Tall Rob
@grandrobert.bsky.social
Blog: https://thetallrobreport.blogspot.com/
Tesla Takedown Northbrook zines: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eDqHdqHSWMnS7dJLFTSIG-fIrgbq-C4U
Tesla Takedown Northbrook zines: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eDqHdqHSWMnS7dJLFTSIG-fIrgbq-C4U
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@grandrobert.bsky.social
· Feb 4
Please let me know if you have any of these zines or recordings.
We can work out a trade.
We can work out a trade.
For some reason, the Action Network site is being fussy with letting me log in to make an event.
Nevertheless, #teslatakedown Northbrook returns this Saturday as part of the No Trillionaires Day of Action.
Sat., Nov. 15th
12PM-2PM
1200 Skokie Blvd
Northbrook, IL 60062
@teslatakedown.com
Nevertheless, #teslatakedown Northbrook returns this Saturday as part of the No Trillionaires Day of Action.
Sat., Nov. 15th
12PM-2PM
1200 Skokie Blvd
Northbrook, IL 60062
@teslatakedown.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
For some reason, the Action Network site is being fussy with letting me log in to make an event.
Nevertheless, #teslatakedown Northbrook returns this Saturday as part of the No Trillionaires Day of Action.
Sat., Nov. 15th
12PM-2PM
1200 Skokie Blvd
Northbrook, IL 60062
@teslatakedown.com
Nevertheless, #teslatakedown Northbrook returns this Saturday as part of the No Trillionaires Day of Action.
Sat., Nov. 15th
12PM-2PM
1200 Skokie Blvd
Northbrook, IL 60062
@teslatakedown.com
It was only vaguely clear the night I took the video below that there would be a whole new PULP album less than a year later.
Here's my review of "More." from last week's edition of The Tall Rob Report:
Here's my review of "More." from last week's edition of The Tall Rob Report:
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
It was only vaguely clear the night I took the video below that there would be a whole new PULP album less than a year later.
Here's my review of "More." from last week's edition of The Tall Rob Report:
Here's my review of "More." from last week's edition of The Tall Rob Report:
Excellent, wide-ranging episode on the various negative effects cars have had on humans and cities. I loved hearing about Superman’s hatred of reckless drivers in the early days of the comic. Vehicular homicide is a greater evil than any supervillain.
Tech companies have plenty of bad ideas they say will improve transportation — but the car remains a menace.
@brooklynspoke.bsky.social and @sgoodyear.bsky.social join @parismarx.com to discuss the many ways cars harm society and why that must change.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/301_...
@brooklynspoke.bsky.social and @sgoodyear.bsky.social join @parismarx.com to discuss the many ways cars harm society and why that must change.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/301_...
November 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Excellent, wide-ranging episode on the various negative effects cars have had on humans and cities. I loved hearing about Superman’s hatred of reckless drivers in the early days of the comic. Vehicular homicide is a greater evil than any supervillain.
Hey so I finally got around to listening to and writing about the PULP album from earlier this year. It’s called “More.” and it’s pretty damn good.
PULP “More”
more PULP.
some PULP.
“Some [pulp].”
PULP “More”
more PULP.
some PULP.
“Some [pulp].”
Excited to finally listen to these later today. We heard “Spike Island” at PULP’s Aragon show last year, but had no idea an album would eventually result. High hopes…
November 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Hey so I finally got around to listening to and writing about the PULP album from earlier this year. It’s called “More.” and it’s pretty damn good.
PULP “More”
more PULP.
some PULP.
“Some [pulp].”
PULP “More”
more PULP.
some PULP.
“Some [pulp].”
Leaf blowers used to annoy me because of the sound.
Now they fill me with dread because their sound might draw attention from ICE goons who think nothing of brutalizing landscapers.
Now they fill me with dread because their sound might draw attention from ICE goons who think nothing of brutalizing landscapers.
November 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Leaf blowers used to annoy me because of the sound.
Now they fill me with dread because their sound might draw attention from ICE goons who think nothing of brutalizing landscapers.
Now they fill me with dread because their sound might draw attention from ICE goons who think nothing of brutalizing landscapers.
It’s all Newsome this, Pritzker that.
I’ll tell you what I want.
I WANT OUT
I’ll tell you what I want.
I WANT OUT
October 31, 2025 at 12:47 PM
It’s all Newsome this, Pritzker that.
I’ll tell you what I want.
I WANT OUT
I’ll tell you what I want.
I WANT OUT
A colleague just used “you didn’t hear this from me” a few minutes ago so I feel obliged to repost my review of @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social‘s book of that name.
In the book, McKinney describes her younger self: I wasn’t just precocious; I could spell ‘precocious’.
Still true! It’s a smart book!
In the book, McKinney describes her younger self: I wasn’t just precocious; I could spell ‘precocious’.
Still true! It’s a smart book!
@mckinneykelsey.bsky.social’s “You Didn’t Hear This from Me” is a delightful & informative book on the importance & utility of gossip for shaping our shared reality.
Read my review of it (including an unexpected lesson on the Dewey Decimal System) in this week’s entry of The Tall Rob Report:
(1/3)
Read my review of it (including an unexpected lesson on the Dewey Decimal System) in this week’s entry of The Tall Rob Report:
(1/3)
You Didn’t Hear This from Me: (Mostly) True Notes on Gossip (Kelsey McKinney, Grand Central, 2025)
Spend enough time in the library stacks and you’ll begin to absorb the organizing principles of the Dewey Decimal System. Reading a his...
thetallrobreport.blogspot.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A colleague just used “you didn’t hear this from me” a few minutes ago so I feel obliged to repost my review of @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social‘s book of that name.
In the book, McKinney describes her younger self: I wasn’t just precocious; I could spell ‘precocious’.
Still true! It’s a smart book!
In the book, McKinney describes her younger self: I wasn’t just precocious; I could spell ‘precocious’.
Still true! It’s a smart book!
Reposted by Tall Rob
This filing choice does seem of a piece with Dewey’s perspective on the world, though. At least, according to what I know from this utterly devastating Judith Flanders’ footnote in her book “A Place for Everything: The Curious History of Alphabetical Order.”
October 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This filing choice does seem of a piece with Dewey’s perspective on the world, though. At least, according to what I know from this utterly devastating Judith Flanders’ footnote in her book “A Place for Everything: The Curious History of Alphabetical Order.”
Reposted by Tall Rob
In my review, I mention how I noticed McKinney’s book was filed under 296.3 at the library where I checked it out. This is a section on Judaism, specifically “Theology, ethics, views of social issues.” This choice baffles me and has some awful implications…
(2/3)
(2/3)
October 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
In my review, I mention how I noticed McKinney’s book was filed under 296.3 at the library where I checked it out. This is a section on Judaism, specifically “Theology, ethics, views of social issues.” This choice baffles me and has some awful implications…
(2/3)
(2/3)
Reposted by Tall Rob
@mckinneykelsey.bsky.social’s “You Didn’t Hear This from Me” is a delightful & informative book on the importance & utility of gossip for shaping our shared reality.
Read my review of it (including an unexpected lesson on the Dewey Decimal System) in this week’s entry of The Tall Rob Report:
(1/3)
Read my review of it (including an unexpected lesson on the Dewey Decimal System) in this week’s entry of The Tall Rob Report:
(1/3)
You Didn’t Hear This from Me: (Mostly) True Notes on Gossip (Kelsey McKinney, Grand Central, 2025)
Spend enough time in the library stacks and you’ll begin to absorb the organizing principles of the Dewey Decimal System. Reading a his...
thetallrobreport.blogspot.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
@mckinneykelsey.bsky.social’s “You Didn’t Hear This from Me” is a delightful & informative book on the importance & utility of gossip for shaping our shared reality.
Read my review of it (including an unexpected lesson on the Dewey Decimal System) in this week’s entry of The Tall Rob Report:
(1/3)
Read my review of it (including an unexpected lesson on the Dewey Decimal System) in this week’s entry of The Tall Rob Report:
(1/3)
@mckinneykelsey.bsky.social’s “You Didn’t Hear This from Me” is a delightful & informative book on the importance & utility of gossip for shaping our shared reality.
Read my review of it (including an unexpected lesson on the Dewey Decimal System) in this week’s entry of The Tall Rob Report:
(1/3)
Read my review of it (including an unexpected lesson on the Dewey Decimal System) in this week’s entry of The Tall Rob Report:
(1/3)
You Didn’t Hear This from Me: (Mostly) True Notes on Gossip (Kelsey McKinney, Grand Central, 2025)
Spend enough time in the library stacks and you’ll begin to absorb the organizing principles of the Dewey Decimal System. Reading a his...
thetallrobreport.blogspot.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
@mckinneykelsey.bsky.social’s “You Didn’t Hear This from Me” is a delightful & informative book on the importance & utility of gossip for shaping our shared reality.
Read my review of it (including an unexpected lesson on the Dewey Decimal System) in this week’s entry of The Tall Rob Report:
(1/3)
Read my review of it (including an unexpected lesson on the Dewey Decimal System) in this week’s entry of The Tall Rob Report:
(1/3)
Reposted by Tall Rob
I've gotten more pressure to use AI than I ever did drugs and alcohol.
October 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I've gotten more pressure to use AI than I ever did drugs and alcohol.
Yes, this interaction happened in the same Wheeling where recently deceased podcaster Charlie Kirk graduated from high school.
"Man goes scorched earth on ICE agents kidnapping people in his hometown."
Source:
old.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...
Source:
old.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...
October 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Yes, this interaction happened in the same Wheeling where recently deceased podcaster Charlie Kirk graduated from high school.
Learned about the existence of Neo Cab just last month, even though Fellow Traveller (@fellowtraveller.games) put it out in 2019. It’s got some cool things to say about gig work, automation, friendship, and technology. (1/2)
October 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Learned about the existence of Neo Cab just last month, even though Fellow Traveller (@fellowtraveller.games) put it out in 2019. It’s got some cool things to say about gig work, automation, friendship, and technology. (1/2)
Headed home on the L from Chicago’s #nokings protest & march. Incredible amount of people there. Tribune headline estimates 100,000 and that may be correct.
Last Sunday, I took part in @katmabu.bsky.social‘s poster-making party at @raygunsite.com in Andersonville. Glad to have a huge sign to carry!
Last Sunday, I took part in @katmabu.bsky.social‘s poster-making party at @raygunsite.com in Andersonville. Glad to have a huge sign to carry!
October 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Headed home on the L from Chicago’s #nokings protest & march. Incredible amount of people there. Tribune headline estimates 100,000 and that may be correct.
Last Sunday, I took part in @katmabu.bsky.social‘s poster-making party at @raygunsite.com in Andersonville. Glad to have a huge sign to carry!
Last Sunday, I took part in @katmabu.bsky.social‘s poster-making party at @raygunsite.com in Andersonville. Glad to have a huge sign to carry!
Shohei Ohtani’s 10K / 3HR night so impressed Magic Johnson that Magic made a baseball shoot out of his own mouth.
The real meaning of ‘Shotime’ is when you get one of the Showtime Lakers to reveal why everyone calls him ‘Magic.’
October 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Shohei Ohtani’s 10K / 3HR night so impressed Magic Johnson that Magic made a baseball shoot out of his own mouth.
The real meaning of ‘Shotime’ is when you get one of the Showtime Lakers to reveal why everyone calls him ‘Magic.’
October 18, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The real meaning of ‘Shotime’ is when you get one of the Showtime Lakers to reveal why everyone calls him ‘Magic.’
Reposted by Tall Rob
If the right really believed that the problem with universities was elitism in the form of, e.g., inaccessibility, then the strategy would be to make tuition free.
Instead, the strategy is to destroy universities as institutions and education and its liberatory potential.
Instead, the strategy is to destroy universities as institutions and education and its liberatory potential.
October 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
If the right really believed that the problem with universities was elitism in the form of, e.g., inaccessibility, then the strategy would be to make tuition free.
Instead, the strategy is to destroy universities as institutions and education and its liberatory potential.
Instead, the strategy is to destroy universities as institutions and education and its liberatory potential.
Reposted by Tall Rob
A haunted house but it's just a nation without public education.
October 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A haunted house but it's just a nation without public education.
Robin Wall Kimmerer’s The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World is a powerful argument for reframing our economic models on abundance instead of scarcity. The gift economy is one way we can open ourselves to the idea of abundance.
My thoughts on the book here:
My thoughts on the book here:
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World (Robin Wall Kimmerer, Scribner, 2024)
Sure do wish more people were talking about this book instead of the one focused solely on abundance that came out recently. Said diffe...
thetallrobreport.blogspot.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Robin Wall Kimmerer’s The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World is a powerful argument for reframing our economic models on abundance instead of scarcity. The gift economy is one way we can open ourselves to the idea of abundance.
My thoughts on the book here:
My thoughts on the book here:
Yes, exactly. “Knowing isn’t being” is it.
Reminds me of a favorite post from the other site.
Reminds me of a favorite post from the other site.
October 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Yes, exactly. “Knowing isn’t being” is it.
Reminds me of a favorite post from the other site.
Reminds me of a favorite post from the other site.
Hey it’s Friday morning. You know what that means! You can listen to those Friday Night Parts you treasure so dearly when you get home tonight. Hope you have some cool ones in mind.
#fridaynightparts
Sadly, the new #taylorswift lacks such parts, but you can read more about the concept here:
#fridaynightparts
Sadly, the new #taylorswift lacks such parts, but you can read more about the concept here:
TAYLOR SWIFT The Life of a Showgirl (Republic Records, 2025)
Now that New Music Tuesday is New Music Friday, I need to discuss Friday Night Parts with you. These are parts of songs that hook into ...
thetallrobreport.blogspot.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Hey it’s Friday morning. You know what that means! You can listen to those Friday Night Parts you treasure so dearly when you get home tonight. Hope you have some cool ones in mind.
#fridaynightparts
Sadly, the new #taylorswift lacks such parts, but you can read more about the concept here:
#fridaynightparts
Sadly, the new #taylorswift lacks such parts, but you can read more about the concept here:
Reposted by Tall Rob
Because certainly there's no reason why this history might be terrifyingly relevant right now, here's a link to preorder @stschrader1.bsky.social's "Blue Power" on how police in the US organized to exempt themselves from democratic oversight and control: redemmas.org/titles/48838...
Blue Power: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves
Buy from Red Emma's, a worker-owned radical bookstore
redemmas.org
October 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Because certainly there's no reason why this history might be terrifyingly relevant right now, here's a link to preorder @stschrader1.bsky.social's "Blue Power" on how police in the US organized to exempt themselves from democratic oversight and control: redemmas.org/titles/48838...
Haven’t used my blog to be very negative before. But, I had to work out how I felt about “The Life of a Showgirl.” It looks like I’m not alone in saying it’s a dud.
On the plus side, you can learn about Friday Night Parts, a concept I’ve found useful in thinking about music through the years.
On the plus side, you can learn about Friday Night Parts, a concept I’ve found useful in thinking about music through the years.
TAYLOR SWIFT The Life of a Showgirl (Republic Records, 2025)
Now that New Music Tuesday is New Music Friday, I need to discuss Friday Night Parts with you. These are parts of songs that hook into ...
thetallrobreport.blogspot.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Haven’t used my blog to be very negative before. But, I had to work out how I felt about “The Life of a Showgirl.” It looks like I’m not alone in saying it’s a dud.
On the plus side, you can learn about Friday Night Parts, a concept I’ve found useful in thinking about music through the years.
On the plus side, you can learn about Friday Night Parts, a concept I’ve found useful in thinking about music through the years.
What does fandom mean in 2025? Must I keep supporting an artist even when I don’t like their music? Who do I need to inform about this change?
The Dan Brown of Music is back with another album of cryptic messages for us to decode. Too bad the music isn’t as interesting this time.
#taylorswift
The Dan Brown of Music is back with another album of cryptic messages for us to decode. Too bad the music isn’t as interesting this time.
#taylorswift
October 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
What does fandom mean in 2025? Must I keep supporting an artist even when I don’t like their music? Who do I need to inform about this change?
The Dan Brown of Music is back with another album of cryptic messages for us to decode. Too bad the music isn’t as interesting this time.
#taylorswift
The Dan Brown of Music is back with another album of cryptic messages for us to decode. Too bad the music isn’t as interesting this time.
#taylorswift