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Tobias Rabies SKC

@tobias-rabies.bsky.social
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Brewmaster, writer, lover and hater of humanity, happy achiever and grand disappointment. Happily married.

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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We all know he’s psychotic, but this sluice he’s dragging us down is somehow getting scarier. He may be in the realm of reality re China, but that first sentence is like saying he’s giving nuke codes to all his (currently) favorite people and his aura will ensure proper handling.
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A gut-punch of reality.
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Avicii's "Wake Me Up" lyrics are in the top 3 of the past 20 years, carrying a wisdom relatable to anyone who has searched. Avicii's story was poignant and tragic. I'd never heard the song until it was brilliantly performed by Russkaja, who turned it into one of the greatest covers of all time.
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Wake Me Up
YouTube video by Russkaja - Topic
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Can anyone recommend a Zendaya role to me where she demonstrates some dynamic A-list level talent? I'm just not seeing it thus far. #filmsky #spiderman #dune #odyssey
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I remember hopefully uttering the words “post-racist society” in 2015. NINE YEARS AGO. What a fucking embarrassment we are. #America250 #CanYouGetToThat
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
32 hrs of derecho-proofing my feet in water shoes has me wanting a new pair with advanced cushioning that I can just meld to my feet permanently
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Hoooo boy, AAA gaming studios are in deep shit. Everyone, we’re about to see an indie game revolution unlike anything we’ve experienced. We’ll be flooded with garbage, but, the great stuff is coming.
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I’m an agnostic atheist. I know people like to parse that, but fuck off for a minute and listen: I have every bit of the wiring that allows me to have a religious experience. I was raised Christian and spoke in tongues. You ABSOLUTELY CAN leave it all behind and still experience that bliss.
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The derogatory term du jour among teenaged cows making fun of their dairy-producing relatives is “nozzles”
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
It's amazing how much time and money the IRS and local Departments of Revenue have to go after a couple hundred bucks from the little guys while ushering the wealthy through the door entitled LOOPHOLE.
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
#DarkMatter got a second season. Everything Everywhere AAO was the last multiverse story I needed and Joel Edgerton is difficult for me to like as an actor, but it's good to see well-written shows given more trust on AppleTV than they're afforded on Netflix. #SciFi #SciFiTV #DarkMatterTV
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Riot Fest Lineup 🧵 Friday - Sep 18 Top Billed: 💥💥💥 21 Pilots isn't for me and their top slot is a surprise. Iggy Pop, Rise Against, Pixies, Alkaline Trio, Sex Pistols... all great shows. GWAR is a must each time. Tricky! Undercard: 💥💥💥💥 WHAT?? SLICK RICK?! FOXY SHAZAM?! Soul Glo is crazy good too.
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
WTF. This shirt, a SQUARE cropping of an album cover, looks like it was designed by someone who needs help turning on the VCR. McColloch and Sergeant need to demand better. Echo & the Bunnymen fans deserve better. #musicsky #bunnymen
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Rather than “what a loss this is,” being the refrain at a respected artist’s death, I’d prefer people say, “what a gift they were.” Not a practice I have yet, but, I’m gonna work on it.
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The Bride is easily my favorite film in recent months.
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
💥NEWSFLASH💥 It's still true.
The Iron Sheik
@the_ironsheik
UPON FURTHER REVIEW HULK HOGAN IS STILL A DUMB SON OF A BITCH
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I’ve met two Tobias’s in the past 50 yrs. 1st was at the Adler Planetarium at age 10. Latest was last week, when a voice to my aft audibly containing a modicum of joy tempered by a measured layer of skepticism said, “So, are you the other Tobias they warned the bud-tenders about on the radio?”
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Musk’s vision is a collection of nerd-vetted stock futurism concepts, devoid of originality or even risk, given their inevitability. Scientists have been discussing their viability for decades without knowing what an Elon Musk is. Credit: he bought teams of great talent to aim at the goals.
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King-Free USA - Protest & Vote! @kingfreeusa.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
PRIDE isn't a month; it's PERMANENT You shouldn't need a PRIDE MONTH to figure out if a company is an ally to the LGBTQ community. If you do, that company is probably being performative. Fly the flags year round. #PRIDEisPERMANENT
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Marty Supreme was about 35% longer than it needed to be. #FilmSky
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
World Goth Day deserves your attention! We of the shadow blood need your awareness, or you might not see us and run us over. Everybody's a goth on World Goth Day. Don't worry, be vampy. You've goth this. Kill me now.
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
My son is looking to get top surgery and set up a GFM! Please support if you can. #translife #transrights
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Donate to Support My Journey to Top Surgery, organized by Parker Cichon
Hi friends, I’ve been out as trans since I was 14 years old, and for the past … Parker Cichon needs your support for Support My Journey to Top Surgery
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Arriving home was a greater emotional typhoon than locking the taproom door after my final shift. Neither were worse than closing out the last tabs, printed numbers of experience that became the final clicking of a key. The final Wodensday for Rabid in Homewood is written.
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
To be fair, Mera hasn't even been born yet, and the Hitchcock classic was so long ago... #WIPSnips #SciFi #Futurism #WIP
“For one, this is easily the coolest mystery I’ve ever come across. We’re usually dealing with hippie cults, secessionists, and religious goons out here. But this—,” he raised his eyebrows and scanned around the ruins, “—this is something totally novel.”
“This,” she said, indicating the scene with open palms, “this is something that could end our careers, or at least leave us placed in the middle of nowhere for the rest of our lives. This is the kind of thing that makes it so you’re only allowed in one kind of movie.”
That last bit took Toka a second to consider before realization struck him.
“Oh! Like typecast? Like Anthony Perkins?”
“Who?”
“Psycho,” Toka said with a grunt as he moved a squatted step forward.
“I’m sorry, what did you just call me?”
“The guy from the old film ‘Psycho’. Anthony Perkins. Great actor but couldn’t get any normal acting gigs after he portrayed a crazy killer so well.”
“What the—," Mera just blinked at him.
“You’re saying we’re not going to get anything but wildly strange cases to deal with after this?” Toka said, coaxingly.
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The final leg of the 9-year Bretz Drive party begins…
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
We finished Rabid’s last brew at Bretz, 8.5 years of cranking out fabulous beers, and it’s predictably bittersweet. May the cocooning breathe the fire life.
Joe Sterbenc and Tobias SK Cichon of Rabid Brewing - after wrapping the last brew on Bretz (Homewood, IL location)
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Just finished carrying the final bags of grain into Rabid's Homewood location for the last brew that's happening tomorrow. Bittersweet, saying goodbye to our birthsite, but we're really ready for the location upgrade. #craftbeer #brewlife #craftbrewing
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Lincoln Lawyer S4 is... obnoxiously tired. - Mickey trouble, ticking ⏰ - Lorna overwhelmed ☹️ - Brilliant Solution! 💡 - oh no! Vexing prosecutor (shit logic), ticking ⏰ - repeat
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Why does the Claude logo look like Vonnegut’s butthole drawing?
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I have just discovered for the second time that Mad Men is vapid fluff. Works as a soporific, at least.
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Apple Music is allegedly the most artist-friendly (morally least objectionable) music service to use, paying the artists more than any other service. But I’m about to jump ship if this goddamned app won’t stop playing Morrissey. At least with low-life Spotify I can perma-block an artist.
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Those still raging against AI for art theft or environmental impact are harping on issues tumbling into obsolescence. There are far greater concerns these days - like the future safety of the human race. Nonetheless, good things are happening... scitechdaily.com/breakthrough...
scitechdaily.com
Breakthrough AI Tool Identifies 25 Previously Unknown Magnetic Materials
New research may help reduce reliance on rare earth elements used to power modern technology.
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Really happy that Bad Bunny won the Super Bowl
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Truth
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Got to see Hard Boiled in a theater! Still a fantastic action film 30+ years later. The remaster made it clear enough to really see the over-performing death acting, which was both hilarious and fun. The post-film interview with Woo was amusing and insightful. #filmsky
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
More 1st draft WIP...
“Valient, MOC is in a crisis period right now. I promise you; I will get you facts, I will get you witnesses to back you up,” Poxy said with a quiet intensity. “Should anything you say be misaligned from the truth, you and the show will come out of it clean.”
Valient knew who he was talking to. Vinga may have been the big boss of MOC, the Grand Chief Executive of the monopolistic juggernaut at the supreme executive level, and the largest shareholder, but Poxy Malone was the true pilot who ensured all the engineers had every gear turning. He scoffed aloud, both at the thought of acquiescing, which he knew in his heart he was sure to do, and at the fact that most people referred to her as an “assistant” to Vinga. There was not a VP in the company that didn’t bow their head to her.
Knox let her hand rest on his neck and cast his eyes downward.
“Ok?” she asked.
In defeat, he said, “Ok. Ok, but… I need to name you as my source.”
“That’s fine,” Poxy said, “and in the near future I can even guest.”
This commitment on her part gave Valient a bit of ease, but he knew it meant tensions with his recent regular guest, Charles Youngberg. Poxy’s hand slipped from Valient’s neck, down the side of his shoulder and onto his upper arm which she gave a light squeeze before letting go.
“Alright, get out there and give it to the new pharisees,” Poxy said with a smirk. She turned and strutted out of Valient’s office.
No amount of deep breathing could resolve the sour pit in Valient’s stomach, but it didn’t stop him from trying.
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
There is not a doubt in my mind that this scene was written in reaction to the American experience under Trump. The Death of Truth was where we all watched our grip of the American Dream disintegrate.
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
They have murdered the good They have murdered the pretty This is a slow suicide Wrapped in a bully's delight
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I just finished Act I. It clocks in at 62k words. I feel like I just birthed a child but I still have two more acts to go for the first book of a tetralogy (and counting). Off to Act II tomorrow. #WriteSky
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Bjork once found herself asked to sign over Greenland oh, that senile man #haiku #politicalpoetry #poetry
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
ICE men are puny joyous in punitive ways unlike men of peace #haiku #politicalpoetry
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Officially passed 60k words today. Fully expected to be finished with Act I by this point, but, probably have another 5k-8k to go for that. Characters and their relationship dynamics keep popping up unexpectedly. Not my fault. #writesky #WIP
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
It’s a 4-hoodie protest kind of day. See y’all out there. #NoGestapoUSA
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely" This may not apply to Trump who was corrupted absolutely by virtue of DNA and unchecked childhood, but it sure looks like he's empowered the right to drop pretense of "common sense" for pure impulse guided by punitive natures.
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Output degradation is vanishing; now real issues to contend with. Any race is an invitation to carelessness. The best plotted advancements may still succumb to unforeseen disasters because they were rushed. Disparate worldviews and suspiciousness continue to be prime suspects in human extinction.
youtube.com
AI SHOCKS The World This Month: Real AGI, Human-Level AI Robot, SlaughterBots, OpenAI Garlic...
YouTube video by AI Revolution
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Whoa… all these ICE assholes need to be imprisoned.
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
No surprise here... I went from starting to write one sci-fi book, to developing a trilogy arc, which has now morphed into a tetralogy. No doubt this will eventually become a heptalogy. #writesky
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Lot's of talk today about comedians (particularly Gervais) needing to punch up rather than down. World Christian Pop: 32% World Muslim Pop: 26% World Atheist Pop: 7% None of these people seem to recognize that religious folk shitting on atheists is punching down. Sykes isn't a saint here.
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Tobias Rabies SKC @tobias-rabies.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I've been DMing a weekly game for teens for the past few months. Here are 3 DM tips that work for my group: 1. Have an option to avoid non-essential fights. 2. Always penalize critical fails. 3. Punish party splitters, reward story progressers. Any other advice? #dnd #gaming #tabletop
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