costs and materials. If interested, DM me!
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
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Jax (the original) @jacqueline321.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
If we can’t stand for human rights here and abroad, we can’t credibly fight fascism anywhere. Palestinian freedom is tied to our fight against authoritarianism at home. You cannot defend democracy while aligning with anti-democratic interests like AIPAC.
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Negative space cowboy @rob-baloney.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
A Tumblr post from user teaboot

Jul 23, 2025

You see I too often sat in school classes and thought “when am I ever going to need this, I'm never going to be an engineer, I'm never gonna be a scientist, I'm never gonna be a linguist" and then I grew up and it turns out a lot of bigots and cults and scams and grifts hinge their entire business model on you just. Not knowing what a protein is or some shit
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Negative space cowboy @rob-baloney.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
a Tumblr post by user microtheory

Sep 30, 2025

"Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all the others, that its circumstances are special, that it has a mission to enlighten, civilize, bring order and democracy, and that it uses force only as a last resort. And, sadder still, there always is a chorus of willing intellectuals to say calming words about benign or altruistic empires, as if one shouldn't trust the evidence of one's eyes watching the destruction and the misery and death brought by the latest civilizing mission."

Edward Said, Orientalism
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Jacqs @fooyoo2.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
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Negative space cowboy @rob-baloney.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Wow. I can't believe QAnon turned out to be controlled opposition. I for one am shocked
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a cartoon of a man wearing a yellow uniform with a star on it
ALT: a cartoon of a man wearing a yellow uniform with a star on it
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Who's envious of the socks I got for Xmas?
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Negative space cowboy @rob-baloney.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
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List of common misconceptions - Wikipedia
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Negative space cowboy @rob-baloney.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Local PDs need to send cadaver dogs to Mar-A-Lago and every Trump golf course Right now
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Negative space cowboy @rob-baloney.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Featuring a comic by @LILVOYAGERCOMICS
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Negative space cowboy @rob-baloney.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
A Tumblr post from user lilvoyagercomics

First there is an image. Your point of view is directly behind a blonde head sitting at a control console of a spacecraft of some kind. In front of this person is a giant screen with three lizard-like creatures on it. The one on the left is saying "MOM! DAD! WE FOUND YOU!", The one in the middle is saying "YOU DIDN'T GET AS FAR AS WE THOUGHT YOU WOULD!", and the one on the right is saying "IS THERE COFFEE?" 

Below this is some text: "Happy Threshold Day to all who observe!"

Below this text are some hashtags: 

#star trek voyager #threshold day #threshold #salamander babies #janeway x paris
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Negative space cowboy @rob-baloney.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
A Tumblr post from quasi-normalcy

Jul 19, 2025

I feel kind of bad for Americans who had to spend two and a half centuries under a fucking garbage constitutional order that enforces a state of permanent gridlock through "checks and balances", all in the name of "stopping tyranny", only to end up living under a tyrant who just ignores the checks and balances anyways.
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Negative space cowboy @rob-baloney.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Start calling Republican politicians "illegals"
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
No child should live in detainment. No child is illegal. A country that jails children must be stopped.
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joes-spot.bsky.social @joes-spot.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
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🗝️🐍🦉🌙 Dolly 🗡️ Dagger 🍉🇺🇦📚🌈 @dollydagger6.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I haven’t forgotten about the Epstein Files. I never will forget about the Epstein Files. Every single survivor deserves justice. Leak the Epstein Files.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
TODAY! Join me at Nabala Cafe from 5 - 7pm to share a pot of tea together and talk about what matters to you!
Graphic promoting Teatime with Kat today, with a photo of Kat in a red sweater drinking tea. Copy reads: 
"NABALA CAFE logo
TEATIME WITH KAT
TODAY! JANUARY 27
5 PM - 7 PM CT

NABALA CAFE
4660 N Broadway
Chicago, IL 60640
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Jacqs @fooyoo2.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I don’t understand what tf they’re waiting for
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I am currently on my way to another hearing regarding my federal charges for protesting ICE. When I say our leaders must be willing to put everything on the line, I mean it. And frankly, I see it as the bare minimum in this moment.
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