Robin Burchell
@rburchell.bsky.social
Organiser of pixels and herder of cats. Formerly Australian, now nationality-confused. All posts are my own opinion, no refunds for bad quality shitposting.
> Senior Labour figures tell Keir Starmer to stop making mistakes
In other news, man tells duck in local pond to stop getting wet
In other news, man tells duck in local pond to stop getting wet
September 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
> Senior Labour figures tell Keir Starmer to stop making mistakes
In other news, man tells duck in local pond to stop getting wet
In other news, man tells duck in local pond to stop getting wet
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My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
July 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
why are macos updates *still* *so* painful? I've been trying to update a brand new, OOB mac, so far for the past 2-3 hours so I can migrate to it. no luck...
June 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
why are macos updates *still* *so* painful? I've been trying to update a brand new, OOB mac, so far for the past 2-3 hours so I can migrate to it. no luck...
today's props go to to Parallels for this amazing attempt at making unsubscribing harder than it should be
May 26, 2025 at 7:16 AM
today's props go to to Parallels for this amazing attempt at making unsubscribing harder than it should be
Max now going back to HBO Max is hilarious to me, because I only found out about the first rename a month ago when I was confused I couldn’t find HBO to watch something.
May 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Max now going back to HBO Max is hilarious to me, because I only found out about the first rename a month ago when I was confused I couldn’t find HBO to watch something.
Pope Pancakes V
Your Pope name is: Last thing you ate + number of letters in your first name: Pope CheesyChips III
Your Pope name is: Last thing you ate + number of letters in your first name. Pope Macintosh IV
May 10, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Pope Pancakes V
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Late last year, @Harpers sent me to the West Bank to report on the state of the nonviolent resistance movement. Nothing I had seen over more than a decade of reporting there prepared me for the levels of fear and devastation I encountered.
harpers.org/archive/2025...
harpers.org/archive/2025...
After Nonviolence, by Ben Ehrenreich
The end of peaceful resistance in Palestine
harpers.org
April 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Late last year, @Harpers sent me to the West Bank to report on the state of the nonviolent resistance movement. Nothing I had seen over more than a decade of reporting there prepared me for the levels of fear and devastation I encountered.
harpers.org/archive/2025...
harpers.org/archive/2025...
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Worth sharing with alt text. Brian Eno's response to the Quaker arrests.
March 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Worth sharing with alt text. Brian Eno's response to the Quaker arrests.
A shower thought: I get why the implementation of tariffs in Trumpistan is FUBAR, but if the intention is to encourage domestic economy (= protectionism), aren’t they effectively what you want?
March 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A shower thought: I get why the implementation of tariffs in Trumpistan is FUBAR, but if the intention is to encourage domestic economy (= protectionism), aren’t they effectively what you want?
Really jiving with how my Discover feed is 48% apocalypse, 20% cats, 30% other news, 2% seminaked men (yeah I have no idea what’s going on with that)
March 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Really jiving with how my Discover feed is 48% apocalypse, 20% cats, 30% other news, 2% seminaked men (yeah I have no idea what’s going on with that)
apparently i'm going to be busy for a while
January 20, 2025 at 7:20 AM
apparently i'm going to be busy for a while
"The sackings will continue until morale improves", I guess?
Meta has told employees that they're laying off 5 percent of staff on Feb. 10, sources tell me & @mikeisaac.bsky.social @sheeraf.bsky.social. Layoffs are coming after employees have pushed back on new content moderation rules.
January 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"The sackings will continue until morale improves", I guess?
fake estimates are such BS. look, if things are going to take longer, that's fine, just be up front. don't tell me you're going to finish the wash cycle in one minute and then use ten. don't tell me you're going to have that order delivered here in two minutes when you're a 15 minute drive away.
January 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
fake estimates are such BS. look, if things are going to take longer, that's fine, just be up front. don't tell me you're going to finish the wash cycle in one minute and then use ten. don't tell me you're going to have that order delivered here in two minutes when you're a 15 minute drive away.
I tell thinking rocks to do things. Often, though, the rocks fight back.
December 31, 2024 at 4:08 PM
I tell thinking rocks to do things. Often, though, the rocks fight back.
Shower thought for a career change: start a band called "MIA", and just cancel every live event you get booked at.
December 30, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Shower thought for a career change: start a band called "MIA", and just cancel every live event you get booked at.
Just looking back on my recent posts. Come for the awful interior design criticism and cooking, stay for the PL shitposts.. I guess?
December 30, 2024 at 1:58 AM
Just looking back on my recent posts. Come for the awful interior design criticism and cooking, stay for the PL shitposts.. I guess?
> Some parting thoughts we can give the C++ community: We would like to see improvements to ergonomics and safety of the language and the tools prioritized over performance, and we would like to see efforts to make C++ compilers easier to upgrade on real systems.
December 30, 2024 at 1:56 AM
> Some parting thoughts we can give the C++ community: We would like to see improvements to ergonomics and safety of the language and the tools prioritized over performance, and we would like to see efforts to make C++ compilers easier to upgrade on real systems.
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I'm fascinated. How do you even go about making this kind of interior decoration?
Apparently the estate agent said "in need of complete modernisation."
Via terriblerealestatephotos on Tumblr.
Apparently the estate agent said "in need of complete modernisation."
Via terriblerealestatephotos on Tumblr.
December 29, 2024 at 2:27 AM
I'm fascinated. How do you even go about making this kind of interior decoration?
Apparently the estate agent said "in need of complete modernisation."
Via terriblerealestatephotos on Tumblr.
Apparently the estate agent said "in need of complete modernisation."
Via terriblerealestatephotos on Tumblr.
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Going to repost the story about Doom Bathroom from the Something Awful forums.
It has had a life on Twitter, then cohost, and I guess it is in my rights to bring it here only because someone had made me aware recently of extra content.
I believe I originally posted this in 2018.
It has had a life on Twitter, then cohost, and I guess it is in my rights to bring it here only because someone had made me aware recently of extra content.
I believe I originally posted this in 2018.
December 22, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Going to repost the story about Doom Bathroom from the Something Awful forums.
It has had a life on Twitter, then cohost, and I guess it is in my rights to bring it here only because someone had made me aware recently of extra content.
I believe I originally posted this in 2018.
It has had a life on Twitter, then cohost, and I guess it is in my rights to bring it here only because someone had made me aware recently of extra content.
I believe I originally posted this in 2018.
Why is REDLauncher a thing? JFC
December 21, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Why is REDLauncher a thing? JFC
Continuing my cooking shower thoughts, the whole thing about the watched pot not boiling is absolutely true.
Unfortunately I really need the rice to finish on time otherwise this dinner is not going to shape up.
Stay tuned.
Unfortunately I really need the rice to finish on time otherwise this dinner is not going to shape up.
Stay tuned.
December 21, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Continuing my cooking shower thoughts, the whole thing about the watched pot not boiling is absolutely true.
Unfortunately I really need the rice to finish on time otherwise this dinner is not going to shape up.
Stay tuned.
Unfortunately I really need the rice to finish on time otherwise this dinner is not going to shape up.
Stay tuned.
Oat flour in a mixture makes for surprisingly good pancakes. Tried with just oat flour today and I’m less convinced. They seem fragile. Going to need more experimentation I fear.
December 21, 2024 at 7:48 AM
Oat flour in a mixture makes for surprisingly good pancakes. Tried with just oat flour today and I’m less convinced. They seem fragile. Going to need more experimentation I fear.