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Robert @robaato.bsky.social · 18h

If you can see these signs, I know where you are but I couldn’t tell you how to get there.

Lamppost on a street corner in New York City. Signs on the post:

Broadway
W 63 St
Sesame Street
One way pointing right
One way pointing left

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Robert @robaato.bsky.social · 20h

Do you see this sign? If so you are close to some really good cheesecake. Please have some for me—I couldn’t have any when I was there due to lack of meds and cheese not liking me anymore 😭

A street in New York City. It is nighttime. In the foreground there is a light blue sign that says “FOR BETTER QUALITY COUNTERFEIT BAGS TAKE THE N OR R TRAIN TO CANAL STREET”

Behind that is a rental bike rack, with concrete barriers blocking it from the street. The background is brightly lit with storefronts and signs. Down the street to the left there are the headlights of oncoming traffic.

Ken Plume @kenplume.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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It ends w/ Belafonte consoling Fozzie & a performance of "Turn The World Around". The message, & its resonance, remains undiminished... “Do you know who I am Do I know who you are See we one another clearly Do we know who we are” Belafonte would later perform this song at Jim Henson’s funeral.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 05/10/2026

The SPEAKER implies. The LISTENER infers. The DUDE abides.

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😳 Online shopping it is, then!

I mean...it has become traditional for me to buy stuff from you at Twin Cities Con...

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I think in addition to that, they don’t understand that the general public doesn’t know what any of our jargon means…

I work in state government, trying to make sure that my department’s letters go out in English and not government-speak.

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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I got a BA in music with a teaching license. Taught HS for a year and a half, then elementary school for 5 1/2 more. Then, after getting screwed over by the admins one too many times, I shed the music part and taught English in Japan for about 8 years, which may have been a year or two too many. Now

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I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. - Version with ALT text! Thank you @virginiaopossum.bsky.social for the help!

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Robert @robaato.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

On the other hand, for most people, saying that it happened at KSTP would mean nothing, even though it’s far more accurate. And, in the end, it’s kind of what I expect from the Strib these days…

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Robert @robaato.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

And how many people know that off the top of their heads?

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Robert @robaato.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Maybe because people are more likely to know where the Gophers play rather than where KSTP is?

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Robert @robaato.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

McCoy: C'mon, Spock, it's me, McCoy. You really have gone where no man's gone before. Can't you tell me what it felt like? Spock: It would be impossible to discuss the subject without a common frame of reference. McCoy: You mean I have to die to discuss your insights on death?

Robert @robaato.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you see this, post a not quite Star Trek.

Bob and June Wheeler, from the sitcom Night Court. Bob, in a tan shirt and dark vest is standing slack-jawed, with his wife and child at his side.

Robert @robaato.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Speaking as one who has, in an effort to distract my brain from… some recent stuff, fallen down the vintage watch collecting and repair hole…welcome! Now imagine how difficult it is to resist posting pictures of my current project!

Robert @robaato.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I bought this game when it was Star Wars: The Queen’s Gambit. It was fun. I’m interested to see how it adapts to a different property.

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Robert @robaato.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A faux pulp-era magazine cover. Made with the Pulp-O-Mizer cover maker, at thrilling-tales.webomator.com/derange-o-la.... The site hasn't been updated in seven years; I hope the creator is a: still around, and b: will come back at some point to at least increase the size of the generated images...

Faux pulp-era magazine cover. Image: worker in overalls, white shirt, and headgear with magnifying optics, is looking over their shoulder to the upper left, with a shocked, fearful expression.

Magazine title: "INADVISABLE SCIENCE"

Cover text:
"RISE of the DUNNING-KRUGERITES from OUTER SPACE"
"They CAN'T COMPREHEND that
They DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING!"

Created with PULP-O-MIZER Cover Maker

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Robert @robaato.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Lady Gaga made a commercial for Japanese convenience store chain Family Mart, and I don't know whether or not to describe it as "Japan" or "Gaga." 😁 ファミマではたらく? #LadyGaga #famima

youtu.be

レディー・ガガがファミマ店員に！？まさかの“ファミチキ”経験も「オイシイ！」　ファミリーマート新CM「ファミマではたらく？」篇

YouTube video by oricon

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.

A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future

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Robert @robaato.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I mean, they made this exact point in one of the discarded endings to "Looney Toons: Back in Action," although this ending made it to the rough animation over live action stage. The de-evolved version of Tweety took out evil Acme CEO Steve Martin, if I recall correctly.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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It's difficult to engage in diplomacy when you're too simple-minded to think about anyone except yourself . . .

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Robert @robaato.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Gotta love a good feed confluence!

Screenshot of two consecutive posts.

dessa darling bot @dessalyrics.bsky.social
You just spread those broken wings
You spread those busted wings
You fucking walk

Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com
[artwork of a long-billed bird standing on a rock]
WELL FUCK ME I GUESS

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Emo Philips @emophilips.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I never signed a release

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Apparently, when I said that y’all would be hard pressed to find me in this concert broadcast…I was lying. Sing Democracy 250, now streaming on PBS.

A photo of a TV with me on the screen, reading a quote from a text by E.J. Dionne, Kayla Meltzer Drogosz, and Robert E. Litan.

Quote part one: “A citizenry inspired by the call to public service

A photo of a TV with me on the screen, reading a quote from a text by E.J. Dionne, Kayla Meltzer Drogosz, and Robert E. Litan.

Quote part two: “is essential to the health of a democracy.”

Made by the US Government = public domain, right? Video editors, let fly the derivative works!

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I wanna see this super group cover that song. With video.

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He's using government funds for this stupidity.

Screenshot from the MST3K version of This Island Earth.

A man is talking to reporters while preparing for an unscheduled trip in a fighter jet. He is saying to the reporters about the expensive trip, "I hope you taxpayers don't mind!"

Mike and the bots are replying in unison, "We do!"

Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Hmm. At least four of those are the Republicans. Deep state, war mongers, fascists, sick political class... Fake news media applies, but not to the outlets he's referring to, I think.

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a president planning military operations based entirely on election cycles is actually a giant scandal

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Robert @robaato.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I thought about impulsively buying this, but it’s on AliExpress, and the last time I bought something on AliX the seller took payment as a cash advance instead of a charge. Not sure if it’s it’s AliX to blame, or PayPal for letting them do it. Either way…not buying anything from AliX right now.

Transforming robot girl figure. Left: in humanoid form. Right: in jet fighter form. Inspired by Starscream from the Transformers franchise.