Ian Robinson
@ianrobinson.bsky.social
Writer, walker, atheist, cinema lover, hobby musician, science junkie, perpetual maths student, cricket fan, chess patzer. I post about new music a LOT! #Music #NewMusic
Pinned
Ian Robinson
@ianrobinson.bsky.social
· Feb 8
If you like the nonsense I post here on Bluesky, follow my bridged Bluesky account. It automatically posts what I post on Mastodon here on Bluesky.
At some point soon, I’ll stop cross-posting on both platforms. The account below will have everything.
@ianRobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
At some point soon, I’ll stop cross-posting on both platforms. The account below will have everything.
@ianRobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Reposted by Ian Robinson
Indianapolis Star, November 22, 1918
December 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Indianapolis Star, November 22, 1918
Reposted by Ian Robinson
First year selling my art at Christmas without the Other site, where most of my sales came from, as well as losing US orders to new tariffs, so it'll be a tough one - I put huge work into every order, so even if you can't buy, shares help get them in front of eyes. GRMA! www.ciaraioch.com/artprints
December 3, 2025 at 10:05 AM
First year selling my art at Christmas without the Other site, where most of my sales came from, as well as losing US orders to new tariffs, so it'll be a tough one - I put huge work into every order, so even if you can't buy, shares help get them in front of eyes. GRMA! www.ciaraioch.com/artprints
Reposted by Ian Robinson
We need an emergency flu vaccine drive to protect the vulnerable and prevent a disaster in the NHS.
That means jabs offered in pubs, churches and community spaces, and taking on the anti-vax lies promoted by Reform and other conspiracy theorists head on.
That means jabs offered in pubs, churches and community spaces, and taking on the anti-vax lies promoted by Reform and other conspiracy theorists head on.
December 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
We need an emergency flu vaccine drive to protect the vulnerable and prevent a disaster in the NHS.
That means jabs offered in pubs, churches and community spaces, and taking on the anti-vax lies promoted by Reform and other conspiracy theorists head on.
That means jabs offered in pubs, churches and community spaces, and taking on the anti-vax lies promoted by Reform and other conspiracy theorists head on.
Here’s a 1-minute snippet from Marina performing FROOT in The Limelight in Belfast 10 years ago last week 🥰
I’ve seen her in concert twice. Belfast and London. Fabulous.
youtu.be/Xdc7n5i8UVM
#Music #Marina
I’ve seen her in concert twice. Belfast and London. Fabulous.
youtu.be/Xdc7n5i8UVM
#Music #Marina
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Here’s a 1-minute snippet from Marina performing FROOT in The Limelight in Belfast 10 years ago last week 🥰
I’ve seen her in concert twice. Belfast and London. Fabulous.
youtu.be/Xdc7n5i8UVM
#Music #Marina
I’ve seen her in concert twice. Belfast and London. Fabulous.
youtu.be/Xdc7n5i8UVM
#Music #Marina
2025 Hey Siri Songs - Day 340
"Hey Siri. Play FROOT by Marina."
#Nite #HomePod #Music #Marina
Apple Music: music.apple.com/gb/album/fro...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/5UBeEw...
"Hey Siri. Play FROOT by Marina."
#Nite #HomePod #Music #Marina
Apple Music: music.apple.com/gb/album/fro...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/5UBeEw...
Froot by Marina and The Diamonds on Apple Music
Song · 2014 · Duration 5:31
music.apple.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
2025 Hey Siri Songs - Day 340
"Hey Siri. Play FROOT by Marina."
#Nite #HomePod #Music #Marina
Apple Music: music.apple.com/gb/album/fro...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/5UBeEw...
"Hey Siri. Play FROOT by Marina."
#Nite #HomePod #Music #Marina
Apple Music: music.apple.com/gb/album/fro...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/5UBeEw...
2025 albums retrospective post 12.
From June 2025.
Princess Of Power - Marina.
It's a Marina album. Do I need to say more? Superb. Cuntissimo is a masterpiece.
Apple Music: music.apple.com/gb/album/pri...
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/7KKQfF...
#Music #ReviewOfTheYear #IFRFavAlbums2025
From June 2025.
Princess Of Power - Marina.
It's a Marina album. Do I need to say more? Superb. Cuntissimo is a masterpiece.
Apple Music: music.apple.com/gb/album/pri...
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/7KKQfF...
#Music #ReviewOfTheYear #IFRFavAlbums2025
PRINCESS OF POWER by MARINA on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 13 Songs
music.apple.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
2025 albums retrospective post 12.
From June 2025.
Princess Of Power - Marina.
It's a Marina album. Do I need to say more? Superb. Cuntissimo is a masterpiece.
Apple Music: music.apple.com/gb/album/pri...
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/7KKQfF...
#Music #ReviewOfTheYear #IFRFavAlbums2025
From June 2025.
Princess Of Power - Marina.
It's a Marina album. Do I need to say more? Superb. Cuntissimo is a masterpiece.
Apple Music: music.apple.com/gb/album/pri...
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/7KKQfF...
#Music #ReviewOfTheYear #IFRFavAlbums2025
Reposted by Ian Robinson
📚 📚 📚 I'm super excited to finally be able to tell you about my new Patreon and how you can get an AMAZING list of 100 books my podcast guests recommended over the last year.
As I was editing the list, I just want to move to an island and read for the rest of my life. 1/6
As I was editing the list, I just want to move to an island and read for the rest of my life. 1/6
December 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
📚 📚 📚 I'm super excited to finally be able to tell you about my new Patreon and how you can get an AMAZING list of 100 books my podcast guests recommended over the last year.
As I was editing the list, I just want to move to an island and read for the rest of my life. 1/6
As I was editing the list, I just want to move to an island and read for the rest of my life. 1/6
Reposted by Ian Robinson
"The new monolingual Irish dictionary changes this paradigm. Instead of asking 'What's the English for X?', speakers will now be empowered to ask 'What does X mean?' in their own language.”
The first ever monolingual Irish dictionary has been launched www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Groundbreaking monolingual Irish dictionary launched
A groundbreaking new monolingual dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge that provides people with a new way to understand, use and learn the Irish language, without relying on dictionaries in English or in ot...
www.rte.ie
December 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"The new monolingual Irish dictionary changes this paradigm. Instead of asking 'What's the English for X?', speakers will now be empowered to ask 'What does X mean?' in their own language.”
Reposted by Ian Robinson
I still want iPhoneOS to allow apps to enter an iPad-like full-screen view when you enable screen sharing via AirPlay.
Then you could use your iPhone as a “desktop” like device with a Bluetooth keyboard and trackpad.
The fact that you can’t do this now is just a choice by Apple.
Then you could use your iPhone as a “desktop” like device with a Bluetooth keyboard and trackpad.
The fact that you can’t do this now is just a choice by Apple.
December 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I still want iPhoneOS to allow apps to enter an iPad-like full-screen view when you enable screen sharing via AirPlay.
Then you could use your iPhone as a “desktop” like device with a Bluetooth keyboard and trackpad.
The fact that you can’t do this now is just a choice by Apple.
Then you could use your iPhone as a “desktop” like device with a Bluetooth keyboard and trackpad.
The fact that you can’t do this now is just a choice by Apple.
Reposted by Ian Robinson
In 320 BC, Pytheas of Massalia (that is, Marseilles) sailed around Britain: the ‘Prettanic Isles’. He reported that the island was a giant triangle, with Belerion (‘Land’s End') its bottom-left corner, Kantion (Kent) bottom right and Orkas (Orkney) at the top.
December 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
In 320 BC, Pytheas of Massalia (that is, Marseilles) sailed around Britain: the ‘Prettanic Isles’. He reported that the island was a giant triangle, with Belerion (‘Land’s End') its bottom-left corner, Kantion (Kent) bottom right and Orkas (Orkney) at the top.
Reposted by Ian Robinson
#Scrivener 3 on Windows & Mac Tip of the Day: Create a custom project template by setting up a bare bones project as you wish and using ‘File > Save As Template…’.
December 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
#Scrivener 3 on Windows & Mac Tip of the Day: Create a custom project template by setting up a bare bones project as you wish and using ‘File > Save As Template…’.
Reposted by Ian Robinson
Some of it's under the radar cos (a) it's so rapid you can't even track it; (b) unis are getting better at hiding the rout; (c) press doesn't understand many of the issues. I'm really sorry, but time to act was 2022/23 and autumn 2025 was likely the last chase to save the single mass system. (2/2)
December 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Some of it's under the radar cos (a) it's so rapid you can't even track it; (b) unis are getting better at hiding the rout; (c) press doesn't understand many of the issues. I'm really sorry, but time to act was 2022/23 and autumn 2025 was likely the last chase to save the single mass system. (2/2)
Reposted by Ian Robinson
My impression is that the most rapid and really brutal university cuts are now revving up. Each of the threefold tumblers of White Paper, Budget and strike ballot failure have turned and made the situation much worse. In some places the cynicism and speed is frightening. (1/2)
December 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
My impression is that the most rapid and really brutal university cuts are now revving up. Each of the threefold tumblers of White Paper, Budget and strike ballot failure have turned and made the situation much worse. In some places the cynicism and speed is frightening. (1/2)
Bought the new @hutchinsondave.bsky.social novel on Apple Books. It joins the previous Dave Hutchinson novel on my Apple Books to read queue. Looking like 2026 reads at this point.
If you haven’t read his Fractured Europe tetralogy, you definitely should. The end of book 1 wowed me. Amazing.
If you haven’t read his Fractured Europe tetralogy, you definitely should. The end of book 1 wowed me. Amazing.
December 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Bought the new @hutchinsondave.bsky.social novel on Apple Books. It joins the previous Dave Hutchinson novel on my Apple Books to read queue. Looking like 2026 reads at this point.
If you haven’t read his Fractured Europe tetralogy, you definitely should. The end of book 1 wowed me. Amazing.
If you haven’t read his Fractured Europe tetralogy, you definitely should. The end of book 1 wowed me. Amazing.
Reposted by Ian Robinson
Amanda Askell, a philosopher who works at Anthropic on the character of the Claude models, answers questions from the community about her work, reflections and predictions.
36-minute video: https://youtu.be/I9aGC6Ui3eE
#llm #ai #claude #philosophy
36-minute video: https://youtu.be/I9aGC6Ui3eE
#llm #ai #claude #philosophy
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Amanda Askell, a philosopher who works at Anthropic on the character of the Claude models, answers questions from the community about her work, reflections and predictions.
36-minute video: https://youtu.be/I9aGC6Ui3eE
#llm #ai #claude #philosophy
36-minute video: https://youtu.be/I9aGC6Ui3eE
#llm #ai #claude #philosophy
Reposted by Ian Robinson
I have three 3-month free trials of Kagi search to share with any followers who want to try it.
It's now my default search engine.
DM me your email address so I can forward the trial invite email to you.
It's now my default search engine.
DM me your email address so I can forward the trial invite email to you.
December 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I have three 3-month free trials of Kagi search to share with any followers who want to try it.
It's now my default search engine.
DM me your email address so I can forward the trial invite email to you.
It's now my default search engine.
DM me your email address so I can forward the trial invite email to you.
Reposted by Ian Robinson
Postponed a purchase of the new Folio Society edition of God Emperor of Dune to see if it is discounted in a New Year sale. 🤞🏻
December 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Postponed a purchase of the new Folio Society edition of God Emperor of Dune to see if it is discounted in a New Year sale. 🤞🏻
Reposted by Ian Robinson
This might be good. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/rafe-spall-prime-minister-steven-moffat-number-10-cast-show-1236446478/
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Reposted by Ian Robinson
Morning after the first night of the Ashes (good times), was invited to a nearby community centre to see the good work being done by MCC's community branch, introducing cricket to a group of Ukrainian teenagers:
It's a shame that we don't play this game at home: How MCC have brought cricket to Ukraine | The Cricketer
Through a link-up with Lord's, 40 Ukrainian teenagers spent the morning after the first night of the Ashes series learning the game as part of a two-week respite trip away from the conflict
www.thecricketer.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Morning after the first night of the Ashes (good times), was invited to a nearby community centre to see the good work being done by MCC's community branch, introducing cricket to a group of Ukrainian teenagers:
Reposted by Ian Robinson
We planned to launch our refreshed app today.
Due to Storm Bram and associated weather warnings, we’re postponing the launch, so you’re not impacted by us making a major change at this time.
Our priority is to ensure you get our weather info & warnings to help you stay safe.
Due to Storm Bram and associated weather warnings, we’re postponing the launch, so you’re not impacted by us making a major change at this time.
Our priority is to ensure you get our weather info & warnings to help you stay safe.
December 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
We planned to launch our refreshed app today.
Due to Storm Bram and associated weather warnings, we’re postponing the launch, so you’re not impacted by us making a major change at this time.
Our priority is to ensure you get our weather info & warnings to help you stay safe.
Due to Storm Bram and associated weather warnings, we’re postponing the launch, so you’re not impacted by us making a major change at this time.
Our priority is to ensure you get our weather info & warnings to help you stay safe.
Reposted by Ian Robinson
the robbery by Oakland Rain is fab 🥰
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-robbery/1847835870?i=1847835891
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4Vstu1elITaiLuuqQgHZKI
#music #oaklandrain #theellasisters https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/115692131391592804
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-robbery/1847835870?i=1847835891
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4Vstu1elITaiLuuqQgHZKI
#music #oaklandrain #theellasisters https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/115692131391592804
the robbery by Oakland Rain on Apple Music
Song · 2025 · Duration 2:42
music.apple.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
the robbery by Oakland Rain is fab 🥰
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-robbery/1847835870?i=1847835891
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4Vstu1elITaiLuuqQgHZKI
#music #oaklandrain #theellasisters https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/115692131391592804
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-robbery/1847835870?i=1847835891
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4Vstu1elITaiLuuqQgHZKI
#music #oaklandrain #theellasisters https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/115692131391592804
Reposted by Ian Robinson
2025 Hey Siri Songs - Day 338
"Hey Siri. Play Cars by The Ella Sisters."
#nite #homepod #music #theellasisters
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/cars/1590655485?i=1590655502
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0KeG3hohPy3iiY5YsDBPrE
"Hey Siri. Play Cars by The Ella Sisters."
#nite #homepod #music #theellasisters
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/cars/1590655485?i=1590655502
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0KeG3hohPy3iiY5YsDBPrE
Cars by The Ella Sisters on Apple Music
Song · 2020 · Duration 3:02
music.apple.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
2025 Hey Siri Songs - Day 338
"Hey Siri. Play Cars by The Ella Sisters."
#nite #homepod #music #theellasisters
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/cars/1590655485?i=1590655502
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0KeG3hohPy3iiY5YsDBPrE
"Hey Siri. Play Cars by The Ella Sisters."
#nite #homepod #music #theellasisters
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/cars/1590655485?i=1590655502
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0KeG3hohPy3iiY5YsDBPrE
Reposted by Ian Robinson
Why did nobody tell me that The Ella Sisters also have another project called Oakland Rain!
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/oakland-rain/933530595
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5KfRoJYMy6yuBdJfDXU1wR
#music #theellasisters #oaklandrain
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/oakland-rain/933530595
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5KfRoJYMy6yuBdJfDXU1wR
#music #theellasisters #oaklandrain
Oakland Rain on Apple Music
Listen to music by Oakland Rain on Apple Music.
music.apple.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Why did nobody tell me that The Ella Sisters also have another project called Oakland Rain!
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/oakland-rain/933530595
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5KfRoJYMy6yuBdJfDXU1wR
#music #theellasisters #oaklandrain
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/oakland-rain/933530595
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5KfRoJYMy6yuBdJfDXU1wR
#music #theellasisters #oaklandrain
2025 albums retrospective post 11.
From March 2025.
It's About Time For The World To End - Desert Radio.
A fantastic heavy rock album with ace vocals and melodies.🤘🏻
Apple Music: music.apple.com/gb/album/its...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/2eeBJK...
#Music #ReviewOfTheYear #IFRFavAlbums2025
From March 2025.
It's About Time For The World To End - Desert Radio.
A fantastic heavy rock album with ace vocals and melodies.🤘🏻
Apple Music: music.apple.com/gb/album/its...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/2eeBJK...
#Music #ReviewOfTheYear #IFRFavAlbums2025
It's About Time For The World To End by Desert Radio on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 10 Songs
music.apple.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
2025 albums retrospective post 11.
From March 2025.
It's About Time For The World To End - Desert Radio.
A fantastic heavy rock album with ace vocals and melodies.🤘🏻
Apple Music: music.apple.com/gb/album/its...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/2eeBJK...
#Music #ReviewOfTheYear #IFRFavAlbums2025
From March 2025.
It's About Time For The World To End - Desert Radio.
A fantastic heavy rock album with ace vocals and melodies.🤘🏻
Apple Music: music.apple.com/gb/album/its...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/2eeBJK...
#Music #ReviewOfTheYear #IFRFavAlbums2025