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Ian Robinson

@ianrobinson.info

Belfast based writer, walker, atheist, cinema lover, hobby musician, science junkie, perpetual maths student, cricket fan, chess patzer. I post about new music a LOT! #Music #NewMusic

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Anne Warren@annewarren.bsky.social · 2h ago

At 00.15 am UK time: A minute's silence in Hiroshima - the time the bomb was dropped. 8.15 am, 6 August 1945, the US dropped a nuclear bomb killing 140,000 people that year. Representatives of 123 countries will attend. An updated list of victims will record survivors who died in the past year.

Ian Robinson@ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 48m ago

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey gives UK poetry sales an epic boost | Books | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/04/christopher-nolan-the-odyssey-uk-poetry-sales-boost-homer

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey gives UK poetry sales an epic boost

Poetry sales surpassed £8m in the first 30 weeks of 2026 and are expected to reach a record high this year thanks to blockbuster adaptation of Homer’s 2,700-year-old poem

theguardian.com

Ian Robinson@ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 57m ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/117045535221367316 “[the film] lacks psychological, emotional, political and ethical depth. Its narrative structure is gimmicky. The writing is abysmal. None of the characters has convincing motivation for their actions or words. There are no sex scenes […]

Original post on mastodon.social

mastodon.social

Ian Robinson@ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1h ago

Brutal. Emily Wilson reviews The Odyssey film in London Review of Books. https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n14/emily-wilson/an-uncomplicated-man #Film #TheOdyssey #Review

Ian Robinson@ianrobinson.info · 3h ago

This means that the Australian’s could be playing Test cricket for a third of all the days in the next 12 months. Starting next week. If all the matches go to 5 days. Which they won’t. #Cricket #Australia #TestCricket

Ian Robinson@ianrobinson.info · 6h ago

Australia Men are scheduled to play 20 Test matches between now and this time next year. That’s a lot. It’ll be 21 if they qualify for the World Test Championship final scheduled for June 2027. See www.espncricinfo.com/team/austral... #Cricket #TestCricket #Australia

Ian Robinson@ianrobinson.info · 3h ago

The first episode was okay. Lots of exposition to set up the story, of course. But I’ll continue watching. Next week. I don’t need to circle back and watch S2 or S3. #AppleTV #TedLasso #Football

Ian Robinson@ianrobinson.info · 5h ago

I’m going to watch Ted Lasso S4 after struggling to complete watching S1, bailing from S2, and never watching any of S3. S4 is a fresh new storyline about managing a women’s football team, as I understand it. #AppleTV #TedLasso #Football

Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · yesterday

Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.

Flags on the Abingdon Road
Ian Robinson@ianrobinson.info · 6h ago

Australia Men are scheduled to play 20 Test matches between now and this time next year. That’s a lot. It’ll be 21 if they qualify for the World Test Championship final scheduled for June 2027. See www.espncricinfo.com/team/austral... #Cricket #TestCricket #Australia

Australia Cricket Team Schedule, Results & Timetable

Stay updated with the Australia cricket team schedules, fixtures, and results. Find live cricket scores and upcoming matches on Cricinfo.

espncricinfo.com

Ian Robinson@ianrobinson.info · 2d ago

Being this famous would be horrendous. Fair play to her for saying enough. Ariana Grande expands on decision to ‘step back from visibility’, telling fans it was ‘not reactive or impulsive’ | Ariana Grande | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...

Ariana Grande expands on decision to ‘step back from visibility’, telling fans it was ‘not reactive or impulsive’

Singer and actor, whose world tour ends next month, told audience in Chicago that she had been quietly planning the move for a long time

theguardian.com

Paul Bassett Davies@thewritertype.bsky.social · 2d ago

If you don’t care about what A.I. will do to humanity, at least consider its impact on all those monkeys with typewriters who were meant to be producing the works of Shakespeare, and will now be out of work. There's a very real danger they'll all start podcasts.

Ian Robinson@ianrobinson.info · 2d ago

Oh, do fuck off. ““He’s got such a vision for how to achieve space dominance, to compete with adversarial nations and the Chinese Communist Party, to bring American pride into the space race and to do it at a cost that is reasonable,” Pfluger said in an interview after the meeting.” 1 of 2.

NASA’s Isaacman isn’t asking the GOP for more money

NASA wants to return to the moon and go even further, but the new agency head said he’s got the cash to get there.

politico.com

Ian Robinson@ianrobinson.info · 2d ago

I’m seeing many orders of magnitude more of the terrible views that Liddle espoused from people arguing about them than I ever did when he was alive. I never read his stuff. Time to add his name to my mute filters and get back to my bubble where he doesn’t exist.