Robert Lin
@robertl.in
Every court needs a jester. 🙂
Building #atproto stuff in public bc I believe in an open web.
🧬 robertl.in/xna 📝 robertlin.substack.com
🕰️ @now.robertl.in 📜 @history.robertl.in
🦋 Joined: Feb 6, 2024 📍 Cincinnati, Ohio - USA 🍄 Chaga
Building #atproto stuff in public bc I believe in an open web.
🧬 robertl.in/xna 📝 robertlin.substack.com
🕰️ @now.robertl.in 📜 @history.robertl.in
🦋 Joined: Feb 6, 2024 📍 Cincinnati, Ohio - USA 🍄 Chaga
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Robert Lin
@robertl.in
· Oct 12
Robert Lin
If you feel lost, laugh and create
open.substack.com
Loved doing this w/ @codenprose.bsky.social!🥳
Notes:
0. Omg, I ramble A LOT. I apologize! Pls listen to this on 2x.😅
1. Paraphrasing @jay.bsky.team: "Today's [Substack] could be tmr's adversary." Curation's the next big thing. Whoever who builds SS on top of @atproto.com will become a millionaire!
Notes:
0. Omg, I ramble A LOT. I apologize! Pls listen to this on 2x.😅
1. Paraphrasing @jay.bsky.team: "Today's [Substack] could be tmr's adversary." Curation's the next big thing. Whoever who builds SS on top of @atproto.com will become a millionaire!
Generative AI is essentially the "Materializer Microwave" from Star Trek. The device where you just request whatever you want and then it constructs it at the molecular level, atom-by-atom. 3D printers is also similar. They're all bottom-up generation processes vs top-down processes used previously.
February 17, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Generative AI is essentially the "Materializer Microwave" from Star Trek. The device where you just request whatever you want and then it constructs it at the molecular level, atom-by-atom. 3D printers is also similar. They're all bottom-up generation processes vs top-down processes used previously.
@samwho.dev Saw this and immediately thought of you! 🙂
In graph theory, there are algorithms that find the shortest path between two nodes. I made one with pure CSS (including the graph drawing).
Drag the nodes, and the shortest path will update in real-time!
css-tip.com/graph-theory/
A fun demo powered by all the modern & cool CSS features 🤩
Drag the nodes, and the shortest path will update in real-time!
css-tip.com/graph-theory/
A fun demo powered by all the modern & cool CSS features 🤩
February 17, 2026 at 8:50 AM
@samwho.dev Saw this and immediately thought of you! 🙂
Genuinely incredible work by PsyopAnime over on YouTube right now. Truly next-level AI anime quality they're putting out. Pure art. 🔥👌
youtu.be/ZuZWjjiG6lM?...
youtu.be/ZuZWjjiG6lM?...
PsyopAnime Epstein Files preview - Pam Bondi
YouTube video by PsyopAnime
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Genuinely incredible work by PsyopAnime over on YouTube right now. Truly next-level AI anime quality they're putting out. Pure art. 🔥👌
youtu.be/ZuZWjjiG6lM?...
youtu.be/ZuZWjjiG6lM?...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fLC...
This looks SO good. 😂 Has anyone watched this yet? Wuthering Heights!!
This looks SO good. 😂 Has anyone watched this yet? Wuthering Heights!!
February 15, 2026 at 3:01 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fLC...
This looks SO good. 😂 Has anyone watched this yet? Wuthering Heights!!
This looks SO good. 😂 Has anyone watched this yet? Wuthering Heights!!
We're getting there! AI Brad Pitt fights AI Tom Cruise: youtu.be/23qpkGQdi1g?...
AI Tom Cruise fights Brad Pitt
YouTube video by James Doty
youtu.be
February 15, 2026 at 2:05 PM
We're getting there! AI Brad Pitt fights AI Tom Cruise: youtu.be/23qpkGQdi1g?...
"Orwell is no more free to be himself, to break convention, than a slave would be in the presence of a tyrannical master. If subordination requires a credible performance of humility and deference, so domination seems to require a credible performance of haughtiness and mastery."
-- James C. Scott
-- James C. Scott
February 14, 2026 at 9:31 PM
"Orwell is no more free to be himself, to break convention, than a slave would be in the presence of a tyrannical master. If subordination requires a credible performance of humility and deference, so domination seems to require a credible performance of haughtiness and mastery."
-- James C. Scott
-- James C. Scott
Reposted by Robert Lin
From Character Limit: Twitter spent "tens of millions" on their 3-day OneTeam event in Houston in Jan2020. One night, they even rented out all of Minute Maid Park(home of the Houston Astros)for fireworks.
Reading CL, it's clear that Twitter was horribly mismanaged. Costs were wildly out of control.
Reading CL, it's clear that Twitter was horribly mismanaged. Costs were wildly out of control.
December 22, 2024 at 2:32 AM
From Character Limit: Twitter spent "tens of millions" on their 3-day OneTeam event in Houston in Jan2020. One night, they even rented out all of Minute Maid Park(home of the Houston Astros)for fireworks.
Reading CL, it's clear that Twitter was horribly mismanaged. Costs were wildly out of control.
Reading CL, it's clear that Twitter was horribly mismanaged. Costs were wildly out of control.
"The best way to predict the future is to invent it" is a famous aphorism by computer scientist Alan Kay in the 1970s, emphasizing that proactive creation shapes destiny better than passive anticipation. It encourages [ppl] to actively design, create, and act rather than merely reacting to change.
February 13, 2026 at 3:50 PM
"The best way to predict the future is to invent it" is a famous aphorism by computer scientist Alan Kay in the 1970s, emphasizing that proactive creation shapes destiny better than passive anticipation. It encourages [ppl] to actively design, create, and act rather than merely reacting to change.
Warren Buffett dropping wisdom in his 2010 annual shareholder letter:
"...the third best investment I ever made was the purchase of my home... (The two best investments were wedding rings.) For the $31,500 I paid for our house, my family and I gained 52 years of terrific memories..."
"...the third best investment I ever made was the purchase of my home... (The two best investments were wedding rings.) For the $31,500 I paid for our house, my family and I gained 52 years of terrific memories..."
February 13, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Warren Buffett dropping wisdom in his 2010 annual shareholder letter:
"...the third best investment I ever made was the purchase of my home... (The two best investments were wedding rings.) For the $31,500 I paid for our house, my family and I gained 52 years of terrific memories..."
"...the third best investment I ever made was the purchase of my home... (The two best investments were wedding rings.) For the $31,500 I paid for our house, my family and I gained 52 years of terrific memories..."
open.spotify.com/episode/6WOX...
Are you a lonely artist looking for your ppl? Trying to find your squad? Other folks who also believe creativity is fundamental to the human soul? Last week, @metalabel.bsky.social released a new community! It's free to join; instructions on how in this week's ep!
Are you a lonely artist looking for your ppl? Trying to find your squad? Other folks who also believe creativity is fundamental to the human soul? Last week, @metalabel.bsky.social released a new community! It's free to join; instructions on how in this week's ep!
February 13, 2026 at 12:44 AM
open.spotify.com/episode/6WOX...
Are you a lonely artist looking for your ppl? Trying to find your squad? Other folks who also believe creativity is fundamental to the human soul? Last week, @metalabel.bsky.social released a new community! It's free to join; instructions on how in this week's ep!
Are you a lonely artist looking for your ppl? Trying to find your squad? Other folks who also believe creativity is fundamental to the human soul? Last week, @metalabel.bsky.social released a new community! It's free to join; instructions on how in this week's ep!
Whenever I think ab LA, I think ab this great piece that @jdahl.bsky.social shared w/ me last yr (substack.com/@jdahl/note/...):
www.bldgblog.com/2007/10/grea...
"No one’s going to save you; no one’s looking out for you. It’s the only city I know where that’s the explicit premise of living there."
www.bldgblog.com/2007/10/grea...
"No one’s going to save you; no one’s looking out for you. It’s the only city I know where that’s the explicit premise of living there."
Greater Los Angeles
I got back from Los Angeles last night and my head is still spinning. I’d move there again in a heartbeat.There are three great cities in the United States: there’s Los Angeles, Chicago…
www.bldgblog.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Whenever I think ab LA, I think ab this great piece that @jdahl.bsky.social shared w/ me last yr (substack.com/@jdahl/note/...):
www.bldgblog.com/2007/10/grea...
"No one’s going to save you; no one’s looking out for you. It’s the only city I know where that’s the explicit premise of living there."
www.bldgblog.com/2007/10/grea...
"No one’s going to save you; no one’s looking out for you. It’s the only city I know where that’s the explicit premise of living there."
Reposted by Robert Lin
@timour.bsky.social - I think you'd like this new pod: "New Creative Era", by Josh Citarella+Yancey Strickler!
Ever since I learned ab Metalabel from you, I've been following their work; am a fan! Btw, would love to see more Edge City stuff here on bsky! #atproto is a perfect fit for that vision!!
Ever since I learned ab Metalabel from you, I've been following their work; am a fan! Btw, would love to see more Edge City stuff here on bsky! #atproto is a perfect fit for that vision!!
How to create context and release your work (New Creative Era 001)
The first episode of a new podcast from Joshua Citarella, Yancey Strickler, and Metalabel
metalabel.substack.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
@timour.bsky.social - I think you'd like this new pod: "New Creative Era", by Josh Citarella+Yancey Strickler!
Ever since I learned ab Metalabel from you, I've been following their work; am a fan! Btw, would love to see more Edge City stuff here on bsky! #atproto is a perfect fit for that vision!!
Ever since I learned ab Metalabel from you, I've been following their work; am a fan! Btw, would love to see more Edge City stuff here on bsky! #atproto is a perfect fit for that vision!!
open.spotify.com/episode/0NrM...
In New Zealand if you go with your parent to a bar you can buy a drink for the 14-year-old because the parent is there. In New Zealand they call this the "resilience model" to try to help kids acclimate to alcohol vs the American model where there's no acclamation.
In New Zealand if you go with your parent to a bar you can buy a drink for the 14-year-old because the parent is there. In New Zealand they call this the "resilience model" to try to help kids acclimate to alcohol vs the American model where there's no acclamation.
February 11, 2026 at 5:14 AM
open.spotify.com/episode/0NrM...
In New Zealand if you go with your parent to a bar you can buy a drink for the 14-year-old because the parent is there. In New Zealand they call this the "resilience model" to try to help kids acclimate to alcohol vs the American model where there's no acclamation.
In New Zealand if you go with your parent to a bar you can buy a drink for the 14-year-old because the parent is there. In New Zealand they call this the "resilience model" to try to help kids acclimate to alcohol vs the American model where there's no acclamation.
youtu.be/G6FuWd4wNd8?...
Super Bowl LX's halftime show is the best I've ever seen. Just watched it! 👏 Incredible creativity and storytelling. This is the first music I've ever heard from Bad Bunny. What a talent! I'll definitely be keeping an eye on him!!
(Loved the part with the Grammy!! 💯🔥)
Super Bowl LX's halftime show is the best I've ever seen. Just watched it! 👏 Incredible creativity and storytelling. This is the first music I've ever heard from Bad Bunny. What a talent! I'll definitely be keeping an eye on him!!
(Loved the part with the Grammy!! 💯🔥)
Bad Bunny's Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show
YouTube video by NFL
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 11:30 PM
youtu.be/G6FuWd4wNd8?...
Super Bowl LX's halftime show is the best I've ever seen. Just watched it! 👏 Incredible creativity and storytelling. This is the first music I've ever heard from Bad Bunny. What a talent! I'll definitely be keeping an eye on him!!
(Loved the part with the Grammy!! 💯🔥)
Super Bowl LX's halftime show is the best I've ever seen. Just watched it! 👏 Incredible creativity and storytelling. This is the first music I've ever heard from Bad Bunny. What a talent! I'll definitely be keeping an eye on him!!
(Loved the part with the Grammy!! 💯🔥)
robertlin.substack.com/p/61-4-bezos...
#61.4 | Bezos: "My master plan to save The Washington Post from AI is working beautifully"
"Everyone thought AI would devastate newsrooms," said the billionaire. "Thanks to my efforts, there won't be anything left to devastate."
#61.4 | Bezos: "My master plan to save The Washington Post from AI is working beautifully"
"Everyone thought AI would devastate newsrooms," said the billionaire. "Thanks to my efforts, there won't be anything left to devastate."
February 9, 2026 at 5:11 PM
robertlin.substack.com/p/61-4-bezos...
#61.4 | Bezos: "My master plan to save The Washington Post from AI is working beautifully"
"Everyone thought AI would devastate newsrooms," said the billionaire. "Thanks to my efforts, there won't be anything left to devastate."
#61.4 | Bezos: "My master plan to save The Washington Post from AI is working beautifully"
"Everyone thought AI would devastate newsrooms," said the billionaire. "Thanks to my efforts, there won't be anything left to devastate."
Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
This chapter ab the secret "Facebook Feminist Fight Club" FB group that describes the internally developed #ally bot that gives men special badges on their internal FB profiles when they publicly stand up for women in meetings is absolutely hilarious to me. 😂
This chapter ab the secret "Facebook Feminist Fight Club" FB group that describes the internally developed #ally bot that gives men special badges on their internal FB profiles when they publicly stand up for women in meetings is absolutely hilarious to me. 😂
February 9, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
This chapter ab the secret "Facebook Feminist Fight Club" FB group that describes the internally developed #ally bot that gives men special badges on their internal FB profiles when they publicly stand up for women in meetings is absolutely hilarious to me. 😂
This chapter ab the secret "Facebook Feminist Fight Club" FB group that describes the internally developed #ally bot that gives men special badges on their internal FB profiles when they publicly stand up for women in meetings is absolutely hilarious to me. 😂
"When you love with the whole of your heart, there is always the possibility of being hurt. Of having your entire world burn down and left in ruin. But I ask you then, what is the alternative? To never love at all? Because that, a world where you never love with all you have, is a hell even worse."
February 8, 2026 at 2:13 PM
"When you love with the whole of your heart, there is always the possibility of being hurt. Of having your entire world burn down and left in ruin. But I ask you then, what is the alternative? To never love at all? Because that, a world where you never love with all you have, is a hell even worse."
share.google/aimode/WxkF2...
What I especially love ab Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus's story is that *after* he wrecks the Aequi tribe in the Alban Hills and saves the Roman army, Cincinnatus then *returns to his farm* to chill.😎 What a legend!! Leaders like George Washington took after his example.
What I especially love ab Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus's story is that *after* he wrecks the Aequi tribe in the Alban Hills and saves the Roman army, Cincinnatus then *returns to his farm* to chill.😎 What a legend!! Leaders like George Washington took after his example.
February 8, 2026 at 1:12 PM
share.google/aimode/WxkF2...
What I especially love ab Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus's story is that *after* he wrecks the Aequi tribe in the Alban Hills and saves the Roman army, Cincinnatus then *returns to his farm* to chill.😎 What a legend!! Leaders like George Washington took after his example.
What I especially love ab Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus's story is that *after* he wrecks the Aequi tribe in the Alban Hills and saves the Roman army, Cincinnatus then *returns to his farm* to chill.😎 What a legend!! Leaders like George Washington took after his example.
Reposted by Robert Lin
Some timeless wisdom from @choldgraf.com:
"Don’t build castles in other people’s kingdoms" and "you should create the most value in spaces that you control, and leverage platforms that others control to direct attention and value to your own spaces."
chrisholdgraf.com/blog/2024/bl...
"Don’t build castles in other people’s kingdoms" and "you should create the most value in spaces that you control, and leverage platforms that others control to direct attention and value to your own spaces."
chrisholdgraf.com/blog/2024/bl...
December 30, 2024 at 3:07 AM
Some timeless wisdom from @choldgraf.com:
"Don’t build castles in other people’s kingdoms" and "you should create the most value in spaces that you control, and leverage platforms that others control to direct attention and value to your own spaces."
chrisholdgraf.com/blog/2024/bl...
"Don’t build castles in other people’s kingdoms" and "you should create the most value in spaces that you control, and leverage platforms that others control to direct attention and value to your own spaces."
chrisholdgraf.com/blog/2024/bl...
Reading "Domination and the Arts of Resistance - Hidden Transcripts" by James C. Scott
February 8, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Reading "Domination and the Arts of Resistance - Hidden Transcripts" by James C. Scott
Reposted by Robert Lin
youtu.be/gzu7zW1vp4U?...
Season 1, Ep 4: "Start Line" in My Hero Academia is my favorite ep in all of anime. Both this scene and the All Might holocast scene at the end when Uraraka's trying to share her points w/ Midoriya. I've watched them ~10,000 times for ~9 years now. Still tear up every time.
Season 1, Ep 4: "Start Line" in My Hero Academia is my favorite ep in all of anime. Both this scene and the All Might holocast scene at the end when Uraraka's trying to share her points w/ Midoriya. I've watched them ~10,000 times for ~9 years now. Still tear up every time.
December 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
youtu.be/gzu7zW1vp4U?...
Season 1, Ep 4: "Start Line" in My Hero Academia is my favorite ep in all of anime. Both this scene and the All Might holocast scene at the end when Uraraka's trying to share her points w/ Midoriya. I've watched them ~10,000 times for ~9 years now. Still tear up every time.
Season 1, Ep 4: "Start Line" in My Hero Academia is my favorite ep in all of anime. Both this scene and the All Might holocast scene at the end when Uraraka's trying to share her points w/ Midoriya. I've watched them ~10,000 times for ~9 years now. Still tear up every time.
robertl.in/e61_3
#61.3 | State that spent $15 billion over 17 years to lay 0 miles of high-speed rail proposes higher taxes for billionaires
"Clearly, we just need more money," said Congressman Khanna in a statement. "With enough money, no amount of incompetence and ineptitude can stop us."
#61.3 | State that spent $15 billion over 17 years to lay 0 miles of high-speed rail proposes higher taxes for billionaires
"Clearly, we just need more money," said Congressman Khanna in a statement. "With enough money, no amount of incompetence and ineptitude can stop us."
February 6, 2026 at 6:14 PM
robertl.in/e61_3
#61.3 | State that spent $15 billion over 17 years to lay 0 miles of high-speed rail proposes higher taxes for billionaires
"Clearly, we just need more money," said Congressman Khanna in a statement. "With enough money, no amount of incompetence and ineptitude can stop us."
#61.3 | State that spent $15 billion over 17 years to lay 0 miles of high-speed rail proposes higher taxes for billionaires
"Clearly, we just need more money," said Congressman Khanna in a statement. "With enough money, no amount of incompetence and ineptitude can stop us."
I've really enjoyed starting to write satire every Mon/Wed/Fri in February. It's given a great reason and vehicle to pay more attention to the news and what's going on in the world. Highly recommend everyone give fiction writing a try, even if you never sell it for money. It's good for your soul!!
February 6, 2026 at 4:45 AM
I've really enjoyed starting to write satire every Mon/Wed/Fri in February. It's given a great reason and vehicle to pay more attention to the news and what's going on in the world. Highly recommend everyone give fiction writing a try, even if you never sell it for money. It's good for your soul!!
#61.2 | Economists who destroyed millions of American jobs baffled why they've lost all credibility with Americans [SATIRE]
"I just don't get why Americans don't trust us," said one economist. "We'd gotten free trade w/ China entirely wrong 25 years ago and it's as if everyone still remembers that"
"I just don't get why Americans don't trust us," said one economist. "We'd gotten free trade w/ China entirely wrong 25 years ago and it's as if everyone still remembers that"
February 4, 2026 at 5:13 PM
#61.2 | Economists who destroyed millions of American jobs baffled why they've lost all credibility with Americans [SATIRE]
"I just don't get why Americans don't trust us," said one economist. "We'd gotten free trade w/ China entirely wrong 25 years ago and it's as if everyone still remembers that"
"I just don't get why Americans don't trust us," said one economist. "We'd gotten free trade w/ China entirely wrong 25 years ago and it's as if everyone still remembers that"
I was writing my monthly dispatch last Saturday and reflecting on what I'd learned after reading Moby Dick so many years ago. (It was for college 20+ years ago and I honestly don't remember much.) But what I do remember is I'd taken away from Herman's novel an important life lesson about creativity:
February 3, 2026 at 5:05 PM
I was writing my monthly dispatch last Saturday and reflecting on what I'd learned after reading Moby Dick so many years ago. (It was for college 20+ years ago and I honestly don't remember much.) But what I do remember is I'd taken away from Herman's novel an important life lesson about creativity: