Karin Robinson
@karinjr.bsky.social
Sci Fi Fantasy author. Recovering podcaster. Former
@demsabroad UK Vice Chair. Edelman Senior Director of Strategy. Mum. Cat lady. Represented by @ericshowers.bsky.social Building myself a Twitter life raft...
@demsabroad UK Vice Chair. Edelman Senior Director of Strategy. Mum. Cat lady. Represented by @ericshowers.bsky.social Building myself a Twitter life raft...
Reposted by Karin Robinson
January 30, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Reposted by Karin Robinson
It is literally false that the Jews being hunted by Nazis were citizens, because the first step toward genocide was stripping them of citizenship and making them stateless. As Arendt reminds us, citizenship is a legal category created to facilitate a machinery of exclusion of the out-group.
January 28, 2026 at 4:19 AM
It is literally false that the Jews being hunted by Nazis were citizens, because the first step toward genocide was stripping them of citizenship and making them stateless. As Arendt reminds us, citizenship is a legal category created to facilitate a machinery of exclusion of the out-group.
Jesus Christ you all were not kidding about Heated Rivalry! How does it start out as basically top tier porn and then episode 5 is the most heartfelt, wholesome thing ever? Yes to all of this.
January 24, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Jesus Christ you all were not kidding about Heated Rivalry! How does it start out as basically top tier porn and then episode 5 is the most heartfelt, wholesome thing ever? Yes to all of this.
Reposted by Karin Robinson
America couldn’t have done all of this without Trump! Americans’ pensions & lifesavings devastated by inflation, skyrocketing costs, cuts to healthcare & SNAP to give tax breaks to billionaires in the Trump/GOP’s BIG UGLY BILL! We couldn’t have uprooted post-WWII stability or covered up pedophiles!
January 20, 2026 at 4:11 PM
America couldn’t have done all of this without Trump! Americans’ pensions & lifesavings devastated by inflation, skyrocketing costs, cuts to healthcare & SNAP to give tax breaks to billionaires in the Trump/GOP’s BIG UGLY BILL! We couldn’t have uprooted post-WWII stability or covered up pedophiles!
Finally, someone said it.
Danish MEP Anders Vistisen to Trump:
"Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr. President, fuck off."
"Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr. President, fuck off."
January 20, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Finally, someone said it.
Reposted by Karin Robinson
Also Bill Gates, another Harvard dropout.
January 20, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Also Bill Gates, another Harvard dropout.
Can I just note that by this definition, Mark Zuckerberg is "working class".
January 20, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Can I just note that by this definition, Mark Zuckerberg is "working class".
Reposted by Karin Robinson
Reckon we've reached the 'invading Poland' stage of the road-to-war timeline.
We've all studied this, and we know what happens next.
If the line isn't drawn, here and now, it'll be Mexico, Cuba, Greenland... WWIII breaking out as we watch.
And I'm scared, for myself and for my son. Scared...
We've all studied this, and we know what happens next.
If the line isn't drawn, here and now, it'll be Mexico, Cuba, Greenland... WWIII breaking out as we watch.
And I'm scared, for myself and for my son. Scared...
January 5, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Reckon we've reached the 'invading Poland' stage of the road-to-war timeline.
We've all studied this, and we know what happens next.
If the line isn't drawn, here and now, it'll be Mexico, Cuba, Greenland... WWIII breaking out as we watch.
And I'm scared, for myself and for my son. Scared...
We've all studied this, and we know what happens next.
If the line isn't drawn, here and now, it'll be Mexico, Cuba, Greenland... WWIII breaking out as we watch.
And I'm scared, for myself and for my son. Scared...
In a similar vein: if, as per US Supreme Court rulings, corporations are to be treated as people, then corporations that commit crimes should be subject to human style penalties similar to imprisonment - cessation of all activities and freezing of all assets.
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 10:02 AM
In a similar vein: if, as per US Supreme Court rulings, corporations are to be treated as people, then corporations that commit crimes should be subject to human style penalties similar to imprisonment - cessation of all activities and freezing of all assets.
Paging @unamccormack.bsky.social for this important breaking news content...
My niece in Stonehaven, near Aberdeen, has made a snow dalek that's featured in the Aberdeen Press and Journal. #proudaunt
January 5, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Paging @unamccormack.bsky.social for this important breaking news content...
Reposted by Karin Robinson
Remember how appalled we all were in 2022 when Russia completely unprovoked attacked Ukraine? That is what we’re doing tonight with Venezuela. We are the bad guys here. Everyone who supports this is supporting unprovoked murder. Fuck every last one of them
January 3, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Remember how appalled we all were in 2022 when Russia completely unprovoked attacked Ukraine? That is what we’re doing tonight with Venezuela. We are the bad guys here. Everyone who supports this is supporting unprovoked murder. Fuck every last one of them
We’re invading Venezuela?! What the fuck?!
January 3, 2026 at 9:20 AM
We’re invading Venezuela?! What the fuck?!
So I submitted a story today and got a same day rejection, which... OK! I respect the clarity. No shade on a magazine who is finally adhering to writers' wish for quicker response times. Not gonna lie, it did startle me for second there, though!
January 2, 2026 at 11:27 PM
So I submitted a story today and got a same day rejection, which... OK! I respect the clarity. No shade on a magazine who is finally adhering to writers' wish for quicker response times. Not gonna lie, it did startle me for second there, though!
Reposted by Karin Robinson
So, I wrote a post about my 2025 writing accomplishments, which I am very proud of, and about persisting with fiction against the backdrop of the world in general. faerypolitic.substack.com/p/a-year-of-...
A Year of Living Fictionally
So 2025 was definitely... a year!
faerypolitic.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:38 PM
So, I wrote a post about my 2025 writing accomplishments, which I am very proud of, and about persisting with fiction against the backdrop of the world in general. faerypolitic.substack.com/p/a-year-of-...
Possibly one reason the "Bruce Springsteen biopic 'A Complete Unknown' was so disappointing to people is that it was actually a Bob Dylan biopic?
January 2, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Possibly one reason the "Bruce Springsteen biopic 'A Complete Unknown' was so disappointing to people is that it was actually a Bob Dylan biopic?
So, I wrote a post about my 2025 writing accomplishments, which I am very proud of, and about persisting with fiction against the backdrop of the world in general. faerypolitic.substack.com/p/a-year-of-...
A Year of Living Fictionally
So 2025 was definitely... a year!
faerypolitic.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:38 PM
So, I wrote a post about my 2025 writing accomplishments, which I am very proud of, and about persisting with fiction against the backdrop of the world in general. faerypolitic.substack.com/p/a-year-of-...
So this year I’ve decided to do a thing where I post a mention of every book I read. First up, finished today, The Wedding People. Very fun!
January 1, 2026 at 5:23 PM
So this year I’ve decided to do a thing where I post a mention of every book I read. First up, finished today, The Wedding People. Very fun!
Stranger Things series finale was… excellent. I’m emotionally devastated, but in a satisfying way. Gonna go lie down now…
January 1, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Stranger Things series finale was… excellent. I’m emotionally devastated, but in a satisfying way. Gonna go lie down now…
Oh yay! I found a copy of Adrian Mole at Waterstones for my soon-to-be 13 yo daughter.
Oh no! The foreword is by David Walliams.
Oh no! The foreword is by David Walliams.
December 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Oh yay! I found a copy of Adrian Mole at Waterstones for my soon-to-be 13 yo daughter.
Oh no! The foreword is by David Walliams.
Oh no! The foreword is by David Walliams.
Reposted by Karin Robinson
For the record, Robin Ince is a superb comedian, an absolute mensch, a remarkable thinker and the kindest human you’ll ever meet. And the BBC is a genuinely great and globally unique institution that needs to stop being afraid. I think that’s where most of its faults and issues stem from.
December 13, 2025 at 11:21 AM
For the record, Robin Ince is a superb comedian, an absolute mensch, a remarkable thinker and the kindest human you’ll ever meet. And the BBC is a genuinely great and globally unique institution that needs to stop being afraid. I think that’s where most of its faults and issues stem from.
I am shook by this. If there is not space on the BBC for Robin Ince, one of the kindest, most humane and gently dad-coded people in British broadcasting, then... what on earth are they for?
An important statement from the desk of Robin Ince
December 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I am shook by this. If there is not space on the BBC for Robin Ince, one of the kindest, most humane and gently dad-coded people in British broadcasting, then... what on earth are they for?
Help me with the ettiquette here: Can I just ask my therapist to read my novel in lieu of our sessions? Like, I just sit there in silence while she reads looking up at me every few minutes to say, "Oh!" And I say, "I know, right?" I feel like we'd both get more out of that approach.
December 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Help me with the ettiquette here: Can I just ask my therapist to read my novel in lieu of our sessions? Like, I just sit there in silence while she reads looking up at me every few minutes to say, "Oh!" And I say, "I know, right?" I feel like we'd both get more out of that approach.
Rational brain me, asking people to critique my work: Please identify elements that don't work or cause confusion, help me strengthen the work.
What I secretly want: Scratch me behind the ears and tell me I'm the bestest girl! I wrote the bestest book ever!
Authors are such needy puppies.
What I secretly want: Scratch me behind the ears and tell me I'm the bestest girl! I wrote the bestest book ever!
Authors are such needy puppies.
a close up of a dachshund 's face looking up at the camera .
ALT: a close up of a dachshund 's face looking up at the camera .
media.tenor.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Rational brain me, asking people to critique my work: Please identify elements that don't work or cause confusion, help me strengthen the work.
What I secretly want: Scratch me behind the ears and tell me I'm the bestest girl! I wrote the bestest book ever!
Authors are such needy puppies.
What I secretly want: Scratch me behind the ears and tell me I'm the bestest girl! I wrote the bestest book ever!
Authors are such needy puppies.
A tense moment after Helena tells Jordy she's separated from her husband.
December 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A tense moment after Helena tells Jordy she's separated from her husband.