Rob
@glastronomer.bsky.social
Food Systems Researcher, mostly. Used to do Libraries. It’s a play on Glasgow and Gastronomer. Gastronomy as in academic field, not like I pull faces in restaurants (I mean, sometimes). He / Him 🏳️🌈🏴 #Food #SocialImpact #Sustainability #Agroecology
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Rob
@glastronomer.bsky.social
· Nov 22
It wasn’t the porn that did it, it was the fascism.
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wow who was he up against
December 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
wow who was he up against
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All in one day:
Immigration Minister lied about me with a slur.
Wes Streeting then tried a different attack.
And the Evening Standard write yet another attack piece because I dare to say we need to tax the rich.
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Immigration Minister lied about me with a slur.
Wes Streeting then tried a different attack.
And the Evening Standard write yet another attack piece because I dare to say we need to tax the rich.
Want to help create our better future?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
All in one day:
Immigration Minister lied about me with a slur.
Wes Streeting then tried a different attack.
And the Evening Standard write yet another attack piece because I dare to say we need to tax the rich.
Want to help create our better future?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Immigration Minister lied about me with a slur.
Wes Streeting then tried a different attack.
And the Evening Standard write yet another attack piece because I dare to say we need to tax the rich.
Want to help create our better future?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Me when I’ve unloaded the dishwasher yet again.
December 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Me when I’ve unloaded the dishwasher yet again.
A suitably bleak and tacky trophy to mark a prize made-up as a sop for an autocrat to stop him causing problems for a an event organised by the corrupt organisation that made up the prize.
December 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A suitably bleak and tacky trophy to mark a prize made-up as a sop for an autocrat to stop him causing problems for a an event organised by the corrupt organisation that made up the prize.
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It's giving
December 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
It's giving
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FOR THE LOVE OF GOD USE HYPHENS
December 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD USE HYPHENS
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I don’t think the “Burning question of immigration” has ever crossed my mind. Maybe I’m the odd one out?
December 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I don’t think the “Burning question of immigration” has ever crossed my mind. Maybe I’m the odd one out?
Israeli President makes surprising last minute case for barring Israel from the #Eurovision.
December 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Israeli President makes surprising last minute case for barring Israel from the #Eurovision.
Nigel’s mob will love this one.
December 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Nigel’s mob will love this one.
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An excellent piece by Yasmin Khan in @theguardian.com – and I’m very relieved the preposterous case against her has been dropped. www.theguardian.com/food/comment...
I called my recipe book Sabzi – vegetables. But the name was trademarked. And my legal ordeal began
The granting of patents and trademarks to foods and words from the global south is part of a long colonial grab. It’s time to realise we share what we cook, and what we call it
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM
An excellent piece by Yasmin Khan in @theguardian.com – and I’m very relieved the preposterous case against her has been dropped. www.theguardian.com/food/comment...
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There will come a point where Farage realises he needs non-dregs defectors to look vaguely respectable and Tory frontbenchers realise a pact is the only way they get to carry on being MPs. Then there will be deal.
FT Exclusive: The Reform UK leader told donors he expects a deal or merger between his party and the Conservatives ahead of the next general election, suggesting he does not believe he can sweep to power alone. on.ft.com/44xlHi0
December 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
There will come a point where Farage realises he needs non-dregs defectors to look vaguely respectable and Tory frontbenchers realise a pact is the only way they get to carry on being MPs. Then there will be deal.
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These evil, spiteful ghouls thought they’d score an awesome Supreme Court victory and then society would salute their bravery, and rise up to enforce their fucknut politics. That hasn’t happened and it won’t happen, so now society will be *forced* to comply in a blizzard of squillionaire litigation.
December 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
These evil, spiteful ghouls thought they’d score an awesome Supreme Court victory and then society would salute their bravery, and rise up to enforce their fucknut politics. That hasn’t happened and it won’t happen, so now society will be *forced* to comply in a blizzard of squillionaire litigation.
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Why don’t the government act against this? Because their entire philosophy is based on giving our horrific press what they want and siding with powerful, wealthy people to stomp upon troublemakers. Their strategy on culture war matters was always total capitulation and cooperation across the board.
December 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Why don’t the government act against this? Because their entire philosophy is based on giving our horrific press what they want and siding with powerful, wealthy people to stomp upon troublemakers. Their strategy on culture war matters was always total capitulation and cooperation across the board.
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For non-Brits: nobody can afford to get sued by revved-up wingnuts and crackpots armed with JK Rowling’s money, and nobody wants to be the next organisation protested by the far right and monstered into the heart of the earth by the world’s most poisonous media outlets. So they are folding.
December 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
For non-Brits: nobody can afford to get sued by revved-up wingnuts and crackpots armed with JK Rowling’s money, and nobody wants to be the next organisation protested by the far right and monstered into the heart of the earth by the world’s most poisonous media outlets. So they are folding.
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Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist
November 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist
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Trump isn't doing anything to lower costs for your family, but he is using the full force of the presidency to make himself and his family very, very, very, very rich.
All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches
From Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump’s family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-election
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Trump isn't doing anything to lower costs for your family, but he is using the full force of the presidency to make himself and his family very, very, very, very rich.
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Maybe Isaac Herzog should be more concerned about the genocide of Palestinians his country Israel is carrying out, rather than worrying the name of a small park in a country 3,000km away.
Israel's President Isaac Herzog has said he is concerned by the proposed removal of the name of former Israeli president and his father Chaim Herzog from a park in south Dublin.
Israeli president condemns motion to rename Dublin park
Israel's President Isaac Herzog has said he is concerned by the proposed removal of the name of former Israeli president and his father Chaim Herzog from a park in south Dublin.
www.rte.ie
November 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Maybe Isaac Herzog should be more concerned about the genocide of Palestinians his country Israel is carrying out, rather than worrying the name of a small park in a country 3,000km away.
I honestly can’t imagine the degree of shamelessness needed to be Kemi Badenoch standing up accusing anyone of lying or being unfit for office.
November 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I honestly can’t imagine the degree of shamelessness needed to be Kemi Badenoch standing up accusing anyone of lying or being unfit for office.
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Christmas at the BBC
![Title panel:
CHRISTMAS… AT THE BBC.
The Traitors Christmas Special:
Who in the BBC Boardroom is trying to bring down the gaff from within?
[Image: The Traitors scene with Claudia Winkleman looking like “ooh-er” while the BBC board sit at a table looking suspiciously at each other]
Apologising To The People Who Want To Destroy Us At Christmas:
A festive extravaganza of self-flagellation before our enemies
[Image: A cozy fireside scene with Donald Trump, Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch standing, while at their feet lots of BBC employees are kneeling before them and begging for forgiveness].
Donald's Big Distraction:
Heartwarming Julia Donaldson animation in which a dragon sues the BBC to draw his friends' attention onto something else
[Image: Julia Donaldson’s ‘Zog’ with a Donald Trump wig, holding up a lawyer’s letter to show his dragon friends while trying to block their view of a pile of box files and computer drives some with ‘Epstein’ written on them].
The King's Speech:
We let Nigel Farage tell you the BBC is left wing as if that's some kind of fact
[Image: Nigel Farage as the King delivering his Christmas speech to camera].
A Ghost Story for Christmas:
A venerable British institution is haunted by Boris Johnson's appointees
[Image: A BBC studio with a window, outside in the dark snowy night a spectral apparition in the form of Robbie Gibb taps at the window and wails “I want to destroooy you”]
Christmas Labour Inertia-Time:
Keir Starmer and Lisa Nandy present four hours of total silence from under their desks
[Image: Show them both under their desks holding up glasses of sherry]
Rightward Drift Christmas Special:
A bonanza of trust-corrosion with confected immigration panic and Reform coverage
[Image: A computer and a smartphone in a cute snowy scene, both displaying the BBC News website with multiple headlines and LIVE feeds and and BREAKING NEWS stories headlined: “IMMIGRANTS? IMMIGRANTS? IMMIGRANTS? IMMIGRANTS!”]
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November 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Christmas at the BBC
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The economic damage Brexit has caused is undeniable - even Brexiteers are now admitting it.
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/we-brexiteers-must-acknowledge-the-costs-of-leaving-europe-p3mhqd66f
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/we-brexiteers-must-acknowledge-the-costs-of-leaving-europe-p3mhqd66f
We Brexiteers must acknowledge the costs of leaving Europe
Breaking free from the EU has undoubtedly deepened the UK’s malaise, and it’s no use denying it
www.thetimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The economic damage Brexit has caused is undeniable - even Brexiteers are now admitting it.
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/we-brexiteers-must-acknowledge-the-costs-of-leaving-europe-p3mhqd66f
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/we-brexiteers-must-acknowledge-the-costs-of-leaving-europe-p3mhqd66f
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They're not hiding it, folks—straight up neo-Nazi advertising, from the font to the language to the 11 stars for the Confederacy. Then you have the DHS openly using white nationalist language of "remigrate", which means ethnic cleansing.
This is who MAGA is now.
This is who MAGA is now.
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 AM
They're not hiding it, folks—straight up neo-Nazi advertising, from the font to the language to the 11 stars for the Confederacy. Then you have the DHS openly using white nationalist language of "remigrate", which means ethnic cleansing.
This is who MAGA is now.
This is who MAGA is now.
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One should be in no doubt that most of Britain's elites will simply make their peace with Farage and do a deal, so long as they get left alone or benefit. Tho there is resistance to Trump in the US, it's v much the exception.(1/2) www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Cambridge University cosies up to Reform
The vice-chancellor expects Nigel Farage to model his policies on Trump and says other Russell Group members are meeting his allies
www.thetimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:59 AM
One should be in no doubt that most of Britain's elites will simply make their peace with Farage and do a deal, so long as they get left alone or benefit. Tho there is resistance to Trump in the US, it's v much the exception.(1/2) www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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November 27, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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I know it's been memory holed, but we really do need to keep saying: the British political establishment was absolutely wanking itself furious about the Trump administration when it came to power, and couldn't wait to copy everything they did.
Mind this?
November 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I know it's been memory holed, but we really do need to keep saying: the British political establishment was absolutely wanking itself furious about the Trump administration when it came to power, and couldn't wait to copy everything they did.