Rob Sheridan

@rob-sheridan

Creative Director. Artist. Writer. Dad. Glitch Pioneer. Meme Grandpa. Skeleton Influencer. Currently: Working on my first art book (preorder: ) Previously: Pearl Jam, NIN, Naughty Dog, Vertigo Comics, HTDA, Beats Music

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Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· 21d

Thanks to everyone who jumped on this t-shirt! If you would like some Spooky Jimothy on your screens, I made a wallpaper pack at www.patreon.com/robsheridan/...

Jimothy /X-Files art on computer monitors in my office. From the wallpaper pack at https://www.patreon.com/robsheridan/posts/wallpaper-pack-164424597/

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· 21d

Welp, I had to make a shirt. You can get one at robsheridan.threadless.com/collections/... - each purchase supports Defenders of Wildlife. Choose "classic" styles for sizes up to 5X. All my Glitch Goods apparel/accessories proudly made in the USA by humans on an independent hate-free platform.

T-shirt: JIMOTHY in X-Files font with a grainy black-and-white "cryptic sighting" image of Jimothy the raccoon. Available at https://robsheridan.threadless.com/collections/memes

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· 22d

More quality antifash fashion from PorchFest

Man wearing a shirt that says NAZI LIVES DONT MATTER

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· 22d

“The left has a masculinity problem” say that to this guy’s face motherfucker

A burly man with a shaved head and a biker vest with various patches like FUCK TRUMP, FUCK MAGA, FUCK ICE, PROTECT TRANS KIDS, and baphomet

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· 23d

The cyclosporiasis outbreak has reawakened my very specific childhood fear of tainted lettuce that makes you explode, thanks to this sequence in SLUGS (1988)

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· 23d

Heartbroken to hear of the passing of Jennifer Finch from L7. I just saw Jennifer last year, rocking as hard as ever… Fuck cancer, man.

Jennifer Finch from my 2019 video for L7’s “Stadium West”

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· 24d

Shiny new holosticker for THE BLACK QUEEN 🔻 These come with my signed “Fever Daydream” posters, which are in the mail now - thanks to everyone who has picked one up so far! A few currently available direct from me at robsheridan.storenvy.com/collections/...

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· 25d

As a Dad, it’s so magical when I get to eavesdrop on those tender little candid exchanges that only exist between mother and child… 4yo: Stab him Mama!! Wife: Oh this guy doesn’t have a shield 4yo: That’s great because now you can CUT HIM IN HALF! Cherish these precious moments ❤️

Our son snuggling up with his Mama as she plays Assassin’s Creed and he cheerleads her stealth kills

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· 25d

During those orange sky days we decorated our patio with a “brunching in hell” theme

Two skeletons having drinks on our patio bathed in orange from the orange wildfire skies in 2020

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· 25d

And yes, of course I made that shirt and you can find it in my shop in a variety of styles and colors, along with some of my other anti-piracy meme apparel: robsheridan.threadless.com/collections/...

Screenshot of the "You Wouldn't Download..." section of my Glitch Goods apparel shop, highlighting some of my t-shirts themed around the "You Wouldn't Download" anti-piracy campaign of the early 2000s. https://robsheridan.threadless.com/collections/you-wouldnt-download

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· 26d

Incredible anecdote here about how what-cd's bounty system led to a digital heist of unpublished JD Salinger stories only accessible by private appointment at a locked room in the Princeton Library:

By this time, around 2011, What.CD had become the largest archive of music in human history. Taking the hard-earned lessons from their predecessor, the tracker had stayed under the radar of four-letter agencies. While operational security and potential legal action was always top of mind for staff, Brian says that during his tenure on the team, their largest perceived threat was a brief
scare from the ).D. Salinger estate. On What.CD, one of their most popular functions was the request system, a member-led bounty economy driven by the incentive of gaining valuable upload ratio. If a user wanted something that wasn't already available on the website, they could create a "request" for it, offering a portion of their own upload credits to whoever was able to fulfill it. Typically, these requests could be filled by spending around $20 on Amazon or iTunes and uploading the files. For highly-sought after releases yet to hit shelves, other users chipped in on the bounty, creating a massive reward for whichever record store employee was willing to "borrow" a copy from the backroom before the release date, resulting in the website frequently becoming the originating source of album leaks online. The largest request on the website was for "The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls, an unpublished short story by Salinger only known to exist in a locked room of the Princeton Library, where it was available by
appointment to read under the strict supervision of staff. "It was basically like a long running joke that it would never get filled," Brian laughs. "And then somebody fucking did it." In November of 2013, a What.CD user tracked down one of the 25 copies of the manuscript allegedly printed in 1999 in order to fill the request. The unexpected leak made headlines around the world, and the torrent file was quickly pulled. "It was known that the Salinger estate was very legally motivated, very litigious. It would never be allowed to actually be
on the website, so the hand was forced.

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· 26d

"The Spotify model is like saying your favorite restaurant should just be giving you free food until you decide to buy a t-shirt." New interview with me in this great deep-dive into 2000s music piracy, how we adapted with NIN, and the failures of streaming: www.pigeonsandplanes.com/read/music-p...

Screenshots from https://www.pigeonsandplanes.com/read/music-piracy-what-cd-oink-nine-inch-nails-streaming of Pigeons & Planes music magazine article: "The Lost Joy of Music Piracy. What.CD, Oink, and the banalities of streaming." With included photo of me in my office wearing my "HOME TAPING IS KILLING MUSIC" t-shirt from glitchgoods.com

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· Jul 8

In the 80s, Nintendo had a help line you could call if you got stuck on a NES game, and a Nintendo "Game Play Counselor" would answer and walk you through it. That was a job you could have. I called it all the time as a kid because I lived near Nintendo HQ so it was a local call to me 😎

GAME PLAY COUNSELOR PROFILES
Brian Anderson
Became GPC: January, 1989
Hobbies: Drawing, Water Skiing. Playing Soccer, Listening to Van
Halen, Tossin' Frisbees
Best NES Accomplishment: I've
Mastered over 250 games.
Favorite NES Game: Castlevania III
Kirk Starr
Became GPC: October, 1989 Hobbies: Listening to Music, Water
Skiing. Playing Guitar
Best NES Accomplishment: Finished
Mega, Man 2 with one man.
Favorite NES Game: Mega Man 2
Lee Douglas
Became GPC: October, 1989 Hobbies: Swimming, Playing
Basketball and Video Games.
Watching Classic Movies Best NES Accomplishment: Finished Legacy of the Wizard in 38 minutes
with no codes. Favorite NES Game: Legacy of the
Wizard
Shaun Bloom
Became GPC: July, 1989 Hobbies: Listening to Music, Playing Bass, Playing Video Games, Making
Movies, Riding Bikes Best NES Accomplishment: Finished Zelda II: The Adventure of Link with
one man.
Favorite NES Game: Final Fantasy
Powerline to the Pros
206-885-7529 We're always corning up with ways to help you play a winning game. Our "powerline" to the Nintendo game counselors is one of our best ideas yet. In fact, we have so many video game fans calling that we're putting more game experts on the team. So be patient while we gear up to take more calls and
answer more of your questions than ever. Get tips from the pros by
calling 206-885-7529
(that's 885-PLAY)
Monday through Saturday:
•7am to 11pm Eastern time
•6am to 10pm Central time
• 4am to 8pm Pacific time
I's a powerful connection!

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· Jul 8

This post went viral recently on IG/FB because it was blowing Gen Z minds that this is how jobs used to work. And this is precisely how we were able to have such helpful store weirdos: Being a vacuum cleaner weirdo at Sears was a legit lifelong career!

Facebook post by Mike Callahan: "When I worked at Sears in the early 90's, the people there built entire lives off those jobs. The guy running appliances had three kids, coached little league every weekend, and retired after 32 years with a pension. One of the women in customer service bought her first house working full-time there, and the older guy in hardware took the same vacation to the Ozarks every summer because he could actually afford to unplug for a
week. The managers knew everybody by name, the Christmas bonuses actually meant something, and the store was packed every holiday season because business was booming. Nobody thought they were "stuck" working retail - it was honest
work that paid enough to live with dignity. Somewhere along the way, corporations started making record profits while the people keeping
the place running could barely afford rent. When exactly did a steady fuil-time job stop being
enough to build a normal life?"

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· Jul 7

This is like going to the hospital with a hemorrhaging stab wound and the doctor says “great news, we have a plan to get that splinter out of your foot”

„pr
Meet 'Project 2029' — and its war on the annoyance
economy
Remember Project 2025? Democrats are building their own governing blueprint, and one proposal takes aim at the "annoyance economy": robocalls, endless hold times, hidden fees and other everyday frustrations.
Greg Rosalsky • July 07, 2026 06:30 AM EDT

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· Jul 5

our neighborhood goes extremely hard

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· Jul 4

Somehow my 12ft skeleton dressed in a garish shiny skirt made from a dollar store tablecloth looks more grand than anything I have yet seen from the White House celebration

It is our 12ft skeleton wearing a shiny American flag skirt. A big menacing garish plastic symbol of death felt appropriate for America’s 250th birthday.

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· Jul 4

It’s a crescent cat tonight

It is our cat who sleep-splatted hard on a comforter in a way that makes his body shaped like a crescent moon.

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· Jul 3

clocking in at the office

Exterior of typical-looking office building with a sign on it that says “GOTH & COMPANY” in formal font. Pic snapped by my wife in Edmonton, Alberta

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· Jul 3

Screenshot of photos of Stephen Pollard, who is 61 years old and looks like the guy who everyone else at the office turns around and bails if they walk into the break room and he’s the only person in there (and he’s ALWAYS in there, for the entirety of lunch, very slowly eating his little tuna salad sandwich on white bread with the crusts cut off, the same one he has every day, that he brings in a little paper bag from home, and it makes the whole break room smell like cat food. And if you absolutely need to get something out of the fridge, if you can’t turn around and say “screw it i’ll do lunch out today,” then he will almost certainly trap you in some griping conversation, which he will instigate without awareness of or concern for every social cue you could possibly be projecting to indicate that you do not want to talk. He talks at you with hot cat food breath through the wet open-mouth mastication of his tuna sandwich, for if he were to wait until he finished his bite to begin speaking, you would already be gone, and he knows it. He does not begin with any greetings or pleasantries, and he does not care if you are someone he works with regularly or someone he has never even met; he just launches straight into some sort of uncomfortable complaint about a fellow co-worker that has done some minor thing that annoys him, or someone he perceives is getting away with some workplace violations; it’s almost always a woman. He is the type of man who is so disliked by his coworkers that after you finally escape his break room whinging, if you saw anyone else in the hall heading that way you would tell them, “be careful, I just got Stephened in there” and they would know exactly what you meant, thank you for the warning, and promptly reverse course.

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· Jul 1

It’s a-me, M̵̢͋͗͊ ̴̦̓ą̵̂̑̾ ̴͓̿́ͅŗ̷͈̣̣̽̀͋ ̵̡̛̯̃͌ĭ̵̜̣ ̴̢̛̅̉͝o̸͍̩̞͇͗̋… Real-time glitching on my drugstm circuit-bent PS2

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· Jun 26

SUMMER GOTH Season is upon us. All my apparel is on sale with t-shirts just $14 and summer skulls back in stock, so you can wear black in the sweltering heat no matter how much it hurts: robsheridan.threadless.com (they also come in many colors other than black, if you wanna be a poser about it)

It is me being a casual goth dad at the community pool wearing my SUMMER GOTH (Retro) t-shirt from glitchgoods.com

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· Jun 24

A look at my analog glitch setup and tactile process for Gunship's new music video from John Carpenter's video game "Toxic Commando." I wrote in geeky detail about my setup, glitch hardware, capturing, compositing, editing, and more (with additional video) at www.patreon.com/robsheridan/...

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· Jun 21

I’d never thought about what kind of car a Reptile Show Snake Guy would drive, but somehow I knew in my heart it was exactly this one (zoom in for the snakeskin roof)

A big old Cadillac parked outside the Reptile Show. Its license plate says “SNAKES” and it has a snake hood ornament and it has a snakeskin roof

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· Jun 21

Doing some iconic Dad-and-4-year-old-son shit. Happy Father’s Day to all the good Dads of Bluesky!

It is me holding a big ol’ snake at the reptile show with my son

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· Jun 21

Incredible sync-up on my skyline

The post about shark potatoes is followed by a post from @kojamf.bsky.social of a shark potato (a cat floating in a pool wearing a shark life jacket)

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· Jun 21

Perfect Father’s Day hike with the fam

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· Jun 17

Rough start for productivity in today’s Kid on Summer Break vs Dad Who Works From Home Productivity Challenge

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· Jun 12

This is immensely bleak, but at least it’s all for the noble purpose of putting literally everyone out of work and poisoning all the drinking water. Via @wired.com: apple.news/AoZ_M4DzTRxq...

The incident, which took place on a call open to thousands of employees, reflects growing frustration inside the company's Applied Al team, which was formed in March to support the work of Al researchers at Meta Superintelligence Labs. Three current employees tell WIRED there is widespread dissatisfaction with how Meta assembled the unit of about 6,500 engineers and product managers and the drudgework they allege they have been assigned to improve Al models. Each spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
"It's literally the gulag" one of the employees claims.
"You have zero purpose in life all of a sudden, you barely interact with anyone, you just have these tasks every week."
Another employee describes some of the tasks-generating puzzles to test how reliably Al models from Meta and other companies can solve them—as easy compared to the software development work they had been doing previously. But the new projects feel menial and "almost all" employees seem unhappy, they say.
"Most people find the work soul-crushing" the third employee says.
Meta declined to comment for this story.

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan· Jun 12

Challenging months ahead for those of us who wear black all the time, seasons bedamned. For my fellow summer goths, I made a t-shirt about the glory and the agony of summer fun, and it's back in my shop now on tees, tanks, and more: robsheridan.threadless.com