Robin La Roca
@robinlaroca.bsky.social
Sheffield, was Bedford/Kentish Town. ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫, DJ, penguins, V, cricket, football (CFC), Media graduate, 100% Faithful.
"Social media is a theme park for clinical narcissists" (Moira Rose)
I've got tunes here...
https://on.soundcloud.com/KphAe1pYuVJPXEVZ7
"Social media is a theme park for clinical narcissists" (Moira Rose)
I've got tunes here...
https://on.soundcloud.com/KphAe1pYuVJPXEVZ7
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Donations - Grace foodbank
The Grace Food Bank is a community group covering the Sheffield 8 posctode area: Lowedges, Norton, Batemoor, Jordanthorpe and the surrounding areas. We provide food parcels to families / individuals w...
gracefoodbanksheffield.org.uk
If anybody would like to donate to Grace Food Bank in Sheffield UK they can do so here:
gracefoodbanksheffield.org.uk/donations/#f...
gracefoodbanksheffield.org.uk/donations/#f...
Right or wrong, it looks like the Strictly viewing/voting public still don't get behind contestants who seem to have had experience of choreography. But that's the show.
December 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Right or wrong, it looks like the Strictly viewing/voting public still don't get behind contestants who seem to have had experience of choreography. But that's the show.
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MA*A support helped root out a great deal of bawbags on the TL over the last decade.
Now the inability to discern AI photos and stories finishes the job for us…
Now the inability to discern AI photos and stories finishes the job for us…
December 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
MA*A support helped root out a great deal of bawbags on the TL over the last decade.
Now the inability to discern AI photos and stories finishes the job for us…
Now the inability to discern AI photos and stories finishes the job for us…
So Ed Asner was Father Christmas in 'Santa Claus The Movie' AND 'Elf'. Well I never.
December 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
So Ed Asner was Father Christmas in 'Santa Claus The Movie' AND 'Elf'. Well I never.
Porridge Radio, magnificent at Gorilla in Manchester tonight.
December 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Porridge Radio, magnificent at Gorilla in Manchester tonight.
Well that could've been a lot worse.
#EnglandCricketSocialMedia
#EnglandCricketSocialMedia
December 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Well that could've been a lot worse.
#EnglandCricketSocialMedia
#EnglandCricketSocialMedia
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Fuck, this one hurts, for me the greatest guitarist, a musician in the service of the band and the song, who played on and helped create a wild succession of the finest records ever made. RIP Steve Cropper.
December 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Fuck, this one hurts, for me the greatest guitarist, a musician in the service of the band and the song, who played on and helped create a wild succession of the finest records ever made. RIP Steve Cropper.
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'Britain becomes world’s largest economy to end new oil and gas exploration'
Feels like this should have been bigger news...
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain...
Feels like this should have been bigger news...
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain...
Britain becomes world’s largest economy to end new oil and gas exploration - Greenpeace UK
Commenting on the government’s North Sea Future Plan, in which it has confirmed that no more licences for new oil and gas will be issued, Greenpeace UK’s co-executive director, Areeba Hamid, said: “B...
www.greenpeace.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
'Britain becomes world’s largest economy to end new oil and gas exploration'
Feels like this should have been bigger news...
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain...
Feels like this should have been bigger news...
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain...
Robin Smith, an absolute stand out. Terribly sad news today.
December 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Robin Smith, an absolute stand out. Terribly sad news today.
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If anybody would like to donate to Grace Food Bank in Sheffield UK they can do so here:
gracefoodbanksheffield.org.uk/donations/#f...
gracefoodbanksheffield.org.uk/donations/#f...
Donations - Grace foodbank
The Grace Food Bank is a community group covering the Sheffield 8 posctode area: Lowedges, Norton, Batemoor, Jordanthorpe and the surrounding areas. We provide food parcels to families / individuals w...
gracefoodbanksheffield.org.uk
November 4, 2024 at 10:57 AM
If anybody would like to donate to Grace Food Bank in Sheffield UK they can do so here:
gracefoodbanksheffield.org.uk/donations/#f...
gracefoodbanksheffield.org.uk/donations/#f...
If you're like me and seeing the wonderful Porridge Radio on their last tour at the moment then this looks like a splendid souvenir.
porridgeradio.bandcamp.com/album/pieces...
porridgeradio.bandcamp.com/album/pieces...
Pieces Of Heaven: Live at the Centre Pompidou, by Porridge Radio
18 track album
porridgeradio.bandcamp.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
If you're like me and seeing the wonderful Porridge Radio on their last tour at the moment then this looks like a splendid souvenir.
porridgeradio.bandcamp.com/album/pieces...
porridgeradio.bandcamp.com/album/pieces...
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Every day is a school day.
Today I learned about a bit of a Medieval ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’! 😲
Today I learned about a bit of a Medieval ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’! 😲
The Cadaver Synod: The Trial of a Dead Pope - Medievalists.net
In 897, Pope Stephen VI exhumed his predecessor and put him on trial. Known as the Cadaver Synod, this bizarre episode in Church history was more than madness—new research reveals it was a political a...
www.medievalists.net
November 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Every day is a school day.
Today I learned about a bit of a Medieval ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’! 😲
Today I learned about a bit of a Medieval ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’! 😲
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio... Very good piece about Karen Carney, she's been through a lot.
‘It crushed my confidence. I’ve never got over it’: Karen Carney on online abuse – and how Strictly is rebuilding her
She’s the emerging star of this year’s dance show, wowing judges with her paso doble. The pundit and former footballer talks about gentleness, bullying, her love of the Lionesses and why she’s never b...
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio... Very good piece about Karen Carney, she's been through a lot.
Is it odd that both Asda and McDonald's have a Grinch in their adverts? Seems like a conflict of interest.
November 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Is it odd that both Asda and McDonald's have a Grinch in their adverts? Seems like a conflict of interest.
Kevin Sinfield is running for MND again. I fill up every time I see him, what a remarkable chap.
donate.giveasyoulive.com/fundraising/...
donate.giveasyoulive.com/fundraising/...
Kevin Sinfield CBE and team are fundraising for Motor Neurone Disease Association, Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association, My Name'5 Doddie Foundation, MND Scotland, Leeds Hospitals Charity and The D...
Make a donation and help us reach our fundraising target with Give as you Live Donate.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Kevin Sinfield is running for MND again. I fill up every time I see him, what a remarkable chap.
donate.giveasyoulive.com/fundraising/...
donate.giveasyoulive.com/fundraising/...
Ah, Jimmy Cliff. Immense.
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Ah, Jimmy Cliff. Immense.
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Please sign and share widely.
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Please sign and share widely.
Portable thermostats are great until I put a hot cup of coffee next to ours and the heating goes off because apparently it's 24 degrees in here.
November 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Portable thermostats are great until I put a hot cup of coffee next to ours and the heating goes off because apparently it's 24 degrees in here.
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I guess the challenge here is that while this might be personally lucrative for MAGASuperFan1488 from Uganda (which fine I guess, go get that bread Grifter King), the West descending into technofascism is not going to be good for ANYONE.
Those deaths because of USAID cuts weren't in Kansas.
Those deaths because of USAID cuts weren't in Kansas.
November 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I guess the challenge here is that while this might be personally lucrative for MAGASuperFan1488 from Uganda (which fine I guess, go get that bread Grifter King), the West descending into technofascism is not going to be good for ANYONE.
Those deaths because of USAID cuts weren't in Kansas.
Those deaths because of USAID cuts weren't in Kansas.
It's the time of year when once again I have to say that I don't like having extra dancers on Strictly. Especially with an Argentine tango.
November 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
It's the time of year when once again I have to say that I don't like having extra dancers on Strictly. Especially with an Argentine tango.
Katya and Lewis, wow.
November 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Katya and Lewis, wow.
November 21, 2025 at 9:51 AM
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Sara Cox doing the Children In Need challenge on BBC1 at the moment. Astonishing strength and resilience. Remarkable.
November 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Sara Cox doing the Children In Need challenge on BBC1 at the moment. Astonishing strength and resilience. Remarkable.