Robert Rubin
@robrubindo.bsky.social
Player of Destiny, Pediatrician, guitar nonsense.
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It is officially December 1st, which means Christmas is a mere 24 days away, so please enjoy 'Get Low' by Lil' Jon & The East Side Boyz as a Christmas carol.
December 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It is officially December 1st, which means Christmas is a mere 24 days away, so please enjoy 'Get Low' by Lil' Jon & The East Side Boyz as a Christmas carol.
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A Bob Ross painting from 1986 has been purchased for over $1 Million in support of public broadcasting. https://bit.ly/3XOr8Fp
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
A Bob Ross painting from 1986 has been purchased for over $1 Million in support of public broadcasting. https://bit.ly/3XOr8Fp
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Kids these days have never fought over who gets to advance the projector on Film Strip Day and it shows.
November 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Kids these days have never fought over who gets to advance the projector on Film Strip Day and it shows.
Kids these days have never fought over who gets to advance the projector on Film Strip Day and it shows.
November 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Kids these days have never fought over who gets to advance the projector on Film Strip Day and it shows.
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Here’s @sarahjeong.bsky.social somehow going even harder than the T-shirt at the AI-copyright conference: “[AI companies] have ushered in a wholesale destruction of human knowledge and culture that is as significant as the burning of the Library of Alexandria.”
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Here’s @sarahjeong.bsky.social somehow going even harder than the T-shirt at the AI-copyright conference: “[AI companies] have ushered in a wholesale destruction of human knowledge and culture that is as significant as the burning of the Library of Alexandria.”
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AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
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Contrast this with the response of a president who was an actual decent human being.
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Contrast this with the response of a president who was an actual decent human being.
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Dick Cheney descends to hell as a Muslim man ascends to mayor of NYC. It's a good day.
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Dick Cheney descends to hell as a Muslim man ascends to mayor of NYC. It's a good day.
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"Torment Nexus" comes from this tweet and is often used now to describe the kind of negative experiences you can have with social networks, like getting dogpiled or harassed or being pushed into conflict
October 31, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"Torment Nexus" comes from this tweet and is often used now to describe the kind of negative experiences you can have with social networks, like getting dogpiled or harassed or being pushed into conflict
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Oh, you like baseball huh?
Well, we’re going to sit here while you smoke this whole pack of baseball and THEN we’ll see how you feel.
Well, we’re going to sit here while you smoke this whole pack of baseball and THEN we’ll see how you feel.
October 28, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Oh, you like baseball huh?
Well, we’re going to sit here while you smoke this whole pack of baseball and THEN we’ll see how you feel.
Well, we’re going to sit here while you smoke this whole pack of baseball and THEN we’ll see how you feel.
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this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
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MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally:
October 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally:
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If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
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Real opening paragraph in an Official Nintendo Magazine feature
"I once punched my younger brother so hard in the chest that he vomited up that morning's breakfast - cornflakes mainly. It wasn't technically the Heimlich manoevre, as he wasn't choking and I wasn't trying to save him-"
"I once punched my younger brother so hard in the chest that he vomited up that morning's breakfast - cornflakes mainly. It wasn't technically the Heimlich manoevre, as he wasn't choking and I wasn't trying to save him-"
March 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Real opening paragraph in an Official Nintendo Magazine feature
"I once punched my younger brother so hard in the chest that he vomited up that morning's breakfast - cornflakes mainly. It wasn't technically the Heimlich manoevre, as he wasn't choking and I wasn't trying to save him-"
"I once punched my younger brother so hard in the chest that he vomited up that morning's breakfast - cornflakes mainly. It wasn't technically the Heimlich manoevre, as he wasn't choking and I wasn't trying to save him-"
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This is an amazing breakthrough! www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This is an amazing breakthrough! www.bbc.com/news/article...
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been raptured for 90 mins now. lines are insane. VERY disorganized. scalpers by east entrance
September 23, 2025 at 5:53 AM
been raptured for 90 mins now. lines are insane. VERY disorganized. scalpers by east entrance
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If you have been raptured, REMAIN IN LINE
September 23, 2025 at 7:05 AM
If you have been raptured, REMAIN IN LINE
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There's a wrong way and a right way to report this
September 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
There's a wrong way and a right way to report this
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this exists it is called thinking
September 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
this exists it is called thinking
The Best of Bread. That album was in every car my father owned. 8 Track, cassette, CD. Always there.
September 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The Best of Bread. That album was in every car my father owned. 8 Track, cassette, CD. Always there.
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September 8, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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![Merriam-Webster
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@merriam-webster.c... • 17h
enshittification noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
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Gold Yoshi @goldyoshi.bsky.social
[Screenshot of the enshittification page on Merriam Websters website. It says where does enshittification come from and the entire page is covered in ads]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:g2p3bnbzcvcbohfpvjxfazqv/bafkreicqj6ceehevsgs4dhtajor6aehaismo6dwhcy4vdrqozqusqptpii@jpeg)