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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 2h

🎶We're never going to survive unless 🎶 #TooEasy #SorryNotSorry #Aotearoa

UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026

When I first saw this @deanstpress.bsky.social release, I thought it was ABOUT a will, making it a fit for this week's #MurderEveryMonday but since the title is BY a Will, that's close enough, I think 😁 #Reading #Booksky #Mystery crossexaminingcrime.com/murdereverym...

Cover of the Dean Street Press edition of "Let's Choose Executors" by Sara Woods

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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026

#readandplay (818) #MusicChallenge #MusicSky (Since the quatrain is not in the Bodleian manuscript, and I trust Fitzgerald as far as I can spit a dead capybara) www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwbM...

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Would I Lie to You? (Remastered Version)

YouTube video by Eurythmics - Topic

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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026

#AustinsMusicMonth #MusicChallenge #ASongThat... is optimistic is brave Is iconic (first fits the song, next two specifically THIS performance) www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxtg...

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Hum dekhenge by Iqbal bano

YouTube video by Reality does bite

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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Oct 03: A song you would play while watching a sunrise (When 900 years old you feel, be a morning person you will not)😆 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg2D...

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Faye Wong - 醒不來 / Xǐng Bù Lái / Can't Wake Up

YouTube video by plesiosaurlover84

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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026

TFW buzz about a curently airing #cDrama makes you think about chcecking it out until you see which actor is playing the FL. A certain harsh aptness to having started seven of her works and enjoyed none. Bullet dodged.

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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026

Updating Steinem: In #Aotearoa, the first country to give women the vote, woman needs a man like a penguin needs a bicycle 😁

A road sign showing a bicycle and a penguin

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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026

You know you're in #Aotearoa when on the way to this little beach you see literally as many road signs warning of penguins as for pedestrians. The absence of penguins possibly explained by the VERY large and clearly well-fed seals swimming close to shore 😁🦦

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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026

My Anki routine is starting to make a difference to my recognition of Urdu letters in their final ('reference') form. That means ALL that's left is 1. Learn the initial forms 2.Learn the medial forms and, easiest of all 3. Completely ban handwritten Nastaliq and impose one font on all users

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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026

#LookAndSee 527 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 🎶Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy She'll beat you if she's able You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet🎶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q93...

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Eagles - Desperado (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Eagles

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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026

70s #Hindi masala films are magnificent entertainment. Watching someone pick up a box full of gold bullion one-handed and RUN with it under his arm is fantastic fun. 😁 #AmarAkbarAnthony

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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026

that holiday feeling when you have a lazy do nothing Monday morning ahead and you can say to your wife "Remember how you said you wanted to rewatch Amar Akbar Anthony? Well now we have the three hours free we need" 😁

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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026

A 5-pack of Shin Ramyeon at a special price? $6NZD The look on the young Asian staffers' faces when a greying white guy with a walking stick says of the BlackPink photo on the pack 'It should have been Mamamoo"? Priceless😂

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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026

Aaaand THIS is why I don't trust ANY politician: YT just showed me a "guess the Bollywood song" short and MIRA NAIR'S SON couldn't get "mehndi laga ke rakhna" ?! I mean, seriously, no DDLJ? I smell setup 😱🤦‍♂️

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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026

#LookAndSee 522 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky (from the ancient days of laong ago when the All Blacks were good😂) www.youtube.com/watch?v=L42a...

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First ever Kapa O Pango Haka

YouTube video by All Blacks

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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026

After finally watching Coyote vs Acme tonight I totally get why it's still at 96% on Rotten Tomatoes. That's 2 movies seen at the cinema in 3 months, both excellent & moving experiences. There might be a slight difference in emotional tone and weight between #CoyoteVsAcme and #MainVaapasAaunga but

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Mike Ensminger Fan Account @laplanck.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My thoughts on the top 10 tv shows of the century

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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026

Google is requiring all Android developers to register centrally, pay a fee, and submit government ID. Apps from unregistered developers will be silently blocked. over 67 organizations oppose this. @keepandroidopen.bsky.social keepandroidopen.org

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Keep Android Open

Your phone is about to stop being yours. In 2027, Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with them.

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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026

...this is a dance off If you see this, post a dance...

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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026

I'm not signing up to the NYT for its Top 100 C21 TV shows, it won't even let me see OTHERS' lists. So here are my top 10 in no particular order Firefly Community Life (2007) The IT Crowd Better Off Ted Okitegami Kyouko no Bibouroku Forest of Secrets Imperfect Us Dear Enemy Avengers Social Club

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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026

I was almost clueless for this week's #MurderEveryMonday but, as is so often the case, @deanstpress.bsky.social came to the rescue, supplying the ONLY qualifying title I have - they'te definitely a ten star team. #Mystery #Reading #Booksky crossexaminingcrime.com/murdereverym...

Cover of the book "Ten Star Clues" by E.R. Punshon

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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026

How would you describe your social media reach? My ONLY social media accounts are here and at MASTODON, so my reaction to the idea of "reach" is

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Adam Sandler's Hilarious Cereal Spit Take

ALT: Adam Sandler's Hilarious Cereal Spit Take

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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026

Note to self: think twice before clicking on bsky trending topics - that Converse ad is horrific!😱

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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026

Share a television show that raised you.

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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 18/09/2026

Saturday the 19th is 8 minutes old way up here at the top of the world in #Aotearoa and my 4 MusicChallenge posts are all done - odds of being first with each pretty high, I'd say. 😁

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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 17/09/2026

For years I used to wish Lin Yi Chen would get back into singing. now watching footage of her sing song from #twDrama #ISWAK for an audience that seemed to consist almost entirely of people NOT BORN when she first sung those songs has me conflicted. 😱🤣

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Leroy Brown: I'm Feeling Old Right Now

ALT: Leroy Brown: I'm Feeling Old Right Now

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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 17/09/2026

This is an interesting video, finishing with my favourite factoid about home, but it also has quite astonishingly, excruciatingly AWFUL mispronunciation of even the most basic and Māori words and names. Bizarre given its generally excellent attention to detail www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIa3...

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30 Geography Facts About new Zealand That Nobody Talks About

YouTube video by Coggnize

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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 17/09/2026

I've often told friends that Hindi & Urdu are as similar as Te Reo #Māori#Aotearoa & Te Reo Māori Kūki ‘Āirani but after a friend's funeral today, a fascinating chat with his daughter has me thinking perhaps the two Māori variants are slightly LESS alike than the Indic pair. #Linguistics #Learning

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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 13/09/2026

A "Something old, something new" theme for #MurderEveryMonday this week, so I'm pleased I also have something blue. Something @deanstpress.bsky.social too, though that murders any metre. 🤣 #Booksky #Mystery #Reading crossexaminingcrime.com/murdereverym...

Cover of "Comes A Stranger" by E.R. Punshon, book 11 of his Bobby Owen series

Cover of "Death Writ Large" by Susie Dent showing a letter-opener stabbed into a pile of letters and envelopes

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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 13/09/2026

Really happy that I recognised two #Urdu letters today in the same word - and because they were the first and last letters I "read" the word by assuming it was basically the same word as in #Hindi. That I was right made me want to , er, sing 🤣 #TooEasy #SorryNotSorry #DigraphiaFTW گائی

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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 13/09/2026

My quarterly YouTube #Music recap playing my FAVOURITE song from the great #Hindi film #MainVaapasAaunga but still getting stuff wrong - one of the featured artists not Indian, and his language not Hindi. #Urdu #Hindi #SouthAsia

Poster's YouTube Music genre breakdown, showing Pakistani pop (Urdu) incorrectly labelled as "Indian Indie" and "Hindi"

Poster's top 5 artists played on YouTube Music June-August 2026
A.R. Rahman
Günter Wand
NDR Sinfonieotchester
Diljit Dosanjh
Abdul Hannan

Poster's top 5 most played tracks on YouTube Music June-August 2036
Kya Kamaal Hai from the film Main Vaapas Aaunga, AR Rahman & Irshad Kamil, sung by Diljit Dosanjh
35 by Ka Hao
Title track to the Chinese Drama "The Lead", by Faye Wong
Sisters Are Doin' for themselves - Annie Lennox

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UncleRobin @unnclerobin.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026

I couldn't give a fetid dingo kidney for the upcoming national elections in #Aotearoa but I try very hard NEVER to miss voting in the election that really matters to me. "Vote early, vote often" 😁 #BirdOfTheYear www.birdoftheyear.org.nz

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Bird of the Year ‹ Forest & Bird

Forest & Bird’s Bird of the Year recognises our unique birds and with each vote you give them a voice.

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