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Ian Robinson
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Belfast-based writer, walker, atheist, cinema lover, hobby musician, science junkie, perpetual maths student, cricket fan, chess patzer. I post about new music a […]

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Some photos of sunny Dundonald, Belfast from earlier today.
The sun shining through some trees on the top of a hill. I’m at the bottom of the hill. A footbridge connecting the Dundonald Omniplex Omnipark complex to the Comber Greenway. With the sun behind me casting my long shadow up the footpath on the bridge. The footbridge connecting the Dundonald Omniplex Omnipark complex to the Comber Greenway. From the other end looking back towards the Ommipark. With the sun shining brightly in a mostly cloudless blue sky.
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Tree 🌳
A large tree beside the road in Dundonald, Belfast. It’s got brown orange leaves and is framed against a cloudless blue sky.
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Brrrr. It’s cold out. 🥶
The sun shining from behind some dark clouds over the trees at the end of my garden. It’s dark and cold.
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Properly toasted toast.

#toast #gratuitousfoodpost
Two slices of Brennan’s White Pan Loaf uniformly toasted to be a deep golden brown all over.
November 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Red! 🔴

#combergreenway #animalfriendlylights
The Comber Greenway walking and cycling path in Dundonald Belfast bathed in a deep red glow from the animal friendly red lights.
November 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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And for contrast, here’s just after sunset at Dundonald, Belfast today.

#sunset https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/115558918349141839
The dusk sky with an orange glow near the horizon just after sunset. With the silhouettes of mostly leafless trees in the foreground. The cloudless sky just after sunset from Dundonald in Belfast. The sky goes from dark blue at the top of the picture to orange at the horizon. Via various shades of blue in between.
November 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Sunrise this morning. Between 08:15 and 08:40 in Dundonald, Belfast.

#sunrise
A bright orange sky due to the rising sun. The sun is hidden behind some houses just after sunrise. The newly risen sun shining through some trees just above the horizon. A bright orange sky due to the rising sun. The sun is just appearing from behind some houses shortly after sunrise.
November 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Cleaned my kitchen worktops.
My black stone composite worktop in my kitchen. With the items I use all the time on it. Kettle, toaster, Apple HomePod 😊
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Emptying!

#weather #onewordweather
The rain chart from the Apple Weather app on iPhone. Showing rain bar chart above moderate for the next hour.
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Missy: “What about that guy?”

Brilliant 🤣

#comedy #youngsheldon
November 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Autumn sun filtered through trees in Stormont Grounds in Dundonald, Belfast.

#autumn #stormont
A gravel path leading up a hill in the forest section of Stormont Grounds in Belfast. The sun is shining through the trees from the top left of the picture. Bands of shadow and light from the tree trunks are visible on the path. There are lots of fallen brown leaves on the ground.
November 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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The second back cricket pitches at Stormont is also in its winter livery.

#cricket #cricketireland #stormont
A flat cricket pitches with the cricket pitches in the middle ropes off to stop people walking on them.
November 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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The main cricket pitch at Stormont has been downgraded to two rugby pitches for the winter.

If the development plans get funded and go ahead I think the rugby pitches are moving to a place behind me as I took this photo. And there will be permanent cricket […]

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The main cricket pitch at Stormont with two sets of rugby posts in place, and a lot of golden fallen leaves.
November 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Fame is a Gun by Addison Rae just came up on shuffle. Jebus, I love that song 🥰

Seek it out on your music platform of choice.

#music #addisonrea
Fame is a Gun lyrics on my TV via Apple Music on AppleTV box.
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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The October Apple Music Replay stats are out. Mine are:

Minutes listened: 3,564
Top Artist: Fionn
Top Song: The Little People Work - John Williams
Top Album: Scum. - Fionn

#music #applemusicreplay
A screenshot of the main page from my Apple Music Replay stats page. It shows the following information: Minutes listened: 3,564. Top Artist: Fionn. Top Song: The Little People Work - John Williams. Top Album: Scum. - Fionn.
November 2, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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I walked 143 kilometres during October. It should be close to 200.

#walking #hearthealth
A screenshot of a line chart from HealthExport app on iPhone showing a data point of how far I walked for each day in October. The total is 143.33 kilometres.
November 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Autumn 🍂
Two rows of large trees in the grounds of Stormont with the grass covered in a blanket of fallen leaves.
October 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Is there a website where you can report vehicles parked on the footpath?

See pic. Number plate redacted. It won’t be if I can report it.
A black Range Rover SUV parked on the footpath at Dundonald in Belfast. It’s blocking the footpath for anyone with a disability or pushing a stroller.
October 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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There’s a new game based on Foundation novels and TV show in the App Store.

#mobilegames #foundation https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/foundation-galactic-frontier/id6737595599
October 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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In Omniplex Dundonald to see #newfilmrelease One Battle After Another for #onefilmperweek

#film #onebattleafteranother
A box of pic n’ mix filled with jelly beans and strawberry bonbons.
October 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Here's what Apple Music looks like in macOS 26 with Reduce Transparency and Increase Contrast turned on. It puts lines around UI elements. I like it.

#macos26 https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/115360840243027606
A screenshot of the main window in Apple Music on a Mac running macOS 26 with Reduce Transparency and Increase Contrast enabled in the Accessibility settings. It makes UI elements sharper and better defined in my opinion
October 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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My new BlueBook* MacBook Air sofa computer.

* Name inspired by the black plastic MacBook from back in the day. Which we all colloquially called “the BlackBook”.
A midnight blue 13-inch MacBook Air with the screen lid closed, sitting on my Stressless chair footstool. The vertical blinds at my living room window are reflected in the Apple logo.
October 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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I’ve recreated the subject matter podcast lists I use in Downcast in Apple Podcasts. See pic.

I’m turning into a stock app person across the board. Some examples of changes I’ve made:

Downcast -> Apple Podcasts
Spark & HEY -> Apple Mail
OmniFocus -> Apple […]

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A screenshot from Apple Podcasts on iPhone showing the Library screen. It has a list that contains the following two standard items: Shows and Latest Episodes. Then it has five custom Stations I’ve created to group podcasts. The five are: Culture, Tech, Science, Books, and Comedy.
October 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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From my Twitter archive, when a work colleague said I was like Sheldon Cooper, and this inspired me to start watching The Big Bang Theory in 2012 ☺️

Rewatching it all at present. Still love it. And reading the book about the making of it. It's fab.

See pics.

#thebigbangtheory
A screenshot of three Tweets from January 2012. The oldest one says "Apparently Gillian Lowry thinks I'm like Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory. I'll have too Watch it now :)" The second one says: "I like Sheldon." The third one says: :Sheldon Cooper says stuff I might possible have said in the past. Maybe :)" A Tweet from my Twitter Archive from February 29th 2021. It says: "I've said so many things over the years that are quite similar to what Sheldon comes out with on the Big Bang Theory. It's remarkable."
October 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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I walked 115 kn during September. Way less than I should have. But my sore Achilles tendon is cramping my style.

#walking
A chart from Health Export app showing how many kilometres I walked per day in September 2025. The total is 115.593.
October 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM