Rob Kendrew
@robkendrew.bsky.social
Retired. Lapsed Northerner. Too old to be working, so isn’t. Mainly travelling, taking photos and wondering what to do with them all.
“If you haven’t got anything nice to say about anyone, come and sit next to me”
Alice Roosevelt Longworth 1884-1980
“If you haven’t got anything nice to say about anyone, come and sit next to me”
Alice Roosevelt Longworth 1884-1980
Reposted by Rob Kendrew
Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
September 23, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
An absorbing and enlightening read.
'While Trump still commands the daily news cycle, he no longer commands the West... It is Europe that is becoming the new arsenal of democracy.'
Exceptional, morally urgent and utterly clear sighted column in the Telegraph. Yes, you read that right.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Exceptional, morally urgent and utterly clear sighted column in the Telegraph. Yes, you read that right.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
European rearmament is pushing Trump into irrelevance on Ukraine
This vain, vacillating, gullible US president no longer commands the West
www.telegraph.co.uk
August 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
An absorbing and enlightening read.
Reposted by Rob Kendrew
This old Onion piece from the 90s is funny but also incredibly on point with its cultural prescience. cc @bencollins.bsky.social
U.S. Dept. Of Retro Warns: 'We May Be Running Out Of Past'
WASHINGTON, DC—At a press conference Monday, U.S. Retro Secretary Anson Williams issued a strongly worded warning of an imminent "national retro crisis," cautioning that "if current levels of U.S. ret...
theonion.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This old Onion piece from the 90s is funny but also incredibly on point with its cultural prescience. cc @bencollins.bsky.social
Trump’s policy on China is a strategic blunder
www.thetimes.com/article/b377...
Spot on from the University Chancellor.
www.thetimes.com/article/b377...
Spot on from the University Chancellor.
Trump’s policy on China is a strategic blunder
US will pay a high price in both wealth and influence after underestimating Beijing’s resolve not to be pushed around
www.thetimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Trump’s policy on China is a strategic blunder
www.thetimes.com/article/b377...
Spot on from the University Chancellor.
www.thetimes.com/article/b377...
Spot on from the University Chancellor.
Just discovered the entire 12 seasons (22 episodes each) of NYPD Blue on Disney+. Oh joy of joys! Stands up pretty well still. Looks stunning on a decent telly and subtitles mean I can finally figure out what’s going on. Hail Kelly, Sipowiz, Fancy, Simone, Medavoy, Martinez… Time to dig in.
March 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Just discovered the entire 12 seasons (22 episodes each) of NYPD Blue on Disney+. Oh joy of joys! Stands up pretty well still. Looks stunning on a decent telly and subtitles mean I can finally figure out what’s going on. Hail Kelly, Sipowiz, Fancy, Simone, Medavoy, Martinez… Time to dig in.
Don't you ever ask them why
If they told you, you would cry… (Nash)
If they told you, you would cry… (Nash)
Long before they take their first steps, it seems that babies take a stand on architecture. Researchers have found that infants as young as four months favour the theatrical curves and elaborate ornamentation of baroque buildings over the stark minimalism of brutalist structures
Baroque or brutalist? Babies like buildings with bells and whistles
www.thetimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Don't you ever ask them why
If they told you, you would cry… (Nash)
If they told you, you would cry… (Nash)
The perils of AI. Check your sources. Just “researching” for a talk I’m doing tonight.
February 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The perils of AI. Check your sources. Just “researching” for a talk I’m doing tonight.
My kind of statistic.
January 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
My kind of statistic.
This interesting and useful warning about the creeping monetisation of unwanted AI does not have its credibility enhanced by the great big ad for ChatGPT plonked in the middle.
January 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This interesting and useful warning about the creeping monetisation of unwanted AI does not have its credibility enhanced by the great big ad for ChatGPT plonked in the middle.
@bristolbeacon.bsky.social Are you seriously putting on two Americana giants on the same night but clashing - Sturgill in the Beacon and Chuck in the Lantern? Scheduling insanity on March 2nd!
January 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
@bristolbeacon.bsky.social Are you seriously putting on two Americana giants on the same night but clashing - Sturgill in the Beacon and Chuck in the Lantern? Scheduling insanity on March 2nd!
Shakey start to the New Year for Glasto. He'll have to go some to top his last appearance.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
January 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Shakey start to the New Year for Glasto. He'll have to go some to top his last appearance.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
@deck.blue Would love to use your product but your impenetrable login and verification thing has defeated me. It’s asking for a verification code but no facility for a resend and even generating a new app password won’t fix it. Sayonara.
December 10, 2024 at 4:47 PM
@deck.blue Would love to use your product but your impenetrable login and verification thing has defeated me. It’s asking for a verification code but no facility for a resend and even generating a new app password won’t fix it. Sayonara.
Reposted by Rob Kendrew
Reposted by Rob Kendrew
Does anyone else find it crazy that you can walk into a bookshop and be charged £7.99 for a paperback novel that took the author a year to complete, but £16.99 for a completely blank notebook?
August 17, 2024 at 11:57 AM
Does anyone else find it crazy that you can walk into a bookshop and be charged £7.99 for a paperback novel that took the author a year to complete, but £16.99 for a completely blank notebook?