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Monster penis season

@jenofthemidwest.bsky.social

Get in line. I got Ben kidnapping Rey on the verge of robotapocalypse

July 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM

@thevarietyshow.channel84.co.uk

🚨 New Episode Alert! 🎙️✨
This week on The Untitled Sci Fi Show, we dive into the strange & beautiful world of #TheElectricState ⚡🤖 Now streaming on #Netflix!

#SciFiPodcast #TheUntitledSciFiShow #NetflixSciFi #PodcastRecommendation #ElectricState #RobotApocalypse

The Untitled Sci-fi Show @untitledscifishow.bsky.social · Apr 5

This time Tom and Rob dive head first into some actual current Sci-fi? Is this real? or is this just fantasy? I mean Sci-fi...

Tune in Monday 7th for your latest hit of Sci-fi nonsense.

April 7, 2025 at 8:22 AM

Nate Cochrane

@natecochrane.bsky.social

Hells da fark no!

#RobotApocalypse

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Nov 18

can’t wait till i’m killed by a self-driving car that says “epic bacon” when it wants to get your attention

David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · Nov 18

Bad news for cities, road safety, and climate change.

Good news for Elon Musk.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

November 18, 2024 at 4:37 AM

Eric | Builder of Nightmares

@a5roseb.bsky.social

“He’s not trick-or-treating. He’s terminating.”
October’s coming early. The Pumpkin Protocol is live.

#CyberHalloween #PumpkinProtocol #RobotApocalypse #GenAI #SynthArt #AIart #aiartist #aiartcommunity

A menacing humanoid robot with glowing orange eyes and jagged metal teeth charges forward through a fiery field. It clutches a carved jack-o’-lantern lit from within, its expression matching the robot’s grin. Sparks and embers fly around them as the ground erupts in flames, while storm clouds swirl ominously overhead. The robot’s black metallic armor is sleek but battle-worn, evoking a fusion of sci-fi soldier and Halloween horror. Shot in cinematic style, with high contrast lighting and explosive motion.

Generated via REVE's layered text prompt functionality, the initial render underwent resolution enhancement in Lightroom and subsequent conversion to .jpg format. The final image showcases the deliberate design and iterative refinement of the prompt. Distribution is unrestricted for non-commercial creative applications.

June 2, 2025 at 2:44 AM

Chaos Torgo

@chaostorgo.bsky.social

#RobotHolocaust #RobotWars #RobotApocalypse #Cyberdine #TheTerminator #Asimov #AI #automation #robocop 🤖

July 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM

Autobrian

@briandgregory.bsky.social

This week, in the #robotapocalypse www.cnn.com/science/aust...

Giant cyborg cockroaches could be the search and rescue workers of the future | CNN

Humans are implanting electronics on beetles and cockroaches to control their movements.

www.cnn.com

December 7, 2024 at 3:43 AM

Eric | Builder of Nightmares

@a5roseb.bsky.social

#JULtrash26 - Machine Uprising
The Last One Standing
When the war is over, victory often looks more like survival than triumph.
#RobotApocalypse #SciFiArt #PostApocalyptic #Mecha #MachineUprising #AIart #AIchallenge #aiartcommunity #aiartist #GenAI #GenerativeArt #SynthArt #BuilderofNightmares

A towering humanoid robot stands at the peak of an enormous mountain of mechanical wreckage in a devastated industrial landscape. Its skeletal frame is built from exposed pistons, cables, and weathered steel, with long, thin limbs that give it an unsettling, almost insect-like posture. The robot's rounded white head, scarred with rust and battle damage, tilts slightly as if surveying the destruction below. One arm stretches outward while the other braces against the unstable pile beneath it. The mound consists of shattered robot bodies, dented metal shells, broken televisions, gears, wires, and countless discarded machine parts tangled together into a chaotic monument of war. Smaller drones and damaged robotic figures scatter across the foreground and background, some appearing to crawl or stagger through the debris. Thick black smoke rises from the left side of the scene while distant industrial towers fade into a dusty gray haze. Tiny fragments of metal drift through the air, emphasizing the aftermath of a massive conflict. The muted palette of rusted reds, charcoal blacks, weathered silver, and pale gray sky creates a bleak atmosphere where technology has consumed itself, leaving only silence and ruin behind.

Keywords:
robot, scrapyard, apocalypse, mecha, industrial, destruction, debris, dystopian, smoke, ruins, machine, sci-fi

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July 18, 2026 at 12:27 AM

Andrew Scott

@sternhammer.bsky.social

Cleaning robots with mechanical arms are all the rage at CES this year. Didn’t anyone watch Love, Death and Robots season 2, episode 1, ‘Automated Customer Service’?
“If your home-cleaning unit is attempting to murder you, please press 3”
#homeautomation
#LoveDeath&Robots #robotapocalypse #CES

More than one company brought a robot vacuum with a mechanical arm to CES 2025

Roborock isn’t the only company that brought a robot vacuum with a mechanical arm to CES 2025.

www.engadget.com

January 8, 2025 at 3:58 AM

Barrie Abalard she/her

@barrieabalard.bsky.social

I'm not a Luddite--I've been an early adopter most of my life. But #AI, in addition to being dangerous (#robotapocalypse), is the bullshittiest bunch of hype ever. I don't need AI to write email! #FFS

AI comes with big environmental costs, none of which we need #FuckAI #giftarticle
wapo.st/3BayyLi

A bottle of water per email: the hidden environmental costs of using AI chatbots

AI needs a lot of electricity and water to stay cool in data centers. We break down the toll prompt-by-prompt to show the scale of AI’s environmental needs.

wapo.st

September 19, 2024 at 6:43 PM

Annetteks

@annetteks.bsky.social

I’m getting used to gel pens on envelopes—they really pop on black sharpie. I guess I’m in a robot mood, or maybe robots just look best in metallic ink. What do you think? #Robot #RobotApocalypse #Art #OriginalArt #GelPens #Wednesday #Markers #MarkerArt

A metallic gel marker drawing on an orange interdepartmental envelope, with parts of the background blacked out. The artwork shows F.L.O.-R, a pink robot whose upper body hovers separately above her lower body. She is colored in pink, gold, blue, and silver, with large round eyes and a tilted head as she looks toward the viewer. Her limbs are detailed with small panels, wires, and glowing accents, and her lower section floats just above the ground. A small antenna with a spiraled blue-and-pink tip extends from the side of her head. The piece is signed by the artist, with the name “F.L.O.-R.” written near the bottom.

Can you please like, comment, or share my photo? I’m just trying to find out if people read the text.

December 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM

Autobrian

@briandgregory.bsky.social

You can buy an actual evil walking (and rolling) robot to kick around! #robotapocalypse www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QQW...

WLKATA Brave - Sim2Real Bipedal Robot -a game-changer in robotic research - Point-Foot Sole Wheeled

YouTube video by WLKATA ROBOTICS

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February 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM

Sci-FI-Ireland

@sci-fi-ireland.bsky.social

The weeks are ticking by and the Robo-pocalypse grows ever closer!!! Got a story to tell about it?!?

It's just Five weeks until Sci-Fi-I open submissions so get a look at our content preferences and be ready in 1st of December!!

#sciencefiction #ireland #robopocalypse #robotapocalypse

October 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM

John Murphy

@johnsmurphy.bsky.social

What: ChatGPT addictive and dmaging to imagination

Who: OpenAi and @mitmedialab.bsky.social

Why: We are losing our ability to be human, and it is being stolen by the creep of #AI . #robotapocalypse

Source: Peer reviewed study at MIT

dam-prod2.media.mit.edu/x/2025/03/21...

dam-prod2.media.mit.edu

March 25, 2025 at 5:30 AM