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Rachel Robbins
@rachelrobbins.bsky.social
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Writer, performer, stand up, recovering academic
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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 5h
Don't threaten us with a good time, Daily Express.
Image featuring a graphic from the Bradford District Green Party. The background is green with the Daily Express logo in the upper left and a photo of Zack Polanski speaking into a microphone on the right, holding a cartoon-style bundle of cash with a pound sign. Below, a mocked-up newspaper headline reads: “Zack Polanski wants to redistribute our money and turn Britain into a Left-wing haven.” At the bottom, the Green Party logo and web address Join.greenparty.org.uk are displayed.
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Rachel Robbins @rachelrobbins.bsky.social · 16h
My thoughts on today's cinema viewing - beautiful.
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Steve (2025)
How come everything is broken, and yet, the world is still beautiful?
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Rachel Robbins @rachelrobbins.bsky.social · 1d
My review of One Battle After Another. Is it worthy of the Oscar buzz?

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One Battle After Another
Is it worth the time commitment?
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Rachel Robbins @rachelrobbins.bsky.social · 1d
My review of One Battle After Another. Is it worthy of the Oscar buzz?

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One Battle After Another
Is it worth the time commitment?
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 2d
This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
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Rachel Robbins @rachelrobbins.bsky.social · 6d
Yesterday I went to the pictures and a woman took of her shoes and plonked her stockinged feet on the seat in front of her. I also watched a film.

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A Big, Bold, Beautiful Journey (2025)
That Didn’t Quite Make its Destination
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Rachel Robbins @rachelrobbins.bsky.social · 6d
Yesterday I went to the pictures and a woman took of her shoes and plonked her stockinged feet on the seat in front of her. I also watched a film.

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A Big, Bold, Beautiful Journey (2025)
That Didn’t Quite Make its Destination
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Rachel Robbins @rachelrobbins.bsky.social · 6d
Sinners
A Real Pain

And my favourite “little” movie of the year so far - Sorry, Baby.
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Rachel Robbins @rachelrobbins.bsky.social · 7d
In Manchester on Sunday and feeling despondent about the weather? Why not come and see this bunch of lovely women making stuff up? I was with them last night, rehearsing and living my best life. Would be great to do it for you all. wicf.ticketsolve.com/share/873656...
Jens and Frens and You - Frog and Bucket
This show is on at Terrace NQ: Terrace Three -  43 Thomas St, Manchester M4 1NA Jens and Frens is a dynamic and hilarious improv team made…
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Rachel Robbins @rachelrobbins.bsky.social · 7d
In Manchester on Sunday and feeling despondent about the weather? Why not come and see this bunch of lovely women making stuff up? I was with them last night, rehearsing and living my best life. Would be great to do it for you all. wicf.ticketsolve.com/share/873656...
Jens and Frens and You - Frog and Bucket
This show is on at Terrace NQ: Terrace Three -  43 Thomas St, Manchester M4 1NA Jens and Frens is a dynamic and hilarious improv team made…
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 7d
We should all lead a life as interesting and useful

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Jane Goodall, legendary primatologist, has died at age 91
Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 8d
A gentle reminder. If you call a political party racist, it can’t sue for defamation. If you call a particular politician racist, they can.

They might well lose - Lozza Fox has failed more than once - but they can sue, and they might win.

This is one of the reasons people are wary of saying it.
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Rachel Robbins @rachelrobbins.bsky.social · 8d
I got to be in the audience of the fabulous Self Esteem last night. So, I wrote about it.
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Self Esteem
Complicated Creativity, Prioritising Power and Compliments Deserved
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Rachel Robbins @rachelrobbins.bsky.social · 8d
I got to be in the audience of the fabulous Self Esteem last night. So, I wrote about it.
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Self Esteem
Complicated Creativity, Prioritising Power and Compliments Deserved
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 9d
One of the very big reason autism diagnoses became more common in the last few decades is that doctors finally realized that women can be autistic.

Imagine that, literally doubling the population of people who could be diagnosed, increased number of diagnoses. Who would have even thought.
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Rachel Robbins @rachelrobbins.bsky.social · 9d
So did the mafia.

Breaking the model might change the metrics for output, impact and engagement. It might make those words real and creative.
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Rachel Robbins @rachelrobbins.bsky.social · 9d
Academic publishing deserves to break. It makes billions from the free labour of peer reviewers and publicly funded research.
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Georgia Harper @mindtheflap.bsky.social · 15d
I find it really interesting that US autism politics has turned into "it's a terrible epidemic and must be eradicated" at the same time as UK (etc) autism politics has turned into "it's mostly overdiagnosed and must be doubted"

Of course the end result is the same: no need to figure out support 🙃
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Rachel Robbins @rachelrobbins.bsky.social · 11d
On my walk saw two random cats, who both look adorable and a little bit Nazi.
Tabby and white cat with side parting and a hint of a toothbrush moustache. Black and white patchy cat with white face and off centre small black patch above mouth.
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Rachel Robbins @rachelrobbins.bsky.social · 15d
“How’s the writing going, Rachel?”

“I made cake.”
Chocolate sponge cake filled with chocolate buttercream and homemade plum jam.
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Rachel Robbins @rachelrobbins.bsky.social · 16d
More importantly, it is that autism *is* a fault. Something that needs a cure. And I’m pretty sure I know how Nazis ‘cure’ things.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 16d
Of course the main takeaway from all of this is that autism is women’s fault.
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Rachel Robbins @rachelrobbins.bsky.social · 16d
More importantly it is that autism *is* a fault. Something that needs a cure. And I’m pretty sure I know how Nazis ‘cure’ things.
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Rachel Robbins @rachelrobbins.bsky.social · 16d
I didn’t take paracetamol while pregnant. This means my daughter can’t be autistic… which is a surprise to us all.
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Rachel Robbins @rachelrobbins.bsky.social · 16d
I didn’t take paracetamol while pregnant. This means my daughter can’t be autistic… which is a surprise to us all.
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Rachel Robbins @rachelrobbins.bsky.social · 21d
I’m not competitive. I just have very poor impulse control.