Robin Carpenter
@robincarpenter.bsky.social
Probably should just leave the bird clone apps alone but I can't help myself!
Pro cyclist racing for Legion of Los Angeles. Based out of MA, hometown Philly
Pro cyclist racing for Legion of Los Angeles. Based out of MA, hometown Philly
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
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JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Waiting patiently for the moment when various important peoples direct connection to Epstein becomes undeniable and all of a sudden the new narrative is “oh what Epstein did wasn’t THAT bad.”
Maybe it’s already happened tho
Maybe it’s already happened tho
November 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Waiting patiently for the moment when various important peoples direct connection to Epstein becomes undeniable and all of a sudden the new narrative is “oh what Epstein did wasn’t THAT bad.”
Maybe it’s already happened tho
Maybe it’s already happened tho
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Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
You know what makes it really obvious your society is fucked? The only thing behind lock and key at the grocery store is baby formula
November 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
You know what makes it really obvious your society is fucked? The only thing behind lock and key at the grocery store is baby formula
Man a night of SOME good news finally after an entire year of feeling like we’re in a slowly crashing plane hits different
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Man a night of SOME good news finally after an entire year of feeling like we’re in a slowly crashing plane hits different
Update to windy mtb forest ride: the trees all do a good job together of hiding the majority of the woods from the wind but I did find one 4” branch that had fallen firmly wedged several inches into the dirt trail so there’s that
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Update to windy mtb forest ride: the trees all do a good job together of hiding the majority of the woods from the wind but I did find one 4” branch that had fallen firmly wedged several inches into the dirt trail so there’s that
Hmmm how stupid is it to go mountain bike in the woods during a high wind warning?
November 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Hmmm how stupid is it to go mountain bike in the woods during a high wind warning?
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New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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![Comic. Confusion matrix showing renditions of different combinations, colored yellow, tan, or gray. [Air: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Lead: gamma rays G, neutrons T, alpha particles G, light G, Sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust T, radio G, sharks G] [Water: gamma rays T, neutrons G, alpha particles G, light T, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Vacuum: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound G, heat T, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Oven mitts: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound T, heat G, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks Y] [Armor: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks T] [Biohazard suit: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust G, radio Y, sharks Y] [Faraday cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Shark cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreib7rzofmrqb5cvnyccnb7ftj6qroxtp55i4dqqnbp2ozun6gaxbkm@jpeg)
October 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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For the latest @onthemedia.bsky.social I spoke with @josephcox.bsky.social about the administration’s new-found love of content moderation as the DOJ has been pressuring Apple, Google, and Meta to remove apps and groups decided to helping people document ICE activity:
October 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
For the latest @onthemedia.bsky.social I spoke with @josephcox.bsky.social about the administration’s new-found love of content moderation as the DOJ has been pressuring Apple, Google, and Meta to remove apps and groups decided to helping people document ICE activity:
After enough time, riding a bike on the road will radicalize anyone to some key aspects of US culture
October 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
After enough time, riding a bike on the road will radicalize anyone to some key aspects of US culture
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Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.
And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.
And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.
October 16, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.
And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.
And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.
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They’re lying because they want you to support them cutting your healthcare, and they want you to blame immigrants.
- undocumented immigrants aren’t eligible for Medicaid or the ACA
- 700 rural hospitals will close
- Health insurance premiums will double, or more
- 15 million will lose coverage
- undocumented immigrants aren’t eligible for Medicaid or the ACA
- 700 rural hospitals will close
- Health insurance premiums will double, or more
- 15 million will lose coverage
Fact Check: Mike Johnson's Biggest Lies About Health Care and Undocumented Immigrants
GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson pushes the false narrative that Democrats shut down the government to fund health care for undocumented people.
www.rollingstone.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
They’re lying because they want you to support them cutting your healthcare, and they want you to blame immigrants.
- undocumented immigrants aren’t eligible for Medicaid or the ACA
- 700 rural hospitals will close
- Health insurance premiums will double, or more
- 15 million will lose coverage
- undocumented immigrants aren’t eligible for Medicaid or the ACA
- 700 rural hospitals will close
- Health insurance premiums will double, or more
- 15 million will lose coverage
“Classic vehicle”
October 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
“Classic vehicle”
Thoughts on epic vs epic evo for general New England riding and maybe some racing? Cc @latimeriidae.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Thoughts on epic vs epic evo for general New England riding and maybe some racing? Cc @latimeriidae.bsky.social
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“Now that President Donald Trump is perverting the Justice Department into an instrument of political persecution, jury nullification may be one of the only mechanisms that everyday Americans have to protect the rule of law,” Adam Serwer argues:
How Ordinary Americans Can Stop Trump’s Revenge Spree
The Founders intended jury nullification to be a tool to resist tyranny.
bit.ly
September 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“Now that President Donald Trump is perverting the Justice Department into an instrument of political persecution, jury nullification may be one of the only mechanisms that everyday Americans have to protect the rule of law,” Adam Serwer argues:
Pog just doing a training ride interval tearing the race apart on that 17% ramp at the end of Mt Kigali. Making remco look silly, even if he did have a slow leak
“Call an ambulance, but not for me” etc etc
“Call an ambulance, but not for me” etc etc
September 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Pog just doing a training ride interval tearing the race apart on that 17% ramp at the end of Mt Kigali. Making remco look silly, even if he did have a slow leak
“Call an ambulance, but not for me” etc etc
“Call an ambulance, but not for me” etc etc
Who’s he gonna fire now for these numbers?
September 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Who’s he gonna fire now for these numbers?
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I think there is literally no better way to peacefully protest than disrupting entertainment being broadcast live to millions of people...
September 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I think there is literally no better way to peacefully protest than disrupting entertainment being broadcast live to millions of people...
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There is a tongue-in-cheek unit of volume called the Hubble-barn, equal to the volume of a cylinder with cross-sectional area of one barn (100 fm^2 - about the size of a uranium nucleus) and height of one Hubble length (14.4 billion light years).
It works out to three and a half gallons.
It works out to three and a half gallons.
Ok folks: what is your favorite fact that you share with people (maybe a bit too) eagerly?
August 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
There is a tongue-in-cheek unit of volume called the Hubble-barn, equal to the volume of a cylinder with cross-sectional area of one barn (100 fm^2 - about the size of a uranium nucleus) and height of one Hubble length (14.4 billion light years).
It works out to three and a half gallons.
It works out to three and a half gallons.
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The weirdest thing about Trump deploying the National Guard to the Nation's Capital is that he still hasn't released the Epstein files despite campaigning on that pledge, probably because he's directly complicit in a massive sex trafficking operation that targeted children.
August 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The weirdest thing about Trump deploying the National Guard to the Nation's Capital is that he still hasn't released the Epstein files despite campaigning on that pledge, probably because he's directly complicit in a massive sex trafficking operation that targeted children.
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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.