Rob Forbes
@robforbes.bsky.social
Award-winning broadcaster of 20+ years. Humanist.
"Gives the best hugs".
Other interests available on request.
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"Gives the best hugs".
Other interests available on request.
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Rob Forbes
@robforbes.bsky.social
· Jan 28
Hi ZA friends
I've put a list of South African news organisations that are on here together, if you 're looking for one.
Will update as more outlets arrive #SouthAfrica #News
bsky.app/profile/did:...
I've put a list of South African news organisations that are on here together, if you 're looking for one.
Will update as more outlets arrive #SouthAfrica #News
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Nope. Never.
Dear Bluesky liberals. Come back to Twitter. Please. PLEASE.
December 15, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Nope. Never.
Yeeeeep. The idea that all opinions are equal and need to be treated as such is utter modern online nonsense. And yet we still see the media "both sides" the dumbest shit imaginable.
At what point did being completely wrong start counting as an “opinion”? Claiming vaccines cause autism isn’t an opinion. It’s utter bullshit. And then they say, “Well, that’s my opinion, you have to respect it.” No. I don’t have to respect stupidity. Fuck off.
December 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Yeeeeep. The idea that all opinions are equal and need to be treated as such is utter modern online nonsense. And yet we still see the media "both sides" the dumbest shit imaginable.
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Elon Musk is upset that Somalian Americans in Minnesota get to vote. Dude is literally a South African immigrant who votes in Texas.
Racism is a helluva drug.
Racism is a helluva drug.
December 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Elon Musk is upset that Somalian Americans in Minnesota get to vote. Dude is literally a South African immigrant who votes in Texas.
Racism is a helluva drug.
Racism is a helluva drug.
Lol no-one's gonna travel to the World Cup 😂
Enjoy half-empty stadiums, FIFA. I hope that "prize" was worth it.
Enjoy half-empty stadiums, FIFA. I hope that "prize" was worth it.
The Trump administration has added another obstacle to the United States’ goal of attracting international visitors to the World Cup next year.
International World Cup Visitors Could Get Mandatory Social Media And Biometric Screening
The Trump administration has added another obstacle to the United States’ goal of attracting international visitors to the World Cup next year.
www.forbes.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Lol no-one's gonna travel to the World Cup 😂
Enjoy half-empty stadiums, FIFA. I hope that "prize" was worth it.
Enjoy half-empty stadiums, FIFA. I hope that "prize" was worth it.
TBH we should do the same. No travel for MAGA. Anywhere. Ever.
December 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
TBH we should do the same. No travel for MAGA. Anywhere. Ever.
No, you stupid ghouls. Coz that's not your grandmother.
WTF is wrong with people? Is everyone's brain made of mush? Is the ability to think even the most basic of thoughts gone?
WTF is wrong with people? Is everyone's brain made of mush? Is the ability to think even the most basic of thoughts gone?
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
No, you stupid ghouls. Coz that's not your grandmother.
WTF is wrong with people? Is everyone's brain made of mush? Is the ability to think even the most basic of thoughts gone?
WTF is wrong with people? Is everyone's brain made of mush? Is the ability to think even the most basic of thoughts gone?
Last year's year-end fatigue was emotionally more taxing.
This year it's physically. I'm tired into my very marrow. I could sleep for a year.
This year it's physically. I'm tired into my very marrow. I could sleep for a year.
December 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Last year's year-end fatigue was emotionally more taxing.
This year it's physically. I'm tired into my very marrow. I could sleep for a year.
This year it's physically. I'm tired into my very marrow. I could sleep for a year.
FUCK this stupid hypocrite idiot.
WATCH: Elon Musk is upset that Somalian Americans in Minnesota get to vote.
December 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
FUCK this stupid hypocrite idiot.
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The US is down at least $30 billion in tourism for 2025. International boycotts and a loss in appeal to visit due to Donald Trump has resulted in millions of trips canceled.
December 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The US is down at least $30 billion in tourism for 2025. International boycotts and a loss in appeal to visit due to Donald Trump has resulted in millions of trips canceled.
Mo Salah carried Liverpool on his back for a decade, won them a title single-handedly last season, saw 400m of utter dross come in who can't score, saw zero defensive upgrades, got dropped, and now fans are agreeing with Carragher??
Liverpool fans are the most ungrateful fans ever.
Liverpool fans are the most ungrateful fans ever.
December 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Mo Salah carried Liverpool on his back for a decade, won them a title single-handedly last season, saw 400m of utter dross come in who can't score, saw zero defensive upgrades, got dropped, and now fans are agreeing with Carragher??
Liverpool fans are the most ungrateful fans ever.
Liverpool fans are the most ungrateful fans ever.
At some point every day I'm forced to open WhatsApp, and it annoys me every time.
Genuinely considering becoming a phone call person again (Gen Z's look away). Call me, and if you get me, you get me. If you don't, you don't - try again later.
Bring back being as accessible as you were in 1997.
Genuinely considering becoming a phone call person again (Gen Z's look away). Call me, and if you get me, you get me. If you don't, you don't - try again later.
Bring back being as accessible as you were in 1997.
December 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
At some point every day I'm forced to open WhatsApp, and it annoys me every time.
Genuinely considering becoming a phone call person again (Gen Z's look away). Call me, and if you get me, you get me. If you don't, you don't - try again later.
Bring back being as accessible as you were in 1997.
Genuinely considering becoming a phone call person again (Gen Z's look away). Call me, and if you get me, you get me. If you don't, you don't - try again later.
Bring back being as accessible as you were in 1997.
New idea: a sandwich place, but all the sandwiches are made on garlic bread.
December 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
New idea: a sandwich place, but all the sandwiches are made on garlic bread.
"Yes, it's on my keyboard boss. And it's purring. Yes. I don't know what you expect me to do..."
December 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM
"Yes, it's on my keyboard boss. And it's purring. Yes. I don't know what you expect me to do..."
Reposted by Rob Forbes
South Africa having our freedom fries moment
December 10, 2025 at 7:10 AM
South Africa having our freedom fries moment
And once you've all gerrymandered down to the street level, then what? Stupid pseudo-democracy.
Republicans in Indiana are considering new congressional maps that could boost the GOP's chances of retaining its narrow US House majority in next year's midterm elections. President Trump is vowing to challenge Republicans who don't fall in line. CNN's Audie Cornish explains. https://cnn.it/48Joaae
December 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
And once you've all gerrymandered down to the street level, then what? Stupid pseudo-democracy.
Mr Beast would design them.
Jimmy Fallon would host the Hunger Games.
December 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Mr Beast would design them.
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I guess when you’ve stolen all the parenting books this would would make sense.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I guess when you’ve stolen all the parenting books this would would make sense.
As a broadcaster who's spoken to a half a million people a day for almost 20 years, you know what I would NOT do on my show or to my audience?
Interview Nick fucking Fuentes. About anything. Ever.
Fuck off Piers, you dick.
Interview Nick fucking Fuentes. About anything. Ever.
Fuck off Piers, you dick.
PIERS: “You’re not gay?”
FUENTES: “No. But women are very difficult to be around.”
P: “Should they vote?”
F: “No.”
PIERS: “They should stay home?”
FUENTES: “Yeah.”
PIERS: “So you’re just a misogynistic dinosaur. Have you ever had sex?”
FUENTES: “No.”
PIERS: “Wow. Says the guy who never got laid.”
FUENTES: “No. But women are very difficult to be around.”
P: “Should they vote?”
F: “No.”
PIERS: “They should stay home?”
FUENTES: “Yeah.”
PIERS: “So you’re just a misogynistic dinosaur. Have you ever had sex?”
FUENTES: “No.”
PIERS: “Wow. Says the guy who never got laid.”
December 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
As a broadcaster who's spoken to a half a million people a day for almost 20 years, you know what I would NOT do on my show or to my audience?
Interview Nick fucking Fuentes. About anything. Ever.
Fuck off Piers, you dick.
Interview Nick fucking Fuentes. About anything. Ever.
Fuck off Piers, you dick.
Doubt even then they'd say anything.
Cowards.
Cowards.
The other reporters in the White House press corps are apparently waiting until the president actually takes a swing at one of their female colleagues before they say anything
December 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Doubt even then they'd say anything.
Cowards.
Cowards.
I have a music library of about 20k tracks, variously duplicated across about 3 drives rn., and I'm trying to consolidate it.
I can't code.
And now I have 3x powershell scripts fetching the files, running an MD5 hash to isolate duplicates, and sifting into storage bins.
GPT has come through 🥲
I can't code.
And now I have 3x powershell scripts fetching the files, running an MD5 hash to isolate duplicates, and sifting into storage bins.
GPT has come through 🥲
December 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I have a music library of about 20k tracks, variously duplicated across about 3 drives rn., and I'm trying to consolidate it.
I can't code.
And now I have 3x powershell scripts fetching the files, running an MD5 hash to isolate duplicates, and sifting into storage bins.
GPT has come through 🥲
I can't code.
And now I have 3x powershell scripts fetching the files, running an MD5 hash to isolate duplicates, and sifting into storage bins.
GPT has come through 🥲
Whenever there's a big art heist, I reeeeeally wanna know what's next.
Who are the buyers? How are the works getting to them? Where are they? Where are they going to put them? Who are they showing them to who will simultaneously know what they are and be impressed AND not care that they're stolen?
Who are the buyers? How are the works getting to them? Where are they? Where are they going to put them? Who are they showing them to who will simultaneously know what they are and be impressed AND not care that they're stolen?
Two armed men stormed into São Paulo’s marble-floored Mário de Andrade public library on Sunday and carried off eight rare prints by the French modernist master Henri Matisse.
‘Priceless’ Matisse Works Stolen in Daylight Heist of Brazilian Library
Thieves armed with handguns made off with prints from the French painter’s colorful “Jazz” series.
on.wsj.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Whenever there's a big art heist, I reeeeeally wanna know what's next.
Who are the buyers? How are the works getting to them? Where are they? Where are they going to put them? Who are they showing them to who will simultaneously know what they are and be impressed AND not care that they're stolen?
Who are the buyers? How are the works getting to them? Where are they? Where are they going to put them? Who are they showing them to who will simultaneously know what they are and be impressed AND not care that they're stolen?
Watching Jamie Carragher trying to blow up the legacy of Liverpool's greatest ever PL-era player is brilliant looooooool 😂😂😂
December 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Watching Jamie Carragher trying to blow up the legacy of Liverpool's greatest ever PL-era player is brilliant looooooool 😂😂😂
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So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
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Whoa … this is really strange.
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
$28 million of cocaine seized off Miami Beach. Three men charged
Coast Guard and CBP seized about 3,715 pounds of cocaine worth $28 million from a 65-foot vessel near Government Cut off Miami Beach; three men were arrested.
www.miamiherald.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Whoa … this is really strange.
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Reposted by Rob Forbes
Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣