Robbie Rowe
@privateshufti.bsky.social
Healthcare scientist, naturalist, spotterish
Omnivorous reader and book collector (modern firsts, nature writing, climate fiction)
Casual birder, insect enthusiast
Into food, travel, history, music
Fediverse presence: @privateshufti@mastodon.social
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Omnivorous reader and book collector (modern firsts, nature writing, climate fiction)
Casual birder, insect enthusiast
Into food, travel, history, music
Fediverse presence: @privateshufti@mastodon.social
No DMs
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Hi! We have 1 wish for Christmas! That in '26 we reach 100,000 followers on @bsky.app Please help us by RTing your endorsement!
Follow us! Birds of the World is a groundbreaking resource where you can find deep ornithological content on birds, stunning multimedia, and range maps for every bird!
Follow us! Birds of the World is a groundbreaking resource where you can find deep ornithological content on birds, stunning multimedia, and range maps for every bird!
December 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Hi! We have 1 wish for Christmas! That in '26 we reach 100,000 followers on @bsky.app Please help us by RTing your endorsement!
Follow us! Birds of the World is a groundbreaking resource where you can find deep ornithological content on birds, stunning multimedia, and range maps for every bird!
Follow us! Birds of the World is a groundbreaking resource where you can find deep ornithological content on birds, stunning multimedia, and range maps for every bird!
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I met this wonderfully characterful old tree mantled in thick ivy in a Killarney industrial estate.
Wild beauty, and giver of shelter and life to countless creatures, hanging on defiantly in the midst of banal uniformity, relentlessly growing all around.
Wild beauty, and giver of shelter and life to countless creatures, hanging on defiantly in the midst of banal uniformity, relentlessly growing all around.
December 14, 2025 at 7:42 AM
I met this wonderfully characterful old tree mantled in thick ivy in a Killarney industrial estate.
Wild beauty, and giver of shelter and life to countless creatures, hanging on defiantly in the midst of banal uniformity, relentlessly growing all around.
Wild beauty, and giver of shelter and life to countless creatures, hanging on defiantly in the midst of banal uniformity, relentlessly growing all around.
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Torhousekie Stone Circle in Galloway. The central setting of three stones is reputed to be the grave of the mythical King Galdus.
#StandingStoneSunday #Galloway #Wigtownshire #history #legend #folklore #ancient #Photography @stoneclub.bsky.social
#StandingStoneSunday #Galloway #Wigtownshire #history #legend #folklore #ancient #Photography @stoneclub.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Torhousekie Stone Circle in Galloway. The central setting of three stones is reputed to be the grave of the mythical King Galdus.
#StandingStoneSunday #Galloway #Wigtownshire #history #legend #folklore #ancient #Photography @stoneclub.bsky.social
#StandingStoneSunday #Galloway #Wigtownshire #history #legend #folklore #ancient #Photography @stoneclub.bsky.social
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When I see an ad boasting of all that A.I. can create for me
December 13, 2025 at 4:12 AM
When I see an ad boasting of all that A.I. can create for me
"Whatever exists, he said. Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."
"He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die."
The Satanic judge from Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, who rides with the outlaws
#BookWormSat 👹📚
"He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die."
The Satanic judge from Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, who rides with the outlaws
#BookWormSat 👹📚
December 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
"Whatever exists, he said. Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."
"He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die."
The Satanic judge from Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, who rides with the outlaws
#BookWormSat 👹📚
"He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die."
The Satanic judge from Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, who rides with the outlaws
#BookWormSat 👹📚
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The brainiest orange rock posy lichen (Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca) I ever saw. Northwest Territories, Canada.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
December 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The brainiest orange rock posy lichen (Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca) I ever saw. Northwest Territories, Canada.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
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I heard so much in the early days of this book (ESPECIALLY from publishing industry people): that it was "too weird" & I was "asking too much of my reader". What they didn't realise was that I wasn't writing it for them or the other people they talked about.
I was writing it for people like Robbie.
I was writing it for people like Robbie.
Villager is a highly original, enjoyable, and trippy experience. I've read it twice & bought the paperback for a friend for Xmas. Thanks for writing it @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social 👏👏👏
December 3, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I heard so much in the early days of this book (ESPECIALLY from publishing industry people): that it was "too weird" & I was "asking too much of my reader". What they didn't realise was that I wasn't writing it for them or the other people they talked about.
I was writing it for people like Robbie.
I was writing it for people like Robbie.
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Thank you so much to everyone who has supported our Kickstarter! 🖤
If you would like to dance on strange, wild music with the witches of Flanders, consider backing our project! Every little bit helps! ✨
kck.st/492NqKt
If you would like to dance on strange, wild music with the witches of Flanders, consider backing our project! Every little bit helps! ✨
kck.st/492NqKt
The Witch's Child and other Dark Tales from Old Flanders
An illustrated short story collection inspired by witch folklore from Flanders
kck.st
October 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported our Kickstarter! 🖤
If you would like to dance on strange, wild music with the witches of Flanders, consider backing our project! Every little bit helps! ✨
kck.st/492NqKt
If you would like to dance on strange, wild music with the witches of Flanders, consider backing our project! Every little bit helps! ✨
kck.st/492NqKt
Went on a ramble yesterday from my house through the local woods and fields.
A late-flowering thistle still attracting bees.
A variety of fungi despite the dry weather.
Flocks of finches and tits patrolling the hedgerows in the former pasture between the M27 & Broadleaf Park, Rownhams
#NatureNotes
A late-flowering thistle still attracting bees.
A variety of fungi despite the dry weather.
Flocks of finches and tits patrolling the hedgerows in the former pasture between the M27 & Broadleaf Park, Rownhams
#NatureNotes
October 19, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Went on a ramble yesterday from my house through the local woods and fields.
A late-flowering thistle still attracting bees.
A variety of fungi despite the dry weather.
Flocks of finches and tits patrolling the hedgerows in the former pasture between the M27 & Broadleaf Park, Rownhams
#NatureNotes
A late-flowering thistle still attracting bees.
A variety of fungi despite the dry weather.
Flocks of finches and tits patrolling the hedgerows in the former pasture between the M27 & Broadleaf Park, Rownhams
#NatureNotes
"In this autumntime,
why do I so feel the years?
In the clouds a bird"
By Matsuo Basho, translation by Andrew Fitzsimons
Autumn Haiku Picks From Japan's Poetry Tradition | Tokyo Weekender share.google/LKSkMCotaksm...
#Autumn
#BookWormSat 📚🍁
why do I so feel the years?
In the clouds a bird"
By Matsuo Basho, translation by Andrew Fitzsimons
Autumn Haiku Picks From Japan's Poetry Tradition | Tokyo Weekender share.google/LKSkMCotaksm...
#Autumn
#BookWormSat 📚🍁
Autumn Haiku Picks From Japan's Poetry Tradition | Tokyo Weekender
The best autumn haiku selection by Matsuo Basho, Kobayashi Issa, Masaoka Shiki and Yosa Buson, in Japanese and English translation.
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October 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM
"In this autumntime,
why do I so feel the years?
In the clouds a bird"
By Matsuo Basho, translation by Andrew Fitzsimons
Autumn Haiku Picks From Japan's Poetry Tradition | Tokyo Weekender share.google/LKSkMCotaksm...
#Autumn
#BookWormSat 📚🍁
why do I so feel the years?
In the clouds a bird"
By Matsuo Basho, translation by Andrew Fitzsimons
Autumn Haiku Picks From Japan's Poetry Tradition | Tokyo Weekender share.google/LKSkMCotaksm...
#Autumn
#BookWormSat 📚🍁
October 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
October 1, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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Fragaria vesca, Wild Strawberry, Invert Associates
Native of woods, scrub & hedgerow, embankments & road verges, an important element of the ground flora. It supports 51 species of invert as a larval host, of which 14 are Coleoptera, 30 Lepidoptera.
📷 CAM Lindman, Bilder ur Nordens Flora
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Native of woods, scrub & hedgerow, embankments & road verges, an important element of the ground flora. It supports 51 species of invert as a larval host, of which 14 are Coleoptera, 30 Lepidoptera.
📷 CAM Lindman, Bilder ur Nordens Flora
🌱
June 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Fragaria vesca, Wild Strawberry, Invert Associates
Native of woods, scrub & hedgerow, embankments & road verges, an important element of the ground flora. It supports 51 species of invert as a larval host, of which 14 are Coleoptera, 30 Lepidoptera.
📷 CAM Lindman, Bilder ur Nordens Flora
🌱
Native of woods, scrub & hedgerow, embankments & road verges, an important element of the ground flora. It supports 51 species of invert as a larval host, of which 14 are Coleoptera, 30 Lepidoptera.
📷 CAM Lindman, Bilder ur Nordens Flora
🌱
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Edmund Berninger’s The Bay of Naples, with a hazy Vesuvius looming beyond, its smoky plume dwarfing the chimney smoke at far L (late 19C)
September 8, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Edmund Berninger’s The Bay of Naples, with a hazy Vesuvius looming beyond, its smoky plume dwarfing the chimney smoke at far L (late 19C)
Cemetery portal, Southampton Old Cemetery.
September 8, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Cemetery portal, Southampton Old Cemetery.
Gorgeous day with good views of several ospreys and marsh harriers. Finished with a large flock of spoonbills on Brownsea lagoon in the company of numerous waders, terns & gulls
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September 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Gorgeous day with good views of several ospreys and marsh harriers. Finished with a large flock of spoonbills on Brownsea lagoon in the company of numerous waders, terns & gulls
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Really looking forward to @harbourbirds.bsky.social Osprey cruise today, looks like the weather will be fine 🤞
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September 5, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Really looking forward to @harbourbirds.bsky.social Osprey cruise today, looks like the weather will be fine 🤞
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Great news!
For the record though, my current boss is lovely
For the record though, my current boss is lovely
Calling your boss a dickhead is not a sackable offence, tribunal rules
Woman who was immediately sacked when she insulted her manager during a row wins unfair dismissal case
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Great news!
For the record though, my current boss is lovely
For the record though, my current boss is lovely
Fishlake Meadows, Romsey yesterday.
A breezy day with periods of light rain.
A huge flock of house & sand martins chattering & feeding above the marshes.
A tree creeper exploring the fissured bark of a giant poplar.
A pair of ravens patrolling.
A lesser stag beetle on the path.
#nature #UKBirding 🪶
A breezy day with periods of light rain.
A huge flock of house & sand martins chattering & feeding above the marshes.
A tree creeper exploring the fissured bark of a giant poplar.
A pair of ravens patrolling.
A lesser stag beetle on the path.
#nature #UKBirding 🪶
August 31, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Fishlake Meadows, Romsey yesterday.
A breezy day with periods of light rain.
A huge flock of house & sand martins chattering & feeding above the marshes.
A tree creeper exploring the fissured bark of a giant poplar.
A pair of ravens patrolling.
A lesser stag beetle on the path.
#nature #UKBirding 🪶
A breezy day with periods of light rain.
A huge flock of house & sand martins chattering & feeding above the marshes.
A tree creeper exploring the fissured bark of a giant poplar.
A pair of ravens patrolling.
A lesser stag beetle on the path.
#nature #UKBirding 🪶
'Nights dark beyond darkness and the days more gray each one than what had gone before. Like the onset of some cold glaucoma dimming away the world'
The Road, Cormac McCarthy - the darkest of #dystopias for #BookWormSat
The Road, Cormac McCarthy - the darkest of #dystopias for #BookWormSat
August 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
'Nights dark beyond darkness and the days more gray each one than what had gone before. Like the onset of some cold glaucoma dimming away the world'
The Road, Cormac McCarthy - the darkest of #dystopias for #BookWormSat
The Road, Cormac McCarthy - the darkest of #dystopias for #BookWormSat
Walked along the shore at Lepe on the Solent shore. Flocks of linnets twittering in the scrub. 2 wheatears and a whinchat showing autumn migration is underway. A couple of swallows hawking over the woodland.
#UKBirding
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#UKBirding
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August 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Walked along the shore at Lepe on the Solent shore. Flocks of linnets twittering in the scrub. 2 wheatears and a whinchat showing autumn migration is underway. A couple of swallows hawking over the woodland.
#UKBirding
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#UKBirding
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