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...
If I had invested a trillion dollars in my kid's hobby, I might start asking if it was going to make some money back any time soon.
February 4, 2026 at 6:54 PM
If I had invested a trillion dollars in my kid's hobby, I might start asking if it was going to make some money back any time soon.
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At some point we, as a society, need to do a debrief on how we allowed a death cult to run the entire supply chain for critical technologies.
February 4, 2026 at 6:48 PM
At some point we, as a society, need to do a debrief on how we allowed a death cult to run the entire supply chain for critical technologies.
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The whole world loves the Olympics! *4 minutes later* We regret to inform you the Olympics have been turned off
UPDATE: four minutes into the first event of the Winter Olympics, there has been a power outage
February 4, 2026 at 6:29 PM
The whole world loves the Olympics! *4 minutes later* We regret to inform you the Olympics have been turned off
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worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
February 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
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Hello Canadians! Indigo is running 25% off pre-orders for their most anticipated science fiction novels, which includes CRAWLSPACE, out March 17th! Follow the link here and grab it for $20! www.indigo.ca/en-ca/crawls...
Crawlspace Book By Adam Christopher, ('tp') | Indigo
Buy the book Crawlspace by adam christopher at Indigo
www.indigo.ca
February 4, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Hello Canadians! Indigo is running 25% off pre-orders for their most anticipated science fiction novels, which includes CRAWLSPACE, out March 17th! Follow the link here and grab it for $20! www.indigo.ca/en-ca/crawls...
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YOU LET GLINNER TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS?
February 4, 2026 at 5:56 PM
YOU LET GLINNER TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS?
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Take control of your mind. Start thinking for free!
See and read the full comic on penny-arcade.com !
#AISlop #WriteForFree #ThinkForYourself #AIisAGrift #comedy #foryou
See and read the full comic on penny-arcade.com !
#AISlop #WriteForFree #ThinkForYourself #AIisAGrift #comedy #foryou
February 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Take control of your mind. Start thinking for free!
See and read the full comic on penny-arcade.com !
#AISlop #WriteForFree #ThinkForYourself #AIisAGrift #comedy #foryou
See and read the full comic on penny-arcade.com !
#AISlop #WriteForFree #ThinkForYourself #AIisAGrift #comedy #foryou
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Ancient 21st century curse: may the thing you depend upon get bought by a billionaire
February 4, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Ancient 21st century curse: may the thing you depend upon get bought by a billionaire
Nearly teatime is it
February 4, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Nearly teatime is it
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Ghost World is such an amazing choice to make this argument. No notes.
Yes, @mattyglesias.bsky.social has also argued, in The Atlantic (of course), that older men pursuing sexual relationships with sixteen year olds is not pedophilia.
February 4, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Ghost World is such an amazing choice to make this argument. No notes.
Gonna watch tonight. I'm amazed it's only half an hour, I assumed a one-off special would be more like an hour.
Y'all Disney is 100% waiting for views on Disney+ to decide if they'll make more "The Muppet Show." If you want more Muppets in the world, watch that shit.
February 4, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Gonna watch tonight. I'm amazed it's only half an hour, I assumed a one-off special would be more like an hour.
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I'm looking for a singer for a little project. Upcoming, recording/performing, building a profile... Crucially, needs to be a bit R&B / soul-y in style, and able to improvise melodically. So if anyone's recently stumbled across anyone like this on, say, Bandcamp etc, I'd be interested to know
February 4, 2026 at 10:59 AM
I'm looking for a singer for a little project. Upcoming, recording/performing, building a profile... Crucially, needs to be a bit R&B / soul-y in style, and able to improvise melodically. So if anyone's recently stumbled across anyone like this on, say, Bandcamp etc, I'd be interested to know
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Last repost. When you genuinely never liked the work of someone who turns out to be a wrong'un the trick is to simply not say anything. I remember when everyone decided they'd had enough of Morrissey I had very little time for "Behold my lack of racism because I was never a Smiths fan"
February 4, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Last repost. When you genuinely never liked the work of someone who turns out to be a wrong'un the trick is to simply not say anything. I remember when everyone decided they'd had enough of Morrissey I had very little time for "Behold my lack of racism because I was never a Smiths fan"
Well Kante lasted longer than Henderson or Duran, but maybe life in the Mickey Mouse Blood Money League isn't actually that much fun! www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
N'Golo Kante signs for Fenerbahce after transfer issues resolved
N'Golo Kante joins Fenerbahce from Al-Ittihad after issues over documentation appeared to threaten deal.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Well Kante lasted longer than Henderson or Duran, but maybe life in the Mickey Mouse Blood Money League isn't actually that much fun! www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Nothing perplexes me more than billionaires buying movie studios and not making movies!
If you’re a billionaire why are you paying professionals money to make people believe you are good at a videogame? How the fuck did that seem like a good idea? Take a hundred mil and buy the rights to Thief and Deus Ex and make sequels, you can do that, have a fucking dream dumdum create something
February 4, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Nothing perplexes me more than billionaires buying movie studios and not making movies!
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Bezos has the resources to make WaPo into the BEST sports outlet and BEST science outlet and BEST place to get trusted news without feeling any sort of negative financial impact but is happy to turn it into Quillette because he’s lost whatever creative spark he had and turned into a vapid dullard
Video call: WaPo Executive Editor Matt Murray says the paper plans to lay off hundreds of staff, cutting into its local, international, and sports coverage (New York Times)
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February 4, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Bezos has the resources to make WaPo into the BEST sports outlet and BEST science outlet and BEST place to get trusted news without feeling any sort of negative financial impact but is happy to turn it into Quillette because he’s lost whatever creative spark he had and turned into a vapid dullard
Exciting news from the latest DWM: the new season 21 boxset includes the full edition of The Adventure Game on which Janet Fielding was a contestant (and which was the not terribly subtle inspiration for my @bigfinish.bsky.social play Power Game) www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/d...
248. Doctor Who: Black Thursday / Power Game - Doctor Who - The Monthly Adventures - Big Finish
Award-winning, full-cast original audio dramas from the worlds of Doctor Who, Torchwood, Blake's 7, Class, Dark Shadows, Avengers, Omega Factor, Star Cops, Sherlock Holmes, Dorian Gray, Pathfinder Leg...
www.bigfinish.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Exciting news from the latest DWM: the new season 21 boxset includes the full edition of The Adventure Game on which Janet Fielding was a contestant (and which was the not terribly subtle inspiration for my @bigfinish.bsky.social play Power Game) www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/d...
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Oh god. I want him to turn around and there be a player number and name arched over the back of the branded sportswear, but it’s just a big 1 and the word PAEDO.
losing my mind at this photo, it's literally the 'my t-shirt' meme
February 4, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Oh god. I want him to turn around and there be a player number and name arched over the back of the branded sportswear, but it’s just a big 1 and the word PAEDO.
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It is worth recalling that the position of U.K. Ambassador to the US was not vacant at the time the Prime Minister chose to appoint Peter Mandelson to the role. A highly competent and respected woman was replaced.
February 4, 2026 at 1:05 PM
It is worth recalling that the position of U.K. Ambassador to the US was not vacant at the time the Prime Minister chose to appoint Peter Mandelson to the role. A highly competent and respected woman was replaced.
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UK PM - We cannot disclose documents that will prejudice the affairs of another country
US DoJ - Wheeeeeeeeee!
US DoJ - Wheeeeeeeeee!
February 4, 2026 at 1:21 PM
UK PM - We cannot disclose documents that will prejudice the affairs of another country
US DoJ - Wheeeeeeeeee!
US DoJ - Wheeeeeeeeee!
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RIP John Virgo. He's with the angles now.
February 4, 2026 at 12:06 PM
RIP John Virgo. He's with the angles now.
Happy 40th birthday to Control, an album that still slaps on this cheap mid-80s vinyl pressing which I bought for 99p from Barnardo's, and was formerly owned by Jackie & Marcus in 1988.
February 4, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Happy 40th birthday to Control, an album that still slaps on this cheap mid-80s vinyl pressing which I bought for 99p from Barnardo's, and was formerly owned by Jackie & Marcus in 1988.
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Yep. If people turned up every day to make widgets at a factory, the factory sold those widgets at a profit but didn’t pay its workers a living wage it would be called what it is: exploitation.
Arts and entertainment, however they are distributed, are no different.
Arts and entertainment, however they are distributed, are no different.
Whenever people in the arts rage at government about support, we all say “BUT IT’S A MULTI BILLIONTY BILLION INDUSTRY.”
And then we say “Oh. None of us get paid.”
That should be the issue, surely?
We’ve had super profitable industries before where workers never saw the cash. And we did something.
And then we say “Oh. None of us get paid.”
That should be the issue, surely?
We’ve had super profitable industries before where workers never saw the cash. And we did something.
This is a brilliant, thorough and truthful bit of writing, as you’d expect from @littlemaddles.bsky.social.
Someone is making a penny, as they say, and the arts needs to have a hard look at itself, 25 years into a lunatic experiment in impoverishing creators.
open.substack.com/pub/madelein...
Someone is making a penny, as they say, and the arts needs to have a hard look at itself, 25 years into a lunatic experiment in impoverishing creators.
open.substack.com/pub/madelein...
February 4, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Yep. If people turned up every day to make widgets at a factory, the factory sold those widgets at a profit but didn’t pay its workers a living wage it would be called what it is: exploitation.
Arts and entertainment, however they are distributed, are no different.
Arts and entertainment, however they are distributed, are no different.
It's probably by The Flaming Lips. In terms of the song itself, Pilot Can at the Queer of God, but they have better titles: Guy Who Got a Headache and Accidentally Saves the World, Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now), One Million Billionth of a Millisecond on a Sunday Morning, etc
Deleted a post about “what’s your least favorite song” because the vibes are bad enough already.
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
February 4, 2026 at 11:03 AM
It's probably by The Flaming Lips. In terms of the song itself, Pilot Can at the Queer of God, but they have better titles: Guy Who Got a Headache and Accidentally Saves the World, Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now), One Million Billionth of a Millisecond on a Sunday Morning, etc
I've just discovered Lego are doing this Police Prisoner Transport set which is conceptually not unlike the Line Of Duty one I made and posted online many years ago www.lego.com/en-gb/produc...
February 4, 2026 at 10:27 AM
I've just discovered Lego are doing this Police Prisoner Transport set which is conceptually not unlike the Line Of Duty one I made and posted online many years ago www.lego.com/en-gb/produc...