Rob Manuel
@robmanuelyeah.bsky.social
B3ta.com, @fesshole.bsky.social, @anonopin.bsky.social
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(Also with high quality art by me)
ANON OPIN
Tufnell Park, 18, 19 Nov 2025
Leicester, 12, 13 Feb 2026
FESSHOLE '26
Leicester, 14 Feb
Leeds, 4 Mar
Luton, 12 Mar
FESSHOLE SWEDEN '26
Malmö, 23 Apr
Göteborg, 24 Apr
Stockholm, 25 Apr
TICKETS: sites.google.com/view/fesshole
(Also with high quality art by me)
ANON OPIN
Tufnell Park, 18, 19 Nov 2025
Leicester, 12, 13 Feb 2026
FESSHOLE '26
Leicester, 14 Feb
Leeds, 4 Mar
Luton, 12 Mar
FESSHOLE SWEDEN '26
Malmö, 23 Apr
Göteborg, 24 Apr
Stockholm, 25 Apr
TICKETS: sites.google.com/view/fesshole
Paul Darrow (Blake's 7), John Hurt (Alien) and Ian McShane (Lovejoy) shared a flat as students at RADA. I'd like to see that film, although maybe I've already seen it in Withnail & I
TIL that Richard Dimbleby, Denis Thatcher, Francis Crick and Patrick Troughton attended the same school* at the same time and now I want to see the sitcom.
*Mill Hill School, a school in Mill Hill
*Mill Hill School, a school in Mill Hill
November 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Paul Darrow (Blake's 7), John Hurt (Alien) and Ian McShane (Lovejoy) shared a flat as students at RADA. I'd like to see that film, although maybe I've already seen it in Withnail & I
The basic rule of staying sane on the internet is that if you find a post annoying, don't reply to it, as they'll reply back and you'll then be locked into a deeper and more annoying exchange. I see the greatest minds of my generation locked into 30 deep tits for tats and I think, maybe, don't.
November 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The basic rule of staying sane on the internet is that if you find a post annoying, don't reply to it, as they'll reply back and you'll then be locked into a deeper and more annoying exchange. I see the greatest minds of my generation locked into 30 deep tits for tats and I think, maybe, don't.
Reading a novel from 1969 and it's full of long em dashes. Can't help myself getting a reflex every few paragraphs going "is this AI?" The fuckers have ruined everything.
November 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Reading a novel from 1969 and it's full of long em dashes. Can't help myself getting a reflex every few paragraphs going "is this AI?" The fuckers have ruined everything.
Reposted by Rob Manuel
B3ta newsletter 970, out now
"How does Batman's mum call him for dinner? She doesn't because she was brutally murdered in front of her son"
* GAME - how fast can you draw a 'cool s'?
* NORTH/SOUTH - where exactly does it divide?
* IMAGE CHALLENGE - Sport in unexpected places
"How does Batman's mum call him for dinner? She doesn't because she was brutally murdered in front of her son"
* GAME - how fast can you draw a 'cool s'?
* NORTH/SOUTH - where exactly does it divide?
* IMAGE CHALLENGE - Sport in unexpected places
B3TA : NEWSLETTER : "HOW DOES BATMAN'S MUM CALL HIM FOR DINNER? SHE DOESN'T BECAUSE SHE WAS BRUTALLY MURDERED IN FRONT OF HER SON"
b3ta.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
B3ta newsletter 970, out now
"How does Batman's mum call him for dinner? She doesn't because she was brutally murdered in front of her son"
* GAME - how fast can you draw a 'cool s'?
* NORTH/SOUTH - where exactly does it divide?
* IMAGE CHALLENGE - Sport in unexpected places
"How does Batman's mum call him for dinner? She doesn't because she was brutally murdered in front of her son"
* GAME - how fast can you draw a 'cool s'?
* NORTH/SOUTH - where exactly does it divide?
* IMAGE CHALLENGE - Sport in unexpected places
Can't argue with a word
November 28, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Can't argue with a word
How does Batman's mum call him for dinner?
She doesn't because she was brutally murdered in front of her son.
She doesn't because she was brutally murdered in front of her son.
November 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
How does Batman's mum call him for dinner?
She doesn't because she was brutally murdered in front of her son.
She doesn't because she was brutally murdered in front of her son.
No. The correct way to understand this is to stop trying to make things fit together. You can watch different people playing Sherlock Holmes, in entirely different stories, without trying to make it add up. Stories are a dressing up box, not a jigsaw.
November 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
No. The correct way to understand this is to stop trying to make things fit together. You can watch different people playing Sherlock Holmes, in entirely different stories, without trying to make it add up. Stories are a dressing up box, not a jigsaw.
I've got this 'fesshole gold' thing posting which at the simplest level is first year or two of posts that were > 1000 favs and it's given lie to the people who moan at me "fesshole's gone leftie/woke" It's always been what it is.
Fesshole Live is coming to Leicester, Luton and Leeds – get your tickets now! We’re also taking the show to Sweden (Malmö, Göteborg, Stockholm) and doing Anon Opin in Leicester. https://sites.google.com/view/fesshole
November 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I've got this 'fesshole gold' thing posting which at the simplest level is first year or two of posts that were > 1000 favs and it's given lie to the people who moan at me "fesshole's gone leftie/woke" It's always been what it is.
Could Starmer watch a video on his phone with volume on full blast, no headphones, on a train, next please?
If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
November 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Could Starmer watch a video on his phone with volume on full blast, no headphones, on a train, next please?
I don't know why I bothered doing this
November 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I don't know why I bothered doing this
The Paul Doyle thing - it's fascinating that it's no more complicated than irritation at delays and entitlement that everyone should move out the way. An extreme example of a person who we've all met, someone who unleashes their inner arsehole when they drive.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Favour for pal ended in carnage after ex-Marine crashed into Liverpool fans
Dad of two Paul Doyle's devastating driving was caught on his own dashcam which showed him 'recklessly' making his way through the football fans
www.mirror.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The Paul Doyle thing - it's fascinating that it's no more complicated than irritation at delays and entitlement that everyone should move out the way. An extreme example of a person who we've all met, someone who unleashes their inner arsehole when they drive.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Just realised this famous bit of advice is actually TERRIBLE as the finger positions on the frets instead of between the frets. Now form a government body for standards in graphic design.
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Just realised this famous bit of advice is actually TERRIBLE as the finger positions on the frets instead of between the frets. Now form a government body for standards in graphic design.
Is Paul Young singing about fucking or birthing his hat?
November 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Is Paul Young singing about fucking or birthing his hat?
Fuck you it dies with me, therefore it's on you to keep me alive.
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Fuck you it dies with me, therefore it's on you to keep me alive.
Reposted by Rob Manuel
The b sides made collecting the Teardrop Explodes' singles so much fun in the mid 80s.
David Balfe offered his own thoughts and memories of "Strange house in the snow" for my song by song Teardrop Explodes blog...
explodingteardrops.blogspot.com/2022/10/stra...
David Balfe offered his own thoughts and memories of "Strange house in the snow" for my song by song Teardrop Explodes blog...
explodingteardrops.blogspot.com/2022/10/stra...
Strange House In The Snow EXTRA
When I published my post on Strange House In The Snow last week, Dave Balfe got in touch to say it was one of his favourite Teardrop Explode...
explodingteardrops.blogspot.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The b sides made collecting the Teardrop Explodes' singles so much fun in the mid 80s.
David Balfe offered his own thoughts and memories of "Strange house in the snow" for my song by song Teardrop Explodes blog...
explodingteardrops.blogspot.com/2022/10/stra...
David Balfe offered his own thoughts and memories of "Strange house in the snow" for my song by song Teardrop Explodes blog...
explodingteardrops.blogspot.com/2022/10/stra...
I do like Anthology 4, it tells a chronological story of a band starting out as a bunch of people playing music together for fun, and ends with something constructed by people playing at different times and locations, and with no one having fun. Thus it's the history of record making in microcosm.
November 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I do like Anthology 4, it tells a chronological story of a band starting out as a bunch of people playing music together for fun, and ends with something constructed by people playing at different times and locations, and with no one having fun. Thus it's the history of record making in microcosm.
Poured my partner's strawberry milk into my cup of tea again. Won't anyone think about those with colour vision problems?
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Poured my partner's strawberry milk into my cup of tea again. Won't anyone think about those with colour vision problems?
Nicely phrased. You can have a screen grab on the less prestigious *me* account as a consolation prize.
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Nicely phrased. You can have a screen grab on the less prestigious *me* account as a consolation prize.
My editorial rule for b3ta, fesshole, anon, and pretty much anything I've ever had a hand in is "funny or interesting". Obviously not everyone agrees with my definitions but basically I'll go anywhere, if I think it's funny or interesting. Bring on the 3D underground maps.
Wasn't expecting @anonopin.bsky.social to take an infrastructural turn.
It's a real shame that no-one publishes a 3D map of our cities that shows the underground as well as the surface. Seeing the tunnels used by pedestrians, trains, roads, clean water, sewage, gas and electricity would be great. Hidden infrastructure that needs to be seen.
November 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
My editorial rule for b3ta, fesshole, anon, and pretty much anything I've ever had a hand in is "funny or interesting". Obviously not everyone agrees with my definitions but basically I'll go anywhere, if I think it's funny or interesting. Bring on the 3D underground maps.
I'm not going to die on any hills but it microwaves my urine that the phrase "bad apple" has flipped meaning in my lifetime.
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I'm not going to die on any hills but it microwaves my urine that the phrase "bad apple" has flipped meaning in my lifetime.
You know Anthology 4 is quite good? I mean, stop looking it like a stamp collector going "I've got half of this already" and listen to it as a performance. It goes on a journey and it's a lovely time-travelling slightly ramshackle gig that the Beatles never played, and are playing for you now.
November 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
You know Anthology 4 is quite good? I mean, stop looking it like a stamp collector going "I've got half of this already" and listen to it as a performance. It goes on a journey and it's a lovely time-travelling slightly ramshackle gig that the Beatles never played, and are playing for you now.
Puzzle time - who am I?
November 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Puzzle time - who am I?
I actually got an anon note the other day telling me to stop wasting my time making jam and make a third Fesshole book. Well sod you mate, I’m now making apple wine.
November 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I actually got an anon note the other day telling me to stop wasting my time making jam and make a third Fesshole book. Well sod you mate, I’m now making apple wine.
14 year old son just did an insult at me that made me laugh out loud: “old man, show us your landline”
November 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
14 year old son just did an insult at me that made me laugh out loud: “old man, show us your landline”
Ordered the pizza with no tomato on it again like an idiot. They should be on a different bit of the menu with guard rails on it.
November 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Ordered the pizza with no tomato on it again like an idiot. They should be on a different bit of the menu with guard rails on it.