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Rob McNichol

@itsrobmcn.bsky.social
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Lib Dem, writer, graphic designer, woke loony and chronic crossposter in my spare time. Views are my own.

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Rob McNichol @itsrobmcn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
A divided Europe means a stronger Russia. “The Foundations of Geopolitics” by Aleksandr Dugin is a fascinating read and really is the Kremlin’s how-to manual. We should’ve had our eyes open to this 10+ years ago, but it is far better late than never.
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Rob McNichol @itsrobmcn.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
If it’s the same as the UK pronunciation of it, “Vincent please don’t goph” 😅
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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
car not found
Parking space #404 is empty.
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Rob McNichol @itsrobmcn.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
What a gorgeous painting.
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Mitch Benn @mitchbenn.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Something Cathy pointed out last night: whoever was in charge of choosing an estate agent to flog the old BBC TV Centre now it’s been converted into luxury flats really DID NOT think it through…
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Rob McNichol @itsrobmcn.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut ♫
“Donald MacDonald”
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Techpriest @techpriest.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
"We go live to Fox News"
Fox news banner superimposed on soviet broadcast of Swan Lake
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Rob McNichol @itsrobmcn.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Similar in northern England. We’ve got trees in many low-lying places, but fells, moors and peaks all devoid of them are a big part of the landscape here. (Pics all sourced from online)
Rocky fells and mountains in the Lake District, EnglandA lake surrounded by fells and grassland in the Lake District, EnglandMoorland plateau near Edale in the Peak District, England. Shown beyond is the Cheshire Gap, with significantly more treesWilliam Clough in the Peak District, England
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Rob McNichol @itsrobmcn.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
# You’re my hallu
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Rob McNichol @itsrobmcn.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Thought Switzerland’s #eurovision entry looked familiar
Switzerland Eurovision entry Zöe MëAunty Val from The League of Gentlemen
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Rob McNichol @itsrobmcn.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
#eurovision captions are the best
# RA-RA-RA-RA-RA-RA-RA
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Dr Crom @doccrom.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Groceries?
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Rob McNichol @itsrobmcn.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Going to throw my TV out the window Me: “Right. Your app may crash a lot, but there’s stuff only Paramount + has that I want to watch… so, here’s a fiver. I even paid it through PayPal just like you wanted. No, Basic will do, I can live with ads. So, can I watch those shows now please?” Paramount:
Paramount logo, truncated to read “No”

It’s a mountain of frustration
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christhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Or “Grindr” as she’s now known…
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
A reminder that when the Sycamore Gap tree was cut down people immediately started blaming immigrants and teenagers... It was neither. It was two white Englishmen in their 30s.
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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Young priest! there's no need to feel down there's a Country! That's inside of a town you can Go there! Now ol Frank's underground and you choose a new guy (bom bom bom bom bom) It's fun to vote for a P O P E
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Rob McNichol @itsrobmcn.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
That sounds rather accusatory, surely if I was being paid to hype up artificial intelligence I wouldn’t be verbosely saying “This take is absolute shite and this person has been watching too much 90s sci-fi.” If that means I’m doing a good job I’d at least like some money! Ta
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Rob McNichol @itsrobmcn.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Someone’s been watching too much Star Trek - those stories that deal with the rights of sentient androids etc. Thing is, we’re not dealing with single, tangible entities. AI is online software: it can’t think for itself unprompted; it has no self-determination. Maybe a debate for the future. Maybe.
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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
this is word for word what my last performance review said
Label on CD/DVD drive reads “Works, but makes sad noises.”
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Amanda @pandamoanimum.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Let us remember that today is a time to focus and reflect on the most important thing at Easter. All the cheap chocolate eggs on sale tomorrow.
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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
“I SAID, TELL ME HOW TO GET TO SESAME STREET.”
Kermit the Frog, on his back, is manacled with legos by the neck, arms and legs to a green lego platform.
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Elsa Williams @pidgewilliams.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Mother’s Day cards with vaguely threatening auras
Card with text on front: Everything I am is because of you
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Rob McNichol @itsrobmcn.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
#eclipse! Went colourblind for about ten minutes after watching the sun do its thing with the moon… might have. Learned my lesson? Nope. Next one’s next year and it’s meant to be a complete one. Totally doing it again. Coooool 🌙
Partial solar eclipse as viewed from Stoke-on-Trent, UK
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Rob McNichol @itsrobmcn.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I know West Midlands lingo can be a bit hard to understand. But this is a new one on me
Vacuum cleaner ad lady: “What?”
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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
They met on the bridge. It was love at first sight. He was an American. She was a Pole.
Black and white diagonal stripes cover the lower half of the support beams on a bridge. A man walks behind a woman dressed in the same pattern that covers the beams.
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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
“I know, I’ll cheer myself up with a bit of Duolingo” said no-one ever.
Lin out off of Duolingo saying “Death”
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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
YOU GET NOTHING! YOU LOSE! GOOD DAY, SIR!
Label on dessert package reads “Manager's Special 0% Off - You Save: .00 - 8.99”
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Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
The "Skegness is SO bracing" tourism poster, showing a jolly fisherman smoking a pipe and skipping across a sandy beach in his wellington boots. The fisherman is now completely covered in oil due to the burning oil tanker in the North Sea behind him, and the sea is now black.
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David Leavitt @davidleavitt.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
By popular request
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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
this just played on tv with no audio and almost killed me
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Rob McNichol @itsrobmcn.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Oh Julie. Would you rather your bins were overflowing and you woke up to a dawn chorus of flies and rats? Didn’t think so love…
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Rob McNichol @itsrobmcn.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
You know your shithousery is bad when even the Daily Mail won’t endorse you. Shocking that the United States have fallen this far to be honest.
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Rob McNichol @itsrobmcn.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
(in Train Station Lady voice): “If you see something that doesn’t look right, speak to staff, or text the British Transport Police on 61016. We’ll sort it: See it, say it, sorted.”
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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Happy first Wonka anniversary for those of you who are celebrating
Drug factory oompah Loompah who is actually called Kirsty
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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
resonates.
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Rob McNichol @itsrobmcn.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Whoa, what’s Bender done to deserve this?
“Accusing gentle Bender of a misdeed?”
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Rob McNichol @itsrobmcn.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Valentine’s memories 😍 Happy St Valentine’s to all those who celebrate…
Valentines 2022 en route to see bae, as though me and Avanti West Coast haven’t had an on-again, off-again thing for years now.

Description of photo: an exasperated Rob sitting on a train in Stockport. 

Caption on photo: “200 miles. That’s how far I’m going. I’m 1/10th of the way into my journey and I’m having train trouble. 20 MILES. ALREADY. Someone send a hit squad for me. Or let me borrow a car so I can call it a day and head up the M6 in peace.”Valentines 2022, reunited with bae: a fry up and a coffee. Love you forever Morrisons Cafe 😍♥️

Photo description: a cooked breakfast and a mug of coffee in a Morrisons Cafe.Valentines 2023. Corner shop turned petrol station up the hill from me. “It’s the thought that counts”

Photo description: a photo of a packet containing a single red rose.

Caption on photo: “God help the poor woman who gets a single red rose from the local petrol station for Valentine’s Day. She’ll be swept off her feet… then no doubt into the kitchen to unload the dishwasher.”Valentines 2024 and a trip to the corner shop for a loaf of bread turned “OOOOH MATRON”

Photo description: a packet of bagels in a supermarket. One of the bagels is turned on its side and looks stretched out, resembling a clean but well-worn chocolate starfish.

Caption on photo: “What are your intentions with our son?…”
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt
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Rob McNichol @itsrobmcn.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Rumours of Duo the Owl’s demise are greatly exaggerated. #duolingo #duotheowl
Edited scene from “The Simpsons”:

Panel 1: Lisa drags a cart holding a supposedly-lifeless Duo the Owl into Marge and Homer’s bedroom, shouting “Mom! Dad! Duo’s dead!”

Panel 2: Marge and Homer wake up in shock.

Panel 3: Duo the Owl returns to life shouting “That’s right! Dead serious about harassing you into learning Spanish!”
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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
a great source of vitamin eeeeeee
Bananas in separate grape-filled containers, peeled and decorated to look like dolphins.
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Rob McNichol @itsrobmcn.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
That is horrifying. As a bloke in his late-20s, I would really rather not be referred to as “someone born in the 1900s”, as technically correct a statement as that may be.
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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
“But, I’m a talking tree!” said the oak. “And, you will dialogue,” replied the lumberjack.
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Rob McNichol @itsrobmcn.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Oh christ, anything but the Stryofoam Scots. Bet you anything he’s from the States.
“Meme man” head, superimposed on a tartan-clad man leaning against a stone cliff face. Caption: “Gèl” (misspelling of Gael)
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Rob McNichol @itsrobmcn.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
A lot of people are painting this as Mancs land grabbing, and that High Peak would cease to be under GM. The same would happen if it stayed in Derbyshire - see plans to abolish district councils. And having grown up near Glossop, Derbyshire Council is a thorny subject: they leave High Peak to rot.
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Rob McNichol @itsrobmcn.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Came here to say this, loving the Jodrell Bank imagery!
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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
I’m done dating humans. I’ve got a better idea—
Book entitled: how to date buildings (an easy reference guide)
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
This is resistance. Not memes and calling him "Drumpf".
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Zara Zee @zeddeee.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
#UKPlacesInMoviesOrSongs 🎶Is this the Rhyl life? Is this just Anglesey?🎶
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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
"What happened?" "I’m stuck. It's so embarrassing." “I guess things went... a-rye?” “Please do shut up.” "You should get out of the sun." "Why?" "Otherwise, you'll be toast." "You're an asshole, Charlie." “You’re right, you deserve butter.”
Two seagulls walking. One’s beak is stuck through a slice of bread.
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