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roblyates.bsky.social
Author, creative, and professor. "Son of God" was released via Spartan Press in 2024. Check it out for some deconstructive goodness A bio of my work and links at: https://roblyates.com/ https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/son-of-god-rob-yates/1145596380
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What would #Hellboy do? #fuckfascists

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Normalize pronouncing DOGE as DOUCHE.

submitted 14 days ago • 3188 comments

"We're going to find out what happened and do what it takes to make sure it never happens again. Our hearts go out to the victims and their families for this tragic loss," was all that needed to be said about Flight 587. THAT is Presidential. But no, here comes some old turd blaming black people.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

If it exists you can refine it — but it must exist first. Make the sketch. Combine the ingredients. Try the routine. Be not deterred. You can make it perfect faster with the experience gained.

submitted 26 days ago • 6 comments

Mixing up some landscape with sharp abstract tones and shapes. "Storm's Comin'." Featuring contributions from the kiddo sitting on my lap yesterday afternoon. #painting #kansasart #artists #acrylic

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

An older #abstract from when I first started. A Reflections off a #Chicago skyline, named "untitled effort." Related #poem "untitled effort," beside. A day that signaled the death of a relationship, but was the birthplace of art. Poem from #sonofgod #poetry #writersky #trauma

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Commit the sin of empathy.

submitted 29 days ago • 99 comments

THE meme of 2025 for me.

submitted 29 days ago • 97 comments

Those looking for topical fiction during these funky times should check out After the Revolution by @iwriteok.bsky.social. Also, play Cyberpunk 2077. It'll be good tears and good therapy. Dystopian fiction was supposed to be a warning, not a mirror. Here we are.

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

now’s the time to start buying the physical copies of your favorite books, #booksky – they can take your kindle/digital copies away at any time

submitted 33 days ago • 189 comments

Would look just as good on a typewriter or laptop lid. #WoodyGuthrie #artisprotest #fuckfascists

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Kansas is more "frozen hell" than rolling summer prairie currently, but I like the way this piece of mine from last summer shows how types of light affects color. #Kansas #painting #art

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments