John R. Roby
@byjohnrroby.bsky.social
Recovering journalist. I drive big trucks now.
AL dot com’s headline bot continues to fail basic grammar
November 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
AL dot com’s headline bot continues to fail basic grammar
Days from testing for my CDL, and TIL this is called a “Mansfield Bar” and why. Now I’m sad. (the damage was pre-existing)
November 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Days from testing for my CDL, and TIL this is called a “Mansfield Bar” and why. Now I’m sad. (the damage was pre-existing)
i wish we could just say, « won the league. »
October 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
i wish we could just say, « won the league. »
“Who gets to the Premier League first, Wrexham or Birmingham”?
lol you dumbfucks, it’s Sunderland.
lol you dumbfucks, it’s Sunderland.
September 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
“Who gets to the Premier League first, Wrexham or Birmingham”?
lol you dumbfucks, it’s Sunderland.
lol you dumbfucks, it’s Sunderland.
Rich assholes who describe football as “a product” are just so insufferable, like “audience engagement” types with news sites who think updoots are equivalent to good journalism.
September 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Rich assholes who describe football as “a product” are just so insufferable, like “audience engagement” types with news sites who think updoots are equivalent to good journalism.
tom brady questioning wayne rooney’s work ethic is just so fucking on point for this dumbest timeline we’re condemned to live through
September 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
tom brady questioning wayne rooney’s work ethic is just so fucking on point for this dumbest timeline we’re condemned to live through
It’s literally what reservists and contractors told auditors, but yeah, probably they’re not telling the truth. ffs.🙄
September 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
It’s literally what reservists and contractors told auditors, but yeah, probably they’re not telling the truth. ffs.🙄
This is a good headline.
Sadly, these days the « audience engagement” types (who are not journalists), would push something like “Reddit is losing its mind over the injuries these baby dinosaurs suffered!!!1! one!”
Sadly, these days the « audience engagement” types (who are not journalists), would push something like “Reddit is losing its mind over the injuries these baby dinosaurs suffered!!!1! one!”
September 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This is a good headline.
Sadly, these days the « audience engagement” types (who are not journalists), would push something like “Reddit is losing its mind over the injuries these baby dinosaurs suffered!!!1! one!”
Sadly, these days the « audience engagement” types (who are not journalists), would push something like “Reddit is losing its mind over the injuries these baby dinosaurs suffered!!!1! one!”
Protip: When a news site hides the noun in a headline, it’s because the story doesn’t have much to say. Don’t get played.
August 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Protip: When a news site hides the noun in a headline, it’s because the story doesn’t have much to say. Don’t get played.
Me playing Football Manager at like year four of every single job ever
August 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Me playing Football Manager at like year four of every single job ever
My son asks, « Why don’t we think more highly of Hephaestus? He made like all the cool Greek items. »
And it ended up with Brecht and a discussion of the relative worth of day laborers vs missile engineers.
He’s going to be OK
And it ended up with Brecht and a discussion of the relative worth of day laborers vs missile engineers.
He’s going to be OK
August 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
My son asks, « Why don’t we think more highly of Hephaestus? He made like all the cool Greek items. »
And it ended up with Brecht and a discussion of the relative worth of day laborers vs missile engineers.
He’s going to be OK
And it ended up with Brecht and a discussion of the relative worth of day laborers vs missile engineers.
He’s going to be OK
If so, then our course is clear: Gather a sufficient amount of moon sapphires to entice the dark wizard to abandon their designs
August 26, 2025 at 12:10 AM
If so, then our course is clear: Gather a sufficient amount of moon sapphires to entice the dark wizard to abandon their designs
Maybe because the trophy is shiny? Perhaps Trump is actually a magpie that has assumed (vaguely) human form under the influence of some dark wizard?
August 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Maybe because the trophy is shiny? Perhaps Trump is actually a magpie that has assumed (vaguely) human form under the influence of some dark wizard?
Tickseed loud and proud
August 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Tickseed loud and proud
Welcome to Spurs, Thomas Frank. You could have been a legend at Brentford. This better?
August 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Welcome to Spurs, Thomas Frank. You could have been a legend at Brentford. This better?
Sometimes AI gets shit right
August 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Sometimes AI gets shit right
green sunfish, warmouth (i think?) and bluegill caught (and released) from the creek out back
August 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
green sunfish, warmouth (i think?) and bluegill caught (and released) from the creek out back
Bet you didn’t have NEARLY as
much fun as me today
much fun as me today
August 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Bet you didn’t have NEARLY as
much fun as me today
much fun as me today
I’ll be reporting from SMD for the good folks at @alabamareflector.com — stay tuned, and thank you for supporting independent journalism
August 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I’ll be reporting from SMD for the good folks at @alabamareflector.com — stay tuned, and thank you for supporting independent journalism
This makes for some *fascinating* reading.
Y’all think I should bust this out during idle moments at SMD this week?
Y’all think I should bust this out during idle moments at SMD this week?
August 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This makes for some *fascinating* reading.
Y’all think I should bust this out during idle moments at SMD this week?
Y’all think I should bust this out during idle moments at SMD this week?
