John Robertson
@jrr1234.bsky.social
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Librarian and musician. Lover of books, bourbon, beer, cycling, and SFF
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Matt Browner Hamlin
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
1 day ago
Physical discs come with more ownership rights than their digital equivalent— and that needs to change.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Sony Nerfs Videogame Ownership
Playstation’s decision to kill physical game discs is the latest attack on our diminishing rights to access and engage with culture digitally. Rent-seeking corporations and negligent lawmakers share
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/sony-nerfs-videogame-ownership
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD
4 days ago
When the average score on a take-home midterm was 96, a professor at Brown was concerned students were cheating with AI. Almost 20 students dropped the class after he switched the final to in person. Also, more people have placed a bet in the last year than have read a book. I’m sure it’s fine.
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Little drive, and a new venue to see Dave Matthews Band tonight.
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Tom Ewing
12 days ago
Have a Cape Verdean banger from the Pop World Cup 🫡🇨🇻
youtu.be/5p4OWBK4adw?...
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Bend'Nobo 83 - Riba Canela
YouTube video by Caldo Verde
https://youtu.be/5p4OWBK4adw?is=2GxKNpJK6fnXE5dO
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Katharine Hayhoe
about 1 year ago
Scientists who study climate don't automatically attribute all changes to human activity. Rather, we carefully investigate every possible natural factor that could explain the planet's warming. Could these be the real culprits? The evidence is in--and the answer is NO. This thread explains! đź§µ
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Niko Stratis
15 days ago
You can’t own anything physical anymore, everything is digital, you can’t own anything digital now, storage is too expensive, you cant stream anything because they took it off the service once their parent company got bought out, you can’t get a McFlurry because the machine is broken
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Dave Draeger
16 days ago
Weird how this never applies to the Second Amendment.
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andy™
19 days ago
“andy™ why do u own so many blu-rays”
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Knits With Cats
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Steven Hyden
28 days ago
Introducing a new tradition: Every year around the summer solstice I will induct a new class of artists and albums into the Patio Hall Music Hall Of Fame. Here is the 2026 class, along with (finally defined) Patio Music criteria.
stevenhyden.substack.com/p/lets-offic...
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Let's Officially Establish (Finally) The Patio Music Hall Of Fame
Also: Reviews of new albums by Olivia Rodrigo and Styrofoam Winos
https://stevenhyden.substack.com/p/lets-officially-establish-finally
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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) 🔜 #SDCC
27 days ago
Thanks to this post from
@loudpoet.com
I learned the Authors Guild totally threw
#libraries
under the bus claiming they cut into authors' income Then this dude named James Patterson released an article in agreement James. Patterson. The dude who sucks up library budgets both physical and digital
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Five Things: June 11, 2026 | As in guillotine...
"One of its rare, serendipitous thematic arcs!" On anti-library authors, selectors vs. readers, the death of search, small things, and a Bronx flashback.
https://loudpoet.com/2026/06/11/five-things-june-11-2026/
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Alexandra Petri
29 days ago
I read that JD Vance book and I have some thoughts
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Are You There, God? It’s Me, J. D. Vance, and I Have Some Notes.
A convenient conversion story
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/06/jd-vance-communion-faith-trump/687571/?gift=jQN1t1D1nkO2TQodBiz5KAw38cVvf8WIQLw1Jz1otB8&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Do old BBSs count?
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Make Opening Day a National Holiday
about 1 month ago
The last son of a U.S. Civil War veteran died yesterday in Bolivar, Missouri. William Pool’s father, Charles Pool, was a member of the 6th West Virginia Infantry. He died in 1933. William served in the U.S. Army in WW2 with 3 ID. He was WIA and taken prisoner. He was 101.
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I'll always love Top Chef. It holds a special place in my heart. But the lack of funding this season sure showed and it all felt like 2nd tier TV.
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Good driving music on the way to a gig this morning.
youtu.be/3p3QgsFxlhU?...
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Fust - Mountain Language (Official Video)
YouTube video by Fust
https://youtu.be/3p3QgsFxlhU?si=s_GAnc9J71Nlw0cZ
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Dr. Damien P. Williams has to go the way his blood beats
about 1 month ago
…Are you kidding me? This country's treatment of voice actors is fucking abysmal. Aqua Teen Hunger Force essentially built Adult Swim, & if there were any justice, Carey Means shouldn't have to work another day in his life. Between this & Andy Merrill's trouble, i just… what the fuck. What the fuck.
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'Aqua Teen Hunger Force' star says he is homeless: 'We have no money'
'Aqua Teen Hunger Force' voice actor Carey Means said that he is homeless as he asked for financial help with a GoFundMe campaign: 'We have no money.'
https://ew.com/aqua-teen-hunger-force-star-says-he-is-homeless-we-have-no-money-11991685?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=6a22cd0aa2577e0001f452a1&utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly_entertainmentweekly&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=6a22cd0aa2577e0001f452a0
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New Wild Pink album coming out this year. Hell yeah.
youtu.be/PabfG_z-upg?...
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Wild Pink - Round Of Applause At The End Of The World [Chapter I]
YouTube video by Fire Talk
https://youtu.be/PabfG_z-upg?si=3S0BzWTXdhnhlPe2
about 2 months ago
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Leyland “Lee” DeVito
about 2 months ago
Who is playing President Kamala Harris’s Freedom 250 celebration on Earth 2?
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Saw an advanced screening of Pressure last night. Really wanted more - it felt like WW2 by the numbers.
about 2 months ago
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jesse jarnow
about 2 months ago
safe travels to sonny rollins from the williamsburg bridge (which really should be renamed after him).
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So very sad to hear of the passing of Sonny Rollins. I consider myself blessed that I got to see him twice, once at Orchestra Hall in Detroit and once at the Detroit Jazz Festival. A true musical legend. Godspeed, Sonny Rollins.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/a...
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Sonny Rollins, Giant of the Jazz Saxophone, Is Dead at 95
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/arts/music/sonny-rollins-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.lVA.8iqO.LiKbHmPDCyXP&smid=url-share
about 2 months ago
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Having a day where I feel like putting this song on repeat and drinking heavily.
youtu.be/SuFe9usOdnU?...
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Waterbird
YouTube video by Thomas Dollbaum - Topic
https://youtu.be/SuFe9usOdnU?si=wN_QVWovVcuiYspO
about 2 months ago
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Russ McNamara
about 2 months ago
This of course is Monroe, MI. Eminem, Jack White, and Jeff Daniels are guests. With a special appearance by non-Michigander Steve Buscemi.
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Yum Yum Podcast
about 2 months ago
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I really disliked him as a driver, but would never wish this. Very sad news.
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Delilah S. Dawson
about 2 months ago
Listen to me. The Mandalorian and Grogu is a TREAT, it is DELICIOUS, it is so fun and wild and surprising and sweet. It has ROTJ vibes for me, with critters and different set pieces and laughs and peril. Do not miss seeing it in the theater. Take your kids. This is what Star Wars is all about!!
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Brendel
3 months ago
News used to be better
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Another day, another unthinkable indignity.
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about 2 months ago
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Lonesome Dove Lord of the Rings (if all three can count as one) The Cartel by Don Winslow
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e.w. niedermeyer
2 months ago
wandering the Sonora desert in a carefree fashion like
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Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him)
2 months ago
Just played a CD.. All the songs were mixed to the same volume and, get this, no adverts at all. I'm telling you, this is the future.
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Seth Cotlar
2 months ago
Man, that sounds terrible. Killed with impunity by agents of the state for just being on the street and protesting? Hard to see how regimes like that can continue to claim a popular mandate.
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Harry McCracken
2 months ago
This sounds like a lot of fun.
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cait (and adonis)
2 months ago
in case you were wondering what stage of capitalism we're at, google search is now treating the word "crumble" as a misspelling of the cookie brand crumbl
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Caught The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis last night at Third Man Cass Corridor. Absolutely incredible.
youtu.be/U3AIxBRpk-0?...
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The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis - Clutch - Third Man Records Cass Corridor - 1 May 2026
YouTube video by JRobertson
https://youtu.be/U3AIxBRpk-0?si=HuOs1QncnfaQpI-m
2 months ago
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Crappy phone zoom and balcony seats don't help the picture, but the Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman show last night at the Masonic Temple in Detroit was wonderful.
3 months ago
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da share z0ne
3 months ago
WHO ELSE -
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Very sad news
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3 months ago
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Not a bad place to play a gig last night.
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Derek Halliday 🇨🇦
3 months ago
I think that people need to read this...especially people in modern fandom. So much of modern fandom is BITCHING and MOANING because a thing isn't doing EXACTLY what they want, instead of...just moving onto what does. Criticism is valid, but, "Make my faves happy" isn't criticism. It's fanfic.
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Angry Staff Officer
3 months ago
It’s totally fine that the CIA doesn’t know what year it is, right? The 250th of Paul Revere’s midnight ride was last year
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robert j bennett, ceo, results omega
3 months ago
goddamn it
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Please quit posting AI slop. Thanks.
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3 months ago
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Mark Lawrence
3 months ago
I should do a giveaway here too! I'll randomly select someone who retweets this to receive a signed copy of Daughter of Crows 🙂
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The Dude Replies
3 months ago
Imagine being in space 30 min ago and now you’re about an hour from In n Out
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Scared my dog cheering after hearing contact with Integrity after the communications blackout.
3 months ago
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