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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 22/09/2026

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This is amazing and fantastic news

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rob @zverina.com · 14/09/2026

words together what who cares

rob @zverina.com · 08/09/2026

hi guess what they will not relinquish power and will only become more violent and repressive to assert dominance.

rob @zverina.com · 07/09/2026

i spend way too much time on this shit: www.zverina.com/2026/0819.htm this page prompted me to make not one but two music videos as footnotes. to what end? #pictureoftheday #since1997

picture of sole surviving spindly tree standing in the slash of a clearcut: https://www.zverina.com/2026/0819.htm

rob @zverina.com · 06/09/2026

sick clouds lately!

rob @zverina.com · 03/09/2026

this is how i feel anytime someone tells me they still use facebook, instagram, snapchat, X, tik tok, spotify, or any form of ai. not only are they feeding the beast, they are offering prime cuts from their own bodies.

rob @zverina.com · 02/09/2026

They appear to have disabled the "Name is wrong" function in Apple Maps, at least as it pertains to Lake Ontario. Talk about craven. #AppleSucksNow Downloaded MapQuest app yesterday, but might just go back to my roots with paper maps and directions hand scrawled on napkins.

rob @zverina.com · 01/09/2026

no work or school this election day, everybody out in the streets

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rob @zverina.com · 26/08/2026

adjectives make us strong

rob @zverina.com · 25/08/2026

hello Seattle greater metropolitan area! i'm premiering some long lost #robZtv at Mini Mart City Park in Georgetown on Friday, September 11, 7-10 pm. Think you can remember that date? Please share! www.minimartcitypark.com/calendar/rob...

minimartcitypark.com

robZtv: The Struggle Against Forgetting — Mini Mart City Park

Robert Zverina presents robZtv: The Struggle Against Forgetting, a premiere screening of long lost cinéma vérité pocket video snapshots captured on the fly 20 years ago and then left to languish--un...

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rob @zverina.com · 17/08/2026

i think of #Galapagos by #KurtVonnegut when i dive into the sea #naked and see how long i can #swim before coming up for air, part of my quest to evolve into a true #marinemammal #bikelove #skinnydip #SalishFjord #noncompete #cycling www.zverina.com/2026/0815.htm

photograph of a 10-speed bicycle on a beach at sunset with caption:
this bike was vintage when i bought it used for $90 and i'm still cranking on it 25 years later.
it only takes a few minutes to walk to the beach but that adds up when you're as busy as i'm not,
so when i'm racing the tide and/or sun i'll hop on for that little inimitable thrill where balance meets
momentum. still dressed in work clothes, i bundled and bunjeed a bathing suit to the rack, but hoped
i wouldn't need it. the tide was high enough to swim on the back side away from prying eyes and there
was no one in sight to be scandalized when i discreetly disrobed, obscured by a big drift stump that hasn't
moved in months. there's no freer feeling than skinny dipping in the ocean, completely unencumbered, one
is distilled to pure animal essence, a floating bag of protoplasm adrift in the planetary womb that spawned us.

rob @zverina.com · 06/08/2026

"FIRST they came for the Communists..." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_T...

First They Came - Wikipedia

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Jennifer Em @jenniferem.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

ICE ramping up in Seattle. Please report any ICE sightings to the WA Immigrant Support Network (WAISN) at 1-844-724-3737.

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rob @zverina.com · 29/07/2026

reminds me of this worthwhile book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Su... one of its key lessons is, "turn back while you still can."

Deep Survival - Wikipedia

is a lanyard more noose or leash?

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the day the internet died

i feel i'm in a horror movie where everyone else goes smiling into the meat grinder--follow me! IG, Facebook, X, whatever!

i thought we were on bsky as an alternative to these guys?

rob @zverina.com · 08/07/2026

srsly, i thought he looked good for a 70 year old, but nothing ages you quicker than obsessing over youth.

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better yet, delete instagram forever

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also, i'm just going to guess your new pal's name: Fogerty

American Movie (1999) with CÖVEN – Quality Film Club

hello, seattle! let's watch a movie and talk about it... www.gogoweb.com/QFC/event/am...

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great picture and analogy!

did you take this picture? are these new friends?

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in praise of #bedrotting #tangping #hikikomori www.zverina.com/2026/0608.htm

screenshot of this webpage: https://www.zverina.com/2026/0608.htm

it depicts 2 cats cuddled up napping together, overlaid with this text:

maybe it was the weather, maybe it was just a poor night's sleep.
maybe it was yesterday's travel and spending all day on my feet.
maybe it was the weight of world, every headline spelling defeat.
maybe it was the overflow at last, a lifelong steady drip of grief.

was it a protest or is it pathology, tang ping or hikikomori?
am i depressed? do i need a diagnosis? or am i just lazy?
i spent the day bedrotting, eyes closed and listening,
kept company by my mentors, sunny and patchouli.

when worth is measured by how much you achieve,
doing nothing might be the only way to stay free.

rob @zverina.com · 30/06/2026

hi, everything is still getting worse. #shutitdown #takeitback

rob @zverina.com · 30/06/2026

Big Tech pushes one-click "frictionless" apps as the ideal, forgetting that friction is what generates heat. 🔥

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rob @zverina.com · 30/06/2026

But can I use my HEI points?

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rob @zverina.com · 24/06/2026

i can relate. when an idea or narrative seems too big to tackle, i just start writing a free verse poem with as few words as possible. somehow, that compression can be clarifying.

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rob @zverina.com · 23/06/2026

i was expecting an Enabling Act but a disabling court ruling oughtta do... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enablin...

Enabling Act of 1933 - Wikipedia

rob @zverina.com · 19/06/2026

I, too, was a CPO...

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rob @zverina.com · 17/06/2026

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox... TLDR: punch nazis

Paradox of tolerance - Wikipedia