Robert Repino
@repino1.bsky.social
Author of Spark and the League of Ursus and the War with No Name series. OUP editor. Gotham Writers instructor. Opinions belong to me and the voices in my head.
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What a surprise that America’s Putin Party continues to slow walk this while continuing to do nothing.
September 7, 2026 at 10:21 PM
What a surprise that America’s Putin Party continues to slow walk this while continuing to do nothing.
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my 2 cents on material conditions and right wing politics for @hammerandhope.bsky.social
"The portrayal of economic anxiety as a standalone rather than complementary explanation to the machinations of plutocratic bigots also flies in the face of what we know..."
hammerandhope.org/article/econ...
"The portrayal of economic anxiety as a standalone rather than complementary explanation to the machinations of plutocratic bigots also flies in the face of what we know..."
hammerandhope.org/article/econ...
September 7, 2026 at 6:04 PM
my 2 cents on material conditions and right wing politics for @hammerandhope.bsky.social
"The portrayal of economic anxiety as a standalone rather than complementary explanation to the machinations of plutocratic bigots also flies in the face of what we know..."
hammerandhope.org/article/econ...
"The portrayal of economic anxiety as a standalone rather than complementary explanation to the machinations of plutocratic bigots also flies in the face of what we know..."
hammerandhope.org/article/econ...
An intriguing opportunity for writers in NYC! A "low pressure workshop designed to explore the Library's offerings and collections as a catalyst for creativity".
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September 8, 2026 at 12:47 AM
An intriguing opportunity for writers in NYC! A "low pressure workshop designed to explore the Library's offerings and collections as a catalyst for creativity".
www.nypl.org/events/progr...
www.nypl.org/events/progr...
"President Donald Trump originally said the war, which began Feb. 28, would last four to six weeks. In July, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he hoped gasoline could average $3 a gallon nationwide by Labor Day."
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Vance says he doesn’t know when Iran conflict will end — it’s up to Iran
The vice president also defended Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from recent criticism.
wapo.st
September 3, 2026 at 11:59 PM
"President Donald Trump originally said the war, which began Feb. 28, would last four to six weeks. In July, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he hoped gasoline could average $3 a gallon nationwide by Labor Day."
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Doug Ford on telling Trump to kiss his ass: "You gotta eventually stand up to someone who just continuously attacks our country and insults our country"
August 30, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Doug Ford on telling Trump to kiss his ass: "You gotta eventually stand up to someone who just continuously attacks our country and insults our country"
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One of one.
August 26, 2026 at 1:43 AM
One of one.
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Mark Carney: "In recent days. the US proposed new terms that were uneconomic, unfair, and undermine the net benefits for Canada, and called into question the reliability of any deal. In short, they asked too much and they offered too little ... You're at war when you get attacked. We got attacked."
August 23, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Mark Carney: "In recent days. the US proposed new terms that were uneconomic, unfair, and undermine the net benefits for Canada, and called into question the reliability of any deal. In short, they asked too much and they offered too little ... You're at war when you get attacked. We got attacked."
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My Ukrainian publisher Ranok asked me to pass along the news that on 8/1 a warehouse was bombed by Russia, burning about 8 million books, including the print runs of their translated Murderbot editions, + The Cloud Roads & Witch King. This really hurts the publishing house, and 1/-
August 21, 2026 at 3:44 PM
My Ukrainian publisher Ranok asked me to pass along the news that on 8/1 a warehouse was bombed by Russia, burning about 8 million books, including the print runs of their translated Murderbot editions, + The Cloud Roads & Witch King. This really hurts the publishing house, and 1/-
I really want to root for people who write things like this. But we're talking about a group that supported Trump three times in a row, so...
Arellano: Why Catholics must take the lead to rebuke MAGA in the midterms
Commentary: Why Catholics must take the lead to rebuke MAGA in the midterms
Trump is a walking manifestation of the seven deadly sins, to the point that he has depicted himself as Jesus and a pope on social media.
www.latimes.com
August 19, 2026 at 2:36 PM
I really want to root for people who write things like this. But we're talking about a group that supported Trump three times in a row, so...
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"Thirty seconds after you're born you have a past and sixty seconds after that you start to lie to yourself about it."
Today, 8/16, at 1pm and 7pm EST, the Deadlights Theater presents...
THE BROOD
Come and join us for Cronenberg's most divorced movie!
www.patreon.com/c/scumbeliev...
Today, 8/16, at 1pm and 7pm EST, the Deadlights Theater presents...
THE BROOD
Come and join us for Cronenberg's most divorced movie!
www.patreon.com/c/scumbeliev...
August 16, 2026 at 12:48 PM
"Thirty seconds after you're born you have a past and sixty seconds after that you start to lie to yourself about it."
Today, 8/16, at 1pm and 7pm EST, the Deadlights Theater presents...
THE BROOD
Come and join us for Cronenberg's most divorced movie!
www.patreon.com/c/scumbeliev...
Today, 8/16, at 1pm and 7pm EST, the Deadlights Theater presents...
THE BROOD
Come and join us for Cronenberg's most divorced movie!
www.patreon.com/c/scumbeliev...
I assume this man also believed that Mexico would pay for the wall.
“Brent Jindra, a tech salesman, voted for President Trump three times, drawn by his aggressive immigration agenda. He never imagined the crackdown would ensnare his own wife."
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/u...
“Brent Jindra, a tech salesman, voted for President Trump three times, drawn by his aggressive immigration agenda. He never imagined the crackdown would ensnare his own wife."
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/u...
Years of Trump Support Came Undone in 15 Minutes in an Airport. (Gift Article)
The case represents a new front in President Trump’s mass deportation drive: arrests at airports of people who have active immigration cases and no criminal history.
www.nytimes.com
August 16, 2026 at 12:58 PM
I assume this man also believed that Mexico would pay for the wall.
“Brent Jindra, a tech salesman, voted for President Trump three times, drawn by his aggressive immigration agenda. He never imagined the crackdown would ensnare his own wife."
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/u...
“Brent Jindra, a tech salesman, voted for President Trump three times, drawn by his aggressive immigration agenda. He never imagined the crackdown would ensnare his own wife."
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/u...
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I have no patience for the economic anxiety argument, especially here in the year of our lord, 2026
That is wrong and ignores everything that happened during the civil rights movement. I have a family full of MAGA people in rural AL and they have no desire to be convinced about anything and DNGAF about any of your reasoning. What they do respond to is social shame.
August 16, 2026 at 12:54 AM
I have no patience for the economic anxiety argument, especially here in the year of our lord, 2026
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EVERY STORY ABOUT BEAVERS FOR THE LAST DECADE READS LIKE: WE RELEASED A DOZEN PADDLE TAILED LITTLE FREAKS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A TERRAFORMING PROJECT THAT REVERSED A CENTURY OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE IN THREE WEEKS.
August 14, 2026 at 4:47 PM
EVERY STORY ABOUT BEAVERS FOR THE LAST DECADE READS LIKE: WE RELEASED A DOZEN PADDLE TAILED LITTLE FREAKS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A TERRAFORMING PROJECT THAT REVERSED A CENTURY OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE IN THREE WEEKS.
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fucking shameful, infantile thinking from a grown adult. just pages and pages of "yet you participate in society"
There is a lengthy pro-AI screed in the latest HWA newsletter and it is . . . a mood.
August 5, 2026 at 2:03 AM
fucking shameful, infantile thinking from a grown adult. just pages and pages of "yet you participate in society"
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My childhood friend died at 30. My partner's sister died in her 40s. My grandmother, recovering in the hospital from a manic episode, contracted COVID and died. My friend Leslie died in his early 40s. Several of my friends are still disabled.
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
August 3, 2026 at 1:29 AM
My childhood friend died at 30. My partner's sister died in her 40s. My grandmother, recovering in the hospital from a manic episode, contracted COVID and died. My friend Leslie died in his early 40s. Several of my friends are still disabled.
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Submissions close tomorrow! We’re looking for speculative fiction up to 5,000 words by immigrant and diaspora writers, as well as translations from any language into English.
Submission guidelines can be found on our website. Share your work with us before the deadline!
Submission guidelines can be found on our website. Share your work with us before the deadline!
July 30, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Submissions close tomorrow! We’re looking for speculative fiction up to 5,000 words by immigrant and diaspora writers, as well as translations from any language into English.
Submission guidelines can be found on our website. Share your work with us before the deadline!
Submission guidelines can be found on our website. Share your work with us before the deadline!
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This guy isn't scrabbling to produce content on no budget. He has money. He could hire a research assistant.
Omg not Hank Green using AI for research and calling to his “bad habit” 💀😭🤡
July 31, 2026 at 2:25 PM
This guy isn't scrabbling to produce content on no budget. He has money. He could hire a research assistant.
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New episode! 🚨
Ever try to explain FIFA's whole, uh, thing to a non-⚽️sicko?
After a wild World Cup, I asked @mattdoyle.bsky.social to help me do so with @repino1.bsky.social on Soccer Is Not Stupid:
soccerisstupid.com/2026/06/05/e...
Ever try to explain FIFA's whole, uh, thing to a non-⚽️sicko?
After a wild World Cup, I asked @mattdoyle.bsky.social to help me do so with @repino1.bsky.social on Soccer Is Not Stupid:
soccerisstupid.com/2026/06/05/e...
Episode 5: The Fiefdom of FIFA
Soccer Is Not Stupid: With Robert and Charlie · Episode
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July 25, 2026 at 9:36 PM
New episode! 🚨
Ever try to explain FIFA's whole, uh, thing to a non-⚽️sicko?
After a wild World Cup, I asked @mattdoyle.bsky.social to help me do so with @repino1.bsky.social on Soccer Is Not Stupid:
soccerisstupid.com/2026/06/05/e...
Ever try to explain FIFA's whole, uh, thing to a non-⚽️sicko?
After a wild World Cup, I asked @mattdoyle.bsky.social to help me do so with @repino1.bsky.social on Soccer Is Not Stupid:
soccerisstupid.com/2026/06/05/e...
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“Saving Western civilization” is a matter of historical selection that prioritizes autocracy, patriarchy, xenophobia, and White supremacy. It’s historical forgetting in the name of civilizationalist rescue.
open.substack.com/pub/axismund...
open.substack.com/pub/axismund...
The Right’s War on The Odyssey Reveals the Real Meaning of “Western Civilization”
SWAJ Weekly Roundup
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July 25, 2026 at 5:01 PM
“Saving Western civilization” is a matter of historical selection that prioritizes autocracy, patriarchy, xenophobia, and White supremacy. It’s historical forgetting in the name of civilizationalist rescue.
open.substack.com/pub/axismund...
open.substack.com/pub/axismund...
It's Harry Dean Stanton's 100th birthday. Here's a piece I wrote shortly after his 90th for @reactorsff.bsky.social, about his ability to channel the everyman in even the weirdest movies. reactormag.com/harry-dean-s...
Harry Dean Stanton and the Art of the Everyman - Reactor
The trope of the everyman—the “ordinary,” relatable, sometimes boring character dropped into unusual circumstances—will always have a place in the world of science fiction and fantasy. Many stories si...
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July 15, 2026 at 3:00 AM
It's Harry Dean Stanton's 100th birthday. Here's a piece I wrote shortly after his 90th for @reactorsff.bsky.social, about his ability to channel the everyman in even the weirdest movies. reactormag.com/harry-dean-s...
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Starring Harry Dean Stanton - The Criterion Channel
With his lean, hangdog face and sunken, soul-weary eyes, Harry Dean Stanton—born one hundred years ago this month—was one of the all-time great character actors. He inhabited the cinematic margins for...
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July 15, 2026 at 1:58 AM
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