Rob Stark
@realrobstark.bsky.social
Corporate project manager | Tired Dad | Scouser
Progressive, liberal leftie comment. Urbanism, politics, Liverpool news and views, tech, pro-wrestling, local history, geek and sundry 🇬🇧🇪🇺
Yes I've seen Game of Thrones
Views my own
#AEW #Liverpool
Progressive, liberal leftie comment. Urbanism, politics, Liverpool news and views, tech, pro-wrestling, local history, geek and sundry 🇬🇧🇪🇺
Yes I've seen Game of Thrones
Views my own
#AEW #Liverpool
Well a global arms race is a good way to kick start the government's growth plans I suppose.
#Starmer
#Starmer
UK defence spending to rise to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, funded by cut in international aid - live updates
The PM says the budget for overseas aid will be cut from 0.5% of gross national income to 0.3% by 2027 to fund increased defence spending.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Well a global arms race is a good way to kick start the government's growth plans I suppose.
#Starmer
#Starmer
"Hand picked by people on Threads"
Translation: packs that are decided by committee in the morning stand-up, as a scrum master regurgitates the panicked email about the Bluesky threat they've just received from corporate, to a team of aging millennials with no new ideas and no fucks left to give.
Translation: packs that are decided by committee in the morning stand-up, as a scrum master regurgitates the panicked email about the Bluesky threat they've just received from corporate, to a team of aging millennials with no new ideas and no fucks left to give.
Meta's Threads is developing its own take on Bluesky's 'Starter Packs' | TechCrunch
Hoping to quell some of the momentum behind social network Bluesky, a competitor to X and Meta's Threads, Meta is developing a feature that takes
techcrunch.com
November 27, 2024 at 6:48 PM
"Hand picked by people on Threads"
Translation: packs that are decided by committee in the morning stand-up, as a scrum master regurgitates the panicked email about the Bluesky threat they've just received from corporate, to a team of aging millennials with no new ideas and no fucks left to give.
Translation: packs that are decided by committee in the morning stand-up, as a scrum master regurgitates the panicked email about the Bluesky threat they've just received from corporate, to a team of aging millennials with no new ideas and no fucks left to give.
The 'Call a General Election' petition is reason number #683 why the UK urgently needs high-quality citizenship education and media literacy in our schools.
We not only face the outside threat of foreign influence, but also the internal threat from a susceptible public that's easy to manipulate.
We not only face the outside threat of foreign influence, but also the internal threat from a susceptible public that's easy to manipulate.
‘I mean, we love elections, but even for us, it's probably a bit much’
Over 2.5 million people - many from countries outside of the UK - have signed a petition calling for another general election.
articles.globalplayer.com/7giHxfx6Nvdq...
Over 2.5 million people - many from countries outside of the UK - have signed a petition calling for another general election.
articles.globalplayer.com/7giHxfx6Nvdq...
'It's fantastically anti-democratic': Petition for another general election signed by millions worldwide
A petition calling for another general election has reached over 2.6 million signatures after a boost from Elon Musk. But are they all legitimate?
articles.globalplayer.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:18 PM
The 'Call a General Election' petition is reason number #683 why the UK urgently needs high-quality citizenship education and media literacy in our schools.
We not only face the outside threat of foreign influence, but also the internal threat from a susceptible public that's easy to manipulate.
We not only face the outside threat of foreign influence, but also the internal threat from a susceptible public that's easy to manipulate.
Merseyrail's ticketing system is like an episode of Tomorrow's World. It's retro futurism. It's an anchronistic mix of old ideas and new technology. It's like what somebody in the 80s thought the 90s would look like.
Its shit.
Its shit.
Merseyrail train ticket system 'embarrassing' - MP
Labour MP for Knowsley Anneliese Midgley has raised Merseyrail ticketing issues in Parliament.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Merseyrail's ticketing system is like an episode of Tomorrow's World. It's retro futurism. It's an anchronistic mix of old ideas and new technology. It's like what somebody in the 80s thought the 90s would look like.
Its shit.
Its shit.
Right, I've inadvertently spoiled my first match result from Full Gear. Time to give Bluesky a rest until I've had chance to watch it this evening!
#AEW
#fullgear
#AEWFullGear
#AEW
#fullgear
#AEWFullGear
November 24, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Right, I've inadvertently spoiled my first match result from Full Gear. Time to give Bluesky a rest until I've had chance to watch it this evening!
#AEW
#fullgear
#AEWFullGear
#AEW
#fullgear
#AEWFullGear
We have a Right to Roam on just 8% of England's land. The other 92% remains off limits.
The richest landowners can sing 'Jerusalem' all they like, it doesn't convince me that they shouldn't be subject to the same laws and taxes as the rest of us.
The richest landowners can sing 'Jerusalem' all they like, it doesn't convince me that they shouldn't be subject to the same laws and taxes as the rest of us.
November 24, 2024 at 8:38 AM
We have a Right to Roam on just 8% of England's land. The other 92% remains off limits.
The richest landowners can sing 'Jerusalem' all they like, it doesn't convince me that they shouldn't be subject to the same laws and taxes as the rest of us.
The richest landowners can sing 'Jerusalem' all they like, it doesn't convince me that they shouldn't be subject to the same laws and taxes as the rest of us.
I can live with the X Files Reboot not having Mulder or Scully, but I can't live without it having my man Assistant Director Skinner
November 22, 2024 at 6:00 PM
I can live with the X Files Reboot not having Mulder or Scully, but I can't live without it having my man Assistant Director Skinner
It's Wednesday, you know that means!
Side note: who is Big Boom A.J? (confused Brit here)
#AEWDynamite
#AEW
Side note: who is Big Boom A.J? (confused Brit here)
#AEWDynamite
#AEW
November 20, 2024 at 5:51 PM
It's Wednesday, you know that means!
Side note: who is Big Boom A.J? (confused Brit here)
#AEWDynamite
#AEW
Side note: who is Big Boom A.J? (confused Brit here)
#AEWDynamite
#AEW
Shadow Culture Secretary Stuart Andrew has fumed in the Telegraph that the BBC shouldn’t “regurgitate Labour lines” after Starmer said the BBC backed his position.
The piece in question was a BBC Verify video, part of their fact checking initiative.
And that's a fact.
The piece in question was a BBC Verify video, part of their fact checking initiative.
And that's a fact.
Explaining the farming tax change row
BBC Verify examines the different claims about how many farms will be affected by the inheritance tax changes for agricultural assets.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2024 at 7:34 AM
Shadow Culture Secretary Stuart Andrew has fumed in the Telegraph that the BBC shouldn’t “regurgitate Labour lines” after Starmer said the BBC backed his position.
The piece in question was a BBC Verify video, part of their fact checking initiative.
And that's a fact.
The piece in question was a BBC Verify video, part of their fact checking initiative.
And that's a fact.
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I’d forgotten about follow farming for the past 18 mos. Please try to be normal, build relationships, tell funny jokes, talk to people like they live next door, say smart things, post pets, block pests/trolls/harassers, but don’t bring the weirdo stuff, we’ve had a mostly nice-ish thing for a while
November 20, 2024 at 1:53 AM
I’d forgotten about follow farming for the past 18 mos. Please try to be normal, build relationships, tell funny jokes, talk to people like they live next door, say smart things, post pets, block pests/trolls/harassers, but don’t bring the weirdo stuff, we’ve had a mostly nice-ish thing for a while
Bad faith arguments are an immediate block for me. Let's disagree by all means, but once you see someone pivoting all over the place to avoid having their dogma held up to the mirror, it's game over for me. No one comes on social media to watch live action mental gymnastics.
Why many free speech absolutism is nearly always intellectually dishonest and one-sided, in one minute.
I note, for example, that many of those most angry about Alison Pearson’s experience were exactly those calling for police action against things they didn’t like being said on the Gaza protests.
I note, for example, that many of those most angry about Alison Pearson’s experience were exactly those calling for police action against things they didn’t like being said on the Gaza protests.
"It's 'free speech' when they 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 what's being said."
After backlash over a police investigation into a journalist's tweet, The News Agents discuss the right’s so-called "free speech absolutism" which, as it turns out, comes with conditions.
After backlash over a police investigation into a journalist's tweet, The News Agents discuss the right’s so-called "free speech absolutism" which, as it turns out, comes with conditions.
November 19, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Bad faith arguments are an immediate block for me. Let's disagree by all means, but once you see someone pivoting all over the place to avoid having their dogma held up to the mirror, it's game over for me. No one comes on social media to watch live action mental gymnastics.
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X: Blocked people can read your tweets
Bluesky: We will send an agent back in time to stop the blocked person's parents from ever meeting
Bluesky: We will send an agent back in time to stop the blocked person's parents from ever meeting
November 18, 2024 at 8:12 AM
X: Blocked people can read your tweets
Bluesky: We will send an agent back in time to stop the blocked person's parents from ever meeting
Bluesky: We will send an agent back in time to stop the blocked person's parents from ever meeting
I have a confession to make. I've been default using the Discover feed not realising the Following feed existed. I fucked up, alright.
November 18, 2024 at 10:36 PM
I have a confession to make. I've been default using the Discover feed not realising the Following feed existed. I fucked up, alright.
Can't wait to get my little one on her first Mersey Ferry. Hope we start to see more permanent moorings like this in the Albert Dock. For a city with a maritime heritage like ours we don't do enough to show it off. #Liverpool
Daffodil , former Mersey Ferry arrives at her new home.
Canning Dock Liverpool. Soon to open as a bistro /bar #ferry #merseyferries #merseyferry #liverpool #liverpoolwaterfront
@angiesliverpool.bsky.social @lbndaily.bsky.social @liamthorp.bsky.social
Canning Dock Liverpool. Soon to open as a bistro /bar #ferry #merseyferries #merseyferry #liverpool #liverpoolwaterfront
@angiesliverpool.bsky.social @lbndaily.bsky.social @liamthorp.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Can't wait to get my little one on her first Mersey Ferry. Hope we start to see more permanent moorings like this in the Albert Dock. For a city with a maritime heritage like ours we don't do enough to show it off. #Liverpool
The next 4 years have all of the ingredients for a mediocre Tom Clancy techno-thriller.
If we must live in a corporate dystopia run by billionnaires and oligarchs can we at least have some more neon lights, maybe a bit of synthwave? Give us a good aesthetic at least.
If we must live in a corporate dystopia run by billionnaires and oligarchs can we at least have some more neon lights, maybe a bit of synthwave? Give us a good aesthetic at least.
November 18, 2024 at 4:30 PM
The next 4 years have all of the ingredients for a mediocre Tom Clancy techno-thriller.
If we must live in a corporate dystopia run by billionnaires and oligarchs can we at least have some more neon lights, maybe a bit of synthwave? Give us a good aesthetic at least.
If we must live in a corporate dystopia run by billionnaires and oligarchs can we at least have some more neon lights, maybe a bit of synthwave? Give us a good aesthetic at least.
The challenge facing Badenoch and the #Tory party is that she lacks the political skill to turn this perception around, the power to 'convince' - a trait expected from any politician seeking high office.
She's an operator and grafter behind the scenes, but no skill with the voters.
#UKPolitics
She's an operator and grafter behind the scenes, but no skill with the voters.
#UKPolitics
Kemi Badenoch’s first approval ratings as Tory leader worse than Sunak and Johnson
Liz Truss is the only former party leader of past five years to rank lower in terms of starting popularity
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:21 AM
The challenge facing Badenoch and the #Tory party is that she lacks the political skill to turn this perception around, the power to 'convince' - a trait expected from any politician seeking high office.
She's an operator and grafter behind the scenes, but no skill with the voters.
#UKPolitics
She's an operator and grafter behind the scenes, but no skill with the voters.
#UKPolitics
It's Saturday, you know what means! (avoiding #AEWCollision spoilers most of Sunday because I'm a Brit!).
#AEW
#AEW
November 16, 2024 at 10:54 PM
It's Saturday, you know what means! (avoiding #AEWCollision spoilers most of Sunday because I'm a Brit!).
#AEW
#AEW
One of my ancestors was briefly king of a seccesionist breakaway region prior to being butchered at a wedding event along with his entire family line. #iykyk
Give me one interesting fact about your family history that you learned.
November 16, 2024 at 6:44 PM
One of my ancestors was briefly king of a seccesionist breakaway region prior to being butchered at a wedding event along with his entire family line. #iykyk
The problem with being an ingredients household and having children is that invariably you'll drop the ball and realise that one of you now has 1.5hr worth of cooking to do.
Or, do what I do. Offer to cook, close the kitchen door and pour yourself a drink!
Or, do what I do. Offer to cook, close the kitchen door and pour yourself a drink!
problem with being an ingredients household is that circa five times a year I actually really don't want to cook and end up having a truly unhinged lunch of, to take today as an example, "muesli, kimchi, a tin of tuna and some raspberries"
November 16, 2024 at 5:48 PM
The problem with being an ingredients household and having children is that invariably you'll drop the ball and realise that one of you now has 1.5hr worth of cooking to do.
Or, do what I do. Offer to cook, close the kitchen door and pour yourself a drink!
Or, do what I do. Offer to cook, close the kitchen door and pour yourself a drink!
Absolutely loving the new #linkinpark album, #fromzero. Emily Armstrong is great. Lots of weird fans out there with an unhealthy relationship to the late Chester Bennington. Embrace it or move on. It's just music.
November 16, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Absolutely loving the new #linkinpark album, #fromzero. Emily Armstrong is great. Lots of weird fans out there with an unhealthy relationship to the late Chester Bennington. Embrace it or move on. It's just music.
Journalists need to stop vox-popping these people expecting a gotcha answer. We're all expecting them to not say the quiet part out loud. Authoritarianism is no longer a taboo subject with the right. The paradigm shift has been monumental. It's not 2004. We truly are in dangerous times.
#Trump
#Trump
Interviewer: “Donald Trump said on his first day he’s going to be a dictator”
Trump supporter: “I like that!…This country needs a dictator. I hate to say it, but this is the truth.”
Trump supporter: “I like that!…This country needs a dictator. I hate to say it, but this is the truth.”
November 16, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Journalists need to stop vox-popping these people expecting a gotcha answer. We're all expecting them to not say the quiet part out loud. Authoritarianism is no longer a taboo subject with the right. The paradigm shift has been monumental. It's not 2004. We truly are in dangerous times.
#Trump
#Trump
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I love #starterpacks and appreciate being able to follow a group of accounts easily, but as somebody who uses #lists to segregate out different interests, I want a way to 'quickly' add those same people to one of my lists without doing it manually.
Anyone have any ideas?
#Bluesky
Anyone have any ideas?
#Bluesky
November 16, 2024 at 1:03 PM
I love #starterpacks and appreciate being able to follow a group of accounts easily, but as somebody who uses #lists to segregate out different interests, I want a way to 'quickly' add those same people to one of my lists without doing it manually.
Anyone have any ideas?
#Bluesky
Anyone have any ideas?
#Bluesky