Rob Spalding
@robspalding.bsky.social
You may know me.
If not, hello!
Down to 4 dogs.
Still 1 disabled other half
1 continuing chronic illness
8000 unwritten story ideas - but also many written Ghost Stories
https://aghoststoryaweek.news.blog/the-stories/
If not, hello!
Down to 4 dogs.
Still 1 disabled other half
1 continuing chronic illness
8000 unwritten story ideas - but also many written Ghost Stories
https://aghoststoryaweek.news.blog/the-stories/
Reposted by Rob Spalding
My daughter Ella is raising £500 for Thornton Rose RDA. Help her provide life-changing therapy for riders with disabilities. Every bit helps!
Please consider donating, and if you can't, please share the fundraiser wherever you can.
gofund.me/47b5dd50c
Please consider donating, and if you can't, please share the fundraiser wherever you can.
gofund.me/47b5dd50c
Donate to Help Our Riders Soar at Thornton Rose RDA, organized by Ella McLeod
Today, we're reaching out to our wider community to help us raise £500 as a tru… Ella McLeod needs your support for Help Our Riders Soar at Thornton Rose RDA
gofund.me
October 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
My daughter Ella is raising £500 for Thornton Rose RDA. Help her provide life-changing therapy for riders with disabilities. Every bit helps!
Please consider donating, and if you can't, please share the fundraiser wherever you can.
gofund.me/47b5dd50c
Please consider donating, and if you can't, please share the fundraiser wherever you can.
gofund.me/47b5dd50c
If anyone has a reasonable explanation for why I have the Gummi Bears theme tune playing on repeat in my head, I'd love to hear it.
And no, I haven't heard it or watched the show recently.
And no, I haven't heard it or watched the show recently.
October 25, 2025 at 11:17 AM
If anyone has a reasonable explanation for why I have the Gummi Bears theme tune playing on repeat in my head, I'd love to hear it.
And no, I haven't heard it or watched the show recently.
And no, I haven't heard it or watched the show recently.
It has arrived.
Now all I need to do is find players.
Or convince my D&D group to try it at some point.
#daggerheart
#ttrpg
Now all I need to do is find players.
Or convince my D&D group to try it at some point.
#daggerheart
#ttrpg
August 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
It has arrived.
Now all I need to do is find players.
Or convince my D&D group to try it at some point.
#daggerheart
#ttrpg
Now all I need to do is find players.
Or convince my D&D group to try it at some point.
#daggerheart
#ttrpg
All other exorcism scenes are now redundant after the latest Dandadan episode.
August 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
All other exorcism scenes are now redundant after the latest Dandadan episode.
I hear the roar of jets flying past.
Must be Goodwood weekend.
Must be Goodwood weekend.
July 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I hear the roar of jets flying past.
Must be Goodwood weekend.
Must be Goodwood weekend.
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Oh no! Has someone stolen all your hard work so they can set up in competition to you? How terrible. www.wired.com/story/openai...
OpenAI Leadership Responds to Meta Offers: ‘Someone Has Broken Into Our Home’
As Mark Zuckerberg lures away top research talent to Meta, OpenAI executives say they're “recalibrating comp,” according to an internal memo.
www.wired.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Oh no! Has someone stolen all your hard work so they can set up in competition to you? How terrible. www.wired.com/story/openai...
I have been working my way through SEAL Team, because sometimes you just need DadTV
I've just reached the part where they moved from broadcast to streaming and immediately they are revelling in the ability to finally swear like military
Kinda amusing that past dialogue is now quaint in retrospect
I've just reached the part where they moved from broadcast to streaming and immediately they are revelling in the ability to finally swear like military
Kinda amusing that past dialogue is now quaint in retrospect
May 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I have been working my way through SEAL Team, because sometimes you just need DadTV
I've just reached the part where they moved from broadcast to streaming and immediately they are revelling in the ability to finally swear like military
Kinda amusing that past dialogue is now quaint in retrospect
I've just reached the part where they moved from broadcast to streaming and immediately they are revelling in the ability to finally swear like military
Kinda amusing that past dialogue is now quaint in retrospect
I'm going to have so much fun with this
April 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I'm going to have so much fun with this
As the final patch drops, and the world moves on - the hype dies down, the cast move on to new projects...
I finally am able to buy Baldur's Gate 3
Because nothing kills a trend or hype like me finally being able to join in.
I finally am able to buy Baldur's Gate 3
Because nothing kills a trend or hype like me finally being able to join in.
April 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
As the final patch drops, and the world moves on - the hype dies down, the cast move on to new projects...
I finally am able to buy Baldur's Gate 3
Because nothing kills a trend or hype like me finally being able to join in.
I finally am able to buy Baldur's Gate 3
Because nothing kills a trend or hype like me finally being able to join in.
I've just watched the Game Changer episode The Official Cast Recording.
That might be one of my favourite things I've ever seen. Absolutely glorious.
That might be one of my favourite things I've ever seen. Absolutely glorious.
March 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I've just watched the Game Changer episode The Official Cast Recording.
That might be one of my favourite things I've ever seen. Absolutely glorious.
That might be one of my favourite things I've ever seen. Absolutely glorious.
vm.tiktok.com/ZNd8BRP4q/
Because sometimes you just need a man in a yellow jacket, wearing sunglasses indoors, dancing to a pop tune while spoon feeding a pig, who is also in sunglasses, oats.
Because sometimes you just need a man in a yellow jacket, wearing sunglasses indoors, dancing to a pop tune while spoon feeding a pig, who is also in sunglasses, oats.
TikTok - Make Your Day
vm.tiktok.com
March 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
vm.tiktok.com/ZNd8BRP4q/
Because sometimes you just need a man in a yellow jacket, wearing sunglasses indoors, dancing to a pop tune while spoon feeding a pig, who is also in sunglasses, oats.
Because sometimes you just need a man in a yellow jacket, wearing sunglasses indoors, dancing to a pop tune while spoon feeding a pig, who is also in sunglasses, oats.
I'm disappointed in all of you, including my lecturers from University over 20 years ago.
How come none of you told me there WAS in fact a movie version of the Odyssey, made in 1954, starring Kirk Douglas?
Just because it's called Ulysses doesn't let any of you off.
How come none of you told me there WAS in fact a movie version of the Odyssey, made in 1954, starring Kirk Douglas?
Just because it's called Ulysses doesn't let any of you off.
February 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I'm disappointed in all of you, including my lecturers from University over 20 years ago.
How come none of you told me there WAS in fact a movie version of the Odyssey, made in 1954, starring Kirk Douglas?
Just because it's called Ulysses doesn't let any of you off.
How come none of you told me there WAS in fact a movie version of the Odyssey, made in 1954, starring Kirk Douglas?
Just because it's called Ulysses doesn't let any of you off.
Reposted by Rob Spalding
A NEW SEMESTER BEGINS 📚 🖋️
We're thrilled to reveal the gorgeous cover of THESE DREAMING SPIRES, edited by @marieoregan.bsky.social & @paulkane.bsky.social! Featuring 12 new dark academia short stories from masters of the genre.
We'll see you on the first day of term, September 2nd, 2025.
We're thrilled to reveal the gorgeous cover of THESE DREAMING SPIRES, edited by @marieoregan.bsky.social & @paulkane.bsky.social! Featuring 12 new dark academia short stories from masters of the genre.
We'll see you on the first day of term, September 2nd, 2025.
January 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A NEW SEMESTER BEGINS 📚 🖋️
We're thrilled to reveal the gorgeous cover of THESE DREAMING SPIRES, edited by @marieoregan.bsky.social & @paulkane.bsky.social! Featuring 12 new dark academia short stories from masters of the genre.
We'll see you on the first day of term, September 2nd, 2025.
We're thrilled to reveal the gorgeous cover of THESE DREAMING SPIRES, edited by @marieoregan.bsky.social & @paulkane.bsky.social! Featuring 12 new dark academia short stories from masters of the genre.
We'll see you on the first day of term, September 2nd, 2025.
My back teeth were floating
And I did need to pee
When I lifted up the toilet lid
What did I see?
A little brown turdle head
Staring up at me.
With added flush and bog roll push
I sent him out to sea.
With a wistful wave I cried out loud
“Go big lad, be free.”
And I did need to pee
When I lifted up the toilet lid
What did I see?
A little brown turdle head
Staring up at me.
With added flush and bog roll push
I sent him out to sea.
With a wistful wave I cried out loud
“Go big lad, be free.”
January 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
My back teeth were floating
And I did need to pee
When I lifted up the toilet lid
What did I see?
A little brown turdle head
Staring up at me.
With added flush and bog roll push
I sent him out to sea.
With a wistful wave I cried out loud
“Go big lad, be free.”
And I did need to pee
When I lifted up the toilet lid
What did I see?
A little brown turdle head
Staring up at me.
With added flush and bog roll push
I sent him out to sea.
With a wistful wave I cried out loud
“Go big lad, be free.”
Had a few quid left from Christmas as an Amazon voucher - could not think what to spend it on as not really enough for anything I wanted
So I randomly bought the live DVD of a band I'd never heard of.
And they rock.
Blues Pills - Lady in Gold.
Bluesy rock, right up my alley.
I won this time
So I randomly bought the live DVD of a band I'd never heard of.
And they rock.
Blues Pills - Lady in Gold.
Bluesy rock, right up my alley.
I won this time
January 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Had a few quid left from Christmas as an Amazon voucher - could not think what to spend it on as not really enough for anything I wanted
So I randomly bought the live DVD of a band I'd never heard of.
And they rock.
Blues Pills - Lady in Gold.
Bluesy rock, right up my alley.
I won this time
So I randomly bought the live DVD of a band I'd never heard of.
And they rock.
Blues Pills - Lady in Gold.
Bluesy rock, right up my alley.
I won this time
I think Licence to Kill has my favourite visual throwaway gag in all of Bond.
It's when he's escorted by heaviest to Hemingway House and we see a figure watching him, letting a cat walk away.
The whole build up to "Wait, is it Blofeld?" And then, no, it's M.
A small thing but I love it.
It's when he's escorted by heaviest to Hemingway House and we see a figure watching him, letting a cat walk away.
The whole build up to "Wait, is it Blofeld?" And then, no, it's M.
A small thing but I love it.
January 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I think Licence to Kill has my favourite visual throwaway gag in all of Bond.
It's when he's escorted by heaviest to Hemingway House and we see a figure watching him, letting a cat walk away.
The whole build up to "Wait, is it Blofeld?" And then, no, it's M.
A small thing but I love it.
It's when he's escorted by heaviest to Hemingway House and we see a figure watching him, letting a cat walk away.
The whole build up to "Wait, is it Blofeld?" And then, no, it's M.
A small thing but I love it.
Reposted by Rob Spalding
I have thoughts…
I suspect this is because the “murder mystery” format as developed in Victorian fiction is an attempt to impose rational order on chaos, and so creates the illusion that someone is in control, that someone will fix this mess, even if everything except the murder mystery is batshit. It’s reassurance.
David Lynch knew the essential secret of storytelling: you can do whatever the fuck you want as long as you’re also trying to solve a murder
January 22, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I have thoughts…
Reposted by Rob Spalding
The Full Lid - 17th January 2025 - Happy Friday!We're solving the case with #luther, our interstitials are from the Straight 8 movie contest, our featured boost is the heroic work of the Pasadena Humane Scoeity and Mabel Pines of #gravityfalls plays us into the weekend. mailchi.mp/59df8dc97add...
January 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The Full Lid - 17th January 2025 - Happy Friday!We're solving the case with #luther, our interstitials are from the Straight 8 movie contest, our featured boost is the heroic work of the Pasadena Humane Scoeity and Mabel Pines of #gravityfalls plays us into the weekend. mailchi.mp/59df8dc97add...
I have so many ideas for things that could maybe get me out of my shitty situation in life.
But I don’t know which one will do it, and I’m so worried that I’ll choose wrong that I’m doing none of them instead.
There’s got to be a word for too many options paralysis.
It’s probably German.
But I don’t know which one will do it, and I’m so worried that I’ll choose wrong that I’m doing none of them instead.
There’s got to be a word for too many options paralysis.
It’s probably German.
January 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I have so many ideas for things that could maybe get me out of my shitty situation in life.
But I don’t know which one will do it, and I’m so worried that I’ll choose wrong that I’m doing none of them instead.
There’s got to be a word for too many options paralysis.
It’s probably German.
But I don’t know which one will do it, and I’m so worried that I’ll choose wrong that I’m doing none of them instead.
There’s got to be a word for too many options paralysis.
It’s probably German.
So, Sakamoto Days is finally out on Netflix.
There's been a wave of manga readers bemoaning the animation before it came out, but honestly, it's a solid action anime so far.
Their expectations for absolute top tier animation are going to ruin a fun adaptation for themselves.
Go watch it, it's fun
There's been a wave of manga readers bemoaning the animation before it came out, but honestly, it's a solid action anime so far.
Their expectations for absolute top tier animation are going to ruin a fun adaptation for themselves.
Go watch it, it's fun
January 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
So, Sakamoto Days is finally out on Netflix.
There's been a wave of manga readers bemoaning the animation before it came out, but honestly, it's a solid action anime so far.
Their expectations for absolute top tier animation are going to ruin a fun adaptation for themselves.
Go watch it, it's fun
There's been a wave of manga readers bemoaning the animation before it came out, but honestly, it's a solid action anime so far.
Their expectations for absolute top tier animation are going to ruin a fun adaptation for themselves.
Go watch it, it's fun
Memphis Belle
One of my favourites films btw.
I guess that means that shit is going to get rough, but my crew and I will hit the target and get home.
I can take that.
One of my favourites films btw.
I guess that means that shit is going to get rough, but my crew and I will hit the target and get home.
I can take that.
Back to the Future for me. Lol. Surely true but not very helpful.
January 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Memphis Belle
One of my favourites films btw.
I guess that means that shit is going to get rough, but my crew and I will hit the target and get home.
I can take that.
One of my favourites films btw.
I guess that means that shit is going to get rough, but my crew and I will hit the target and get home.
I can take that.
Bwahahahahahahahaha
Actual tears.
The Face Eating Leopards will need to go on a diet very soon.
BBC News - Musk says Farage 'doesn't have what it takes' to be Reform UK leader
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Actual tears.
The Face Eating Leopards will need to go on a diet very soon.
BBC News - Musk says Farage 'doesn't have what it takes' to be Reform UK leader
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Elon Musk calls for Nigel Farage to be replaced as Reform UK leader
The billionaire has been rumoured to be considering a multi-million pound donation to Reform UK.
www.bbc.com
January 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Bwahahahahahahahaha
Actual tears.
The Face Eating Leopards will need to go on a diet very soon.
BBC News - Musk says Farage 'doesn't have what it takes' to be Reform UK leader
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Actual tears.
The Face Eating Leopards will need to go on a diet very soon.
BBC News - Musk says Farage 'doesn't have what it takes' to be Reform UK leader
www.bbc.com/news/article...
It's 90 minutes into Triangle of Sadness and it just made me half smile for the first time.
This is supposed to be a black comedy.
So far, it's dull, repetitive and boring.
This is supposed to be a black comedy.
So far, it's dull, repetitive and boring.
January 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It's 90 minutes into Triangle of Sadness and it just made me half smile for the first time.
This is supposed to be a black comedy.
So far, it's dull, repetitive and boring.
This is supposed to be a black comedy.
So far, it's dull, repetitive and boring.