Stephen
@godofhammers.bsky.social
Prescriptivist on the streets, descriptivist in the sheets. En-fucking-thusiast of tmesis. Petrichor fan. Skeleton-to-be. Kinsey 4.
The Bond article youʼre all going on about is such bollocks that I can only assume thereʼs some internal studio politics driving the story.
If maintaining continuity was a red line, IO Interactiveʼs upcoming game wouldnʼt be starting with a brand new young Bond, surely?
If maintaining continuity was a red line, IO Interactiveʼs upcoming game wouldnʼt be starting with a brand new young Bond, surely?
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The Bond article youʼre all going on about is such bollocks that I can only assume thereʼs some internal studio politics driving the story.
If maintaining continuity was a red line, IO Interactiveʼs upcoming game wouldnʼt be starting with a brand new young Bond, surely?
If maintaining continuity was a red line, IO Interactiveʼs upcoming game wouldnʼt be starting with a brand new young Bond, surely?
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The rich guys of the Gilded Age were all assholes, but they all felt the need to at least pretend to be cultured and philanthropic (the existence of Carnegie Hall, for instance). These guys are all boobs who think it's funny when 14-year-old boys say slurs.
November 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The rich guys of the Gilded Age were all assholes, but they all felt the need to at least pretend to be cultured and philanthropic (the existence of Carnegie Hall, for instance). These guys are all boobs who think it's funny when 14-year-old boys say slurs.
It was bad enough that Strictly Come Dancing (and others!) ruin the mystique of Gladiators by using their real names — if you get famous as Nitro, you stay Nitro — but to show Viper breaking character and being a nice guy?! Unthinkable!
November 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It was bad enough that Strictly Come Dancing (and others!) ruin the mystique of Gladiators by using their real names — if you get famous as Nitro, you stay Nitro — but to show Viper breaking character and being a nice guy?! Unthinkable!
Not to get too meta about it, but the producers have played it so perfectly by playing every clip of Alan laughing, looking guilty, what a beautifully constructed set-up for this ending. Masterful! #TheTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Not to get too meta about it, but the producers have played it so perfectly by playing every clip of Alan laughing, looking guilty, what a beautifully constructed set-up for this ending. Masterful! #TheTraitors
This is making me feel substantially better about the quality of prose in a novel Iʼm trying to write, and substantially worse about the state of the UK
November 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is making me feel substantially better about the quality of prose in a novel Iʼm trying to write, and substantially worse about the state of the UK
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this is actually impressive, making up a brand new nobel peace prize replacement is a genuine innovation in bribery
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
November 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
this is actually impressive, making up a brand new nobel peace prize replacement is a genuine innovation in bribery
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
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Linehan protecting women to the point that they're pleading with him to leave them alone.
November 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Linehan protecting women to the point that they're pleading with him to leave them alone.
Will the last sub-editor to leave the BBC please turn off the lights?
November 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Will the last sub-editor to leave the BBC please turn off the lights?
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two vast and trunkless legs
October 31, 2025 at 12:58 PM
two vast and trunkless legs
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"but... is everyone telling the truth?" Claudia throwing out the idea of an alt-universe where "the Traitors" was just Jonathan Ross running around the castle in a cloak cackling to himself #CelebrityTraitors
October 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"but... is everyone telling the truth?" Claudia throwing out the idea of an alt-universe where "the Traitors" was just Jonathan Ross running around the castle in a cloak cackling to himself #CelebrityTraitors
If they will “never been the same”, how come it all feels so familiar that WB lawyers wouldnʼt hesitate to sue?
AI sitcom accidentally a Lynchian fever dream. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and insane lament.
October 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
If they will “never been the same”, how come it all feels so familiar that WB lawyers wouldnʼt hesitate to sue?
DSTLRY is putting out lots of cool-looking stuff that I canʼt keep up with (financially) although given itʼs been nearly a year since the first issue of One For Sorrow they do give you time to get things off your to-read pile.
Endeavour was announced as launching in February, not October.
Endeavour was announced as launching in February, not October.
Not much in the way of surprise or development beyond set-up in Endeavour #1, even with the double length of a DSTLRY comic. (A Yellowjackets-style glimpse of whatʼs to come wouldʼve hooked me.)
But rich kids left on a recreated 18th century ship is a good starting point, and characters are decent
But rich kids left on a recreated 18th century ship is a good starting point, and characters are decent
October 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
DSTLRY is putting out lots of cool-looking stuff that I canʼt keep up with (financially) although given itʼs been nearly a year since the first issue of One For Sorrow they do give you time to get things off your to-read pile.
Endeavour was announced as launching in February, not October.
Endeavour was announced as launching in February, not October.
Not much in the way of surprise or development beyond set-up in Endeavour #1, even with the double length of a DSTLRY comic. (A Yellowjackets-style glimpse of whatʼs to come wouldʼve hooked me.)
But rich kids left on a recreated 18th century ship is a good starting point, and characters are decent
But rich kids left on a recreated 18th century ship is a good starting point, and characters are decent
October 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Not much in the way of surprise or development beyond set-up in Endeavour #1, even with the double length of a DSTLRY comic. (A Yellowjackets-style glimpse of whatʼs to come wouldʼve hooked me.)
But rich kids left on a recreated 18th century ship is a good starting point, and characters are decent
But rich kids left on a recreated 18th century ship is a good starting point, and characters are decent
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still thinking about this article today. so many societal ills are caused by people white-washing what actually happens. it's awful to see games do it too.
can't wait for cozy domestic violence simulator or cozy kkk simulator
can't wait for cozy domestic violence simulator or cozy kkk simulator
a wholesome plane has hit the second cozy tower
more like no thoughts to declare
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October 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
still thinking about this article today. so many societal ills are caused by people white-washing what actually happens. it's awful to see games do it too.
can't wait for cozy domestic violence simulator or cozy kkk simulator
can't wait for cozy domestic violence simulator or cozy kkk simulator
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Americans want to watch charismatic people solve moderately difficult problems on a weekly basis. That’s it. And a group of fomo execs and techbros who don’t watch TV drove one of the most profitable industries in the US off a cliff rather than accept that.
Look what happenes when a TV show releases every year, with more than 8 episodes a season.
October 24, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Americans want to watch charismatic people solve moderately difficult problems on a weekly basis. That’s it. And a group of fomo execs and techbros who don’t watch TV drove one of the most profitable industries in the US off a cliff rather than accept that.
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UK Politics has just taken an unexpected turn...
October 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
UK Politics has just taken an unexpected turn...
A warning to anyone wanting to watch modern Treehouse of Horror episodes this October
I donʼt want to randomly dump on modern Simpsons… but this joke is so bad it sort of breaks my brain? Almost every word is completely wrong.
October 20, 2025 at 8:52 AM
A warning to anyone wanting to watch modern Treehouse of Horror episodes this October
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I have grave news; enshittification has come for Club biscuits.
October 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I have grave news; enshittification has come for Club biscuits.
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"New Far Side comics" was definitely not on my bingo card for this week. They're not bad!
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
October 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"New Far Side comics" was definitely not on my bingo card for this week. They're not bad!
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
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how happy we’d all be if this was all the internet was for
October 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
how happy we’d all be if this was all the internet was for
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I don't know how many times to point out that is absolutely ghoulish and non-consensual and disgusting behavior.
To exploit the image of a dead woman who was also exploited in real life so you can live out your momentary fantasies of "what is possible" with AI is bad science journalism, also.
Sick.
To exploit the image of a dead woman who was also exploited in real life so you can live out your momentary fantasies of "what is possible" with AI is bad science journalism, also.
Sick.
October 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I don't know how many times to point out that is absolutely ghoulish and non-consensual and disgusting behavior.
To exploit the image of a dead woman who was also exploited in real life so you can live out your momentary fantasies of "what is possible" with AI is bad science journalism, also.
Sick.
To exploit the image of a dead woman who was also exploited in real life so you can live out your momentary fantasies of "what is possible" with AI is bad science journalism, also.
Sick.
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It's the story of the last ten years--kiss his ass in the most debased possible way, and this is what you get in return.
Trump complains about his Time Magazine cover photo in new post:
"the picture may be the Worst of All Time. They "disappeared" my hair, and then had something floating on top of my head that looked like a floating crown... Really weird!"
"the picture may be the Worst of All Time. They "disappeared" my hair, and then had something floating on top of my head that looked like a floating crown... Really weird!"
October 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It's the story of the last ten years--kiss his ass in the most debased possible way, and this is what you get in return.
I canʼt wait for the twist that Nick Mohammed is Celia Imrieʼs secret son #CelebrityTraitors
October 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I canʼt wait for the twist that Nick Mohammed is Celia Imrieʼs secret son #CelebrityTraitors
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One of the conspirators who helped Gavrilo Princip shoot Archduke Franz Ferdinand survived to see the breakup of Yugoslavia. He could conceivably have watched the Neighbours episode where Scott and Charlene got married
you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones
October 8, 2025 at 5:17 AM
One of the conspirators who helped Gavrilo Princip shoot Archduke Franz Ferdinand survived to see the breakup of Yugoslavia. He could conceivably have watched the Neighbours episode where Scott and Charlene got married
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