Austin Roberts
@austinroberts.bsky.social
As I follow the news these days, I find myself more aware of the lenses through which I see it—like that late-afternoon moment when you suddenly realize you’ve been wearing your glasses all day, quietly shaping everything you thought you were seeing plainly.
January 25, 2026 at 4:48 AM
As I follow the news these days, I find myself more aware of the lenses through which I see it—like that late-afternoon moment when you suddenly realize you’ve been wearing your glasses all day, quietly shaping everything you thought you were seeing plainly.
Traveling from a European airport to an American airport ahead of Christmas is so very jarring
I flew from Dublin this morning, it was busy but the airport had a general air of polite and quiet efficiency
Now have been in DFW for a few hours on a layover and the whole place feels overwhelming
I flew from Dublin this morning, it was busy but the airport had a general air of polite and quiet efficiency
Now have been in DFW for a few hours on a layover and the whole place feels overwhelming
December 24, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Traveling from a European airport to an American airport ahead of Christmas is so very jarring
I flew from Dublin this morning, it was busy but the airport had a general air of polite and quiet efficiency
Now have been in DFW for a few hours on a layover and the whole place feels overwhelming
I flew from Dublin this morning, it was busy but the airport had a general air of polite and quiet efficiency
Now have been in DFW for a few hours on a layover and the whole place feels overwhelming
Sitting in a Wetherspoons and trying to decide which is true
Either this concept would do absolute numbers in the US and could have the potential to gobble up real estate on every main street and courthouse square in the Midwest,
Or would attract every alcoholic in america and nosedive
Either this concept would do absolute numbers in the US and could have the potential to gobble up real estate on every main street and courthouse square in the Midwest,
Or would attract every alcoholic in america and nosedive
December 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Sitting in a Wetherspoons and trying to decide which is true
Either this concept would do absolute numbers in the US and could have the potential to gobble up real estate on every main street and courthouse square in the Midwest,
Or would attract every alcoholic in america and nosedive
Either this concept would do absolute numbers in the US and could have the potential to gobble up real estate on every main street and courthouse square in the Midwest,
Or would attract every alcoholic in america and nosedive
If anyone from the home office is reading this, please consider offering global talent visas to more people who want to run Mexican takeaways in Northern Ireland
December 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
If anyone from the home office is reading this, please consider offering global talent visas to more people who want to run Mexican takeaways in Northern Ireland
I got an automated email from an app. "We miss you."
For some reason I find this way more revolting than if they just said something more up front like "we want your attention span again, our shareholders demand it."
For some reason I find this way more revolting than if they just said something more up front like "we want your attention span again, our shareholders demand it."
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I got an automated email from an app. "We miss you."
For some reason I find this way more revolting than if they just said something more up front like "we want your attention span again, our shareholders demand it."
For some reason I find this way more revolting than if they just said something more up front like "we want your attention span again, our shareholders demand it."
@brendanhunting.bsky.social hey just checking in to make sure someone in the Ted Lasso writers room watches a clip of that everton red card, it's a ready-made two minute scene
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
@brendanhunting.bsky.social hey just checking in to make sure someone in the Ted Lasso writers room watches a clip of that everton red card, it's a ready-made two minute scene
Where I'm at with modern journalism can pretty much be summed up by the feeling I got the other day when reading a Sky Sports article about the Dublin NFL game, and getting about halfway through the article, and reading a paragraph where they pretty brazenly plagiarized a wikipedia article
October 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Where I'm at with modern journalism can pretty much be summed up by the feeling I got the other day when reading a Sky Sports article about the Dublin NFL game, and getting about halfway through the article, and reading a paragraph where they pretty brazenly plagiarized a wikipedia article
Hegseth gathered all the generals from their military bases across the world to tell them, among other things, that pacifism is dangerous.
Needless to say, it's something I'm considering leaning into with my pickup lines and my online dating profile.
Needless to say, it's something I'm considering leaning into with my pickup lines and my online dating profile.
October 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Hegseth gathered all the generals from their military bases across the world to tell them, among other things, that pacifism is dangerous.
Needless to say, it's something I'm considering leaning into with my pickup lines and my online dating profile.
Needless to say, it's something I'm considering leaning into with my pickup lines and my online dating profile.
Today, reading an article recapping Charlie Kirk's funeral seemed to encapsulate the fever dream of the past decade observing the theology and politics of my homeland, a microcosm that holds together the good and true alongside the hate and delusion, all wrapped together like a poisoned apple.
September 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Today, reading an article recapping Charlie Kirk's funeral seemed to encapsulate the fever dream of the past decade observing the theology and politics of my homeland, a microcosm that holds together the good and true alongside the hate and delusion, all wrapped together like a poisoned apple.
not for nothing, but if anyone gives a eulogy at my funeral and starts talking about how much they hate their enemies, I consent for any among the gathered to grab them by the collar and put them out
September 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
not for nothing, but if anyone gives a eulogy at my funeral and starts talking about how much they hate their enemies, I consent for any among the gathered to grab them by the collar and put them out
Tonight, after hearing the initial reports about Charlie Kirk, I went for a walk around my village in the Northern Irish borderlands.I pray for my home country the same sense of calm I felt on that walk. Things have not always been so calm here.
September 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Tonight, after hearing the initial reports about Charlie Kirk, I went for a walk around my village in the Northern Irish borderlands.I pray for my home country the same sense of calm I felt on that walk. Things have not always been so calm here.
In the late 1990s, someone called in to Focus on the Family asking how to wake their kid who wouldn't get out of bed, and James Dobson suggested leaving a zip-lock bag of frozen marbles in the freezer, because when you pour them onto the mattress, they roll wherever the kid's body is touching.
August 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
In the late 1990s, someone called in to Focus on the Family asking how to wake their kid who wouldn't get out of bed, and James Dobson suggested leaving a zip-lock bag of frozen marbles in the freezer, because when you pour them onto the mattress, they roll wherever the kid's body is touching.
a lament, that the amazon prime day sales have failed to provide any discounts on the agrarian essays of wendell berry
July 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
a lament, that the amazon prime day sales have failed to provide any discounts on the agrarian essays of wendell berry
Intrigued by the prospect of having a Pope who's an American that's been living as an immigrant overseas and having theological conversations with foreigners for the last 20 years.
May 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Intrigued by the prospect of having a Pope who's an American that's been living as an immigrant overseas and having theological conversations with foreigners for the last 20 years.
Sometimes love is like buying an avocado at a Northern Irish supermarket
It's hard, and the promise was that in time it would get more pleasant
But it never gets good, it just stays firm until it rots for some reason
It's hard, and the promise was that in time it would get more pleasant
But it never gets good, it just stays firm until it rots for some reason
March 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Sometimes love is like buying an avocado at a Northern Irish supermarket
It's hard, and the promise was that in time it would get more pleasant
But it never gets good, it just stays firm until it rots for some reason
It's hard, and the promise was that in time it would get more pleasant
But it never gets good, it just stays firm until it rots for some reason
To those who would volunteer to die in a preventable war of aggression
When the war is over and peace is negotiated, and you are buried in an unmarked grave in some foreign field,
can I have the pokemon card collection you left behind
When the war is over and peace is negotiated, and you are buried in an unmarked grave in some foreign field,
can I have the pokemon card collection you left behind
March 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
To those who would volunteer to die in a preventable war of aggression
When the war is over and peace is negotiated, and you are buried in an unmarked grave in some foreign field,
can I have the pokemon card collection you left behind
When the war is over and peace is negotiated, and you are buried in an unmarked grave in some foreign field,
can I have the pokemon card collection you left behind
Pitch for a doctoral program where the methodology is allowed to be vibes
February 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Pitch for a doctoral program where the methodology is allowed to be vibes
Let us normalize people showing their obvious red flags on dating apps. I don't judge someone for having an opening line about how they think their vaccination status makes them better than others - they're doing me a favor.
February 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Let us normalize people showing their obvious red flags on dating apps. I don't judge someone for having an opening line about how they think their vaccination status makes them better than others - they're doing me a favor.
Along the lines of my last post, it's really frustrating trying to address issues in Christian nationalism now because the whole situation begs for satire but satire doesn't work nearly as well when the people you're trying to wake up are biblically and politically illiterate.
February 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Along the lines of my last post, it's really frustrating trying to address issues in Christian nationalism now because the whole situation begs for satire but satire doesn't work nearly as well when the people you're trying to wake up are biblically and politically illiterate.
Y'all think you're Cyrus II but your foreign policy approach looks more like Sennacherib II and history has a way of repeating itself
February 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Y'all think you're Cyrus II but your foreign policy approach looks more like Sennacherib II and history has a way of repeating itself
As I've sought to be a disciple of Jesus with my life, my journey has involved the great pleasure of several weeks in Mexico and China - remarkable, fascinating places whose people and culture have enriched my life.
February 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
As I've sought to be a disciple of Jesus with my life, my journey has involved the great pleasure of several weeks in Mexico and China - remarkable, fascinating places whose people and culture have enriched my life.
"They gambled with other peoples' liberty, and of course they lost their own. A nation of suckers. Hitler needed these people. There was lots of work to be done."
Don't Be a Sucker
YouTube video by US National Archives
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January 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"They gambled with other peoples' liberty, and of course they lost their own. A nation of suckers. Hitler needed these people. There was lots of work to be done."
Has anyone found any good Black Friday deals on the agrarian essays of Wendell Berry?
I want philosophy that invites me to consider my attachment to the land, and I want it cheap, and I want free shipping.
I want philosophy that invites me to consider my attachment to the land, and I want it cheap, and I want free shipping.
November 29, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Has anyone found any good Black Friday deals on the agrarian essays of Wendell Berry?
I want philosophy that invites me to consider my attachment to the land, and I want it cheap, and I want free shipping.
I want philosophy that invites me to consider my attachment to the land, and I want it cheap, and I want free shipping.