James Roberts
@jroberts332.bsky.social
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James Roberts
@jroberts332.bsky.social
· Jul 21
Cover reveal! Generation Mechs: Transformers Fan Culture In The 90s, the first release from Empurata Books, is out next month — and this is what it looks like.
496 pages, hardback, embossed cover, spot-varnished dust jacket and 3 x 12-page glossy inserts featuring hi-res photos of 60+ TF fanzines
496 pages, hardback, embossed cover, spot-varnished dust jacket and 3 x 12-page glossy inserts featuring hi-res photos of 60+ TF fanzines
I’ve posted an update on the Generation Mechs orders situation on Instagram and it’s too long to reproduce here (translation: I am busy and lazy). Head over to j.roberts332, it’s the latest post
September 18, 2025 at 8:12 AM
I’ve posted an update on the Generation Mechs orders situation on Instagram and it’s too long to reproduce here (translation: I am busy and lazy). Head over to j.roberts332, it’s the latest post
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"It is one of The Divine Comedy’s finest records and it draws from many of the most powerful elements of his musical instincts" - @justplayed.bsky.social
Read in full: www.clashmusic.com/reviews/the-...
#TheDivineComedy #RainySundayAfternoon @clashmusic.com
Read in full: www.clashmusic.com/reviews/the-...
#TheDivineComedy #RainySundayAfternoon @clashmusic.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"It is one of The Divine Comedy’s finest records and it draws from many of the most powerful elements of his musical instincts" - @justplayed.bsky.social
Read in full: www.clashmusic.com/reviews/the-...
#TheDivineComedy #RainySundayAfternoon @clashmusic.com
Read in full: www.clashmusic.com/reviews/the-...
#TheDivineComedy #RainySundayAfternoon @clashmusic.com
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Welp, it’s time to publish this:
Bluesky Moderation has affirmatively dropped the ball with respect to allowing the transgender community on this site to protect itself.
I have a blocklist, titled “Transphobic”.
You can’t see it. Bluesky Community hid it.
Bluesky Moderation has affirmatively dropped the ball with respect to allowing the transgender community on this site to protect itself.
I have a blocklist, titled “Transphobic”.
You can’t see it. Bluesky Community hid it.
September 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Welp, it’s time to publish this:
Bluesky Moderation has affirmatively dropped the ball with respect to allowing the transgender community on this site to protect itself.
I have a blocklist, titled “Transphobic”.
You can’t see it. Bluesky Community hid it.
Bluesky Moderation has affirmatively dropped the ball with respect to allowing the transgender community on this site to protect itself.
I have a blocklist, titled “Transphobic”.
You can’t see it. Bluesky Community hid it.
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The belief that poverty and homelessness are about "individual choices" didn't arise on its own. It was manufactured through decades of messaging designed to protect the policies and interests that create mass precarity.
As this new poll shows, that propaganda campaign has been wildly successful.
As this new poll shows, that propaganda campaign has been wildly successful.
Most US adults think individual choices keep people in poverty, new AP-NORC/Harris poll finds
A new AP-NORC poll finds that most U.S. adults think personal choices are a major driver of poverty and homelessness, while fewer blame a lack of government support.
apnews.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The belief that poverty and homelessness are about "individual choices" didn't arise on its own. It was manufactured through decades of messaging designed to protect the policies and interests that create mass precarity.
As this new poll shows, that propaganda campaign has been wildly successful.
As this new poll shows, that propaganda campaign has been wildly successful.
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Crafty friends The Divine Comedy have the most wonderful new song Invisible Thread. It’s lovely but also I’m in bits now. youtu.be/5VXSQQ5YDIU?...
The Divine Comedy - Invisible Thread
YouTube video by The Divine Comedy (Official)
youtu.be
September 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Crafty friends The Divine Comedy have the most wonderful new song Invisible Thread. It’s lovely but also I’m in bits now. youtu.be/5VXSQQ5YDIU?...
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We’re happy to share the English PDF of our recent James Roberts Q&A with Chinese fans!Huge thanks to @jroberts332.bsky.social
As James requested, please note:
James agreed to a Q&A session as part of the arrangement that sees his MTMTE notebooks distributed to Chinese fans.
PDF link in comments
As James requested, please note:
James agreed to a Q&A session as part of the arrangement that sees his MTMTE notebooks distributed to Chinese fans.
PDF link in comments
August 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
We’re happy to share the English PDF of our recent James Roberts Q&A with Chinese fans!Huge thanks to @jroberts332.bsky.social
As James requested, please note:
James agreed to a Q&A session as part of the arrangement that sees his MTMTE notebooks distributed to Chinese fans.
PDF link in comments
As James requested, please note:
James agreed to a Q&A session as part of the arrangement that sees his MTMTE notebooks distributed to Chinese fans.
PDF link in comments
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I did a birthday present to myself: a video essay about the two versions of Star Saber and how interesting they actually are when compared to one another, and how they make an accidentally perfect dark mirror of the other!
Also is it gauche to tag @jroberts332.bsky.social,
youtu.be/fikyQz97Coc
Also is it gauche to tag @jroberts332.bsky.social,
youtu.be/fikyQz97Coc
August 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I did a birthday present to myself: a video essay about the two versions of Star Saber and how interesting they actually are when compared to one another, and how they make an accidentally perfect dark mirror of the other!
Also is it gauche to tag @jroberts332.bsky.social,
youtu.be/fikyQz97Coc
Also is it gauche to tag @jroberts332.bsky.social,
youtu.be/fikyQz97Coc
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"Every single person in my store is supportive and accepting of who I am, including my boss, the other managers, and every colleague in every part of the store. At times my workplace is the only safe space in my life which is a bit sad."
www.reddit.com/r/transgende...
Guess what?
The story about the trans M&S employee and the bra fitting is a pack of lies and distortions.
Want to know what really happened and how colleagues stood up for her?
Read her own account here.
Guess what?
The story about the trans M&S employee and the bra fitting is a pack of lies and distortions.
Want to know what really happened and how colleagues stood up for her?
Read her own account here.
From the transgenderUK community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the transgenderUK community
www.reddit.com
August 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
"Every single person in my store is supportive and accepting of who I am, including my boss, the other managers, and every colleague in every part of the store. At times my workplace is the only safe space in my life which is a bit sad."
She’s an Irish national. Is No 10 going to make a similar threat to everyone outside Britain who supports PA?
BREAKING: Downing Street has warned Sally Rooney risks committing a terrorist offence if she funds Palestine Action
It comes after the author said she would continue to support the group financially
It comes after the author said she would continue to support the group financially
August 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
She’s an Irish national. Is No 10 going to make a similar threat to everyone outside Britain who supports PA?
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The recent publication of Generation Mechs by @jroberts332.bsky.social has reminded me of the work I started on this reissue of some of the best bits of my 90s Transformers Fanzine. Originally I was going to do this as a printed zine but so far the page count is close to 80+ pages which would make…
August 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The recent publication of Generation Mechs by @jroberts332.bsky.social has reminded me of the work I started on this reissue of some of the best bits of my 90s Transformers Fanzine. Originally I was going to do this as a printed zine but so far the page count is close to 80+ pages which would make…
Generation Mechs update: I want to solicit orders ASAP. I’ll be sending the books out in bespoke card packaging for extra protection; I’m waiting for the supplier to send a sample so I can calculate precise shipping costs. After that I’ll make a noise on here and other platforms
August 17, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Generation Mechs update: I want to solicit orders ASAP. I’ll be sending the books out in bespoke card packaging for extra protection; I’m waiting for the supplier to send a sample so I can calculate precise shipping costs. After that I’ll make a noise on here and other platforms
The final book release from me in 2025 is this:
July 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The final book release from me in 2025 is this:
Cover reveal! Generation Mechs: Transformers Fan Culture In The 90s, the first release from Empurata Books, is out next month — and this is what it looks like.
496 pages, hardback, embossed cover, spot-varnished dust jacket and 3 x 12-page glossy inserts featuring hi-res photos of 60+ TF fanzines
496 pages, hardback, embossed cover, spot-varnished dust jacket and 3 x 12-page glossy inserts featuring hi-res photos of 60+ TF fanzines
July 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Cover reveal! Generation Mechs: Transformers Fan Culture In The 90s, the first release from Empurata Books, is out next month — and this is what it looks like.
496 pages, hardback, embossed cover, spot-varnished dust jacket and 3 x 12-page glossy inserts featuring hi-res photos of 60+ TF fanzines
496 pages, hardback, embossed cover, spot-varnished dust jacket and 3 x 12-page glossy inserts featuring hi-res photos of 60+ TF fanzines
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It’s utterly grim that the framing of political stories by political editors is “what does this mean for the prime minister’s authority” instead of “how many disabled people will starve or trans people won’t get the support they need”. It’s like football commentary rather than serving the public.
July 19, 2025 at 8:11 AM
It’s utterly grim that the framing of political stories by political editors is “what does this mean for the prime minister’s authority” instead of “how many disabled people will starve or trans people won’t get the support they need”. It’s like football commentary rather than serving the public.
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The Cass Review has not been peer-reviewed.
But it has now been critiqued in depth and from every angle and fully discredited as pseudoscience by ELEVEN peer-reviewed publications.
So when the government uses the Cass Review to justify any policies it is not “following the science”.
But it has now been critiqued in depth and from every angle and fully discredited as pseudoscience by ELEVEN peer-reviewed publications.
So when the government uses the Cass Review to justify any policies it is not “following the science”.
July 10, 2025 at 4:39 AM
The Cass Review has not been peer-reviewed.
But it has now been critiqued in depth and from every angle and fully discredited as pseudoscience by ELEVEN peer-reviewed publications.
So when the government uses the Cass Review to justify any policies it is not “following the science”.
But it has now been critiqued in depth and from every angle and fully discredited as pseudoscience by ELEVEN peer-reviewed publications.
So when the government uses the Cass Review to justify any policies it is not “following the science”.
So! Here’s a glimpse of the worlds that await you inside Generations Mechs, the definitive critical and cultural guide to being a Transformers fan in the 1990s, when (for most of the decade) it looked like we’d reached The End Of The Road
July 9, 2025 at 7:07 AM
So! Here’s a glimpse of the worlds that await you inside Generations Mechs, the definitive critical and cultural guide to being a Transformers fan in the 1990s, when (for most of the decade) it looked like we’d reached The End Of The Road
Generation Mechs - a favour
This will be a thread, so bear with me.
Gen Mechs is going to print in a few weeks. I’ll be selling and signing copies at @tfnationltd, and then later in the year I’m going to make it available to order, as I’ve done with the MTMTE notebooks
This will be a thread, so bear with me.
Gen Mechs is going to print in a few weeks. I’ll be selling and signing copies at @tfnationltd, and then later in the year I’m going to make it available to order, as I’ve done with the MTMTE notebooks
June 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Generation Mechs - a favour
This will be a thread, so bear with me.
Gen Mechs is going to print in a few weeks. I’ll be selling and signing copies at @tfnationltd, and then later in the year I’m going to make it available to order, as I’ve done with the MTMTE notebooks
This will be a thread, so bear with me.
Gen Mechs is going to print in a few weeks. I’ll be selling and signing copies at @tfnationltd, and then later in the year I’m going to make it available to order, as I’ve done with the MTMTE notebooks
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We're proud to be sponsoring TFN attendee Josh, who is raising funds for an aid-giving trip to Cambodia.
He'll be building schools, kitchens, bridges; planting trees & cleaning up beaches.
Please support if you can - full details below!
tfnation.com/blog/20...
#TFNation #Transformers
He'll be building schools, kitchens, bridges; planting trees & cleaning up beaches.
Please support if you can - full details below!
tfnation.com/blog/20...
#TFNation #Transformers
April 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
We're proud to be sponsoring TFN attendee Josh, who is raising funds for an aid-giving trip to Cambodia.
He'll be building schools, kitchens, bridges; planting trees & cleaning up beaches.
Please support if you can - full details below!
tfnation.com/blog/20...
#TFNation #Transformers
He'll be building schools, kitchens, bridges; planting trees & cleaning up beaches.
Please support if you can - full details below!
tfnation.com/blog/20...
#TFNation #Transformers
Coming in August…
April 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Coming in August…
Thank you to everyone who came over to chat and buy books at the TFN mini-con. I’ve been a sick boy for a few weeks and nearly had to cancel; obviously glad I didn’t. Special shoutout to the grown adult who said that they started reading MTMTE aged 11, making me crumple to dust
March 24, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Thank you to everyone who came over to chat and buy books at the TFN mini-con. I’ve been a sick boy for a few weeks and nearly had to cancel; obviously glad I didn’t. Special shoutout to the grown adult who said that they started reading MTMTE aged 11, making me crumple to dust
Just a reminder that I post book updates etc on Instagram as well as on here (and sometimes I forget one platform, and sometimes the other): j.roberts332
March 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Just a reminder that I post book updates etc on Instagram as well as on here (and sometimes I forget one platform, and sometimes the other): j.roberts332
The cover to the new book (by @AdamRRoberts) has gone down *very* well, so here it is in higher-res “real object” form
March 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The cover to the new book (by @AdamRRoberts) has gone down *very* well, so here it is in higher-res “real object” form
