Reposted by Rob StaegerMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 20mThe White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.” 36445136
Reposted by Rob StaegerSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 4hWe took the protest to an event where we knew the Drexel board would be tonight and I blasted a bullhorn directly into the door crack of the gathering, disrupting the event 💅 Drexel President Anthony Merlo was supposed to be there but a person slipped to us that he canceled 👀 gosh I wonder why. 1739230
Rob Staeger @robstaeger.bsky.social · 8hA new post is up on Virtual Appreciation Society! Some months-late thoughts about The Odyssey... but what the heck, it's a 2000-year-old poem anyway. Also, Robert Graves's 1950 novel Homer's Daughter, which is a spry 76.virtualappreciationsociety.comNolan's The Odyssey, Robert Graves's Homer's DaughterNolan's The Odyssey, Robert Graves's Homer's Daughter 000
Reposted by Rob Staeger Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 29/09/2026SO YOU ARE A CATHOLIC? NAME FIVE CATS! 189513
Reposted by Rob StaegerDean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026UNREAL!!! Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students. The goal of Trump regime to erase the LGBTQ community from existence thehill.com/homenews/edu...thehill.comEducation Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ studentsThe Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati… 83866448
Reposted by Rob StaegerNash @radiodeadair.com · 28/09/2026All it took was getting kicked out of the White House press room and suddenly CNN remembers that "lie" is a word. 434541895
Reposted by Rob Staegerjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026this is legitimately very funny 83124271866
Rob Staeger @robstaeger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"AL CAPONE INTRODUCES NEW SYSTEM TO KEEP GANGSTERS FROM SMASHING UP YOUR NICE LITTLE GROCERY STORE YOU GOT HERE...CAPISCE?"edition.cnn.comNvidia launches new tool to keep AI agents from going rogue | CNN BusinessChipmaker Nvidia said Monday it is introducing a new software platform to address concerns about artificial intelligence agents that have “gone rogue” and operated outside human control. 000
Reposted by Rob StaegerLex Roman @lexroman.com · 25/09/2026Watch what you post because Threads just might pretend you're the guy who masturbated on the plane. What just happened to Peter Shankman is a warning for all of us using Meta products. 321700504
Rob Staeger @robstaeger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Was lying on the couch and thought Wait... How smart IS Macklemore's dog? And then I thought, oh, I'm probably dreaming. #robdreams 010
Rob Staeger @robstaeger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I really enjoyed this profile from Stephanie Farr.inquirer.comHe made one of the greatest pieces of public art in Philly. He also made the Rizzo statue.Zenos Frudakis is the sculptor behind one of Philadelphia's most beloved public artworks and the creator of its most divisive one. 000
Reposted by Rob StaegerKevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026How do we incentivize people to paint wizards on their vans again I haven’t seen a wizard van in a decade and it feels like we lost something precious Can we offer up a tax credit? Little bags of shrooms? Start a wizard van painting program at vocational schools? 1072255525
Reposted by Rob StaegerNicky 2 @nickyflowers.com · 15/07/2026permanent daylight savings doesn't go far enough 4147691100
Rob Staeger @robstaeger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Shut It Downnytimes.comOpenAI’s A.I. Went Rogue and Meddled With U.S. Government WebsitesThe company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education and Commerce Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission. 020
Reposted by Rob StaegerJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026314 Wendy's. 15 states. One bankruptcy filing. Meritage, a top Wendy's franchisee, just filed Chapter 11, blaming record beef prices and shrinking profits. Lesson: when costs rise and you can't raise prices, you don't have a business. You have a countdown. Thank Donald Trump. 531123390
Rob Staeger @robstaeger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026On a quadruple bill with 3 other Cannon movies, including Masters of the Universe, American Ninja, and a Charles Bronson movie whose name I can never remember.static.klipy.comBreakin' Movie Dance PracticeAlt: Breakin' movie dance practice 141
Reposted by Rob Staeger#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 26/09/2026How do you know this doc has Elon rattled? Because all of the other oligarchs are trying to protect his ego. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...hollywoodreporter.comThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing. 17766230
Rob Staeger @robstaeger.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Today is National Comic Book Day! Drop a pic of the first comic books you remember reading. (The first three are all early buys for me; Legion 203 was read at a friend's house, and was probably a hand-me-down) 040
Reposted by Rob Staegerrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 25/09/2026(me, next in line to be interviewed after you, spaghetti bolognese spilling out of every pocket of my cargo pants) he's right you look like an asshole 1797780
Reposted by Rob StaegerSouperSide @souperside.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Susan Collins can deny whatever she wants… …but the dude who named her in the bribery scheme that went to PRISON… …is in prison for giving HER money. 🤷♀️ 073
Reposted by Rob StaegerAmi Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com · 25/09/2026Dr. Oz is on my flight right now. He is sitting in the very first seat, front row. I saw him get on the plane. So when I stepped off the jetway onto the plane I approached him and put my hand out. What the man in charge of healthcare for the people on the very margins of society said…was revealing 29644521318
Reposted by Rob StaegerAlice Miranda Ollstein @alicemiranda.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Activists and elected officials are demonstrating outside Texas’ health department in Austin as the state’s maternal mortality committee holds a meeting closed to the public and press about the women who have died since the state banned abortion. 25626
Reposted by Rob StaegerAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026There are too many people in congress who would be happier doing this, and that's part of why our politics is so stupid bsky.app/profile/avit... 1493894545
Reposted by Rob StaegerRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Raskin made a holy shit observation on MS Now this afternoon: Since taking office, Trump has made a million dollars per hour for himself. Every hour, he has made more than twice the president’s annual salary. 8141861728
Reposted by Rob StaegerCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 24/09/2026Look, we know for fucking sure that my dog is sapient and also unpredictable and it turns out of he mauls someone I’m liable and he can be put down. 222256518
Reposted by Rob StaegerParis Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.motherjones.comChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation revealsOpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre. 1633421481
Rob Staeger @robstaeger.bsky.social · 25/09/2026There's something about the 70s pacing of The Rockford Files that calms me right into dreamland. The perfect bedtime show is one that's interesting enough to keep me off my phone, but soothing enough to slow my heart rate. Rockford never misses (and I catch the end of the show in the morning). 161
Rob Staeger @robstaeger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Donald Westlake's "361," a one-off crime novel with a protagonist so pissed off (and rightfully so) that it's like mainlining David Lynch's "The Angriest Dog in the World." 221
Reposted by Rob Staegerleon @leyawn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026ceo of burger king: our burgers have gone rogue again and infected people with e coli 5356131265
Reposted by Rob Staegerweeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't. 63106382505
Reposted by Rob StaegerAP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.apnews.comhttps://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d 5542221615
Rob Staeger @robstaeger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The Church of Mad Love is such a holy place to be. 131
Rob Staeger @robstaeger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Hegseth security standards strike again. Maybe he can fix this by inviting another reporter onto a Signal chat. 000
Reposted by Rob StaegerI Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026“The Department of Health and Human Services informed congressional appropriators earlier this year that it was moving about $12 million from its Office of Minority Health to help cover the ballooning cost of security for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...wsj.comExclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health OfficeThe cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026. 431140602
Reposted by Rob StaegerInnocent🕷Abroad @jjgass.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"Kavanaugh stops" should follow him to his grave 626865
Rob Staeger @robstaeger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A post about my recent podcast appearance with @oneofmanysteves.bsky.social on @bearcaveofterror.bsky.social is now up on Virtual Appreciation Society! Featuring The Creature from the Black Lagoon, and the woman who visualized him, Millicent Patrick!virtualappreciationsociety.comDiscover the Legacy of Creature from the Black LagoonDive into the fascinating world of the Creature from the Black Lagoon and Millicent Patrick's legacy 010
Reposted by Rob StaegerThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 23/09/2026Exclusive: In the weeks leading up to his resignation last year, the first architect on the White House ballroom clashed with President Trump over design features that the architect believed violated building safety codes. “I am the code,” Trump said.washingtonpost.com‘I am the code’: Trump clashed with ballroom architect over safety issuesJames McCrery II resigned in October after warning that the president was insisting on designs that violated fire and safety codes. 47293117
Reposted by Rob StaegerFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 23/09/2026You really do need to read the full, bracingly insane, space laser text message exchange between Elon Musk and Ashley St. Clair in 2024: www.npr.org/2026/09/10/g... 923452
Reposted by Rob StaegerPete Woods @thatpetewoods.bsky.social · 23/09/2026From back in April. Y’all now know it was the Muppets I was working on. I’ve never had more fun drawing 20 pages and I hope that comes through when you pick up the book tomorrow. I’m so grateful for this opportunity. 1440773
Rob Staeger @robstaeger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026One important job of the next administration will have to be breaking up media monopolies. And a bunch of other ones, too.apnews.comStates settle lawsuit over Paramount-Warner merger, clearing key hurdle for $81 billion dealTwelve states and Hollywood writers challenging Paramount’s buyout of Warner Bros. Discovery have agreed to settle their lawsuits against the mega merger. 011