Robby_red
@robbyred.bsky.social
iOS dev, parent, interested in science, tech, history, politics and culture. And beer
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
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Want to hear about my worst ever Christmas Day? Sure you do.
20-ish years ago, my then-girlfriend said her brother had invited us to spend Christmas day with him and his girlfriend at said girlfriend's mum's house. Sounds cosy, right? Nope. 1/
20-ish years ago, my then-girlfriend said her brother had invited us to spend Christmas day with him and his girlfriend at said girlfriend's mum's house. Sounds cosy, right? Nope. 1/
December 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Want to hear about my worst ever Christmas Day? Sure you do.
20-ish years ago, my then-girlfriend said her brother had invited us to spend Christmas day with him and his girlfriend at said girlfriend's mum's house. Sounds cosy, right? Nope. 1/
20-ish years ago, my then-girlfriend said her brother had invited us to spend Christmas day with him and his girlfriend at said girlfriend's mum's house. Sounds cosy, right? Nope. 1/
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My essay on the London we lost when the Ringways were cancelled… with acknowledgements to J.G. Ballard, Martin Amis, Robert Caro and… Anne Hidalgo? www.onlondon.co.uk/lewis-baston...
Lewis Baston: What if the London Ringways had been built?
Few regret plans for blasting circular motorways through the capital being abandoned, but the counterfactual is well worth pondering
www.onlondon.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
My essay on the London we lost when the Ringways were cancelled… with acknowledgements to J.G. Ballard, Martin Amis, Robert Caro and… Anne Hidalgo? www.onlondon.co.uk/lewis-baston...
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Obligatory repost & rewatch every time this masterpiece comes up on the feed
November 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Obligatory repost & rewatch every time this masterpiece comes up on the feed
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Me in 1995, pulling an all-nighter in an Edinburgh computer lab: One day Artificial Intelligence might help us diagnose cancer.
2025...
2025...
November 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Me in 1995, pulling an all-nighter in an Edinburgh computer lab: One day Artificial Intelligence might help us diagnose cancer.
2025...
2025...
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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Terrific, thought-provoking piece by @chrisdillow.bsky.social:
On incompetence
Much of our political culture is fundamentally incompetent.
chrisdillow.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Terrific, thought-provoking piece by @chrisdillow.bsky.social:
Integration latest, the local Spoons is a quarter full of HK Chinese enjoying their full English breakfasts.
November 5, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Integration latest, the local Spoons is a quarter full of HK Chinese enjoying their full English breakfasts.
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Two days ago, in USA v Abrego Garcia, the Homeland Sec investigator who "re-opened" Abrego's criminal case on 4/17 turned over to the prosecutor a bunch of documents he'd never seen before. Judge orders atty-only conference Friday on whether they should immediately be turned over to defense.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Two days ago, in USA v Abrego Garcia, the Homeland Sec investigator who "re-opened" Abrego's criminal case on 4/17 turned over to the prosecutor a bunch of documents he'd never seen before. Judge orders atty-only conference Friday on whether they should immediately be turned over to defense.
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Good morning russians are making shahed toys for their kids
October 26, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Good morning russians are making shahed toys for their kids
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Under Over Over - West Hampstead
So it's taken a while, but I've finally found a location where you can clearly see London Underground trains traveling over London Overground trains.
The vantage point is at West Hampstead Overground station at the end of the platform.
So it's taken a while, but I've finally found a location where you can clearly see London Underground trains traveling over London Overground trains.
The vantage point is at West Hampstead Overground station at the end of the platform.
October 20, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Under Over Over - West Hampstead
So it's taken a while, but I've finally found a location where you can clearly see London Underground trains traveling over London Overground trains.
The vantage point is at West Hampstead Overground station at the end of the platform.
So it's taken a while, but I've finally found a location where you can clearly see London Underground trains traveling over London Overground trains.
The vantage point is at West Hampstead Overground station at the end of the platform.
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My attempts to combine nitrous oxide and Oxo cubes have made me a laughing stock.
October 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
My attempts to combine nitrous oxide and Oxo cubes have made me a laughing stock.
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Here's a video of the Bayeux Tapestry being carefully removed from its case and packed away. I had my heart in my mouth while watching. And yes, I do have nightmares about it crossing the channel! I had my heart in my mouth just watching this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7ys...
Extraction de la TAPISSERIE DE BAYEUX - 18 09 2025
YouTube video by Bayeux Museum
www.youtube.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Here's a video of the Bayeux Tapestry being carefully removed from its case and packed away. I had my heart in my mouth while watching. And yes, I do have nightmares about it crossing the channel! I had my heart in my mouth just watching this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7ys...
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'On Burning the Quran - An Update'
Hamit Coskun wins his 'free speech' appeal, with one or two curiosities and ironies appearing along the way.
rolandmcs.substack.com/p/on-burning...
Hamit Coskun wins his 'free speech' appeal, with one or two curiosities and ironies appearing along the way.
rolandmcs.substack.com/p/on-burning...
On Burning the Quran - an update
Hamit Coskun wins his appeal
rolandmcs.substack.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:59 AM
'On Burning the Quran - An Update'
Hamit Coskun wins his 'free speech' appeal, with one or two curiosities and ironies appearing along the way.
rolandmcs.substack.com/p/on-burning...
Hamit Coskun wins his 'free speech' appeal, with one or two curiosities and ironies appearing along the way.
rolandmcs.substack.com/p/on-burning...
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"Binnui" - the emotion you experience lying in bed as you hear the bin lorry and realise you forgot completely
October 14, 2025 at 7:47 AM
"Binnui" - the emotion you experience lying in bed as you hear the bin lorry and realise you forgot completely
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“I tried to do something amusing on Bluesky and a strange american yelled at me: the age old story.”
October 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
“I tried to do something amusing on Bluesky and a strange american yelled at me: the age old story.”
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All roundabouts are the same: you give way to the right when you join. But it wasn't always so. In February 1960 Middlesbrough was the first place to try a new priority to the right rule. The queues vanished immediately, and the new rule stuck. #middlesbrough www.roads.org.uk/articles/rou...
October 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
All roundabouts are the same: you give way to the right when you join. But it wasn't always so. In February 1960 Middlesbrough was the first place to try a new priority to the right rule. The queues vanished immediately, and the new rule stuck. #middlesbrough www.roads.org.uk/articles/rou...
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"The only correct interpretation of the bible is the one that lets me do whatever I already wanted to do and reinforces my biases"
—Assholes 3:16
—Assholes 3:16
October 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"The only correct interpretation of the bible is the one that lets me do whatever I already wanted to do and reinforces my biases"
—Assholes 3:16
—Assholes 3:16
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Samuel Pepys' diary entry for this day in 1665 recalls a stay at Mrs Clerke's house, where he left a surprise (or two) in the chimney...
September 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Samuel Pepys' diary entry for this day in 1665 recalls a stay at Mrs Clerke's house, where he left a surprise (or two) in the chimney...
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Rapture latest - Danny Kruger got left behind
Absolute scenes
Absolute scenes
September 24, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Rapture latest - Danny Kruger got left behind
Absolute scenes
Absolute scenes
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In the UK we're not used to natural forces sweeping away our roads. But in Derbyshire Mam Tor was determined to claim the A625, and eventually engineers had to concede that it couldn't be saved. Join us for a tour of the road that slid away. #castleton #mamtor www.roads.org.uk/blog/road-sl...
The road that slid away
The A625 used to cross the Peak District - then nature got involved. Now the slopes of Mam Tor are accessible only on foot.
www.roads.org.uk
September 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
In the UK we're not used to natural forces sweeping away our roads. But in Derbyshire Mam Tor was determined to claim the A625, and eventually engineers had to concede that it couldn't be saved. Join us for a tour of the road that slid away. #castleton #mamtor www.roads.org.uk/blog/road-sl...
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Bluesky isn’t perfect but at least its owner isn’t demanding violent insurrection in the UK from thousands of miles away
September 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Bluesky isn’t perfect but at least its owner isn’t demanding violent insurrection in the UK from thousands of miles away
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