Robin
@robingissing.bsky.social
Perpetual innovator. Used to be in HE, now in R&D - skepticism does not imply pessimism - all views my own and not my employer
🏴 << this flag means tolerance and acceptance of others, nothing else.
🏴 << this flag means tolerance and acceptance of others, nothing else.
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Robin
@robingissing.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Here is the Bluesky starter pack directory. You can search by keyword. Please share with everyone. 🤗
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
All - Bluesky Directory
A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.
blueskydirectory.com
This is quite useful. The inbuilt browser in the app opens the starter packs in the background handily.
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Long shot, but does anyone in Switzerland have an emergency Theremin to loan tomorrow night ( Friday 12 December )?
#ViaMardot is playing a show in St Gallen, and the airline lost her equipment!!!
We can help pay for a courier if needed, please share to get this message out!!
#theremin #switzerland
#ViaMardot is playing a show in St Gallen, and the airline lost her equipment!!!
We can help pay for a courier if needed, please share to get this message out!!
#theremin #switzerland
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Long shot, but does anyone in Switzerland have an emergency Theremin to loan tomorrow night ( Friday 12 December )?
#ViaMardot is playing a show in St Gallen, and the airline lost her equipment!!!
We can help pay for a courier if needed, please share to get this message out!!
#theremin #switzerland
#ViaMardot is playing a show in St Gallen, and the airline lost her equipment!!!
We can help pay for a courier if needed, please share to get this message out!!
#theremin #switzerland
This is going to backfire so spectacularly.
December 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This is going to backfire so spectacularly.
It is DISGUSTING that shops NO LONGER write DOWN IMPLICITLY the thing WE all celebrate at this TIME of year. Where are the YULE trees??!??????? youtu.be/9-96YTHPlgU
The True Meaning Of The Season // Jazz Emu
YouTube video by Jazz Emu
youtu.be
December 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
It is DISGUSTING that shops NO LONGER write DOWN IMPLICITLY the thing WE all celebrate at this TIME of year. Where are the YULE trees??!??????? youtu.be/9-96YTHPlgU
Forget about banning under 16s from social media. It’s time to ban Boomers from social media. For under 16s it’s an individual crisis. For boomers, it turns into government policy affecting millions.
December 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Forget about banning under 16s from social media. It’s time to ban Boomers from social media. For under 16s it’s an individual crisis. For boomers, it turns into government policy affecting millions.
In my regular series of “if only people could see the invisible stuff” - a single occupancy hotel room with the AC ‘ventilation’, on. No wonder I have a headache!
December 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
In my regular series of “if only people could see the invisible stuff” - a single occupancy hotel room with the AC ‘ventilation’, on. No wonder I have a headache!
When are we going to fight back from this stuff, as a society? I’m a technologist, but I’m quickly coming round to the Luddites world view. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
UK campaigners condemn ‘creepy’ digital billboards that can track viewers’ responses
Tech company has installed the advertising screens in hundreds of apartment blocks across 20 British cities
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
When are we going to fight back from this stuff, as a society? I’m a technologist, but I’m quickly coming round to the Luddites world view. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
It is entirely on theme for this government that the new livery for Great British Railways was just a Hornby model placed in the middle of London Bridge station. No fanfare, no real train. A Hornby model. Also the new livery looks abysmal - if I were Lumo I would be livid. It’s not even Mallard blue
December 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
It is entirely on theme for this government that the new livery for Great British Railways was just a Hornby model placed in the middle of London Bridge station. No fanfare, no real train. A Hornby model. Also the new livery looks abysmal - if I were Lumo I would be livid. It’s not even Mallard blue
London. A man is deadpan singing along, at volume, to Natalie Imbruglia’s ‘Torn’.
December 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
London. A man is deadpan singing along, at volume, to Natalie Imbruglia’s ‘Torn’.
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Thank you all, the update than we can barely believe we get to make.
To everyone who supported us through this last month, we couldn’t have even come close to this outcome without you all.
Have a peaceful festive period, we’ll see you in the bookshop soon 🧡
To everyone who supported us through this last month, we couldn’t have even come close to this outcome without you all.
Have a peaceful festive period, we’ll see you in the bookshop soon 🧡
December 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Thank you all, the update than we can barely believe we get to make.
To everyone who supported us through this last month, we couldn’t have even come close to this outcome without you all.
Have a peaceful festive period, we’ll see you in the bookshop soon 🧡
To everyone who supported us through this last month, we couldn’t have even come close to this outcome without you all.
Have a peaceful festive period, we’ll see you in the bookshop soon 🧡
Very sad to hear about Martin Parr. He took the photographs that I was always too chicken to take. Which made viewing his pictures always a wonder. RIP Martin.
December 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Very sad to hear about Martin Parr. He took the photographs that I was always too chicken to take. Which made viewing his pictures always a wonder. RIP Martin.
The Midlothian Ski centre reception number holding music is the theme from Ski Sunday. I bet someone was incredibly proud when they set that up (as they should be)
December 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The Midlothian Ski centre reception number holding music is the theme from Ski Sunday. I bet someone was incredibly proud when they set that up (as they should be)
Just been to see The Running Man at the cinema. It’s about a dystopic society where average folk can’t afford healthcare, billionaires aren’t paying their way, and reality TV is the government… anyway, the film is good. This generations’ Idiocracy I feel.
December 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Just been to see The Running Man at the cinema. It’s about a dystopic society where average folk can’t afford healthcare, billionaires aren’t paying their way, and reality TV is the government… anyway, the film is good. This generations’ Idiocracy I feel.
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My favourite grasshopper fact: Grasshoppers first appeared on the planet 250 million years ago.
Grass did not appear on the planet until 40 million years ago
Imagine it: 210 million years, hopping around on any random surface you can find, waiting for the grass that will make you truly yourself.
Grass did not appear on the planet until 40 million years ago
Imagine it: 210 million years, hopping around on any random surface you can find, waiting for the grass that will make you truly yourself.
December 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
My favourite grasshopper fact: Grasshoppers first appeared on the planet 250 million years ago.
Grass did not appear on the planet until 40 million years ago
Imagine it: 210 million years, hopping around on any random surface you can find, waiting for the grass that will make you truly yourself.
Grass did not appear on the planet until 40 million years ago
Imagine it: 210 million years, hopping around on any random surface you can find, waiting for the grass that will make you truly yourself.
Just watching 'The Roses' I spotted "Casting by Nina Gold" at the front and knew I was in for a casting treat. How is she so incredibly good at this.
December 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Just watching 'The Roses' I spotted "Casting by Nina Gold" at the front and knew I was in for a casting treat. How is she so incredibly good at this.
Whenever I think society has hit a new low, something comes along to scrape it even lower. People are scalping Frey Bentos pies on eBay.
December 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Whenever I think society has hit a new low, something comes along to scrape it even lower. People are scalping Frey Bentos pies on eBay.
Huge news is sweeping the music world. BACH IS BACK!
December 6, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Huge news is sweeping the music world. BACH IS BACK!
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This is the most horrific trophy I’ve ever seen. It looks like a cursed object found in a desert crypt.
December 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This is the most horrific trophy I’ve ever seen. It looks like a cursed object found in a desert crypt.
At this rate, we'll know the draw for the world cup minutes before the games are played.
December 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
At this rate, we'll know the draw for the world cup minutes before the games are played.
Man on his laptop on the bus. Clearly writing some sort of academic text (not peaking, but can see two column setting) I’m here writing my annual top 10 music list.
December 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Man on his laptop on the bus. Clearly writing some sort of academic text (not peaking, but can see two column setting) I’m here writing my annual top 10 music list.
Impulsive thoughts No. 497;
recreating @jasonhazeley.bsky.social @gralefrit.bsky.social and @asjmorris.bsky.social ‘s excellent “Bollocks to Alton Towers” book as an straight down the lens and insipid Instagram influencer series about U.K. attractions.
recreating @jasonhazeley.bsky.social @gralefrit.bsky.social and @asjmorris.bsky.social ‘s excellent “Bollocks to Alton Towers” book as an straight down the lens and insipid Instagram influencer series about U.K. attractions.
December 5, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Impulsive thoughts No. 497;
recreating @jasonhazeley.bsky.social @gralefrit.bsky.social and @asjmorris.bsky.social ‘s excellent “Bollocks to Alton Towers” book as an straight down the lens and insipid Instagram influencer series about U.K. attractions.
recreating @jasonhazeley.bsky.social @gralefrit.bsky.social and @asjmorris.bsky.social ‘s excellent “Bollocks to Alton Towers” book as an straight down the lens and insipid Instagram influencer series about U.K. attractions.
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Heck and double heck.
The Alarming Rise of Fake Lithium-Ion Batteries
How safe are the batteries in your e-bike or vape pen? Discover the risks of counterfeit lithium-ion cells and what you can do to stay safe.
spectrum.ieee.org
December 5, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Heck and double heck.
🎼 Feed the birds, two pounds a bag, inflation, inflation, now two pounds a bag.
December 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
🎼 Feed the birds, two pounds a bag, inflation, inflation, now two pounds a bag.
I fly a lot. But, I don't run a car - I use public transport and track my flight CO2/NOx - it's a heck of a lot less than driving a car for my commute.
I eat meat, but I've cut down *a lot* & now eat a mostly plant based diet.
I always thought the Green Party wasn't for me - until Zack.
I eat meat, but I've cut down *a lot* & now eat a mostly plant based diet.
I always thought the Green Party wasn't for me - until Zack.
December 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I fly a lot. But, I don't run a car - I use public transport and track my flight CO2/NOx - it's a heck of a lot less than driving a car for my commute.
I eat meat, but I've cut down *a lot* & now eat a mostly plant based diet.
I always thought the Green Party wasn't for me - until Zack.
I eat meat, but I've cut down *a lot* & now eat a mostly plant based diet.
I always thought the Green Party wasn't for me - until Zack.
Unpopular Whisky Opinion: Bottling at 12Y is probably the best expression. Bottling earlier doesn't reveal the full flavours of the cask, and older than that does very little more to the taste vs the wait.
December 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Unpopular Whisky Opinion: Bottling at 12Y is probably the best expression. Bottling earlier doesn't reveal the full flavours of the cask, and older than that does very little more to the taste vs the wait.