Very Robin
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A bird, a designer, an opinion-haver. A woman with too many hobbies. A professional when she needs to be. https://tinytype.co https://veryrobin.me
People ignore the fact that a lot of these same people own the AI companies too and can put their thumb on the scale to influence the output. Rubes saying 'it is good at handling large data sets', I'm looking in your direction
Alex Winter@alexwinter.com · 4d agoIt’s taking a long time for people to wake up to the fact that these platforms are not public forums but privately owned companies with terrible agendas and total control. If you lay down with these dogs…
My thesis is that straight men abandoned reading *en masse* when it lost perceived social value, around the time Gore Vidal got obsessed with appearing on television. But they can come back at any time, the latest racist Michelle Houllebecq novel with tits on the cover will still be in the library
Elizabeth Spiers@espiers.bsky.social · last wk.Okay, I am looking at this gendered reading piece by Ross Barkan and I have many thoughts and questions. Part of the thesis is this:
(looking at menu) jeez this is gonna be impossible i don’t know how to make any of this stuff
Does anyone know of a good job or gig for very skilled funny and entertaining MLYP?
much like your ghosting@mlyp.bsky.social · 2w agoMy dayjob is going through a restructure so I'm very likely looking for work. If you know of anything where they might need someone with 11 years of digital marketing experience then slide into my DMs or email me at allthisfor10dollars@gmail.com thank you <3 I'll put some of my work in the replies
A short text about caring, as read to a live audience in a bookshop for the launch event of a type foundry’s new website ☞ essays.veryrobin.me/modes-of-cri...
“Modes of Criticism” for the Monokrom launch party – Very Robin Essays
Robin Mientjes is a senior designer in Oslo, Norway. She designs type, interactive experiences, and more.
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You gotta give it up to Earth Wind & Fire for not even bothering to add a Water guy. They were just like it’s fine
every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women
Forbes@forbes.com · last mo.Tilly Norwood, a controversial AI “actor,” abruptly switched languages during an interview with Piers Morgan, though the company behind the AI creation denied she malfunctioned.
"I am for the dignity and safety and equal rights of trans people everywhere. Fuck you. The end." "I do not believe you care about this issue. You are lying. In fact you're a straight up weirdo for fixating on kids' genitals so much. That is odd behavior. Let kids run around with their friends."
I do not believe you care about this
You are lying
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My FAQ, which includes questions like “am I transphobic?”, “am I in the Epstein files?”, and “do I have mold in my house?”, is prompting a lot of questions already answered by the FAQ.
👻Hauntit Quine👻 🇵🇸 she/her@rummlie.bsky.social · last mo.JK Rowling putting up a disclaimer about having mold in her castle in the FAQs section of her website is satisfying. She was so bothered about the mold she learned how to blur her backgrounds, now this. Bullies are such pathetic creatures.
created an infographic to explain why arguing the hypocrisy of fascist talking points only helps erode your point. don't fight bad faith with good faith. don't engage with their point. don't meet them where they are. they're killing people. eat their frame.
Anthony Moser@anthonymoser.com · last yr.if they say something and you say that's not true, your response is still shaped like their frame Your frame has to *contain and explain* their frame, not just contradict it. You have to eat their frame. Like Kirby
It’s all just a lie. I get so annoyed when I hear democrats say “well parents have real concerns…” no they don’t. Real concerns are addressed by knowledge and data. Prejudice is not. If knowledge doesn’t change their position, they’re just bigots.
If you look at the 2020s MAHA and RW wellness space, and ask "how much of this movement encourages me to eat a Cow Product?", it's a bit of a shock, to some people. Collagen, Bone Broths, low/no carb diets, all the red-faced HGH users, etc.
Colin Carlson@colincarlson.bsky.social · last mo.Here’s a real 2am take: the supplement industry is obviously in need of regulation but, having mainlined a lot of MAHA content this summer to answer this question for myself, it’s not driving the MAHA content ecosystem or HHS activities nearly as much as Big Ag (posing as Little Ag) propaganda
Good thread! Next time someone makes this statement, ask them some follow up questions and make sure the person answering it isn’t using AI
Rory Blank@roryblank.bsky.social · last mo.I saw a post earlier saying I need to integrate AI into my workflow as an artist or I'll be left behind. Sure I've seen dozens of posts like this before, but I'm really seriously thinking about it now and I am at a total loss as to what it would possibly do to improve my work.
To you,”AI could wipe us all out in 10 years” is apocalyptic. To me, it means I have a decade to think about possibly writing a novel
From Evangelical Christians to Rokos Basilisk-pilled AI engineers, it's funny how many people exist out there who are actively trying to bring about the apocalypse. I feel that if you have stated omnicidal intent, it should be automatic grounds for [redacted]
I think another lesson to take from the loss of both Dolly and Tim Curry is that neither of them took themselves seriously but they took the work dead serious that's the most important thing pour all of yourself into the craft but have fun and don't get an ego.
I love this Ask @theflytrapmedia.com advice from @katelynburns.com so much but this line about coming out as trans sticks with me: 'Imagine you spent your entire life wearing thick gloves and after 20 years you’re finally allowed to take them off and start touching things with your own skin.'
Ask The Flytrap: Am I Living in a Romance Novel or Do I Need a Reality Check?
After 20 years in the closet, I finally realized I'm a woman. Is my new flirtation with a fellow trans woman the real deal?
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carl sagan: we will venture to the stars one day. humans: badass! sagan: we only need to avoid destroying ourselves. that’s literally the only thing. humans: nno,
"It doesn't matter what you think of Cofnas or his work" ought to be read in the same voice as the Wizard of Oz saying "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain". It's asking you to set your attention to the violent threat in the room aside and start navel gazing instead.
Mallory Moore@sexabolition.blog · 2mo ago"it doesn't matter what you think of Cofnas or his work" here is misdirection intending to make you think this is a question of your opinion on Cofnas or his work, rather than the facts of Cofnas, his work, and his explicit intentions to use his attacks on Arday to create a white supremacist academy
As the credits rolled on The Creator, I was baffled to see everyone hyped and convinced it was great. My bored response was not appreciated at the time!
Kath Barbadoro@kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhat is the most vindicated you have be ever been for a hot take
Doctors say that childhood vaccines save thousands of lives. A guy who shits himself in public and struggles to pass basic cognitive tests say they cause autism. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
iran being able to tell the US to fuck off and the US not being able to do anything about it does feel like one of those historically important milestones. near the conclusion of the chapter on western imperialism in the middle east, hopefully
Still very happy with my design notes (and design itself of course!) for Gagneur, my latest type release. Would love for more people to read it – and maybe tell me what they think tinytype.co/news/2026/de...
Design notes: Gagneur · Tiny Type Co, typefaces for all sorts of cases
Gagneur is the result of years of studiously not studying the French type canon, in an attempt to make a non-dogmatic new serif design that still feels historic and French.
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there’s a funny harm scale to crimes that should result in you going free
In Otter News@in-otter-news.bsky.social · 3mo agoSounds like otter chaos.
the reason a lot of people wear the butt plug with the gem on it is so if they get transported back in time they can pry the gem off and sell it to get currency in the olden times. its actually really, really smart
One the reasons that the whole ‘national conservatism’ thing is total bullshit on it’s own terms is that ‘we’re a PEOPLE not just a ECONOMIC zone’ types never ever mention the foreign country literally sucking our land dry (the saudis are the ones who buy the alfalfa). It’s all bullshit!
untitled 1@medianoche.bsky.social · 3mo agoradical idea: stop growing alfalfa in arizona.
