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Rob Boone
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once described as "the weirdest guy i know" by a reliable source. he/him
1. seattle wins the super bowl
2. nfl teams start prioritizing defense again
3. nfl teams start prioritizing offensive lines again
4. games are once again won in the trenches
5. football is back, baby (afc north and big 10 football specifically)
February 9, 2026 at 2:24 AM
the vibes in this halftime show are impeccable
February 9, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Reposted by Rob Boone
No Kings includes Draft Kings
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
okay i'm giving anthropic props for the claude anti-ad ad. direct shot at altman
February 9, 2026 at 12:13 AM
i enjoy my football as much as the next guy but the pageantry of this particular game has always been a little nauseating. it's a football game. let's maybe chill out a bit
February 8, 2026 at 11:31 PM
"Moderation is more conventional than wise, and the most prominent cases for it badly misunderstand how politics works."
How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism
Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.
www.bostonreview.net
February 7, 2026 at 5:03 PM
ben wiseman just nailed it for the new yorker
February 5, 2026 at 8:32 PM
nothing has ever made me more uncomfortable than this story
Playing the Field with My A.I. Boyfriends
Nineteen per cent of American adults have talked to an A.I. romantic interest. Chatbots may know a lot, but do they make a good partner?
www.newyorker.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:56 AM
firmly convinced that this new era of stupid fascism is driven by the personal psychology of "because i am a giant scumbag, and because i'm both kind of an idiot and completely devoid of empathy, i believe everyone else is also a giant scumbag and therefore must be stopped at all costs"
February 4, 2026 at 4:31 PM
the actual subject of this piece is pretty fascinating but more importantly "parallel tech economy" has a very, very nice ring to it
Just in time for the Super Bowl, we asked @jank0.bsky.social to dive deep into all the aunties and uncles streaming every channel and sports feed available with generic IPTV boxes, which have created a fascinating parallel tech economy across America: www.theverge.com/streaming/87...
February 4, 2026 at 3:43 PM
the fast food worker who always has five bucks to spare for the homeless guy on the corner, the dad who knows that his quiet strength makes his family feel safer than bravado, the neighbor who puts her body between ice and the person they're trying to kidnap

these are the gods of my religion
February 4, 2026 at 3:33 PM
i *still* can't believe apple shipped this
February 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
i'm sure this will go well
Introducing the Substack TV app, now in beta
Taking subscriber video to the bigger screen
on.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:22 PM
i still miss apollo and tweetbot
February 3, 2026 at 7:16 PM
DO NOT MAKE ME BECOME AN ORLANDO MAGIC FAN
February 3, 2026 at 6:54 PM
all my life, and to this day, i have occasionally stumbled on words i do not know. i add them to my word garden to familiarize myself, and usually feel a mild pang of embarrassment for not having known the word

today i stumbled on “quaquaversally” and... wtf is this word. this cannot be a real word
February 2, 2026 at 10:09 PM
"That content strategy my client is waiting for seems pretty damn stupid right now. The CAC of LTV of the YoY ROI? Get a fucking life."

one of the least important aspects of what's going on, but i hope that when this is over this trend of more marketers saying the quiet parts out loud sticks
I don’t wanna write a Substack this week
How to ‘job’ in the midst of upheaval and violence
newsletter.aroundthebonfire.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:28 PM
“We have a nice little database and now you’re considered a domestic terrorist.”

this is about purging voter rolls
ICE Making List of Anyone Who Films Them
“We have a nice little database and now you’re considered a domestic terrorist.”
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:32 PM
"People who didn't know anything, who kept themselves scared all the time, and who held a grudge against the rest of humanity because of how ignorant and frightened that bigger world's existence made them feel, handed weapons to other people who felt the same way, and told them to figure it out."
Fascists Are Pathetic | Defector
Two days before a shouting cluster of its agents surrounded the car of a Minneapolis mother and shot her to death last week, ICE was demanding answers from the Hilton hotel group on Twitter. “Why did ...
defector.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:23 PM
"we live on a floating rock and we pay for water. i need you to really sit with that."
do you ever feel like the world ended and nobody told us
notes from a generation that can feel the implosion and mourning of a future we were promised
amieboakye.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Reposted by Rob Boone
This hit so fucking hard today.
January 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
horizon forbidden west has been my escape the past couple of weeks, and i don’t think i’ve ever loved a game i hate so much
January 27, 2026 at 3:26 PM
i still have an acrid taste in my mouth from brady/bellichick so i wish these vrabel/maye patriots were easier to dislike
January 25, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Reposted by Rob Boone
Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
January 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Reposted by Rob Boone
Hundreds of people are walking towards the federal paramilitary who *just murdered a guy this morning* with their hands raised. The courage of people who live here is stunning.
January 24, 2026 at 6:12 PM