John Robertson
@jrr1234.bsky.social
Librarian and musician. Lover of books, bourbon, beer, cycling, and SFF
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This is exactly right
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This is exactly right
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Rain in Los Angeles: a whitenoise symphony and a scrubbing of the world, gorgeous, refreshing. Let's open a window.
Rain in St. Louis: The cold of a fished-out corpse, all is dim, a darkening of the world akin to a final glaucoma across the eye of god. Let's find out what a gun barrel tastes like.
Rain in St. Louis: The cold of a fished-out corpse, all is dim, a darkening of the world akin to a final glaucoma across the eye of god. Let's find out what a gun barrel tastes like.
November 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Rain in Los Angeles: a whitenoise symphony and a scrubbing of the world, gorgeous, refreshing. Let's open a window.
Rain in St. Louis: The cold of a fished-out corpse, all is dim, a darkening of the world akin to a final glaucoma across the eye of god. Let's find out what a gun barrel tastes like.
Rain in St. Louis: The cold of a fished-out corpse, all is dim, a darkening of the world akin to a final glaucoma across the eye of god. Let's find out what a gun barrel tastes like.
Can't wait!
🧵BREAKING NEWS: Beyond thrilled to report that the documentary I wrote & co-produced, "The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit," premieres December 9 on Prime Video. The most frequently asked question I get about the film is when and where can I see it? Now I have an answer.
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Can't wait!
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This is completely disgusting. Today, the CDC updated their vaccine safety page. It now says:
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This is completely disgusting. Today, the CDC updated their vaccine safety page. It now says:
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
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Shocked, I tell you. Shocked! FFS
Burns and his team have held advance screenings of "The American Revolution" across the country, including in DC. Kerger described GOP lawmakers who voted against PBS $$$ waiting in line to shake his hand:
November 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Shocked, I tell you. Shocked! FFS
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Heritage is just cartoonishly evil. Just the worst scum on the face of the planet.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Heritage is just cartoonishly evil. Just the worst scum on the face of the planet.
Well, that sucked. Hell of a game, though. Hell of a series.
November 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Well, that sucked. Hell of a game, though. Hell of a series.
A rare Saturday off, so spent the morning the best way I know how: shopping at Eastern Market, having a drink at Detroit City Distillery, and now home putting things away while listening to @wdet.bsky.social and Ann Delisi.b
November 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A rare Saturday off, so spent the morning the best way I know how: shopping at Eastern Market, having a drink at Detroit City Distillery, and now home putting things away while listening to @wdet.bsky.social and Ann Delisi.b
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betamax is back - as a laser disc
Bored Ape Yacht Club is making a comeback — as a metaverse
Bored Ape Yacht Club is making a comeback — as a metaverse
Its crypto-themed metaverse, Otherside, has been a long time coming.
buff.ly
October 25, 2025 at 3:53 AM
betamax is back - as a laser disc
Great interview with JV Jones. Been a fan of hers since the Book of Words days, and really hope to be able to read Endlords soon.
“I once saw a post online placing bets on who would likely deliver their book first (George R.R. Martin, Patrick Rothfuss or yours truly). I had the longest odds.” Interview with @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social www.grimdarkmagazine.com/interview-wi... @torbooks.bsky.social @orbitbooksuk.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Great interview with JV Jones. Been a fan of hers since the Book of Words days, and really hope to be able to read Endlords soon.
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
October 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
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Help me share to 100 (big number!) You know you want to 😀
#RecipesfromtheAmericanSouth
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#RecipesfromtheAmericanSouth
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Chef Michael Twitty on The Untold History of Southern Food | Recipes from The American South
YouTube video by The Eddrick Show!
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October 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Help me share to 100 (big number!) You know you want to 😀
#RecipesfromtheAmericanSouth
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#RecipesfromtheAmericanSouth
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Remember when the same folks who support masked secret police kidnapping people off the street for their skin color decried mask mandates by private property owners as tyranny?
October 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Remember when the same folks who support masked secret police kidnapping people off the street for their skin color decried mask mandates by private property owners as tyranny?
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Okay this is a good headline
You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned
You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned
Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists
The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires.
Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Okay this is a good headline
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OMG we had such a great first day @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social !
More than 300+ people stopped by today to #showupforlibraries - including #bannedbooksweek Honorary Chair @georgetakei.bsky.social
#skybrarians #libcomix #booksky #tlsky #comics #graphicnovels
More than 300+ people stopped by today to #showupforlibraries - including #bannedbooksweek Honorary Chair @georgetakei.bsky.social
#skybrarians #libcomix #booksky #tlsky #comics #graphicnovels
October 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
OMG we had such a great first day @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social !
More than 300+ people stopped by today to #showupforlibraries - including #bannedbooksweek Honorary Chair @georgetakei.bsky.social
#skybrarians #libcomix #booksky #tlsky #comics #graphicnovels
More than 300+ people stopped by today to #showupforlibraries - including #bannedbooksweek Honorary Chair @georgetakei.bsky.social
#skybrarians #libcomix #booksky #tlsky #comics #graphicnovels
Rolling Stones "Wild Horses" is playing, and I'm sitting at a bar. Vacation level is 100%.
September 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Rolling Stones "Wild Horses" is playing, and I'm sitting at a bar. Vacation level is 100%.
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It’s not a chilling effect. It would only be chilling if you had something horrid to say, and you don’t, do you? Certainly nothing critical of the regime, and absolutely no paraphrasing, not of anyone, not at this time!
A Beautiful Day for Saying Nothing
That chill in the air isn’t Jimmy Kimmel’s show being suspended. It’s just autumn!
www.theatlantic.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It’s not a chilling effect. It would only be chilling if you had something horrid to say, and you don’t, do you? Certainly nothing critical of the regime, and absolutely no paraphrasing, not of anyone, not at this time!
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Happy 5th birthday to the official theme for Spirit Halloween
September 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Happy 5th birthday to the official theme for Spirit Halloween
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains
September 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains
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Detroit hasn’t struggled like that in Green Bay since the White Stripes played a scarcely attended gig at Concert Cafe in 98.
September 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Detroit hasn’t struggled like that in Green Bay since the White Stripes played a scarcely attended gig at Concert Cafe in 98.
Doctor I trust more than RFK Jr
September 7, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Doctor I trust more than RFK Jr
To hell with this
Orson Welles’ THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS will be reconstructed by AI.
Missing scenes will be re-shot w/ the actors' faces + voices recreated by an Amazon-backed company.
“We hope this gives people a sense of a positive contribution AI can make for storytelling."
www.indiewire.com/news/breakin...
Missing scenes will be re-shot w/ the actors' faces + voices recreated by an Amazon-backed company.
“We hope this gives people a sense of a positive contribution AI can make for storytelling."
www.indiewire.com/news/breakin...
Orson Welles Meets AI in a Restoration of ‘The Magnificent Ambersons’ — and Its Lost Ending
AI company Showrunner will use generative AI in order to recreate the lost 43 minutes of Orson Welles' masterpiece 'The Magnificent Ambersons.'
www.indiewire.com
September 6, 2025 at 2:06 AM
To hell with this