Robin Shantz
@bloginhood.bsky.social
Blogger and podcaster babbling about science fiction, fantasy, and all points in between. High school teacher. Former reporter. Occasional volunteer Santa Claus.
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Let's just go ahead and crowdfund a WB purchase.
December 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Let's just go ahead and crowdfund a WB purchase.
Chester has no time for cutesy nativity sets given to us by friends, even sets that are cat-themed.
December 8, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Chester has no time for cutesy nativity sets given to us by friends, even sets that are cat-themed.
Another evening walk along the White Rock pier to see the lights. Including obligatory passing trains.
December 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Another evening walk along the White Rock pier to see the lights. Including obligatory passing trains.
This cartoon is so accurate it hurts.
I have already written to my future descendants, and I realized later that I could summarize my pages in a single cartoon by Tom Toro, published in 2012 in The New Yorker, which remains one of my favorites.
December 8, 2025 at 12:24 AM
This cartoon is so accurate it hurts.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
Lord, what fools these mortals be! 😂
"We recently announced that Netflix will acquire William Shakespeare, including his plays, sonnets, narrative poems and indeed also his biography and everything he ever said. This unites our leading entertainment service with William Shakespeare's iconic stories. 'All the world's a Netflix!'"
December 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Lord, what fools these mortals be! 😂
Missed this one. Will have to head over to my local comic shop and pick it up.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Paranormal investigator explores ghost ships in latest Hellboy comic set in Labrador | CBC News
Comic book writer Rob Williams says the new Hellboy comic book story, The Ghost Ships of Labrador, was inspired by a MUN folklore student.
www.cbc.ca
December 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Missed this one. Will have to head over to my local comic shop and pick it up.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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All that he needed to do was get some take-out.
December 7, 2025 at 5:57 AM
All that he needed to do was get some take-out.
Picture of the staff who operate this bluesky account.
December 7, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Picture of the staff who operate this bluesky account.
Just saw the news that Nuremberg has put in a WorldCon bid. I am intrigued.
December 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Just saw the news that Nuremberg has put in a WorldCon bid. I am intrigued.
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Even 10 years ago this would have looked like a fun but unbelievable piece of world-building for a cyberpunk dystopia. But here we are.
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
truthout.org
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Even 10 years ago this would have looked like a fun but unbelievable piece of world-building for a cyberpunk dystopia. But here we are.
Today's holiday baking: White chocolate "soccer ball" cookies.
Made under the supervision of big Melanie - who spent half the time roaring about how I was hiding roast chicken leftovers in the fridge and not sharing.
Made under the supervision of big Melanie - who spent half the time roaring about how I was hiding roast chicken leftovers in the fridge and not sharing.
December 6, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Today's holiday baking: White chocolate "soccer ball" cookies.
Made under the supervision of big Melanie - who spent half the time roaring about how I was hiding roast chicken leftovers in the fridge and not sharing.
Made under the supervision of big Melanie - who spent half the time roaring about how I was hiding roast chicken leftovers in the fridge and not sharing.
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Inaugural FIFA culinary prize awarded to Jeffrey Dahmer.
December 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Inaugural FIFA culinary prize awarded to Jeffrey Dahmer.
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When are we going to get a realistic Batman? Wrapped in a blanket burrito, eating his body weight in fruit?
a black bat is wrapped in a blanket with stars on it
ALT: a black bat is wrapped in a blanket with stars on it
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December 6, 2025 at 2:57 AM
When are we going to get a realistic Batman? Wrapped in a blanket burrito, eating his body weight in fruit?
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And that's why school districts need to give kids (vastly cheaper) crayons, pencil crayons and paper instead of tablets enabled with AI.
Reason number 6 million why AI in education is idiotic. And I hate having to fight this battle with colleagues.
Reason number 6 million why AI in education is idiotic. And I hate having to fight this battle with colleagues.
This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:
December 6, 2025 at 3:51 AM
And that's why school districts need to give kids (vastly cheaper) crayons, pencil crayons and paper instead of tablets enabled with AI.
Reason number 6 million why AI in education is idiotic. And I hate having to fight this battle with colleagues.
Reason number 6 million why AI in education is idiotic. And I hate having to fight this battle with colleagues.
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excited to award my kids the Burger King Peace Prize this weekend
December 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
excited to award my kids the Burger King Peace Prize this weekend
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Frank Gehry No Longer Allowed To Make Sandwiches For Grandkids
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Frank Gehry No Longer Allowed To Make Sandwiches For Grandkids
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… okay did they intentionally make them rotting zombie hands
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
… okay did they intentionally make them rotting zombie hands
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Modelling clay that can only be used to make extinct animals.
Pleistocene.
Pleistocene.
December 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Modelling clay that can only be used to make extinct animals.
Pleistocene.
Pleistocene.
Our great blue heron came down from its rooftop perch to prowl around the courtyard pond tonight.
December 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Our great blue heron came down from its rooftop perch to prowl around the courtyard pond tonight.