David Roberts
@lekeg.bsky.social
@kermodeandmayo.bsky.social the last two podcasts have not been able to be accessed via Pocket Casts, it won't stream or download at all.....or is this just affecting me?
October 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
@kermodeandmayo.bsky.social the last two podcasts have not been able to be accessed via Pocket Casts, it won't stream or download at all.....or is this just affecting me?
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This Mark Hughes winner in the Cup Winners Cup for Manchester United vs Barca is 34 years old today.
Just as Brian Moore thinks he’s fluffed it, Hughes leathers it from a ridiculous angle. And doesn’t even look up.
Tremendous technique.
Just as Brian Moore thinks he’s fluffed it, Hughes leathers it from a ridiculous angle. And doesn’t even look up.
Tremendous technique.
May 15, 2025 at 6:28 AM
This Mark Hughes winner in the Cup Winners Cup for Manchester United vs Barca is 34 years old today.
Just as Brian Moore thinks he’s fluffed it, Hughes leathers it from a ridiculous angle. And doesn’t even look up.
Tremendous technique.
Just as Brian Moore thinks he’s fluffed it, Hughes leathers it from a ridiculous angle. And doesn’t even look up.
Tremendous technique.
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Last month I did a little experiment.
I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
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I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
[Thread]
March 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Last month I did a little experiment.
I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
[Thread]
I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
[Thread]
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
2
CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
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CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
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BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
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HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
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HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
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HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
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HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreibw4ldc3fhslbvxgy2oqrof2oys5kpgh7zu6a5f3usmx3lf4547qm@jpeg)
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This is infuriating. If the government want an easy win for growth and to support pubs, they should change the licensing laws to make noise complaints much harder.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/noise-compla...
www.the-londoner.co.uk/noise-compla...
Noise complaints are killing London’s pubs
We mapped the dozens of pubs forced to shut early or that faced closure last year due to everything from “faint giggles” to “constant honking” from cars.
www.the-londoner.co.uk
February 1, 2025 at 8:37 AM
This is infuriating. If the government want an easy win for growth and to support pubs, they should change the licensing laws to make noise complaints much harder.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/noise-compla...
www.the-londoner.co.uk/noise-compla...
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Every time a Trump supporter opens their mouth post this.
January 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Every time a Trump supporter opens their mouth post this.
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1 YEAR OF 20MPH
There were around 100 fewer people killed / seriously injured on 20/30mph roads.
Casualties from July-Sept was the lowest Q3 figures in Wales since records began.
Over the year the number of casualties on 20/30mph roads is 28% lower than the year before.
Good policy making.
There were around 100 fewer people killed / seriously injured on 20/30mph roads.
Casualties from July-Sept was the lowest Q3 figures in Wales since records began.
Over the year the number of casualties on 20/30mph roads is 28% lower than the year before.
Good policy making.
January 30, 2025 at 10:10 AM
1 YEAR OF 20MPH
There were around 100 fewer people killed / seriously injured on 20/30mph roads.
Casualties from July-Sept was the lowest Q3 figures in Wales since records began.
Over the year the number of casualties on 20/30mph roads is 28% lower than the year before.
Good policy making.
There were around 100 fewer people killed / seriously injured on 20/30mph roads.
Casualties from July-Sept was the lowest Q3 figures in Wales since records began.
Over the year the number of casualties on 20/30mph roads is 28% lower than the year before.
Good policy making.
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2020s Dads: An empty plastic bottle? I'll put it in the recycling.
1980s Dads: An empty plastic bottle? Better fill it with something pop-coloured but poisonous and keep it in the shed.
1980s Dads: An empty plastic bottle? Better fill it with something pop-coloured but poisonous and keep it in the shed.
January 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
2020s Dads: An empty plastic bottle? I'll put it in the recycling.
1980s Dads: An empty plastic bottle? Better fill it with something pop-coloured but poisonous and keep it in the shed.
1980s Dads: An empty plastic bottle? Better fill it with something pop-coloured but poisonous and keep it in the shed.
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Jimmy Greaves on Eric Cantona’s infamous kung-fu kick incident, 30 years ago today…
January 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Jimmy Greaves on Eric Cantona’s infamous kung-fu kick incident, 30 years ago today…
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Only ever use Twitter for sports updates I can't get on Bluesky, just clicked on 'For You' and saw this...... just pure propaganda so glad I moved away from it l
January 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Only ever use Twitter for sports updates I can't get on Bluesky, just clicked on 'For You' and saw this...... just pure propaganda so glad I moved away from it l
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I think we need some kind of consensus about the phrase "Once-in-a-generation storm" because I've lived through four.
January 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I think we need some kind of consensus about the phrase "Once-in-a-generation storm" because I've lived through four.
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For all of those who have posted my cartoon with my signature cut off, here is the original.
January 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
For all of those who have posted my cartoon with my signature cut off, here is the original.
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Me: Can remember my very first landline phone number, the name of every form teacher I had from infant to secondary school and all the words to most 90s hit songs.
Also me: What the hell did I just walk into this room for?
Also me: What the hell did I just walk into this room for?
January 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Me: Can remember my very first landline phone number, the name of every form teacher I had from infant to secondary school and all the words to most 90s hit songs.
Also me: What the hell did I just walk into this room for?
Also me: What the hell did I just walk into this room for?
@rhodri.biz this was us last year at my in-laws in Sussex two adults and two children 7 and 11 on a bunk bed....we were happy to give up our usual double bed for my heavily pregnant sister in law. #duvetknowitschristmas
December 24, 2024 at 8:06 PM
@rhodri.biz this was us last year at my in-laws in Sussex two adults and two children 7 and 11 on a bunk bed....we were happy to give up our usual double bed for my heavily pregnant sister in law. #duvetknowitschristmas
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And finally… THE CHRISTMASES OF MR CHARLES DICKENS!
Me again (sorry), plus the brilliant Mike Wozniak, and Dickens expert Dr Emily Bell… once again it’s a lovely ep of BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Me again (sorry), plus the brilliant Mike Wozniak, and Dickens expert Dr Emily Bell… once again it’s a lovely ep of BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
You're Dead to Me - Christmas with Charles Dickens - BBC Sounds
Join Greg Jenner and discover what Christmas was like with Charles Dickens.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 13, 2024 at 11:48 PM
And finally… THE CHRISTMASES OF MR CHARLES DICKENS!
Me again (sorry), plus the brilliant Mike Wozniak, and Dickens expert Dr Emily Bell… once again it’s a lovely ep of BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Me again (sorry), plus the brilliant Mike Wozniak, and Dickens expert Dr Emily Bell… once again it’s a lovely ep of BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Going to rename my home WiFi network Dave, just so that when I connect to it I can say “Hello, Dave, you’re my WiFi now”
December 13, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Going to rename my home WiFi network Dave, just so that when I connect to it I can say “Hello, Dave, you’re my WiFi now”
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My favourite insult
November 28, 2024 at 7:26 AM
My favourite insult
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The most stressed out I've ever been about Christmas was when I was 16 and I got my first ever job, working at M&S in Dundrum. As soon as I started I kept hearing these myths about the Christmas Eve Waste Sale, where all the food that wasn't sold on the 24th was marked down 90%.
November 27, 2023 at 1:17 PM
The most stressed out I've ever been about Christmas was when I was 16 and I got my first ever job, working at M&S in Dundrum. As soon as I started I kept hearing these myths about the Christmas Eve Waste Sale, where all the food that wasn't sold on the 24th was marked down 90%.
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Hate it when someone finds themselves between, say, two people called Greg, and they describe it as a "Greg sandwich". If you're in the middle then it's a YOU sandwich, on Greg bread. You idiot. You fucking moron.
November 19, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Hate it when someone finds themselves between, say, two people called Greg, and they describe it as a "Greg sandwich". If you're in the middle then it's a YOU sandwich, on Greg bread. You idiot. You fucking moron.
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British people welcoming their mates to Bluesky
November 14, 2024 at 11:19 PM
British people welcoming their mates to Bluesky
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"Evidence-based policy does work, but you have to own it, explain it and stay the course." - sensible advice to governments of all stripes from @willhaycardiff.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wales’s 20mph speed limit saves lives and money. So why has it become a culture-war battlefield? | Will Hayward
In a world of online outrage, evidence is no longer enough – for a policy to work, politicians must explain it and stick by it, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2024 at 6:09 PM
"Evidence-based policy does work, but you have to own it, explain it and stay the course." - sensible advice to governments of all stripes from @willhaycardiff.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...