Robby Raschke
@rtr.tombob.com
mostly music appreciation, some programming stuff here and there, a bit of systems thinking
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So once upon a time, I got savaged on Twitter for saying that all a man in the games industry had to do to end a woman’s employment at the same company was sexually harass her. As soon as it happened, the timer began counting down. (Thread)
"The girls begged for help, first from a school guidance counselor and then from a sheriff’s deputy assigned to their school...The principal had doubts they even existed." 1/
And now one girl is expelled for fighting back.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
And now one girl is expelled for fighting back.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. She was the one expelled
A 13-year-old girl at a Louisiana middle school got into a fight with classmates who were sharing AI-generated nude images of her
abcnews.go.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
So once upon a time, I got savaged on Twitter for saying that all a man in the games industry had to do to end a woman’s employment at the same company was sexually harass her. As soon as it happened, the timer began counting down. (Thread)
Was checking the systems I'm in charge of at the Digital Concert Hall (@berliner-philharmoniker.de) and stayed for the whole wonderful Bach Mass in B minor. Bach isn't particularly my thing, but this one lead by Raphaël Pichon I find utterly captivating.
www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/concert/5...
www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/concert/5...
Raphaël Pichon makes his debut with Bach’s Mass in B minor
A great composer takes stock with one of his last works – and creates one of the most mesmerising vocal works ever: Johann Sebastian Bach’s Mass in B minor goes beyond the boundaries of the liturgy of...
www.digitalconcerthall.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Was checking the systems I'm in charge of at the Digital Concert Hall (@berliner-philharmoniker.de) and stayed for the whole wonderful Bach Mass in B minor. Bach isn't particularly my thing, but this one lead by Raphaël Pichon I find utterly captivating.
www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/concert/5...
www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/concert/5...
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Superior children's book, a staple of Toddler's bedtime. We Found A Hat and This Is Not My Hat also fantastic.
Bought this book for my two mates’ babies for Christmas and I’m dying.
December 19, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Superior children's book, a staple of Toddler's bedtime. We Found A Hat and This Is Not My Hat also fantastic.
I am usually not a huge fan of minimalism, but the groove in Perseverance Flow by Natural Information Society keeps me hanging on. Nice live rendition here: www.youtube.com/live/RqESLj-...
Natural Information Society // Kalia Vandever // Live at Roulette
YouTube video by Roulette Intermedium
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I am usually not a huge fan of minimalism, but the groove in Perseverance Flow by Natural Information Society keeps me hanging on. Nice live rendition here: www.youtube.com/live/RqESLj-...
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"paint me like the Vice Chancellor of a failing UK university"
Absolute masterclass in fuckery from Anderson as photographer.
Particularly like not even waiting for the person on the phone in the background to move. No point when you already know the client is going to stiff you on the invoice.
Absolute masterclass in fuckery from Anderson as photographer.
Particularly like not even waiting for the person on the phone in the background to move. No point when you already know the client is going to stiff you on the invoice.
December 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
"paint me like the Vice Chancellor of a failing UK university"
Absolute masterclass in fuckery from Anderson as photographer.
Particularly like not even waiting for the person on the phone in the background to move. No point when you already know the client is going to stiff you on the invoice.
Absolute masterclass in fuckery from Anderson as photographer.
Particularly like not even waiting for the person on the phone in the background to move. No point when you already know the client is going to stiff you on the invoice.
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Marco Rubio just lost a staring contest with a lamp.
Marco Rubio just straight up looks like a sad divorced man at a Motel 6.
December 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Marco Rubio just lost a staring contest with a lamp.
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@actualylt.bsky.social and the @sunrauniverse.bsky.social horns Night 1 of the 8 Nights of Hannahkuh at The Bowery Ballroom Dec 14, 2025
December 16, 2025 at 7:05 AM
@actualylt.bsky.social and the @sunrauniverse.bsky.social horns Night 1 of the 8 Nights of Hannahkuh at The Bowery Ballroom Dec 14, 2025
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Very quick comic to thank you all for supporting my charity efforts this year, and in typical ZT fashion some thoughts to go along with it. There’s so much more to say but this’ll do for now :) thank you everyone
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December 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Very quick comic to thank you all for supporting my charity efforts this year, and in typical ZT fashion some thoughts to go along with it. There’s so much more to say but this’ll do for now :) thank you everyone
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Ugh, folks who have an email address insisting to only communicate via phone is very trying. Especially if they phone you but will only try once and never leave a message, so I have to call them again and leave a message to try again, as they never pick up.
December 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Ugh, folks who have an email address insisting to only communicate via phone is very trying. Especially if they phone you but will only try once and never leave a message, so I have to call them again and leave a message to try again, as they never pick up.
Perfect example of the importance of alt text on pictures!
December 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Perfect example of the importance of alt text on pictures!
Finally getting round to listening to Implosion by
@bugpressure.bsky.social and @ghostdubs.bsky.social on a real amp, not on a bluetooth speaker, and Damn, the bass is physical, even at low volume. Keep on having to turn it down, because neighbours
thebugvsghostdubs.bandcamp.com/album/implos...
@bugpressure.bsky.social and @ghostdubs.bsky.social on a real amp, not on a bluetooth speaker, and Damn, the bass is physical, even at low volume. Keep on having to turn it down, because neighbours
thebugvsghostdubs.bandcamp.com/album/implos...
Implosion, by The Bug vs Ghost Dubs
16 track album
thebugvsghostdubs.bandcamp.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Finally getting round to listening to Implosion by
@bugpressure.bsky.social and @ghostdubs.bsky.social on a real amp, not on a bluetooth speaker, and Damn, the bass is physical, even at low volume. Keep on having to turn it down, because neighbours
thebugvsghostdubs.bandcamp.com/album/implos...
@bugpressure.bsky.social and @ghostdubs.bsky.social on a real amp, not on a bluetooth speaker, and Damn, the bass is physical, even at low volume. Keep on having to turn it down, because neighbours
thebugvsghostdubs.bandcamp.com/album/implos...
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Sass machine! Photo from my collection, no date/info.
December 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Sass machine! Photo from my collection, no date/info.
Every time I go to a gig of a German band here in Berlin I'm struck by how disorganised they are, even in venues, that are otherwise the BEST. No info on openers or running order (I wish), soundcheck in between bands, merch area unstaffed for extended periods. And maybe related, way more smokers
December 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Every time I go to a gig of a German band here in Berlin I'm struck by how disorganised they are, even in venues, that are otherwise the BEST. No info on openers or running order (I wish), soundcheck in between bands, merch area unstaffed for extended periods. And maybe related, way more smokers
The combination of things like AI + fascism is how religions get started, isn't it? New gods are on the way.
December 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The combination of things like AI + fascism is how religions get started, isn't it? New gods are on the way.
Investigative journalism like this is fantastic.
www.digitaldigging.org/p/they-drone...
www.digitaldigging.org/p/they-drone...
They Droned Back
Young journalists expose Russian-linked vessels circling off the Dutch and German coast
www.digitaldigging.org
December 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Investigative journalism like this is fantastic.
www.digitaldigging.org/p/they-drone...
www.digitaldigging.org/p/they-drone...
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CRYING at how ChatGPT has interpreted the prompt for one of my finals. It was super low stakes, write about your feelings for 30min, don’t stop writing. But SOMEHOW I have MANY students whose roommates were SECRETLY WARLOCK CULT LEADERS & every one ends with, “I promise this really happened” ☠️
December 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
CRYING at how ChatGPT has interpreted the prompt for one of my finals. It was super low stakes, write about your feelings for 30min, don’t stop writing. But SOMEHOW I have MANY students whose roommates were SECRETLY WARLOCK CULT LEADERS & every one ends with, “I promise this really happened” ☠️
Very insightful description how real in-life spaces are radically different from virtual spaces, in particular those with algorithmic content moderation.
berjon.com/fascintern-m...
berjon.com/fascintern-m...
Fascintern Media
We are facing a coordinated international fascist movement that works with explicit backing from Moscow, Washington, and tech monopolies, and is propagating itself through its own media apparatus. Yet...
berjon.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Very insightful description how real in-life spaces are radically different from virtual spaces, in particular those with algorithmic content moderation.
berjon.com/fascintern-m...
berjon.com/fascintern-m...
Just read the words "Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado" and thought it might be some kind of a cartoon reference, but no, an actually existing stadium in an actual city. The US can be sooo weird.
December 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Just read the words "Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado" and thought it might be some kind of a cartoon reference, but no, an actually existing stadium in an actual city. The US can be sooo weird.
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a beautifully weird mckenna-ish mystery: chinese mushrooms that reliably bring the little people, but don't seem to contain any psychoactive elements (& yet obviously do)
UT researcher studying odd non-psilocybin mushroom: "According to records at Yunnan Hospital, 96% of patients affected by this mushroom report seeing an abundance of 'little people' or 'elves,' often dancing, jumping, or marching around their real-world environment."
nhmu.utah.edu/articles/exp...
nhmu.utah.edu/articles/exp...
Experts Explore New Mushroom Which Causes Fairytale-Like Hallucinations
Between traditional folklore and modern biology, the wild forest floor and the sterile scientific laboratory, lies the story of the lilliputian mushroom.
nhmu.utah.edu
December 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
a beautifully weird mckenna-ish mystery: chinese mushrooms that reliably bring the little people, but don't seem to contain any psychoactive elements (& yet obviously do)
Finally got round to catching up with some of my list of musicians to listen to, and damn, Rosa Damask is wonderful. Don't really know how to categorise this, laid back, danceable post punk with whispered singing?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMpS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMpS...
Rosa Damask at Morphine Raum
YouTube video by Rosa Damask
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Finally got round to catching up with some of my list of musicians to listen to, and damn, Rosa Damask is wonderful. Don't really know how to categorise this, laid back, danceable post punk with whispered singing?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMpS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMpS...
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myshetland.co.uk/monster-on-a...
I'm rarely on my own. Always someone trailing around after me!
#myshetland #shetland #whitecat #monster #shetlandislands
I'm rarely on my own. Always someone trailing around after me!
#myshetland #shetland #whitecat #monster #shetlandislands
Monster on a Mission
Monster doesn’t usually come out with me on the breakfast round mostly because it is too early and only essential personnel go outside but today he was there, following me wherever I went, mo…
myshetland.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
myshetland.co.uk/monster-on-a...
I'm rarely on my own. Always someone trailing around after me!
#myshetland #shetland #whitecat #monster #shetlandislands
I'm rarely on my own. Always someone trailing around after me!
#myshetland #shetland #whitecat #monster #shetlandislands
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“Tablet is a sort of crystalline fudge made from sugar, condensed milk, more milk, butter, more sugar and – that might be all, actually. It is an alchemical procedure, not a recipe.”
—Don Paterson on tablet, in his memoir TOY FIGHTS (Faber, 2023)
#memoir #tablet
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www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...
—Don Paterson on tablet, in his memoir TOY FIGHTS (Faber, 2023)
#memoir #tablet
💙📚
www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...
December 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“Tablet is a sort of crystalline fudge made from sugar, condensed milk, more milk, butter, more sugar and – that might be all, actually. It is an alchemical procedure, not a recipe.”
—Don Paterson on tablet, in his memoir TOY FIGHTS (Faber, 2023)
#memoir #tablet
💙📚
www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...
—Don Paterson on tablet, in his memoir TOY FIGHTS (Faber, 2023)
#memoir #tablet
💙📚
www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...
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This is incredible.
Violent Magic Orchestra | Boiler Room: Osaka
YouTube video by Boiler Room
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
This is incredible.
I don't understand this whole "Gen ?" stuff, but I'm going to try anyway.
Gen X are today's Boomers
Am I doing this right?
Gen X are today's Boomers
Am I doing this right?
December 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I don't understand this whole "Gen ?" stuff, but I'm going to try anyway.
Gen X are today's Boomers
Am I doing this right?
Gen X are today's Boomers
Am I doing this right?
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An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.