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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 09/10/2026

michael scott "I REITERATE BANKRUPTCY"

robotic tom @robotictom.com · 08/10/2026

everyone complains that paywalls prevent them from reading a good story but I thank paywalls when they prevent me from reading a terrible story

Screenshot of a Page Six Hollywood exclusive article published October 8, 2026, headlined “Roseanne Barr shoots secret comedy series with star-studded cast in huge comeback 8 years after controversial cancelation.” Below the headline, a photograph shows Barr seated onstage holding a microphone, wearing a light blue jacket over a patterned shirt. The caption describes her new sitcom as taking shots at both the political left and right.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 30/09/2026

interesting macos quirk (bug??) I ran in to. folders with names containing a . don't display a tag color in finder. the color displays next to name but not the folder itself.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 24/09/2026

before and after reading just one article

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 11/09/2026

25 years ago, firefighter Richie Iannucci [pictured, right] from Queens disappeared, never to be spoken about again. Presumably lost his life in the Towers. Tragic.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 23/08/2026

good morning from Karen

Close-up portrait of a long-haired brown tabby cat relaxing on the edge of a carpeted perch. The cat gazes upward with bright green eyes, upright ears, and long white whiskers, with one front paw hanging casually over the edge. The softly blurred background emphasizes the cat’s face and detailed striped fur.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 22/08/2026

Jay I think this is a photo of you learning about Kirk Gibson's latest meniscus injury

Black-and-white vintage photograph of a man in a three-piece suit using an early wall-mounted telephone. He holds the receiver to one ear while speaking into a large cone-shaped mouthpiece, with a surprised or emphatic expression on his face.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 20/08/2026

any aviation buffs familiar with C-FBKB from kenn borek air? it's been flying a pattern over NJ all morning. not uncommon to see planes doing aerial surveys but this sticks out because it is normally based in alaska. I wonder what the specialized need or equipment is.

Map of eastern Monmouth County, New Jersey, showing an aircraft’s flight path in orange. The route consists of numerous repeated east-west passes and loops over Middletown Township, Atlantic Highlands, Highlands, and the Raritan Bay area, with additional loops extending over nearby communities and waterways.

Screenshot of an aircraft flight-history page. An en route flight on August 20, 2026, departed Atlantic City International Airport at 7:44 a.m. EDT and had been flying for 5 hours and 25 minutes. The past-flight table shows several flights between August 11 and August 18 involving Atlantic City, Duluth, Calgary, Anchorage, Nome, and Point Lay, with several flights identified as using a DC-3 aircraft.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 12/08/2026

see also: today's ny post headline on a poll showing Gov Hochul leading by 10 points

Screenshot of a New York Post Metro article headline reading, “Bruce Blakeman could unseat Hochul and turn New York red, surprising poll reveals.” The article is by Carl Campanile and was published August 12, 2026, at 5:30 a.m. ET. A button on the right shows 441 comments.

Screenshot of text from a New York Post article about the New York gubernatorial race. The article says Republican candidate Bruce Blakeman is closer to Gov. Kathy Hochul than Lee Zeldin was late in the previous election. Highlighted text states that Hochul leads Blakeman by 10 points, 49% to 39%, among likely voters in an early August Siena College poll.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 05/08/2026

Gonna be a hot one this weekend

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 03/08/2026

Nauru changing the name of the country??? Now my globe is useless

Close-up photograph of a vintage globe centered on the Pacific island nation of Nauru. The image shows Nauru labeled near the equator, with nearby islands and countries including Ocean Island (Kiribati), Tuvalu, the Solomon Islands, and parts of the Marshall Islands. The globe has an aged tan background with black place names, latitude and longitude lines, and a decorative silhouette of a sailing ship in the Pacific Ocean. The photo is taken at a slight angle, emphasizing the small size and isolated location of Nauru.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 25/07/2026

i wake up hungover, head pounding. "what exactly DID i do last night??" anxious about what I may have done while drunk, I pick up my phone and discover my streak is still intact. now I'm hungover and mad that I only have the Midi remaining to complete

A New York Times Games completion screen celebrating a solved puzzle. A gold star icon appears above the bold heading, "Congratulations!" The message reads, "You solved a Saturday Crossword in 26:51." A gold banner at the bottom displays, "You have a 35-day streak," with a small white star icon on the left.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 23/07/2026

I thought Acrobat would have an obvious way to print PDF at a non-standard size, but I couldn't figure it out. Their UI has multiple popovers that recommend I try the AI Assistant for help. Surely, I think, this would be an easy AI use case.

A screenshot of the Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant prompt window in dark mode. The prompt field contains the text, "I want to resize the PDF so that I can print it at 2.5" wide." The prompt ideas button appears in the upper right, and the send button is visible in the lower right.

A screenshot of an Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant response in dark mode. The submitted prompt, "I want to resize the PDF so that I can print it at 2.5" wide," appears in a purple message bubble. Below, the assistant replies, "I'm not able to help with Acrobat tools yet. Try visiting the Adobe Acrobat User Guide for detailed instructions." A thumbs-down feedback icon is shown beneath the response.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 19/07/2026

Bieber looks like he modeling Old Navy x Bill Belichick. It’s a date night look for guys who wear baggy sweatshirts with the sleeves cut off.

Close-up of a performer singing into a headset microphone during a stadium concert. They are wearing an oversized charcoal gray short-sleeve knit top layered over a white shirt with an exaggerated pointed collar and extended white sleeves. The outer shirt has a raw, cut-off appearance with wide, unfinished sleeves that end above the white underlayer, creating a layered, deconstructed look. A guitar strap crosses their chest, and the blurred crowd fills the background under colorful stage lighting.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 11/07/2026

because I’m a xennial I googled the band so that I could listen to them. I got two distinctly different results. I am at a crossroads.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 10/07/2026

knicks showing up to vegas ready to work

A meme showing the Grim Reaper walking down a hallway with three labeled doors. Two open doors labeled "NBA CUP" and "NBA FINALS" have blood trailing out, implying the Grim Reaper has already claimed them. The Grim Reaper is shown knocking on a third closed door labeled "SUMMER LEAGUE," joking that Knicks are immediately moving forward to win the NBA Summer League.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 09/07/2026

i don't think this is the recommended way to drive though high water

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 09/07/2026

bad flash flooding in my area (Middletown NJ) right now. My neighborhood (100+ homes) has one road in/out and it’s completely impassable. The entire bayshore region is like this

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 10/06/2026

I did it.. I made a 17-0 team

Screenshot of a “Build a 17–0 Team” challenge from First Down Studio. The lineup projects a perfect 17–0 record with an A+ grade. Selected roster: quarterback Josh Allen (Buffalo Bills), running back Jeremiyah Love (Arizona Cardinals), wide receiver Puka Nacua (Los Angeles Rams), tight end Brock Bowers (Las Vegas Raiders), Steelers defense, and head coach Kevin Stefanski. Below, six team logos indicate the draft order: Bills, Rams, Raiders, Steelers, Cardinals, and Falcons. A banner at the bottom reads, “Play at firstdownstudio.com.”

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 06/04/2026

the contemporary ad model is so openly hostile to the user experience and I hate it. i have cable tv and i pay extra for the sports package and I watch most yankee games and I'm still subjected to a yes network ad every 5 rows in the channel listing.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 05/03/2026

"the first twenty four hours after a child abduction are the most important, lets go get this unsub. wheels up in 20." ahh hotch the planes uuhhh in nashville with kash again

Close-up portrait of a stern-looking man with dark hair wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and patterned tie against a dark background.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 23/02/2026

different lasting impact, I think. last storm didn't cause significant power outages. My power was out for 8 hours overnight and on/off several times this morning. I haven't seen the JCPL outage map like this since Sandy.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 20/02/2026

reading the local police blotter and oh no the president must have been arrested

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 18/02/2026

@princetonyimby.bsky.social a small win for affordable housing in Middletown last night. Town council voted to change zoning, of the Weichert Realty building on Route 35, from commercial to 100% affordable housing. Habcore will renovate the property (picture below) into 8 housing units.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 13/02/2026

Really cool that you are doing group outings. I don’t know if you are a fan of I Think You Should Leave, but I thought of the 55 burgers, 55 fries drive through skit as I read the number of tickets you are ordering.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 10/02/2026

Someone’s waving a Terrible Towel at the Winter Olympics. Is Plaxico competing in the biathlon?

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 03/02/2026

this overlay doesn't dismiss when pressing the ESC key. I don't know if it's an accessibility issue but it's definitely a usability / UX pet peeve for me when I can't dismiss with a keyboard.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 27/01/2026

in a sign of corporate synergy between cbs news, paramount, and mtv, bari weiss' prepared remarks appear to have been typed up by snooki and jwoww

A slightly blurry photo of a computer screen showing a typed letter addressed to ‘Sam.’ The letter accuses someone named Ron of making out with multiple women at a club, dancing with another woman, and taking her phone number, claiming that several people know and that Sam should ‘know the truth.’ The document appears open in a word processor.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 21/12/2025

The teaser clips have been deleted from Facebook and the website. None of these links work now.

Screenshot of a Google mobile search results page showing video results. Two similar Facebook “60 Minutes” video clips titled “A group of Venezuelan men thought they were…” appear at the top with 0:28 previews. Below is a Paramount Plus video card reading “Watch 60 Minutes Overtime Inside CECOT,” followed by a “More videos” button. Further down, a “Top stories” section shows a CBS News video titled “Inside CECOT | Sunday on 60 Minutes,” posted two days ago, with a small video thumbnail.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 19/12/2025

somewhere there is a jira ticket where QA reported the search function is not working and the last comment is from a project manager who decided it could be a “fast follow” because of the deadline

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 14/12/2025

Xfinity multi view along with a Red Zone pentabox makes a gloriously chaotic screen

A large flat-screen TV displays multiple NFL football games at once in a split-screen sports broadcast. The screen shows several live game feeds with team logos, scores, and commentary panels. The TV sits on a stand with a patterned tablecloth in front. Above the TV, a framed picture of a bear resting on a tree branch hangs on a yellow wall, and window blinds are visible on the right side.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 27/11/2025

do you turn to the TV and "squash the bug" like kids in the hall bit?

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 13/11/2025

We're never going to know whether Epstein signed up for the Jackie the Joke Man mailing list, or if this was a CAN-SPAM violation.

Screenshot of an email labeled “HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023550.” The email, dated May 9, 2015, is from “JokeLand” and contains several crude jokes, including a story about a man and a sex worker in Atlantic City, a joke about sumo wrestlers shaving their legs, and a promotional note from someone named Jackie about classic comedy stories and the JokeLand email list. The message ends with a list of comedians and thanks to various people for helping spread the word.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 28/10/2025

American Gladiators style with Max throwing fastballs from the Gauntlet

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 16/10/2025

not to brag, I drove a Honda Fit Sport Hatchback for ten years and I'm still married. I loved "the shape of it, the body of it, the manufacturing technique with the body panels and everything. I just love that it's completely outside of the box." Also the gas mileage was great

A black Honda Fit hatchback parked on a concrete lot in front of a building with large windows and plants nearby. The car’s surface is shiny and reflective, showing it is clean and well-maintained, with silver alloy wheels and sleek headlights.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 30/09/2025

“What’s the deal with MREs? Am I supposed to eat this or use it to defend myself from the radical left?”

A man in a gray blazer, black shirt, and patterned tie stands on stage in front of a microphone with his hands on his hips, speaking with a red curtain backdrop behind him.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 28/09/2025

Dr Nick diagnosed him with having "too many haters"

Cartoon character styled like The Simpsons, with yellow skin, large round eyes, dark blue hair, and a small goatee. He is wearing a white lab coat, a light pink shirt, and a pink tie, smiling slightly against a plain light blue background.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 25/09/2025

toby knows about the wild effect on women

In a still from the tv show The Office: a man in a beige trench coat and glasses leans toward a woman with his head tilted, smiling broadly. The woman, with shoulder-length auburn hair, has her back to the camera. White subtitle text at the bottom reads, “SMILE IF YOU LOVE MEN'S PROSTATES.”

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 12/09/2025

Did the PC Richard’s jingle play in the stadium or was it just on the yes network broadcast?

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 28/08/2025

ironically if you prefer gray uniforms, you might want to check out the Jets version!

Three New York Jets football players pose in dark green uniforms against a gray backdrop with the words 'City' partially visible. One player, number 44 (Sherwood), stands flexing his arms with his back to the camera. Another player, number 20, stands facing forward holding a football. A third player, number 7, sits in front looking down with one arm resting on his knee.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 19/08/2025

Adonis is adorable. Karen (yes her name is Karen) also loves her fishy. She likes to leave it for me to step on.

A fluffy brown tabby cat with green eyes lies on a tiled floor, resting its paw on an orange cat toy shaped like a fish, attached to a blue wand by a string.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 16/08/2025

I would love to know the reason why the NJ Transit printed train schedule formats time differently than.... the widely accepted standards. 7.24, 7.30, 7.37 instead of 7:24, 7:30, and 7:37. The format makes the schedule harder to read for no discernible reason.

Screenshot of a train schedule from the NJ Transit website. Schedule shows a list of stations followed by the times that the train will arrive. Times are listed with a dot in place of colon separator. Schedule shows 7.30, 7.37 instead of 7:30, 7:37.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 04/08/2025

Here’s Lilly (now 16 years old) letting me know that it is lunch time.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 04/08/2025

I grew up thinking cats loved to drink milk from plates as shown in the cartoons. I did not know adult cats are lactose intolerant. At 30, I got my first cat and learned they prefer to eat thin sliced Boars Head domestic ham.

Tom the cat from Tom and Jerry eagerly licking from a large red and yellow bowl filled with cream or milk, eyes wide with delight.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 24/07/2025

if the yankees really believed in analytics, they'd go with a radical platoon where volpe plays april/may before hibernating like a bear most of the summer. He can provide some relief in August, giving the other guy a couple days off. (this is a joke unless Cashman wants to hire me as a consultant)

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 24/07/2025

A few minutes before the news of Hulk's passing, I commented on this Reddit post about a Hulk Hogan themed bar next to MSG. RIP Hulk!

Screenshot of a Reddit post with title: Hulk Hogan-themed bar in Midtown says: Don’t move the Garden, brother!

User comment reads: MSG is an iconic venue and key part of WWE history, but I do not understand why a Hulk themed bar makes business sense in 2025 NYC?

Rosen said the location was too iconic to pass up, and that powerful connections could help if plans to relocate the Garden gain traction. According to Rosen, Trump always takes Hogan’s calls, which “could be helpful.”

Oh now I get it. More grifters. If they could not negotiate a deal with Hulk, they would have moved on to Seb Gorka.

EDIT [18 minutes later]: oh shit RIP HULK

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 18/07/2025

we have fleece in new jersey

Two side-by-side images of New Jersey governors in emergency management settings. On the left, Governor Phil Murphy is wearing a navy "Governor Phil Murphy" jacket and cap, standing at a desk with computer monitors in a brightly lit control room. On the right, former Governor Chris Christie is seen in a dimmer hallway wearing a navy "Chris Christie Governor" fleece, walking with a serious expression, with people and signage reading "Regional Operations Intelligence Center" visible in the background.

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robotic tom @robotictom.com · 02/07/2025

this is my life peak, everything is down hill from here

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