Bob Starr (@bobstarr.xyz)
Rosco is here indeed; here to cleanse your timeline!
Gen X nerd from 🇨🇦 • Twitter to Mastodon to Threads to Bluesky transplant • Here to share commentary* and stuff I find online. *Nerd opinions are not those of my employer.
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Rosco is here indeed; here to cleanse your timeline!
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Now go watch this for more laughs: 11foot8.com
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Trump is just an enabler for even worse people around him (e.g. Stephen Miller). He'll happily play golf while the real architects of fascism take hold.
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Hahaha! Pearl needs to get her drink on.
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I can't come up with a better comment than this so +1
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I haven't muted you for tennis posts so if you get worse I'm here to notify paramedics as needed.
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I twisted my ankle just reading this.
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AI music videos began and ended with Limp Bizkit last year. I will not be taking questions. youtu.be/bSTX2xVpfPw
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Is... is Stephen Miller wearing *gasp* a tan suit! oh man, how is this not a debacle across main stream media.
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@mapcenter.com thought you may find some value in this if you haven't seen it yet. Great education tool specific to maps.
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Two-thirds of the new Mission Impossible is basically Tom doing Red Bull commercial stunts. Very little of anything happening is in service to the plot.
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This should be a layup for the press, but no. When he says the country has made all this money from tariffs ask the next question: and that will pay for healthcare, right? Right!? Instead, they cut to commercial. Argh.
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If this becomes real Polymarket will make a fortune.
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More people need to know this movie and character exist.
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I read a post once that said "Stop ending comments with lol and just say what you have to say". This continues to haunt me when composing posts lo-... no, Bob! Stop it!
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I tried to find a generator of some kind online but had to resort to just doing an image search. Good enough lol
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Brian's absolutely right: this always needs to be framed as an OpenAI story, not simply an "AI" one.
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Thanks for writing about this. We need to keep the focus on OpenAI. If this gets generalized to just "AI" nothing will change (and I say this already concerned nothing will change anyway).
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True. I can only imagine what discovery would produce in respect to emails from management and the like.
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RFK Jr. when he sees child Anakin Skywalker...
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This is true and now that you saw this I realize you need these first cases to draft laws to protect against these systems.
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Damn this is funny. Well done
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You can't prove intent with automated code. That said, I agree with the sentiment here and this should be example enough to illustrate how badly we need new tech laws.
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All D&D jokes need to be this funny on Bluesky going forward.
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10/10 D&D reference. Have this +1 post of thanks.
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@reckless.bsky.social I feel this is the next iteration of the moderation discussion tech companies never want to have but here we are. Hope you talk about this story when you're back.
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That's not just "actor" Jon Voight though. That's "Trump's Ambassador to Hollywood" Jon Voight. Seriously though, both these guys will still be irrelevant after whatever this is has its fifteen minutes (if that).
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I guess those polio memories really stuck with him.
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It also wastes GOP time, providing some (if only minimal) reprieve from all the other plans they're concocting. Sand in the gears.
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Yes, I'm sure Rivals design is sneaking into the comics. Regardless, excellent art and thanks for posting these.
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They finally updated her outfit (from Marvel Rivals I think). Looking good, Tandy!
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If anyone is interested in an X-Files-like rabbit hole on this topic, check out this video (it's fun): youtu.be/ifWU7TmehCg?...
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/s
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You could also include Waffle House to the list: knowyourmeme.com/memes/waffle...
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Perfection!
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Props to David for using Ghost over Substack. Go sign up!
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I huge thanks for choosing Ghost over Substack! I'm not affiliated with Ghost, I just appreciate people knowing well enough not to use Substack (SO many journalists have no clue).
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Ha! Yes, exactly.
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An engagement announcement from Taylor Swift but no new record release date? Pfft. Weak sauce.
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Hey now, you're going to make Riley Gaines cry. www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/08/anti...
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@wyden.senate.gov this needs to be investigated as a major HIPPA violation, at the very minimum.
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I can't even imagine how much work is involved removing the reflections in post (if that's still being done at least) Bravo, whoever does that job; you're the real hero.
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Has anyone checked on Vivek Ramaswamy lately. How is his rap career going?
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Someone let MTG know her HIPPA rights were violated by DOGE/Musk and let's see what happens next. She was also on the DOGE subcommittee so not a good look for her either as we find out more regarding data access/use.
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The very last sentence here should be a disclaimer at the top of every article about enterprise-level mergers.
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This is amazing! I knew of these but have never seen one before.
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This! Whenever I see a label for Canadian-made I typically buy that product over another. I've never really been brand specific so I hope they keep those labels beyond the tariff disaster.
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In further honor... youtu.be/wRdl1BjTG7c?...
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No words can describe how angry this picture makes me (both the image itself and the one Trump is holding). For the President to stand in the White House and proudly show off a picture of himself with a murderous dictator like Putin; truly disrespectful to the office of the President.
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Not a good look when your software product starts to sound like a virus infecting a bunch of other systems.
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He seems desperate to extract money from any avenue. When VC funding isn't enough, use taxpayer money via some shady national deal.
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Cheese grater Mac Mini.
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We don't care about her opinions, release the files, cowards.
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Nailed it. I enjoyed watching a video of him explaining why he hasn't raise prices and basically said the company was profitable, their debts were paid, why make people pay more? Amazing stewardship of a company and I don't even drink ice tea.
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The fact nobody asks Trump this question is such a bad look on the press The all do this, let Trump talk and never ask him to qualify his statements.
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5 stars for the delivery driver. 0 for ICE.
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Hahaha! This is perfect.
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Oh, if there were danishes I'm sure he would have double-timed that course.
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This is genius. How do I invest?
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Stumbled upon this old @theonion.com article and thought it was referring to Blade... the movie. Stop laughing! Anyone could make that mistake.
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Holy cow 🐮! Apple TV's Invasion is back. It is the slowest invasion of alien invasion movies but there's something oddly compelling about it. I suspect this show may be on the bubble but will continue watching for the uniqueness of it.
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This guy... Following US rhetoric served him so well ahead of the last election but he doubles down on it regardless. What an idiot. Oh, and a liar as stated.
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Well now I'm sad for him 😭 It's so easy to think of these tentpole films as a bunch of actors in set but damn, not so much. His comments don't bode well for how he's being used either. A solo green screen performance sounds, uh, limiting. If this turns out to be the case, that sucks.
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There's a non-zero chance Stephen Miller gets a raging boner whenever he's on one of his fascist rants. Visual approximation from the movie Airplane:
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The fact the JD Vance heckler so relentlessly referenced an old, but still excellent, meme should give us all hope that most people recognize Vance is a POS.
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CEO says a thing: prices are getting too high. - McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski made $19.2 million in 2024. - McDonald's itself made $130 billion the same year. Remember these numbers as being the threshold by which McDonald's feels the need to lower prices.
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For what it's worth, Connor is pretty knowledgable on politics. I recognize Fortnite Friday is exposure for him but at least it's something different and not just another podcast. He's disarming enough to get these people to talk like they would outside of a formal interview.
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Ah, yes, this must be it. Good catch. I'm happy for her.
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I'm going to assume the low quality of this picture is because those 42 tabs used up so much computer memory it couldn't render any more of dem pixels lol
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Make Blade 4 with Snipes, cowards!
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Ed Zitron, that's who lol
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It's a step up from selling NFTs at least lol
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Right-cluck, save image.
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Came across this video of ICE officers crossing a road. Ha! Zing. ICE sucks! That is all.
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Please consider adding Raid: Shadow Legends to your 400% list lol
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Perfect closing quote. Well done.
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It sucks Alan Cumming had such a bad experience on X2 despite having one of the best sequences in any movie to this day. Spot on visuals for Nightcrawler's power set. Can't wait to see what they do with him in Doomsday. youtu.be/fN3LswEnDr4?...
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Unfortunately, they made it private shortly after posting it.
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Oh no. He's going to call for the removal of vampires and werewolves next isn't he?
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I second this. There is a seasonality to politics and right now everyone is on vacation. Take a break these days, then brace for impact when they all come back. Appreciate all the reporting you do.
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Everything you need to know about Trump is in these two photos.
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Reenactment of the sniper taking the shot lol
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Setting aside the fact this war is horrible, you have to be impressed with the skill it takes to pull this off.
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Wow! Such a great photo and beautiful area.
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They pay people to read your feeds lol
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perfect analogy
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Narrator: And he was right.
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Put another way, it was a perfect phone call.
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Oof
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This is easily the worst, but people should go find other photos of trump with putin. his entire posture is shockingly submissive in nearly every meeting at some point. that particular dynamic is telling.
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So many things Trump does could be Cartman story arcs on South Park.
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Tom has a meeting with Xenu that day but can't discuss it.
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Facebook: No more real news! Also, Facebook: Have all the AI slop and dis/misinformation you like! The entire platform works against the interests of human connections at a fundamental, and dangerous, level.
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Sharing for awareness.
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Okay, fine. The Guardian gets the cherry and whip cream, you still get the rest of the sundae for that joke.