Rachel Robbins
@rachelrobbins.bsky.social
Writer, performer, stand up, recovering academic
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A review of yesterday's cinematic viewing:
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The Choral
Cosy, yet spiky
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November 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
A review of yesterday's cinematic viewing:
vocal.media/geeks/the-ch...
vocal.media/geeks/the-ch...
A review of yesterday's cinematic viewing:
vocal.media/geeks/the-ch...
vocal.media/geeks/the-ch...
The Choral
Cosy, yet spiky
vocal.media
November 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
A review of yesterday's cinematic viewing:
vocal.media/geeks/the-ch...
vocal.media/geeks/the-ch...
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Most of my university lectures were recorded for accessibility reasons….
Reform: But, but, but… we’re going to record for non-woke reasons, which is better.
Reform: But, but, but… we’re going to record for non-woke reasons, which is better.
Christopher Monckton calls for all university teaching to be recorded and permanently archived online. "That would stop the communist propaganda dead!"
September 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Most of my university lectures were recorded for accessibility reasons….
Reform: But, but, but… we’re going to record for non-woke reasons, which is better.
Reform: But, but, but… we’re going to record for non-woke reasons, which is better.
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Some fiction from me. This story won a short story competition three years ago and I thought it was worth giving it another lease of life.
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Some Opening Sentences
A Short Story
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November 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Some fiction from me. This story won a short story competition three years ago and I thought it was worth giving it another lease of life.
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vocal.media/fiction/some...
Some fiction from me. This story won a short story competition three years ago and I thought it was worth giving it another lease of life.
vocal.media/fiction/some...
vocal.media/fiction/some...
Some Opening Sentences
A Short Story
vocal.media
November 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Some fiction from me. This story won a short story competition three years ago and I thought it was worth giving it another lease of life.
vocal.media/fiction/some...
vocal.media/fiction/some...
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Me being funny in Wakefield.
November 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Me being funny in Wakefield.
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As @rbreich.bsky.social notes billionaires and their families own X, Paramount, CBS, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, the Washington Post, Amazon, MGM, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and New York Post, and could soon own Warner Bros and CNN
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
As @rbreich.bsky.social notes billionaires and their families own X, Paramount, CBS, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, the Washington Post, Amazon, MGM, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and New York Post, and could soon own Warner Bros and CNN
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
Course my life was better 50 years ago. I was 7. Mum & Dad did stuff for me. Considered a genius cos I could do long division. Could get away with sulking.
But fairly certain the 70s were shit for lots of people. Everyone wore brown suits. Oh, and there was a global recession & mass inequality.
But fairly certain the 70s were shit for lots of people. Everyone wore brown suits. Oh, and there was a global recession & mass inequality.
November 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Course my life was better 50 years ago. I was 7. Mum & Dad did stuff for me. Considered a genius cos I could do long division. Could get away with sulking.
But fairly certain the 70s were shit for lots of people. Everyone wore brown suits. Oh, and there was a global recession & mass inequality.
But fairly certain the 70s were shit for lots of people. Everyone wore brown suits. Oh, and there was a global recession & mass inequality.
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Monetizing my depression by transforming it into art.
November 14, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Monetizing my depression by transforming it into art.
I haven’t read the article, but I’m going with - no.
'The hottest comedy show in the world'
'The hottest comedy show in the world'
Is stand-up in a sauna the next big thing?
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November 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I haven’t read the article, but I’m going with - no.
Empathy is not a drug. Teaching is not a controlled intervention. Believing there is only one ‘correct’ way to research is in itself a symptom of the imaginative empathy required.
Just attempted to read a systematic review on the decline of empathy in medical students, with conclusion that educational interventions can improve empathy levels, but what is really needed is a randomised control test to establish efficacy. WTF?!
November 13, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Empathy is not a drug. Teaching is not a controlled intervention. Believing there is only one ‘correct’ way to research is in itself a symptom of the imaginative empathy required.
Just attempted to read a systematic review on the decline of empathy in medical students, with conclusion that educational interventions can improve empathy levels, but what is really needed is a randomised control test to establish efficacy. WTF?!
November 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Just attempted to read a systematic review on the decline of empathy in medical students, with conclusion that educational interventions can improve empathy levels, but what is really needed is a randomised control test to establish efficacy. WTF?!
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Back in January I wrote a sequel to Matthew J Elliott's The Escapists for Imagination Theatre. It aired on the radio in the US a few weeks ago and is now up on YouTube with ads and available to buy ad free for peanuts from
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The Escapist 2 – Imagination Theater, Detective Harry Nile, Sherlock Holmes Radio Mysteries, Jim French Productions
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November 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Back in January I wrote a sequel to Matthew J Elliott's The Escapists for Imagination Theatre. It aired on the radio in the US a few weeks ago and is now up on YouTube with ads and available to buy ad free for peanuts from
harrynile.com/product/the-...
harrynile.com/product/the-...
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A little short story from me. Miss Havisham's Bathroom.
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Miss Havisham's Bathroom
A Forgotten Room
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November 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
A little short story from me. Miss Havisham's Bathroom.
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We were sold AI on the basis it was going to cure cancer, solve climate change and advance our lives. Instead all it does is produce social media slop and put ordinary people out of work. I think we're entitled to feel a lot more pissed off than we currently seem to.
November 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
We were sold AI on the basis it was going to cure cancer, solve climate change and advance our lives. Instead all it does is produce social media slop and put ordinary people out of work. I think we're entitled to feel a lot more pissed off than we currently seem to.
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One for stand ups, and for people who aren't stand ups, and for men and for women and anyone else.
A little short story from me. Miss Havisham's Bathroom.
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Miss Havisham's Bathroom
A Forgotten Room
vocal.media
November 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
One for stand ups, and for people who aren't stand ups, and for men and for women and anyone else.
A little short story from me. Miss Havisham's Bathroom.
vocal.media/fiction/miss...
vocal.media/fiction/miss...
Miss Havisham's Bathroom
A Forgotten Room
vocal.media
November 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
A little short story from me. Miss Havisham's Bathroom.
vocal.media/fiction/miss...
vocal.media/fiction/miss...
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Even those who love movies may feel that they can't always handle the emotions that a film heats up. They need to talk to friends, to read critics, in order to understand why they're reacting as they are, and whether it's an aberration or others feel the same way. (1976)
November 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Even those who love movies may feel that they can't always handle the emotions that a film heats up. They need to talk to friends, to read critics, in order to understand why they're reacting as they are, and whether it's an aberration or others feel the same way. (1976)
A film you’ve seen more than seven times with a gif.
November 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
A film you’ve seen more than seven times with a gif.
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I wanted to send out my thanks to anyone who writes and creates amazing stories. Thanks for creating beautiful worlds and characters that we can enjoy. Going into their world is pure escapism and it will never be something I take for granted. #NationalAuthorsDay
November 1, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I wanted to send out my thanks to anyone who writes and creates amazing stories. Thanks for creating beautiful worlds and characters that we can enjoy. Going into their world is pure escapism and it will never be something I take for granted. #NationalAuthorsDay
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Plainclothes (2025)
The stories we get to tell and how we get to tell them...
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October 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Plainclothes (2025)
The stories we get to tell and how we get to tell them...
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October 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM