Reposted by Iamrobhughes"Stone Cold" Steve Cobden @stephencobden.bsky.social · 1hI have, in the past, when I've gotten the "I am calling about the accident you were in" call, described the Hindenburg disaster in such a way that it took the caller quite some time to realise that I was wasting his time. 192
Iamrobhughes @iamrobhughes.bsky.social · 6hHardly news, but the redesign of @bbciplayer.bsky.social is bloody awful isn’t it? Why is there no longer an A-Z option for searching for films? At least one on my watchlist isn’t covered by any of the ”helpful” categories. FFS 000
Reposted by IamrobhughesLewis @lewiswbt.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Oh great, you've thought of a sentence that uses every letter of the alphabet. Too bad it perpetuates harmful stereotypes about dogs and foxes. I hope it was worth it 632768
Reposted by IamrobhughesPesky Splintergeist ~👻🌙~ @peskysplinter.bsky.social · 13/10/2026The pins driven into his head were an exquisite mess of ecstasy. Pain. Pleasure. They all dissolved into just...sensation. Better than sex. Better than orgasmic drug highs. He was glad he found the lament configuration and joined "them". "And to think, I hesitated", said Winnie the Pooh 052
Reposted by IamrobhughesBathaniel Tapley @thatnatt.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Just saw a massive advert for TOBLERONE MEETS BISCOFF at Victoria and plunged into despair that the ourobourostic wankery of the rest of culture has even overtaken sweets. Was this a result of stopping TV adverts to children? There are no new sweets, just remixes of confectionery for parents? 3153
Reposted by IamrobhughesBrian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 12/10/2026On this day 1971, boxer Muhammad Ali visited Tesco at Stretford’s Arndale shopping precinct to promote Ovaltine. 421167
Reposted by IamrobhughesSteffen Rayburn-Maarup @rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 11/10/2026This is of course great but it doesn't give you the right to start the y axis at 2,500. 051
Reposted by IamrobhughesBut Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 24/09/2026DVDs aren't low-tech. They're just things you can actually own, that won't disappear overnight, that don't require a monthly subscription, that won't suddenly get reedited, that won't start putting adverts in the middle and that won't sell your data to the worst people in the world. 102293823
Reposted by IamrobhughesLisounours @lise-l.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Ils étaient mi-cerf mi-escargot, et re mi-cerf derrière 62105243088
Reposted by IamrobhughesJordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Extraordinary, really. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukAnne Carson · On SnowAs we talked I was watching snow drift down the dusk outside, counting it, one hundred and five, one hundred and six,... 1203
Reposted by Iamrobhughesmatthewcr @matthewcr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Presumably the first anagram of arse cannon to win a Nobel prize 084
Reposted by IamrobhughesDarach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Lookit. Deep down every Irish person wants to spin some yank a yarn that gets cited as fact in some factual text. We told an Irish American girl that when the Muppets was released in Ireland, Kermit the Frog was called Dermot the Frog because Cromwell’s son was a Kermit. 641674354
Reposted by IamrobhughesOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Ah, 4 October! Happy fifth birthday to this marvellous thing… 218551
Reposted by IamrobhughesDeborah @deborahzafer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Amazing news London people Persephone is coming back! 🥳 87622
Reposted by IamrobhughesNick Hilton @nickfthilton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026For 'professional' reasons, I am a member of lots of small town Facebook groups. This bloke has been appearing in towns across Sussex (Horsham, Redhill, Crawley, East Grinstead) with no apparent explanation. This is precisely why I stay subscribed to these groups. 1213433
Reposted by IamrobhughesSvetovid @svetovid.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Well, that's a hell of a thing to leave next to a statue of Joan of Arc.😏 532768529
Reposted by IamrobhughesRyan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 01/10/2026BREAKING NEWS: Tensions between Thor and the Care Bears have escalated rapidly overnight. 5762051684
Iamrobhughes @iamrobhughes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026@bigbeardedbookseller.com hello! Just seen your reskeet from failbetter. Do you play fallen London? 110
Iamrobhughes @iamrobhughes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026What i read in September: a pretty decent month all told. Faves included Switzy, The Village and Red Shift but not really a dud amongst them 020
Reposted by IamrobhughesThe Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026Posture Adjusted To Equally Incorrect Posture 81533181
Reposted by IamrobhughesParis Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.motherjones.comChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation revealsOpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre. 1533471490
Reposted by IamrobhughesAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech. 1882286266993
Reposted by IamrobhughesMary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It's called film "footage" because camera operators initially held the cameras with their feet. That changed after a film shoot in 1931, when an operator got a foot cramp and was forced to hold the camera in his hands. The "footage" he got that day was extraordinary. That man's name? Hans Cameraman. 612269386
Reposted by IamrobhughesJohn Henderson @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Did you know that @the-independent.com is planning to shelve its cryptic crossword at the end of October? Get involved, by contacting the Indy directly, by retweeting this post and/or by commenting at fifteensquared.net/2026/09/21/i.... Save the Indy #crossword!!fifteensquared.netIndependent Cryptic Crossword – the future – Fifteensquared 22830
Reposted by IamrobhughesChris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Incredible Facebook slop ad I just got 31798661568
Reposted by IamrobhughesBrooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 18/09/2026When I tell you this is one of the most riveting, concise and accurate depictions of the catastrophically defective thought processes behind Effective Altruism and the larger Broligarch Epistemic Universe... Run, don't walk, to read the whole thing (link below), which concludes thus: 7353119
Reposted by IamrobhughesShoe-per Intelligence @shoe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is incredible nitter.app/banteg/statu... H/t @gregdoucette.bsky.socialnitter.appbanteg (@banteg)>be me >discover effective altruism >apparently normal charity is inefficient >why donate to random sad thing when spreadsheet can tell you optimal sad thing >fair enough >buy mosquito nets >save live... 24689220
Reposted by IamrobhughesGhouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 09/09/2026If we aren’t doing this everywhere, what are we even doing? Annual Toronto dog swim before they close down the outdoor pools for the season: 511403469
Reposted by IamrobhughesNicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy! 181141086480
Reposted by IamrobhughesSpooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Need to harness the power of Bluesky, so reposts are appreciated. If anyone here, or anyone you know attends Bangor University (the Welsh one) and needs a room for the upcoming year, get in touch. One of my son's housemates has dropped out at the last minute, so their house is one short. 3139329
Iamrobhughes @iamrobhughes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026@eggsbened.bsky.social hi, I wonder if you may be able to help me please? My elderly neighbour is looking to sell his late partner’s (a BAFTA member) collection of theatre books and original musical soundtracks on vinyl. Do you know of anywhere that specialises in buying this sort of thing? Thanks! 010
Reposted by IamrobhughesLucy Fishwife 🥐 @lucyfishwife.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I think we can all agree this is a classic of the genre 7607
Reposted by IamrobhughesAdam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This has reminded me of the Gardener's World fan art account I used to follow on Twitter. 4154
Reposted by Iamrobhugheshoney i am a guy & i shrunk the kids @snowrespecter.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Magnificent 2215
Reposted by Iamrobhughesonlycans @onlycans.bsky.social · 05/09/2026just stop oil protesters got five years in jail for *planning* to do this to the M25. 3729791280
Reposted by IamrobhughesDaniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport. 164115643175
Reposted by IamrobhughesBear Claw Billie (1590/5000) @bearclawbillie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026HEY THIS IS JUST A PAINTING OF A THEATER SHOWING COYOTE VS. ACME 23837894
Reposted by IamrobhughesTom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Things book publishers assume that we all know: - memoirs are often full of fiction - cookbooks often list recipes that require non-existent ingredients - chemistry textbooks often add imaginary elements to the periodic table - atlases often include made-up cities, countries, rivers, land masses etc 492
Reposted by IamrobhughesGraeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Tim Curry should also be remembered for featuring in the best between takes photo of an actor in recorded history. 50107322683
Reposted by IamrobhughesAlex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.comimaginationlibrary.comDolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AUDolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas. 45121515977
Reposted by IamrobhughesMꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Leave a potato in a hand-basin at the library. Sit frowning at a photo of a potato while you try to re-assemble it using a bag of crisps. Offer someone a potato to sniff at a nightclub. Next time you see someone weeping, pull a potato from your pocket and proceed to gently wipe their tears away. 41367
Reposted by IamrobhughesNate O @nateo.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I do not understand how there is such little pushback against a worldview that has radicalised white English men to riot in the streets and the state to commit institutional violence against all migrants, so little condemnation of an attitude fundamentally at odds with basic human decency 729240
