Martin Robbins
@mjrobbins.com
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Rubbish Mountain
A gigantic pile of rubbish was dumped in a field in Oxfordshire. The response sums up everything wrong with British bureaucracy.
martinrobbins.substack.com
My latest: in which I visit Oxfordshire's 'Rubbish Mountain', buy a Twirl in the country's most violent Sainsbury's, and explore the absolutely dismal response of the Environment Agency.
Yeah this is unhinged behaviour, if someone did this to a relative I’d be pushing to have their contact cut off.
The comments on this are all about how sweet it is and I feel insane. Using AI to make fake memories of your grandma with dementia and telling her they happened and then filming her reaction
December 26, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Yeah this is unhinged behaviour, if someone did this to a relative I’d be pushing to have their contact cut off.
Dinner has survived the night…
December 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Dinner has survived the night…
Going to be cooking Xmas dinner for 11 people in one of these, and I’ll be honest there are some raised eyebrows.
December 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Going to be cooking Xmas dinner for 11 people in one of these, and I’ll be honest there are some raised eyebrows.
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Can't believe @mjrobbins.com's Bedfordshire supremacist views have cost us a listener.
December 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Can't believe @mjrobbins.com's Bedfordshire supremacist views have cost us a listener.
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It’s here! We were joined by @andrewhunterm.bsky.social, @stejormur.bsky.social and YouTuber CityEd for The Abundance Agenda Christmas Quiz!
Go have a listen as it is super fun!
www.abundancepod.com/p/the-abunda...
Go have a listen as it is super fun!
www.abundancepod.com/p/the-abunda...
The Abundance Christmas Quiz!
Listen now | With Andrew Hunter Murray and CityEd!
www.abundancepod.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:52 AM
It’s here! We were joined by @andrewhunterm.bsky.social, @stejormur.bsky.social and YouTuber CityEd for The Abundance Agenda Christmas Quiz!
Go have a listen as it is super fun!
www.abundancepod.com/p/the-abunda...
Go have a listen as it is super fun!
www.abundancepod.com/p/the-abunda...
Go big or home
Now he has returned from the Big Shop, it turns out my OH and I have radically different definitions of "some mince pies"...
December 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Go big or home
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If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
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Just seen the video of Ahmed al Ahmed tackling the gunman and BLOODY HELL, what a hero!
He's been identified. He was shot twice in the arm and hand, but it is doing well and expected to recover fine. His name is Ahmed al Ahmed
www.perthnow.com.au/news/nsw/bon...
www.perthnow.com.au/news/nsw/bon...
Bondi hero who tackled shooter suffered two gunshot wounds
The hero who disarmed one of the Bondi Beach shooters has been identified as a father-of-two.
www.perthnow.com.au
December 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Just seen the video of Ahmed al Ahmed tackling the gunman and BLOODY HELL, what a hero!
“People are not adults and should not be held to adult standards” is starting to feel like the endgame of 21st century American culture.
Still laughing at this. Cannot imagine a more self-discrediting argument for socialism than “under socialism, you should be able to gesture to your crotch, tell a customer to suck it and keep your job”.
“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
December 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
“People are not adults and should not be held to adult standards” is starting to feel like the endgame of 21st century American culture.
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Still laughing at this. Cannot imagine a more self-discrediting argument for socialism than “under socialism, you should be able to gesture to your crotch, tell a customer to suck it and keep your job”.
“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Still laughing at this. Cannot imagine a more self-discrediting argument for socialism than “under socialism, you should be able to gesture to your crotch, tell a customer to suck it and keep your job”.
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BIG new episode of The Abundance Agenda!
- Could Crossrail 2 be back on the menu?
- Oxfordshire's rubbish mountain
- And can new national "Lovelace" help Britain invent disruptive new technologies?
Listen/subscribe wherever you get your pods!
www.abundancepod.com/p/crossrail-...
- Could Crossrail 2 be back on the menu?
- Oxfordshire's rubbish mountain
- And can new national "Lovelace" help Britain invent disruptive new technologies?
Listen/subscribe wherever you get your pods!
www.abundancepod.com/p/crossrail-...
Crossrail 2 ...and a big pile of rubbish
Plus how to fix British science to invent more breakthrough technologies?
www.abundancepod.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:08 AM
BIG new episode of The Abundance Agenda!
- Could Crossrail 2 be back on the menu?
- Oxfordshire's rubbish mountain
- And can new national "Lovelace" help Britain invent disruptive new technologies?
Listen/subscribe wherever you get your pods!
www.abundancepod.com/p/crossrail-...
- Could Crossrail 2 be back on the menu?
- Oxfordshire's rubbish mountain
- And can new national "Lovelace" help Britain invent disruptive new technologies?
Listen/subscribe wherever you get your pods!
www.abundancepod.com/p/crossrail-...
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Rodney Brooks (Roomba founder) has a good rule of thumb which is never to be lower down than a humanoid robot, and ideally be above them, because they are heavy and prone to falling over.
December 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Rodney Brooks (Roomba founder) has a good rule of thumb which is never to be lower down than a humanoid robot, and ideally be above them, because they are heavy and prone to falling over.
Basically every humanoid robot demo since the year dot has been some version of the "Look! The King is in full command of his faculties!!" playbook. Limited, heavily-scripted appearances with intense stage-management, dozens of frantic people behind the scenes and the inevitable bed-shitting moment.
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Basically every humanoid robot demo since the year dot has been some version of the "Look! The King is in full command of his faculties!!" playbook. Limited, heavily-scripted appearances with intense stage-management, dozens of frantic people behind the scenes and the inevitable bed-shitting moment.
They literally did, but apparently your reading comprehension is below that of ChatGPT.
December 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
They literally did, but apparently your reading comprehension is below that of ChatGPT.
The government can’t afford to clear up the gigantic waste mountain because it would have to pay millions of pounds to the government.
Environment Agency faces landfill tax bill worth millions to clear illegal waste
Exclusive: ‘extremely unhelpful’ policy seen as deterrent to clearing thousands of dump sites across England
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The government can’t afford to clear up the gigantic waste mountain because it would have to pay millions of pounds to the government.
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If the EA ever get round removing the waste they will have to pay £m in landfill tax to do so.
Environment Agency faces landfill tax bill worth millions to clear illegal waste
Environment Agency faces landfill tax bill worth millions to clear illegal waste
Exclusive: ‘extremely unhelpful’ policy seen as deterrent to clearing thousands of dump sites across England
Millions of pounds in landfill tax owed to the government has to be paid by the Environment Agency (EA) if it clears any of the thousands of illegal waste dumps across the country.
Of the £15m that taxpayers are paying for the clearance of the only site the agency has committed to clearing up – a vast illegal dump at Hoad’s Wood in Kent – £4m is landfill tax. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:59 AM
If the EA ever get round removing the waste they will have to pay £m in landfill tax to do so.
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My latest, exploring the singular inability of the British state to deal with a gigantic pile of waste illegally dumped in the heart of Oxfordshire - and other piles like it. martinrobbins.substack.com/p/rubbish-mo...
Rubbish Mountain
A gigantic pile of rubbish was dumped in a field in Oxfordshire. The response sums up everything wrong with British bureaucracy.
martinrobbins.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
My latest, exploring the singular inability of the British state to deal with a gigantic pile of waste illegally dumped in the heart of Oxfordshire - and other piles like it. martinrobbins.substack.com/p/rubbish-mo...
My latest, exploring the singular inability of the British state to deal with a gigantic pile of waste illegally dumped in the heart of Oxfordshire - and other piles like it. martinrobbins.substack.com/p/rubbish-mo...
Rubbish Mountain
A gigantic pile of rubbish was dumped in a field in Oxfordshire. The response sums up everything wrong with British bureaucracy.
martinrobbins.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
My latest, exploring the singular inability of the British state to deal with a gigantic pile of waste illegally dumped in the heart of Oxfordshire - and other piles like it. martinrobbins.substack.com/p/rubbish-mo...
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This by @mjrobbins.com is great.
There's a pervasive sense across Britain that someone will tell you to Stop That if you start trying to fix things, so people daren't try. In many cases they've forgotten how to try.
martinrobbins.substack.com/p/rubbish-mo...
There's a pervasive sense across Britain that someone will tell you to Stop That if you start trying to fix things, so people daren't try. In many cases they've forgotten how to try.
martinrobbins.substack.com/p/rubbish-mo...
Rubbish Mountain
A gigantic pile of rubbish was dumped in a field in Oxfordshire. The response sums up everything wrong with British bureaucracy.
martinrobbins.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This by @mjrobbins.com is great.
There's a pervasive sense across Britain that someone will tell you to Stop That if you start trying to fix things, so people daren't try. In many cases they've forgotten how to try.
martinrobbins.substack.com/p/rubbish-mo...
There's a pervasive sense across Britain that someone will tell you to Stop That if you start trying to fix things, so people daren't try. In many cases they've forgotten how to try.
martinrobbins.substack.com/p/rubbish-mo...
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It was interesting to read this after recently finishing “American Ground” by William Langewiesche, a book about how the World Trade Center site was cleared within a year of 9/11.
My latest: in which I visit Oxfordshire's 'Rubbish Mountain', buy a Twirl in the country's most violent Sainsbury's, and explore the absolutely dismal response of the Environment Agency.
Rubbish Mountain
A gigantic pile of rubbish was dumped in a field in Oxfordshire. The response sums up everything wrong with British bureaucracy.
martinrobbins.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:54 AM
It was interesting to read this after recently finishing “American Ground” by William Langewiesche, a book about how the World Trade Center site was cleared within a year of 9/11.
Omg I can’t believe they’re going to ruin Manhattan by putting a skyscraper on it.
December 3, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Omg I can’t believe they’re going to ruin Manhattan by putting a skyscraper on it.
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Worth reading this one!
My latest: in which I visit Oxfordshire's 'Rubbish Mountain', buy a Twirl in the country's most violent Sainsbury's, and explore the absolutely dismal response of the Environment Agency.
Rubbish Mountain
A gigantic pile of rubbish was dumped in a field in Oxfordshire. The response sums up everything wrong with British bureaucracy.
martinrobbins.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Worth reading this one!
ICYMI, why the ‘rubbish mountain’ will likely be there for years.
My latest: in which I visit Oxfordshire's 'Rubbish Mountain', buy a Twirl in the country's most violent Sainsbury's, and explore the absolutely dismal response of the Environment Agency.
Rubbish Mountain
A gigantic pile of rubbish was dumped in a field in Oxfordshire. The response sums up everything wrong with British bureaucracy.
martinrobbins.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
ICYMI, why the ‘rubbish mountain’ will likely be there for years.
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And in a continuing experiment that many are calling 'ill-advised' and 'undignified' you can check out a short film accompanying the Substack post here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlIp...
Oxfordshire's Rubbish Mountain
YouTube video by The Value of Nothing
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:32 AM
And in a continuing experiment that many are calling 'ill-advised' and 'undignified' you can check out a short film accompanying the Substack post here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlIp...
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Suffering from low blood-pressure? This excellent digest of the whole rage-inducing saga of the Kidlington Crudpile will keep it nice and high. 🤬 (With some great drone footage tho.)
My latest: in which I visit Oxfordshire's 'Rubbish Mountain', buy a Twirl in the country's most violent Sainsbury's, and explore the absolutely dismal response of the Environment Agency.
Rubbish Mountain
A gigantic pile of rubbish was dumped in a field in Oxfordshire. The response sums up everything wrong with British bureaucracy.
martinrobbins.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Suffering from low blood-pressure? This excellent digest of the whole rage-inducing saga of the Kidlington Crudpile will keep it nice and high. 🤬 (With some great drone footage tho.)