Robert Merkel
@tvsrobert.bsky.social
He/Him
I design and build things for a living.
I design and build things for a living.
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patton oswalt has been suspended from bluesky for saying that megyn kelly should be fed to a woodchipper for justifying the sexual abuse of minors
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
patton oswalt has been suspended from bluesky for saying that megyn kelly should be fed to a woodchipper for justifying the sexual abuse of minors
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
My wife and I, when we went to Miku on our honeymoon.
October 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
My wife and I, when we went to Miku on our honeymoon.
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I see a lot of people posting about supporting local businesses, local food banks, etc. I completely agree, but will add: If your city has any sort of local arts scene, throw them some $. Buy some art. See a local theater production. Tip your hometown drag queen.
October 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I see a lot of people posting about supporting local businesses, local food banks, etc. I completely agree, but will add: If your city has any sort of local arts scene, throw them some $. Buy some art. See a local theater production. Tip your hometown drag queen.
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Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
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Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
October 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
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If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.
October 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
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Let me get this straight: Link, a Black user, got banned for calling out the Bluesky CEO for following a racist. That’s not a good look, especially given Bluesky’s historical treatment of Black users here on bluesky.
October 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Let me get this straight: Link, a Black user, got banned for calling out the Bluesky CEO for following a racist. That’s not a good look, especially given Bluesky’s historical treatment of Black users here on bluesky.
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It's October now, so everyone has to say happy birthday to the bisexual Wikipedia skeleton
October 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
It's October now, so everyone has to say happy birthday to the bisexual Wikipedia skeleton
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Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
On my way downtown and I saw the Goodyear blimp. I looked up to see who was playing the Staples Center, and it said Ice Cube. So, this leads me to certain assumptions about the quality of the day…
September 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
On my way downtown and I saw the Goodyear blimp. I looked up to see who was playing the Staples Center, and it said Ice Cube. So, this leads me to certain assumptions about the quality of the day…
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Thin White Duke/Thick White Duke
August 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Thin White Duke/Thick White Duke
This is one of my favorite versions of the “tampered in God’s domain/learned things man was not meant to know” sci-if premise. See also: the Alien series and the Resident Evil games/movies.
there's an interesting idea threaded through the last three or four Jurassic Park movies: mega corporations are convinced cloning dinosaurs is worth a huge amount of money somehow but it never ever pans out
you could make a really fun movie or series with this as the underlying premise
you could make a really fun movie or series with this as the underlying premise
August 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
This is one of my favorite versions of the “tampered in God’s domain/learned things man was not meant to know” sci-if premise. See also: the Alien series and the Resident Evil games/movies.
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Star Trek game where you manage a shop/business on the Deep Space Nine promenade and try to maintain a customer base in the midst of wars, body swaps, lockdowns, religious festivals, murders, smuggling, gay lunches, explosions, invasions, portals to the mirror universe...
July 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Star Trek game where you manage a shop/business on the Deep Space Nine promenade and try to maintain a customer base in the midst of wars, body swaps, lockdowns, religious festivals, murders, smuggling, gay lunches, explosions, invasions, portals to the mirror universe...
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We are ~25 listens away from hitting 2k downloads, which is HUGE! Check us out if you like:
- Gothic horror
- Carved from Brindlewood ttrpgs
- An attempt at historical accuracy
- Fit checks
- Kink
- Those scenes in period dramas where rich ladies subtly throw shade
kittenmarlowe.com/episode/shad...
- Gothic horror
- Carved from Brindlewood ttrpgs
- An attempt at historical accuracy
- Fit checks
- Kink
- Those scenes in period dramas where rich ladies subtly throw shade
kittenmarlowe.com/episode/shad...
Shadows in the Smoke S1E1 - "The Hunters of Hargrave House" | Kitten Marlowe - actual play tabletop rpg podcasts, and more
In which we are introduced to the unusual individuals residing at Hargrave House: Messrs. "One Shot" John and Morgan "Rabbit" Lloyd, and Mses. Maesie Douglas...
kittenmarlowe.com
July 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
We are ~25 listens away from hitting 2k downloads, which is HUGE! Check us out if you like:
- Gothic horror
- Carved from Brindlewood ttrpgs
- An attempt at historical accuracy
- Fit checks
- Kink
- Those scenes in period dramas where rich ladies subtly throw shade
kittenmarlowe.com/episode/shad...
- Gothic horror
- Carved from Brindlewood ttrpgs
- An attempt at historical accuracy
- Fit checks
- Kink
- Those scenes in period dramas where rich ladies subtly throw shade
kittenmarlowe.com/episode/shad...
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Picard civics tip: If there is one truth, one constant that history shows us over and over, it is that resistance is never futile.
July 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Picard civics tip: If there is one truth, one constant that history shows us over and over, it is that resistance is never futile.
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confirmed: all the best posters on this website are 30 or 40 years old and love ds9
i am always blown away by just how far ahead of its time DS9 was. really some of the most remarkable feats of writing in TV history. and the kind of show that could only have worked with 30+ episode seasons
July 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
confirmed: all the best posters on this website are 30 or 40 years old and love ds9
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Me: yay, we finally did a cute and cozy episode in my AP of The Between! 🩷✨🎀
Also me:
Also me:
July 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Me: yay, we finally did a cute and cozy episode in my AP of The Between! 🩷✨🎀
Also me:
Also me:
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Hey David, It’s your cousin, Marvin. Marvin Cronenberg.
You know that new flesh you been looking for??
You know that new flesh you been looking for??
July 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Hey David, It’s your cousin, Marvin. Marvin Cronenberg.
You know that new flesh you been looking for??
You know that new flesh you been looking for??
This is one of the reasons I have a lighter in my set kit when I work costumes!
an easy way to test fiber content is to burn it. pure natural fibers will burn clean, resulting in a white or light grey smoke. materials with synthetics, such as polyester, will release black smoke.
July 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This is one of the reasons I have a lighter in my set kit when I work costumes!
This is Parker Posey erasure.
it’s a shame the one actor who is extremely well cast is, well, uh oh
July 3, 2025 at 7:17 AM
This is Parker Posey erasure.
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I haven't gotten to this scene yet—having only discovered this AP tonight and so far only getting to Ep 3—, but I cannot wait to.
Every moment so far has been excellently set, every character interesting, and I have been sold on The Between so very completely.
Every moment so far has been excellently set, every character interesting, and I have been sold on The Between so very completely.
One of the moves in @jasoncordova.bsky.social’s The Between is Taketh Away, which requires you to destroy a Side Character physically, spiritually, or socially. And yet, nothing could have prepared us for the social devastation that was laid upon Dame Teasdale in our latest ep.
I love this game…
I love this game…
June 26, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I haven't gotten to this scene yet—having only discovered this AP tonight and so far only getting to Ep 3—, but I cannot wait to.
Every moment so far has been excellently set, every character interesting, and I have been sold on The Between so very completely.
Every moment so far has been excellently set, every character interesting, and I have been sold on The Between so very completely.