Rob
@thedreadfulpoint.bsky.social
Pamphleteer (he/him) | serial & short fiction
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NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 2:04 AM
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
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Sorry for limited skeets; frozen fingers!
Large Chicago crowd has hit the streets in protest of the U.S. bombing of Venezuela and kidnapping of President Maduro.
Large Chicago crowd has hit the streets in protest of the U.S. bombing of Venezuela and kidnapping of President Maduro.
January 3, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Sorry for limited skeets; frozen fingers!
Large Chicago crowd has hit the streets in protest of the U.S. bombing of Venezuela and kidnapping of President Maduro.
Large Chicago crowd has hit the streets in protest of the U.S. bombing of Venezuela and kidnapping of President Maduro.
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Huge rally and march today in NYC against the war on Venezuela. Get ready for a big thread of photos.
Rally started in Times Square. Maybe 1000 people. Organizers from Peoples Forum NYC, Nodutol, the NYCPYM, Black Alliance for Peace and more spoke.
Rally started in Times Square. Maybe 1000 people. Organizers from Peoples Forum NYC, Nodutol, the NYCPYM, Black Alliance for Peace and more spoke.
January 4, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Huge rally and march today in NYC against the war on Venezuela. Get ready for a big thread of photos.
Rally started in Times Square. Maybe 1000 people. Organizers from Peoples Forum NYC, Nodutol, the NYCPYM, Black Alliance for Peace and more spoke.
Rally started in Times Square. Maybe 1000 people. Organizers from Peoples Forum NYC, Nodutol, the NYCPYM, Black Alliance for Peace and more spoke.
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Days after his third dementia screening in six months the president of the United States, who is an open pedophile, abducts a foreign head of state
January 3, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Days after his third dementia screening in six months the president of the United States, who is an open pedophile, abducts a foreign head of state
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If you are younger than 83, you have never seen the US drop a single bomb as a formally declared act of war according to its constitution.
June 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
If you are younger than 83, you have never seen the US drop a single bomb as a formally declared act of war according to its constitution.
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calm down what usually happens in cases like this is we are welcomed as liberators but we carefully plan for any bumps in the road
January 3, 2026 at 5:42 PM
calm down what usually happens in cases like this is we are welcomed as liberators but we carefully plan for any bumps in the road
People love it when we do that
Trump on Venezuela: We are going to run the country until a judicious transition can take place.
January 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
People love it when we do that
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it is incredible that the entire high level legal apparatus of the United States is "anything that helps people is impossible, anything that kills people is permitted"
January 3, 2026 at 2:24 PM
it is incredible that the entire high level legal apparatus of the United States is "anything that helps people is impossible, anything that kills people is permitted"
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Look he already said this is about oil and all the US does is topple regimes and take their oil this isn't hard
January 3, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Look he already said this is about oil and all the US does is topple regimes and take their oil this isn't hard
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A lot of people forget how in 2004 the Bush regime kidnapped the democratically elected President of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and dumped him in Africa.
Is there any modern precedent for abducting a head of state?
Plenty of examples of coups, assassinations and domestic trials, including show trials, but this is like a Crusader Kings plot.
Plenty of examples of coups, assassinations and domestic trials, including show trials, but this is like a Crusader Kings plot.
January 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
A lot of people forget how in 2004 the Bush regime kidnapped the democratically elected President of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and dumped him in Africa.
unbothered. moisturized. happy. in my lane. focused. flourishing.
January 3, 2026 at 2:22 PM
unbothered. moisturized. happy. in my lane. focused. flourishing.
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"Mexico strongly condemns and rejects the military actions carried out unilaterally ... by armed forces of the United States of America against targets in the territory of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in clear violation of Article 2 of the [UN] Charter"
www.gob.mx/sre/prensa/m...
www.gob.mx/sre/prensa/m...
January 3, 2026 at 12:41 PM
"Mexico strongly condemns and rejects the military actions carried out unilaterally ... by armed forces of the United States of America against targets in the territory of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in clear violation of Article 2 of the [UN] Charter"
www.gob.mx/sre/prensa/m...
www.gob.mx/sre/prensa/m...
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Done. How much chaos can I cram into a painting? All of it. First image created at @helioscopepdx.bsky.social
"The Encounter", 12"x18" acrylic on panel. #elricofmelnibone #AdventureAtSea #redsonja #octopus #tallships #helioscopepdx
"The Encounter", 12"x18" acrylic on panel. #elricofmelnibone #AdventureAtSea #redsonja #octopus #tallships #helioscopepdx
December 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Done. How much chaos can I cram into a painting? All of it. First image created at @helioscopepdx.bsky.social
"The Encounter", 12"x18" acrylic on panel. #elricofmelnibone #AdventureAtSea #redsonja #octopus #tallships #helioscopepdx
"The Encounter", 12"x18" acrylic on panel. #elricofmelnibone #AdventureAtSea #redsonja #octopus #tallships #helioscopepdx
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Angus McBride was really fucking awesome, wasn't he?
January 2, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Angus McBride was really fucking awesome, wasn't he?
This year I'm going to spend less time reading and more time just sitting there
January 2, 2026 at 6:11 PM
This year I'm going to spend less time reading and more time just sitting there
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It sounds like comically specific hyperbole but it is verifiably true that in the same year Elon Musk predicted fully autonomous taxis serving half the nation, what actually happened was his chatbot became a pedophile
January 2, 2026 at 1:21 AM
It sounds like comically specific hyperbole but it is verifiably true that in the same year Elon Musk predicted fully autonomous taxis serving half the nation, what actually happened was his chatbot became a pedophile
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resolve to read more weird fiction in 2026. to help you, why not purchase my book of original weird fic, TOADSTONES, published by (but out of stock at) @malarkeybooks.bsky.social BUT currently available from the box under my desk! $25 (that includes S+H, btw!) AND i'll draw a weird lil guy for you!
January 1, 2026 at 9:08 PM
resolve to read more weird fiction in 2026. to help you, why not purchase my book of original weird fic, TOADSTONES, published by (but out of stock at) @malarkeybooks.bsky.social BUT currently available from the box under my desk! $25 (that includes S+H, btw!) AND i'll draw a weird lil guy for you!
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Happy New Year! ⚔️✨
December 31, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Happy New Year! ⚔️✨
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This is not a hard message.
Localize it.
Embrace it.
Win.
Localize it.
Embrace it.
Win.
January 1, 2026 at 7:39 PM
This is not a hard message.
Localize it.
Embrace it.
Win.
Localize it.
Embrace it.
Win.
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Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
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If this year was about getting off US tech, 2026 is the year to reassess the digital revolution — what works, what doesn’t; what to keep, and what to reject.
I’ve only just started to consider what needs to change about how I use digital technology, but I’m excited to learn more next year.
I’ve only just started to consider what needs to change about how I use digital technology, but I’m excited to learn more next year.
We need to reassess our relationship to digital tech
Getting off US tech led me to a wider questioning of digital convenience
disconnect.blog
December 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If this year was about getting off US tech, 2026 is the year to reassess the digital revolution — what works, what doesn’t; what to keep, and what to reject.
I’ve only just started to consider what needs to change about how I use digital technology, but I’m excited to learn more next year.
I’ve only just started to consider what needs to change about how I use digital technology, but I’m excited to learn more next year.
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The post office isn't supposed to make money, the post office is supposed to deliver mail
March 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The post office isn't supposed to make money, the post office is supposed to deliver mail