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Robert Bowen

@rybowen.bsky.social

Here for the urbanists, the cyclists, the travelers, the writers and the comedians. Mostly a reply guy.

created November 12, 2024

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Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

If you follow Reddit tattoo subs you will see accidental dick about once a month. It’s wild

30/8/2025, 3:51:47 AM | 60 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

bsky.app/profile/jfre... 26 Federal Plaza. Agree it's a good stunt.

17/6/2025, 6:18:43 PM | 8 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

I think www.eatyourbooks.com does this?

22/5/2025, 8:59:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

I've had to argue with people about this - Tomatoes canned in CA have citric acid listed on the label, while those canned in Italy don't. It's because EU labeling standards are less strict than ours, not because Italian tomatoes don't have preservatives!

30/4/2025, 9:59:20 PM | 83 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social)

Chuck doing caturday right

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26/4/2025, 5:02:16 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Omg I listened to That SO MUCH that year. The CD was pretty much permanently in the player.

25/4/2025, 2:26:09 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Craziest thing I have ever seen was Pike Place Market on a Friday afternoon in summer, hundreds of tourists overflowing the sidewalks and crossing mid-block, with a line of traffic snaking up Pike Place...

22/4/2025, 6:17:08 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

We have one here too. Excellent idea.

19/4/2025, 2:36:55 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

I don’t get it either but it’s not just an age thing. There’s a lot on here too unfortunately. And in NYC I’ve seen it irl on subway ads. Someone even scrawled “AI Slop” on a poster I see all the time.

17/4/2025, 10:50:29 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Vietnam recently (to avoid Trump 1.0 tariffs)

14/4/2025, 7:00:36 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Literally the dumbest person you have ever met.

12/4/2025, 5:10:39 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

The distributors do. QBP and Specialized/Trek, etc. The impact will be minimal because they want everything to be in by May 1.

11/4/2025, 4:32:14 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Same here.

9/4/2025, 3:38:50 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

We had at least one in NYC

6/4/2025, 11:37:56 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social)

Let’s go NYC

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5/4/2025, 7:16:06 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture CHOAM Nomsky (@samthielman.com) reposted

turns out the United States was an incredible moneymaking engine that ran on wokeness

4/4/2025, 4:41:20 PM | 14272 2288 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Tim Hodgson (@timhodgson.bsky.social) reposted

It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—

image of watchmen's doctor manhattan, a superhero who is entirely blue and nude, sitting on a rock, small in frame, on what is depicted to be a very pink version of the surface of the planet mars. he looks pensive.
2/4/2025, 10:01:06 PM | 26756 8471 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah people need to stop it with the election doomerism.

31/3/2025, 1:55:25 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Same here (birth year and immunity faded)

30/3/2025, 3:28:55 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Urgent care has it and the cutoff for one reason is 1968 - but even if you were vaccinated later it could fade over time. I was born in 72 and vaccinated sometime in the 70s but I couldn’t find my record and my immunity was below what it should be after so many years in a blood test.

29/3/2025, 8:03:13 PM | 13 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

You know he is with that cheap ass knockoff

28/3/2025, 9:43:23 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

I should call her.

27/3/2025, 6:16:29 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you, that looks amazing.

26/3/2025, 6:56:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

That looks amazing! Got a recipe?

26/3/2025, 12:48:12 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Are they like scones?

19/3/2025, 8:05:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah every time I scroll threads I spend more time looking at the date than reading the posts.

19/3/2025, 7:49:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

100% these have been around for years and years (since at least the Bush years).

19/3/2025, 4:01:45 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes, this is mostly shining a light on things that have been happening for years - none of this is new but I'm glad to see it get the attention it deserves.

19/3/2025, 3:24:56 PM | 10 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

The rare IRL topic I know about is Tiktok (not airports) and yeah this shit is crazy for that reason too.

18/3/2025, 5:49:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bradley P. Moss (@bradmossesq.bsky.social) reposted

Hey Dearborn, Michigan, how you feeling today? Did you own Harris enough?

18/3/2025, 11:53:25 AM | 609 84 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Just FYI I will never click on a link with a garbage AI photo. I'm sure I am not the only one.

17/3/2025, 2:36:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

So shitty

16/3/2025, 2:52:00 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Not being allowed to be cruel for the last four years.

15/3/2025, 7:12:30 PM | 24 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Wouldn't it be easier to just start with raw beef and lettuce?

12/3/2025, 8:12:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

In Scandinavia maybe... Don't think it's quite so steep anywhere else even within Europe. In the us we are at what, 8-9% BEV?

12/3/2025, 7:58:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

True! The sills appear to be intact.

12/3/2025, 2:53:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Those wheel arches are not giving "nearly rust free".

12/3/2025, 2:24:31 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s the worst. Driggs around the Bedford stop makes me irrationally angry.

10/3/2025, 8:28:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

I had to get one a few summers ago (I was 50) to help with my son’s summer camp. I would never have known

8/3/2025, 4:27:36 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Probably

6/3/2025, 9:10:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

It's already happening if you follow the "SEO influencers" online. They've given up on search ranking and are going for LLM visibility (which derives from search ranking in some cases).

6/3/2025, 6:48:51 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

I know you’re joking but it’s actually somewhat hard to get Thai cooks to make it really hot if you’re white. I speak fluent Thai and I always have to explain. “yes I can eat spicy food, yes I really mean it, yes I know what I’m asking for”

5/3/2025, 1:50:13 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Yep that album slaps from start to finish.

4/3/2025, 5:59:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

I really miss that caramelized flavor you only get from the burnt coffee in the nooks and crannies of a carafe that has only been rinsed in cold water once a week.

4/3/2025, 3:05:54 PM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social)

No we’re not begging for dinner we just happen to be hanging out in the kitchen an hour early.

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3/3/2025, 9:09:23 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes, father of the American cavalry.

3/3/2025, 7:28:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Orlean Cooper (@orleancooper.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Were there PowerPoint slides? Was any woman under the age of 40 within twenty feet of him? (I believe that's illegal now.)

1/3/2025, 5:55:19 PM | 9 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

The time-honored tradition of citywide elected officials pandering to Fox-News-watching outer borough residents. Same strategy Adams used. Basically going for the NY Post vote.

1/3/2025, 7:58:03 PM | 9 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Don’t bother inventing anything just let the machines do it.

1/3/2025, 2:38:48 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

I work with so many people like this. Just totally clueless about what LLMs are and can do.

1/3/2025, 2:38:10 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m going through the same exact thing. Recruiter Monday: “next few days” Thursday: “today” Friday “today”… and now nothing.

1/3/2025, 2:29:25 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social)

Really puts it in context

28/2/2025, 1:50:18 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh I thought they were Brits.

27/2/2025, 8:08:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

They are not even US Citizens? WTFFF

27/2/2025, 6:13:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

In NYC unless you have a house or less than 6 units you are responsible for the sidewalk.

27/2/2025, 4:02:21 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Reminds me SO much of my Chuck. He was an old tomcat with wounds and a wonky ear (not as bad as your boi). He’s also orange.

26/2/2025, 11:01:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

true, but it's risky since in New York as a rule the person that wins the democratic primary wins the election. So if you join Republican Party to vote in the primary for one candidate you'll miss a chance to select others on the same ballot. It would be a hard sell to any local progressive...

26/2/2025, 5:31:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Unfortunately in NY we have closed primaries so that won't work.

26/2/2025, 4:55:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social)

Even the fearless mountain men and bible-thumping settlers that these chuds worship had a society to go back to.

26/2/2025, 4:39:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

If the writer thinks rebates are expensive wait until they learn how much desalination costs.

26/2/2025, 4:31:11 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

I read this article and I didn’t get the last paragraph. Do the republicans think their town halls helped them in 2018?

26/2/2025, 1:41:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

So irritating, and Thai, I get mad about both. They have courses in both languages though to teach other languages.

26/2/2025, 3:35:35 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

I have a lovely PRO-JECT debut carbon evo that sounds good and is not super expensive. It replaced a Panasonic that someone gave me and never really sounded right.

26/2/2025, 2:30:31 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Sure I’ve used it before. Don’t inhale it. They put it on grains and things to control pests all the time.

26/2/2025, 2:25:48 AM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Khruangbin! Great band

25/2/2025, 2:46:23 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

I knew it was going to be a banger when they played Carabao right after the theme in the first season.

24/2/2025, 10:43:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

I spent a lot of time in Thailand, speak Thai etc. and the soundtrack is ON POINT at building a world. It just feels right.

24/2/2025, 10:27:03 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mybuddysully (@mybuddysully.bsky.social) reposted

Talk of a "Feb 28 Economic Blackout" is spreading on social media.

21/2/2025, 6:03:01 PM | 1173 549 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

We're still lacking a lot of good crosstown routes in Manhattan, but I agree we're doing really great so far.

21/2/2025, 8:10:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

In NYC and LA this is the goal although you're correct the vast majority of Americans are overweight.

21/2/2025, 7:03:40 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

American style is flat handed with the palm down.

21/2/2025, 6:42:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Honestly I think it's the latter. The right wingers know the NYT is sloppy and doesn't have the resources so they make sure they know who to call and where to be when.

21/2/2025, 5:27:49 PM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

For what it's worth I agree with you. But there has to be a culture within the company that values competence over likability to managers.

21/2/2025, 5:13:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

I had tix for his show a couple of weeks ago but I got the flu and couldn't go. This and Frank Black are both really incredibly good albums.

21/2/2025, 4:40:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

yes, 100%

21/2/2025, 4:30:44 PM | 34 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

And a strict regiment of "supplements" from his "trainer"

21/2/2025, 4:30:14 PM | 16 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Now do the 2024 one - dude is MORE jacked and he is 56. This is not healthy and I felt really bad for my 14 year old son and his friend that went to see Deadpool vs. Wolverine with me. That is not what men look like normally.

21/2/2025, 4:29:20 PM | 55 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes, that's exactly it. Mgmt/leadership needs to set an example. I haven't seen much of it in my experience in Advertising but maybe other industries/agencies are better.

21/2/2025, 3:53:18 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Yep. It takes real leadership from the top to combat this culture and if you work for an "old school" CEO it won't happen. The organization has to care about balancing it.

21/2/2025, 3:50:34 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

100% I have personally seen ppl who don't fit in with the culture of the rest of the team (bc of age, ethnicity, religion, whatever) get left behind or isolated and don't get promoted the same way.

21/2/2025, 3:48:45 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

I understand this somewhat but as a senior leader in an agency, it seems to me that the juniors lose more by not being seen than seniors. So while the preference may be for them to stay home it appears to have a negative impact on their careers.

21/2/2025, 3:27:57 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

That's actually good! It's called a Michelada and it's delicious.

21/2/2025, 3:17:53 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

"If you won't allow Nazis to be Nazis we'll stop defending you". Kinda sounds like a deal to me.

21/2/2025, 1:38:31 PM | 39 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

I actually kind of like this. The problem is the council can never agree on anything so I'm not sure how we get anything done.

21/2/2025, 1:35:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Congestion credit.

21/2/2025, 1:34:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Adam Parkhomenko (@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social) reposted

Kathy Hochul sold us out. As far as I’m concerned she should just go ahead and change parties.

20/2/2025, 6:39:42 PM | 2741 425 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

And who would become interim mayor if Adams steps down or is removed.

20/2/2025, 10:24:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

My Chuck was one of these big bois from the mean streets of Bushwhack but after neutering and five years of the finest kibble he's cute, lazy and still not super friendly.

20/2/2025, 6:35:52 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture neuroid99.bsky.social (@neuroid99.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Also a good reminder that there isn't some fixed level of cruelty that will satisfy the bigots. The current level of cruelty immediately becomes the baseline, and they'll keep demanding more.

20/2/2025, 2:52:32 PM | 306 58 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

TIL she made a solo album.

20/2/2025, 5:23:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social)

preview.redd.it/its-time-for...

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20/2/2025, 4:49:16 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Sure thing, Boss!

20/2/2025, 3:49:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture NY Times Pitchbot (@nytpitchbot.bsky.social) reposted

The cabinet must invoke the 25th amendment and remove Elon Musk from office

20/2/2025, 5:58:13 AM | 2112 217 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

They did! He has always been a great communicator and his connections to the media really helped him. It just turns out he's a total dirtbag when the cameras are off. Unfortunately for us in the city he has all that name recognition to help win the Mayor's race (especially a short-timeline special).

20/2/2025, 2:34:50 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

I guess they don’t want mayor Cuomo

20/2/2025, 4:36:28 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture City Nolan (@ndhapple.bsky.social) reposted

MTA to Feds: Drop dead

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19/2/2025, 6:25:59 PM | 9214 1675 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture m (@keptsimple.bsky.social) reposted

a good example of how the world is getting dumber. the new politico playbook writer didn't know who FDR was until a reader told him about that whole "new deal" thing. this newsletter is read by every important person in DC.

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18/2/2025, 3:47:01 PM | 12360 2458 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

I agree with you, as a NY resident I think she’s done here regardless. But if she sits on her hands the Democrat base will desert her and she will be toast in a primary.

18/2/2025, 4:00:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Bowen (@rybowen.bsky.social) reply parent

Because she is, and always has been a political coward. Afraid of her own shadow.

18/2/2025, 2:29:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view