Eddie Robson
@eddierobson.bsky.social
Novelist, scriptwriter, journalist, incompetent guitarist. I span the genres.
https://eddierobson.wordpress.com
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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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...
Books of the Month | Waterstones
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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 🇦🇲
#THETENX5 Day 5
"Digital Witness" by St Vincent (2014)
DOUBLE BONUS. A superb and highly danceable evocation of our fragmented media-driven world. "If I can't show it, you can't see me / What's the point of doing anything?"
tidal.com/track/776321...
"Digital Witness" by St Vincent (2014)
DOUBLE BONUS. A superb and highly danceable evocation of our fragmented media-driven world. "If I can't show it, you can't see me / What's the point of doing anything?"
tidal.com/track/776321...
St. Vincent - Digital Witness
Listen to Digital Witness on TIDAL
tidal.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:21 AM
#THETENX5 Day 5
"Digital Witness" by St Vincent (2014)
DOUBLE BONUS. A superb and highly danceable evocation of our fragmented media-driven world. "If I can't show it, you can't see me / What's the point of doing anything?"
tidal.com/track/776321...
"Digital Witness" by St Vincent (2014)
DOUBLE BONUS. A superb and highly danceable evocation of our fragmented media-driven world. "If I can't show it, you can't see me / What's the point of doing anything?"
tidal.com/track/776321...
#THETENX5 Day 4
"The Scene Between" by The Go! Team (2015)
BONUS POINT. A huge, showstopping anthem whose brilliance seems to have passed unnoticed by the world at large. Maybe they should've mixed the vocals a bit higher and clearer. Anyway, I adore it.
tidal.com/track/427578...
"The Scene Between" by The Go! Team (2015)
BONUS POINT. A huge, showstopping anthem whose brilliance seems to have passed unnoticed by the world at large. Maybe they should've mixed the vocals a bit higher and clearer. Anyway, I adore it.
tidal.com/track/427578...
The Go! Team - The Scene Between
Listen to The Scene Between on TIDAL
tidal.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:40 PM
#THETENX5 Day 4
"The Scene Between" by The Go! Team (2015)
BONUS POINT. A huge, showstopping anthem whose brilliance seems to have passed unnoticed by the world at large. Maybe they should've mixed the vocals a bit higher and clearer. Anyway, I adore it.
tidal.com/track/427578...
"The Scene Between" by The Go! Team (2015)
BONUS POINT. A huge, showstopping anthem whose brilliance seems to have passed unnoticed by the world at large. Maybe they should've mixed the vocals a bit higher and clearer. Anyway, I adore it.
tidal.com/track/427578...
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Somebody should invent a socioeconomic system which is good at allocating resources
February 4, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Somebody should invent a socioeconomic system which is good at allocating resources
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He... literally released no new songs last year. I don't normally get annoyed at awards going to tedious shit I don't like, because awards are nonsense, but surely "Songwriter of the Year" should go to someone who wrote a song that year? That's kind of the whole point, surely?
Noel Gallagher to Receive 2026 BRIT Awards’ Songwriter of the Year Following Oasis’ Reunion Success
Noel Gallagher to Receive 2026 BRIT Awards’ Songwriter of the Year Following Oasis’ Reunion Success
Oasis' Noel Gallagher has been named the BRIT Awards' songwriter of the year for 2026.
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February 4, 2026 at 9:30 PM
He... literally released no new songs last year. I don't normally get annoyed at awards going to tedious shit I don't like, because awards are nonsense, but surely "Songwriter of the Year" should go to someone who wrote a song that year? That's kind of the whole point, surely?
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Because of Bridgerton I’ve discovered there is in fact a male version of a hoe and it’s called a rake 😭
February 4, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Because of Bridgerton I’ve discovered there is in fact a male version of a hoe and it’s called a rake 😭
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We all make mistakes. What’s important is having the courage to deny any responsibility, blame someone else, and move on.
February 4, 2026 at 7:36 PM
We all make mistakes. What’s important is having the courage to deny any responsibility, blame someone else, and move on.
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I don't think it's hyperbole to say that the only way to ensure a free and just society for our children and grandchildren is to enact policies as soon as possible that tax billionaires out of existence, removes their influence from politics, and breaks up the companies they've consolidated.
February 4, 2026 at 7:38 PM
I don't think it's hyperbole to say that the only way to ensure a free and just society for our children and grandchildren is to enact policies as soon as possible that tax billionaires out of existence, removes their influence from politics, and breaks up the companies they've consolidated.
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I just assumed.
Naomi Wolf is in the Epstein files. She attended a dinner with him in 2011.
February 4, 2026 at 7:29 PM
I just assumed.