Robin Bird

@robinxbird.bsky.social

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Pronouns em/em/eir (they're singular, nice and easy) Trainee counsellor, attempting to write eir dead father's memoir, bookish, lefty, nerdy, disabled and British. https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/skeletonrobin

collage of book covers with the header @skeletonrobin's July 2026 Reads. project deadhead by Bob Fairbrother (3.5 star) The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (5 star) Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse narrated by Cara Gee, Nicole Lewis, Shaun Taylor-Corbett and Kaipo Schwab(4 star) Translation State by Ann Leckie narrated by Adjoa Andoh (5 star) King of Assassins by RJ Barker (5 star)
photgraph of couples dancing tango outdoors on a paved square next to a canal, with canal boats in the background. the wind is blowing skirts, hair, trees and flags. it is somehow sunny and visibly raining.
a 4 piece band on stage in full swing in red and blue lights
a large wild lavender plant and various plant pots. on the lavebder flowers are bees and a small white butterfly
a small black and white cat sat at the top of some garden steps on a path. hev is lit by a garden light but the rest of the garden is in darkness
a close up of the rear end of a beetle nestled into lavender flowers on a stalk. the beetle is very shiny and striped burgandy and green.
two books on a metal table outside. the very chunky brightly coloured Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon and the slimmer cream coloured Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal by Robin Ince
a small mug with a very large handle. the mug is glazed with dappled sea greens and hand painted sea shels. the picture does not convey they beautiful textures.
a fluffy blush and white cat with a pink nose, stands on sunny grass next to a pair of black sandals and a glass of iced tea. he looks poised to make a scathing comment
photograph of a computer screen showing an advertisement that says "it's not ok to order delivery food in a snow storm" it has a green background and an illustration of a delivery person on a moped. at the bottom is #support_delivery_men. the other snippets of text visible on screen are about tango milonga in Buenos Aeres and are unrelated to the advert
a snail on the top of a green pointy leaf with tall grass like plants in the background.
a book cover mock up for a fake book. in the background is a hazy picture of some sort of stone well with moss. the "title" reads "where the moss grows" in a black script. at the bottom in basic block capitals is the "author name".
a mock up of a book cover featuring a black and white picture of 1950s Liverpool in the background with the "title" tag line and author names in white sans stood serif font of various sizes
a watercolour painting of a pigeon with pink and green iridescence, a dark grey body and a white tail. the background is a cyanotype print of scattered coffee beans
a cluttered desk on which stand two jars of water and a glass cup of ice tea, neatly in a row.
a local community CIC brought the llamas and alpacas from their tiny urban farm. here is a small group of brown and white llamas and alpacas in a metal pen in a little woodland glade. they are shaded by the trees
a small grey pot in a garden with a bean plant in. there is a series of canes/ sticks increasing in size with the bean plant making its way up. the tallest stick currently is bare but there is a tendril of bean from the next nearest stick waving its way toward it. in the background is a large shared urban garden with patches of grass, small trees, verdant planting and kids play things. it's very sunny
on a shady blue outside table is an open sketchbook, paint pallet, empty glass with pink plastic ice cubes, jar of dirty water, small brush and a cloth. the pallet has small blocks of greyish hues coloured padding and the lid is full of mixed paint varying from mustardyv yellow to muted terracotta and various greys. the sketchbook has a rough watercolour sketch of a pigeon and stripes of paint swatches down one side.
open sketchbook with a sketch of a pigeon in graphite and bright blue pencil on the first page
looking at the spine of a sketchbook, bound with coptic stitch. the spine is uncovered and the stitched holding each signature of folded heavy weight white paper together. the thread white linen and the cover boards are plain grey board. the book is on a blue cutting matt with a 5mm grid.
small cup of coffee with the face of a bear in the milk foam
the phrase "techno nazi sociopaths" in the style of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles logo
Text from a newspaper article that reads: Culture can come in many forms, but anything AI-generated that tries to pass itself off as artistic is not cultural.
A collage of book covers from Storygraph headed @skeletonrobin's June 2026 Reads. The books shown are: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (3.5 star) Best Friends Bury Bodies by CM Rosens (4 star) Bat Eater by Kylie Lee Baker (5 star) (narrated by Natalie Naudus) The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (5 star) The Talented Mr Ripley (4 star) Ripley Underground (3 star) Ripley's Game (4 star) (above by Patricia Highsmith) Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (4 star) (narrated by Cara Gee, Nicole Lewis, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Kaipo Schwab) Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez (5 star) (translated by Gregory Rabassa) Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee (4.5 star) (narrated by Emily Woo Zeller)
A large green container on a patio surrounded by other plants. In the pot are verdant green potato plants with green leaves abs small pinkish white flowers. The photograph is slightly out of focus as if the person holding the phone is stopping over a cat at the time
A hardbook copy of The Gleaning by Fay Musselwhite with a small pamphlet titled "Inventory" by Longbarrow Press.
A hardback copy The Edge of Space-Time by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on treble next to a fancy little bamboo tray holding a glass jug partially filled with coffee and a little blue and white ceramic cup.
Screen grab from the Bridge water place Wikipedia page. The phrases "unacceptable wind microclimate" and "comparable to a hurricane" are highlighted blue. Text reads: Wind baffles during installation Following the Property reaching practical completion in April 2007, it became apparent that the Property had created an unacceptable wind microclimate, principally to the north of the Property on Water Lane and also at the junction with Water Lane/Neville Street. It was found that the Property was accelerating winds coming from a westerly direction and also creating wind downdraft from the residential tower. Wind speeds were measured as high as 79 mph, comparable to a hurricane. One person suffered a torn liver and internal bleeding, and cuts requiring 11 stitches, and a buggy with a three-month-old child was pushed out into the road by a sharp gust. In March 2011, a local man, Dr Edward Slaney, was killed by a lorry overturned on him by a gust. The Crown Prosecution Service advised against bringing charges of corporate manslaughter against the architects, Aedas.[10][11][12]
Four bikes of various types all with pannier racks and bags locked to bike racks near a stand of shopping trollies
Two books stacked together and tied with a red ribbon. The top book has a stylised black and white cover with the title "Project Deadhead " at a steep angle and the author name, Bob Fairbrother, in red. Classic noir styling.
A small garden patch full of lush greenery including some in pots. The right hand side is dominated by a large rambunctious lavender. There's a big pot of potato plants just beginning to flower. Theres a silvery green spear of a plant in a terracotta pot. So many other green leaves
Screen cap of met office weather app for Leeds, UK: Rain - no rain expected Humidity: Daily high 80% daily low 40% UV Daily highest level HIGH
Picture of a large urban garden with an overgrown verdant growing patch lit with outdoor lamps. Near the greenhouses on the left two people stand talking, one gesturing with a watering can. The sky is twilight blue, there's the silhouette of trees in the background. You can imagine the scent of herbs and evening flowers.
A copy of The Edge of Space-Time by Chandra Prescod-Weinstein lays open, face down on sunny green grass. The cover is black with a prominent cycle: half wibbly black and white concentric rings, half a pleasing gradient from violet to green. The title, author name and blurb are in white font
Looking down into my dinner plate. A white shallow bowl on a blue table with a black fork next to it. Arranged in thirds of a circle are grilled tofu, courgette and bright red and charred pepper. There is a creamy coloured sauce drizzled over it all, torn up bright green basil leaves and a sprinkle of paprika.
POV, you are sat in bed reading. Two fluffy cats are on the rumpled bed. One is soft and black facing away from us. The other is black and white facing toward us. There is the vague shape of a lap under one of the cats. Next to the cats is an open book with a blue cover. The cats are clearly comfortable and not going anywhere soon.
Two cats asleep on a bed. On the left in a cosy relaxed loaf is a black fluffy cat. On the right in classic prawn shape, chin exposed, is a fluffy black and white cat. It's the bosh cat on the left that is currently sick. This was taken a few hours before symptoms escalated from "bit squiffy" to "oh no".
Screenshot of partial comment thread. Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.... 9h Not to poet-post, but one of the problems of the internet is that it's fuelled a culture in which people "love poetry" but never actually pay for it - consuming fragments posted online instead of immersing themselves in full collections - then being surprised when poets ask to be paid for their work ... View full thread ... Seeadler @seeadler.bsky.social 1h As for "the first written laws were 500 years off"... .property law is among the literal Ten Commndments, Seth. Please go back to American Literature, because you manifestly do not know what you are talking about here. Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfish...7m Also wasn't there a fair amount of commerce between Rome and Ireland back in the day? Even if they didn't adopt Roman law, I'm sure the be aware of the practice.
Three books lined up on a grey blanket: The talented Mr Ripley; Ripley underground; Ripley's game. By Patricia Highsmith. Each cover has a black & white photograph cover, though the middle book is for some reason tinted blue.
You tube comment from 8 months ago. The username is blanked out. It has 1 like. Text reads: Personally, I'm appalled by the use of "beta readers." Basically, it removes the author as the creator. If I wrote a book and then gave it to 100 people to read, and then they TOLD me how to fix it, am I a "good" writer? is this how Hemmingway wrote his novels? Wouldn't the reality be that I am a bad writer? lf my book (like Audra's) is actually terrible and only becomes "good" when dozens of smarter people read it and specifically tell me how to fix it, then I'm a bad writer and shouldn't be paid or praised like a "good one. Honestly, how is relying on beta readers to tell you how to fix your novel any different than Al telling you how to rewrite your novel?
Sunny view of "Italian" architecture and gardens with a paved chessboard with 2ft tall chess pieces in the foreground.
A black fluffy cat asleep on the back of a sofa. Only half of her is in view, her eyes are closed and her left front leg b is stretched out holding onto a black bucket hat as if it's a comfort blanket.
Cover of Best Friends Bury Bodies by CM Rosens showing the torso of a man dressed in black holding an acoustic guitar, the title in white script.
A chaotic and thriving British back garden full of plants and raised beds, pots and various surfaces. A large, handsome pigeon stands on a paving slab in the sun near a stand of bird feeders.
A fluffy black and white cat curled up on lush grass and clover in the dappled shade of a bench. To one side is the tattooed arm of the person taking the picture
A collection of very small and tiny figurines including a skeleton crow, a trans flag clothed dark skinned person, a tiny robin and hedgehog, another skeleton crow, st Lucia, an owl, a mushroom, and ... a dinosaur? Arranged on a wooden shelf in front of books.
A copper candlestick with white wax dribbled down the stem. The base has significant corrosion in the firm of crumbly crusty coppery brown and a layer of verdigris
Lining into a cardboard box containing stuff: antique teapots, candle sticks, a plate? Are they antlers?
Photograph looking into a black back pack with a red lining. It is stuffed with bright green long leaves and stalks
Acrylic painting on a tabletop easel in a conservatory. The painting is of a black and white calf looking out of a large lilac shrub. The lilacs are bright classic lilac colours of pastel purples, blues and pinks, in large bunches with green leaves. The painting is about 3x 2 ft.
A glass with a frothy coffee drink, a plate with an iced cookie (with a bite out off), a copy of Ocean Vuong's on Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. There is also a bookmark and a pair of headphones.
An open book on a shelf. The pages are torn and curling, swollen and wrinkled with water, stained with mud, chared db's burned. Gets are smudge of pink and blue watercolour visible amongst the pages.
A mid century modern dresser with various sized shelves. Several shelves have books of different sizes. There are some organised boxes of photographs and stationary. The to shelf is almost empty. On the floor are strewn board games papers and folders.
Photograph of a hallway with grey walls, pale floors, rugs, and piles and piles of stuff. Books, stationary, electronics, knick knacks, DVDs. Just stuff. Where did all this stuff come from? Where does it go.
A mid century wooden sideboard with multiple small compartment. It is very badly organised and messy filled with paperwork, boardgames, knick-knacks books, art supplies and assorted stuff.
A brand new copy of The Edge of Space-Time by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein. The book is black with white text. It features a circle the is half a pink to green colour gradient and half black and white bendy concentric circles. These semicircle probably represent something scientific. The book is leaning against a bright yellow wall.
A screenshot titled @skeletonrobin's April 2026 Reads. It features 7 book covers with star ratings. Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie (5star) Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree (3.5) Yellowface by Rebecca F Kwang (3.5 star) James by Percival Everett (5 star) The Gift of Therapy by Irvin Yalom (4 star) The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry (3 star) One Hundred Thousand Lives After Death by Megan Lee Bees (5 stars)
A book, a handmade ceramic coffee cup and a pair of black Birkenstock sandels on slightly parched grass. It's very sunny. The book is a plastic covered library copy of H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald featuring the classic three colour print of a perched goshawk on the cover.
A step black ecsrgo bike (with cargo carrier on the rear) parked outside a ground floor flat. The cargo discs is half filled with groceries.
Screenshot of text that reads "According the charity the Reading Agency, in 2025 more than half of UK adults describe themselves as "regular readers", with figures rising most sharply among 25-34-year-olds "