Rob Finch
@finchwrites.bsky.social
Involuntary Frankfurt widower.
Voluntary guitarist and korfballer.
Glorified mercenary typist.
Voluntary guitarist and korfballer.
Glorified mercenary typist.
In better news: my town is flushed with success
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Godalming public toilets win National Loo of the Year award
Goldalming's Crown Court public toilets have been declared among the best in the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 10:52 PM
In better news: my town is flushed with success
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This banger again 👀🤩 because why not.
#MosaicMonday
Detail of floor mosaic - 1 century AD.
National Archaeological Museum Aquileia. The bow motif connects
ivy and vine branches, referring to the cult of Dionysus. #art #Archaeology #Italy #History
📷: Ottone Porfirogenito.
#MosaicMonday
Detail of floor mosaic - 1 century AD.
National Archaeological Museum Aquileia. The bow motif connects
ivy and vine branches, referring to the cult of Dionysus. #art #Archaeology #Italy #History
📷: Ottone Porfirogenito.
January 19, 2026 at 3:05 PM
This banger again 👀🤩 because why not.
#MosaicMonday
Detail of floor mosaic - 1 century AD.
National Archaeological Museum Aquileia. The bow motif connects
ivy and vine branches, referring to the cult of Dionysus. #art #Archaeology #Italy #History
📷: Ottone Porfirogenito.
#MosaicMonday
Detail of floor mosaic - 1 century AD.
National Archaeological Museum Aquileia. The bow motif connects
ivy and vine branches, referring to the cult of Dionysus. #art #Archaeology #Italy #History
📷: Ottone Porfirogenito.
AI in everything = Put. A. Bird. On. It.
youtu.be/iHmLljk2t8M?...
youtu.be/iHmLljk2t8M?...
Portlandia - Put A Bird On It!
YouTube video by Eric Cost
youtu.be
January 18, 2026 at 10:17 PM
AI in everything = Put. A. Bird. On. It.
youtu.be/iHmLljk2t8M?...
youtu.be/iHmLljk2t8M?...
Imagine the *good* that could have been done.
Such opportunity cost.
Such opportunity cost.
The division has lost over $77 billion since its inception in 2020.
Meta Lays Off Thousands of VR Workers as Zuckerberg's Vision Fails
The company has laid off some 1,500 virtual reality developers as part of a broader shift toward AI wearable devices.
trib.al
January 18, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Imagine the *good* that could have been done.
Such opportunity cost.
Such opportunity cost.
Colleen Rooney is now working for Ukraine's SBU?
This opens up wider questions about how far the UK and Canada in the 5 eyes intel sharing framework as well as other former allies of the United States can still provide the Americans with any sensitive intelligence information at all
January 18, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Colleen Rooney is now working for Ukraine's SBU?
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One of the most popular and crowd-pleasing arias in classical opera, "Perché non c'è cibo nella mia ciotola, donna?" tells an emotional tale of a desperately malnourished waif and translates into English as "Why Is There No Food In My Bowl, Woman?"
January 17, 2026 at 3:28 PM
One of the most popular and crowd-pleasing arias in classical opera, "Perché non c'è cibo nella mia ciotola, donna?" tells an emotional tale of a desperately malnourished waif and translates into English as "Why Is There No Food In My Bowl, Woman?"
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100% tariff on the MM/DD/YY format.
January 17, 2026 at 6:10 PM
100% tariff on the MM/DD/YY format.
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Feeling horny? Share your love of the recent Carynx archaeological discovery with this romantic card 🩷📯
Link: tephraarts.etsy.com/listing/4442...
#carnyx #archaeology #celtic #history #britisharchaeology
Link: tephraarts.etsy.com/listing/4442...
#carnyx #archaeology #celtic #history #britisharchaeology
January 17, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Feeling horny? Share your love of the recent Carynx archaeological discovery with this romantic card 🩷📯
Link: tephraarts.etsy.com/listing/4442...
#carnyx #archaeology #celtic #history #britisharchaeology
Link: tephraarts.etsy.com/listing/4442...
#carnyx #archaeology #celtic #history #britisharchaeology
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Hell of a LinkedIn profile.
June 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Hell of a LinkedIn profile.
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Morning Livy research gem
"In the Palace about this time there occurred a very odd thing [] A little boy named Servius Tullus was lying asleep when his head burst into flames."
"In the Palace about this time there occurred a very odd thing [] A little boy named Servius Tullus was lying asleep when his head burst into flames."
January 17, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Morning Livy research gem
"In the Palace about this time there occurred a very odd thing [] A little boy named Servius Tullus was lying asleep when his head burst into flames."
"In the Palace about this time there occurred a very odd thing [] A little boy named Servius Tullus was lying asleep when his head burst into flames."
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This feels like someone had the title stuck in their head for years, and when they finally cracked and built something around it, made something delightful.
"Trees Hate You" Steam page now live! Wishlist if you want to be bullied of horrible trees: store.steampowered.com/app/4171850/...
#indiegame #steamgame #ragegame #gamedev
#indiegame #steamgame #ragegame #gamedev
January 17, 2026 at 9:39 AM
This feels like someone had the title stuck in their head for years, and when they finally cracked and built something around it, made something delightful.
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The time is right for a dark, gritty reboot of 'Fraggle Rock'
January 16, 2026 at 9:21 PM
The time is right for a dark, gritty reboot of 'Fraggle Rock'
Traitors theory:
Jessie = Velma
Stephen = Fred
James = Shaggy
Jessie = Velma
Stephen = Fred
James = Shaggy
January 16, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Traitors theory:
Jessie = Velma
Stephen = Fred
James = Shaggy
Jessie = Velma
Stephen = Fred
James = Shaggy
Christ I am not prepared for the Baddiel cat thing
January 16, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Christ I am not prepared for the Baddiel cat thing
Network Rail have written to inform me of sleeper replacements happening overnight.
January 16, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Network Rail have written to inform me of sleeper replacements happening overnight.
An absolute must
The Gosh! sale is back! We’ll have boxes brimming with excellent comics at affordable prices. Check out the sale for yourselves when it starts at the end of the month on Saturday 31st January. This will not be available online and only in store!
January 16, 2026 at 5:32 PM
An absolute must
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WOW! This late Roman blue glass cup made an epic 12,000 km journey!
Made in the eastern Mediterranean, it was excavated from the Cheonmachong Tomb, a royal tomb of the ancient Silla Kingdom in Korea! 🤯
Early AD 500s. Gyeongju National Museum, South Korea. 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
Made in the eastern Mediterranean, it was excavated from the Cheonmachong Tomb, a royal tomb of the ancient Silla Kingdom in Korea! 🤯
Early AD 500s. Gyeongju National Museum, South Korea. 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
January 16, 2026 at 2:22 PM
WOW! This late Roman blue glass cup made an epic 12,000 km journey!
Made in the eastern Mediterranean, it was excavated from the Cheonmachong Tomb, a royal tomb of the ancient Silla Kingdom in Korea! 🤯
Early AD 500s. Gyeongju National Museum, South Korea. 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
Made in the eastern Mediterranean, it was excavated from the Cheonmachong Tomb, a royal tomb of the ancient Silla Kingdom in Korea! 🤯
Early AD 500s. Gyeongju National Museum, South Korea. 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
I wonder who will be the next defecation to Reform?
January 16, 2026 at 4:40 PM
I wonder who will be the next defecation to Reform?
Last night I felt like death. This morning I feel normal*. Thank you Dr Olbas.
*as in, like I usually do
*as in, like I usually do
January 16, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Last night I felt like death. This morning I feel normal*. Thank you Dr Olbas.
*as in, like I usually do
*as in, like I usually do
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Several of what I think of as BONTO! emails this week
August 1, 2024 at 7:41 AM
Several of what I think of as BONTO! emails this week
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
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Fell asleep watching The Man Who Wasn't There. When I woke up I had terrible trouble working out the plot...turned out I was halfway through North By Northwest
January 14, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Fell asleep watching The Man Who Wasn't There. When I woke up I had terrible trouble working out the plot...turned out I was halfway through North By Northwest
This yam isn't a tuba, it's a homphone
This potato isn't a tuba it's a homophone
January 14, 2026 at 7:41 PM
This yam isn't a tuba, it's a homphone