Rob Gilroy

A little piece about compassion and Robin Williams in a doughnut shop #robinwilliams #comedy #poetry @bobbyllew.bsky.social @theonion.com @robdelaney.bsky.social @indyfromspace.bsky.social @astrokatie.com @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @marawilson.bsky.social

Sign on a concrete pillar that reads 'Bill Stickers Will Be Prosecuted'

It's not looking good for Bill Stickers...

Last-minute gig idea! A knock-off VHS that looks a bit like a classic Disney cartoon:

I love it so much. It really felt like they used the concept of a prequel to Trojan horse a new timeless family classic. I hope it ensures because it deserves to.

The four wise men gave Jesus gold, frankincense, myrrh and nickel but Jesus gave the nickelback and that guy never made it as a wise man

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."

- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.

Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!

With the New Year fast approaching, now would be a good time to watch my web series - about one man's journey to being better and running 15K.

That's exactly it! Some already have... And if people aren't discerning about the information they take in, what's to stop them from engaging with AI 'art' without question? All very bleak.

You're doing quizzes wrong, Mark. Get with the times. The trick is not having to think, from the minute you get there to the minute you leave.

I wish I had. It really made me think 'I'm not sure your opinion is valid anymore'. How do you look someone in the eye if they're farming out every aspect of creative thinking?

These were creative people, too. People who have to come up with ideas and assess the most effective way to structure messages and meanings. Now they use ChatGPT as a one stop solution for any and every thought.

Was at a pub quiz the other week. When it came to deciding the funny team name, two of the group immediately went to Chat GPT. A small, fraction of a thing that could have got a discussion going and even created a chuckle, gone. In favour of not giving it another thought. Ugh.

Guy Walks Into a Bar What do you want from the genie in the men’s room? A twelve-inch pianist or world peace?

Was reading Simon Rich's Spoiled Brats last night and came across this little gem. Really made me laugh. www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...

Robin Ince: Let the Quiet Ones Rise | Leicester Comedy Festival

Not many gigs next year , but I will be at #leicester comedy festival with new show Let The Quiet Ones Rise which I am hugely looking forward to

events.comedy-festival.co.uk/events/robin...

A pathetically LinkedIn-ish announcement from George 'Austerity' Osborne, claiming that he had a right good think about what job he wants and decided OpenAI were the only choice. Because of some vaguely wanky reasons and something about the people who run it not looking like completely desperate manure sales man reaching bonus day. The cuntyest bunch of cunts there is.

An image of Michael La Vache in a turtle neck sweater with his finger over his mouth in front of a sign that reads 'CryptoFascist'. The caption reads 'He is now President of Global Affairs for the digital currency software firm CryptoFascist. Based at their head office in Dildo, Sillycunt Valley.' Because even in satire, I knew not to go overboard.

Spot the difference:

Merry Kinkmas to all... 🎄🫦🎄

Laser clinic offers major discount to get rid of Harry Potter tattoos: "I hate JK Rowling" "Around 16% of people regret getting a tatoo," the offer reads, "less than 1% of people regret gender affirming surgery."

Harry Potter tattoos.

Higher regret rate than trans affirming care.

Michael La Vache MP vs. The Select Committee Over the course of the Mayoral saga, I’d deliberately started to establish dodgy links and connections in Michael’s life that would ultimately be his undoing. I also knew I wanted him to face publi…

📝 My inconsistently timed blogs on Michael La Vache MP return! This time, the series that brought his political career crashing down. One man, multiple corrupt dealings and a giant fucking poppy.

Michael La Vache MP vs The Select Committee:

robgilroy.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/m...

You lot need Dick Van Dyke singing Let's Go Fly a Kite on his 100th birthday more than you know.

A post by c.a.t.y.a.y that reads, "I wonder what my art could've been if I didn't quit". Iggy responds, "I wonder what it will be if you start again"

Going into 2026, a reminder for everyone who's fallen off the creative wagon, game dev, writing, art, music, whatever, no matter how long:

At some point, representatives at world leader level, are going to stop shaking hands with this man. Right? His words and actions are irredeemable and unconscionable

One of my all-time favorite clips of Rob Reiner, from his Friars Club Roast in 2000, as he reads aloud Roger Ebert's infamous scathing review of his movie North. The man had an amazing sense of humor about himself. RIP.

When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.

For the record, Robin Ince is a superb comedian, an absolute mensch, a remarkable thinker and the kindest human you’ll ever meet. And the BBC is a genuinely great and globally unique institution that needs to stop being afraid. I think that’s where most of its faults and issues stem from.

i first worked with @robinince.bsky.social in 2003, having first seen him as a stand-up in 1998 (in the glastonbury cabaret tent!) and you won’t find a kinder or funnier person in the comedy industry

From 2019-2022, I made several web series charting the career of inept politician, Michael La Vache. A fun, silly project that got me out of a creative funk.

I've started adding them to my blog with thoughts on how they came about. If that sounds interesting, check the thread and links below 👇

Like Wham! but with a splash more coprophilia...

Thanks, Matt.

For the vast majority of us, the joy comes from the exploration and the process, and that's something A.I can never replicate. But if companies and audiences continue to support slop, and that squeezes the few opportunities still available, where do creators go? It's terrifying.

I think there's a definite fear that, by not taking it up and cutting those corners, you further hobble yourself at a time when it's already hard to get noticed/succeed/earn a living creatively. As usual, it's for decent people to make the right moral decision even if it means limiting your chances.