Robin Johnson
@robinjohnson.bsky.social
Interactive fiction/gamedev/writer, audiodramatist
๐๏ธ Producer/writer/HPL in @midnightpals.bsky.social podcast
๐ IFComp, Xyzzys
๐จโ๐ป XP: Gute Fabrik, Kythera
๐พ versificator.itch.io
๐ADHAu
covid is still a thing
nazis are bad
"ai" "art" is neither
he/him
๐๏ธ Producer/writer/HPL in @midnightpals.bsky.social podcast
๐ IFComp, Xyzzys
๐จโ๐ป XP: Gute Fabrik, Kythera
๐พ versificator.itch.io
๐ADHAu
covid is still a thing
nazis are bad
"ai" "art" is neither
he/him
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Robin Johnson
@robinjohnson.bsky.social
ยท Jan 16
Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals
Each week, a group of storytellers gathers around a campfire. There's world-weary club MC Edgar Allan Poe, nerd dad Stephen King, violent goth Mary Shelley, squid-obsessed wimp HP Lovecraft, and other...
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"Have you ever been in an aeroplane?"
"No, but I've been upstairs in a bus on my own" - Spike Milligan, being interviewed when conscripted for WW2
"No, but I've been upstairs in a bus on my own" - Spike Milligan, being interviewed when conscripted for WW2
February 10, 2026 at 2:11 PM
"Have you ever been in an aeroplane?"
"No, but I've been upstairs in a bus on my own" - Spike Milligan, being interviewed when conscripted for WW2
"No, but I've been upstairs in a bus on my own" - Spike Milligan, being interviewed when conscripted for WW2
(I know this isn't your point, but we totally did. The Soviets would have had to be in on it, for one thing)
February 10, 2026 at 2:08 PM
(I know this isn't your point, but we totally did. The Soviets would have had to be in on it, for one thing)
They're not lying, they're thrusting facts into the past
February 10, 2026 at 2:07 PM
They're not lying, they're thrusting facts into the past
(He's always been slightly disappointed that my sister and I are right-handed. He wouldn't dream of saying it, but we can tell)
February 10, 2026 at 11:06 AM
(He's always been slightly disappointed that my sister and I are right-handed. He wouldn't dream of saying it, but we can tell)
My dad's left-handed, as was his dad. My grandad was a quiet know-your-place proletarian but his leftiness was the one thing he was defiant about. When my dad went to school in the 1950s, my grandad told him: if they tell you to write with your right hand, get up, walk out & come home
February 10, 2026 at 11:04 AM
My dad's left-handed, as was his dad. My grandad was a quiet know-your-place proletarian but his leftiness was the one thing he was defiant about. When my dad went to school in the 1950s, my grandad told him: if they tell you to write with your right hand, get up, walk out & come home
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always so funny to me when people are like โhow am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?โ my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. โwhy did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?โ I donโt know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 2:51 AM
always so funny to me when people are like โhow am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?โ my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. โwhy did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?โ I donโt know. please ask me about Gay
"Hรฉlo, Budapest People's Glorious State Plumbers?"
"I've got a burst pipe"
"You are on our waiting list and someone will be with you in three years"
"Can you make it the afternoon? I've got the electrician coming in the morning"
"I've got a burst pipe"
"You are on our waiting list and someone will be with you in three years"
"Can you make it the afternoon? I've got the electrician coming in the morning"
February 10, 2026 at 10:50 AM
"Hรฉlo, Budapest People's Glorious State Plumbers?"
"I've got a burst pipe"
"You are on our waiting list and someone will be with you in three years"
"Can you make it the afternoon? I've got the electrician coming in the morning"
"I've got a burst pipe"
"You are on our waiting list and someone will be with you in three years"
"Can you make it the afternoon? I've got the electrician coming in the morning"
February 9, 2026 at 11:57 PM
(you are an expert on this and I'm not! Just adding anecdata because I think it's interesting)
I'd be surprised to hear Yankee in full here; it almost feels it'd be more likely to be used when talking about the northern/southern divide in the US. But I'd def understand it as "USian" in context
I'd be surprised to hear Yankee in full here; it almost feels it'd be more likely to be used when talking about the northern/southern divide in the US. But I'd def understand it as "USian" in context
February 9, 2026 at 12:22 PM
(you are an expert on this and I'm not! Just adding anecdata because I think it's interesting)
I'd be surprised to hear Yankee in full here; it almost feels it'd be more likely to be used when talking about the northern/southern divide in the US. But I'd def understand it as "USian" in context
I'd be surprised to hear Yankee in full here; it almost feels it'd be more likely to be used when talking about the northern/southern divide in the US. But I'd def understand it as "USian" in context
In the UK I've heard yank a lot (any American, not a compliment, not *necessarily* an insult), but not yankee
February 9, 2026 at 12:12 PM
In the UK I've heard yank a lot (any American, not a compliment, not *necessarily* an insult), but not yankee
It's curtains for him!!!!
February 9, 2026 at 11:47 AM
It's curtains for him!!!!
He thinks it's a magic window to a nether realm that lets him talk to a demon who insults him
February 9, 2026 at 11:45 AM
He thinks it's a magic window to a nether realm that lets him talk to a demon who insults him
I initially read this as Jucika attempting to shake hands with the groom at a wedding, who then held her desperately and burst into tears because he wasn't marrying Jucika
February 9, 2026 at 11:42 AM
I initially read this as Jucika attempting to shake hands with the groom at a wedding, who then held her desperately and burst into tears because he wasn't marrying Jucika
Someone was horribly, personally rude to Watson and let me tell you rude character, you evaded an asskicking by being fictional
February 9, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Someone was horribly, personally rude to Watson and let me tell you rude character, you evaded an asskicking by being fictional
He deserves this
February 8, 2026 at 9:14 PM
He deserves this
The stuttering of the G implies he's been saying *the word* "gulp" (and presumably "yowl", "gasp" etc) all along, the bastard
February 8, 2026 at 4:52 PM
The stuttering of the G implies he's been saying *the word* "gulp" (and presumably "yowl", "gasp" etc) all along, the bastard
yeah, funny how nobody was complaining BEFORE it turned out Mandelson was a lying criminal and good pals with a child trafficking supervillain, bloody opportunists
February 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM
yeah, funny how nobody was complaining BEFORE it turned out Mandelson was a lying criminal and good pals with a child trafficking supervillain, bloody opportunists
(then build Tilly's future high school on the historic launch site)
February 8, 2026 at 2:09 PM
(then build Tilly's future high school on the historic launch site)
I love that Elon Musk wants to "make Star Trek real" because the canonical first step in making Star Trek real would be to dunk Elon Musk in liquid nitrogen and yeet his corpse into space
My latest @newscientist.com column for subscribers and library patrons is about Elon Muskโs attempts to co-opt Star Trek and how Mars is actually a hostile planet ๐งช๐ญ
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
Why Elon Musk has misunderstood the point of Star Trek
As Elon Musk and Pete Hegseth talk about wanting to make Star Trek real, long-time fan Chanda Prescod-Weinstein says they've misconstrued the heart of the story
www.newscientist.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:07 PM
I love that Elon Musk wants to "make Star Trek real" because the canonical first step in making Star Trek real would be to dunk Elon Musk in liquid nitrogen and yeet his corpse into space
No. I took a remote course once but it was hopeless as I couldn't read any of the textbooks
February 8, 2026 at 1:44 PM
No. I took a remote course once but it was hopeless as I couldn't read any of the textbooks
OMG STOP. This shite is FAR less convincing than seances, and I say that as a recovering Annoying Atheist who's about as spiritual as a bag of chips.
February 8, 2026 at 1:22 PM
OMG STOP. This shite is FAR less convincing than seances, and I say that as a recovering Annoying Atheist who's about as spiritual as a bag of chips.
ah, so he's just incompetent
February 8, 2026 at 1:15 PM
ah, so he's just incompetent
Listen to Professor Nest, Nest Expert over here
February 8, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Listen to Professor Nest, Nest Expert over here