Robyn
@partlyaside.bsky.social
Former historian, current office drone. Californian loose in the Shire, obsessive about many things: books, food, cats & nature. YNWA. She/her.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve see in the wild:
Elephant seal
Moose
Pronghorn Antelopes
Sea Otter (California subspecies)
Tundra Swan
Elephant seal
Moose
Pronghorn Antelopes
Sea Otter (California subspecies)
Tundra Swan
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
alligator
sea turtle
manatee
nurse shark
møøse
alligator
sea turtle
manatee
nurse shark
møøse
ooh I like this one
baboon
giraffe
moose
flying fish
cobra
baboon
giraffe
moose
flying fish
cobra
November 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve see in the wild:
Elephant seal
Moose
Pronghorn Antelopes
Sea Otter (California subspecies)
Tundra Swan
Elephant seal
Moose
Pronghorn Antelopes
Sea Otter (California subspecies)
Tundra Swan
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you’ve owned.
1969 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia
1991 Mercury Tracer
1996 Toyota Camry
2000ish Ford Puma
2024 Toyota CHR
(We did have two? three? cars in between the Puma and the CHR. And the VW predates my birth by 12 years…)
1969 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia
1991 Mercury Tracer
1996 Toyota Camry
2000ish Ford Puma
2024 Toyota CHR
(We did have two? three? cars in between the Puma and the CHR. And the VW predates my birth by 12 years…)
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned.
1978 Toyota Corolla
1981 XD Ford Falcon station wagon
2004 BA Ford Fairmont Ghia
1976 HJ40 Toyota LandCruiser LWB
1984 HJ60 Toyota LC (still going strong, had it restored, indestructible 2H engine which has never let me down and will never die).
1978 Toyota Corolla
1981 XD Ford Falcon station wagon
2004 BA Ford Fairmont Ghia
1976 HJ40 Toyota LandCruiser LWB
1984 HJ60 Toyota LC (still going strong, had it restored, indestructible 2H engine which has never let me down and will never die).
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned.
1969 LC Torana
1972 LJ Torana
1979 CM Valiant
1984 VK Commodore
1986 R31 Skyline
I still own everything but the poor clapped out VK 🥲
1969 LC Torana
1972 LJ Torana
1979 CM Valiant
1984 VK Commodore
1986 R31 Skyline
I still own everything but the poor clapped out VK 🥲
November 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you’ve owned.
1969 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia
1991 Mercury Tracer
1996 Toyota Camry
2000ish Ford Puma
2024 Toyota CHR
(We did have two? three? cars in between the Puma and the CHR. And the VW predates my birth by 12 years…)
1969 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia
1991 Mercury Tracer
1996 Toyota Camry
2000ish Ford Puma
2024 Toyota CHR
(We did have two? three? cars in between the Puma and the CHR. And the VW predates my birth by 12 years…)
Happy Chompsgiving indeed!
November 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Happy Chompsgiving indeed!
Don’t think there are any that actually take place where I’m from, but here’s two filmed in my county….(descriptions in the alt text).
November 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Don’t think there are any that actually take place where I’m from, but here’s two filmed in my county….(descriptions in the alt text).
I am not disagreeing at all with the main thrust of this post but I made a big Thanksgiving meal once for my coworkers here in England and then was (kindly, nicely) expected to do it again, and again, and again.
always surprised how much youtube doesn't tailor their recommendations by region. i watch a lot of cooking videos, and right now it keeps pushing thanksgiving recipes on me, presumably because americans are watching a lot of those. but no one in britain cares about that.
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I am not disagreeing at all with the main thrust of this post but I made a big Thanksgiving meal once for my coworkers here in England and then was (kindly, nicely) expected to do it again, and again, and again.
Reposted by Robyn
let the gourd times roll
October 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
let the gourd times roll
Let’s see, my last five gigs are:
Fontaines DC
The Smile
Young Fathers
Arlo Parks
Christine & The Queens
Fontaines DC
The Smile
Young Fathers
Arlo Parks
Christine & The Queens
Last five gigs
Kendrick/SZA
Stevie Wonder/Corinne Bailey Rae
Lili Refrain/Vision Video/March Violets
Pulp
Panchiko/Mei Semones
Kendrick/SZA
Stevie Wonder/Corinne Bailey Rae
Lili Refrain/Vision Video/March Violets
Pulp
Panchiko/Mei Semones
Last five gigs (latest first)
Pet Shop Boys
Kendrick Lamar/SZA
Stevie Wonder
Dua Lipa
Supergrass
Only the Pets weren’t a first time seen. Been a pretty good year so far!
Pet Shop Boys
Kendrick Lamar/SZA
Stevie Wonder
Dua Lipa
Supergrass
Only the Pets weren’t a first time seen. Been a pretty good year so far!
August 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Let’s see, my last five gigs are:
Fontaines DC
The Smile
Young Fathers
Arlo Parks
Christine & The Queens
Fontaines DC
The Smile
Young Fathers
Arlo Parks
Christine & The Queens
Reposted by Robyn
Meanwhile in Oxfordshire, UK....
Endlessly vacationing Vance is getting booted out of British pubs.
Even the pints are telling him to fuck off.
Endlessly vacationing Vance is getting booted out of British pubs.
Even the pints are telling him to fuck off.
Staff Mutiny Forces Pub to Turn Away JD Vance
The vice president had reportedly attempted to dine at The Bull in Charlbury, Oxfordshire, weeks after the venue hosted Kamala Harris.
www.thedailybeast.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Meanwhile in Oxfordshire, UK....
Endlessly vacationing Vance is getting booted out of British pubs.
Even the pints are telling him to fuck off.
Endlessly vacationing Vance is getting booted out of British pubs.
Even the pints are telling him to fuck off.
This is truly a great newsletter!
It's almost 2025/26 so it's competition time.
Want lifetime paid access to my newsletter for free?
•Be subscribed (www.andrewbeasleyfootball.com/subscribe)
•Like this post
•Repost this post
I'll then randomly pick winners for each Golden Ticket:
Bluesky, X, Substack.
Do all three! Good luck!
Want lifetime paid access to my newsletter for free?
•Be subscribed (www.andrewbeasleyfootball.com/subscribe)
•Like this post
•Repost this post
I'll then randomly pick winners for each Golden Ticket:
Bluesky, X, Substack.
Do all three! Good luck!
Subscribe to Andrew Beasley Football
Analysing Liverpool data so you don't have to. Click to read Andrew Beasley Football, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
www.andrewbeasleyfootball.com
August 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This is truly a great newsletter!
N: Elgin/Isle of Skye, Scotland
S: St. Lucia
E: Zurich, Switzerland
W: Channel Islands, California
S: St. Lucia
E: Zurich, Switzerland
W: Channel Islands, California
Furthest I’ve been:
N: Reykjavik, Iceland (well, Keflavik airport)
S: Los Angeles, California
E: Osnabrück, Germany
W: Disenchantment Bay, Alaska
N: Reykjavik, Iceland (well, Keflavik airport)
S: Los Angeles, California
E: Osnabrück, Germany
W: Disenchantment Bay, Alaska
Furthest I've been:
N: Reyjavik
S: Melbourne
E: Brisbane
W: Hanalei
N: Reyjavik
S: Melbourne
E: Brisbane
W: Hanalei
August 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
N: Elgin/Isle of Skye, Scotland
S: St. Lucia
E: Zurich, Switzerland
W: Channel Islands, California
S: St. Lucia
E: Zurich, Switzerland
W: Channel Islands, California
So many options! I loved my geology classes - Intro and then basic palaeontology. Shakespeare & Film was wonderful. I took a bunch of biology classes, all of which I loved, especially the biology of dinosaurs. (Because one of our bio profs was actually a palaeontologist.) Oh and Ancient Philosophy!
What was your favorite early clas NOT in your eventual major. Mine was Ethnomusicology: an introduction to folk music.
I invariably get, "Ooh anthro that was my favorite class/cool professor" from people I meet. I tend to think soms of it is our outré material, being willing to talk "taboo" subjects in a cross-cultural context.
Ironically MY favorite class was probably Geology 101...
Ironically MY favorite class was probably Geology 101...
July 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
So many options! I loved my geology classes - Intro and then basic palaeontology. Shakespeare & Film was wonderful. I took a bunch of biology classes, all of which I loved, especially the biology of dinosaurs. (Because one of our bio profs was actually a palaeontologist.) Oh and Ancient Philosophy!
Reposted by Robyn
Immigration policy in my two countries, 2025:
🇺🇸No longer give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, only white people who didn’t like that apartheid ended
🇬🇧Stay away all of you squalid strangers
🇺🇸No longer give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, only white people who didn’t like that apartheid ended
🇬🇧Stay away all of you squalid strangers
May 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Immigration policy in my two countries, 2025:
🇺🇸No longer give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, only white people who didn’t like that apartheid ended
🇬🇧Stay away all of you squalid strangers
🇺🇸No longer give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, only white people who didn’t like that apartheid ended
🇬🇧Stay away all of you squalid strangers
Reposted by Robyn
Alisson Becker is not only the best goalkeeper in the world, he’s also one hell of a writer with an amazingly poignant story to tell.
www.theplayerstribune.com/alisson-beck...
www.theplayerstribune.com/alisson-beck...
When You Walk Through a Storm | By Alisson Becker
I hope to meet my father again one day. Until that day, I know one thing for sure: I never, ever walk alone.
www.theplayerstribune.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Alisson Becker is not only the best goalkeeper in the world, he’s also one hell of a writer with an amazingly poignant story to tell.
www.theplayerstribune.com/alisson-beck...
www.theplayerstribune.com/alisson-beck...
If you see this, post a picture of trees by water.
April 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
If you see this, post a picture of trees by water.
Reposted by Robyn
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
Reposted by Robyn
Starting the month with a #poem that feels particularly apt: Bad New Government, Emily Berry - april-is.tumblr.com/post/7796509...
April 1, 2025: Bad New Government, Emily Berry
Bad New Government
Emily Berry
Love, I woke in an empty flat to a bad new government;
it was cold the fridge was still empty my heart, that...
april-is.tumblr.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Starting the month with a #poem that feels particularly apt: Bad New Government, Emily Berry - april-is.tumblr.com/post/7796509...
Reposted by Robyn
WORLD-FIRST: Ground-breaking research published today in the Ornithologist Journal has, for the first time, translated common UK bird vocalisations into equivalent phrases in the human language.
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
April 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
WORLD-FIRST: Ground-breaking research published today in the Ornithologist Journal has, for the first time, translated common UK bird vocalisations into equivalent phrases in the human language.
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
This is truly one of the best threads I’ve ever read.
I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
a statue of a hippopotamus with its mouth open and teeth showing .
Alt: A hippo being tossed a watermelon, which it crushes in its massive jaws.
media.tenor.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This is truly one of the best threads I’ve ever read.
Reposted by Robyn
funniest highlights of the philly police scanner, a thread
February 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
funniest highlights of the philly police scanner, a thread
Reposted by Robyn
Seems like a nice day for running around screaming questions at each other that we know full well have no answers
January 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Seems like a nice day for running around screaming questions at each other that we know full well have no answers
Reposted by Robyn
The Bayeux Tapestry is cool as hell. A 230 foot-long textile account of the Norman Conquest from the 11th C., with lots of fun details, including 626 people, 190 horses, 35 dogs, 32 ships, & 93 penises.
"Are there eels?" you ask. Of course there are eels! Let's take a look! 1/8
🗃️🧪
"Are there eels?" you ask. Of course there are eels! Let's take a look! 1/8
🗃️🧪
January 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The Bayeux Tapestry is cool as hell. A 230 foot-long textile account of the Norman Conquest from the 11th C., with lots of fun details, including 626 people, 190 horses, 35 dogs, 32 ships, & 93 penises.
"Are there eels?" you ask. Of course there are eels! Let's take a look! 1/8
🗃️🧪
"Are there eels?" you ask. Of course there are eels! Let's take a look! 1/8
🗃️🧪
Reposted by Robyn
Looks fake doesn't it? This reconstruction of Medieval Bologna shows how Italian towns used to be a forest of towers, dense as Manhattan skyscrapers!
Here's a stable blog-formatted version of my thread from yesterday about the lost towers of the Guelph-Ghibelline wars www.exurbe.com/the-lost-tow...
Here's a stable blog-formatted version of my thread from yesterday about the lost towers of the Guelph-Ghibelline wars www.exurbe.com/the-lost-tow...
January 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Looks fake doesn't it? This reconstruction of Medieval Bologna shows how Italian towns used to be a forest of towers, dense as Manhattan skyscrapers!
Here's a stable blog-formatted version of my thread from yesterday about the lost towers of the Guelph-Ghibelline wars www.exurbe.com/the-lost-tow...
Here's a stable blog-formatted version of my thread from yesterday about the lost towers of the Guelph-Ghibelline wars www.exurbe.com/the-lost-tow...
Reposted by Robyn
Happy Winter Solstice to all in the northern hemisphere.
The turn of the year's tide, a pivot-point, a day of hope—when the dark stops rising & after which the Sun begins its slow climb back.
A day I celebrate more than Christmas or New Year.
Fiat lux!
📷 by @annieworsley.bsky.social
The turn of the year's tide, a pivot-point, a day of hope—when the dark stops rising & after which the Sun begins its slow climb back.
A day I celebrate more than Christmas or New Year.
Fiat lux!
📷 by @annieworsley.bsky.social
December 21, 2024 at 7:32 AM
Happy Winter Solstice to all in the northern hemisphere.
The turn of the year's tide, a pivot-point, a day of hope—when the dark stops rising & after which the Sun begins its slow climb back.
A day I celebrate more than Christmas or New Year.
Fiat lux!
📷 by @annieworsley.bsky.social
The turn of the year's tide, a pivot-point, a day of hope—when the dark stops rising & after which the Sun begins its slow climb back.
A day I celebrate more than Christmas or New Year.
Fiat lux!
📷 by @annieworsley.bsky.social
Reposted by Robyn
This is fascinating. For a #history buff like me, this is the kind of story that is compelling and heartbreaking.
www.npr.org/2024/10/28/n...
www.npr.org/2024/10/28/n...
How France uncovered the mystery of the forbidden photos of Nazi-occupied Paris
The search for the unknown photographer began in the summer of 2020, with the discovery of an old photo album at a flea market in southern France.
www.npr.org
November 23, 2024 at 8:19 PM
This is fascinating. For a #history buff like me, this is the kind of story that is compelling and heartbreaking.
www.npr.org/2024/10/28/n...
www.npr.org/2024/10/28/n...