Darren Robinson
@motorbandit.bsky.social
Cumbrian. Married. Occasional motorcyclist. No fash. Human male, unmodified but worn, some damage. Angry. Old-school rock & metal are my thing. No interest in AI, crypto, tech bros or trader bois. If you follow me I may not go where you expect. NO FASH.
Not my bag at all, but I respect her achievements and principles.
December 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Not my bag at all, but I respect her achievements and principles.
I never miss the opportunity to vote, but I'm in the UK where things are different. In the USA, voting in future may not be a choice. Or it'll be rigged somehow.
December 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I never miss the opportunity to vote, but I'm in the UK where things are different. In the USA, voting in future may not be a choice. Or it'll be rigged somehow.
That only works if you're allowed to, and if it's free and fair. What makes you think that will happen? Democracy is dying, being strangled in front of you. You'll have to fight for it, the hard way. Maybe we all will.
December 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
That only works if you're allowed to, and if it's free and fair. What makes you think that will happen? Democracy is dying, being strangled in front of you. You'll have to fight for it, the hard way. Maybe we all will.
"Gully Foyle". Sounds positively Dickensian. A gully is a ditch or drain, and the Foyle is a river in both Ireland and Northern Ireland that's suffering from sewage outflow. So he's full of s--t...
December 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"Gully Foyle". Sounds positively Dickensian. A gully is a ditch or drain, and the Foyle is a river in both Ireland and Northern Ireland that's suffering from sewage outflow. So he's full of s--t...
I'm northern. London is foreign to me.
December 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I'm northern. London is foreign to me.
A true classic. Remade and imitated but never bettered.
December 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A true classic. Remade and imitated but never bettered.
It's my understanding that Fleming took the credit for work largely carried out by a team of others as well, which seems to be a common thread in all branches of science.
December 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's my understanding that Fleming took the credit for work largely carried out by a team of others as well, which seems to be a common thread in all branches of science.
Any James Burke series.
December 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Any James Burke series.
Thirteen and a half minutes of perfection. We heard it live at Glasgow earlier this year.
December 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Thirteen and a half minutes of perfection. We heard it live at Glasgow earlier this year.
But they AREN'T like real people. Just not in the way they want us to think. It's them or us, and we don't have long left to choose.
December 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
But they AREN'T like real people. Just not in the way they want us to think. It's them or us, and we don't have long left to choose.
For me that was the best looking model. Never owned one, but wouldn't mind one in the fleet.
December 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
For me that was the best looking model. Never owned one, but wouldn't mind one in the fleet.
Got a nice halo shot with the phone earlier. Also wires.
December 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Got a nice halo shot with the phone earlier. Also wires.
Can't possibly end badly.
December 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Can't possibly end badly.
Really? It's been a while since I checked, then. Haven't owned a 600 since 2003...
December 2, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Really? It's been a while since I checked, then. Haven't owned a 600 since 2003...
Bit annoying everything's gone 650 nowadays. As far as I know the UK VED split is at 600cc, so a 650 costs the same to tax as my 1200. The old 600/599cc class was much cheaper.
December 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Bit annoying everything's gone 650 nowadays. As far as I know the UK VED split is at 600cc, so a 650 costs the same to tax as my 1200. The old 600/599cc class was much cheaper.
The primary purpose of all media is now only to serve as delivery systems for advertising. Content is secondary at best.
November 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The primary purpose of all media is now only to serve as delivery systems for advertising. Content is secondary at best.
The people who made seasons 2, 3 and 4 didn't piss me off, but they did cause significant disappointment.
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The people who made seasons 2, 3 and 4 didn't piss me off, but they did cause significant disappointment.
I developed myopia at an early age, needing prescription glasses on my 4th birthday. I was a very active, outdoors kind of child. Sometimes you just roll a 1.
November 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I developed myopia at an early age, needing prescription glasses on my 4th birthday. I was a very active, outdoors kind of child. Sometimes you just roll a 1.
If you give in to a blackmailer you lose, they will only demand more.
November 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
If you give in to a blackmailer you lose, they will only demand more.
They probably haven't got the spyware UI working yet.
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
They probably haven't got the spyware UI working yet.
Gormley? An utter waste of public money.
November 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Gormley? An utter waste of public money.
How long before it's "Who will rid me of this turbulent priest"?
November 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
How long before it's "Who will rid me of this turbulent priest"?
Yeah, Chief Engineer on a Federation starship looks like PhD-level Physics to me. I'll take lower decks engineering (facilities), probably safer than security.
November 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Yeah, Chief Engineer on a Federation starship looks like PhD-level Physics to me. I'll take lower decks engineering (facilities), probably safer than security.
There's a story behind this that we should be told. Get thee to Fess Hole, and quick about it!
November 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
There's a story behind this that we should be told. Get thee to Fess Hole, and quick about it!