They were very much Not Okay.

They have. And the ones they had on IG.

Yellow background with an image of tropical fruit and nut mix bag in the centre. Text above says "you were the #14 buyer of..." And below the image "in England at Sainsbury's".

Sainsbury's wrapped is out. They stopped selling the juice I'm normally top buyer of (probably only buyer given that they stopped it) so was worried I wouldn't chart. But no, we have very specific fruit and made #14 in England.

A scene depicting an ovoid robot with jointed arms and legs stalking its way down a Victorian street awash with snow and slush. The robot wears a top hat and carries a cane and it has heavy mutton-chop sideburns. It looks very grumpy and has wrinkles around its eyes. The background is rendered in a watercolour style and the light of a lamppost shines behind Scroogebot, leaving its face mostly in shadow.

1784) Scroogebot. A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinnerbot! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an Oysterbot. #ABotmasCarol

Twas the night before Christmas, and throughout the land
The sleeping arrangements were carefully planned
Down in the kitchen, a picturesque scene
A mattress, a pillow, a washing machine

We watch Blankety Blank earlier and some the prizes were refurbished laptop, fridge and other electricals.

And so our long climb out of the darkness descends, as the year turns and the night recedes.

"Driving home for Christmas" started playing when I was two roads from home too.

Leaving work for a week off.

Ten Mayorbots - ovoid robots with banded arms and legs, wearing black top hats and sashes reading ‘MAYOR’ - in and beside a duck pond set in grassy parkland, being comprehensively savaged by many, many Mischiefbots – tiny robots that are shaped like spheres, cubes, or pyramids. They're variously jumping out of the way or being forced into the water, with hats and sashes in disarray. Two ducks look on, bemused.

On the tenth day of Christmas, my Bigbot gave to me...

Ten Lordbots Leaping...

#12BotsofChristmasRemastered

Haha

Why nervous? There's nothing scary in that parcel.

A Cowbot - a large, spherical robot with piebald patches, like the classic Holstein Friesian breed, with little horns, a golden bell hanging from where its neck would be if it wasn't just a big sphere, a pink snout, and a giant spring on a single foot instead of legs - with a tap on its side dispensing milk. Eight Maidbots - ovoid robots with banded arms and legs and blonde hair in braided pigtails - are lined up beside it with Pailbots - little metal buckets with legs and eyes, basically. The first Maidbot is walking away, smiling contentedly with a filled Pailbot (also looking content) in one arm. The second is leaning against the Cowbot, whistling with one hand in its pocket as its Pailbot on the ground is filled by a stream of milk from the tap. The Maidbot behind it looks annoyed, and its Pailbot is asleep. The next Maidbot is smiling with an indifferent Pailbot. Then the next Pailbot looks angry and is on the ground, kicking its feet, while the Maidbot seems annoyed and trying to control it. Then the next Maidbot is asleep (Pailbot not visible), the next is smiling with its Pailbot facing away from the frame, and the last one in the queue is angrily waving its arms around, while its Pailbot peeks out from behind its legs, staring daggers at the Maidbot at the front. Text in the top right reads, "12 'BOTS OF CHRISTMAS REMASTERED" in alternating red and green letters.

On the eighth day of Christmas, my Bigbot gave to me...

Eight Maidbots Milking...

#12BotsofChristmasRemastered

A knitted fox wearing a blue knitted coat sat on a blue cushion.

Love these. And can't wait to see your new jumper. I've just finished making a new friend and a coat for them to wear.

Part of our 2025 Advent Calendar, a black and white line drawing showing my version of Bigfoots wearing wintery clothes and bearing various wrapped Christmas presents.

Every year we make a free-to-download-and-print-off-yourself colouring-in Advent Calendar. This year’s heavily features Bigfoots. Please share!
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Introducing the incomparable @smolrobots.bsky.social

We noticed the adverts on TV have all suddenly become very festive. I did hear Mr Bublé last week, but it was a non-festive song (my pool had a really weird selection on, he was straight after Guns and Roses).

Honoring heritage through art.

Step backstage with ROH World Champion & AEW World Tag Team Champion Bandido as the AEW Glam Team creates his Día de los Muertos-inspired masterpiece!

A black background decorated with gold illustrations of branches, stars, swords, ravens, and tiny ghost shapes. In the centre, bold text reads: “BIRDS BUT THEY GET SPOOKIER EACH TIME.” Two ravens perch on bare branches at the bottom, with candles glowing beside them.

Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻

Enter if you dare...🚪

I do actually call them "cheesy bugs" but I don't know where I got that from.

Who puts a picture of a car above the bed?

Three round robots with banded arms and legs, wearing witch hats and standing around a robot cauldron with legs. One is looking into the glowing, bubbling contents with a malevolent smile, one (with a wart) is raising its hands, speaking some sort of spell, and one is holding a broomstick. In the shadows at their feet, a Cattobot stalks an oblivious Frogbot.

944) Covenbots. Double, double toil and troublebots. Witchbots three who meet to places hexes, sow curses and generally get up to witchy mischief. Cauldronbot is a repurposed prototype Brewbot. Frogbot not included (but they can turn another robot into one anyway). #SmallRobotsRemonstered #Halloween

A round robot wrapped in bandages like an Egyptian mummy, lurching forward with its arms raised menacingly. Behind it is a stone wall marked with ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics that also include images of Teabot, Notokaybot, Unicornbot, Cakebot, Spiderbot, and what might be part of Bigbot. The scene is shaded normally, but there is some stark lightning coming from one side (an open tomb door, perhaps?) overlaying it so Mummybot seems to be advancing from the shadows. The logo in the bottom right reads, "SMALL ROBOTS REMONSTERED".

503) Mummybot. Defends your tomb from opportunistic thieves. #SmallRobotsRemonstered #Halloween

Oh no! Hope you feel better soon.

Eating them like sweets in protest.

A round-topped robot with banded arms and legs. It has a determined expression on its face and is shining a torch under a bed, which it is just short enough to walk beneath. Under the bed is a lot of dust and fluff and various toys and books, including a Lego brick, a Lego minifigure, a soft hand-puppet, and a wrestling action figure.

372) Monsterbot. An intrepid robot that checks under children's beds for monsters. #SmallRobotsRemastered

We saw so many rubber duck shops in Barcelona.

You'll get sticky paws.

Ooo they look amazing

🏺 This thread is cute but also so useful to remember what Ötzi teaches us about dynamic temporal lives of prehistoric people: he died on an epic journey, carrying a huge range of kit with tools part-way through being made, and with embers and medicine in anticipation of his next fire, & his future.