Bob S.
@editorkid.bsky.social
Retired copy editor, having worked for one trade magazine 3/2002 to 12/2024 and other now-dead trade magazines before that. Terminal oncology patient since 5/2018. Photographer, glass artist, and fan of both live music and all four seasons. (he/his)
@dmercer.bsky.social I'm visiting NE Minneapolis and thought you'd like a glimpse of this turreted house at NE 18th Ave and Lincoln St NE. Stopped me in my tracks.
December 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
@dmercer.bsky.social I'm visiting NE Minneapolis and thought you'd like a glimpse of this turreted house at NE 18th Ave and Lincoln St NE. Stopped me in my tracks.
Ever wake up and start your day and, as you’re sipping your coffee, realize that you’ve got more time left on this planet than you thought you did?
I was *so* sure today was Thursday, and i finally saw “Wed Nov 19” on my screen. It’s like having an extra day of life! Carpe diem, laundry basket!
I was *so* sure today was Thursday, and i finally saw “Wed Nov 19” on my screen. It’s like having an extra day of life! Carpe diem, laundry basket!
November 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Ever wake up and start your day and, as you’re sipping your coffee, realize that you’ve got more time left on this planet than you thought you did?
I was *so* sure today was Thursday, and i finally saw “Wed Nov 19” on my screen. It’s like having an extra day of life! Carpe diem, laundry basket!
I was *so* sure today was Thursday, and i finally saw “Wed Nov 19” on my screen. It’s like having an extra day of life! Carpe diem, laundry basket!
If elected, one of my first and most important tasks will be to work to prevent restaurants from calling themselves “concepts”
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
If elected, one of my first and most important tasks will be to work to prevent restaurants from calling themselves “concepts”
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I like when you do a word frequency count and start finding oblique little poems.
November 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I like when you do a word frequency count and start finding oblique little poems.
this is where I post from if you even care
November 16, 2025 at 4:32 AM
this is where I post from if you even care
What’s your favorite song about the rain?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye8C...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye8C...
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
What’s your favorite song about the rain?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye8C...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye8C...
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Please stop doing this. Please stop replying to shitposts and jokes and interesting thoughts and observations about film or whatever with pictures of trump or rfk or reminders of how bad things are. It really, really sucks and doesn't help anything. We are just trying to hang out.
We have long been at the "every reply will try to make your post about trump" phase and it stinks.
November 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Please stop doing this. Please stop replying to shitposts and jokes and interesting thoughts and observations about film or whatever with pictures of trump or rfk or reminders of how bad things are. It really, really sucks and doesn't help anything. We are just trying to hang out.
From my dining room window not far from the Expressway in Chicago. I would have seen a lot less from street level, and with all the lights out, I didn’t have any reflections to deal with.
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 AM
From my dining room window not far from the Expressway in Chicago. I would have seen a lot less from street level, and with all the lights out, I didn’t have any reflections to deal with.
Really enjoying the skyline tonight as BlueSky becomes RGBSky.
This is the nerdiest joke I’ve ever made.
This is the nerdiest joke I’ve ever made.
November 12, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Really enjoying the skyline tonight as BlueSky becomes RGBSky.
This is the nerdiest joke I’ve ever made.
This is the nerdiest joke I’ve ever made.
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Burt Meyer, a Chicago toy designer behind classics like Lite-Brite, Mouse Trap, and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, died Oct. 30 at 99, leaving a joyful, generations-spanning legacy.
Burt Meyer, Chicago toymaker behind classics like Mouse Trap, Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots, has died at 99
chicago.suntimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Burt Meyer, a Chicago toy designer behind classics like Lite-Brite, Mouse Trap, and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, died Oct. 30 at 99, leaving a joyful, generations-spanning legacy.
If you see this post a bird
October 26, 2025 at 4:43 AM
If you see this post a bird
What’s it like inside your head?
October 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
What’s it like inside your head?
A white squirrel lives on Lowry St., just off Central Ave., in Minneapolis.
#squirrel #sqrlpic #sqrlpix #squirrelsquirrelsquirrel
#squirrel #sqrlpic #sqrlpix #squirrelsquirrelsquirrel
October 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
A white squirrel lives on Lowry St., just off Central Ave., in Minneapolis.
#squirrel #sqrlpic #sqrlpix #squirrelsquirrelsquirrel
#squirrel #sqrlpic #sqrlpix #squirrelsquirrelsquirrel
By the way - everything I’ve ever posted here is off the record. A few of you aren’t journalists so it’s weird saying that but just letting you know.
October 21, 2025 at 12:37 AM
By the way - everything I’ve ever posted here is off the record. A few of you aren’t journalists so it’s weird saying that but just letting you know.
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Not to be THAT dictionary, but…
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
October 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Not to be THAT dictionary, but…
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
Reposted by Bob S.
Nothing makes me feel more patriotic than the natural beauty of this country.
October 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Nothing makes me feel more patriotic than the natural beauty of this country.
I wrote a paper at 7 am for my noon Publishing Law class and found a point that no other student ever had (nor had the lawyers who argued the case before SCOTUS) that the professor said would have changed the outcome of the case had it been argued.
Fuck AI.
Fuck AI.
I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.
October 10, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I wrote a paper at 7 am for my noon Publishing Law class and found a point that no other student ever had (nor had the lawyers who argued the case before SCOTUS) that the professor said would have changed the outcome of the case had it been argued.
Fuck AI.
Fuck AI.
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Damn it, hit send before adding the pic…
October 10, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Damn it, hit send before adding the pic…
@skribbler.bsky.social I caught this one hard at work
October 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
@skribbler.bsky.social I caught this one hard at work
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Anyway I propose not calling white people "vanilla" people because:
- Vanilla is black
- Vanilla only seems bland because it is typically underused
- Vanilla blends very well with countless other flavors
Does any of this sound like white people to you
- Vanilla is black
- Vanilla only seems bland because it is typically underused
- Vanilla blends very well with countless other flavors
Does any of this sound like white people to you
October 7, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Anyway I propose not calling white people "vanilla" people because:
- Vanilla is black
- Vanilla only seems bland because it is typically underused
- Vanilla blends very well with countless other flavors
Does any of this sound like white people to you
- Vanilla is black
- Vanilla only seems bland because it is typically underused
- Vanilla blends very well with countless other flavors
Does any of this sound like white people to you
Reposted by Bob S.
I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
October 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
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Something wild floated by today at the lakefront.
October 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Something wild floated by today at the lakefront.
I consider today’s #caturday photo to be a still life, because neither she nor the grasshopper moved for 15 minutes.
(Eventually it just leaped and fluttered away.)
(Eventually it just leaped and fluttered away.)
October 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I consider today’s #caturday photo to be a still life, because neither she nor the grasshopper moved for 15 minutes.
(Eventually it just leaped and fluttered away.)
(Eventually it just leaped and fluttered away.)
I think I’m in this picture
October 4, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I think I’m in this picture