# ABOUT THIS SITE this is robert what's example playthrough of 'republic of bob' which does not exist === **how to join** you're here right now - take a look around and check out the view; the air is fresh and alive with rare magic here's the western border of the 'desert mirage network luxe' orbital data center ![[republic-of-bob-background-(nick-rickert-dmOd1T9gdj0-unsplash).jpg|600]] === **welcome fellow travelers** to my rapidly overgrowing digital garden / tawdry pigeon's nest here ye shall find rest and oddly interesting artistic artifacts "current rnd projects" folder at left details what i'm up to for recent updates see "changelog" file ideas through play; love is always the message  === **old site reviews** > fascinating rambling deranged > ~ single day 'reddit effect' review > (..) the images reveal the surrounding voidspace that always lingers just out-of-sight beyond the veil of videogame worlds. the way ey frames this emptiness is often striking > ~ chris priestman, beyond the veil of counterstrike (kill screen) > a mix between performance and architectural critique this is in-game photography documentation at its best. it also indicates a possible way for critics artists and game developers to engage in a fruitful collaboration > ~ matteo bittanti via gamescenes > also this guy who hates andy (warhol) has a clever interesting website > the 20th century salutes ir > ~ mondo 2000 (ru sirius) via twitter === **rob's goals and motivation** i really need to start earning the tiresome filthiness of money(tm) in order to stop renting and buy a house thing is whatever all this stuff is ain't exactly mainstream market friendly and so remains invisible sidelined and undervalued yet it's not what you can grab it's what you can give - how you can help others i want to 'find my tribe'; hook up with fellow philosophical andor artistic oddballs and have intense strange fun === **rob site notes** text in lowercase to engage with notions of linearity authorship and professionalism without full stops to suggest opening out into imagination and desert silence forget the fomo you're not missing out on anything so just quietly putter around at will with few hyperlinks to reduce cognitive load / encourage free-form discovery & connections [[a critique about licencing]] === **on movement as the principle** stasis is undeath: lively up yourselves dear researchers this site / the republic - strongly recommends viewing it's rich strange virtual landscape on the move rather than merely / passively sit or slouch-stand explore and study while moving & flowing dynamically with one's full relaxed expansive attention mobilize your full mobility potential - basically do whatever you have to in order to move that sweet ass for movement's sake; get all your daily 'movement vitamins' and retune yourself back into the felt presence of the immediate experience this is in accordance with the playful 'markour' holistic bodymind movement principle as currently under rnd via robert what - themselves still largely rsi-bound (directly due to literal socioeconomic-physical _stasis_ and the often intense unacknowledged labor demands of art) === **robert what contact details** i'm robert what a uk based amateur philosopher [[on hiring robert what |currently available for hire]] a biopsychic energy photo: ![[researcher-robert-what.jpg|379]] for corrections improvements suggestions for more odd r&d andor to collaborate projects (yours or mine) reach out today and say hi; polite intelligence reciprocated * email: robertwhat (at) proton (dot) me * bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/robertwhat.bsky.social\ * other obsidian vaults: https://vaults.obsidian-community.com/ > i am diogenes the dog; i nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels > [[diogenes of sinope]] === **shoutouts** _abc_: always and forever my darling _c0de blue_: where are you, brother? what's the l8est? _pete from virgina_: i been takin' care of my shoes _big hair_: yo call me you weird smelly goth _that cool short haired college student who changed their name half way through the course (everyone thought they were 'weird' except me) and became my friend_: we'll meet again someday riot gurrl === **diversity and inclusion statement** as an absurdist immaterial panpsychic nondual zen philosophy project of and for marginalized voices and based in the collective imagination 'republic of bob' is open to everyone supports and champions racial justice and equality; willful ignorance and hated cannot survive within it's weird possibility field of chaotic-good effect (bosses gods kings and ai exist without imagination and are unable to function here.) as a safe shared communal space inclusive welcoming and representative of the beautiful organic spectrum of gender expression sexuality physical ability appearance neurological diversity and ethnicity 'republic of bob' actively promotes cool social art and glows with a positive low-key paracosmic ambience of mystical biopsychedelic hyperalien strangeness [[om mani padme hum]] ![[mahakala.png|396]] // republic of bob