Ian Robinson
@ianrobinson.bsky.social
Writer, walker, atheist, cinema lover, hobby musician, science junkie, perpetual maths student, cricket fan, chess patzer. I post about new music a LOT! #Music #NewMusic
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Ian Robinson
@ianrobinson.bsky.social
· Feb 8
If you like the nonsense I post here on Bluesky, follow my bridged Bluesky account. It automatically posts what I post on Mastodon here on Bluesky.
At some point soon, I’ll stop cross-posting on both platforms. The account below will have everything.
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At some point soon, I’ll stop cross-posting on both platforms. The account below will have everything.
@ianRobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
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Want to feel more in control of your writing setup? The Scrivener Made Simple playlist is filled with short, easy tutorials to help you become a pro.
Short, smart videos that are ready when you are: buff.ly/a7HDUfz
Short, smart videos that are ready when you are: buff.ly/a7HDUfz
November 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Want to feel more in control of your writing setup? The Scrivener Made Simple playlist is filled with short, easy tutorials to help you become a pro.
Short, smart videos that are ready when you are: buff.ly/a7HDUfz
Short, smart videos that are ready when you are: buff.ly/a7HDUfz
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Yet another reason why Reform UK would be torn apart really quickly in office... Not only would they lose loads of MPs amid the inevitable scandals and resignations, but their voter base is shallow with nothing in common. Can we not just avoid the whole debacle?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Who supports Reform and why? The charts that show who favours Farage’s party
Based on largest poll of supporters, these charts and maps show five distinct groups that could hand Reform a majority
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Yet another reason why Reform UK would be torn apart really quickly in office... Not only would they lose loads of MPs amid the inevitable scandals and resignations, but their voter base is shallow with nothing in common. Can we not just avoid the whole debacle?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Am I the only one who thinks Farage is an ungrateful f***er?
I mean the BBC platforms him all the time and rarely calls him to account (Left wing bias? Don’t make me laugh!).
Yet he slags the BBC off at every opportunity and wants to abolish the very media outlet that has made his career.
I mean the BBC platforms him all the time and rarely calls him to account (Left wing bias? Don’t make me laugh!).
Yet he slags the BBC off at every opportunity and wants to abolish the very media outlet that has made his career.
November 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Am I the only one who thinks Farage is an ungrateful f***er?
I mean the BBC platforms him all the time and rarely calls him to account (Left wing bias? Don’t make me laugh!).
Yet he slags the BBC off at every opportunity and wants to abolish the very media outlet that has made his career.
I mean the BBC platforms him all the time and rarely calls him to account (Left wing bias? Don’t make me laugh!).
Yet he slags the BBC off at every opportunity and wants to abolish the very media outlet that has made his career.
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Sky at Night always used to have an early repeat - and we're back, with our collaboration with the Curious Cases team on at 7pm tomorrow on BBC4. Please watch if you possibly can - support your local science program! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Four - The Sky at Night, Space Mysteries: The Sky at Night Meets Curious Cases
Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain join the team to answer viewers' burning queries about space.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Sky at Night always used to have an early repeat - and we're back, with our collaboration with the Curious Cases team on at 7pm tomorrow on BBC4. Please watch if you possibly can - support your local science program! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Amazing. A timelapse video of the Melbourne Cricket Ground being converted back to cricket after the Aussie Rules Football season. Including 8 drop in pitches.
10-minute video: https://youtu.be/4NQi3hIS2WA
#cricket
10-minute video: https://youtu.be/4NQi3hIS2WA
#cricket
November 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Amazing. A timelapse video of the Melbourne Cricket Ground being converted back to cricket after the Aussie Rules Football season. Including 8 drop in pitches.
10-minute video: https://youtu.be/4NQi3hIS2WA
#cricket
10-minute video: https://youtu.be/4NQi3hIS2WA
#cricket
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Sam Fender has donated the entirety of his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to the Music Venue Trust (MVT), which works to preserve the UK's grassroots music venues.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn8xpw9n95qo
#music #live
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn8xpw9n95qo
#music #live
November 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Sam Fender has donated the entirety of his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to the Music Venue Trust (MVT), which works to preserve the UK's grassroots music venues.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn8xpw9n95qo
#music #live
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn8xpw9n95qo
#music #live
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I bought Think Like a Mathematician ebook after reading the free sample on Apple Books.
#books #maths #math https://books.apple.com/gb/book/think-like-a-mathematician/id6736534471
#books #maths #math https://books.apple.com/gb/book/think-like-a-mathematician/id6736534471
Think Like a Mathematician
Science & Nature · 2025
books.apple.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I bought Think Like a Mathematician ebook after reading the free sample on Apple Books.
#books #maths #math https://books.apple.com/gb/book/think-like-a-mathematician/id6736534471
#books #maths #math https://books.apple.com/gb/book/think-like-a-mathematician/id6736534471
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Still super stressed about this.
Pat and I just got our medical insurance renewal. Our monthly rate is going from $763 to $2,323.
Our deductible went up too.
We knew it was going to be bad with the subsidies expiring, but holy hell ...
Our deductible went up too.
We knew it was going to be bad with the subsidies expiring, but holy hell ...
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Still super stressed about this.
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Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
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The utter preposterousness of this interview. A media figure talking about BBC bias while describing the president as his "friend". A child could see trough it.
It’s already started - the BBC allows Newsmax boss to opine about bias, suggest some of the Jan 6 mob were merely innocent tourists visiting Congress, without pushback
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The utter preposterousness of this interview. A media figure talking about BBC bias while describing the president as his "friend". A child could see trough it.
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Some of the most powerful and well-paid people in the world don't understand a lesson that every schoolchild knows: if you surrender to bullies, they will only bully you more
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Some of the most powerful and well-paid people in the world don't understand a lesson that every schoolchild knows: if you surrender to bullies, they will only bully you more
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I fear we are seeing in the UK what has become abundantly clear in the US: for all their power and privilege, elites and institutions are absolute cowards in the face of right-wing authoritarianism. Weak, weak, weak, as Tony Blair once said
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I fear we are seeing in the UK what has become abundantly clear in the US: for all their power and privilege, elites and institutions are absolute cowards in the face of right-wing authoritarianism. Weak, weak, weak, as Tony Blair once said
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It's too late now but an alternative strategy might have been to invite Prescott to shove his crank report up his hole
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
It's too late now but an alternative strategy might have been to invite Prescott to shove his crank report up his hole
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What’s going on in Chicago beggars belief. Fascism alive in America. To think the BBC bowed to the man who did this.
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archive.ph
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
What’s going on in Chicago beggars belief. Fascism alive in America. To think the BBC bowed to the man who did this.
archive.ph/2025.11.08-2...
archive.ph/2025.11.08-2...
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A good day to listen to our proud, joyous history of the BBC: One of the greatest British inventions of the 20th Century. An institution which, even at its worst, is far better than its detractors podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A good day to listen to our proud, joyous history of the BBC: One of the greatest British inventions of the 20th Century. An institution which, even at its worst, is far better than its detractors podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
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There’s a lot written about leadership & teamwork but the HEMS crews are one of the best examples, anywhere, of how to operate at the sharp end of practice.
Made this for BBC Radio 4 about the people who make it happen. 11am GMT today or find it here:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Made this for BBC Radio 4 about the people who make it happen. 11am GMT today or find it here:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Air Ambulance - BBC Sounds
Every second counts as the Air Ambulance crew try to save a life.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
There’s a lot written about leadership & teamwork but the HEMS crews are one of the best examples, anywhere, of how to operate at the sharp end of practice.
Made this for BBC Radio 4 about the people who make it happen. 11am GMT today or find it here:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Made this for BBC Radio 4 about the people who make it happen. 11am GMT today or find it here:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Gary Lineker absolutely called it.
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Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Gary Lineker absolutely called it.
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I added 47 new releases to my music library this week. The playlists below have a selected track from each one. In no particular order.
Apple Music: music.apple.com/gb/playlist/...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/34c...
#Music #NewMusic
Apple Music: music.apple.com/gb/playlist/...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/34c...
#Music #NewMusic
IFR New Music Playlist - 9th November 2025 by Ian Robinson on Apple Music
Playlist · 47 Songs
music.apple.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I added 47 new releases to my music library this week. The playlists below have a selected track from each one. In no particular order.
Apple Music: music.apple.com/gb/playlist/...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/34c...
#Music #NewMusic
Apple Music: music.apple.com/gb/playlist/...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/34c...
#Music #NewMusic
I added 47 new releases to my music library this week. The playlists below have a selected track from each one. In no particular order.
Apple Music: music.apple.com/gb/playlist/...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/34c...
#Music #NewMusic
Apple Music: music.apple.com/gb/playlist/...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/34c...
#Music #NewMusic
IFR New Music Playlist - 9th November 2025 by Ian Robinson on Apple Music
Playlist · 47 Songs
music.apple.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I added 47 new releases to my music library this week. The playlists below have a selected track from each one. In no particular order.
Apple Music: music.apple.com/gb/playlist/...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/34c...
#Music #NewMusic
Apple Music: music.apple.com/gb/playlist/...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/34c...
#Music #NewMusic
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the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
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Tremendous news that spineless right wing arse Tim Davie has resigned as BBC DG! Golden opportunity for Labour to put someone in that won't kowtow to fascist frog faced Nazi shitbag Farage and his zombie footsoldiers 24/7. Although given how useless Starmer is, he'll just pick who the AI says.
November 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Tremendous news that spineless right wing arse Tim Davie has resigned as BBC DG! Golden opportunity for Labour to put someone in that won't kowtow to fascist frog faced Nazi shitbag Farage and his zombie footsoldiers 24/7. Although given how useless Starmer is, he'll just pick who the AI says.
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A great point. If you read the UK press, spend time on X and fall prey to elite radicalisation, you can very easily fool yourself into thinking you represent the silent majority when in fact you are an increasingly extreme minority. It's funny when conservatives scold liberals about their "bubbles"
This latest defeat may exemplify a broader ecosystem/bubble problem for the right: so used now to preaching to the converted in media outlets and online that it struggles to understand how this language (the NT as run by or capitulating to "woke terrorists") might be received by the median member
November 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
A great point. If you read the UK press, spend time on X and fall prey to elite radicalisation, you can very easily fool yourself into thinking you represent the silent majority when in fact you are an increasingly extreme minority. It's funny when conservatives scold liberals about their "bubbles"
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
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Jeremy, I have followed your science advocacy on this platform with respect, but I find this thread deeply hurtful and sad and I am going to tell you why. While my wife did her postdoc at CSHL, she and our many dear friends had to endure the racist rhetoric of this man, which did constant harm
On one evening, the speakers were divided up and went to dinner parties hosted by some of the wealthy folks who lived around Cold Spring Harbor on Long Island. My dinner was delightful, with good conversation with our host (the mayor of a nearby village), his friends, and some other speakers.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Jeremy, I have followed your science advocacy on this platform with respect, but I find this thread deeply hurtful and sad and I am going to tell you why. While my wife did her postdoc at CSHL, she and our many dear friends had to endure the racist rhetoric of this man, which did constant harm