Rob Cook
@robgcook.bsky.social
Slightly older than Sgt Pepper, slightly younger than Milton Keynes. 🏴🇮🇪. Dad. Registered Nurse. Minimally published unit. Variegated dilettante.
If an ICE agent coldly executing an innocent woman & the administration flat out lying about it in the face of documentary evidence viewable by every US citizen with a smartphone… if that isn’t the last straw then what the hell is?
January 8, 2026 at 2:12 AM
If an ICE agent coldly executing an innocent woman & the administration flat out lying about it in the face of documentary evidence viewable by every US citizen with a smartphone… if that isn’t the last straw then what the hell is?
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I don't care if she didn't follow directions; I don't care if she was disrespectful; I don't care if she was noncompliant; I don't care if she spit in his face, called him ugly, and smacked his mom - "immediate execution by the state" was not warranted; jfc, this isn't complicated.
losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
January 7, 2026 at 7:09 PM
I don't care if she didn't follow directions; I don't care if she was disrespectful; I don't care if she was noncompliant; I don't care if she spit in his face, called him ugly, and smacked his mom - "immediate execution by the state" was not warranted; jfc, this isn't complicated.
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losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
January 7, 2026 at 6:25 PM
losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
Covers of this year’s books (as per previous post) [1/2]
December 30, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Covers of this year’s books (as per previous post) [1/2]
My RTY pile (Read This Year) for 2025. Fell back in love with fiction thanks to Gwendoline Riley, Claire-Louise Bennett & Olga Ravn. Rediscovered the joy of crime via Seichō Matsumoto. And Maggie Nelson remains essential. (Three books not in the pile because ebooks or out on loan — see next post.)
December 30, 2025 at 12:25 AM
My RTY pile (Read This Year) for 2025. Fell back in love with fiction thanks to Gwendoline Riley, Claire-Louise Bennett & Olga Ravn. Rediscovered the joy of crime via Seichō Matsumoto. And Maggie Nelson remains essential. (Three books not in the pile because ebooks or out on loan — see next post.)
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My sense is that the “male loneliness crisis” is not really about addressing men’s emotional needs but rather the relatively newfound absence of having someone to perform domestic labor for you quietly in the background now that there is a longer gap between your mother and your wife doing it
December 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
My sense is that the “male loneliness crisis” is not really about addressing men’s emotional needs but rather the relatively newfound absence of having someone to perform domestic labor for you quietly in the background now that there is a longer gap between your mother and your wife doing it
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Not to go down this week's particular rabbit hole very deeply, but as a guy who was *in fact hiring Hollywood writers* between 2011 and 2018, four staffs in total, it seems a lot of smart commenters are missing I did not diversify my rooms to be woke, I diversified my rooms to have better rooms.
December 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Not to go down this week's particular rabbit hole very deeply, but as a guy who was *in fact hiring Hollywood writers* between 2011 and 2018, four staffs in total, it seems a lot of smart commenters are missing I did not diversify my rooms to be woke, I diversified my rooms to have better rooms.
This thing still plucks at my brain 30 years later, which I suppose is exactly what it’s supposed to do, so buying a new edition before the old one succumbs, like the heart, to overuse, seems reasonable, no? I do so love that old cover though @mjohnharrison.bsky.social - the Steadmanesque lettering!
November 30, 2025 at 6:57 AM
This thing still plucks at my brain 30 years later, which I suppose is exactly what it’s supposed to do, so buying a new edition before the old one succumbs, like the heart, to overuse, seems reasonable, no? I do so love that old cover though @mjohnharrison.bsky.social - the Steadmanesque lettering!
“This is the power of the US government at its best.” Kash Patel, you mealy-mouthed lying little toe-rag. Those men wouldn’t have been there to be shot if your boss hadn’t ordered them there under blatantly false pretences. The power of the US government at its best is the polar opposite of that.
November 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
“This is the power of the US government at its best.” Kash Patel, you mealy-mouthed lying little toe-rag. Those men wouldn’t have been there to be shot if your boss hadn’t ordered them there under blatantly false pretences. The power of the US government at its best is the polar opposite of that.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
Waiting in the sea light for @willdalrymple.bsky.social at QPAC in Brisbane, hoping he’ll sign his ancient book for his increasingly ancient fan 🤞🏽
November 12, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Waiting in the sea light for @willdalrymple.bsky.social at QPAC in Brisbane, hoping he’ll sign his ancient book for his increasingly ancient fan 🤞🏽
The only POTUS in history to need a sign telling him which world-famous oval-shaped office is the one he’s supposed to be in.
November 6, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The only POTUS in history to need a sign telling him which world-famous oval-shaped office is the one he’s supposed to be in.
Season 2: Daredevil rallies the great people of NYC and defeats mad-as-hell Kingpin and his gang of sad haters in a free and fair election! Oh wait no this is live TV…
They wrapped Daredevil: Born Again in April last year, so they couldn’t have known, but Fisk = Trump and NYC = America or I’m a bush turkey.
November 6, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Season 2: Daredevil rallies the great people of NYC and defeats mad-as-hell Kingpin and his gang of sad haters in a free and fair election! Oh wait no this is live TV…
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Tyson Cole. #NewYorkerCartoons
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October 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Thoughts and prayers with Alexis Petridis, who will shortly be going into hiding. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
Taylor Swift: The Life of a Showgirl review – dull razzle-dazzle from a star who seems frazzled
Far from the Max Martin-assisted pop juggernaut fans expected, this soft-rock paean to domestic bliss is slight on tunes and still seethes with grievance. And the less said about her fiance’s ‘magic w...
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October 3, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Thoughts and prayers with Alexis Petridis, who will shortly be going into hiding. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
I don’t know that anyone’s going to say it better than @moiradonegan.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I don’t know that anyone’s going to say it better than @moiradonegan.bsky.social
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Kennedy called autism “a [good start] complex [yes, good] condition [perfect, now just stop] with [I said stop] a [where are you going with this?] multi-factual [what? I mean… no, wait, what?!] ideology [WHAT!!??]”
What next? Marxist flu? Radical leftist cardiomyopathy? STALINIST ALZHEIMER’S?
What next? Marxist flu? Radical leftist cardiomyopathy? STALINIST ALZHEIMER’S?
September 23, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Kennedy called autism “a [good start] complex [yes, good] condition [perfect, now just stop] with [I said stop] a [where are you going with this?] multi-factual [what? I mean… no, wait, what?!] ideology [WHAT!!??]”
What next? Marxist flu? Radical leftist cardiomyopathy? STALINIST ALZHEIMER’S?
What next? Marxist flu? Radical leftist cardiomyopathy? STALINIST ALZHEIMER’S?
Every word of this ❤️
If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.
September 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Every word of this ❤️
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An early look at next week’s cover: "Remote Control,” by Barry Blitt.
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September 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
An early look at next week’s cover: "Remote Control,” by Barry Blitt.
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I’d always thought that the whole point of America was that the American people “get to decide what the American people think” but I guess that whole ‘No tyrants! Give me liberty!’ thing is all just old hat now. Shame, really.
September 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’d always thought that the whole point of America was that the American people “get to decide what the American people think” but I guess that whole ‘No tyrants! Give me liberty!’ thing is all just old hat now. Shame, really.
What he said (much more powerfully and succinctly than I just did).
the intensity of my anger at those who would criminalize the homeless — a population literally created by the greed and callousness of the ruling class — is very hard to contain. it was you who dismantled the safety net. if you don’t like the results, put it back
August 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
What he said (much more powerfully and succinctly than I just did).
The gangs, criminals, youth & maniacs all have extra inherently loaded descriptors. The homeless people don’t, because for Trump ‘homeless’ is equivalent to ‘violent/bloodthirsty/wild/drugged out’ & it’s meaningless to him that they’re people. On Sunday he told the homeless people to leave DC. (1/2)
August 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The gangs, criminals, youth & maniacs all have extra inherently loaded descriptors. The homeless people don’t, because for Trump ‘homeless’ is equivalent to ‘violent/bloodthirsty/wild/drugged out’ & it’s meaningless to him that they’re people. On Sunday he told the homeless people to leave DC. (1/2)