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Rob Barker

@tiemachine.bsky.social

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Social media manager, writer, listener. He/him. Also known as Mr. Hurry Little Strawberry Yoghurt,


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Just opened a pack of these and a bunny jumped out and bit me.

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Well that’s the mark of a great storyteller/decorator

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They do say there’s no new stories

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Stories are everywhere. This is B&Q

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We have to evidence climate change but they can take us out the biggest trading bloc in the world because feelings

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Rectangular crumpet. Just feels like it’s against God somehow

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Airfryers. They get shit done and are my choice for kitchen appliance I’d like to become dominant species on Earth in a Planet of the Apes stylee

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I’ve never read more than a couple of pages of this in one sitting but this is a good one

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Someone tried to break into a warehouse with a birdhouse

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“The Office for Fair Trading did it” Is certainly a brave take

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

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Hey a load of new Bluey episodes just dropped on iPlayer

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Keep looking guys. It must be there somewhere

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At last, over the rim of the waiting Earth the moon lifted with slow majesty till it swung clear of the horizon and rode off, free of moorings.

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Me: Do you want to listen to the new Beatles song? My 6yo daughter: Is it called Steven’s Giant Poo? *Laughs hysterically for 1million yrs

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Took a while but I finally got my brexit benefit

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Between midterms and the devastating world news lately the students on campus have been understandably stressed and tense Lovely to see that the biology and geology students have found a coping strategy (covering the study space in drawings of Danny DeVito)

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A group of security guards enjoying a joke in the afternoon sunshine.

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Nature working at breakneck speed this time of year. I placed the keyboard against the wall last night. During the night a spider spun a web across it and a Daddy Long Legs flew into it.

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I wish you could do the washing up in the lounge.

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A survey from Nature found that about half of scientists who used to use Twitter have cut back or quit it entirely & half are using other platforms. 🧪 By Myriam Vidal Valero www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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My team is looking to expand. Are you a seasoned writer who has experience with/a passion for game narratives? Join us! I even have an in* with the hiring manager! *me - the hiring manager is me

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This was like walking in on an argument: a situationist back-and-forth I found in Shalesmoor during my lunch break yesterday called Under the Slab, the Garden! Which I can find no information about anywhere apart from this skeet.

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Does teaching colleagues count? This looks fab Ysabel :)

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Just id’ed Burdock for the first time (Ponderosa Park Sheffield get down now) which is a thrill but now I’m seeing it everywhere.

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Maria:”Josie let’s do a tummy fight!” Josie:”No we’re not doing any fights” Maria:”Let’s do a hit fight!”

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Found this round Mum’s, the hound.

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Cos we ain’t unconsciously competent yet. But this was a really useful reminder, thanks.

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Hey Bluesky, settle an argument for me. Which is the best animal for predicting weather? Don’t get distracted by ‘best animal for predicting sports scores’, they’re not the same thing.

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I’m trying to write a series of video game walks in Skyrim inspired by Mark Richards’ beautiful guides but just discovered this glitch in The Reach, a little way north of Chillwind Depths. Guess I should include it?

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There’s a wait for scripts at Boots so we’re all draped over the photo print booths and erectile dysfunction displays like this is what we do every Friday night.

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This hello is tough too - first UoS academic I’ve found on Bluesky and they’re off. Sorry you’re leaving Izzy but still excited to find a Sheffield comrade!

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Josie: “I want to be a nurse when I grow up.” Maria: “I want to be a dinosaur when I grow up.”

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If you lie down on the floor in McDonald's you get to meet the manager

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You guys I think we were misreading this

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When my 3-year old gets a horsey ride from her big sister she has this look on her face like Father Dougal

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Proper MacReady-pours-coffee-into-the-chess-machine feel to it, today

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Not sure my partner is 100% acting in faith arguing that the monkey on the front of Coco Pops is himself called ‘Coco Pops’. Lends an unearned paternal dignity to what is ultimately a monkey in a baseball cap.

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