Rob Willoughby
@abbenay.bsky.social
Theatre and Video artist based in Glasgow. I like play, speculative fiction and Arsenal Football Club. He/Him
Scottish cities are falling apart because the SNP froze council tax for a decade and failed to reform it entirely.
Scotland needs a local land value tax, totally under municipal control, so we can invest in our urban centres the way Mamdani is planning to invest in NY
Scotland needs a local land value tax, totally under municipal control, so we can invest in our urban centres the way Mamdani is planning to invest in NY
November 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Scottish cities are falling apart because the SNP froze council tax for a decade and failed to reform it entirely.
Scotland needs a local land value tax, totally under municipal control, so we can invest in our urban centres the way Mamdani is planning to invest in NY
Scotland needs a local land value tax, totally under municipal control, so we can invest in our urban centres the way Mamdani is planning to invest in NY
Another dereliction of civic duty from Glasgow City Council. A public asset of national significance just sinking into decay.
🔍 We've spoken to staff, volunteers, and patrons of the Mitchell Library. What we found about its condition makes for worrying reading about Glasgow's most celebrated public resource.
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/your-favouri...
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/your-favouri...
Your favourite library is sinking
Rooms closed, basements flooded, is the Mitchell being run into the ground?
www.glasgowbell.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Another dereliction of civic duty from Glasgow City Council. A public asset of national significance just sinking into decay.
Don’t trust anybody wearing these glasses; ask them politely to remove them if you notice the brand.
We need to denormalise the encroachment of surveillance technology in everyday life.
We need to denormalise the encroachment of surveillance technology in everyday life.
Today in #404DeepDive: People are modding Meta Ray-Bans to spy on you. Already, there are videos with millions of views of men using the glasses to film massage workers, asking for happy endings. What's Meta's response? @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
More here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
More here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Don’t trust anybody wearing these glasses; ask them politely to remove them if you notice the brand.
We need to denormalise the encroachment of surveillance technology in everyday life.
We need to denormalise the encroachment of surveillance technology in everyday life.
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My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of Arlington, Enda Walsh’s dystopian thriller receiving an electrifying Scottish premiere by the Glasgow based Shotput Theatre
@traversetheatre.bsky.social Edinburgh until Sat Nov 8. www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/eve...
www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...
@traversetheatre.bsky.social Edinburgh until Sat Nov 8. www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/eve...
www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...
Enda Walsh’s Arlington: A love story rewired for the end times
Theatre, Arlington, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. The power is failing in Enda Walsh’s play, set in an inner city tower block where a woman called…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of Arlington, Enda Walsh’s dystopian thriller receiving an electrifying Scottish premiere by the Glasgow based Shotput Theatre
@traversetheatre.bsky.social Edinburgh until Sat Nov 8. www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/eve...
www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...
@traversetheatre.bsky.social Edinburgh until Sat Nov 8. www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/eve...
www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...
ONCE AGAIN FOR THE IDIOTS AT THE BACK (Wall Street Journal reporters apparently)
LLMs CANNOT DEMONSTRATE AWARENESS OF ANYTHING. THEY HAVE NO AWARENESS. THEY CAN ONLY STATISTICALLY ECHO INFORMATION. most people have ethics so the machines repeat patterns that express ethics. THAT IS NOT MORALITY.
LLMs CANNOT DEMONSTRATE AWARENESS OF ANYTHING. THEY HAVE NO AWARENESS. THEY CAN ONLY STATISTICALLY ECHO INFORMATION. most people have ethics so the machines repeat patterns that express ethics. THAT IS NOT MORALITY.
Oh my god I’m crying
November 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
ONCE AGAIN FOR THE IDIOTS AT THE BACK (Wall Street Journal reporters apparently)
LLMs CANNOT DEMONSTRATE AWARENESS OF ANYTHING. THEY HAVE NO AWARENESS. THEY CAN ONLY STATISTICALLY ECHO INFORMATION. most people have ethics so the machines repeat patterns that express ethics. THAT IS NOT MORALITY.
LLMs CANNOT DEMONSTRATE AWARENESS OF ANYTHING. THEY HAVE NO AWARENESS. THEY CAN ONLY STATISTICALLY ECHO INFORMATION. most people have ethics so the machines repeat patterns that express ethics. THAT IS NOT MORALITY.
So excited to bring this back next year.
🏴 THROUGH THE SHORTBREAD TIN
Following its acclaimed 2025 tour, this poetic & playful show in Scots & Gaelic will tour to @edfringe.bsky.social and historic sites with Historic Environment Scotland.
Written and performed by Martin O’Connor. Original direction by Lu Kemp
Following its acclaimed 2025 tour, this poetic & playful show in Scots & Gaelic will tour to @edfringe.bsky.social and historic sites with Historic Environment Scotland.
Written and performed by Martin O’Connor. Original direction by Lu Kemp
November 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
So excited to bring this back next year.
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All the people that said they'd leave New York if the new mayor got in'll have to go and do that now. A shame, I'm sure
November 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
All the people that said they'd leave New York if the new mayor got in'll have to go and do that now. A shame, I'm sure
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A government shouldn't have to occupy its own country with troops.
October 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A government shouldn't have to occupy its own country with troops.
Starmer’s spokesman must be the only person on earth who hasn’t seen Elon Musk’s godforsaken tweets.
I deleted my X account and still feel like I see every single one of them.
I deleted my X account and still feel like I see every single one of them.
Keir Starmer's spokesman says they "haven't seen" Elon Musk's demands for a civil war on the streets of Britain.
No plans for the Government to leave X
No plans for the Government to leave X
October 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Starmer’s spokesman must be the only person on earth who hasn’t seen Elon Musk’s godforsaken tweets.
I deleted my X account and still feel like I see every single one of them.
I deleted my X account and still feel like I see every single one of them.
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Context collapse feels much worse here than on Twitter. People respond to news stories without linking them. Multiple layers of nested quote posts. Vagueposting to the max. Thick spreads of smarmalade.
It’s been four years since I wrote this piece, and the situation has gotten better—and worse.
It’s been four years since I wrote this piece, and the situation has gotten better—and worse.
People Aren’t Meant to Talk This Much
Breaking up social-media companies is one way to fix them. Shutting their users up is a better one.
www.theatlantic.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Context collapse feels much worse here than on Twitter. People respond to news stories without linking them. Multiple layers of nested quote posts. Vagueposting to the max. Thick spreads of smarmalade.
It’s been four years since I wrote this piece, and the situation has gotten better—and worse.
It’s been four years since I wrote this piece, and the situation has gotten better—and worse.
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Getting to see one of my favourite plays [The Seagull] in one of my favourite theatres [Lyceum] trmw,
but still,
all I can think of
is last week's trip
to ARRRRRRRRRRRLINGTON
🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
but still,
all I can think of
is last week's trip
to ARRRRRRRRRRRLINGTON
🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
October 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Getting to see one of my favourite plays [The Seagull] in one of my favourite theatres [Lyceum] trmw,
but still,
all I can think of
is last week's trip
to ARRRRRRRRRRRLINGTON
🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
but still,
all I can think of
is last week's trip
to ARRRRRRRRRRRLINGTON
🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
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if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
Fucking hell I can't believe it took me til I was 39 years old to realise that screws have praxis.
Got some stickers printed for my drills and drivers translated from the Spanish version of "righty tighty, lefty loosey" - "la derecha oprime y la izquierda libera"
I got more than I needed so have listed them in my shop: www.spellingmistakescostlives.com/product-page...
I got more than I needed so have listed them in my shop: www.spellingmistakescostlives.com/product-page...
Drill/Driver stickers - The Right Oppresses / The Left Liberates | SPELLING MISTAKES COST LIVES
Set of 6 stickers. 2cm x 4cmEnglish translation of "la derecha oprime y la izquierda libera"
www.spellingmistakescostlives.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Fucking hell I can't believe it took me til I was 39 years old to realise that screws have praxis.
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October 24, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Getting ready to make fun things happen at @trontheatre.bsky.social this week 🥸 #ilovemyjob #videoart #theatre
October 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Getting ready to make fun things happen at @trontheatre.bsky.social this week 🥸 #ilovemyjob #videoart #theatre
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I am so proud of this insane show. Jim and Lucy put a lot of faith in me to deliver a video design that is complicated, excessive and stuffed with flickering vintage CRT monitors.
I've had the time of my creative life putting it together; I can't wait to see how audiences react!
I've had the time of my creative life putting it together; I can't wait to see how audiences react!
This week we're thrilled to welcome Shotput Theatre to the Tron with Arlington!
Don't miss this dark fable of surveillance, connection, and the power of imagination by Enda Walsh.
BOOK TICKETS (22-25 Oct) ➡️ https://www.tron.co.uk/shows/arlington/
📷 Brian Hartley
Don't miss this dark fable of surveillance, connection, and the power of imagination by Enda Walsh.
BOOK TICKETS (22-25 Oct) ➡️ https://www.tron.co.uk/shows/arlington/
📷 Brian Hartley
October 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I am so proud of this insane show. Jim and Lucy put a lot of faith in me to deliver a video design that is complicated, excessive and stuffed with flickering vintage CRT monitors.
I've had the time of my creative life putting it together; I can't wait to see how audiences react!
I've had the time of my creative life putting it together; I can't wait to see how audiences react!
I am so proud of this insane show. Jim and Lucy put a lot of faith in me to deliver a video design that is complicated, excessive and stuffed with flickering vintage CRT monitors.
I've had the time of my creative life putting it together; I can't wait to see how audiences react!
I've had the time of my creative life putting it together; I can't wait to see how audiences react!
This week we're thrilled to welcome Shotput Theatre to the Tron with Arlington!
Don't miss this dark fable of surveillance, connection, and the power of imagination by Enda Walsh.
BOOK TICKETS (22-25 Oct) ➡️ https://www.tron.co.uk/shows/arlington/
📷 Brian Hartley
Don't miss this dark fable of surveillance, connection, and the power of imagination by Enda Walsh.
BOOK TICKETS (22-25 Oct) ➡️ https://www.tron.co.uk/shows/arlington/
📷 Brian Hartley
October 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I am so proud of this insane show. Jim and Lucy put a lot of faith in me to deliver a video design that is complicated, excessive and stuffed with flickering vintage CRT monitors.
I've had the time of my creative life putting it together; I can't wait to see how audiences react!
I've had the time of my creative life putting it together; I can't wait to see how audiences react!
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This week we're thrilled to welcome Shotput Theatre to the Tron with Arlington!
Don't miss this dark fable of surveillance, connection, and the power of imagination by Enda Walsh.
BOOK TICKETS (22-25 Oct) ➡️ https://www.tron.co.uk/shows/arlington/
📷 Brian Hartley
Don't miss this dark fable of surveillance, connection, and the power of imagination by Enda Walsh.
BOOK TICKETS (22-25 Oct) ➡️ https://www.tron.co.uk/shows/arlington/
📷 Brian Hartley
October 20, 2025 at 10:02 AM
This week we're thrilled to welcome Shotput Theatre to the Tron with Arlington!
Don't miss this dark fable of surveillance, connection, and the power of imagination by Enda Walsh.
BOOK TICKETS (22-25 Oct) ➡️ https://www.tron.co.uk/shows/arlington/
📷 Brian Hartley
Don't miss this dark fable of surveillance, connection, and the power of imagination by Enda Walsh.
BOOK TICKETS (22-25 Oct) ➡️ https://www.tron.co.uk/shows/arlington/
📷 Brian Hartley
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a chatGPT enthusiast enthuses
October 18, 2025 at 9:12 AM
a chatGPT enthusiast enthuses
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It’s the ultimate form of a prosperity MLM scam as millenarian cult
October 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
It’s the ultimate form of a prosperity MLM scam as millenarian cult
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gen ai is var. there can be no pure and immediate joy.
I forget who said it, but “the worst part about ai is it has fundamentally ruined the experience of looking at an image, any image. Where there used to be pure appreciation, there is now a lingering doubt” or something like that
October 11, 2025 at 7:10 AM
gen ai is var. there can be no pure and immediate joy.
Verhoven was a prophet.
October 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Verhoven was a prophet.
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There is no question of whether we as a society can afford to have every child cared for by someone. We can, because we already do. The question is whether we want to keep the burden of paying for it primarily on parents, where it currently is, or whether we want to spread it more broadly.
October 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
There is no question of whether we as a society can afford to have every child cared for by someone. We can, because we already do. The question is whether we want to keep the burden of paying for it primarily on parents, where it currently is, or whether we want to spread it more broadly.
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Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔
October 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔