Mark Roberts
@thatmarkroberts.bsky.social
Peddler of pop culture related twaddle.
Used to blog a lot. Mostly about British comics. Not so much any more.
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Ah, I'm awake again. Time to open the psychological harm app
November 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Ah, I'm awake again. Time to open the psychological harm app
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Postbox bollards outside the Post Office. Absolutely delightful.
#WorldBollardAssociation 📮
#WorldBollardAssociation 📮
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Postbox bollards outside the Post Office. Absolutely delightful.
#WorldBollardAssociation 📮
#WorldBollardAssociation 📮
It is still incredible that to this day whoever was responsible for this has never been found out.
Happy anniversary to the Max Headroom incident, the greatest example of signal hijacking.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
November 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
It is still incredible that to this day whoever was responsible for this has never been found out.
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He called them the interchangeable Emmas.
Terry was a keen student of the many archetypes of human nature
one of them, as he discovered, is “horse girl”
one of them, as he discovered, is “horse girl”
November 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
He called them the interchangeable Emmas.
It’s almost as if when you appoint a manager who *doesn’t* try to remake the wheel, who ignores the strengths of the squad, constantly exposes its weaknesses and just expects everyone to change to suit them? You can win matches.
Who knew? Clearly not Ange Postecoglu.
#NFFC
Who knew? Clearly not Ange Postecoglu.
#NFFC
October 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
It’s almost as if when you appoint a manager who *doesn’t* try to remake the wheel, who ignores the strengths of the squad, constantly exposes its weaknesses and just expects everyone to change to suit them? You can win matches.
Who knew? Clearly not Ange Postecoglu.
#NFFC
Who knew? Clearly not Ange Postecoglu.
#NFFC
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[pulled over]
DOG COP: you ran a gray light
DOG DRIVER: but it was still gray when i went through the intersection
DOG COP: no it was gray
DOG COP: you ran a gray light
DOG DRIVER: but it was still gray when i went through the intersection
DOG COP: no it was gray
October 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
[pulled over]
DOG COP: you ran a gray light
DOG DRIVER: but it was still gray when i went through the intersection
DOG COP: no it was gray
DOG COP: you ran a gray light
DOG DRIVER: but it was still gray when i went through the intersection
DOG COP: no it was gray
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A remake of The Damed United but it's just Ange Postecoglou not training finishing or set pieces, shaking his head, and calling everyone 'mate' before getting sacked. #nffc
October 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A remake of The Damed United but it's just Ange Postecoglou not training finishing or set pieces, shaking his head, and calling everyone 'mate' before getting sacked. #nffc
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"I’m selling movies, yes. But if I can do it with art, with beauty, in a way that reaches people and touches them... that’s what makes me happy." - Drew Struzan
October 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"I’m selling movies, yes. But if I can do it with art, with beauty, in a way that reaches people and touches them... that’s what makes me happy." - Drew Struzan
Yes. We should absolutely be adopting this.
I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
October 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Yes. We should absolutely be adopting this.
#NFFC Is no wins in 7 enough? Is no sign of improvement enough? Is no understanding of the squad’s strengths, no Plan B and no signs of even a *willingness* to adapt enough?
15 goals conceded in 7 games, by a team whose defence last season was one of the tightest in the top flight.
Depressing.
15 goals conceded in 7 games, by a team whose defence last season was one of the tightest in the top flight.
Depressing.
October 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
#NFFC Is no wins in 7 enough? Is no sign of improvement enough? Is no understanding of the squad’s strengths, no Plan B and no signs of even a *willingness* to adapt enough?
15 goals conceded in 7 games, by a team whose defence last season was one of the tightest in the top flight.
Depressing.
15 goals conceded in 7 games, by a team whose defence last season was one of the tightest in the top flight.
Depressing.
Sound advice.
October 4, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Sound advice.
To be fair? Who wouldn’t listen to Vincent Price?
Vincent Price advertising monster-shaped vitamins.
October 4, 2025 at 9:53 AM
To be fair? Who wouldn’t listen to Vincent Price?
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imagine leaving the caff after eating the absolute greasiest full English you've ever been served and then you see this
St John's church, Glastonbury peering out of the mist. Photograph taken this morning from Glastonbury Tor on Michaelmas day.
September 29, 2025 at 10:11 AM
imagine leaving the caff after eating the absolute greasiest full English you've ever been served and then you see this
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How not to illustrate the similarity of bone structures between humans & horses.
September 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
How not to illustrate the similarity of bone structures between humans & horses.
Yeah. Sadly can’t disagree.
This is the most British thing ever
September 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Yeah. Sadly can’t disagree.
What the hell is going on at Subway? Seriously.
For the past few weeks they’ve been running adverts telling us all that they know exactly what we want…
The answer? A baked potato. From a… sandwich shop?
What?!
For the past few weeks they’ve been running adverts telling us all that they know exactly what we want…
The answer? A baked potato. From a… sandwich shop?
What?!
September 28, 2025 at 11:12 PM
What the hell is going on at Subway? Seriously.
For the past few weeks they’ve been running adverts telling us all that they know exactly what we want…
The answer? A baked potato. From a… sandwich shop?
What?!
For the past few weeks they’ve been running adverts telling us all that they know exactly what we want…
The answer? A baked potato. From a… sandwich shop?
What?!
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they need to make this, i want this, alas it is missing the noble tree-shagging megatherium
🚨 THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨
We’ve just seen this, by creator “Menapian” - a 4,998-piece set of the Great Exhibition (1851) Crystal Palace - complete with a bonus Megalosaurus and Ichthyosaur…
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
We’ve just seen this, by creator “Menapian” - a 4,998-piece set of the Great Exhibition (1851) Crystal Palace - complete with a bonus Megalosaurus and Ichthyosaur…
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
September 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM
they need to make this, i want this, alas it is missing the noble tree-shagging megatherium
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Paraphrasing Tony Benn through the mouths of both Optimus Prime and Megatron is pretty strong work.
September 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Paraphrasing Tony Benn through the mouths of both Optimus Prime and Megatron is pretty strong work.
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Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme
Song as old as rhyme
October 25, 2023 at 7:21 AM
Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme
Song as old as rhyme
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Famously, between the first and the second act of Waiting for Godot, the only difference in the stage set is that a previously bare tree ‘has four or five leaves’. So what’s the main note to self I found in this copy which seems to have belonged to a stage manager called Nigel...?
August 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Famously, between the first and the second act of Waiting for Godot, the only difference in the stage set is that a previously bare tree ‘has four or five leaves’. So what’s the main note to self I found in this copy which seems to have belonged to a stage manager called Nigel...?
The rumour of a knee jerk appointment of Ange Postecoglou to speedily replace Nuno Espirto Santos at #NFFC seems to be getting as well-received as you might expect. Nobody really wants him there.
Regardless of Europa League success he did also show a brand of football which almost relegated spurs.
Regardless of Europa League success he did also show a brand of football which almost relegated spurs.
September 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The rumour of a knee jerk appointment of Ange Postecoglou to speedily replace Nuno Espirto Santos at #NFFC seems to be getting as well-received as you might expect. Nobody really wants him there.
Regardless of Europa League success he did also show a brand of football which almost relegated spurs.
Regardless of Europa League success he did also show a brand of football which almost relegated spurs.
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IT’S THE COPS, GARY! JUST ACT NATURAL—AND FOR FUCK SAKE, DON’T MENTION THE CAT…
January 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
IT’S THE COPS, GARY! JUST ACT NATURAL—AND FOR FUCK SAKE, DON’T MENTION THE CAT…