John Robie
@jrobie.bsky.social
Just an over-educated monkey trying to make it in the big city. With all the appropriate hobbies and interests.
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
December 30, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
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hello I wrote a poem. It's called Indiana Jones Learns About The Holocaust. You can read it here, no patreon membership required: www.patreon.com/posts/poem-i...
Ok, well have a good day.
Ok, well have a good day.
Poem: Indiana Jones Learns About The Holocaust | Welcome to Night Vale
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December 30, 2025 at 5:38 AM
hello I wrote a poem. It's called Indiana Jones Learns About The Holocaust. You can read it here, no patreon membership required: www.patreon.com/posts/poem-i...
Ok, well have a good day.
Ok, well have a good day.
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just remembered this one: Long ago I saw a guy in black jeans and black leather jacket at a book event and said to a friend "Look it's 'Guy From The Strokes Accused Of Trying To Look Like Guy From The Strokes'"
Later learned from a very excited cashier that it was, in fact, the guy from the Strokes
Later learned from a very excited cashier that it was, in fact, the guy from the Strokes
December 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Just remembered this one: Long ago I saw a guy in black jeans and black leather jacket at a book event and said to a friend "Look it's 'Guy From The Strokes Accused Of Trying To Look Like Guy From The Strokes'"
Later learned from a very excited cashier that it was, in fact, the guy from the Strokes
Later learned from a very excited cashier that it was, in fact, the guy from the Strokes
Can you confirm that he's a horrifically scarred genius who lives on a subterranean lake beneath the NYSE and wears a half-mask to conceal his face, emerging only to claim the occasional apprentice?
♬ Trade, my Angel of Finance! Trade for MEEEEEEEE ♬
♬ Trade, my Angel of Finance! Trade for MEEEEEEEE ♬
As we just teased on the air, the identity of the #MysteryBroker will be revealed tomorrow when he joins me on CNBC's Closing Bell at 3pm Eastern. He'll be offering a fairly provocative market outlook as well.
Here's some background on this source, whom I've quoted since 2009.
Here's some background on this source, whom I've quoted since 2009.
The story behind the savvy 'Mystery Broker' and where he sees the market going now
The history of the canny and clear-thinking financial advisor who has come to be known in print and on Twitter as the Mystery Broker.
www.cnbc.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Can you confirm that he's a horrifically scarred genius who lives on a subterranean lake beneath the NYSE and wears a half-mask to conceal his face, emerging only to claim the occasional apprentice?
♬ Trade, my Angel of Finance! Trade for MEEEEEEEE ♬
♬ Trade, my Angel of Finance! Trade for MEEEEEEEE ♬
When I was young I ascribed to a then-common belief that nothing was worse than hipocrisy and so it was somehow better to be an honest asshole than to espouse standards that you failed to 100% live up to. I was very wrong about this.
This, combined with "vice signaling" (taking pride in antisocial behavior) has given us the reign of the Stupid Asshole, something most people are against, but can only be remedied if we're not too polite to talk about it
An essential development over the past decade-plus is that the ignorant went from feeling chastened when their ignorance was revealed to banding together and deciding that, actually, they were right. They might disagree at times, but they agreed that ignorance itself was an indicator of trust.
December 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
When I was young I ascribed to a then-common belief that nothing was worse than hipocrisy and so it was somehow better to be an honest asshole than to espouse standards that you failed to 100% live up to. I was very wrong about this.
I think this is probably mine. I read it when I was about 10 years old.
December 29, 2025 at 8:53 AM
I think this is probably mine. I read it when I was about 10 years old.
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"At Z'ha'dum LLC clients come first, so: what do *you* want?"
“Hi, I’m Daniel Drezner, CEO and founder of Marco Inarus Enterprises…”
name your shit after more eclectic dark forces
December 29, 2025 at 2:57 AM
"At Z'ha'dum LLC clients come first, so: what do *you* want?"
New years resolution: become the first chef in America to be awarded a Goodyear Star.
December 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
New years resolution: become the first chef in America to be awarded a Goodyear Star.
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Who doesn't?
Do I need a dazzle camo print rain cape? Not necessarily
Do I want a dazzle camo print rain cape? Most definitely
Do I want a dazzle camo print rain cape? Most definitely
December 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Who doesn't?
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Just opened a 14 page brief in Adobe Acrobat and it gave me a popup saying "this appears to be a long document, would you like an AI summary?" and I feel like a whole bunch of Gen Z lawyers are gonna lose their licenses if law schools don't warn them about this shit.
December 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Just opened a 14 page brief in Adobe Acrobat and it gave me a popup saying "this appears to be a long document, would you like an AI summary?" and I feel like a whole bunch of Gen Z lawyers are gonna lose their licenses if law schools don't warn them about this shit.
This is gonna be some bullshit right? Like "the ancient Greeks didn't see 'blue'... and they never felt blue either!"
A common assumption is that throughout history, people have experienced the same basic range of emotions. A radical field of history now challenges this assumption, Gal Beckerman reports. theatln.tc/KD2QRX9Y
🎨: Nicolás Ortega
🎨: Nicolás Ortega
December 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This is gonna be some bullshit right? Like "the ancient Greeks didn't see 'blue'... and they never felt blue either!"
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It's kind of weird how some creators go to such great lengths to defend Gen AI but then say "it's just a tool." If I had a special high tech scissors that was "just a tool" but the company had stolen from all my friends and peers and also cut wrong 20% of the time, I would just use plain scissors.
December 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
It's kind of weird how some creators go to such great lengths to defend Gen AI but then say "it's just a tool." If I had a special high tech scissors that was "just a tool" but the company had stolen from all my friends and peers and also cut wrong 20% of the time, I would just use plain scissors.
Has anyone heard that the Justinian Plague started with a leak from the workshops of the court apothecary of Yuan Shanjian?
December 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Has anyone heard that the Justinian Plague started with a leak from the workshops of the court apothecary of Yuan Shanjian?
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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ICE is not allowed to use deadly force unless someone is poses an immediate danger to themselves or others. So, I will take the claim that the people who were shot tried to run over the ICE agents with a large grain of salt.
December 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
ICE is not allowed to use deadly force unless someone is poses an immediate danger to themselves or others. So, I will take the claim that the people who were shot tried to run over the ICE agents with a large grain of salt.
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This kinda feels like the Internet of Old and I think it should be encouraged for this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoV9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoV9...
Benoit Blanc vs Hercule Poirot - RAP BATTLE! - ft. The Stupendium, Rustage, Gianni Matragrano & More
YouTube video by Freshy Kanal
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December 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
This kinda feels like the Internet of Old and I think it should be encouraged for this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoV9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoV9...
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Chicago’s annual snowplow-naming contest launched this month, and Mayor Brandon Johnson is already teasing an early favorite: “Abolish ICE.”
‘Abolish ICE’ gets early nod from Mayor Brandon Johnson in annual Chicago snowplow contest
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has an early favorite in the city’s name-a-snowplow contest. He’s has signaled his support for “Abolish ICE” on social media.
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December 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Chicago’s annual snowplow-naming contest launched this month, and Mayor Brandon Johnson is already teasing an early favorite: “Abolish ICE.”
The Kessel Run
You’ve just opened up a Star Trek Themed Restaurant.
What are you calling it?
What are you calling it?
ncc-1701-g is written on the side of a spaceship
ALT: ncc-1701-g is written on the side of a spaceship
media.tenor.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The Kessel Run
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NEW: "On the day of the performance, a Dodgers employee made clear to her that the team did not want her to sing [the national anthem] in Spanish....Even seconds before the first note, she hadn’t decided what to do. She says she felt like God was holding her hand."
www.thebulwark.com/p/defiance-i...
www.thebulwark.com/p/defiance-i...
Defiance in a Time of Cowardice
She sang the national anthem in Spanish as deportation forces assaulted L.A. Now she’s headed to Sundance.
www.thebulwark.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
NEW: "On the day of the performance, a Dodgers employee made clear to her that the team did not want her to sing [the national anthem] in Spanish....Even seconds before the first note, she hadn’t decided what to do. She says she felt like God was holding her hand."
www.thebulwark.com/p/defiance-i...
www.thebulwark.com/p/defiance-i...
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listen, if we want to keep providing this thing that no one likes or wants, we have to be willing to suck at it.
Can't wait for the loosened up, non-perfect, but quickly shipped AI-enhanced updates to hit my banking and insurance services next year.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
December 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
listen, if we want to keep providing this thing that no one likes or wants, we have to be willing to suck at it.
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As a billionaire I’ve invented an entirely new form of philanthropy and the key difference is that it involves me not giving money to anyone
December 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
As a billionaire I’ve invented an entirely new form of philanthropy and the key difference is that it involves me not giving money to anyone
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Me, the second someone says there's cake:
December 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Me, the second someone says there's cake: