Rob Worth
@robworth.bsky.social
I’m a secret lemonade drinker.
May your bedside table groan under the weight of books you may never read.
In a very particular order: publisher, editor, bass player, dad.
May your bedside table groan under the weight of books you may never read.
In a very particular order: publisher, editor, bass player, dad.
Right! The more confusing they make it the less people buy.
January 6, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Right! The more confusing they make it the less people buy.
Every “brand”: Engage with me. Engage with me!
Every consumer: <shrugs> I might buy your stuff from time to time, but other than that I wish you’d just leave me alone…
Every consumer: <shrugs> I might buy your stuff from time to time, but other than that I wish you’d just leave me alone…
January 6, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Every “brand”: Engage with me. Engage with me!
Every consumer: <shrugs> I might buy your stuff from time to time, but other than that I wish you’d just leave me alone…
Every consumer: <shrugs> I might buy your stuff from time to time, but other than that I wish you’d just leave me alone…
I used to get annoyed by words changing their meaning and their usage but then I learned to go with the linguistic flow. But the fading of the distinction between “uninterested” and “disinterested” is losing an important nuance which is impossible to express as succinctly any other way.
December 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I used to get annoyed by words changing their meaning and their usage but then I learned to go with the linguistic flow. But the fading of the distinction between “uninterested” and “disinterested” is losing an important nuance which is impossible to express as succinctly any other way.
What my dad used to say and what I am saving up for when mine achieve teenagerdom.
December 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
What my dad used to say and what I am saving up for when mine achieve teenagerdom.
Can you link to any studies that addressed optimal stair positioning for items to eventually move to their proper location? Thank you.
December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Can you link to any studies that addressed optimal stair positioning for items to eventually move to their proper location? Thank you.
Or £17k gives you £163.46 per child, per week for tutoring, which seems like more than enough to top up a good state school education if that’s what you really want.
December 8, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Or £17k gives you £163.46 per child, per week for tutoring, which seems like more than enough to top up a good state school education if that’s what you really want.
Brazil not expected to make it past the group stage.
December 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Brazil not expected to make it past the group stage.
“A driver might get mad” could be in both columns.
December 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“A driver might get mad” could be in both columns.
And all Stoppard’s pauses were “borrowed” from Pinter.
December 1, 2025 at 9:46 AM
And all Stoppard’s pauses were “borrowed” from Pinter.
I mildly disagree on this one point.
Why not occasionally give a speech showing the intellectual basis of your programme and policies?
Sure, not everyone would engage, but it would show you had a foundation. Just ensure the rest of the time you spoke and wrote plainly so most people can buy in.
Why not occasionally give a speech showing the intellectual basis of your programme and policies?
Sure, not everyone would engage, but it would show you had a foundation. Just ensure the rest of the time you spoke and wrote plainly so most people can buy in.
November 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I mildly disagree on this one point.
Why not occasionally give a speech showing the intellectual basis of your programme and policies?
Sure, not everyone would engage, but it would show you had a foundation. Just ensure the rest of the time you spoke and wrote plainly so most people can buy in.
Why not occasionally give a speech showing the intellectual basis of your programme and policies?
Sure, not everyone would engage, but it would show you had a foundation. Just ensure the rest of the time you spoke and wrote plainly so most people can buy in.
“Tyler Lemons” sounds like a character in a Martin Amis novel.
November 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“Tyler Lemons” sounds like a character in a Martin Amis novel.
When Harry Met Sally
Where Eagles Dare
The Big Short
Withnail and I
Where Eagles Dare
The Big Short
Withnail and I
November 17, 2025 at 8:04 AM
When Harry Met Sally
Where Eagles Dare
The Big Short
Withnail and I
Where Eagles Dare
The Big Short
Withnail and I
Stay close to the candles. The stairs can be treacherous.
November 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Stay close to the candles. The stairs can be treacherous.
4. Base jumping
All of which gets you a discounted ticket.
All of which gets you a discounted ticket.
October 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
4. Base jumping
All of which gets you a discounted ticket.
All of which gets you a discounted ticket.
I naively assumed this already happens. After all, it is 2025 and it would seem obvious that changes to roads, temporary or permanent, would be electronically published for years. Silly me.
October 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I naively assumed this already happens. After all, it is 2025 and it would seem obvious that changes to roads, temporary or permanent, would be electronically published for years. Silly me.
Ed Straw suggested a 4th branch of government: the “resulture”. Independent of the legislature it ensures every piece of legislation has predicted outcomes, checks them, and has the power to strike down a law that missed its objectives or had unintended consequences.
www.edstraw.com/the-resulture/
www.edstraw.com/the-resulture/
The Resulture - Ed Straw
An excerpt from Stand & Deliver: A Design For Successful Government (2014) Ed Straw Three separation of powers are taken for granted in modern discussions of government and implemented in many const...
www.edstraw.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Ed Straw suggested a 4th branch of government: the “resulture”. Independent of the legislature it ensures every piece of legislation has predicted outcomes, checks them, and has the power to strike down a law that missed its objectives or had unintended consequences.
www.edstraw.com/the-resulture/
www.edstraw.com/the-resulture/
I’m sure that there are technical and institutional barriers but it would still be good. I can take my mobile number or domain name to another provider. Why not add another layer of numbers that are portable? IIRC mobile numbers weren’t portable once upon a time. Things can change if there is demand
October 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I’m sure that there are technical and institutional barriers but it would still be good. I can take my mobile number or domain name to another provider. Why not add another layer of numbers that are portable? IIRC mobile numbers weren’t portable once upon a time. Things can change if there is demand
It would be great if bank account numbers and sort codes could be decoupled from banks so you could take it with you when you switched like mobile phone numbers.
October 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
It would be great if bank account numbers and sort codes could be decoupled from banks so you could take it with you when you switched like mobile phone numbers.
That is interesting but I’ve never owned an umbrella.
October 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
That is interesting but I’ve never owned an umbrella.
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Turn around from the “park and palace” picture and you’d be facing my old school!
October 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Turn around from the “park and palace” picture and you’d be facing my old school!