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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill

@robcotterill.bsky.social
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Sarky, not snarky. Human factors professional, with side interest in Dobcross looms, European train journeys, MG cars, and finding footpaths in Mid Wales. Occasionally dabbles in Anglican liturgy, although it's probably best not to ask.

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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 14h
Can you be creative with the cross country line?
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Mark @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 16h
It’s there for all to see now. The United States is a Russian ally, and an enemy of Europe.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 14h
Cynic!
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 14h
Is this an "I don't like strong cheese flavours " thing, or a digestion thing?
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Oh no, not Liz Truss.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
After reading the opening of the article, I was beginning to feel like Denholm Elliot's character in Trading Places, when he says "but you're wearing leder hosen..."
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The people must have been so pleased to know that he was safe, even as they hunkered down for another barrage.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Paradise Towers at least had a bit of a decent Ballard-esque story, even if Richard Briers did ham up his role something chronic.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Time and the Rani. That botched regeneration sequence, McCoy doing prat-falls, the ridiculous four eyed aliens, curtsey moments with Einstein and MEL!!!!
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
There used to be a theory that the price of a meal should be 7 times the cost of the ingredients. Not sure how well that holds up these days?
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
First alert of the year: APHA: Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N5 has been confirmed at a premises in Ness, Isle of Lewis. A 3km Protection Zone and 10km Surveillance Zone are in place around the premises. See the disease control zone and biosecurity guidance at: www.gov.scot/publications...
gov.scot
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
IIRC,it was an adaptation of the anticipated Grexit, which failed to materialise.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I make a point of flagging ai flyers for the poor product that they are. Mostly, the response is incredibly hostile, telling me I must hate our local community. The irony is that I live in a very picturesque part of the country and there's no need for ai slop.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Well it was the '80s. How bad could it be...?
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Will he send archaeologists to dig up the Ark of the Covenant?
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Amen.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Goal posts to be replaced with jumpers.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Strip them of the stadium.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Flying into Guangzho a few years back, you could clearly see where they had done exactly that. Biggleswade wouldn't have stood a chance
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I wonder what they will do for the gas street lamp, which will go on to be an important feature in the Narnia landscape.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Absolutely daft to try and follow the space racism of the Great Orange Dictator. I doubt even they can realistically get an effective space force operating within a century and UK SA would be WAY beyond that.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Is the exemption called "no dogs for you "?
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Return journey commenced with a problem: the train from Ljubljana to Villach is delayed by 32 minutes, meaning we will miss our connection to Munich. Ah well: there are contingencies. Wörgle, here we come!
A view of the new station complex at Ljubljana, still under construction. The sun is glinting off the shiny roof panels
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
" can you put a couple lions in your painting of the Garden of Eden? You can do lions, right?"
A couple of lions in a painting of the Garden of Eden. Their faces are alarmingly human.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Only to older fogies, like parents, uncles and aunts.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A world where it was always Brexit but never bring back control.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He also needs to read the rest of the chapter: he might be surprised.
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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On the BBC News Katya Adler has just described Germany, where the far right AFD keep winning elections, as entering 'uncharted political territory'. Hmmm. Where Germany is concerned I think that territory is pretty well charted.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We passed through on our way out, like you. This time, we're here for a few days. There is definitely not much of a functional station: a bit like Reading, when they rebuilt it for Crossrail.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It says hi.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Sharp knife thrust down through the top of the head. I saw Valentine Warner do it on telly.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I have just crossed from Croatia to Slovenia. Nothing further to report.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Oh, I completely agree: the rail network is essential and people need to be encouraged to use it, rather than discouraged. But I worry for anyone who thinks a nationalised service will be any kind of panacea beyond a shiny new livery for a couple of weeks.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It was poor when nationalised before. Why should it be better this time around?
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Sounds like a lovely journey!
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If you need to do that: give them 20 minutes immediately before making the salsa.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Yes!
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Pretty? Yes. But the bastard bells start ringing at 6:30 every morning.
The church of St Anthony in Pula. The morning sun is obscured by the bell tower, which has a halo effect. All very pretty.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Trying to work out why there appears to be a fire place on the exterior wall of this building.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Currently having a vaguely interesting locally brewed APA at Tolkien's House in Zagreb. Oddly, last time I was here, it was on the other side of the old town. Probably something to do with elven magic.
Seating outside a bar in Zagreb, which is loosely themed around JRR Tolkien. Myn can be seen wearing a red dress in the foreground.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Was it the idiocy of the people, or of the systems?
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I'll let them know.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"Sitting pointlessly in Stalybridge " is coincidentally the title of my next album.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Ffs
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It's always nice when a transport network receives national recognition.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Here in Zagreb is the "world's shortest funicular. It too, is double tracked, due to its shortness. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zagreb_...
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Zagreb Funicular - Wikipedia
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Trump will be very thankful.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Or that episode of Survivors.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Indeed. Seven years ago, we visited the ethnographic museum in Belgrade. It was amazing just how much of the Western Balkans were obviously Serbian in origin.
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Rob (the ergonomist) Cotterill @robcotterill.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We went to the City museum yesterday. One room covered WW2 and communism and the horrors inflicted by others (Germans, Yugoslavs), but precious little about horrors inflicted by local nationalists.
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