Roland Bates
@rolandbates.bsky.social
"I... then say your name..."
Pinned
I, then say your name. Chuck this fucker in the bin. Loser.
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A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
Marcel Productivity
it’s also funny bc the whole point of blinkist is that it gives you an AI summary of some stupid fucking productivity book and then you pretend you read the book. which you didn’t
oh my god
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Marcel Productivity
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it’s also funny bc the whole point of blinkist is that it gives you an AI summary of some stupid fucking productivity book and then you pretend you read the book. which you didn’t
November 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
it’s also funny bc the whole point of blinkist is that it gives you an AI summary of some stupid fucking productivity book and then you pretend you read the book. which you didn’t
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And so he won! David Szalay’s Flesh takes the Booker Prize 2025
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
And so he won! David Szalay’s Flesh takes the Booker Prize 2025
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I've had people tell me they used to go to these, and I've been so envious.
Good God, someone's just uploaded to YouTube a nearly 2-hour long video of one of the original Vic Reeves Big Night Out live shows at the Albany Empire from 1989. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKPU...
Vic Reeves Big Night Out - 30 April 1989
YouTube video by Peter Brooke Turner
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I've had people tell me they used to go to these, and I've been so envious.
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Having done it for decades, mixed in with voice notes, word docs, tweets, etc, I am increasingly drawn to reading and writing principally on paper *because* it is unsurveillable & unscrapeable (without brute intrusion, which is possible but less insidious).
Yes I totally feel this! I wonder if it's something about the fact that writing by hand & reading in print are unsurveillable & not data-scrapeable; you're not participating in the data economy & therefore suspicious?
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Having done it for decades, mixed in with voice notes, word docs, tweets, etc, I am increasingly drawn to reading and writing principally on paper *because* it is unsurveillable & unscrapeable (without brute intrusion, which is possible but less insidious).
@andrewmale.bsky.social hope this has made landfall with you.
I feel as though I should be dismissive but the fact is I absolutely love this guy. He's not let go of the magic
Just what IS it about this dude
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
@andrewmale.bsky.social hope this has made landfall with you.
I feel as though I should be dismissive but the fact is I absolutely love this guy. He's not let go of the magic
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I feel as though I should be dismissive but the fact is I absolutely love this guy. He's not let go of the magic
I want to meet this bloke. Not sure we'd get on, but we could definitely polish off one of those big beef meals which they only do for two people. Chateaubriand, I think that's what I mean.
November 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I want to meet this bloke. Not sure we'd get on, but we could definitely polish off one of those big beef meals which they only do for two people. Chateaubriand, I think that's what I mean.
Just what IS it about this dude
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Just what IS it about this dude
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RIP Baudrillard you would have loved this shit
New uncanny valley unlocked: inflatable corn maze for urban fall fests.
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 AM
RIP Baudrillard you would have loved this shit
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Not here to be disappointed.
Not here to be concerned.
Here to replace them - and then take on Reform.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Not here to be concerned.
Here to replace them - and then take on Reform.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Not here to be disappointed.
Not here to be concerned.
Here to replace them - and then take on Reform.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Not here to be concerned.
Here to replace them - and then take on Reform.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Trevor, sort your fucking tie out. Wind it in. Pillock
Cheers!
We don't have to agree on absolutely everything.
But want lower bills? Think billionaires should pay more tax?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
We don't have to agree on absolutely everything.
But want lower bills? Think billionaires should pay more tax?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Trevor, sort your fucking tie out. Wind it in. Pillock
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NFL crowd boos Trump after he appeared on the giant stadium screen
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
NFL crowd boos Trump after he appeared on the giant stadium screen
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Just had a run-in with cleaning robot
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Just had a run-in with cleaning robot
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Trump just got massively booed and flipped off by the crowd at the Commanders game.
(Video: Marisa Schultz)
(Video: Marisa Schultz)
November 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Trump just got massively booed and flipped off by the crowd at the Commanders game.
(Video: Marisa Schultz)
(Video: Marisa Schultz)
"I... and say your name..."
So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
November 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
"I... and say your name..."
"I... and say your name..." is truly the calling card of an utterly lost individual.
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
"I... and say your name..." is truly the calling card of an utterly lost individual.
I, then say your name. Chuck this fucker in the bin. Loser.
November 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I, then say your name. Chuck this fucker in the bin. Loser.
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Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
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There‘s only one person who can be Director General of the BBC
a man in a suit and tie with ahhaaa written on the screen
ALT: a man in a suit and tie with ahhaaa written on the screen
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
There‘s only one person who can be Director General of the BBC
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Today is Décadi the 20th of Brumaire in the year 234.
Brumaire is the month of mist.
Today we celebrate the harrow.#JacobinDay
More information on the harrow
Brumaire is the month of mist.
Today we celebrate the harrow.#JacobinDay
More information on the harrow
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Today is Décadi the 20th of Brumaire in the year 234.
Brumaire is the month of mist.
Today we celebrate the harrow.#JacobinDay
More information on the harrow
Brumaire is the month of mist.
Today we celebrate the harrow.#JacobinDay
More information on the harrow
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Zohran says: it’s my way or the Guermantes way
November 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Zohran says: it’s my way or the Guermantes way
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The irony meter just broke.
The BBC isn't perfect, but it's one of the few things standing between our British values and a Trump-style takeover of our politics.
The BBC isn't perfect, but it's one of the few things standing between our British values and a Trump-style takeover of our politics.
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The irony meter just broke.
The BBC isn't perfect, but it's one of the few things standing between our British values and a Trump-style takeover of our politics.
The BBC isn't perfect, but it's one of the few things standing between our British values and a Trump-style takeover of our politics.
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I learned Roman numerals from TV credits.
November 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I learned Roman numerals from TV credits.