Robert (he/him)
@rcs67mn.bsky.social
Slow-but-avid reader, baker, traveller, editor, proofreader.
Seeker of a feed that is chronological, not algorithm-driven.
Married, 🏳️🌈, dog dad.
Midwestern by birth and chance, global by upbringing and choice.
Seeker of a feed that is chronological, not algorithm-driven.
Married, 🏳️🌈, dog dad.
Midwestern by birth and chance, global by upbringing and choice.
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Reminder: Every time you shop at an independent bookstore, Jeff Bezos loses a little bit of power.
November 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Reminder: Every time you shop at an independent bookstore, Jeff Bezos loses a little bit of power.
Apparently Target is mandating that store workers smile and wave at customers to make them feel more welcome in hopes of bringing in more customers.
You know what would get me to come back? Reinstating DEI-forward policies, supporting LGBTQIA+ organizations, and not funding the current regime.
You know what would get me to come back? Reinstating DEI-forward policies, supporting LGBTQIA+ organizations, and not funding the current regime.
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Apparently Target is mandating that store workers smile and wave at customers to make them feel more welcome in hopes of bringing in more customers.
You know what would get me to come back? Reinstating DEI-forward policies, supporting LGBTQIA+ organizations, and not funding the current regime.
You know what would get me to come back? Reinstating DEI-forward policies, supporting LGBTQIA+ organizations, and not funding the current regime.
Haven’t posted on Bluesky for a bit, but with this celestial lightshow it seems appropriate!
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Haven’t posted on Bluesky for a bit, but with this celestial lightshow it seems appropriate!
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The party of “family values” is attacking our kids.
August 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The party of “family values” is attacking our kids.
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Reminder: Write that thing. Pluck it outta your soul with rusty pliers. Hit the keyboard like it owes you money. Write whenever, wherever you can. Tell your story. Make the words dance. Whatever you want—a novel, a short story, an agent, a movie—it all starts with the writing.
August 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Reminder: Write that thing. Pluck it outta your soul with rusty pliers. Hit the keyboard like it owes you money. Write whenever, wherever you can. Tell your story. Make the words dance. Whatever you want—a novel, a short story, an agent, a movie—it all starts with the writing.
😢 I never thought that news of a corporation shutting down would make me so emotional.
After nearly 60 years of supporting public broadcasting organizations like NPR and PBS, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced Friday that it will close operations by early next year.
www.poynter.org/business-wor...
www.poynter.org/business-wor...
Corporation for Public Broadcasting to close after Congress pulls funding - Poynter
CPB, which helps fund NPR and PBS, will run out of money on Sept. 30, at which point it will lay off the majority of its staff
www.poynter.org
August 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
😢 I never thought that news of a corporation shutting down would make me so emotional.
Started my morning unable to open my laptop. Realized I was trying to open the hinge side.
How’s your day?
#EditorLife
How’s your day?
#EditorLife
July 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Started my morning unable to open my laptop. Realized I was trying to open the hinge side.
How’s your day?
#EditorLife
How’s your day?
#EditorLife
Just when you think AI is getting figured out and becoming less... insane... you come across something like this. (It's long, but... wow...)
TL;dr - Do yourself a favor and hire an actual human to read/edit/coach you on your work.
amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...
#EditorThreads
TL;dr - Do yourself a favor and hire an actual human to read/edit/coach you on your work.
amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...
#EditorThreads
Diabolus Ex Machina
This Is Not An Essay
amandaguinzburg.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Just when you think AI is getting figured out and becoming less... insane... you come across something like this. (It's long, but... wow...)
TL;dr - Do yourself a favor and hire an actual human to read/edit/coach you on your work.
amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...
#EditorThreads
TL;dr - Do yourself a favor and hire an actual human to read/edit/coach you on your work.
amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...
#EditorThreads
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☁ NEW EPISODE☁
Cloudfall Episode 71: Badger of Honor is now available on all platforms - link in bio!
#dndactualplay #ttrpg #dnd #dndpodcast #pbop #actualplay
Cloudfall Episode 71: Badger of Honor is now available on all platforms - link in bio!
#dndactualplay #ttrpg #dnd #dndpodcast #pbop #actualplay
July 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
☁ NEW EPISODE☁
Cloudfall Episode 71: Badger of Honor is now available on all platforms - link in bio!
#dndactualplay #ttrpg #dnd #dndpodcast #pbop #actualplay
Cloudfall Episode 71: Badger of Honor is now available on all platforms - link in bio!
#dndactualplay #ttrpg #dnd #dndpodcast #pbop #actualplay
Scenes from a fairly common weeknight at home (after dinner together):
- Me in the kitchen baking cookies (about 50% of the time that's done for stress relief - can't imagine why that might come up these days) while listening to a Broadway playlist on one of the streaming services.
#GayLife
1/3
- Me in the kitchen baking cookies (about 50% of the time that's done for stress relief - can't imagine why that might come up these days) while listening to a Broadway playlist on one of the streaming services.
#GayLife
1/3
July 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Scenes from a fairly common weeknight at home (after dinner together):
- Me in the kitchen baking cookies (about 50% of the time that's done for stress relief - can't imagine why that might come up these days) while listening to a Broadway playlist on one of the streaming services.
#GayLife
1/3
- Me in the kitchen baking cookies (about 50% of the time that's done for stress relief - can't imagine why that might come up these days) while listening to a Broadway playlist on one of the streaming services.
#GayLife
1/3
Your friendly language typo tip o' the day:
Phrenology is not the same as phenology.
Phrenology = pseudo-science studying head shape and head "bumps" to determine intelligence
Phenology = real science study of climate and cyclical happenings
#Editing
Phrenology is not the same as phenology.
Phrenology = pseudo-science studying head shape and head "bumps" to determine intelligence
Phenology = real science study of climate and cyclical happenings
#Editing
July 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Your friendly language typo tip o' the day:
Phrenology is not the same as phenology.
Phrenology = pseudo-science studying head shape and head "bumps" to determine intelligence
Phenology = real science study of climate and cyclical happenings
#Editing
Phrenology is not the same as phenology.
Phrenology = pseudo-science studying head shape and head "bumps" to determine intelligence
Phenology = real science study of climate and cyclical happenings
#Editing
There’s nothing like an unexpected day off (called off due to the chilly rainy June weather) to make you realize you’re no longer really good at figuring out what to do when you suddenly have a day off.
June 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
There’s nothing like an unexpected day off (called off due to the chilly rainy June weather) to make you realize you’re no longer really good at figuring out what to do when you suddenly have a day off.
I realize most of my grammar quotes are for weird/bad things I find. But today I came across one of the best sentences I've read in ages:
"Vernal pools are ephemeral woodland ponds..."
I mean... doesn't that create the best image?
#editorlife
"Vernal pools are ephemeral woodland ponds..."
I mean... doesn't that create the best image?
#editorlife
May 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I realize most of my grammar quotes are for weird/bad things I find. But today I came across one of the best sentences I've read in ages:
"Vernal pools are ephemeral woodland ponds..."
I mean... doesn't that create the best image?
#editorlife
"Vernal pools are ephemeral woodland ponds..."
I mean... doesn't that create the best image?
#editorlife
The unintentional cruelty of technology: my phone just sent me a query suggesting I turn off my “Workday” alarm because tomorrow is Memorial Day - but I’m working a retail job with regular hours tomorrow, so the alarm has to stay on.
#EditorLife
#EditorLife
May 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The unintentional cruelty of technology: my phone just sent me a query suggesting I turn off my “Workday” alarm because tomorrow is Memorial Day - but I’m working a retail job with regular hours tomorrow, so the alarm has to stay on.
#EditorLife
#EditorLife
In case you were wondering what day in May would be least busy at a Minnesota garden center, I might recommend a cold, damp, possibly-going-to-rain Monday with a 35-degree windchill. #MinnesotaSpring
May 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
In case you were wondering what day in May would be least busy at a Minnesota garden center, I might recommend a cold, damp, possibly-going-to-rain Monday with a 35-degree windchill. #MinnesotaSpring
Reminder: If someone has stabbed you with three knives, but then pulls out two of them and says "Look what I did! I made it so much better for you!" (as the one knife remains and the blood begins to gush from the two other locations), that person is NOT a hero.
#tariffs
#tariffs
May 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Reminder: If someone has stabbed you with three knives, but then pulls out two of them and says "Look what I did! I made it so much better for you!" (as the one knife remains and the blood begins to gush from the two other locations), that person is NOT a hero.
#tariffs
#tariffs
Random Bad Quote du Jour (sorry, I know it's been a while since a posted a "found in the wild" quote):
"I wanted to say something nice, after all of the news we've been hearing has been so vial."
1/2
#Editing
"I wanted to say something nice, after all of the news we've been hearing has been so vial."
1/2
#Editing
April 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Random Bad Quote du Jour (sorry, I know it's been a while since a posted a "found in the wild" quote):
"I wanted to say something nice, after all of the news we've been hearing has been so vial."
1/2
#Editing
"I wanted to say something nice, after all of the news we've been hearing has been so vial."
1/2
#Editing
If you're not sure why I keep talking about "Cloudfall" from the @pboppodcast.bsky.social - take 20 minutes and watch this scene from earlier in the campaign. I think you might get hooked!
#dnd #podcast
#dnd #podcast
Hands down one of the best sequences from this campaign. I was shaking in my chair I was so excited.
#actualplay #ttrpg #podcast #dnd #intense
youtu.be/hvKfmXE2Owc?...
#actualplay #ttrpg #podcast #dnd #intense
youtu.be/hvKfmXE2Owc?...
The whole campaign was building to THIS
YouTube video by PBOP Podcast
youtu.be
April 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
If you're not sure why I keep talking about "Cloudfall" from the @pboppodcast.bsky.social - take 20 minutes and watch this scene from earlier in the campaign. I think you might get hooked!
#dnd #podcast
#dnd #podcast
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People are dunking on this, but what a great sign that a word has truly established itself in the lexicon.
April 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
People are dunking on this, but what a great sign that a word has truly established itself in the lexicon.
For anyone in MN looking at the three-day forecast and wondering why we’re predicted to have a 50-degree temp drop on Saturday, I blame the over-enthusiastic woman at Costco, yesterday, who looked at my scarf and said: “It’s about time to put that away!”
#minnesotaweather
#minnesotaweather
March 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
For anyone in MN looking at the three-day forecast and wondering why we’re predicted to have a 50-degree temp drop on Saturday, I blame the over-enthusiastic woman at Costco, yesterday, who looked at my scarf and said: “It’s about time to put that away!”
#minnesotaweather
#minnesotaweather
As you put together your dining plan for the Ides of March, here's something to consider (though it might taste a little... funny):
www.instagram.com/reel/DG8j3TZ...
www.instagram.com/reel/DG8j3TZ...
March 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
As you put together your dining plan for the Ides of March, here's something to consider (though it might taste a little... funny):
www.instagram.com/reel/DG8j3TZ...
www.instagram.com/reel/DG8j3TZ...
For someone who says he wants to “personally oversee” so many things (the Kennedy Center, the USPS, etc.) - each of which typically has multiple full-time staff managing them - he sure does spend a lot of time on a golf course. (Costing taxpayers an average of $3 million per weekend.)
March 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
For someone who says he wants to “personally oversee” so many things (the Kennedy Center, the USPS, etc.) - each of which typically has multiple full-time staff managing them - he sure does spend a lot of time on a golf course. (Costing taxpayers an average of $3 million per weekend.)
You know you found the right one when you’re having a blah day and he takes you out for Shamrock Shakes for lunch.
March 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
You know you found the right one when you’re having a blah day and he takes you out for Shamrock Shakes for lunch.
I did not watch last night’s falsity fest.
Instead, I simply enjoyed knowing that for two solid hours he wouldn’t be signing unconstitutional executive orders - and we wouldn’t be paying millions of taxpayer dollars for him and the muskrat to fly to parties and photo ops.
Instead, I simply enjoyed knowing that for two solid hours he wouldn’t be signing unconstitutional executive orders - and we wouldn’t be paying millions of taxpayer dollars for him and the muskrat to fly to parties and photo ops.
March 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I did not watch last night’s falsity fest.
Instead, I simply enjoyed knowing that for two solid hours he wouldn’t be signing unconstitutional executive orders - and we wouldn’t be paying millions of taxpayer dollars for him and the muskrat to fly to parties and photo ops.
Instead, I simply enjoyed knowing that for two solid hours he wouldn’t be signing unconstitutional executive orders - and we wouldn’t be paying millions of taxpayer dollars for him and the muskrat to fly to parties and photo ops.
My Monday, so far:
Me: Find an actual job opening online. Fill in all of the usual blanks on the form. Manually fill in the data from my resume.
Site (Page 2): Please upload resume.
Me: Upload resume.
(1/3)
Me: Find an actual job opening online. Fill in all of the usual blanks on the form. Manually fill in the data from my resume.
Site (Page 2): Please upload resume.
Me: Upload resume.
(1/3)
March 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
My Monday, so far:
Me: Find an actual job opening online. Fill in all of the usual blanks on the form. Manually fill in the data from my resume.
Site (Page 2): Please upload resume.
Me: Upload resume.
(1/3)
Me: Find an actual job opening online. Fill in all of the usual blanks on the form. Manually fill in the data from my resume.
Site (Page 2): Please upload resume.
Me: Upload resume.
(1/3)