Rob Galpin
@robgalpin.bsky.social
Writer, gardener and conservationist. Lots of interests and endlessly distracting hobbies like music, literature, nature writing and poetry. North-east England.
Blogging at https://burnedge.wordpress.com
Poems at https://write.as/robgalpin
Blogging at https://burnedge.wordpress.com
Poems at https://write.as/robgalpin
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"Next time you render your free AI-image in a couple of seconds, will you think of all the work, knowledge and skill that we HUMANS created over hundreds of years that made it possible?"
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
"Next time you render your free AI-image in a couple of seconds, will you think of all the work, knowledge and skill that we HUMANS created over hundreds of years that made it possible?"
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
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Butlin's Filey, Yorkshire, The Gaiety Bar, photo by David Noble, c.1970. Camp closed 1983. I went in 1960, aged five.
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Butlin's Filey, Yorkshire, The Gaiety Bar, photo by David Noble, c.1970. Camp closed 1983. I went in 1960, aged five.
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How wonderful to hear a leftwing - actually any UK politician able to argue properly. @zackpolanski.bsky.social is the future.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social wants to introduce a wealth tax of 1% on assets of over £10m & 2% on assets over £1bn & if the super rich want to leave the UK because they are being taxed a tiny amount more then we should wave them goodbye
Thatcherite John Redwood says 1% isn't a tiny amount.
Thatcherite John Redwood says 1% isn't a tiny amount.
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
How wonderful to hear a leftwing - actually any UK politician able to argue properly. @zackpolanski.bsky.social is the future.
Just a short one for #PromptCombo #OnRoofs - loads on this week. Hope to catch up with others later. Thanks Paul @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
#poem #poetry
#poem #poetry
November 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Just a short one for #PromptCombo #OnRoofs - loads on this week. Hope to catch up with others later. Thanks Paul @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
#poem #poetry
#poem #poetry
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🙏 @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social #PromptCombo
Out of season & they nest under #eaves, rather than #OnRoofs, but fits, I guess. 😁
#poem: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025
#swifts #swallows #NaturePoem #BirdPoem #poetrycommunity #bskypoetry
Out of season & they nest under #eaves, rather than #OnRoofs, but fits, I guess. 😁
#poem: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025
#swifts #swallows #NaturePoem #BirdPoem #poetrycommunity #bskypoetry
November 24, 2025 at 8:56 AM
🙏 @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social #PromptCombo
Out of season & they nest under #eaves, rather than #OnRoofs, but fits, I guess. 😁
#poem: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025
#swifts #swallows #NaturePoem #BirdPoem #poetrycommunity #bskypoetry
Out of season & they nest under #eaves, rather than #OnRoofs, but fits, I guess. 😁
#poem: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025
#swifts #swallows #NaturePoem #BirdPoem #poetrycommunity #bskypoetry
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Apparently, it's #worldphilosophyday, so here are two poems in a (very) occasional series I cooked up with @johnadlam.bsky.social 😁
With deep apologies and great affection to the two philosophers in question.
Open to commissions for other philosophical works 🙃
With deep apologies and great affection to the two philosophers in question.
Open to commissions for other philosophical works 🙃
November 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Apparently, it's #worldphilosophyday, so here are two poems in a (very) occasional series I cooked up with @johnadlam.bsky.social 😁
With deep apologies and great affection to the two philosophers in question.
Open to commissions for other philosophical works 🙃
With deep apologies and great affection to the two philosophers in question.
Open to commissions for other philosophical works 🙃
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Not a “gamble,” but rather instagram working as intended.
Mark Zuckerberg’s hate-speech gamble fuels Gen Z radicalization on Instagram as millions watch Hitler speeches and Holocaust denial clips | Fortune
The hottest far-right influencer right now isn’t Nick Fuentes—it’s Hitler. And his videos are appearing next to JPMorgan and U.S. Army ads
fortune.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Not a “gamble,” but rather instagram working as intended.
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It's apparently another of those pointless Days - this time, World Philosophy Day. So here are some clerihews.
"Potted Philosophers".
#poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #clerihews #philosophers
"Potted Philosophers".
#poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #clerihews #philosophers
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
It's apparently another of those pointless Days - this time, World Philosophy Day. So here are some clerihews.
"Potted Philosophers".
#poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #clerihews #philosophers
"Potted Philosophers".
#poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #clerihews #philosophers
A chilly start for the chickens in #Wallsend #NorthTyneside
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM
A chilly start for the chickens in #Wallsend #NorthTyneside
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No way to make this look good, I think
November 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
No way to make this look good, I think
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@dragonslayerma.bsky.social for this week's #promptcombo #northstar, I present you with a (slightly cheating) beau présent poem about Kochab, one of the two 'guardians of the pole' that were once believed to be the true north star. It's also the second brightest star in Ursa Minor ✴️
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
@dragonslayerma.bsky.social for this week's #promptcombo #northstar, I present you with a (slightly cheating) beau présent poem about Kochab, one of the two 'guardians of the pole' that were once believed to be the true north star. It's also the second brightest star in Ursa Minor ✴️
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Removing asylum support. Seizing belongings. Deporting entire families, including children.
Labour are not just paving the path to a Reform government. Reform may as well already be in power.
This government has no moral compass — and it should be ashamed of its inhumanity.
Labour are not just paving the path to a Reform government. Reform may as well already be in power.
This government has no moral compass — and it should be ashamed of its inhumanity.
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Removing asylum support. Seizing belongings. Deporting entire families, including children.
Labour are not just paving the path to a Reform government. Reform may as well already be in power.
This government has no moral compass — and it should be ashamed of its inhumanity.
Labour are not just paving the path to a Reform government. Reform may as well already be in power.
This government has no moral compass — and it should be ashamed of its inhumanity.
Here's something for #PromptCombo . #NorthStar really inspired me and I wrote this super quick (although the ideas/connections have been waiting around for a long time). Thanks @dragonslayerma.bsky.social
#poem #Gateshead #Newcastle #Tyneside
write.as/robgalpin/no...
#poem #Gateshead #Newcastle #Tyneside
write.as/robgalpin/no...
November 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Here's something for #PromptCombo . #NorthStar really inspired me and I wrote this super quick (although the ideas/connections have been waiting around for a long time). Thanks @dragonslayerma.bsky.social
#poem #Gateshead #Newcastle #Tyneside
write.as/robgalpin/no...
#poem #Gateshead #Newcastle #Tyneside
write.as/robgalpin/no...
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Labour: YOU MUST INTEGRATE
Also Labour: we might kick you out in a couple years so don't get to comfy yeah
Also Labour: we might kick you out in a couple years so don't get to comfy yeah
November 17, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Labour: YOU MUST INTEGRATE
Also Labour: we might kick you out in a couple years so don't get to comfy yeah
Also Labour: we might kick you out in a couple years so don't get to comfy yeah
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Six weeks since the PM said Britain faced a choice between decency or division and our bad, obviously, for not understanding that he was in fact Team Division
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Six weeks since the PM said Britain faced a choice between decency or division and our bad, obviously, for not understanding that he was in fact Team Division
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Look, for fuck’s sake, humans have been migrating continuously for our entire existence.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Look, for fuck’s sake, humans have been migrating continuously for our entire existence.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
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#poem for lost things
#poetry #poetrycommunity #AmWriting
https://write.as/robgalpin/the-memorial-garden
#poetry #poetrycommunity #AmWriting
https://write.as/robgalpin/the-memorial-garden
November 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
MICHAEL BENTINE'S POTTY TIME GENTLEMEN PLEASE #TwoShowsInOne
VISION ON THE BUSES #TWOSHOWSINONE
DOCTOR WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE
#TWOSHOWSINONE
#TWOSHOWSINONE
November 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
MICHAEL BENTINE'S POTTY TIME GENTLEMEN PLEASE #TwoShowsInOne
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This man is truly speaking truth to power about the radical changes we need in society. @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Zack Polanski, "The problem is chaining yourself to an economic system that is so fundamentally broken"
"You don't get marks or points for just being good, a gold star for doing th...
Zack Polanski, "The problem is chaining yourself to an economic system that is so fundamentally broken"
"You don't get marks or points for just being good, a gold star for doing the basics, or even j...
www.linkedin.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This man is truly speaking truth to power about the radical changes we need in society. @zackpolanski.bsky.social
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November 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
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Tommy Robinson is claiming credit for the language/policy being used by the Labour government (about deporting people found to be refugees once their home country is deemed safe)
November 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Tommy Robinson is claiming credit for the language/policy being used by the Labour government (about deporting people found to be refugees once their home country is deemed safe)
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It's impossible to add anything new that hasn't already been said about this so all I can do is repeat this is fascism that will do nothing to counter the rise of Reform but instead will accelerate their rise & pave the way for their implementing even more vile & extreme deprivations & racisms
“on article 8 of the ECHR in particular the right to family life ..we want to constrain in legislation the way that that is applied in immigration cases” Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood tells Sky’s Trevor Philips
Who would have imagined we would ever hear this from a Labour government
Who would have imagined we would ever hear this from a Labour government
November 16, 2025 at 9:49 AM
It's impossible to add anything new that hasn't already been said about this so all I can do is repeat this is fascism that will do nothing to counter the rise of Reform but instead will accelerate their rise & pave the way for their implementing even more vile & extreme deprivations & racisms
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For a party that has always, and always will, stand up for refugee rights - join.greenparty.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
For a party that has always, and always will, stand up for refugee rights - join.greenparty.org.uk
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To reiterate, this is about making life immeasurably more miserable and stressful for some of the most vulnerable people, in the almost certainly vain hope of winning over the votes of racists.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
Asylum in UK to be made temporary under Home Secretary’s plans
Shabana Mahmood will lay out reforms modelled on the Danish system on Monday.
www.independent.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:14 AM
To reiterate, this is about making life immeasurably more miserable and stressful for some of the most vulnerable people, in the almost certainly vain hope of winning over the votes of racists.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.