Robert Merkel @tvsrobert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I’ve been reading a lot about 19th century vitalist theories for a project, and I swear we’re about five minutes away from these folks talking about “vril” or “the odic force”. 001
Reposted by Robert Merkeldrewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 10/09/2026if you learn a skill or start a new hobby, it makes you a better person, not worse. nobody ever gets into calligraphy and immediately starts screeching that typefaces are useless and only the quill shall prosper. there is no "woodworking psychosis" nobody thinks they're dating their kettlebell 01184305
Reposted by Robert MerkelKim Dalton @kimdalton.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A moment to hype those on the Kitten Marlowe Patreon, if I may. I literally couldn't be doing this without their support. Getting someone to listen to your show feels like a Herculean effort sometimes. Getting someone to listen AND throw you $2-7 a month? Outrageous! Awe-inspiring! Lifesaving! 175
Reposted by Robert MerkelKitten Marlowe ➡️ Shadows in the Smoke S2! @kittenmarlowe.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Kitten Marlowe cordially invites you to return to Hargrave House this Tuesday, September 1st. Please accept the following gift, a trailer for Season 2 of Shadows in the Smoke, in anticipation of our reunion. kittenmarlowe.com/episode/shad...kittenmarlowe.comShadows in the Smoke Season 2 Trailer | Kitten Marlowe - actual play tabletop rpg podcasts, and moreIt's time to return to Hargrave House, and face the shadows that stalk the foggy streets of London. Join the hunt on September 1st... 0199
Reposted by Robert Merkelokie (they/them) @okie.gay · 25/08/2026Texas’s drag ban was found to be unconstitutional this morning and one of the plaintiffs who brought the suit was an Austin-based drag queen who often impersonates Dolly Dolly was named in the final judgement itself and after hearing about the lawsuit, she sent that drag queen a signed guitar 21113462634
Reposted by Robert MerkelAvery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Do you love any of the games that I have created? Whether it's Monsterhearts, Dream Askew, The Quiet Year, Going For Broke, or a deeper cut, now would be a great time to hit quote-tweet and tell your friends about it! It's been a slow month. 💕✨ store.buriedwithoutceremony.comstore.buriedwithoutceremony.comBuried Without CeremonyMy name is Avery Alder, and for the past eighteen years I’ve been designing tabletop roleplaying games. These are games about community, relationships, doubt, queerness, and the collapse of civilizati... 12593364
Reposted by Robert MerkelWes Franks @carrion-comfort.com · 07/07/2026Proud to announce I'm a featured performer in @kittenmarlowe.bsky.social next interstitial series, Flight of the KingfISSher, using a brand new CfB game designed by @tvsrobert.bsky.social. An especially great series for fans of Cowboy Bebop. pca.st/episode/59a0...pca.stFlight of the Kingfissher Ep 1 - "Hello Spacers"We meet our heroes, scrambling to action, as their gig at at Camp Sophia goes all SNAFU. Another day, another crisis. --------------------------- Content Warnings: Sci-Fi Action, Innuendo, Threat of… 0108
Robert Merkel @tvsrobert.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Guy who just learned about the Nicene Creed: I’m getting real Nicene Creed vibes from this yard sign. 081
Reposted by Robert MerkelJulia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 25/06/2026...I've held my nose and voted for centrist Dems more times than I can count because I didn't want the opposing Republican to win. centrist Dems who won't do the same when a progressive is on the ballot are giving away what side they are really on 6929208
Robert Merkel @tvsrobert.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Werner Herzog: Every line on my face was put there by Grogu. He would arrive on set, unprepared, hungover from the night before, blaming everyone but himself. Interviewer: But he… Herzog: (interrupting) He is a singular actor, and I have learned more from him than any other man I have known 010
Reposted by Robert MerkelJack Tindale @jacktindale.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Turned on just in time for the Bosnia goal. A multi-ethnic country riven by internal division and with an impenetrable linguistic divide, Canada is a country in North America. 1030157
Robert Merkel @tvsrobert.bsky.social · 11/06/2026So, we’re all blaming Trump for game three, right? 000
Reposted by Robert MerkelJacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 08/06/2026sorry the only "real" new yorkers are the rats who work in the kitchen in Muppets Take Manhattan 353147480
Reposted by Robert MerkelDenali @denali.bsky.social · 08/06/2026I really enjoy EB White's take on New York and New Yorkers. 833655735
Reposted by Robert MerkelRadiant G🌈 @radiantg.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Due to the changes at Kickstarter no longer launching our campaign next week. Please RT this statement and encourage other studios and devs to speak up too. 4315262
Robert Merkel @tvsrobert.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Slightly increase a band They Are Probably Giants 000
Reposted by Robert MerkelManisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Historian of abolition here, history tells us how we got here, to put it succinctly “John Brown was hanged for treason and Robert E. Lee was not.” 133136424613
Robert Merkel @tvsrobert.bsky.social · 05/05/2026In honor of both this anniversary and May the Fourth, here’s one of the patches I made for a punk Han Solo vest: 030
Robert Merkel @tvsrobert.bsky.social · 30/04/2026I think it’s pretty telling that Trump thinks it’s mob slang instead of what it actually is, kitchen slang. He definitely hangs out with more criminals than service workers. 010
Reposted by Robert MerkelJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 11/04/2026I don't know how to explain to the people who pop up when creatives complain about "AI" to say there are legit uses for it just how much they sound like someone saying "Well actually fire is used to make bread" when people are talking about an organized arson ring burning down their fucking houses 138137304416
Robert Merkel @tvsrobert.bsky.social · 04/04/2026You need to make sure it’s real mayo though (Dukes is my preference). If it has too much added sugar it will burn too quickly! 000
Reposted by Robert MerkelDia Lacina @dialacina.com · 08/03/2026Happy International Women's Day to the original International Woman 5115543250
Reposted by Robert MerkelEdmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 27/02/2026We cannot and should not let generative AI take away these tiny, insignificant, but probably fun as hell jobs from artists 57121203326
Robert Merkel @tvsrobert.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Oof, I don’t think FBI and con-man are going to win me any primaries. But it does describe one of my favorite Spielberg movies! 000
Robert Merkel @tvsrobert.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Apparently, when Stanford was retiring their old (read: racist) mascot, they held a vote amongst the student body for what it’s replacement should be. Cardinal (the color) was chosen by the administration, because they thought the winner was too controversial: the Stanford Robber Barons. 140
Robert Merkel @tvsrobert.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Beyond this, AI actually makes the financial barriers to a career in the arts worse by seeking to eliminate most of the (already scarce) entry-level jobs that exist in the field. 000
Reposted by Robert Merkel𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Wow. 13123614516660
Reposted by Robert MerkelAdam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 13/02/2026There are some Star Trek fans weirdly obsessed with “decorum” and they really fixate on how Holly Hunter sits in the captain’s chair on STARFLEET ACADEMY. One guy left a comment on the official FB whining about it and so Captain Janeway herself responded to drop the hammer 411108261
Reposted by Robert Merkelpixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 31/12/2025I am gonna make it through this year if it kills Smee 121336217
Reposted by Robert MerkelJay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 29/12/2025The arts under MAGA fascism. 1017032
Robert Merkel @tvsrobert.bsky.social · 28/12/2025post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains. 000
Robert Merkel @tvsrobert.bsky.social · 26/12/2025You've just opened up a Star Trek themed restaurant. What are you calling it? Bar beyond the Stars 010
Reposted by Robert MerkelJeff Yang @originalsp.in · 26/12/2025Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers 1154244375793
Reposted by Robert MerkelStella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 26/12/2025SELL IT TO WHO, BEN?? FUCKING PUMAMAN?? 533658826
Reposted by Robert Merkelodinmercer.bsky.social @odinmercer.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Glad Star Trek now exists in LEGO form so I can do dumb things such as recreate scenes like this. #iykyk #definitelyfuckedaghost #subrosa 19871245
Reposted by Robert Merkeldaniel sieradski @self.agency · 14/11/2025patton oswalt has been suspended from bluesky for saying that megyn kelly should be fed to a woodchipper for justifying the sexual abuse of minors 2150791169
Reposted by Robert MerkelJules Suzdaltsev @jules.su · 10/11/2025this is literally never not accurate 100205555047
Robert Merkel @tvsrobert.bsky.social · 27/10/2025My wife and I, when we went to Miku on our honeymoon. 000
Reposted by Robert MerkelChristian 🍂🏫 @vidalporter.bsky.social · 25/10/2025I see a lot of people posting about supporting local businesses, local food banks, etc. I completely agree, but will add: If your city has any sort of local arts scene, throw them some $. Buy some art. See a local theater production. Tip your hometown drag queen. 210235
Reposted by Robert MerkelDave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!! 774224709901
Reposted by Robert MerkelKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states. Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.” 400159383858
Reposted by Robert MerkelJessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 17/10/2025If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not." 111150785348
Reposted by Robert MerkelZohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11/10/2025UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion. As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward. 391215086120
