James Hunt
@jameshunt.bsky.social
Trying to be a serious person, but probably thinking about X-Men and Star Trek.
If you’re a superhero nerd and haven’t played DISPATCH, I can totally recommend it. If they aren’t publishing comics of it soon it’ll be a huge miss.
January 3, 2026 at 10:12 PM
If you’re a superhero nerd and haven’t played DISPATCH, I can totally recommend it. If they aren’t publishing comics of it soon it’ll be a huge miss.
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"Please give this seat to a disabled person" would you like me to butter their walking stick too??
December 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"Please give this seat to a disabled person" would you like me to butter their walking stick too??
Saw this in Oxfam earlier. If Cher can turn back time then why did she write a song which is ENTIRELY predicated on the idea that she can’t?
December 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Saw this in Oxfam earlier. If Cher can turn back time then why did she write a song which is ENTIRELY predicated on the idea that she can’t?
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The last few days did not move the main story forward AT ALL. It's just a guy eating little treats and doing nothing. And so many plot holes. He says, "no more little treats," and then he's eating another little treat in literally the next scene.
December 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The last few days did not move the main story forward AT ALL. It's just a guy eating little treats and doing nothing. And so many plot holes. He says, "no more little treats," and then he's eating another little treat in literally the next scene.
Yesterday I won 800 'octopoints' on a "spin the wheel to win!" interaction that my energy provider app has for some reason. They grant me a discount off the bill. I will waffle a little here so that you can form expectations for the princely sum this represents. And now I'll tell you: one pound.
December 29, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Yesterday I won 800 'octopoints' on a "spin the wheel to win!" interaction that my energy provider app has for some reason. They grant me a discount off the bill. I will waffle a little here so that you can form expectations for the princely sum this represents. And now I'll tell you: one pound.
IMO if your answer to this isn’t The Carousel pitch from Mad Men 1x13, you probably need to go and watch Mad Men.
December 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
IMO if your answer to this isn’t The Carousel pitch from Mad Men 1x13, you probably need to go and watch Mad Men.
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Yesterday @bootsmcgoot.bsky.social and I saw some techbro giving “30 pieces of advice for people under 30” over on Twitter and it was all grind culture bullshit. As adults of 38 and 43 respectively, we compiled 30 pieces of advice that people under 30 won’t have heard before:
December 28, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Yesterday @bootsmcgoot.bsky.social and I saw some techbro giving “30 pieces of advice for people under 30” over on Twitter and it was all grind culture bullshit. As adults of 38 and 43 respectively, we compiled 30 pieces of advice that people under 30 won’t have heard before:
Yesterday @bootsmcgoot.bsky.social and I saw some techbro giving “30 pieces of advice for people under 30” over on Twitter and it was all grind culture bullshit. As adults of 38 and 43 respectively, we compiled 30 pieces of advice that people under 30 won’t have heard before:
December 28, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Yesterday @bootsmcgoot.bsky.social and I saw some techbro giving “30 pieces of advice for people under 30” over on Twitter and it was all grind culture bullshit. As adults of 38 and 43 respectively, we compiled 30 pieces of advice that people under 30 won’t have heard before:
Put this on Patreon for the interested (it is free to read even if you’re not a Patreon member, but I’d rather put it here than start a substack for obvious reasons)
Over on the cinematic universe Patreon, I've posted a few thoughts about my top 10 tracks of 2025 (along with playlist links, obv): www.patreon.com/posts/146790...
JAMES ACTUALLY LISTENS TO MUSIC #1: Top 10 of 2025 | Cinematic Universe
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December 28, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Put this on Patreon for the interested (it is free to read even if you’re not a Patreon member, but I’d rather put it here than start a substack for obvious reasons)
Over on the cinematic universe Patreon, I've posted a few thoughts about my top 10 tracks of 2025 (along with playlist links, obv): www.patreon.com/posts/146790...
JAMES ACTUALLY LISTENS TO MUSIC #1: Top 10 of 2025 | Cinematic Universe
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December 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Over on the cinematic universe Patreon, I've posted a few thoughts about my top 10 tracks of 2025 (along with playlist links, obv): www.patreon.com/posts/146790...
I know blind bags are the current comics gimmick but tbh I would have called it something different if I was putting an issue of Daredevil in there 😬
December 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I know blind bags are the current comics gimmick but tbh I would have called it something different if I was putting an issue of Daredevil in there 😬
WAKE UP DEAD MAN is, on balance, my least favourite of the three Benoit Blanc movies but it’s still pretty good. I like that Johnson is imbuing this series with actual substance even if the substance doesn’t necessarily speak to me.
December 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
WAKE UP DEAD MAN is, on balance, my least favourite of the three Benoit Blanc movies but it’s still pretty good. I like that Johnson is imbuing this series with actual substance even if the substance doesn’t necessarily speak to me.
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Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is free on Epic Games Store for the next 24 hours. Another mystery freebie tomorrow buff.ly/aadJJDg
December 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is free on Epic Games Store for the next 24 hours. Another mystery freebie tomorrow buff.ly/aadJJDg
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Happy Christmas. And thanks for all the support this year. As a present we're giving you the full stand up show Happy Now? On audio shows.acast.com/rhlstp/episo... and video www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHZ2...
Happy Now | RHLSTP with Richard Herring
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December 25, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Happy Christmas. And thanks for all the support this year. As a present we're giving you the full stand up show Happy Now? On audio shows.acast.com/rhlstp/episo... and video www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHZ2...
Listen. A Christmas Carol was set in 1843, Tiny Tim is dead, long dead, as we all shall one day be.
December 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Listen. A Christmas Carol was set in 1843, Tiny Tim is dead, long dead, as we all shall one day be.
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Every Christmas gift since lives in its shadow
December 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Every Christmas gift since lives in its shadow
Anna and I went to Clash of the Comics (the comedians wrestling event) in September and watching the multi-injury fallout ripple through the UK comedy industry (eg Maisie having a back injury in the Taskmaster Special) has been incredible. Surely they can’t ever do that again.
December 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Anna and I went to Clash of the Comics (the comedians wrestling event) in September and watching the multi-injury fallout ripple through the UK comedy industry (eg Maisie having a back injury in the Taskmaster Special) has been incredible. Surely they can’t ever do that again.
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I think we're going to have to switch the Enigma machine back on to break this impenetrable code.
December 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I think we're going to have to switch the Enigma machine back on to break this impenetrable code.
Built this as a warm-up ahead of the full-size Enterprise. Ensign Ro! (RIP, thanks a lot Picard S3.)
December 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Built this as a warm-up ahead of the full-size Enterprise. Ensign Ro! (RIP, thanks a lot Picard S3.)
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i say this with nothing but love for all of you to whom this applies, but the moral rot in elite journalism is because journalism is a trade and it should be done by tradespeople and instead it's been professionalized in a way that makes it cozy to capital instead
December 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
i say this with nothing but love for all of you to whom this applies, but the moral rot in elite journalism is because journalism is a trade and it should be done by tradespeople and instead it's been professionalized in a way that makes it cozy to capital instead
Tbh it’s increasingly clear that there’s no need to actively boycott Amazon because it’s turned into such a flea market that I’d rather look anywhere else. Pre-orders don’t arrive, searches are full of GenAI crapware, results pages are covered in sponsored shit and sus all-caps brands like WSKEN
December 22, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Tbh it’s increasingly clear that there’s no need to actively boycott Amazon because it’s turned into such a flea market that I’d rather look anywhere else. Pre-orders don’t arrive, searches are full of GenAI crapware, results pages are covered in sponsored shit and sus all-caps brands like WSKEN
One of the few problems with PLURIBUS is that it is SO nuanced that it actually can’t be meaningfully discussed within the length of a Bluesky post.
December 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
One of the few problems with PLURIBUS is that it is SO nuanced that it actually can’t be meaningfully discussed within the length of a Bluesky post.
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Pluribus rules because it’s forcing people who wanna see a bunch of sci fi lore dumps to instead watch amazing actors have incredibly interesting conversations about what it means to be a person
December 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Pluribus rules because it’s forcing people who wanna see a bunch of sci fi lore dumps to instead watch amazing actors have incredibly interesting conversations about what it means to be a person
I've done another instalment of JAMES ACTUALLY READS HIS COMICS in which I read Comics Interview #102, discuss John Byrne's brief return to X-Men in the early 1990s, and drop some quick thoughts about GIANT SIZE CRIMINAL (good) and TALES FROM EROTECH (not so good)
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JAMES ACTUALLY READS HIS COMICS #3: COMICS INTERVIEW #102 (1991) | Cinematic Universe
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December 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I've done another instalment of JAMES ACTUALLY READS HIS COMICS in which I read Comics Interview #102, discuss John Byrne's brief return to X-Men in the early 1990s, and drop some quick thoughts about GIANT SIZE CRIMINAL (good) and TALES FROM EROTECH (not so good)
www.patreon.com/posts/james-...
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If I had a pound for every time I heard a YouTuber say the phrase "to this day" I'd be able to buy YouTube and ban them from saying it. If you watch video essays and haven't noticed it, then I apologise for conferring that knowledge upon you.
December 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
If I had a pound for every time I heard a YouTuber say the phrase "to this day" I'd be able to buy YouTube and ban them from saying it. If you watch video essays and haven't noticed it, then I apologise for conferring that knowledge upon you.