RLRobertson
@roroblue.bsky.social
A Mental Health First Aider, supporter of the Arts, and video games appreciator. A lover of starry nights and the Sun,☀️ She/Her.
Profile picture credits: Mink Mingle@Unsplash ~ "Seashore under clear blue sky during daytime."
Profile picture credits: Mink Mingle@Unsplash ~ "Seashore under clear blue sky during daytime."
This website is about W. Joseph Campbell's 1995 book that was published in 2015. The book explores how pivotal the year of 1995 was in the United States, through the technical, political, and legal fields.
#1990s #1995 #InternetHistory
#1990s #1995 #InternetHistory
FAQs about 1995
Q: So why is the year 1995 book-worthy? It was a decisive year, a year defined by watershed moments in new media, domestic terrorism, crime and justice, international diplomacy, and political scand…
1995blog.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:50 PM
This website is about W. Joseph Campbell's 1995 book that was published in 2015. The book explores how pivotal the year of 1995 was in the United States, through the technical, political, and legal fields.
#1990s #1995 #InternetHistory
#1990s #1995 #InternetHistory
Reposted by RLRobertson
In one of the final speeches of his life, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called for America to muster the political will to end poverty.
January 20, 2026 at 5:29 PM
In one of the final speeches of his life, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called for America to muster the political will to end poverty.
Reposted by RLRobertson
Find out how Dr Emma Anderson's research is improving vaccine conversations between doctors and parents in Azerbaijan. She's now working with the WHO to create online training to reach health workers across many countries.
@emma-anderson.bsky.social #vaccines
Read about it: tinyurl.com/3r5b8c9v
@emma-anderson.bsky.social #vaccines
Read about it: tinyurl.com/3r5b8c9v
September 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Find out how Dr Emma Anderson's research is improving vaccine conversations between doctors and parents in Azerbaijan. She's now working with the WHO to create online training to reach health workers across many countries.
@emma-anderson.bsky.social #vaccines
Read about it: tinyurl.com/3r5b8c9v
@emma-anderson.bsky.social #vaccines
Read about it: tinyurl.com/3r5b8c9v
Reposted by RLRobertson
Gemma Correll, British cartoonist who currently lives and works in California #WomensArt #Backtowork
January 6, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Gemma Correll, British cartoonist who currently lives and works in California #WomensArt #Backtowork
Reposted by RLRobertson
Fish Rock (1993) rock carvings designed and created by #Greenlandic artist Aka Høegh #womensart
January 7, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Fish Rock (1993) rock carvings designed and created by #Greenlandic artist Aka Høegh #womensart
Reposted by RLRobertson
'A Railway Nocturn IV' by contemporary Polish painter Marta Zamarska #WomensArt
January 7, 2026 at 5:55 PM
'A Railway Nocturn IV' by contemporary Polish painter Marta Zamarska #WomensArt
Reposted by RLRobertson
The work of multitalented English embroidery designer May Morris (1862-1938). She was crucial to the Arts and Crafts Movement, elevating embroidery to a fine art, challenging its perception as low value 'women's work', while also supporting fellow female artists #WomensArt
January 8, 2026 at 4:30 AM
The work of multitalented English embroidery designer May Morris (1862-1938). She was crucial to the Arts and Crafts Movement, elevating embroidery to a fine art, challenging its perception as low value 'women's work', while also supporting fellow female artists #WomensArt
Reposted by RLRobertson
Japanese artist Narumi Takada's 2021 textile piece, "Stepping on Fresh Snow" with snow created using punch needle and straight/satin stitches for the boot and paw prints #Womensart
January 8, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Japanese artist Narumi Takada's 2021 textile piece, "Stepping on Fresh Snow" with snow created using punch needle and straight/satin stitches for the boot and paw prints #Womensart
Reposted by RLRobertson
Reflecting on her 30-year career as a teacher, lecturer, radio presenter and playwright, an Afghan woman tells a story of joy amidst upheaval. As a new generation of Afghan girls confronts repression with grit and determination, she remains hopeful for the future @untold-narratives.bsky.social
I am witness to the strength of working women in Afghanistan | Aeon Essays
I am banned from working now, but as I look back on my long, challenging career in Afghanistan I feel hope for the future
buff.ly
December 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Reflecting on her 30-year career as a teacher, lecturer, radio presenter and playwright, an Afghan woman tells a story of joy amidst upheaval. As a new generation of Afghan girls confronts repression with grit and determination, she remains hopeful for the future @untold-narratives.bsky.social
Reposted by RLRobertson
My article on aeonophiles (ultra-long lived organisms) came out in Aeon Magazine today!
The discovery of organisms that have been alive for many thousands of years requires a revolution in how we understand life. An Essay by @karenlloyd.bsky.social
The discovery of aeonophiles expands our definition of life | Aeon Essays
The discovery of organisms that have been alive for many thousands of years requires a revolution in how we understand life
aeon.co
December 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
My article on aeonophiles (ultra-long lived organisms) came out in Aeon Magazine today!
Reposted by RLRobertson
For Mandeville, humankind has a bottomless need to be liked: it is this perennial craving that forms the foundation of society. An Essay by Andrea Branchi
The hidden role of pride and shame in the human hive | Aeon Essays
For Mandeville, humankind has a bottomless need to be liked: it is this perennial craving that forms the foundation of society
aeon.co
December 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
For Mandeville, humankind has a bottomless need to be liked: it is this perennial craving that forms the foundation of society. An Essay by Andrea Branchi
Reposted by RLRobertson
Providing a glimpse into the microscopic worlds within us, this animation illustrates a fascinating process in which specialised proteins repair damaged DNA by using an intact copy as a template
Groundbreaking visuals capture how our bodies repair damaged DNA | Aeon Videos
A dazzling visualisation of how the body’s specialised proteins repair damaged DNA by using an intact copy as a template
buff.ly
January 8, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Providing a glimpse into the microscopic worlds within us, this animation illustrates a fascinating process in which specialised proteins repair damaged DNA by using an intact copy as a template
Reposted by RLRobertson
Acre Books is reading queries and submissions for #poetry manuscripts during the month of January. To learn more, visit acre-books.com/submissions/. 📚🖊️ #booksky
January 1, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Acre Books is reading queries and submissions for #poetry manuscripts during the month of January. To learn more, visit acre-books.com/submissions/. 📚🖊️ #booksky
Reposted by RLRobertson
📢 We’re Hiring! Programmes and Website Administrator (Fixed Term, 12 Months)
📌 Location: Hybrid — London/Leeds + home working
🗓️ Apply by: Monday 12 January 2026, 11.59pm
💻 Interviews: W/C 19 January 2026
👉 View full job description here: poetryschool.com/ope...
📌 Location: Hybrid — London/Leeds + home working
🗓️ Apply by: Monday 12 January 2026, 11.59pm
💻 Interviews: W/C 19 January 2026
👉 View full job description here: poetryschool.com/ope...
December 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
📢 We’re Hiring! Programmes and Website Administrator (Fixed Term, 12 Months)
📌 Location: Hybrid — London/Leeds + home working
🗓️ Apply by: Monday 12 January 2026, 11.59pm
💻 Interviews: W/C 19 January 2026
👉 View full job description here: poetryschool.com/ope...
📌 Location: Hybrid — London/Leeds + home working
🗓️ Apply by: Monday 12 January 2026, 11.59pm
💻 Interviews: W/C 19 January 2026
👉 View full job description here: poetryschool.com/ope...
Reposted by RLRobertson
🕰️ With the year coming to an end, we asked a selection of our contributors to give us their favourite poetry books and pamphlets of 2025.
Next is Ellen McAteer's pick: Guaracara by Fawzia Muradali Kane (Carcanet). Thank you, Ellen!
Next is Ellen McAteer's pick: Guaracara by Fawzia Muradali Kane (Carcanet). Thank you, Ellen!
December 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
🕰️ With the year coming to an end, we asked a selection of our contributors to give us their favourite poetry books and pamphlets of 2025.
Next is Ellen McAteer's pick: Guaracara by Fawzia Muradali Kane (Carcanet). Thank you, Ellen!
Next is Ellen McAteer's pick: Guaracara by Fawzia Muradali Kane (Carcanet). Thank you, Ellen!
Reposted by RLRobertson
🕰️ With the year coming to an end, we asked a selection of our contributors to give us their favourite poetry books and pamphlets of 2025.
Next is Pascale Petit's pick: That Broke into Shining Crystals by Richard Scott (Faber). Thank you, Pascale!
Next is Pascale Petit's pick: That Broke into Shining Crystals by Richard Scott (Faber). Thank you, Pascale!
December 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🕰️ With the year coming to an end, we asked a selection of our contributors to give us their favourite poetry books and pamphlets of 2025.
Next is Pascale Petit's pick: That Broke into Shining Crystals by Richard Scott (Faber). Thank you, Pascale!
Next is Pascale Petit's pick: That Broke into Shining Crystals by Richard Scott (Faber). Thank you, Pascale!
Reposted by RLRobertson
Readings for all 100 poems from The Wild Sonnets: Volume VIII (701-800) are now in a playlist on YouTube. This effort took eight weeks, but I am proud of the book itself, and to have given it voice in the digital videosphere. Here's the link: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
October 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Readings for all 100 poems from The Wild Sonnets: Volume VIII (701-800) are now in a playlist on YouTube. This effort took eight weeks, but I am proud of the book itself, and to have given it voice in the digital videosphere. Here's the link: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Reposted by RLRobertson
Hana Maria Aboian and Daniil Veselukhin reflect on winning the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Nagoya, Japan, last week.
Aboian and Veselukhin Striving For Meaningful Performances - U.S. Figure Skating
When Hana Maria Aboian and Daniil Veselukhin step out at the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final this week, they'll be marking just two years into their
usfigureskating.org
December 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Hana Maria Aboian and Daniil Veselukhin reflect on winning the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Nagoya, Japan, last week.
Reposted by RLRobertson
💙💛
Bronze medalists Iryna Pidgaina and Artem Koval of Ukraine pose after the victory ceremony for the Junior Ice Dance during the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Nagoya at IG Arena on December 7, 2025 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Bronze medalists Iryna Pidgaina and Artem Koval of Ukraine pose after the victory ceremony for the Junior Ice Dance during the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Nagoya at IG Arena on December 7, 2025 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
December 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
💙💛
Bronze medalists Iryna Pidgaina and Artem Koval of Ukraine pose after the victory ceremony for the Junior Ice Dance during the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Nagoya at IG Arena on December 7, 2025 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Bronze medalists Iryna Pidgaina and Artem Koval of Ukraine pose after the victory ceremony for the Junior Ice Dance during the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Nagoya at IG Arena on December 7, 2025 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Reposted by RLRobertson
Figure skating-'Quad God' Malinin crushes his own world free programme record to win Grand Prix Final
Figure skating-'Quad God' Malinin crushes his own world free programme record to win Grand Prix Final
NAGOYA, Japan, Dec 6 : Double world champion Ilia Malinin shattered his own world record for the men's singles free programme to win gold at the Grand Prix Final on Saturday, setting the bar sky high ahead of the Milano Cortina Olympics.The 21-year-old American landed a jaw-dropping seven quadruple jumps, inc
www.channelnewsasia.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Figure skating-'Quad God' Malinin crushes his own world free programme record to win Grand Prix Final
Reposted by RLRobertson
Some thoughts on what @PiperGilles said at Finlandia, and why the power brokers in figure skating need to listen. Plus an early look at the Grand Prix Final. Your weekend reading on the Substack thing. Enjoy ... and subscribe (it's free!). @SkateCanada
rwbrodiewrites.substack.com/p/are-we-rea...
rwbrodiewrites.substack.com/p/are-we-rea...
Are we really doing this again?
Canadian ice dancer Piper Gilles spoke for a lot of people when she called out the judging shenanigans at Finlandia Trophy. The question now is will anyone do anything about it
rwbrodiewrites.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Some thoughts on what @PiperGilles said at Finlandia, and why the power brokers in figure skating need to listen. Plus an early look at the Grand Prix Final. Your weekend reading on the Substack thing. Enjoy ... and subscribe (it's free!). @SkateCanada
rwbrodiewrites.substack.com/p/are-we-rea...
rwbrodiewrites.substack.com/p/are-we-rea...
Reposted by RLRobertson
Are you just getting into the WNBA? Are you eagerly watching the finals? So is Ashley.
Join Ashley as she dives into 10 books that are shaping the legacy of women's basketball in this short segment on Feminist Book Club: The Podcast.
www.feministbookclub.com/wnba-memoirs/
#wnba #booksky
Join Ashley as she dives into 10 books that are shaping the legacy of women's basketball in this short segment on Feminist Book Club: The Podcast.
www.feministbookclub.com/wnba-memoirs/
#wnba #booksky
[MINI POD] WNBA Memoirs
MINI POD! This short episode is a quick hit of memoirs by former and current women’s basketball players in celebration of the current WNBA Play-Offs. This short podcast is a quick hit of memoirs by fo...
www.feministbookclub.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Are you just getting into the WNBA? Are you eagerly watching the finals? So is Ashley.
Join Ashley as she dives into 10 books that are shaping the legacy of women's basketball in this short segment on Feminist Book Club: The Podcast.
www.feministbookclub.com/wnba-memoirs/
#wnba #booksky
Join Ashley as she dives into 10 books that are shaping the legacy of women's basketball in this short segment on Feminist Book Club: The Podcast.
www.feministbookclub.com/wnba-memoirs/
#wnba #booksky
Reposted by RLRobertson
From the blog- Shoshana is digging into Romantasy and how it's become one of the more popular book genres. Follow along as we explore how romantasy can be used as a vehicle for exploring our desires.
www.feministbookclub.com/romantasy-as...
#booksky #romantasy
www.feministbookclub.com/romantasy-as...
#booksky #romantasy
Romantasy As a Vehicle for Exploring Our Desires
Romantasy is exploding in popularity. Why? Discover the sexual satisfaction that keeps readers coming back for more!
www.feministbookclub.com
May 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
From the blog- Shoshana is digging into Romantasy and how it's become one of the more popular book genres. Follow along as we explore how romantasy can be used as a vehicle for exploring our desires.
www.feministbookclub.com/romantasy-as...
#booksky #romantasy
www.feministbookclub.com/romantasy-as...
#booksky #romantasy
Reposted by RLRobertson
"Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797), AKA Gustavus Vassa, escaped enslavement to become a celebrated author & campaigner in Georgian England. His memoir, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, was a bestseller."
He was featured in the #Superfine exhibit.
He was featured in the #Superfine exhibit.
Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student
Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student
Fitzwilliam Museum has uncovered student’s work from 1977 that revealed Cambridgeshire location of child’s burial place
An A-level pupil found the lost grave of the Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano’s daughter, revealing a story of love and solidarity in 18th-century rural England.
Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797), also known as Gustavus Vassa, escaped enslavement to become a celebrated author and campaigner in Georgian England. His memoir, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, was a bestseller. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797), AKA Gustavus Vassa, escaped enslavement to become a celebrated author & campaigner in Georgian England. His memoir, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, was a bestseller."
He was featured in the #Superfine exhibit.
He was featured in the #Superfine exhibit.
Reposted by RLRobertson
Two quotes by Olaudah Equiano bookended the entry and the exit for the #Superfine: Tailoring Black Style exhibit at the Met. They had a copy of his 1793 autobiography.
"I laid out above eight pounds of my money for a suit of superfine clothes to dance with at my freedom."
—Olaudah Equiano, 1789
"I laid out above eight pounds of my money for a suit of superfine clothes to dance with at my freedom."
—Olaudah Equiano, 1789
November 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Two quotes by Olaudah Equiano bookended the entry and the exit for the #Superfine: Tailoring Black Style exhibit at the Met. They had a copy of his 1793 autobiography.
"I laid out above eight pounds of my money for a suit of superfine clothes to dance with at my freedom."
—Olaudah Equiano, 1789
"I laid out above eight pounds of my money for a suit of superfine clothes to dance with at my freedom."
—Olaudah Equiano, 1789