Robin Wilde

Do you communicate online as part of your job? I'm working on a new project looking at how organizations can continue to communicate effectively without being vulnerable to abuse and radicalizing algorithms and I'd like to talk to you!

Some people get their favourite song stuck in their head all day. I get the Japanese lyrics to "if you're happy and you know it"

There's quite a bit of product placement in Slow Horses this series and it's a weird thing once you notice it

While I trust prediction markets as far as I can throw them, in the past I have found when betting with real bookies that this phenomenon means you can do quite well if you aren't right wing.

Alright BlueSky user, show yourself

Implications when a political tendency is described as "Liberal", ranked from best to worst: - USA - UK - Canada - Mainland Europe - Japan - Australia - South America

I don't know that there is a template or a "secret sauce" or a clear-cut lesson to take from this. But if there is one it's the idea of treating social media as the hostile territory that it is, of actually acting like you are a participant in propaganda warfare and not like a consumer.

BC progressives reading this skeet

If the Fascist International gets British Columbia and we get Serbia and Brazil I think that's a reasonable trade

I made another game for the Historically Accurate Game Jam! This time it's called Push Space, and it's a tiny micro-game collection (think Wario Ware if I only had time to make a few games) based on the Space Race: robinwilde.itch.io/push-space

Anyone uttering the words "snap election" is going to receive a tarot card in the post of David Eby flying a hot air balloon into power lines

Every single political tendency and indeed voter in this province can fuck off

If you're at a loose end this morning, I wrote about our neighbour's cat, who we call Charcoal, and what he taught me about parasociality on the internet. robinwilde.substack.com/p/waiting-fo...

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Plaid in English/Plaid in Welsh strikes again

It remains my prior that BC will unthinkingly vote for a Conservative government because they're kinda bored of the NDP, then it will be a terrible government everyone hates but we'll infight ourselves into giving them 15 years in power Anyway if you don't want that to happen go and vote tomorrow

Our neighbours should probably be informed that squirrels are living in their roof but if they are, I might not be able to watch the roof squirrels and their antics any more

You know how whenever the right wants to mock government spending they find some $100k spent on toad research or whatever, well they're about to spend a billion dollars to create never-before-seen types of dog cancer

Area thirty-something couple attends Mountain Goats concert

The Indelicates never miss

Based on my demographics there's absolutely no way I don't have a mutual going to the Mountain Goats in Hackney tonight - come on, show yourself!

A very rare beast spotted in the wild (well, in King's Lynn)

This has been a great project to work on alongside @kkennedyryan.bsky.social who designed the new brand, which I've found really interesting to play around with. It's the biggest website project I've ever taken on and I'm very happy with the results! Check it out here: hospitaldoctorsunion.org

Intriguing false recall going on here. In 2024, Milton Keynes North only had candidates from Labour, the Tories, Lib Dems, Greens and Reform. I suppose she must have moved from another seat fairly recently.

Regardless of any legal boundaries, where, spiritually, do you believe Chiswick to belong? 1️⃣ Ealing 2️⃣ Hounslow 3️⃣ Hammersmith & Fulham 4️⃣ Somewhere Else 📊 Show results

Brick. Some great moments and a fun vibe, which goes on just a BIT too long and left me a bit bored.

Thinking of taking a road trip to every British place mentioned in a Half Man, Half Biscuit song

Drunken Australian in McDonald's: "you should go to maccas in Australia, it's much better" Me: "I've been to the Engadine maccas where Scott Morrison shit himself" DA: *baffled silence*

As a good social democrat I have no issues with HMRC taking a direct debit of the PAYE money I owe them, but more than 72 hours notice would have been helpful

Due to Net Zero, Sadiq Khan has turned London's brightness setting down to 60%

If BC gets a Conservative government because the progressive voters are bored by having to have an election while Alberta, *Alberta* has managed to figure it out, I'll never be able to look it in the face again

Big fan of the Brixton mar-cat

Rather unexpectedly looks like I'll be heading to the Philippines for a week next April. Do give me your recommendations!