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RH Robinson

@rrobo.bsky.social
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Lefty toffee eating wokey cokey rugger plugger bitcoin fan. Rejoin to rejoice 🇪🇺No fauna, no farmers, no food. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿South Wales. One of the few left wing bitcoining golfers in the world (prove us wrong).

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RH Robinson @rrobo.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Contributing to the further destruction of the River Wye well done everyone involved www.bristol247.com/food-and-dri...
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Chicken wing festival Returns to Bristol for 'unrivalled weekend of flavour'
Wing Fest will be at The Prospect Building in September
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RH Robinson @rrobo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
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Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
If you’re wondering why UK press has suddenly woken up to Farage, please read this. It’s because: Brexit. The r/w press refused to scrutinise the money behind Farage & the lawsuit against me scared off the rest. But this isn’t a new scandal. It’s the same one I’ve been reporting on for a decade
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RH Robinson @rrobo.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
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RH Robinson @rrobo.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
My partner once stopped me from taking a bucket from the tip, pointing out it had a hole in it. 2 weeks later i neede something to hang a block of salt lick that kept the rain off. I had to buy a brand new bucket and drill a hole in the bottom. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I need to declutter my life. But I can’t even give my stuff away | Adrian Chiles
I bought a book that might have helped – but I’ve already mislaid it. Am I a lost cause, asks Guardian columnist Adrian Chiles
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RH Robinson @rrobo.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
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Orange Horizon BTC @orngehorizonbtc.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Bitcoin's difficulty adjustment is the most elegant feedback loop in any monetary system. Every 2,016 blocks, the network recalibrates — no committee, no vote. Read: orangehorizonbtc.com/2026/03/19/how-bitcoin-mining-difficulty-actually-works-the-mechanism-behind-bitcoins-self-correcting-network/
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How Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Actually Works: The Mechanism Behind Bitcoin’s Self-Correcting Network
Most miners judge a multi-year strategy through a daily calculator. Here’s why low difficulty and a depressed Bitcoin price create the accumulation window smart operators don’t ignore.
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 06/03/2026
“It beggars belief that the BBC, which commissioned his body of work, hasn’t digitised or made it more accessible.” Sukhdev Sandhu on the near-forgotten genius of Robert Vas:
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Why have we forgotten Robert Vas?
The Hungarian filmmaker, who settled in England, is long due a revival. There are signs that one may be on the way
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RH Robinson @rrobo.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
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David Boughton @davidjboughton.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
🚨Gorton & Denton by-election Reform leader Nigel Farage has posted on X “1 million people living in this country don’t speak any English at all. 4 million people living in this country barely speak passable English” It’s racked up 2 million views AND IT’S COMPLETELY UNTRUE
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Leaving MAGA @leavingmaga.org · 17/02/2026
Join us tonight for our friends and family of MAGA support group. leavingmaga.org/support-group
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Support Group - Leaving MAGA
Friends & Family Support Group Solutions & Serenity: A Support Group For Those Affected By A Loved One’s MAGA Affiliation Tuesdays, 7 p.m. EST Facilitated by Julianna Forlano, MSW Many people impacted by a loved one involved in MAGA and extremist politics find their lives reshaped by conflict, avoidance, emotional strain, and other distorted relational
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RH Robinson @rrobo.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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There is a lot of convenient amnesia about Peter Mandelson’s New Labour days. Let’s jog some memories | George Monbiot
Yes, he betrayed the national interest in his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein – but also in his sanctioned role as enabler of corporate power, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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RH Robinson @rrobo.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
This question of why Mandelson was appointed as US ambassador - isn’t it obvious? He was the only one available with something in common with Trump.
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RH Robinson @rrobo.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Just listened to podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... Elon musk must be boiling knowing what Jimmy Wales has achieved with Wikipedia and what a thoroughly lovely man he is.
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Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia vs. Musk, AI, and the Battle for Truth
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics: Leading · 05/01/2026 · 1h 10m
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Good morning. Let's make a collective resolution: this will be the year in which we start to turn things round.
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RH Robinson @rrobo.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
“I think anything left to itself without some kind of intelligence behind it will devolve into chaos.” If applied to MAGA this sounds like good news. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A conversation between Joe Rogan and Mel Gibson summed up 2025 for me – and not in a good way | George Monbiot
From merrily dismissing climate science, to promoting irresponsible health claims, the podcast was an unintentional warning for our times, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
The Badger cull is continuing even though: • TB levels in badgers in Cumbria (Area 73) are low • There is no clear evidence that badgers pose a meaningful ongoing risk to cattle • Rising cattle TB cases are linked to cattle movements, not wildlife open.substack.com/pub/protectt...
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It's time to end the Badger blame game for good
This week, Protect the Wild has formally written to Angela Eagle MP, the Minister of State at Defra, calling for an end to the final badger cull and an end to the wider badger blame game once and for ...
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RH Robinson @rrobo.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Excellent news www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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EU’s Erasmus scheme to reopen to UK students for first time since Brexit at cost of £570m
Deal agreed to rejoin exchange programme in 2027, fulfilling Labour election manifesto pledge
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David Boughton @davidjboughton.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Please sign this to get the right wing stooge that is Robbie Gibb removed from the BBC board. Ta x 38d.gs/w9ae
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Sack Sir Robbie Gibb from the BBC board
Robbie Gibb said if he doesn't get his way, he'll blow the BBC up. It's ridiculous that a man like that has a spot on the BBC's board. Our public broadcaster MUST be independent. Agree? Sign to get Gi...
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RH Robinson @rrobo.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
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The Double-Headed Eagle: Russia, America and the Authoritarian Big Tech Alliance
It’s all in plain sight: Bannon and Dugin preach a pro-Russian “Christian” civilisation, Musk and Medvedev call for the EU’s undoing, while Vance and Thiel’s network shields Kremlin-aligned Big Tech
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances. A new decade-long Brexit study explains it: a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else. Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
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New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
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RH Robinson @rrobo.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
We all know Ryanair are heartless, but this………….https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/nov/24/ryanair-expects-me-to-take-the-financial-hit-for-helping-others?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Ryanair expects me to take the financial hit for helping others
As a doctor I stepped in to tend to an elderly passenger … but it won’t waive £100 transfer fee to rebook
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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Molly Scott Cato @greenpartymolly.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Yes we've all felt immensely pissed off with the BBC from time to time But it's clear that the attacks on it come from fascists and proto-fascists who want to shut down our powerful public-service broadcaster For the sake of democracy we all need to defend the BBC as an institution
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
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Page by George Monbiot | @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
1. This is a thread on freedom, and how easy it is to lose. Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppress...
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Why is Rachel Reeves panicking about the budget? youtu.be/XQUqR6YyF3A?...
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The REAL Reason Rachel Reeves is PANICKING About the Budget
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Six months ago I wrote this post about “the next terrorist attack.” I republish it now (lightly updated) because my fear of this scenario has recently grown much greater. snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
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The Next Terrorist Attack
And What Comes After (Updated)
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
X is a cesspit led by an unhinged billionaire who is desperately trying to stir up civil war in Britain. Nobody with any sense or decency should be there. No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there. Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.
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RH Robinson @rrobo.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Listen up Nige, there will always be more people who detest you www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Plaid Cymru ousts Labour in Caerphilly byelection
Rhun ap Iorwerth’s party, which wants Wales to become independent, seizes Senedd seat after Reform UK challenge
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RH Robinson @rrobo.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Petition government would be a start. @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
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We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation | Goerge Monbiot
It means breaking with hundreds of years of tradition, but it can’t wait. As hard-right figures spread division and laud autocrats, a fail-safe is vital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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RH Robinson @rrobo.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
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We need to talk about Russia
So, yes, that means we also need to talk about Nigel Farage
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
“I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick” Cathartic anger at flag-flying racism. www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
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Stewart Lee: The thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs
What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Every year 100s of employers are named and shamed for failure to pay the statutory minimum wage. 2016-2023: over 3m workers denied the minimum wage. Puny fines do nothing. Fines must equal the remuneration of the board of directors. 50% personally payable. Imprison persistent offenders.
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The government must ensure fair distribution of income
'The average real wage of workers has hardly moved from the 2008 level whilst bosses never had it so good.'
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 09/10/2025
Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.
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RH Robinson @rrobo.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
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The EU has a secret weapon to counter Trump’s economic bullying. It’s time to use it | Johnny Ryan
The anti-coercion instrument, or ‘trade bazooka’, is designed to shield against foreign pressure, says civil liberties campaigner Johnny Ryan
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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
I visualized the ten layers of finance, from sunlight and soil to sliced synthetic CDOs www.asomo.co/p/the-ten-la...
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 01/10/2025
For the first time ever, London has met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide. When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than expected. Cleaner air means a healthier city and big savings for the NHS.
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RH Robinson @rrobo.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
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Farage, Trump, Musk: your boy Javier Milei just took one hell of a beating. Why so quiet?
The wild politics and chainsaw made Argentina’s president an economic hero for the right. And now, with his nation’s finances in chaos: silence, writes Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Please follow @thenerve.news! Were a new female-founded publication that launched yesterday…& it was a huge team effort to get a website up & this investigation over the line. We’re all exhausted but we want to do journalism that matters & we need your support. Thank you!!🙏 www.thenerve.news
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The Nerve
Fearless, independent journalism covering culture, politics and tech
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 29/09/2025
This gives us hope A huge win for democracy Congratulations Moldova 🇲🇩 Despite huge interference efforts from Russia the pro-European party of Moldovan President Maia Sandu wins crucial elections seen as critical the country's future path to the EU #StrongerTogether
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Baldyrunner @baldyrunner.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
When the Right lies about the Left, it's called "Free Speech" but when the Left tells the truth about the Right, it's called "Inciting Violence."
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RH Robinson @rrobo.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
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Massive Attack remove music from Spotify to protest against CEO Daniel Ek’s investment in AI military
The band cited a ‘moral and ethical burden’ placed on artists by revenue from their work ultimately funding lethal technologies
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore. So I wrote a blog about ten things you can do *right now* to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism. From scrutinising Reform councillors to demanding the UK Govt leave X - get involved: guyshrubsole.substack.com/p/ten-things...
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Ten things you can do to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism
I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore.
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 15/09/2025
It should be simple: people who cheer on violence in the UK can't enrich themselves with British taxpayers’ money. That means Elon Musk – no government contracts for you, no energy supply license for you.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Tesla boss Elon Musk wants to overthrow UK govt. Big pharma wants the NHS to pay higher drugs prices or else. Banks warn govt not to levy higher taxes on them, cut worker wages they say. People bear cost of corporate pollution, abuses. Choice - Curb corporate power and slavery or democracy.
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