Robin B
@arobinflewover.bsky.social
Information scientist, TTRPG master, Mom to twins, internet enthusiast, and I make great brownies.
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A new book diagnoses a sickness affecting some of America's biggest companies.
A theory why the internet is going down the toilet
A new book diagnoses a sickness affecting some of America's biggest companies.
n.pr
October 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A new book diagnoses a sickness affecting some of America's biggest companies.
Next R. Sapolsky book: forget the rest of your TBR and read me
Me: why?
Book: you gotta
Starting to read Determined: A science of life without free will
Me: why?
Book: you gotta
Starting to read Determined: A science of life without free will
October 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Next R. Sapolsky book: forget the rest of your TBR and read me
Me: why?
Book: you gotta
Starting to read Determined: A science of life without free will
Me: why?
Book: you gotta
Starting to read Determined: A science of life without free will
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The bodyguard sleeping in front of the door absolutely slays me every single time.
Favorite romance microtrope, go!
Mine: someone gets pushed into a pond or fountain.
Mine: someone gets pushed into a pond or fountain.
July 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The bodyguard sleeping in front of the door absolutely slays me every single time.
Oh, oh joy. Aabria: "I ate my M&M..." 😂 When Gamechanger needs content, the solution appears to be manipulating the Dimension20 folks for our enjoyment.
Presenting the BRAND-NEW season - @dimension20.bsky.social On a Bus! 🚌
DM'd by Katie Marovitch, and as players: Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Jasmine Bhullar, and Mark Mercer!
DM'd by Katie Marovitch, and as players: Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Jasmine Bhullar, and Mark Mercer!
July 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Oh, oh joy. Aabria: "I ate my M&M..." 😂 When Gamechanger needs content, the solution appears to be manipulating the Dimension20 folks for our enjoyment.
Last week my favourite LMM fuck-up was getting that someone's "breasts jounced", proving that enough mistyped words will eventually alter their use. Today it's "The silk of his linen was cold as ice.", which is wrong in such a unique and specific way.
July 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Last week my favourite LMM fuck-up was getting that someone's "breasts jounced", proving that enough mistyped words will eventually alter their use. Today it's "The silk of his linen was cold as ice.", which is wrong in such a unique and specific way.
My latest campaign of Brindlewood Bay just wrapped after 11 months, reskinned the setting to Faerûn at the request of my players. Genuinely, a delight at every turn! They thwarted the cult by swapping the Box for a mimic they rescued in an earlier mystery; it then ate cult leader Amanda Krause. 📦🚪🫖
June 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
My latest campaign of Brindlewood Bay just wrapped after 11 months, reskinned the setting to Faerûn at the request of my players. Genuinely, a delight at every turn! They thwarted the cult by swapping the Box for a mimic they rescued in an earlier mystery; it then ate cult leader Amanda Krause. 📦🚪🫖
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We should encourage more billionaires to explore the Titanic.
June 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
We should encourage more billionaires to explore the Titanic.
Heartbroken to find my beloved The Rounds has been sold to Misfits Market and basically my entire shopping list is gone. We relied on it for Philly fresh bakery items out here in MontCo and it will be greatly missed.
May 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Heartbroken to find my beloved The Rounds has been sold to Misfits Market and basically my entire shopping list is gone. We relied on it for Philly fresh bakery items out here in MontCo and it will be greatly missed.
If I ask if you "Want to join my D&D game?" You can be sure of two things: 1) You're already on track to be one of my dear friends, and 2) Whatever we're about to do, isn't Hasbro Dungeons and Dragons™. I just say that to get people to answer my texts.
May 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
If I ask if you "Want to join my D&D game?" You can be sure of two things: 1) You're already on track to be one of my dear friends, and 2) Whatever we're about to do, isn't Hasbro Dungeons and Dragons™. I just say that to get people to answer my texts.
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i am tired of living in Bad Times and would prefer Good Times
May 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
i am tired of living in Bad Times and would prefer Good Times
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Look at this STUNNING cover. And what a fascinating topic!
I am so very pleased to share the cover of my forthcoming book on the history of the Girl Scouts, forthcoming in October.
I think UNC Press did such a beautiful job with the cover. Those are actually my badges from when I was a girl. Even the stitching is my own.
I think UNC Press did such a beautiful job with the cover. Those are actually my badges from when I was a girl. Even the stitching is my own.
May 8, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Look at this STUNNING cover. And what a fascinating topic!
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So my girlfriend is an amazing stop motion animator, and she recently did a medieval cat themed bumper for Adult Swim!
Sharing it here because she only has Instagram and I think everyone needs to see her animations. She's so freaking talented, y'alls. PLEASE go follow her!
Sharing it here because she only has Instagram and I think everyone needs to see her animations. She's so freaking talented, y'alls. PLEASE go follow her!
May 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
So my girlfriend is an amazing stop motion animator, and she recently did a medieval cat themed bumper for Adult Swim!
Sharing it here because she only has Instagram and I think everyone needs to see her animations. She's so freaking talented, y'alls. PLEASE go follow her!
Sharing it here because she only has Instagram and I think everyone needs to see her animations. She's so freaking talented, y'alls. PLEASE go follow her!
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you should listen to this guy
Last week, episode 47 of The Wizard, the Witch and the Wild One, titled “The Battle of Twelve Brooks Part 1”, premiered on @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social, and after months of waiting, this moment, rendered here in stunning visual by the incredible @kortizart.bsky.social —
May 5, 2025 at 11:59 PM
you should listen to this guy
New Action Button: L.A. Noire dropped yesterday evening and we've been slow-dripping it ever since. It's dense. It's also almost 10 hours long. Might finish it tonight?
April 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
New Action Button: L.A. Noire dropped yesterday evening and we've been slow-dripping it ever since. It's dense. It's also almost 10 hours long. Might finish it tonight?
Thank you to the NP student this week at my PCP office who whispered, "You're so organized!" while flipping through my symptom log. I wanted to cry with gratitude. No request for a complicated referral comes without some anxiety, but feeling seen like that made the appointment a lot easier.
March 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Thank you to the NP student this week at my PCP office who whispered, "You're so organized!" while flipping through my symptom log. I wanted to cry with gratitude. No request for a complicated referral comes without some anxiety, but feeling seen like that made the appointment a lot easier.
Philly can be a fun town! We were at the Acme surrounded by Eagles jersey bedecked neighbors yesterday and I commented to my partner that it was "peak Philly Christmas"
HAPPY Super Bowl Champions EAGLES!!🦅
HAPPY Super Bowl Champions EAGLES!!🦅
February 10, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Philly can be a fun town! We were at the Acme surrounded by Eagles jersey bedecked neighbors yesterday and I commented to my partner that it was "peak Philly Christmas"
HAPPY Super Bowl Champions EAGLES!!🦅
HAPPY Super Bowl Champions EAGLES!!🦅
Is Reddit having another purge? Lemmy.world has been like stepping back into the pre-2010 web for the last year; small communities, raw 💩memes, and new groups cropping up all the time.
Lemmy.World - A generic Lemmy server for everyone to use.
Lemmy.world
February 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Is Reddit having another purge? Lemmy.world has been like stepping back into the pre-2010 web for the last year; small communities, raw 💩memes, and new groups cropping up all the time.
Filing my taxes early felt like such a safe bet this year, but the Treasury folded far faster than I was expecting.
February 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Filing my taxes early felt like such a safe bet this year, but the Treasury folded far faster than I was expecting.
I've worked in software dev briefly, but anyone interested in complex systems should understand tech debt and this is an excellent explanation of that concept and how it appears in all kinds of systems, and our laws.
www.theindex.media/americas-con...
www.theindex.media/americas-con...
America’s Constitutional Crisis is Really About Technical Debt
Technical debt isn’t just for software engineers—it’s baked into the very foundation of American democracy.
www.theindex.media
January 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I've worked in software dev briefly, but anyone interested in complex systems should understand tech debt and this is an excellent explanation of that concept and how it appears in all kinds of systems, and our laws.
www.theindex.media/americas-con...
www.theindex.media/americas-con...
I spent the morning discussing how Daria Morgendorffer represents the Gen X ideal of a Millennial, rather than what we were or became over time, with ChatGPT. Not sure it was productive, but it was fun.
January 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I spent the morning discussing how Daria Morgendorffer represents the Gen X ideal of a Millennial, rather than what we were or became over time, with ChatGPT. Not sure it was productive, but it was fun.
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@tkingfisher.com's Swordheart ebook is on sale at $2.99. It's part of the Hugo-nominated "World of the White Rat" series. Fancy hardcover edition will be released next month if you prefer collectibles. She's a "buy it all" author for us.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/swordheart...
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/swordheart...
Swordheart|eBook
The delicious bodyguard romance of From Blood and Ash meets the delightful charm of The Princess Bride in this cozy fantasy romance from New York Times bestselling author T. KingfisherHalla has unexpe...
www.barnesandnoble.com
January 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
@tkingfisher.com's Swordheart ebook is on sale at $2.99. It's part of the Hugo-nominated "World of the White Rat" series. Fancy hardcover edition will be released next month if you prefer collectibles. She's a "buy it all" author for us.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/swordheart...
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/swordheart...
As a (former) librarian, many people ask me what I do with books they no longer need. I take mine to the local Better World Books dropoff. I originally met them at a library conference years ago and was struck by their great service and I've been happy to use them since.
January 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
As a (former) librarian, many people ask me what I do with books they no longer need. I take mine to the local Better World Books dropoff. I originally met them at a library conference years ago and was struck by their great service and I've been happy to use them since.
My psych doc today: 'In residency, we called Paxil the Devil's SSRI—too many interactions, hard to get off of.' So, now I'm back on the Anxiety Med Carousel™️. 🎠I also get to call the pharmacy and explain that: No, I won't be taking all these at the same time. 🎡
January 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
My psych doc today: 'In residency, we called Paxil the Devil's SSRI—too many interactions, hard to get off of.' So, now I'm back on the Anxiety Med Carousel™️. 🎠I also get to call the pharmacy and explain that: No, I won't be taking all these at the same time. 🎡
I threw on Les Misérables (10th Anniversary Dream Cast) this morning for no reason at all. Just a story about injustice, abusive cops, wealth gaps, and a revolution in the streets. Totally irrelevant. Yep. No parallels here.
January 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I threw on Les Misérables (10th Anniversary Dream Cast) this morning for no reason at all. Just a story about injustice, abusive cops, wealth gaps, and a revolution in the streets. Totally irrelevant. Yep. No parallels here.
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I will die on the We Should Be On Our Fifth Installment Of Pacific Rim By Now hill.
January 9, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I will die on the We Should Be On Our Fifth Installment Of Pacific Rim By Now hill.