Rob Clarke
@thatrobclarke.bsky.social
Husband, Father & all round Tinkerneer. (He/Him)
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I've scribbled something about the potential 3p per mile electric vehicle charge in the UK.
llewellyn.substack.com/p/3p-a-mile?...
llewellyn.substack.com/p/3p-a-mile?...
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I've scribbled something about the potential 3p per mile electric vehicle charge in the UK.
llewellyn.substack.com/p/3p-a-mile?...
llewellyn.substack.com/p/3p-a-mile?...
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18 U.S. states now have local guaranteed income pilots that are proving that UBI works.
It cuts poverty, boosts stability, and respects dignity. The question isn’t if we can do #UBI. It’s when we’ll scale it.
It cuts poverty, boosts stability, and respects dignity. The question isn’t if we can do #UBI. It’s when we’ll scale it.
July 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
18 U.S. states now have local guaranteed income pilots that are proving that UBI works.
It cuts poverty, boosts stability, and respects dignity. The question isn’t if we can do #UBI. It’s when we’ll scale it.
It cuts poverty, boosts stability, and respects dignity. The question isn’t if we can do #UBI. It’s when we’ll scale it.
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Two things came in at the bifurcation: Thatcherism, and the microprocessor. I think the latter was much more significant and influential.
We need Universal Basic Income.
We need Universal Basic Income.
A reminder that if the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity gains since the 1960s, it would now be nearly $26 an hour.
May 18, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Two things came in at the bifurcation: Thatcherism, and the microprocessor. I think the latter was much more significant and influential.
We need Universal Basic Income.
We need Universal Basic Income.
I refuse to pay £20pcm extra to watch F1 on Sky. BBC Sports app gives me excellent commentary for quali and race. VPN gives me video to match. Both using services I’m already paying for.
April 20, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I refuse to pay £20pcm extra to watch F1 on Sky. BBC Sports app gives me excellent commentary for quali and race. VPN gives me video to match. Both using services I’m already paying for.
Repost with an image of your favorite James Bond (wrong answers only)
April 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Repost with an image of your favorite James Bond (wrong answers only)
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Streaming services - never mind a 'Skip Intro' or 'Skip Recap' option. We need a 'Skip What's Coming Up' option. The first 5 mins (at least) on programmes showing us what's going to happen are the worst thing ever invented in the tv industry. Just let me watch with no spoilers.
April 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Streaming services - never mind a 'Skip Intro' or 'Skip Recap' option. We need a 'Skip What's Coming Up' option. The first 5 mins (at least) on programmes showing us what's going to happen are the worst thing ever invented in the tv industry. Just let me watch with no spoilers.
For “All options are on the table” read “I/We don‘t know what the fuck to do!”
Delete as appropriate.
Delete as appropriate.
April 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
For “All options are on the table” read “I/We don‘t know what the fuck to do!”
Delete as appropriate.
Delete as appropriate.
We have a number of chat groups in our dispersed family, if we want to share certain memes or maybe plan surprises for family members that explicitly exclude that one family member.
Do you?
Do you?
April 9, 2025 at 7:29 AM
We have a number of chat groups in our dispersed family, if we want to share certain memes or maybe plan surprises for family members that explicitly exclude that one family member.
Do you?
Do you?
If you see this quote with the energy you bring to BlueSky
April 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
If you see this quote with the energy you bring to BlueSky
Preppers have been waiting for civilization to collapse.
They thought the pandemic would do it but now it looks like they voted in someone to bring it about.
They thought the pandemic would do it but now it looks like they voted in someone to bring it about.
April 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Preppers have been waiting for civilization to collapse.
They thought the pandemic would do it but now it looks like they voted in someone to bring it about.
They thought the pandemic would do it but now it looks like they voted in someone to bring it about.
Is the Evil Genius Podcast worth a listen?
March 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Is the Evil Genius Podcast worth a listen?
Does anyone remember that really old movie, where the President of the USA falls ill and is replaced by a really nice guy who who looks just like him?!
March 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Does anyone remember that really old movie, where the President of the USA falls ill and is replaced by a really nice guy who who looks just like him?!
Your smartphone is not a fidget toy. Put it out of reach but not out of earshot.
March 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Your smartphone is not a fidget toy. Put it out of reach but not out of earshot.
Worth pointing out that Sir Keith’s announcement today is for NHS **ENGLAND**.
Wales has it’s own NHS that is managed differently.
Wales has it’s own NHS that is managed differently.
March 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Worth pointing out that Sir Keith’s announcement today is for NHS **ENGLAND**.
Wales has it’s own NHS that is managed differently.
Wales has it’s own NHS that is managed differently.
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Fact-check: True
March 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Fact-check: True
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The Dutch public broadcaster made a sketch on the current situation of the world.
March 6, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The Dutch public broadcaster made a sketch on the current situation of the world.
There are people in this world striving to join the 1%. That is their goal above all else.
The don’t realise that the 1% is like the expanding universe and can never be caught.
All the wannabes do is hurt the rest of use and feed the 1%.
The don’t realise that the 1% is like the expanding universe and can never be caught.
All the wannabes do is hurt the rest of use and feed the 1%.
March 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
There are people in this world striving to join the 1%. That is their goal above all else.
The don’t realise that the 1% is like the expanding universe and can never be caught.
All the wannabes do is hurt the rest of use and feed the 1%.
The don’t realise that the 1% is like the expanding universe and can never be caught.
All the wannabes do is hurt the rest of use and feed the 1%.
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Latest Webb Image Is Straight Out of Star Trek https://gizmodo.com/latest-webb-image-is-straight-out-of-star-trek-2000558941
Latest Webb Image Is Straight Out of Star Trek
An edge-on protoplanetary disk looks like two force fields smashing together in deep space.
gizmodo.com
February 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Latest Webb Image Is Straight Out of Star Trek https://gizmodo.com/latest-webb-image-is-straight-out-of-star-trek-2000558941
950 pieces, 113 pages and 331 steps later
February 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
950 pieces, 113 pages and 331 steps later
Bulding the LEGO 10338 Bumblebee set via #BrickBorrow
February 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Bulding the LEGO 10338 Bumblebee set via #BrickBorrow
There’s something very familiar about this….
February 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
There’s something very familiar about this….
I don’t know what to say today. It’s just horrible but in the most bizarre way possible.
Can we rewind and do this decade again, but better?
Can we rewind and do this decade again, but better?
February 5, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I don’t know what to say today. It’s just horrible but in the most bizarre way possible.
Can we rewind and do this decade again, but better?
Can we rewind and do this decade again, but better?
Well Done 2025! You’re really going for it, aren’t you.
New Asteroid Tops NASA's Impact Risk Chart, 1.2% Chance of 2032 Collision https://gizmodo.com/nasa-flags-newly-discovered-asteroid-as-top-earth-impact-threat-2000555838
New Asteroid Tops NASA's Impact Risk Chart, 1.2% Chance of 2032 Collision
The asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, jumped to the top of NASA's risk chart, with a slim but measurable chance of striking Earth in just seven years.
gizmodo.com
February 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Well Done 2025! You’re really going for it, aren’t you.
I’m in the mood for a Blake’s Seven rewatch.
January 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’m in the mood for a Blake’s Seven rewatch.
Take a moment to think back 10/20 years.
Remember what the world was like for you then & what you though it would be like now.
Next think about how the world will be for you 10/20 years from now.
STOP!
Stop worry about the future and get on with now. Make the best of now, it wont come again.
Remember what the world was like for you then & what you though it would be like now.
Next think about how the world will be for you 10/20 years from now.
STOP!
Stop worry about the future and get on with now. Make the best of now, it wont come again.
January 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Take a moment to think back 10/20 years.
Remember what the world was like for you then & what you though it would be like now.
Next think about how the world will be for you 10/20 years from now.
STOP!
Stop worry about the future and get on with now. Make the best of now, it wont come again.
Remember what the world was like for you then & what you though it would be like now.
Next think about how the world will be for you 10/20 years from now.
STOP!
Stop worry about the future and get on with now. Make the best of now, it wont come again.