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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Over the past two weeks I've begun to realize that rich people only started funding chatbots once they could no longer email Jeffrey Epstein
February 5, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Over the past two weeks I've begun to realize that rich people only started funding chatbots once they could no longer email Jeffrey Epstein
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THREAD: Let’s talk about Roni, the outstanding raccoon mascot of the 1980 Winter Olympics …
February 6, 2026 at 2:50 PM
THREAD: Let’s talk about Roni, the outstanding raccoon mascot of the 1980 Winter Olympics …
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"Rob, you once spent a day following Peter Mandelson round Blackpool. Did you take any pictures that, even at the time, you thought might one day come in handy?"
February 6, 2026 at 2:02 PM
"Rob, you once spent a day following Peter Mandelson round Blackpool. Did you take any pictures that, even at the time, you thought might one day come in handy?"
I always suspect the American guests enjoy Graham Norton - while obviously tightly planned, it seems to give them a bit more leeway than other parts of the promo circuit and the group dynamic gives it a more relaxed feel - so this is nice to see.
Oh my God, Taylor Swift (correctly) loves The Graham Norton Show so much that she got everyone who was on it with her to come and do the Opalite video *including beloved Graham*
February 6, 2026 at 1:37 PM
I always suspect the American guests enjoy Graham Norton - while obviously tightly planned, it seems to give them a bit more leeway than other parts of the promo circuit and the group dynamic gives it a more relaxed feel - so this is nice to see.
Kinda
Snakedance
Enlightenment
The Five Doctors
The Caves of Androzani
Snakedance
Enlightenment
The Five Doctors
The Caves of Androzani
Which are the five Davison stories you absolutely need in your life? No particular order. Go!
The Visitation
Black Orchid
Mawdryn Undead
The Five Doctors
The Awakening
The Visitation
Black Orchid
Mawdryn Undead
The Five Doctors
The Awakening
February 6, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Kinda
Snakedance
Enlightenment
The Five Doctors
The Caves of Androzani
Snakedance
Enlightenment
The Five Doctors
The Caves of Androzani
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Tech is unable to show you what TV and films you might like to watch on the front menu of a streaming service (even though you give away your tastes with every digital interaction) while they’re also insisting that the same tech will be able to make vital everyday decisions for you and your country.
February 6, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Tech is unable to show you what TV and films you might like to watch on the front menu of a streaming service (even though you give away your tastes with every digital interaction) while they’re also insisting that the same tech will be able to make vital everyday decisions for you and your country.
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However, the uncritical adoption of AI technologies in academia is already showing the deskilling of students and teachers, along with an exponential increase of cases of fraud and plagiarism.
February 5, 2026 at 12:42 PM
However, the uncritical adoption of AI technologies in academia is already showing the deskilling of students and teachers, along with an exponential increase of cases of fraud and plagiarism.
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AI technologies have been actively promoted in universities under the guise of efficiency, time optimization, and the fear of missing out or “falling behind.”
February 5, 2026 at 12:42 PM
AI technologies have been actively promoted in universities under the guise of efficiency, time optimization, and the fear of missing out or “falling behind.”
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sabrina carpenter singing islands in the stream w the muppets has healed me in ways i did not know i needed
February 6, 2026 at 2:46 AM
sabrina carpenter singing islands in the stream w the muppets has healed me in ways i did not know i needed
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Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester at the Paramount Studio Commissary, 1936.
February 6, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester at the Paramount Studio Commissary, 1936.
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Select the boxes that feature entertainment
February 6, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Select the boxes that feature entertainment
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This is literally my only source of income right now due to health issues so any purchases gratefully received 🙏
New album release! 'Love' was written and recorded over the last 12 months. I'm incredibly proud of it. I would love for you to hear it. Purchase here: paleblurs.bandcamp.com/album/love
It's also Bandcamp Friday! So if you buy today, I receive full revenue share, which would really help me out. X
It's also Bandcamp Friday! So if you buy today, I receive full revenue share, which would really help me out. X
Love, by Pale Blurs
7 track album
paleblurs.bandcamp.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:14 AM
This is literally my only source of income right now due to health issues so any purchases gratefully received 🙏
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The UK Parliament needs to move to a more central location. I think Eileen Bilton could help.
February 6, 2026 at 10:33 AM
The UK Parliament needs to move to a more central location. I think Eileen Bilton could help.
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This comes up a lot so I do want to let you all know that the option of turning the existing building into a heritage/museum site has been costed out and it is substantially more expensive
How about this - new parliament building and government center in Slough, including Pm residence. Change parliament into a tourist and museum center.
February 6, 2026 at 10:36 AM
This comes up a lot so I do want to let you all know that the option of turning the existing building into a heritage/museum site has been costed out and it is substantially more expensive
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Yeah this is correct. Whatever else opinions you may have of Mamdani, through vehement dislike to veneration, this is a guy who is *very very good* at the communications side of politics and human interaction generally. A generational talent, probably the most talented natural performer since Obama?
(seen a bunch of people sharing this/talking in general about how "normal" Mamdani is but imo this doesn't show a normal person, but an *exceptionally* skilled communicator - a normal person wouldn't react like that to having a speech interrupted by a child! give him his due!)
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Yeah this is correct. Whatever else opinions you may have of Mamdani, through vehement dislike to veneration, this is a guy who is *very very good* at the communications side of politics and human interaction generally. A generational talent, probably the most talented natural performer since Obama?
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I still have this sticker, a present from @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social a few years ago, on my phone
February 6, 2026 at 10:09 AM
I still have this sticker, a present from @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social a few years ago, on my phone
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the cold war contained more manly men scissoring in giant bowls of tomato soup than i expected
Soyuz 31: V.F. Bykovsky (USSR) and Sigmund Jähn (GDR), 1979. Painting by Yuri Ryazanov
February 6, 2026 at 9:56 AM
the cold war contained more manly men scissoring in giant bowls of tomato soup than i expected
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Show me something more perfect. You can’t x
February 6, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Show me something more perfect. You can’t x
My week in music:
February 6, 2026 at 9:55 AM
My week in music:
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Bezos burning the Washington post to the ground is as firm a reason for the continued bbc licence as ever there was. Eventually everything that can be owned by a billionaire will be owned by a billionaire and at that point its future will be determined by the whims of a man making 166k per minute.
February 6, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Bezos burning the Washington post to the ground is as firm a reason for the continued bbc licence as ever there was. Eventually everything that can be owned by a billionaire will be owned by a billionaire and at that point its future will be determined by the whims of a man making 166k per minute.
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Streaming isn’t the enemy of physical media. Shelving movies by label is.
February 6, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Streaming isn’t the enemy of physical media. Shelving movies by label is.
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iPlayer: an incredible and growing collection of programming from the across the history of television, an unparalleled record of the past hundred years
also iPlayer: HAVE YOU WATCHED THE NIGHT MANAGER YET LOOK LOOK OVER HERE IT’S THE NIGHT MANAGER
also iPlayer: HAVE YOU WATCHED THE NIGHT MANAGER YET LOOK LOOK OVER HERE IT’S THE NIGHT MANAGER
February 6, 2026 at 8:43 AM
iPlayer: an incredible and growing collection of programming from the across the history of television, an unparalleled record of the past hundred years
also iPlayer: HAVE YOU WATCHED THE NIGHT MANAGER YET LOOK LOOK OVER HERE IT’S THE NIGHT MANAGER
also iPlayer: HAVE YOU WATCHED THE NIGHT MANAGER YET LOOK LOOK OVER HERE IT’S THE NIGHT MANAGER
#THETEN5X Day 6
"Humble" by Kendrick Lamar (2017)
My kids one played in a collective where they used the Humble rhythm to improvise around - it does have the indelible quality of a jazz standard.
tidal.com/track/726945...
"Humble" by Kendrick Lamar (2017)
My kids one played in a collective where they used the Humble rhythm to improvise around - it does have the indelible quality of a jazz standard.
tidal.com/track/726945...
Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE.
Listen to HUMBLE. on TIDAL
tidal.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:37 AM
#THETEN5X Day 6
"Humble" by Kendrick Lamar (2017)
My kids one played in a collective where they used the Humble rhythm to improvise around - it does have the indelible quality of a jazz standard.
tidal.com/track/726945...
"Humble" by Kendrick Lamar (2017)
My kids one played in a collective where they used the Humble rhythm to improvise around - it does have the indelible quality of a jazz standard.
tidal.com/track/726945...