Eddie Robson
@eddierobson.bsky.social
Novelist, scriptwriter, journalist, incompetent guitarist. I span the genres.
https://eddierobson.wordpress.com
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One of the projects you can support on Smelt is a new sitcom by me. It's called The Least Bad Of All Possible Worlds and it's about refugees from parallel universes trying to integrate into society in Morecambe. You can pledge to fund it here: if you fund it, we make it! mirlo.space/leadmojo/rel...
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it's unbelievable to me that someone could actually be a trillionaire. i think most of us have trouble internalizing how much money that truly is. let me put it in simple terms for you: a trillion dollars is three million dollars
February 5, 2026 at 8:27 PM
it's unbelievable to me that someone could actually be a trillionaire. i think most of us have trouble internalizing how much money that truly is. let me put it in simple terms for you: a trillion dollars is three million dollars
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Loot that drops after defeating me:
- asthma inhaler
- notebook filled with illegible scrawl
- expired Tate membership card
- small bottle of sunblock
- badge that says I STILL LOVE "THE BEATLES" on it
- asthma inhaler
- notebook filled with illegible scrawl
- expired Tate membership card
- small bottle of sunblock
- badge that says I STILL LOVE "THE BEATLES" on it
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- dog treats
- big bunch of keys
- multitool pliers
- at least one random 28mm miniature
- those pecorino biscuits that go really well with gin
- dog treats
- big bunch of keys
- multitool pliers
- at least one random 28mm miniature
- those pecorino biscuits that go really well with gin
Loot that drops after defeating me: a pocket full of shiny rocks, various fine point pens, and so. Much. Coffee.
February 5, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- asthma inhaler
- notebook filled with illegible scrawl
- expired Tate membership card
- small bottle of sunblock
- badge that says I STILL LOVE "THE BEATLES" on it
- asthma inhaler
- notebook filled with illegible scrawl
- expired Tate membership card
- small bottle of sunblock
- badge that says I STILL LOVE "THE BEATLES" on it
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Renfeild: I booked your passage on the Demeter, master
Dracula: thankfs. dont foret the box of,, dert
Dracula: thankfs. dont foret the box of,, dert
February 5, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Renfeild: I booked your passage on the Demeter, master
Dracula: thankfs. dont foret the box of,, dert
Dracula: thankfs. dont foret the box of,, dert
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There’s a cat that hangs about our local railway station called Olaf.
Seeing him means it’s a good day.
Not seeing him? Nolaf.
Today he was sat on a young lad’s lap, and they were all absolutely buzzing about it.
Seeing him means it’s a good day.
Not seeing him? Nolaf.
Today he was sat on a young lad’s lap, and they were all absolutely buzzing about it.
February 4, 2026 at 9:05 AM
There’s a cat that hangs about our local railway station called Olaf.
Seeing him means it’s a good day.
Not seeing him? Nolaf.
Today he was sat on a young lad’s lap, and they were all absolutely buzzing about it.
Seeing him means it’s a good day.
Not seeing him? Nolaf.
Today he was sat on a young lad’s lap, and they were all absolutely buzzing about it.
I know chocolate prices have been high lately but four quid for *fifty grams* of chocolate is wild. www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/produ...
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February 5, 2026 at 3:08 PM
I know chocolate prices have been high lately but four quid for *fifty grams* of chocolate is wild. www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/produ...
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Have you ever wanted to sit on giant croissant? Well, have i found a place for you!
February 5, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Have you ever wanted to sit on giant croissant? Well, have i found a place for you!
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February’s print is just starting to go out.
If you’d like to join the club, www.infinitebacon.com/printclub
It’s less than a tenner and postage is freeeee anywhere in the world.
If you’d like to join the club, www.infinitebacon.com/printclub
It’s less than a tenner and postage is freeeee anywhere in the world.
February 5, 2026 at 2:27 PM
February’s print is just starting to go out.
If you’d like to join the club, www.infinitebacon.com/printclub
It’s less than a tenner and postage is freeeee anywhere in the world.
If you’d like to join the club, www.infinitebacon.com/printclub
It’s less than a tenner and postage is freeeee anywhere in the world.
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It’s a lot of mugs (we have a similar amount, though)
My parents (just the two of them, in one house) have this much cutlery
My parents (just the two of them, in one house) have this much cutlery
February 5, 2026 at 1:41 PM
It’s a lot of mugs (we have a similar amount, though)
My parents (just the two of them, in one house) have this much cutlery
My parents (just the two of them, in one house) have this much cutlery
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Every day.
Every God dammed day.
Every God dammed day.
April 11, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Every day.
Every God dammed day.
Every God dammed day.
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Angrily playing the pianoforte while your mother tries to marry you off to a rude plantation owner who has twelve thousand a year, although it appears he is much taken with your sister who does not care for society.
What "core British values" has "the left" not defended? Can someone ask this sentient fucking saucepan what he means?
Keir Starmer attacks the racism of Reform and Matt Goodwin but then adds that "Britain has also been let down by a mindset on the left of politics that is too slow to defend core British values"
February 5, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Angrily playing the pianoforte while your mother tries to marry you off to a rude plantation owner who has twelve thousand a year, although it appears he is much taken with your sister who does not care for society.
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imagine getting so thoroughly bodied by the Beano like this
February 5, 2026 at 12:13 PM
imagine getting so thoroughly bodied by the Beano like this
Very nice reissue of A Quick One by The Who coming out on RSD. Mono mix on disc one, great selection of bonus tracks on disc two. www.recordstoreday.co.uk/record/recDP...
A Quick One
Originally released in 1966 and reaching #4 in the UK, A Quick One features the influential closing track ‘A Quick One, While He’s Away,’ which helped shape The Who’s later rock operas.
This Record ...
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February 5, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Very nice reissue of A Quick One by The Who coming out on RSD. Mono mix on disc one, great selection of bonus tracks on disc two. www.recordstoreday.co.uk/record/recDP...
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Charlie Jane joyfully talked about a huge range of books for WaPo, and now yet another outlet celebrating diversity and curiosity in fiction is lost. Definitely sub to her newsletter, because it's a great read every time.
I guess I'll have to do more of that in my newsletter, which has a vastly smaller reach than the Post did, even now.
Speaking of which, if you want to help me feel better about losing this gig, please subscribe!
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Speaking of which, if you want to help me feel better about losing this gig, please subscribe!
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
Happy Dancing
We're dancing because we're happy. Or we're dancing in order to become happy. Or we're happy that we can dance. One of those.
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February 4, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Charlie Jane joyfully talked about a huge range of books for WaPo, and now yet another outlet celebrating diversity and curiosity in fiction is lost. Definitely sub to her newsletter, because it's a great read every time.
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It's not enough to keep account-hopping from Insta to Threads to BlueSky to TikTok to Pillowfort to Mastodon to tumblr to whatever the fuck else comes next, because the pace at which billionaires are ruining sites far outstrips the speed at which we can recover somewhere new. It has to stop!
February 5, 2026 at 6:28 AM
It's not enough to keep account-hopping from Insta to Threads to BlueSky to TikTok to Pillowfort to Mastodon to tumblr to whatever the fuck else comes next, because the pace at which billionaires are ruining sites far outstrips the speed at which we can recover somewhere new. It has to stop!
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Old Twitter worked well as a medium for authors and booksellers because the text-based format played to our strengths as creatives. Most authors don't want to get in front of a camera and make videos or take lavish photo setups, but we can always type - and readers, by definition, like to read.
February 5, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Old Twitter worked well as a medium for authors and booksellers because the text-based format played to our strengths as creatives. Most authors don't want to get in front of a camera and make videos or take lavish photo setups, but we can always type - and readers, by definition, like to read.
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Which, to be clear: their corruption is and always has been evident in many other arenas. What's come as a shock is the extent to which powerful people are willing to break their very expensive digital toys out of a combination of greed, idiocy, panic and naked political backscratching/capitulation.
February 5, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Which, to be clear: their corruption is and always has been evident in many other arenas. What's come as a shock is the extent to which powerful people are willing to break their very expensive digital toys out of a combination of greed, idiocy, panic and naked political backscratching/capitulation.
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At this point, I think the entire publishing industry needs to have a serious conversation about the degree to which the last 15 years have increasingly seen book promo become an online venture, and what that means now that entire social media and digital platforms are getting torched overnight. 🧵
The WaPo cuts are devastating. And to cut the Books section entirely makes the already bleak critical landscape even more bare. This was all preventable but Bezos, who could find the post I perpetuity without noticing it, is hellbent on destroying the Post. And for what?
February 5, 2026 at 6:02 AM
At this point, I think the entire publishing industry needs to have a serious conversation about the degree to which the last 15 years have increasingly seen book promo become an online venture, and what that means now that entire social media and digital platforms are getting torched overnight. 🧵
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Waterstones, where I used to work as a bookseller, have made Pagans their Science Fiction/Fantasy book of the month (with two quid off). THE MOTHERSHIP HAS CALLED ME HOME. www.waterstones.com/campaign/boo...
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February 1, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Waterstones, where I used to work as a bookseller, have made Pagans their Science Fiction/Fantasy book of the month (with two quid off). THE MOTHERSHIP HAS CALLED ME HOME. www.waterstones.com/campaign/boo...
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Just been made aware of Haiti's winter Olympics get-up.
That skirt looks warm, has good pockets, and has a massive horse on it. DING DING DING.
That skirt looks warm, has good pockets, and has a massive horse on it. DING DING DING.
February 5, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Just been made aware of Haiti's winter Olympics get-up.
That skirt looks warm, has good pockets, and has a massive horse on it. DING DING DING.
That skirt looks warm, has good pockets, and has a massive horse on it. DING DING DING.
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Fireworks at Ikenohata, by Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1881.
February 4, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Fireworks at Ikenohata, by Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1881.
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I wish people would stop telling me to "just self publish" 🥲 I do! here's what the last comic I self published netted me: months of work for 120 reads and a tiny bit more than one month's rent. I'm grateful of course to everyone who did read it!! but it's not an answer. it's just a way to spend time
February 5, 2026 at 3:43 AM
I wish people would stop telling me to "just self publish" 🥲 I do! here's what the last comic I self published netted me: months of work for 120 reads and a tiny bit more than one month's rent. I'm grateful of course to everyone who did read it!! but it's not an answer. it's just a way to spend time
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Abandoned Soviet radio telescope facility in Armenia 🇦🇲
February 5, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Abandoned Soviet radio telescope facility in Armenia 🇦🇲