Ross Barlow
@rossbarlow.bsky.social
Wrote an RPG called Ker-Splat then proceeded to do nothing of note. Profile Picture by Evelyn Hewitt.
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Ross Barlow
@rossbarlow.bsky.social
· May 19
Recently GMed my 6 year old daughter's first RPG. We played KerSplat and she decided to play as a magical pink unicorn called "Pinkycorn" who went on to hold a magical dance party for striking workers at a shopping centre.
Just finishing unpacking my Christmas decorations. Even though I don't remember packing it, the demonic penguin has survived the move and now lurks in my new house.
Just finishing my Christmas clean up and was reminded that I still have the bouncy penguin with a demon inside of it that tries to escape every time its battery is low.
December 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Just finishing unpacking my Christmas decorations. Even though I don't remember packing it, the demonic penguin has survived the move and now lurks in my new house.
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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Icelandic folklore tells of the Yule Cat that terrorizes children if they don't have new socks for Christmas.
folklore does not specify whether the Yule Cat is adorable or not, tho. ❤️🐈⬛
folklore does not specify whether the Yule Cat is adorable or not, tho. ❤️🐈⬛
December 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Icelandic folklore tells of the Yule Cat that terrorizes children if they don't have new socks for Christmas.
folklore does not specify whether the Yule Cat is adorable or not, tho. ❤️🐈⬛
folklore does not specify whether the Yule Cat is adorable or not, tho. ❤️🐈⬛
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best package warning graphic i've ever seen 🪶
November 8, 2023 at 3:48 PM
best package warning graphic i've ever seen 🪶
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The pope on his way to deal with the hysterical lady in ‘Airplane’
I can’t carry over 3 ounces of shampoo but this mofo gets to carry a baseball bat onto the plane?
November 30, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The pope on his way to deal with the hysterical lady in ‘Airplane’
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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When I arrive at the party
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 AM
When I arrive at the party
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SECRET GENDER, SECRET GENDER, THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN, SECRET SECRET SECRET GENDER!
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
SECRET GENDER, SECRET GENDER, THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN, SECRET SECRET SECRET GENDER!
Sitting in a Dutch hotel eating £50 worth of cheese because the British Government just emailed us to say we're not allowed to bring it back any more.
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Sitting in a Dutch hotel eating £50 worth of cheese because the British Government just emailed us to say we're not allowed to bring it back any more.
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how much would it cost?
"the guy who does our estimates isn't here right now"
around what time will he be back?
"did you not just hear me?"
"the guy who does our estimates isn't here right now"
around what time will he be back?
"did you not just hear me?"
October 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
how much would it cost?
"the guy who does our estimates isn't here right now"
around what time will he be back?
"did you not just hear me?"
"the guy who does our estimates isn't here right now"
around what time will he be back?
"did you not just hear me?"
Reposting this because every other post on my timeline is about the Trump getting or being offered a Nobel Peace Prize nomination.
This is nothing, it is less than meaningless.
This is nothing, it is less than meaningless.
BBC breathlessly talking about Donald Trump getting a nobel prize nomination... Again. So time to restate a pet peeve of mine.
NOBEL PRIZE NOMINATIONS ARE NOT NEWS.
🧵1/3
NOBEL PRIZE NOMINATIONS ARE NOT NEWS.
🧵1/3
October 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Reposting this because every other post on my timeline is about the Trump getting or being offered a Nobel Peace Prize nomination.
This is nothing, it is less than meaningless.
This is nothing, it is less than meaningless.
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someone should go pick it up pick it up pick it up pick it up
An important update for everyone who was concerned about that skipful of trumpets
search.app/astJB
search.app/astJB
Music school explains why dozens of trumpets were found in a skip
A Berkshire music school has spoken about the ways they recycle their instruments after dozens of trumpets were discovered by a 'shocked' resident.
search.app
September 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
someone should go pick it up pick it up pick it up pick it up
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September 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Every so often, when my wife asks my opinion on a choice she has to make, I say "you're cool." She thinks I'm saying "your call" and doesn't realise I have been sneakily complimenting her all this time.
That cool fool.
That cool fool.
September 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Every so often, when my wife asks my opinion on a choice she has to make, I say "you're cool." She thinks I'm saying "your call" and doesn't realise I have been sneakily complimenting her all this time.
That cool fool.
That cool fool.
Albino squirrel spotted outside South Norwood Library. Super cool and rare.
September 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Albino squirrel spotted outside South Norwood Library. Super cool and rare.
Being a father for 6 years really drills home what's important...
Like making a tier list of all the cartoons my kid has watched!
Like making a tier list of all the cartoons my kid has watched!
September 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Being a father for 6 years really drills home what's important...
Like making a tier list of all the cartoons my kid has watched!
Like making a tier list of all the cartoons my kid has watched!
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Inside of you are two tacos.
August 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Inside of you are two tacos.
Today I am struggling to lift the teapot for my daughter's tea party because last night I twinged my arm catching the lead singer of a band called Blood Command as she crowd surfed across the mosh pit.
This is a normal experience, right?
This is a normal experience, right?
August 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Today I am struggling to lift the teapot for my daughter's tea party because last night I twinged my arm catching the lead singer of a band called Blood Command as she crowd surfed across the mosh pit.
This is a normal experience, right?
This is a normal experience, right?
I would at least understand if Microsoft was doing that traditional shitty capitalist thing of redirecting you from a competitor's product, but they own Excel.
The only explanation is Microsoft have developed a fetish for making people use a different program to what they want.
The only explanation is Microsoft have developed a fetish for making people use a different program to what they want.
Every time Teams opens an Excel spreadsheet in the browser instead of, you know, Excel, one of my toes drops off and it does NOT regrow.
August 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I would at least understand if Microsoft was doing that traditional shitty capitalist thing of redirecting you from a competitor's product, but they own Excel.
The only explanation is Microsoft have developed a fetish for making people use a different program to what they want.
The only explanation is Microsoft have developed a fetish for making people use a different program to what they want.
Someone just offered to sell me drugs and I had no idea what a boost it would be for my self-esteem.
Yeah, I still look cool and dangerous. Nobody suspects that I can't buy drugs because I've been saving my money for solicitor's fees and stamp duty. I bet they think I'm in a gang.
Yeah, I still look cool and dangerous. Nobody suspects that I can't buy drugs because I've been saving my money for solicitor's fees and stamp duty. I bet they think I'm in a gang.
August 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Someone just offered to sell me drugs and I had no idea what a boost it would be for my self-esteem.
Yeah, I still look cool and dangerous. Nobody suspects that I can't buy drugs because I've been saving my money for solicitor's fees and stamp duty. I bet they think I'm in a gang.
Yeah, I still look cool and dangerous. Nobody suspects that I can't buy drugs because I've been saving my money for solicitor's fees and stamp duty. I bet they think I'm in a gang.
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It's people like that who make you realise how little you've accomplished. It is a sobering thought, for example, that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years. TOM LEHRER (1928 - 2025)
July 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
It's people like that who make you realise how little you've accomplished. It is a sobering thought, for example, that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years. TOM LEHRER (1928 - 2025)
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Tom Lehrer died today. He was one of the great comedians our culture ever produced. Without Tom, there's no Weird Al, probably no that entire branch of comedy.
He went alone and beat the odds.
youtu.be/frAEmhqdLFs?...
He went alone and beat the odds.
youtu.be/frAEmhqdLFs?...
Tom Lehrer - We Will All Go Together When We Go
YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
youtu.be
July 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Tom Lehrer died today. He was one of the great comedians our culture ever produced. Without Tom, there's no Weird Al, probably no that entire branch of comedy.
He went alone and beat the odds.
youtu.be/frAEmhqdLFs?...
He went alone and beat the odds.
youtu.be/frAEmhqdLFs?...
😭
July 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
😭
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scar and zazu are the only animals in the pridelands with a british accent, did they go to the same high school
July 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
scar and zazu are the only animals in the pridelands with a british accent, did they go to the same high school
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Absolutely nothing suss at all about cancelling an immensely popular show that just so happens to be the biggest anti-MAGA platform on television.
On the plus side, if he’s getting canned anyway, I look forward to Colbert throwing Epstein-shaped haymakers until the final bell.
On the plus side, if he’s getting canned anyway, I look forward to Colbert throwing Epstein-shaped haymakers until the final bell.
July 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Absolutely nothing suss at all about cancelling an immensely popular show that just so happens to be the biggest anti-MAGA platform on television.
On the plus side, if he’s getting canned anyway, I look forward to Colbert throwing Epstein-shaped haymakers until the final bell.
On the plus side, if he’s getting canned anyway, I look forward to Colbert throwing Epstein-shaped haymakers until the final bell.