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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The Blue Sky map makes me more sure than ever it is important cordial relationships are maintained between Comics and Liverpool FC, to avoid a land war.
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February 9, 2026 at 7:37 AM
The Blue Sky map makes me more sure than ever it is important cordial relationships are maintained between Comics and Liverpool FC, to avoid a land war.
bluesky-map.theo.io
bluesky-map.theo.io
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UK trains, including in Scotland, are all rented.
It is the most profitable part of the rail network and was privatised in 1993-1997.
Now we rent £9bn worth of trains which last for 25 years, for £3bn a year.
It is the worst deal ever.
It is the most profitable part of the rail network and was privatised in 1993-1997.
Now we rent £9bn worth of trains which last for 25 years, for £3bn a year.
It is the worst deal ever.
February 9, 2026 at 12:11 AM
UK trains, including in Scotland, are all rented.
It is the most profitable part of the rail network and was privatised in 1993-1997.
Now we rent £9bn worth of trains which last for 25 years, for £3bn a year.
It is the worst deal ever.
It is the most profitable part of the rail network and was privatised in 1993-1997.
Now we rent £9bn worth of trains which last for 25 years, for £3bn a year.
It is the worst deal ever.
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Flooding the world with garbage nobody wrote and nobody will read, making it impossible for anyone to sort for real human work, devaluing labor, all to sell classes on how to pointlessly do it yourself.
February 8, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Flooding the world with garbage nobody wrote and nobody will read, making it impossible for anyone to sort for real human work, devaluing labor, all to sell classes on how to pointlessly do it yourself.
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I'm not kidding when I say this should be illegal, even if it weren't also a transparent scam on this idiot's part.
“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” God this is bleak
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
I'm not kidding when I say this should be illegal, even if it weren't also a transparent scam on this idiot's part.
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In 1979, the “New York Times” asked Isaac Bashevis Singer if he planned to watch the Super Bowl.
February 8, 2026 at 9:37 PM
In 1979, the “New York Times” asked Isaac Bashevis Singer if he planned to watch the Super Bowl.
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“Oh, did a sportsball happen?” I whisper smugly from my vantage point on a distant cliff, the sounds of celebration in the village far below just barely audible over the lonely wind whipping my tattered cloak
February 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
“Oh, did a sportsball happen?” I whisper smugly from my vantage point on a distant cliff, the sounds of celebration in the village far below just barely audible over the lonely wind whipping my tattered cloak
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The mattress globbered. This is the noise made by a live, swamp-dwelling mattress that is deeply moved by a story of personal tragedy.
February 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM
The mattress globbered. This is the noise made by a live, swamp-dwelling mattress that is deeply moved by a story of personal tragedy.
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Natalie Wood horsing around on the set of THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED (1966).
Photographer unknown.
Photographer unknown.
February 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Natalie Wood horsing around on the set of THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED (1966).
Photographer unknown.
Photographer unknown.
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Was cutting up a 1960s Woman’s Realm magazine for collage material & found this unabashedly insatiable size queen penguin
February 8, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Was cutting up a 1960s Woman’s Realm magazine for collage material & found this unabashedly insatiable size queen penguin
#THETEN5X Day 8
"Cranes In The Sky" by Solange (2016)
I remembered this beauty at the last minute and had to work out what I could knock out to make space. Thankfully one of my other picks absolutely embarrassed themselves this week and made it easy for me.
tidal.com/track/654256...
"Cranes In The Sky" by Solange (2016)
I remembered this beauty at the last minute and had to work out what I could knock out to make space. Thankfully one of my other picks absolutely embarrassed themselves this week and made it easy for me.
tidal.com/track/654256...
Solange - Cranes in the Sky
Listen to Cranes in the Sky on TIDAL
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February 8, 2026 at 7:13 PM
#THETEN5X Day 8
"Cranes In The Sky" by Solange (2016)
I remembered this beauty at the last minute and had to work out what I could knock out to make space. Thankfully one of my other picks absolutely embarrassed themselves this week and made it easy for me.
tidal.com/track/654256...
"Cranes In The Sky" by Solange (2016)
I remembered this beauty at the last minute and had to work out what I could knock out to make space. Thankfully one of my other picks absolutely embarrassed themselves this week and made it easy for me.
tidal.com/track/654256...
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i’m not on nextdoor but my wife has shown me anxious posts of adults worrying about the “youths loitering at the end of the road”
at the end of the road there is: a playground
they’re complaining about kids going to a playground
at the end of the road there is: a playground
they’re complaining about kids going to a playground
Kids can't hang out in parks. They can't hang out at the mall. They don't have 3rd spaces because no one wants kids around and then we are surprised when they rely on SM for connection.
If you take that away, what do they have left?
If you take that away, what do they have left?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
February 8, 2026 at 9:47 AM
i’m not on nextdoor but my wife has shown me anxious posts of adults worrying about the “youths loitering at the end of the road”
at the end of the road there is: a playground
they’re complaining about kids going to a playground
at the end of the road there is: a playground
they’re complaining about kids going to a playground
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Reading Green Mars and just got up to this bit “even those who want minimal government and oversight still want the systems in place that afforded them their privilege in the first place. That’s libertarians for you - anarchists who want police protection from their slaves”
February 8, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Reading Green Mars and just got up to this bit “even those who want minimal government and oversight still want the systems in place that afforded them their privilege in the first place. That’s libertarians for you - anarchists who want police protection from their slaves”
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800 words on newspaper economics in a era where no one will pulp a magazine
February 7, 2026 at 12:46 PM
800 words on newspaper economics in a era where no one will pulp a magazine
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I have told a few MPs this. I genuinely feel a lot of adults hate the existence and needs of young people. Then they act surprised/bewildered that these kids are anxious/depressed.
Kids can't hang out in parks. They can't hang out at the mall. They don't have 3rd spaces because no one wants kids around and then we are surprised when they rely on SM for connection.
If you take that away, what do they have left?
If you take that away, what do they have left?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
February 8, 2026 at 9:37 AM
I have told a few MPs this. I genuinely feel a lot of adults hate the existence and needs of young people. Then they act surprised/bewildered that these kids are anxious/depressed.
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the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style
MY KIDS: so why are there muppets in the AUDIENCE
ME: THE CONCEIT!! IS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON A VARIETY SHOW!!! IN A WORLD WHERE MUPPET AND HUMAN COEXIST!!! YOU ARE WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY!! FILMED!! IN REAL TIME!!!
ME: THE CONCEIT!! IS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON A VARIETY SHOW!!! IN A WORLD WHERE MUPPET AND HUMAN COEXIST!!! YOU ARE WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY!! FILMED!! IN REAL TIME!!!
February 8, 2026 at 6:22 AM
the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style
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Gates McFadden told a great story at a Star Trek convention I went to as a kid about Kermit goofing around with her props on a break between takes during her scene in “Muppets Take Manhattan” and finally she goes “KERMIT, STOP THAT!”, like straight to the frog, and the whole crew lost their shit
This is entirely correct / back in the day I was picked to ask Kermit a question at a Thing (all the questions were scripted but askers were allowed to embellish a little) and in the moment I was absolutely talking to Kermit, who is real.
the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style
February 8, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Gates McFadden told a great story at a Star Trek convention I went to as a kid about Kermit goofing around with her props on a break between takes during her scene in “Muppets Take Manhattan” and finally she goes “KERMIT, STOP THAT!”, like straight to the frog, and the whole crew lost their shit
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this is genuinely incredible
January 15, 2026 at 1:31 PM
this is genuinely incredible
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Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
February 8, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
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One of my least favourite genres of reply on here is when someone says something like this and someone else will reply "lol, like there will be history books in the future" as if this has anything to do with the point being made
One of the most sickening realizations I've ever had came when it hit me that six hundred years from now historians will be writing things like "while technically illegal, intercourse with minors was broadly accepted as normal among the American ruling class, and even a marker of status"
February 8, 2026 at 8:04 AM
One of my least favourite genres of reply on here is when someone says something like this and someone else will reply "lol, like there will be history books in the future" as if this has anything to do with the point being made
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One of the most sickening realizations I've ever had came when it hit me that six hundred years from now historians will be writing things like "while technically illegal, intercourse with minors was broadly accepted as normal among the American ruling class, and even a marker of status"
February 8, 2026 at 7:30 AM
One of the most sickening realizations I've ever had came when it hit me that six hundred years from now historians will be writing things like "while technically illegal, intercourse with minors was broadly accepted as normal among the American ruling class, and even a marker of status"
#THETENX5 Day 7
"Nameless, Faceless" by Courtney Barnett (2018)
This is superbly well judged, using one of her most carefree, melodic tunes to score a cutting put-down of her internet trolls.
tidal.com/track/265352...
"Nameless, Faceless" by Courtney Barnett (2018)
This is superbly well judged, using one of her most carefree, melodic tunes to score a cutting put-down of her internet trolls.
tidal.com/track/265352...
Courtney Barnett - Nameless, Faceless
Listen to Nameless, Faceless on TIDAL
tidal.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:03 PM
#THETENX5 Day 7
"Nameless, Faceless" by Courtney Barnett (2018)
This is superbly well judged, using one of her most carefree, melodic tunes to score a cutting put-down of her internet trolls.
tidal.com/track/265352...
"Nameless, Faceless" by Courtney Barnett (2018)
This is superbly well judged, using one of her most carefree, melodic tunes to score a cutting put-down of her internet trolls.
tidal.com/track/265352...
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I enjoy the way that in this photo our cats look like a hip-hop duo quite a lot of people quite liked in 1996 who have made a comeback record, done an interview with a broadsheet newspaper and are attempting to prove they are still serious and relevant.
February 7, 2026 at 10:52 PM
I enjoy the way that in this photo our cats look like a hip-hop duo quite a lot of people quite liked in 1996 who have made a comeback record, done an interview with a broadsheet newspaper and are attempting to prove they are still serious and relevant.
Curtains for zoosha
we gotta open the schools…or close down the schools. not sure. yikes
February 7, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Curtains for zoosha
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Tori Amos in 1994:
February 7, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Tori Amos in 1994: