Gideon Defoe
@gideondefoe.bsky.social
author now pivoting to guillotine manufacture
Obvious solution to the But Bond Died problem: what if Bond is now also Tron from the computer and now he's played by beloved beloved character actor Jared Leto
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Obvious solution to the But Bond Died problem: what if Bond is now also Tron from the computer and now he's played by beloved beloved character actor Jared Leto
Ludicrous security pat-down at the RFH, is something happening on the southbank or is this your standard Everyone Has A Two Day Flap After An Incident a Hundred Miles Away
November 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Ludicrous security pat-down at the RFH, is something happening on the southbank or is this your standard Everyone Has A Two Day Flap After An Incident a Hundred Miles Away
Alternatively for the more committed/self employed there's Midnight Sumo's full 8 hour-a-day Livestream on twitch & YouTube
If you have enjoyed watching sumo on BBC – and why on earth would you not? – you may care to know that tournaments are broadcast regularly, often live, on NHK World, Japan's public service broadcaster's English-language version, via the website, and there's an app for mobile devices and smart TVs.
NHK WORLD-JAPAN
We are the international service of NHK, the sole public media organization of Japan.
www3.nhk.or.jp
October 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Alternatively for the more committed/self employed there's Midnight Sumo's full 8 hour-a-day Livestream on twitch & YouTube
Aside from everything else in this I enjoy how the endlessly looping ringtone makes it sound exactly like the evil corporate video from Michael Clayton
please ENJOY this clip of Mark Zuckerberg *just trying to answer a video call* with the new 'neural band' Meta is shilling and failing miserably during a live demo
You get a prize if you can withstand all 1:42 of this
youtu.be/D97ILdUbYww?...
You get a prize if you can withstand all 1:42 of this
youtu.be/D97ILdUbYww?...
September 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Aside from everything else in this I enjoy how the endlessly looping ringtone makes it sound exactly like the evil corporate video from Michael Clayton
Maybe we need to sit all the tech journalists down in front of The Arrival Of A Train At La Ciotat Station and see if they start screaming
August 26, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Maybe we need to sit all the tech journalists down in front of The Arrival Of A Train At La Ciotat Station and see if they start screaming
On a train. Train manager did an announcement on the pa system. Then, when he walked through afterwards, a man near me politely informed him the announcement was unintelligible in this carriage. The manager apologized, explained the train is very old. All smiles. Pleasant interaction. EXCEPT:
August 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
On a train. Train manager did an announcement on the pa system. Then, when he walked through afterwards, a man near me politely informed him the announcement was unintelligible in this carriage. The manager apologized, explained the train is very old. All smiles. Pleasant interaction. EXCEPT:
Remembering that Peter Serafinowicz story about Terence Stamp agreeing to do star wars because he was told George Lucas gave amazing gifts to the cast and it turning out to be a phantom menace rub down transfer set, RIP Terence
August 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Remembering that Peter Serafinowicz story about Terence Stamp agreeing to do star wars because he was told George Lucas gave amazing gifts to the cast and it turning out to be a phantom menace rub down transfer set, RIP Terence
PSA: the very good Vengeance is on Film4 (so also 4player I guess) right now. PSA part 2: for once people are not lying and Weapons is good, shouldn't work but does
August 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
PSA: the very good Vengeance is on Film4 (so also 4player I guess) right now. PSA part 2: for once people are not lying and Weapons is good, shouldn't work but does
I've phoned three washing machine repair guys and all three are on holiday and now I want to know if washing machine repair guys all go on holiday together to an exclusive washing machine repair guy resort
August 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I've phoned three washing machine repair guys and all three are on holiday and now I want to know if washing machine repair guys all go on holiday together to an exclusive washing machine repair guy resort
Oh god Nero's seems to have added something from the Palm Springs soundtrack to their playlist, this is not going to help my general uneasy feeling of being stuck in a time loop
July 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Oh god Nero's seems to have added something from the Palm Springs soundtrack to their playlist, this is not going to help my general uneasy feeling of being stuck in a time loop
I'm worried the waxy billionaire man won't be allowed to use bluesky anymore because he's so youthful
July 24, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I'm worried the waxy billionaire man won't be allowed to use bluesky anymore because he's so youthful
PSA: if you're into either Tom McCarthy's book Remainder or the Nathan Fielder Rehearsal show I really recommend the Do Ho Su exhibition at the Tate Modern, exactly the same vibe
July 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
PSA: if you're into either Tom McCarthy's book Remainder or the Nathan Fielder Rehearsal show I really recommend the Do Ho Su exhibition at the Tate Modern, exactly the same vibe
Failing to notice that I'm cool, not some nerd who reads books, especially not telefantasy tie-in books, my girlfriend got me a ticket to go a Dr Who Target Books Day this weekend, and i don't know how these things work, am I obliged to dress up as a big rubber snake or a WH Allen logo or what
July 18, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Failing to notice that I'm cool, not some nerd who reads books, especially not telefantasy tie-in books, my girlfriend got me a ticket to go a Dr Who Target Books Day this weekend, and i don't know how these things work, am I obliged to dress up as a big rubber snake or a WH Allen logo or what
Grudgingly impressed by the new seat cooling tech on the Vicky line until I got up a few stops later and realised that no, that was just a sopping wet seat and now I am very much hoping someone spilt a bottle of water fucking hell
July 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Grudgingly impressed by the new seat cooling tech on the Vicky line until I got up a few stops later and realised that no, that was just a sopping wet seat and now I am very much hoping someone spilt a bottle of water fucking hell
My timeline is one half people waving a pitchfork and saying "WeTransfer is bad, burn it!" and one half people doing the Stewart Lee face and saying "aaaaah, actually it's very normal T&C's" and seeing as I have no idea which camp is right I'm just going to eat a load of crisps
July 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
My timeline is one half people waving a pitchfork and saying "WeTransfer is bad, burn it!" and one half people doing the Stewart Lee face and saying "aaaaah, actually it's very normal T&C's" and seeing as I have no idea which camp is right I'm just going to eat a load of crisps
I get that the mech-hitler stuff is the headline, but I feel like not enough attention is being paid to the incredibly embarrassing mecha-poochie "hey daddio just dropping some truth bombs" writing style Grok has developed
July 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I get that the mech-hitler stuff is the headline, but I feel like not enough attention is being paid to the incredibly embarrassing mecha-poochie "hey daddio just dropping some truth bombs" writing style Grok has developed
Local Waterstones blithely carrying on regardless. If you finish that jigsaw it's not even the picture on the box it's just a photo of a grinning Arthur Daley
July 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Local Waterstones blithely carrying on regardless. If you finish that jigsaw it's not even the picture on the box it's just a photo of a grinning Arthur Daley
20 years ago today I was walking through central London on my way to my publisher to go through pictures of bean weevil penises and then the bombs went off but we still spent the day looking through pictures of bean weevil penises because it was hard to know what the appropriate response should be
July 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
20 years ago today I was walking through central London on my way to my publisher to go through pictures of bean weevil penises and then the bombs went off but we still spent the day looking through pictures of bean weevil penises because it was hard to know what the appropriate response should be
wE're aLL GoiNg tO diE
July 3, 2025 at 7:11 AM
wE're aLL GoiNg tO diE
Just turned on "Sweeney!", the film version of The Sweeney, and this is happening
June 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Just turned on "Sweeney!", the film version of The Sweeney, and this is happening
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated" - alright Gandhi in that case explain how come this guy lives like Miss Piggy and the UK remains a moral trainwreck
June 26, 2025 at 8:39 AM
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated" - alright Gandhi in that case explain how come this guy lives like Miss Piggy and the UK remains a moral trainwreck
Bit of croissant just fell off my face a full four hours and three social interactions after I ate a croissant :/
June 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Bit of croissant just fell off my face a full four hours and three social interactions after I ate a croissant :/
Reposted by Gideon Defoe
Every guy with a tragic backstory (in a movie):
June 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Every guy with a tragic backstory (in a movie):
Mentioned that fountain of youth waxy billionaire man to a friend last night and he had never heard of the waxy billionaire man and I am both amazed that it is possible to have avoided the million+ articles about the waxy billionaire man and also incredibly jealous of his having done so
June 19, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Mentioned that fountain of youth waxy billionaire man to a friend last night and he had never heard of the waxy billionaire man and I am both amazed that it is possible to have avoided the million+ articles about the waxy billionaire man and also incredibly jealous of his having done so