Robin Bird
@robinxbird.bsky.social
Pronouns em/em/eir (they're singular, nice and easy)
Trainee counsellor, attempting to write eir dead father's memoir, bookish, lefty, nerdy, disabled and British.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/skeletonrobin
Trainee counsellor, attempting to write eir dead father's memoir, bookish, lefty, nerdy, disabled and British.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/skeletonrobin
(I'm tired and not sure I'm expressing myself well, so sorry if this reads like nonsense)
February 4, 2026 at 10:12 PM
(I'm tired and not sure I'm expressing myself well, so sorry if this reads like nonsense)
The emu war was real. Now it's time for the turkey war.
February 4, 2026 at 10:12 PM
The emu war was real. Now it's time for the turkey war.
Currently kids can go and ask their Dr for vaccinations without parental consent. Currently, they can access contraceptives and sexual health care without a parent being involved. I'll bet you a penny who is driving this push via transphobia to take those rights away.
February 4, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Currently kids can go and ask their Dr for vaccinations without parental consent. Currently, they can access contraceptives and sexual health care without a parent being involved. I'll bet you a penny who is driving this push via transphobia to take those rights away.
In the UK we have the Gillick Competency ruling which means that minors can seek out their own health care if they are deemed able to consent. This is under threat right now via anti- trans campaigning. There's suggestion that the real goal is to take away access to contraceptives.
February 4, 2026 at 10:06 PM
In the UK we have the Gillick Competency ruling which means that minors can seek out their own health care if they are deemed able to consent. This is under threat right now via anti- trans campaigning. There's suggestion that the real goal is to take away access to contraceptives.
Anyway then i learned that was nonsense and actually people actually do spend time on file management, document planning, sorting their emails, and writing things down. It's taken years to unpack the shame and even longer to try and figure out how to do it myself. I'm 40 and only just getting it.
February 3, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Anyway then i learned that was nonsense and actually people actually do spend time on file management, document planning, sorting their emails, and writing things down. It's taken years to unpack the shame and even longer to try and figure out how to do it myself. I'm 40 and only just getting it.
b) that to do any sort of organising was "making a fuss" being fussy, prissy, silly, unnecessary etc and anybody cool and clever simply wouldn't have to.
Having to organise was simply shameful on many levels.
Having to organise was simply shameful on many levels.
February 3, 2026 at 9:40 PM
b) that to do any sort of organising was "making a fuss" being fussy, prissy, silly, unnecessary etc and anybody cool and clever simply wouldn't have to.
Having to organise was simply shameful on many levels.
Having to organise was simply shameful on many levels.
*affects Belgian accent*
One more thing Ms Rowling, this "tweet" it is from you, no? And you have signed it with a little Jx, here, as is your custom? Trés bien
Miss Lemon, if you will, please telephone the harbour master, where the Samsara, she is berthed.
One more thing Ms Rowling, this "tweet" it is from you, no? And you have signed it with a little Jx, here, as is your custom? Trés bien
Miss Lemon, if you will, please telephone the harbour master, where the Samsara, she is berthed.
a close up of a man with a mustache in a suit .
Alt: Hercule Poirot, a bald man with a well groomed moustache, raises an eyebrow at us
media.tenor.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:32 PM
*affects Belgian accent*
One more thing Ms Rowling, this "tweet" it is from you, no? And you have signed it with a little Jx, here, as is your custom? Trés bien
Miss Lemon, if you will, please telephone the harbour master, where the Samsara, she is berthed.
One more thing Ms Rowling, this "tweet" it is from you, no? And you have signed it with a little Jx, here, as is your custom? Trés bien
Miss Lemon, if you will, please telephone the harbour master, where the Samsara, she is berthed.
Uuurrrgghhhh. he crossed the very low bar of acknowledging her, but that bar is so low a snake would struggle to limbo.
February 3, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Uuurrrgghhhh. he crossed the very low bar of acknowledging her, but that bar is so low a snake would struggle to limbo.
Yes.
It took going through the whole tutorial but then i realised why people really value it and my brain just sort of felt more organised.
It took going through the whole tutorial but then i realised why people really value it and my brain just sort of felt more organised.
February 3, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Yes.
It took going through the whole tutorial but then i realised why people really value it and my brain just sort of felt more organised.
It took going through the whole tutorial but then i realised why people really value it and my brain just sort of felt more organised.
Reposted by Robin Bird
In the end if you are a creator, especially, engaging with art that was made by someone Provably A Shit, you too need to grapple with that -- even briefly. Don't just glance at it and let it go if the art really did mean something to you. Grab it. Feel its weight. Does it have any? Feel its edges.
February 3, 2026 at 6:48 PM
In the end if you are a creator, especially, engaging with art that was made by someone Provably A Shit, you too need to grapple with that -- even briefly. Don't just glance at it and let it go if the art really did mean something to you. Grab it. Feel its weight. Does it have any? Feel its edges.
That i read in 2025!
February 3, 2026 at 6:07 PM
That i read in 2025!
February 3, 2026 at 6:02 PM
I'm desperately hoping it's a translation error but i can't in good faith reference it when that's right there in the abstract
February 3, 2026 at 5:46 PM
I'm desperately hoping it's a translation error but i can't in good faith reference it when that's right there in the abstract
*cries in academic*
February 3, 2026 at 5:21 PM
*cries in academic*
I love this process but also realising that you are standing at the bottom of a giant mountain of info is somewhat daunting
February 3, 2026 at 5:15 PM
I love this process but also realising that you are standing at the bottom of a giant mountain of info is somewhat daunting
The countries were the Netherlands and Greece, but i don't know which fever was assigned to which. Or why.
February 3, 2026 at 5:14 PM
The countries were the Netherlands and Greece, but i don't know which fever was assigned to which. Or why.
Only Starfleet captains get to be that oddly specific about their beverages.
February 3, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Only Starfleet captains get to be that oddly specific about their beverages.
Look I'm always dubious of "why did you run from the police if you're innocent" accusations, because there's many valid reasons, but....
WHY DID YOU DELETE THE DATA IF YOU'VE GOT NOTHING TO HIDE JOANNE, HUH?
WHY DID YOU DELETE THE DATA IF YOU'VE GOT NOTHING TO HIDE JOANNE, HUH?
February 3, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Look I'm always dubious of "why did you run from the police if you're innocent" accusations, because there's many valid reasons, but....
WHY DID YOU DELETE THE DATA IF YOU'VE GOT NOTHING TO HIDE JOANNE, HUH?
WHY DID YOU DELETE THE DATA IF YOU'VE GOT NOTHING TO HIDE JOANNE, HUH?
Ahh so she's smuggling Russian oil too. Interesting.
[I am being facetious, of course]
[I am being facetious, of course]
February 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Ahh so she's smuggling Russian oil too. Interesting.
[I am being facetious, of course]
[I am being facetious, of course]
I think what's often so frustrating is how many men I've worked with who have never harassed me, never come close. Even the guy who was wildly sexist about women in STEM never came close to sexual harassment. So the guys who are "afraid" of working with women are really telling on themselves
February 3, 2026 at 2:38 PM
I think what's often so frustrating is how many men I've worked with who have never harassed me, never come close. Even the guy who was wildly sexist about women in STEM never came close to sexual harassment. So the guys who are "afraid" of working with women are really telling on themselves