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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 22/09/2026

“What if it causes a deadly virus to leak from a lab causing a global pandemic…? Okay well what if it bombards us with streams of ragebait and misinfo…? Right, well what if it disrupted global shipping leading to…“

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 22/09/2026

Why does every AI Doomer scenario sound like the scene where Dr Evil threatens to put a hole in the Ozone Layer 🤷‍♂️

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 12/07/2026

Like I don’t see how you look at a change this abrupt and conclude that the difference between those who turned 18 in the mid 70s vs the early 70s is sudden endemic car use significant enough to knock 2 years off life expectancy

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 09/07/2026

It just doesn’t add up 😵‍💫

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 05/07/2026

“This is what we’re up against”

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 03/07/2026

I actually published it in my bat tunnel video “The locals of Buckinghamshire are so poor they can’t afford proper roofs”

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 30/06/2026

“Please add me to your professional network on LinkedIn!”

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 24/06/2026

Love watching entirely novel readings pop up on the weather station in the garden. 🫠

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 19/06/2026

The fact that the BBC think Bedford is *60 miles* north of the M25 says a lot about the dismal standard of reporting on anything outside London these days.

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 14/05/2026

This leadership drama is the junk food of news - tons of salty flavour but a load of empty calories 🤷‍♂️

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 29/04/2026

The football is great and all but this is the big match of the night

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 29/04/2026

Abolish the BBC Local Democracy Reporting Service.

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 22/03/2026

Mystery Object Challenge: What is this mysterious item from my parents’ attic? Any ideas?

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 16/03/2026

Visiting the set of the next Star Wars movie

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 22/02/2026

Anyway here’s my exhibit for the class discourse, a truly unclassifiable image from today’s filming.

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 10/02/2026

New short film out tomorrow, in which I document one town's fight to save a broken road and become accidentally radicalised by Nick Offerman in the process. Makes sure you're subscribed to the 'stack or the YouTube Channel to get it while it's warm. www.youtube.com/@MFRobbins

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 29/01/2026

Quite a telling quote from previous coverage. Men being disengaged from the real world is a big multiplier for social media brain.

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 24/01/2026

A random assortment of screen caps from my next YouTube - or is that ‘Mootube’ - effort, out Monday morning. Subscribe to the Substack or the YouTube channel to get it first, links in bio.

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 24/01/2026

Amazing scenes in Shefford at Old Bridge Way, the road abandoned to ruin by Central Bedfordshire Council. The council placed 'private road' signs to show they won't be held responsible for it, but residents have, er, repurposed them...

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 17/01/2026

Always frustrating when you get these tiny glasses of wine at the end of the cheese course 🤷‍♂️

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 08/01/2026

Drew a definitive map of the regions of the UK in a group chat earlier. I will not be accepting questions at this time.

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 25/12/2025

Hence my new approach this Xmas - 12 hours sous vide in a random plastic storage tub and a blast on the barbecue to finish.

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 25/12/2025

And the spectacular result

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 25/12/2025

Christmas beef baby on the BBQ, abley assisted by the Canadian brother-in-law as sous chef.

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 25/12/2025

Dinner has survived the night…

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 23/12/2025

Going to be cooking Xmas dinner for 11 people in one of these, and I’ll be honest there are some raised eyebrows.

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 04/12/2025

The HQ of Thames Valley Police is 1200 yards away, but they've shown little interest in Britain's largest active crime scene. The Environment Agency have delayed and prevaricated at every step. It is unlikely the rubbish will be cleared before 2027 at the earliest.

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 03/12/2025

Omg I can’t believe they’re going to ruin Manhattan by putting a skyscraper on it.

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 30/11/2025

Tensions rising already on The Rest is Science

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 08/10/2025

Even by the recent standards of the BBC this is an absolute clanger, just multiple levels of illiteracy.

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 04/10/2025

Not going to dunk on civilians but it’s unreal that people are still sharing this, like I don’t know how you can be a functioning human being and think this sub-influencer dross reads like a 95-year-old British comedy actress. Wtf is half of it even talking about?

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 03/10/2025

Notably, if you follow the link, even the blog itself doesn’t claim she wrote it for them, it looks like something the author found on the Internet. jayspeak.blog/2025/08/02/g...

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 21/09/2025

Yeah this’ll do for a week.

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 14/09/2025

And hear me out but there's an obvious solution that would get these older men off the streets *and* be appealing to the conservative right:

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 08/09/2025

Including this genuine exchange from the council’s oversight board 🤯🦇:

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 06/09/2025

Once again I am begging you all to stop this humiliation

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 27/08/2025

Fans of the pod/Substack will be delighted to know we've been protesting at Old Bridge Way this morning...

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 22/08/2025

Lads lads lads it’s the bank holiday weekend, gonna have a large one

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 11/08/2025

The reflection point is spot on in this thread, IMO. martinrobbins.substack.com/p/plato-vs-g...

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 10/08/2025

Slightly fruity moment on the BBQ this evening

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 07/08/2025

I went for a Jaguar F-Type which is both *literally green* and virtue signals that I have no children, thus avoiding the biggest source of carbon emissions.

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 06/08/2025

I say *was*, because this is what it looks like today, less than four months after opening. This was not casual or accidental - bins and signs were moved, wood was piled up, fuel used. The entire 70m stretch of boardwalk was set ablaze in a deliberate, blatant act of vandalism.

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