Ross Barlow
@rossbarlow.bsky.social
Wrote an RPG called Ker-Splat then proceeded to do nothing of note. Profile Picture by Evelyn Hewitt.
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Ross Barlow
@rossbarlow.bsky.social
· May 19
Recently GMed my 6 year old daughter's first RPG. We played KerSplat and she decided to play as a magical pink unicorn called "Pinkycorn" who went on to hold a magical dance party for striking workers at a shopping centre.
My kid has started watching The Amazing World of Gumball and I have to say, Gumball's dad is the Anti-Bandit (hella derogatory).
January 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
My kid has started watching The Amazing World of Gumball and I have to say, Gumball's dad is the Anti-Bandit (hella derogatory).
Had to abandon my abandonment with X to complain about Sixt trying to scam me. Turns out if you complain to a company, a bunch of imitation customer service accounts pop up to ask for your details. Why would any business want to reside there?
January 5, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Had to abandon my abandonment with X to complain about Sixt trying to scam me. Turns out if you complain to a company, a bunch of imitation customer service accounts pop up to ask for your details. Why would any business want to reside there?
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second degree murder, and specifically depraved heart murder, wherein the accused doesn't actively plan to kill a specific person or people but acts with callous disregard for human life - like firing a gun into a crowd or driving drunk - should apply to decisions made by CEOs and heads of industry
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
January 5, 2026 at 6:30 AM
second degree murder, and specifically depraved heart murder, wherein the accused doesn't actively plan to kill a specific person or people but acts with callous disregard for human life - like firing a gun into a crowd or driving drunk - should apply to decisions made by CEOs and heads of industry
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My new year's resolution is to keep the resolution I make next year. I have been stacking them for a long time and soon I'll have the most powerful resolution in the world.
January 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
My new year's resolution is to keep the resolution I make next year. I have been stacking them for a long time and soon I'll have the most powerful resolution in the world.
In Doctor Dolittle (1998), the animatronic animals are done by Jim Henson studios.
So move over "Die Hard is a Christmas movie" I'm now going hard on "Doctor Dolittle is a Muppet movie!"
So move over "Die Hard is a Christmas movie" I'm now going hard on "Doctor Dolittle is a Muppet movie!"
December 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
In Doctor Dolittle (1998), the animatronic animals are done by Jim Henson studios.
So move over "Die Hard is a Christmas movie" I'm now going hard on "Doctor Dolittle is a Muppet movie!"
So move over "Die Hard is a Christmas movie" I'm now going hard on "Doctor Dolittle is a Muppet movie!"
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
At my mother in law's house and I spot this copy of Northanger Abbey. Did I miss the part of the story where Mrs. Morland has a night of intense passion with a ruggedly attractive owl 9 months before Catherine's birth?
December 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
At my mother in law's house and I spot this copy of Northanger Abbey. Did I miss the part of the story where Mrs. Morland has a night of intense passion with a ruggedly attractive owl 9 months before Catherine's birth?
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Whenever my Samsung washing machine finishes a cycle, I always race to turn it off before the tune ends and I don't know why.
December 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Whenever my Samsung washing machine finishes a cycle, I always race to turn it off before the tune ends and I don't know why.
Just finishing unpacking my Christmas decorations. Even though I don't remember packing it, the demonic penguin has survived the move and now lurks in my new house.
Just finishing my Christmas clean up and was reminded that I still have the bouncy penguin with a demon inside of it that tries to escape every time its battery is low.
December 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Just finishing unpacking my Christmas decorations. Even though I don't remember packing it, the demonic penguin has survived the move and now lurks in my new house.
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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Icelandic folklore tells of the Yule Cat that terrorizes children if they don't have new socks for Christmas.
folklore does not specify whether the Yule Cat is adorable or not, tho. ❤️🐈⬛
folklore does not specify whether the Yule Cat is adorable or not, tho. ❤️🐈⬛
December 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Icelandic folklore tells of the Yule Cat that terrorizes children if they don't have new socks for Christmas.
folklore does not specify whether the Yule Cat is adorable or not, tho. ❤️🐈⬛
folklore does not specify whether the Yule Cat is adorable or not, tho. ❤️🐈⬛
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best package warning graphic i've ever seen 🪶
November 8, 2023 at 3:48 PM
best package warning graphic i've ever seen 🪶
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The pope on his way to deal with the hysterical lady in ‘Airplane’
I can’t carry over 3 ounces of shampoo but this mofo gets to carry a baseball bat onto the plane?
November 30, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The pope on his way to deal with the hysterical lady in ‘Airplane’
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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SECRET GENDER, SECRET GENDER, THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN, SECRET SECRET SECRET GENDER!
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
SECRET GENDER, SECRET GENDER, THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN, SECRET SECRET SECRET GENDER!
Sitting in a Dutch hotel eating £50 worth of cheese because the British Government just emailed us to say we're not allowed to bring it back any more.
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Sitting in a Dutch hotel eating £50 worth of cheese because the British Government just emailed us to say we're not allowed to bring it back any more.
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how much would it cost?
"the guy who does our estimates isn't here right now"
around what time will he be back?
"did you not just hear me?"
"the guy who does our estimates isn't here right now"
around what time will he be back?
"did you not just hear me?"
October 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
how much would it cost?
"the guy who does our estimates isn't here right now"
around what time will he be back?
"did you not just hear me?"
"the guy who does our estimates isn't here right now"
around what time will he be back?
"did you not just hear me?"
Reposting this because every other post on my timeline is about the Trump getting or being offered a Nobel Peace Prize nomination.
This is nothing, it is less than meaningless.
This is nothing, it is less than meaningless.
BBC breathlessly talking about Donald Trump getting a nobel prize nomination... Again. So time to restate a pet peeve of mine.
NOBEL PRIZE NOMINATIONS ARE NOT NEWS.
🧵1/3
NOBEL PRIZE NOMINATIONS ARE NOT NEWS.
🧵1/3
October 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Reposting this because every other post on my timeline is about the Trump getting or being offered a Nobel Peace Prize nomination.
This is nothing, it is less than meaningless.
This is nothing, it is less than meaningless.
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someone should go pick it up pick it up pick it up pick it up
An important update for everyone who was concerned about that skipful of trumpets
search.app/astJB
search.app/astJB
Music school explains why dozens of trumpets were found in a skip
A Berkshire music school has spoken about the ways they recycle their instruments after dozens of trumpets were discovered by a 'shocked' resident.
search.app
September 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
someone should go pick it up pick it up pick it up pick it up
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September 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Every so often, when my wife asks my opinion on a choice she has to make, I say "you're cool." She thinks I'm saying "your call" and doesn't realise I have been sneakily complimenting her all this time.
That cool fool.
That cool fool.
September 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Every so often, when my wife asks my opinion on a choice she has to make, I say "you're cool." She thinks I'm saying "your call" and doesn't realise I have been sneakily complimenting her all this time.
That cool fool.
That cool fool.
Albino squirrel spotted outside South Norwood Library. Super cool and rare.
September 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Albino squirrel spotted outside South Norwood Library. Super cool and rare.
Being a father for 6 years really drills home what's important...
Like making a tier list of all the cartoons my kid has watched!
Like making a tier list of all the cartoons my kid has watched!
September 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Being a father for 6 years really drills home what's important...
Like making a tier list of all the cartoons my kid has watched!
Like making a tier list of all the cartoons my kid has watched!
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Inside of you are two tacos.
August 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Inside of you are two tacos.