Rob Ware
@robware.bsky.social
A learner rather.
Cycling, books, games, cinema
Salt Lake City, UT
Cycling, books, games, cinema
Salt Lake City, UT
Random throwback of the rabbit and the cat in a previous garden
November 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Random throwback of the rabbit and the cat in a previous garden
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“Dulce et decorum est pro patria big dick” really wasn’t something I was expecting to read today but here we are
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
“Dulce et decorum est pro patria big dick” really wasn’t something I was expecting to read today but here we are
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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Just how I always pictured it
November 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Just how I always pictured it
Bondi called Maduro a “narco terrorist” and “a threat to national security”
We’re about to see the dumbest imaginable version of the lead up to the invasion of Iraq
We’re about to see the dumbest imaginable version of the lead up to the invasion of Iraq
November 6, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Bondi called Maduro a “narco terrorist” and “a threat to national security”
We’re about to see the dumbest imaginable version of the lead up to the invasion of Iraq
We’re about to see the dumbest imaginable version of the lead up to the invasion of Iraq
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So much time, ink, & nonsense spilled explaining why the smallest pandemic/inflation-driven anti-incumbent backlash in the entire democratic world was a Paradigm Shifting Tidal Wave Of Crisis For The Democrats. Incredibly parochial in so very many ways.
econbrowser.com/archives/202...
econbrowser.com/archives/202...
November 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
So much time, ink, & nonsense spilled explaining why the smallest pandemic/inflation-driven anti-incumbent backlash in the entire democratic world was a Paradigm Shifting Tidal Wave Of Crisis For The Democrats. Incredibly parochial in so very many ways.
econbrowser.com/archives/202...
econbrowser.com/archives/202...
What a series. These Aces ladies had the game on their phones at the party last night so we were riding the wave together
November 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
What a series. These Aces ladies had the game on their phones at the party last night so we were riding the wave together
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The LA Dodgers win the World Series
November 2, 2025 at 4:22 AM
The LA Dodgers win the World Series
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For the 6th year in a row, a player named Will Smith has won the World Series
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
For the 6th year in a row, a player named Will Smith has won the World Series
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
I love this costume. I’ll take all the Medusa things please and thank you
When I forget to put the filters on
November 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I love this costume. I’ll take all the Medusa things please and thank you
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November, a man knocking acorns out of an oak tree, Psalter of Eleanor of Aquitaine, c.1185.
November 1, 2025 at 10:27 AM
November, a man knocking acorns out of an oak tree, Psalter of Eleanor of Aquitaine, c.1185.
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“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy--they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made…”
Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)
November 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy--they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made…”
We’re such a stupid species. At this point, one of the political parties would literally poison themselves (and everyone else) to demonstrate their commitment to ideology
The decision marks one of several approvals still needed for the company’s long-standing plans to expand operations for about two decades across roughly 5,700 acres.
EPA lifts drinking water protections to advance Utah copper mine expansion
The decision marks one of several approvals still needed for the company’s long-standing plans to expand operations for about two decades across roughly 5,700 acres.
www.sltrib.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We’re such a stupid species. At this point, one of the political parties would literally poison themselves (and everyone else) to demonstrate their commitment to ideology
Luke and Lorelei from the Gilmore girls season 1, episode 2
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween!
November 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Luke and Lorelei from the Gilmore girls season 1, episode 2
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween!
Here’s to at least one more night of peanuts and Estrella Jalisco (and Halloween candy obviously obviously)
Go dodgers!
Go dodgers!
November 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Here’s to at least one more night of peanuts and Estrella Jalisco (and Halloween candy obviously obviously)
Go dodgers!
Go dodgers!
Me reading Joyce’s poems
They are not good.
I've read Bram Stoker's essays, that's how stoked I am.
October 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Me reading Joyce’s poems
Anyways baseball sucks and I’m going out for popcorn
October 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Anyways baseball sucks and I’m going out for popcorn
Blue jays: immediate home runs
Dodgers: always take the first pitch as a strike
Ugh ugh
Dodgers: always take the first pitch as a strike
Ugh ugh
October 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Blue jays: immediate home runs
Dodgers: always take the first pitch as a strike
Ugh ugh
Dodgers: always take the first pitch as a strike
Ugh ugh
ATTN doc Roberts:
Let Kiké pitch instead of Treinen
Let Kiké pitch instead of Treinen
October 30, 2025 at 12:12 AM
ATTN doc Roberts:
Let Kiké pitch instead of Treinen
Let Kiké pitch instead of Treinen
One of the few LRB issues I’ve saved. Kept it for Srinivasan’s piece
October 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
One of the few LRB issues I’ve saved. Kept it for Srinivasan’s piece
Wedding pics (as guests)
October 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Wedding pics (as guests)
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auntifa
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
auntifa
“this law isn’t just about policy. It is about flipping the script on what we’ve considered the norm for generations now: that if you’re going to be part of a community, you must help protect the other people in your community.”
“The law “not only rejects that norm […] it makes it illegal.”
“The law “not only rejects that norm […] it makes it illegal.”
I’m a journalist. I’m also an Idahoan. A couple weeks ago, I stood outside my child’s school, chatting with the school nurse. As we talked, my phone buzzed. It was a call from the person behind Idaho's new law — one that limits how a school nurse can respond if measles arrives.
My State Banned Vaccine Mandates. Here’s How I Covered It as an Idaho Journalist.
The Idaho Medical Freedom Act, which makes it illegal to require almost anyone to take a vaccine, test or other “medical intervention,” comes amid a national measles outbreak larger than the U.S. has ...
www.propublica.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
“this law isn’t just about policy. It is about flipping the script on what we’ve considered the norm for generations now: that if you’re going to be part of a community, you must help protect the other people in your community.”
“The law “not only rejects that norm […] it makes it illegal.”
“The law “not only rejects that norm […] it makes it illegal.”
It’s January 3, 2026, and World Series game three has just gone into the bottom of the 785th inning. Will Klein’s beard is tucked into his belt.
From the dugout, Schneider signals to Max Scherzer, who’s making his ninth appearance during the game, to intentionally walk Shohei Ohtani
From the dugout, Schneider signals to Max Scherzer, who’s making his ninth appearance during the game, to intentionally walk Shohei Ohtani
October 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
It’s January 3, 2026, and World Series game three has just gone into the bottom of the 785th inning. Will Klein’s beard is tucked into his belt.
From the dugout, Schneider signals to Max Scherzer, who’s making his ninth appearance during the game, to intentionally walk Shohei Ohtani
From the dugout, Schneider signals to Max Scherzer, who’s making his ninth appearance during the game, to intentionally walk Shohei Ohtani