Every court needs a jester. 🙂 Building #atproto stuff in public bc I believe in an open web. 🧬 robertl.in/xna 📝 robertlin.substack.com 🕰️ @now.robertl.in 📜 @history.robertl.in 🦋 Joined: Feb 6, 2024 📍 Cincinnati, Ohio - USA 🍄 Chagahttps://bsky.app/profile/robertl.inhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertl.in/post/3mlmvludqm22rAgents acting on our behalf is the future of how we'll use the internet.12 May 2026 03:59 +0000at://did:plc:5wlpm2j3d6can6quf5hotdcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmvludqm22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertl.in/post/3mljswcdb622hToday I switched over from whey protein to whey protein isolate! Let's see if there's any difference! 🤔 (For the record, Claude suggests whey protein isolate!!)10 May 2026 22:33 +0000at://did:plc:5wlpm2j3d6can6quf5hotdcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljswcdb622hhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertl.in/post/3mlhskwaufs2lFinally using my Paramount Plus membership to watch something - UFC 328!!10 May 2026 03:21 +0000at://did:plc:5wlpm2j3d6can6quf5hotdcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlhskwaufs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertl.in/post/3mlhsdylyq22oVisited the Rabbit Hash General Store in Kentucky today which dates back to 1831! Was here nearly a year ago!!10 May 2026 03:18 +0000at://did:plc:5wlpm2j3d6can6quf5hotdcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlhsdylyq22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/robertl.in/post/3mlh7bry2z22yFor the past 3wks I've been following Claude for my diet and am starting to notice results! One thing I've learned: in the US, it's crazy just how calories are *everywhere*. Eg. I used to eat Jersey Mike's a lot but that's 1,000+ calories! A donut? 300 calories! It's *hard* to eat healthy in the US!09 May 2026 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:5wlpm2j3d6can6quf5hotdcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlh7bry2z22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertl.in/post/3mlfu7q53m22chttps://youtu.be/1mIJXn05klM?si=pbnpuGHPn40pVkbP "Creasy's art is death and he's about to paint his masterpiece." Memorable movies/books are remembered for their iconic lines. If you want to create something that people remember, that has impact, that leaves residual, think of iconic lines that etch themselves in stone.09 May 2026 08:46 +0000at://did:plc:5wlpm2j3d6can6quf5hotdcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlfu7q53m22chttps://bsky.app/profile/robertl.in/post/3mle6ovvymc2mhttps://autos.yahoo.com/ev-and-future-tech/articles/high-tech-chinese-cars-pop-001924721.html "Just south of California, a wave of cheap, high-tech Chinese cars is inching toward the US, and a legal loophole is already letting some through. "In Mexico’s border cities... some start around $20,000, a price point that no new car in the US currently hits."08 May 2026 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:5wlpm2j3d6can6quf5hotdcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mle6ovvymc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertl.in/post/3mlcjsb32r22tSigned up for a Costco membership today! Capitalism is the best! Prices are much cheaper at Costco - excited to try all the different kinds of foods! We bought blueberries, lactose-free 2% milk, chargrilled Chipotle chicken! We also restocked on paper towels, Kleenex, bath tissue. Costco's amazing!08 May 2026 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:5wlpm2j3d6can6quf5hotdcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlcjsb32r22thttps://bsky.app/profile/robertl.in/post/3ml7lqox5z22uMaybe not all at once, but eventually, if the US wishes to remain competitive, we must allow the Chinese EVs be imported. America needs to learn how to compete again. We can't just cite "national security concerns" and hide. w/o competition, we stagnate. Consumers only win when companies compete.06 May 2026 20:58 +0000at://did:plc:5wlpm2j3d6can6quf5hotdcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7lqox5z22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertl.in/post/3ml6rgka7ok2ihttps://open.spotify.com/episode/68mJfpejczSu2GAt4568A7?si=Pdfv7zFvTMWNWXhzP3LRBQ&t=83&pi=JLiDKOv5R1a9C Germany is currently losing 15,000 manufacturing jobs a month. Specifically, their vehicle industry is spiraling. They've been asleep at the wheel (as has the US) and Chinese EVs are superior to their offerings which customers love. So now they're making weapons.06 May 2026 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:5wlpm2j3d6can6quf5hotdcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6rgka7ok2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/robertl.in/post/3ml4asfegus2i💯 agree w/ this take! It was refreshing to see a movie lionize women putting work + their careers ahead of family, romance, and all else. Some women are meant to be nurturing and mothers; some aren't. I love the more diverse representation for women presented in TDWP2. The tech bros were funny too! [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:5wlpm2j3d6can6quf5hotdcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4asfegus2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/robertl.in/post/3ml2zsxknuk2zWatched TDWP2 with the crew tonight! I enjoyed it! Specifically, I recommend all teenage girls to go see it. I love how there is more diverse representation of women in the movie. Stay single and childless at 40 and pursue your career! Dedicate your life to work! Not all women need to be nurturing!05 May 2026 01:27 +0000at://did:plc:5wlpm2j3d6can6quf5hotdcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2zsxknuk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertl.in/post/3ml26pu6bnk2nGreat thread by @joshwcomeau.com! @samwho.dev this is relevant to the 'developer education' stuff we were chatting about recently - this thread may interest you! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:5wlpm2j3d6can6quf5hotdcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml26pu6bnk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertl.in/post/3mkydrkfjls2zWe watched the new Michael Jackson movie last Friday and I really loved it! It ends weirdly and only covers Jackson's early years but I really loved his father, Joseph Jackson. Sure, he was hard on Michael but that's what it took to get out of Gary, Indiana. I especially loved Joe's spirit:03 May 2026 23:47 +0000at://did:plc:5wlpm2j3d6can6quf5hotdcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkydrkfjls2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertl.in/post/3mkxcs2wngc2zAs the k-shaped economy bulls forward, Spirit Airlines's dissolution is major blow to the bottom arm of the K. What made America special was that for a long time, most everyone could afford luxuries like travel. Increasingly, this gulf will widen between those who can afford luxuries & who can't.03 May 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:5wlpm2j3d6can6quf5hotdcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxcs2wngc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertl.in/post/3mkvvjjhs5s25https://open.spotify.com/episode/1eMvZuVBEL1Xw1tnmsFQZ9?si=USNDxPMPQvewNeIHf05fEg&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A1qcHUwQ375ZVH0mPIaxyr7 This is a great ep by @planetmoney.bsky.social about what goes into making a #1 NYTimes bestseller and all the different ways the system can be gamed. Congratulations to the team for making #3 on the non-fiction list!! 👏👏👏03 May 2026 00:26 +0000at://did:plc:5wlpm2j3d6can6quf5hotdcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvvjjhs5s25https://bsky.app/profile/robertl.in/post/3mktpwgfmmk2jI'm watching S5E2 of The Boys right now and Anthony Starr is so great as Homelander. I honestly do feel bad for him, even given all the atrocious things he's done. I feel Homelander is one of the most sympathetic characters in the show. Meanwhile: I really like Kimiko much more when she was mute. 😭02 May 2026 03:41 +0000at://did:plc:5wlpm2j3d6can6quf5hotdcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mktpwgfmmk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertl.in/post/3mks7svo4q22jhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/7u2zXSxFSe8jvNWMvsdfh9?si=2pwS94_BTQ24d4tBoTcLyA&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A1qcHUwQ375ZVH0mPIaxyr7 TIL that the CEO of Spirit Airlines used to deliberately compare his company to Dollar General. Walmart would have been too high-class of a comparison. Verbatim from the former CEO: "We're Dollar General. We're not even Walmart." (TY, @planetmoney.bsky.social!)01 May 2026 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:5wlpm2j3d6can6quf5hotdcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mks7svo4q22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertl.in/post/3mkqmeeify22ihttps://open.spotify.com/episode/2VB6oSnpM0LaMobuu6RP8B?si=RIeoVnK4R2CDusPAVkLJSA&t=1601&ct=1492 TIL that a single accident shut down GM's autonomous driving program! A jaywalker was hit and then the GM Cruise vehicle dragged the hit person underneath the car as it tried to get to a "safe position". And that was the end of the GM Cruise program. ☹️30 Apr 2026 21:59 +0000at://did:plc:5wlpm2j3d6can6quf5hotdcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqmeeify22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/robertl.in/post/3mkoey6sif222The upper middle class in America has tripled form 10% to 30% over the past 50 years. WSJ writes that "Americans are actually getting wealthier." Today, there are nearly 25 million millionaires in America and about 20% of households are millionaires! https://www.wsj.com/economy/more-americans-are-breaking-into-the-upper-middle-class-bf8b7cb2?st=TN6oiG&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink30 Apr 2026 00:42 +0000at://did:plc:5wlpm2j3d6can6quf5hotdcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkoey6sif222https://bsky.app/profile/robertl.in/post/3mklngrck5k22I'm watching The Devil Wears Prada right now and am about an hour in. Anne Hathaway's character's friends are horrible! It's crazy they don't support her transformation into someone who cares ab her job+fashion. She needs new friends and to dump Nate. Hopefully she gets together with the writer guy!28 Apr 2026 22:35 +0000at://did:plc:5wlpm2j3d6can6quf5hotdcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklngrck5k22https://bsky.app/profile/robertl.in/post/3mkjcd5ulvk26https://youtu.be/p7-85RO1-gM?si=i8DiB-gv3L5onIQK China leading the way in EV technology around the world! It's absolutely ironic to me that America - the supposed cradle of the free market - can only compete with Chinese EVs by not allowing them to be imported. There are definitely signs of this being the Chinese century!28 Apr 2026 00:11 +0000at://did:plc:5wlpm2j3d6can6quf5hotdcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkjcd5ulvk26https://bsky.app/profile/robertl.in/post/3mkgczggeas2oWhat I love ab Claude is that it gives me an exact schedule for when and how much to eat and exercise. When you are childfree, it can be a challenge on how to structure your days. In the absence of children, I really like how Claude gives me a routine to structure my days around and what to do next.26 Apr 2026 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:5wlpm2j3d6can6quf5hotdcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgczggeas2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/robertl.in/post/3mkegafu3jk2m"A man cannot step into the same river twice, because it is not the same river, and he is not same man." -Heraclitus I love idioms/aphorisms. Back in the day, people made entertainment out of memorizing these sayings. Before videogames, people would compete in games of wit and recall.Bring it back!26 Apr 2026 01:38 +0000at://did:plc:5wlpm2j3d6can6quf5hotdcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkegafu3jk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertl.in/post/3mkbwst2uxk2rAfter six months of lifting weights, I've learned that to make real progress isn't just about hitting the gym but it's a genuine lifestyle change. I can now only eat certain foods. I can only eat at certain times of day. I have to sleep a certain amount. It's everything or nothing. It's a lifestyle.25 Apr 2026 01:56 +0000at://did:plc:5wlpm2j3d6can6quf5hotdcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbwst2uxk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertl.in/post/3mk77vek4cc2rAn update: I canceled my ChatGPT back in March and have been using Claude Pro since then. It's been over a month now and for my use cases, Claude has been better in every way. (The only issue is I use it so much, I often exhaust my tokens.😑) Note: I redacted my email in this screenshot with Claude!24 Apr 2026 00:01 +0000at://did:plc:5wlpm2j3d6can6quf5hotdcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk77vek4cc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertl.in/post/3mk4lwt4gws2ihttps://youtube.com/shorts/yXIfO-yIl30?si=h47TFg3iUpcPpakP Love this! I am all for digital sovereignty and anti-globalization! Bring back regionalism!! 🥳🎉22 Apr 2026 22:58 +0000at://did:plc:5wlpm2j3d6can6quf5hotdcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4lwt4gws2i