Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I'm in a group chat of extremely amateur artists that re-forms once a year to do Inktober. No pressure, no skill requirements, just for fun. If you like scribbling I recommend it, it's always fun to see what people come up with. I combine days to make it less daunting. Apple / Relic / Miniature 010
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 29/09/2026These are normally extremely dull but this is unhinged 010
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 25/09/2026@badmachinery.com I got my daughter the first Wicked Things which she has now read 6 times and is asking for the rest, however I'm struggling to find them for sale anywhere, are they out of print or am I being an idiot? 111
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 24/09/2026*squirrel noises on windowsill* Daughter: "Someone is a-scampering!" Yes I have raised a Victorian woodland elf 020
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Petition to rename the Anthropocene to the Moronocene 000
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"Okay well the ball's in your court now" My court: 010
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Current obsession www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDeB...youtube.comPaloma Faith - Upside Down (Official Video)YouTube video by PalomaFaithVEVO 000
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It's definitely completely cool and fine that 50% of the news is "guys the biosphere is mid-collapse, hope you like cockroaches and war" and 50% is "beautiful new AI datacentres to carpet that waste of space Berkshire and drive unprecedentedly awesome growth" 020
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"Your prescription only came in yesterday, it will be 15 - 20 minutes" I will never understand why this is. Any pharmacists shed any light on why printing a label and sticking it on a box of pills takes 15 minutes? If I'm the only person in there? 100
Reposted by Rob WatkinsKirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Get Fish or Fly-Tying 281
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 19/09/2026How the fuck have I ended up on this mailing list 110
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I've had this in my head all week and now you have to see it too 000
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I regret to inform everyone that Agatha Christie is cancelled 140
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I made a fried egg bagel with the bagel toasted in a bacony frying pan first and goddamn that's a messy but top tier breakfast 000
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 16/09/2026🎶 Person man, person man Does everything that a person can 🎵 000
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 15/09/2026New ambition; cook and eat all of Wikipedia's en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...en.wikipedia.orgList of soups - Wikipedia 000
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I thought this was just a coincidental sighting of a caterpillar hitching a lift on a snail, but I think it's actually the snail-predating larva of a false firefly beetle Drilus flavescens, quite rare nationally apparently! 030
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 12/09/2026You know what's magical? A beautiful morning by the river while literally a hundred house martins zoom around your head. I was just thinking the other day I couldn't remember last time I'd seen one for definite 130
Reposted by Rob WatkinsJess Pendley @jesspendley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Future me watching temporary -productivity-burst me commit to meetings and calls. 2255401127
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 11/09/2026BIG HORMSE HUGE HORMSE MASSIVE HORMSE LEVIATHAN HORMSE 000
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 11/09/2026My theory is that everyone's rage is created by car design and pareidolia. If you notice, nearly all cars have headlights slanted up to various degrees of anger / aggression. We spend huge amounts of our time is stressful situations surrounded by the angry faces of things that could easily kill us 240
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Filling in daughter's flu consent form, and on the list of surgeries to choose from there is "Bird in Eye Surgery". Now I'm no doctor but that feels more like a case for A&E rather than a GP 020
Reposted by Rob WatkinsEndless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 09/09/2026AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 0232
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The unique awkwardness of sharing a small lift with an attractive woman you see around the building but don't actually know, but have just had an incredibly vivid dream about where you were both fleeing a dinosaur attack in a post-apocalyptic wasteland 020
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"They march around waving their banners. They have this ridiculous salute. And they work up these poor men like Frank until they think they're doing something wonderful and patriotic" This Poirot episode from 1992 talking about the Blackshirts is a bit on the nose 000
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Hey everyone, the RNLI is under fire again from the worst, dumbest and most pathetic arseholes in the country. If you or anyone you love has ever gone in the sea in any way, consider donating. Or do it because you hate fascism, either works. rnli.org/support-us/g...rnli.orgDonate to the RNLI and help save lives at seaYour donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here. 020
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Hoping the RNLI site is down due to volume of donations 010
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The hardest thing to stomach about all these far right protests is not that they are happening, because there will always be cunts, but that they are getting bigger and braver and more aggressive because of the ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC response from the government and police 171
Reposted by Rob WatkinsDr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The RNLI have some of the best people in Britain volunteering for them. They put their lives on the line when they are called on and they will rescue anyone who needs them. Because every life matters, and offering help is the right thing to do. You can donate here: rnli.orgrnli.orgRNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at SeaThe RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We do this through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and international interventions. 161168607
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Two apps tell me this is a Queen of Spain Fritillary but as that is apparently a scarce migrant I wonder if any clever people could help confirm? Maybe @bernoid.bsky.social can or knows someone? 381
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Saw this and thought of @robpalk.bsky.social and @strongmisgiving.bsky.social 030
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Introduce yourself with 10 cats you've seen live: Tiddles Kitty Cleo Chas Dave Perdy Tiny Pepper Voltan The Destroyer Mittens 062
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Hundreds of clips and memes later I finally watched Jennifer's Body. I mean it's not a cinematic masterpiece is it, but it's a lot of fun and Amanda Seyfried is perfect 000
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 26/08/2026"It's almost like stealing people's data and giving it to a hyper-intelligent AI as part of an unregulated tech monopoly was a bad thing." 010
Rob Watkins @whelkaholism.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Just a comment from a randomer that brought this to mind, but at what point did merely "working" become insufficient, and we were all expected to be doing the apparently morally superior "grafting" 000