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Rob Burgess

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Rob Burgess @robaburg.bsky.social · 28m
The best public transportation in Orange County, California? It’s got to be the Balboa Island Ferry.
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Rob Burgess @robaburg.bsky.social · 44m
There are two frozen banana stands on the same block on Balboa Island. They both say they are the “original,” but one was founded in 1940 and the other in 1945. From the latter I got a frozen cheesecake dipped in dark chocolate and topped with toasted coconut and almonds.
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Marla_Singing @marlasinging.bsky.social · 1h
Jealous.
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Shiboof @oldpostie.bsky.social · 1h
We got one this year but glad it's 30 miles north! South Whidbey outlawed fast food joints after the DQ moved in!
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Rob Burgess @robaburg.bsky.social · 2h
Of course…
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Rob Burgess @robaburg.bsky.social · 2h
Huntington Beach Pier
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Rob Burgess @robaburg.bsky.social · 4h
www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/10/01/1...
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$1.3B UBS Team Moves to FiNet
The Ohio-based firm joins the Wells Fargo indie channel's Ascend Advisory Group.
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Mteague @mteague.bsky.social · 6h
I lived there for a few years (grew up in San Pedro) and it was always referred to as the “Orange Curtain” because of how Republican and regressive so much of it was. I hope you have a rad time. I miss my home state so much right now.🖤🤘🏽🖤
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Rob Burgess @robaburg.bsky.social · 6h
My customary quest for good tacos on my trip was fulfilled early by the historic El Matador in Costa Mesa. As a bonus, they had the best WiFi of anywhere I was at my entire trip…
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Mteague @mteague.bsky.social · 6h
Oh wow. I used to y out of that airport all the time. Very easy to use, but has the very specific reek of SoCal “conservatives”.
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Rob Burgess @robaburg.bsky.social · 6h
In case there was any doubt I was at John Wayne Airport…
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Rob Burgess @robaburg.bsky.social · 6h
These clouds were something else…
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Rob Burgess @robaburg.bsky.social · 6h
IND to DEN to SNA
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Rob Burgess @robaburg.bsky.social · 11h
www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/10/01/f...
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FPA Launches Revamped PlannerSearch
Marketing tech firm Snappy Kraken and financial software developer The Smyth Group led the redesign of the service.
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Mathew Buck @filmbrainbmb.bsky.social · 12h
Cool, so I can ethically not have to watch that, Mr. Affleck.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
fully AI-invented witnesses in a murder trial. good stuff: www.404media.co/chatgpt-fake...
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Lawyer Cites ChatGPT-Invented Fake Witnesses in Murder Appeal
"Do you watch the news? Do you listen to the radio? Do you read anything about what's going on in the world?” one of the judges asked the lawyer, who submitted false testimony and witnesses after usin...
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 30/09/2026
Said this before, but you could write an interesting book on the books/films/music that were huge in their time but rapidly disappeared from any collective knowledge. Only hardly anyone would read it, because they wouldn't recognise them.
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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Real "your pawn can only move two spaces on the first move" hours
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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Venezuela: Jackie jr robbing the jewel concert Iran: Jackie jr robbing the poker game
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Rob Burgess @robaburg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Art is not a problem to be solved. It is the point of living.
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Rob Burgess @robaburg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thank you, Microsoft, for injecting AI into your Word spellcheck. What an advancement. Greatest company of all time. No notes.
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Rob Burgess @robaburg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/09/30/a...
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Ameriprise Offers $1K to Advisors Who Transfer Clients to Virtual Service
The new incentive program, revealed in an updated Form ADV filing, is in the firm's Personal Wealth Group.
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Rob Burgess @robaburg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thank you, Microsoft, for injecting AI into your Word spellcheck. What an advancement. Greatest company of all time. No notes.
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Rob Burgess @robaburg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Art is not a problem to be solved. It is the point of living.
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It feels genuinely ridiculous having to say this, but the point of art is to connect with another human. Someone thought of that painting or melodic line or scene or paragraph that is suddenly making you weep, and that means that they saw you and understood you without even meeting you.
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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 30/09/2026
UPDATE: After our investigation into that company that buys struggling news sites and turns them into AI-powered content mills, it has halted publication -- at least for now futurism.com/artificial-i...
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That Company That Buys Struggling News Sites and Turns Them Into AI-Powered Content Mills Has Halted Publishing After a Futurism Investigation
Brown Brothers Media has halted publication at its wide-ranging AI-powered content farm empire -- for now, at least.
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Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Again: AI is a technology but it's also an ideology; that ideology is Bossism; neither bosses nor AI advocates really understand what most people do in their jobs so both assume AI can do it. They're *trying* but if these tools could replace jobs beyond Junior Software Developer, we'd know.
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Rob Burgess @robaburg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Jono @jono-13.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My mission is to gently question its value with anyone who promotes it.
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Rob Burgess @robaburg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What do you think the Meta-Muse spokes-thing looks like when you slip on the "They Live" glasses?
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wotan3 change your heart or die - and fuck ice @wotan3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I dunno, but I can hear Keith David’s outraged curse from here as he rips them off again
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Shiboof @oldpostie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Teletubbies? That tracks.
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Rob Burgess @robaburg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What do you think the Meta-Muse spokes-thing looks like when you slip on the "They Live" glasses?
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Rob Burgess @robaburg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/09/29/o...
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Osaic Holds New HNW Event for Advisors
Executive Joe Gaeckle says the firm created the three-day symposium for financial professionals already serving this market.
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Rob Burgess @robaburg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Missing Piece in Wealth Transfers? For Many Wealthy Families, It's Therapy.
Of the 150 HNW families he represents, "probably 20 don't talk to each other," Berger Singerman partner Marc Shuster says.
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Rob Burgess @robaburg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I just hit a post on LinkedIn with the "It Seems Like AI Slop" button and it instantly improved my day.
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Rob Burgess @robaburg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There should be penalties in this country for posting photorealistic GenAI imagery of things that never happened and claiming the image is proof that they did 
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Rob Burgess @robaburg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I just hit a post on LinkedIn with the "It Seems Like AI Slop" button and it instantly improved my day.
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Johannes Franzen @johannesfranzen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Incredible stuff.
Commentary|Essay
        

AI and the crisis of the author
        

By Anchit Sathi

September 4, 2026
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Editor’s note (September 21, 2026): We have removed this essay. AI was used in its preparation. The TLS editorial guidelines prohibit the use of AI in the writing and editing process. The author states that he was unaware of the policy.
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levinskyleo.bsky.social @levinskyleo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There’s a rare, occasional upside to this that you sometimes hear things surprising that sound much better than you expected.
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Rob Whelan 🌱 @robw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Resentful agreement, 100%
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bwlchhillbilly.bsky.social @bwlchhillbilly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I was doing just this last night. It's the way forward.
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Burning Astronomers @burningastronomers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I find that this always brings up so many happy accidental unexpected elements that are not planned but when you hear them, you love them and so can make sure they get in the mix.
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Burning Astronomers @burningastronomers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Solid advice here ✌️
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Sylvia | Comms open! @asisherright.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Not this showing up on my feed just as I’m avoiding watching a video of myself performing last night (and knowing I messed up) 🥲
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UnGeekEtSonChien @canuckxrp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Doing this improves your playing 100 fold. Seriously, I can't recommend this enough.
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Jason @jasonxhealey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It’s a cheaper practice than finding out in the studio that everyone is doing their own thing - and in a less than ideal manner. Great insight
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PettyAF 🎩 💔 🎸 @stevemyers91.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I record most live performances and listen, usually a few days after. It really helps.
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Rob Burgess @robaburg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As painful as it may be for us musicians, I can't recommend enough the practice of recording yourself playing and forcing yourself to listen back. It's amazing what you don't hear in the moment. I always find all sorts of ways I can improve.
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