Rob
@arrellemm.bsky.social
Husband, father, lover of animals, The Silver Bayonet, music, history, HR tech, overweight, balding. Man, that list started so well.
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Don't forget to overreact to something you read on the internet today.
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Maybe if you were less of a cunt Donald we might want to trade with you more.
BREAKING: President Donald Trump warns the UK against getting into business with China, saying it would be "very dangerous."
He seems to have forgotten he has agreed to visit Beijing in April and invited Chinese President Xi Jinping for a state visit later next year
He seems to have forgotten he has agreed to visit Beijing in April and invited Chinese President Xi Jinping for a state visit later next year
January 30, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Maybe if you were less of a cunt Donald we might want to trade with you more.
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December 20th. A partially rubberised torso stands on the corner of Edward Street and screams for thirty seconds before vanishing.
December 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
December 20th. A partially rubberised torso stands on the corner of Edward Street and screams for thirty seconds before vanishing.
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university
1. The British Raj
2. Anglo-Saxon England
3. Orwell and 20th Century British Society
4. The US political system.
5. War and British Society in the 18th century
1. The British Raj
2. Anglo-Saxon England
3. Orwell and 20th Century British Society
4. The US political system.
5. War and British Society in the 18th century
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university
1. Protein folding
2. Bacterial genetics
3. Statistics for biologists
4. Medical virology
5. Parasitology
1. Protein folding
2. Bacterial genetics
3. Statistics for biologists
4. Medical virology
5. Parasitology
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university
1) principles of animation
2) fashion & textiles
3) advanced fine art practice
4) form & purpose
5) building a vocabulary
1) principles of animation
2) fashion & textiles
3) advanced fine art practice
4) form & purpose
5) building a vocabulary
January 30, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university
1. The British Raj
2. Anglo-Saxon England
3. Orwell and 20th Century British Society
4. The US political system.
5. War and British Society in the 18th century
1. The British Raj
2. Anglo-Saxon England
3. Orwell and 20th Century British Society
4. The US political system.
5. War and British Society in the 18th century
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A man who tried to sue British Airways after his luggage went missing has lost his case.
January 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
A man who tried to sue British Airways after his luggage went missing has lost his case.
Read and loved the novelisation as a kid.
ON THIS DAY... In 1977, The Robots of Death was first broadcast on BBC1.
Originally broadcast from 29th January - 19th February 1977.
Ratings: Part One: 12.8M. Part Two: 12.4M. Part Three: 13.1M. Part Four: 12.6M.
Art by Lee Johnson 🎨
#DoctorWho
Originally broadcast from 29th January - 19th February 1977.
Ratings: Part One: 12.8M. Part Two: 12.4M. Part Three: 13.1M. Part Four: 12.6M.
Art by Lee Johnson 🎨
#DoctorWho
January 29, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Read and loved the novelisation as a kid.
Broke the public’s trust? The Covid measures themselves saved lives. The broken trust was in the elites like Boris who *ignored* those measures, not for setting them. Barely got any time with mum in the last part of her life, and spent my fortieth birthday without seeing friends and family.
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the director of N.I.H., was called a “fringe epidemiologist” during the Covid era. On this episode of “Interesting Times,” he tells Ross Douthat that the elites broke the public’s trust, and now it’s up to outsiders to restore it.
Opinion | A Plan to Restore Trust in Science From a ‘Fringe Epidemiologist’
Jay Bhattacharya, the N.I.H. director, says authorities broke the public’s trust in the Covid era. Now it’s up to outsiders to restore it.
nyti.ms
January 29, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Broke the public’s trust? The Covid measures themselves saved lives. The broken trust was in the elites like Boris who *ignored* those measures, not for setting them. Barely got any time with mum in the last part of her life, and spent my fortieth birthday without seeing friends and family.
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friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
January 29, 2026 at 9:34 PM
friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
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The coolest Congresswoman there’s ever been.
January 29, 2026 at 8:14 PM
The coolest Congresswoman there’s ever been.
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Nothing has highlighted just how technically illiterate the senior business management and political classes are right now as the whole AI thing.
Just an entire generation of "leaders" incapable of spotting a bad sales pitch because of some woo woo tech words that sound cool.
Just an entire generation of "leaders" incapable of spotting a bad sales pitch because of some woo woo tech words that sound cool.
We want to make sure tutoring isn't the preserve of a lucky few, but accessible to every child who needs it.
AI can help us do that.
Safe, personalised, one-to-one learning support to help every child achieve and thrive.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
AI can help us do that.
Safe, personalised, one-to-one learning support to help every child achieve and thrive.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
Poorest pupils to be given AI tutors
Bridget Phillipson says tuition would no longer be the preserve of ‘the lucky few’
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Nothing has highlighted just how technically illiterate the senior business management and political classes are right now as the whole AI thing.
Just an entire generation of "leaders" incapable of spotting a bad sales pitch because of some woo woo tech words that sound cool.
Just an entire generation of "leaders" incapable of spotting a bad sales pitch because of some woo woo tech words that sound cool.
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Fuck this guy. With bells on. By his “standards” I’m not even British. And anyone who isn’t white only serves to be his taxi driver. He’s a filthy individual and it galls me that despite repeated chances he hasn’t evolved at all and people still give him a platform.
A reminder that racist historian David Starkey, said in 2020:
"Slavery was not genocide, otherwise there wouldn't be so many damn blacks in Africa or in Britain would there? An awful lot of them survived."
He's speaking at this year's How The Light Gets In festival.
"Slavery was not genocide, otherwise there wouldn't be so many damn blacks in Africa or in Britain would there? An awful lot of them survived."
He's speaking at this year's How The Light Gets In festival.
January 23, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Fuck this guy. With bells on. By his “standards” I’m not even British. And anyone who isn’t white only serves to be his taxi driver. He’s a filthy individual and it galls me that despite repeated chances he hasn’t evolved at all and people still give him a platform.
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Whoever came up with "penny for your thoughts," "don't nickel and dime me," and "another day another dollar" sure knew how to coin a phrase.
January 28, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Whoever came up with "penny for your thoughts," "don't nickel and dime me," and "another day another dollar" sure knew how to coin a phrase.
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i'm gonna do my best to stay clear of posting anything political
it's for my mentals, please respect
also, deez nutz
it's for my mentals, please respect
also, deez nutz
January 27, 2026 at 4:26 AM
i'm gonna do my best to stay clear of posting anything political
it's for my mentals, please respect
also, deez nutz
it's for my mentals, please respect
also, deez nutz
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"getting outside your bubble" is an admirable thing when it means trying a new hobby or introducing yourself to your neighbor or watching an art film but people only want to apply it to "being a little more racist just to see how it feels"
January 27, 2026 at 4:08 PM
"getting outside your bubble" is an admirable thing when it means trying a new hobby or introducing yourself to your neighbor or watching an art film but people only want to apply it to "being a little more racist just to see how it feels"
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The US Holocaust Museum being more outraged by Tim Walz saying that, like Anne Frank, children today are in hiding from armed agents of the state, than they are about the fact that children are in hiding from armed agents of the state, is why Holocaust remembrance culture is in crisis.
January 26, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The US Holocaust Museum being more outraged by Tim Walz saying that, like Anne Frank, children today are in hiding from armed agents of the state, than they are about the fact that children are in hiding from armed agents of the state, is why Holocaust remembrance culture is in crisis.
Indeed there are not many (any?) “normal” jobs where this wouldn’t get you fired.
January 27, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Indeed there are not many (any?) “normal” jobs where this wouldn’t get you fired.
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Roses are red
A dog is for life
A dog is for life
January 27, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Roses are red
A dog is for life
A dog is for life
Ah those were the days when I read Spider Man comics. Not my fave artist in fact but takes me back.
Sal Buscema was a splendid character artist who (vitally; unexpectedly) found a swingin figure energy for spider-man in the 90s—bringing the rhythm back, to make a whole other domestic setup feel foundational—but it wasn’t just that—he was also such a fine panelsman. Snap ur fingers:
January 27, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Ah those were the days when I read Spider Man comics. Not my fave artist in fact but takes me back.
What does forgiveness require? More than this.
‘It could be a shoe or a stick’: Sajid Javid on being beaten by his father, petty crime – and turning his life around
‘It could be a shoe or a stick’: Sajid Javid on being beaten by his father, petty crime – and turning his life around
As a young teenager, Javid and his brother were caught stealing from slot machines, arrested and held in a cell. His future hung in the balance. How did he get from there to the top of UK politics?
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:27 AM
What does forgiveness require? More than this.
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Dangerous, grotesque and unnecessary. Get them out of our cities and towns. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Number of US-style ‘battering ram’ pickup trucks on UK roads has nearly doubled in a decade
Exclusive: Campaigners say ‘menacing vehicles’ are putting children at risk owing to their large front blind zones
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Dangerous, grotesque and unnecessary. Get them out of our cities and towns. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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From Viz, three years ago: The Brexit Opportunity Detector.
Still looking.
Still looking.
January 27, 2026 at 7:12 AM
From Viz, three years ago: The Brexit Opportunity Detector.
Still looking.
Still looking.
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Bluesky should change the "30+" tag when you have a lot of notifications to say "oh no" instead
January 26, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Bluesky should change the "30+" tag when you have a lot of notifications to say "oh no" instead
Yes. Lol.
Tory defections were useful to Reform at the start but are now a real risk. There is little sense in packing the party full of the very politicians the electorate overwhelmingly voted out. You can’t pitch to fix the country whilst hiring the Home Secretary and cabinet who broke it.
January 26, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Yes. Lol.