Robin Wilde
@robinwilde.me
InDesign in the streets, Photoshop in the sheets. Creative Director at @wildebeest.design
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Robin Wilde
@robinwilde.me
· Apr 10
Robin Wilde - Freelance Graphic Design in the Pacific Northwest
Freelance graphic designer in Seattle and Vancouver
robinwilde.me
Some news! From July I'll be shifting to full-time freelancing ahead of my return to the UK next year. If you or any friends, colleagues, or nemeses have any need of creative support, including design, writing, and creative project planning, I'd love to have a chat. Portfolio here: robinwilde.me
There's a kind of structural detachment that happens at a certain level of wealth where you can't have any normal interaction with the world, you're very abstracted from the source of your wealth, and nobody wants to tell you "no", so you just get to float around reckoning stuff.
I’ve been radicalised into the view that the very rich are as a rule not just obnoxious, but also stupid and ignorant.
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
February 11, 2026 at 7:28 PM
There's a kind of structural detachment that happens at a certain level of wealth where you can't have any normal interaction with the world, you're very abstracted from the source of your wealth, and nobody wants to tell you "no", so you just get to float around reckoning stuff.
Reposted by Robin Wilde
🚨 WATCH: Jewish activists heckle Nigel Farage during the launch of Reform UK's Jewish alliance
"My grandmother fled Germany, you would deport her!"
"My grandmother fled Germany, you would deport her!"
February 10, 2026 at 6:23 PM
🚨 WATCH: Jewish activists heckle Nigel Farage during the launch of Reform UK's Jewish alliance
"My grandmother fled Germany, you would deport her!"
"My grandmother fled Germany, you would deport her!"
We've been shown, repeatedly, that Online and IRL are not separate spheres and haven't been to a meaningful degree for a very long time. Enough people who run the world don't really understand what the internet is or how it works and it's already getting people killed.
The thing that gets me is that this kind of thing isn’t limited to Will, it’s something that I think every big account goes through. I’ve had my sister send me replies asking “aren’t you worried one of these people is going to do something to you?” for very low stakes opinions. Genuinely toxic.
For the love of god, all this account does all day is harass me, accuse me of psychotic stuff, day in, day out. It’s gone on for a year or more. This stuff calling me a fed literally puts me in physical danger. Can we not ban this filth?
February 10, 2026 at 11:23 PM
We've been shown, repeatedly, that Online and IRL are not separate spheres and haven't been to a meaningful degree for a very long time. Enough people who run the world don't really understand what the internet is or how it works and it's already getting people killed.
Reposted by Robin Wilde
It occurs to me that many people don't know about the GameFan coffee incident.
In 1993, GameFan published a manic 6-page review of the game Cybermorph that was written while tripping on LSD that somebody put in the office coffee pot
The review declared that Cybermorph was the first "real" game
In 1993, GameFan published a manic 6-page review of the game Cybermorph that was written while tripping on LSD that somebody put in the office coffee pot
The review declared that Cybermorph was the first "real" game
February 9, 2026 at 6:50 AM
It occurs to me that many people don't know about the GameFan coffee incident.
In 1993, GameFan published a manic 6-page review of the game Cybermorph that was written while tripping on LSD that somebody put in the office coffee pot
The review declared that Cybermorph was the first "real" game
In 1993, GameFan published a manic 6-page review of the game Cybermorph that was written while tripping on LSD that somebody put in the office coffee pot
The review declared that Cybermorph was the first "real" game
Just learned how to crack open a sturdy combination lock I'd forgotten the code for. Took about 30 minutes which is one of those activities which is extremely satisfying while making you aware of how thin so many of our assumptions are.
February 10, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Just learned how to crack open a sturdy combination lock I'd forgotten the code for. Took about 30 minutes which is one of those activities which is extremely satisfying while making you aware of how thin so many of our assumptions are.
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Annoying that I have *so many* more weird problems with a pre-built Dell laptop than I ever did with my previous custom-builds (had to buy it quick because my old Razer one broke).
It is technically perfectly capable but get very confused and angry at things like "me closing the lid".
It is technically perfectly capable but get very confused and angry at things like "me closing the lid".
February 9, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Annoying that I have *so many* more weird problems with a pre-built Dell laptop than I ever did with my previous custom-builds (had to buy it quick because my old Razer one broke).
It is technically perfectly capable but get very confused and angry at things like "me closing the lid".
It is technically perfectly capable but get very confused and angry at things like "me closing the lid".
Sorry, professional interest more than general interest but the Reform teal does come across really sinister for venue lighting. He looks like a Doctor Who villain. Should have stuck with UKIP purple.
BREAKING: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
February 9, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Sorry, professional interest more than general interest but the Reform teal does come across really sinister for venue lighting. He looks like a Doctor Who villain. Should have stuck with UKIP purple.
Al Carns to join Kit Malthouse for "Oh Yeah, Them", a new podcast where briefly and bafflingly relevant political opponents reach out to discuss current events across the divide.
February 9, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Al Carns to join Kit Malthouse for "Oh Yeah, Them", a new podcast where briefly and bafflingly relevant political opponents reach out to discuss current events across the divide.
A fascinating "why format matters" example here. Making this the text of your post would be standard government minister boilerplate.
Posting it as a screenshot in the official font makes it look like you've been asked to carry the portrait of Lenin at the May Day Parade.
Posting it as a screenshot in the official font makes it look like you've been asked to carry the portrait of Lenin at the May Day Parade.
February 9, 2026 at 3:05 PM
A fascinating "why format matters" example here. Making this the text of your post would be standard government minister boilerplate.
Posting it as a screenshot in the official font makes it look like you've been asked to carry the portrait of Lenin at the May Day Parade.
Posting it as a screenshot in the official font makes it look like you've been asked to carry the portrait of Lenin at the May Day Parade.
Can't believe Ed Miliband is Britain's John Howard.
February 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Can't believe Ed Miliband is Britain's John Howard.
It'd be better suited to something long form but I should figure out why I kept faith in Keir Starmer as long as I did. Not a dead-ender, I've thought he has to go since the racist protests last year, but what was the flaw in my thinking that led me to not spot the failings coming down the track?
February 9, 2026 at 2:20 PM
It'd be better suited to something long form but I should figure out why I kept faith in Keir Starmer as long as I did. Not a dead-ender, I've thought he has to go since the racist protests last year, but what was the flaw in my thinking that led me to not spot the failings coming down the track?
I tell you what, one thing I'm not going to miss about living over here is the cumulative amount of sleep I've lost from Britain committing news in the middle of the night. Ever since my ex-girlfriend DM'd me at 4am to say "Liz Truss has killed the queen"
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 PM
I tell you what, one thing I'm not going to miss about living over here is the cumulative amount of sleep I've lost from Britain committing news in the middle of the night. Ever since my ex-girlfriend DM'd me at 4am to say "Liz Truss has killed the queen"
Don't think these things are unrelated! Pinballing all over the shop for 14 years as regards staff/ideology is not conducive to developing clear ideas about what to do upon entering government. Compare to the period 1983-97 where there's a relatively slow development towards what becomes New Labour.
(If No.10 and its outriders had an ounce of self-awareness, they’d be asking themselves why the government’s flaws are uncomfortably similar to the Corbyn leadership’s flaws)
February 9, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Don't think these things are unrelated! Pinballing all over the shop for 14 years as regards staff/ideology is not conducive to developing clear ideas about what to do upon entering government. Compare to the period 1983-97 where there's a relatively slow development towards what becomes New Labour.
I been booed everywhere, man
I been booed everywhere
I been booed everywhere
LOL.... i wanted to hear JD getting booed at the Olympics and when i searched for it on YouTube i got this
February 7, 2026 at 7:40 PM
I been booed everywhere, man
I been booed everywhere
I been booed everywhere
Ohhhhh my god labour finds it hard to hold together a disparate voter base? should we tell everyone? Should we throw a party?should we invite john curtice,
February 7, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Ohhhhh my god labour finds it hard to hold together a disparate voter base? should we tell everyone? Should we throw a party?should we invite john curtice,
Look some of us spur from the archaic starmen.net dialect
Blueskyese and Xian share an obvious common root as both being Twitteric languages, the difference is that after the split Xian became a hybrid Twitteric/Channer-linkedin tongue, while Blueskyese changed less overall but did pick up some tumbleric and redditor loanwords
yeah Bluesky is primarily a Tumblric language
February 7, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Look some of us spur from the archaic starmen.net dialect
At a party where our hosts have Ukrainian propaganda aimed at NK troops in the bathroom.
First reads: Surrender today, be in the South tomorrow
Second reads: Live, don't die!
First reads: Surrender today, be in the South tomorrow
Second reads: Live, don't die!
February 7, 2026 at 5:19 AM
At a party where our hosts have Ukrainian propaganda aimed at NK troops in the bathroom.
First reads: Surrender today, be in the South tomorrow
Second reads: Live, don't die!
First reads: Surrender today, be in the South tomorrow
Second reads: Live, don't die!
Funny how our exposure to extreme and shocking imagery has shot up in even as risks to people's personal safety have plummeted. Like a guy in 1907 might have seen someone get crushed at the factory, but he also wouldn't have watched HD footage of dozens of other people's violent deaths.
sometimes screenshots of rage-bait posts make me feel like we've all been taught it's normal to show each other rotting fish or a lunch someone left in a bag for several days
February 7, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Funny how our exposure to extreme and shocking imagery has shot up in even as risks to people's personal safety have plummeted. Like a guy in 1907 might have seen someone get crushed at the factory, but he also wouldn't have watched HD footage of dozens of other people's violent deaths.
Tangential but American names continue to fascinate. Not content with Leigh Wambsganss they have served up Dusty Clay. Like they take phonemes that sort of sound like names and then play with them like Lego.
guess i’m not surprised by the racism here is really low effort. (i have been getting these emails all day)
February 6, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Tangential but American names continue to fascinate. Not content with Leigh Wambsganss they have served up Dusty Clay. Like they take phonemes that sort of sound like names and then play with them like Lego.
Had a little look through the source code and this was made with an AI tool called Lovable. So committed to our fearless leader you couldn't be bothered to code it yourself, eh.
February 6, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Had a little look through the source code and this was made with an AI tool called Lovable. So committed to our fearless leader you couldn't be bothered to code it yourself, eh.
Fuck it. If you're preparing for a leadership election then get in touch and let's talk about graphics and digital communications. I'm not too bad at it, really.
February 6, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Fuck it. If you're preparing for a leadership election then get in touch and let's talk about graphics and digital communications. I'm not too bad at it, really.
I chime in with a
"Haven't you people ever heard of
Meeping the Honda's horn"
"Haven't you people ever heard of
Meeping the Honda's horn"
Was this very mid-2000s emo person press-ganged into ICE servitude?
February 6, 2026 at 7:58 AM
I chime in with a
"Haven't you people ever heard of
Meeping the Honda's horn"
"Haven't you people ever heard of
Meeping the Honda's horn"
Being very Marshall McLuhan about it, I think technological advancement feeds this tendency by making it hard to relate to our own past. The people protesting for/against civil rights as characters in old fashioned movies who didn't have Instagram, rather than your grandparents.
One thing I do have a problem with re: Gen Z/Alpha is that I think there's a certain taken for grantedness on certain social gains that allows for right-wing subversion of politically disengaged normie types and hyper-leftists alike.
February 6, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Being very Marshall McLuhan about it, I think technological advancement feeds this tendency by making it hard to relate to our own past. The people protesting for/against civil rights as characters in old fashioned movies who didn't have Instagram, rather than your grandparents.
If I had that kind of money I'd finally commission a satisfying ending to the cancelled 2007 Norfolk-based ITV drama Kingdom.
there's a firm for the ultra-rich that does, among other things, recreations of the Battle of Midway for a small private audience, and honestly fine with those guys just doing their thing.
Imagine having enough money to run whatever total war game at high resolution, or commission the greatest gaming table ever created for a warhammer game, and still being unhappy? Skill issue
February 5, 2026 at 4:37 PM
If I had that kind of money I'd finally commission a satisfying ending to the cancelled 2007 Norfolk-based ITV drama Kingdom.